Central Tuber Crops Research Institute

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

ICAR - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute is a recognized centre by the Digital University of Kerala, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology(OUAT), SOA (Siksha 'O' Anusandhan) Deemed to be university,Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University for undertaking Doctoral programme. Several of the Scientists of ICAR-CTCRI have been recognized as Research Guides by these universities. Similarly, the Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar, Odisha is recognized by Utkal University for taking up Ph.D. programme.

RESEARCH GUIDES DETAILS

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DIGITAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Subject area of Guideship
Dr. G. Byju	Director	Soil Science: Soil fertility and nutrient management, Climate modelling, Abiotic stress management
Dr. J.Sreekumar	Principal Scientist	Bio Informatics: • Developing re-usable analysis workflows, bioinformatics tools, Plant-pathogen interaction modelling, Genomics database development, web-tools for statistical analysis, visualization. •In-silicoidentification of candidate gene(s) linked to stress resistant and nutritional traits in tuber crops through analyses of heterogeneous datasets and data integration (i.e., gene/genome sequences and variations, gene interaction network inferences, and meta-analyses of published QTLs). GIS: • Developing spatio-temporal data mining algorithms; Spatio-temporal big data analytics; developing algorithms for satellite based thematic products, deep learning techniques for land use classification and area estimation.
Dr. V.S.Santhosh Mithra	Principal Scientist	Computer Application: Computer Application: Crop Simulation modelling, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of things, Computer application in agriculture, Information system management, Web technologies.
Dr. P.S.Sivakumar	Principal Scientist	Technology Management: Technology commercialization, Intellectual property management, Entrepreneurship development, Sensory and Consumer science.
Dr.T. Makeshkumar	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology: Genomics of plant pathogens, elucidation of host-pathogen interaction at molecular level, structural and functional genomics of tuber crops for identification of genes and promoters for biotic stresses; AI and machine learning for disease diagnosis.
Dr. Senthilkumar K.M.	Scientist	Biotechnology: Comparative genomics, structural and functional genomics of tuber crops for identification of genes and promoters for abiotic stresses and tuber development

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KERALA UNIVERSITY

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Subject area of Guideship
Dr. G.Byju	Director	Environmental Science
Dr. M.L. Jeeva	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology
Dr. G. Suja	Principal Scientist	Environmental Science
Dr. J.Sreekumar	Principal Scientist	Bioinformatics
Dr. A.N. Jyothi	Principal Scientist	Chemistry
Dr. C.A. Jayaprakas	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology , Zoology
Dr. K. Susan John	Principal Scientist	Environmental Science
Dr. C. Mohan	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology
Dr. S.S. Veena	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology
Dr.T. Makeshkumar	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology
Dr. Shirly Raichal Anil	Principal Scientist	Botany
Dr. K.I. Asha	Principal Scientist	Botany

ODISHA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY(OUAT)

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Subject area of Guideship
Dr. K. Laxminarayana	Principal Scientist	Soil Science
Dr. M. Nedunchezhiyan	Principal Scientist	Agronamy
Dr. Hanume Gowda	Scientist	Horticulture
Dr. Vijay Bahadur Sigh Chauhan	Scientist	Horticulture
Dr. Kalidas Pati	Scientist	Horticulture
Dr. R. Arutselvan	Scientist	Plant Pathology

SOA (SIKSHA 'O' ANUSANDHAN) Deemed to be university)

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Subject area of Guideship
Dr. M. Nedunchezhiyan	Principal Scientist	Agronamy

MANONMANIYAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Subject area of Guideship
Dr. C. Mohan	Principal Scientist	Biotechnology

EDUCATION & TRAINING

ICAR-CTCRI also imparts 1-2 months hands-on training especially in the fields of bio-technology and microbiology to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students leading to submission of dissertation as a part of course curriculam.

In addition, the Institute offers training on specific areas to individuals on request for a period of few weeks to few months. Sponsored training programmes of 8-10 days duration to extension personnel of state development departments are regularly organized as a capacity building activity on tropical tuber crops.

Farmers, farm women, extension personnel and students are given 1-2 days training on tuber crops which are sponsored by various agencies. The members of the women self help groups (SHG) are given hands-on training for 2 days on the preparation of value added products from tuber crops.ICAR-CTCRI will offer training on various aspects of tuber crops for different clienteles on request basis.

ICAR-CTCRI is also a recognized centre for imparting training to students under RAWE programme of Kerala Agricultural University and to ARS probationers for Field Experience Training (FET) under FOCARS programme.