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(1997-2001) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. He was a recipient of Dr. R. Appadurai Award, Dr. K. Ramaiah Award and Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award during Ph.D. After completing Ph.D., he worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (2001-2004) and Directorate of Rice Research (2004-2008) at Hyderabad, India.

He joined the National Research Centre for Sorghum, Hyderabad, which was upgraded to Directorate of Sorghum Research and recently to ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research as Senior Scientist (Biotechnology) during 2008. He was the recipient of a three year research project under the special grant, Rapid Grant for Young Investigators from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India during 2010. His research areas of interest include bioinformatics, marker-assisted breeding and genomics. Current areas of research include the development of molecular markers through in silico analysis and application of genomics tools for understanding the molecular basis of grain yield heterosis and improvement of grain protein quality, iron and zinc content in sorghum. He has also organized a 21-day training on "Molecular Breeding Approaches for Genetic Enhancement of Millet Crops" as one of the course Co-Directors during 2014. He was awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India for pursuing his Masters degree and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by the ASPEE Agricultural Research and Development Foundation, Mumbai, India for pursuing his Doctoral studies. He has guided one M.Sc. and one Ph.D. student. He is a Life Member in Indian Society of Plant Breeders, Coimbatore, India and Society of Millets Research, Hyderabad, India. He has published 15 research papers in various peer-reviewed International journals and 10 research papers in National journals.



Dr. JV Patil received his Ph.D. (Plant Breeding) from Mahathma Phule Agriculture University (MPKV), Rahuri, Maharashtra, India. He rendered his teaching services and research activities at MPKV, Rahuri as Associate Professor (Plant Breeding) and Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding). He developed several high yielding cultivars in Safflower (1), Pulses (Mungbean-1; French bean-1; Pigeonpea-2; Chickpea-5); and Sorghum (8). Dr. Patil joined as the Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, on August 2010, and continues to render his services.



He advocated several innovative and economical farming techniques such as planting methods, in-situ rainwater conservation in chickpea and post-rainy sorghum. Under his leadership a successful model on value chain on sorghum is established, which has brought reputation not only to IIMR but also to ICAR in commercializing value-added sorghum technologies and reviving sorghum economy. He has 165 peer reviewed foreign and national journal papers, 31 books & book chapters, and 90 other technical publications to his credit. He has guided as many as 16 Ph.D. and 16 M.Sc. students.

Dr. Patil is a recipient of "NAAS fellowship Award", "Baliraja' Late Annasaheb Shinde Smruti Krishi Sanshodhan Gaurav Puraskar" and Maharashtra State's "Vasantrao Naik Krishi Puraskar" for outstanding research in the field of crop improvement, Maharashtra state's "Vasantrao Naik Award for Best Marathi literature-2010 and 2012 and "Bharat Krishak Samaj Award-2012". He also received the team awards such as "CGIAR's Baudouin Award 2002" and "ICRISAT's Doreen Mashier Award 2002".