Dr. Akanksha Singh Assistant Professor Department of Agriculture Institute of Engineering Sciences Contact Details:

Mobile: 8299396578 Email: akanksha.singh@mangalayatan.edu.in Experience: 1 Years 10month Teaching/Research Qualifications:

PhD (Agricultural Biotechnology) 2018, Distribution and molecular characterization of rice for high iron, zinc and its correlation with molecular markers, Narendra Deva Agriculture University, Kumarganj, Ayodhya. M.Sc (Agricultural Biotechnology) 2012, Genetic, biochemical and molecular studies on salinity tolerance in rice mapping population, Narendra Deva Agriculture University, Kumarganj, Ayodhya.

Other Academic Achievements: Gold Medalist DST INSPIRE Teaching Interest: Agriculture Agricultural Biotechnology Molecular Techniques used in Plant Biotechnology Research Interest: Molecular Transgenic Molecular Breeding Proteomics and Genomics

Publications: Papers in Refereed Journals/Proceedings:

1. AKANKSHA SINGH, D.K. DWIVEDI, ANURAG VERMA, GAURAV KUMAR, GYANANDRA KUMAR VINAY MISHRA AND K.N.SINGH. 2015. (Annals of Plant and Soil Research). Improving salt tolerance in plant through molecular and biochemical methods in rice mapping population. 494-496.

2. Akanksha Singh, Manjri, Sarita Devi Gupta, Gaurav Kumar, Kuwar Gyanandra Kumar,

Vikas Dubey, Rampreet, K.N.Singh and D.K.Dwivedi. 2018. (International J. of Chemical Studies.), Genetic divergence in rice varieties having iron and zinc. 6(2): 3578-3580.

3. Akanksha Singh, Manjri, Sarita Devi Gupta, Gaurav Kumar, Vikas Dubey, Rampreet,

K.N.Singh and D.K.Dwivedi, 2018. (J. of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry). Path coefficient analysis in Iron and Zinc containing rice varieties.7(2): 3729-3732.

4. Akanksha Singh, K.N.Singh,Deepak Kumar Rajora, Manjri, Sarita Devi Gupta,Gaurav

Kumar, Kuwar Gyanandra Kumar, Pradeep kumar Bharti and R.N.Kewat (2016). (International Journal of ProgressiveResearch). A Simple method for screening of zinccontent in selected Rice varieties. Online ISSN : 2454-6003.2198-2199 (11).

5. Akanksha Singh, D.K. Dwivedi, Manjri, Sarita Devi Gupta, Vikas Dubey, Rampreet,

N.A.Khan and K.N.Singh (2018). (International Journal of Current Microbiology and Aplied Science). Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Rice Recombinant Inbred Lines Under Saline Alkali Condition .Special Issue-7: 4011-4023.

6. Akanksha Singh, D.K.Dwivedi, Gaurav Kumar, Kunvar Gyanandra Kumar, Vikas

Dubey, Rampreet, Arun Kumar and K.N.Singh (2017). (Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life sciences). Genetic Studies on divergence in recombinant inbred lines of Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Special issue-6(5):642-644.

7. Sarita Devi Gupta, Pratibha Singh, Manjri, Akanksha singh and R.N.Kewat, 2018.

(International J. of Chemical Studies). Evaluation of yield parameter and biochemical characterization of drought tolerant and susceptible chickpea genotypes. 6(2):2301-2305.

8. Manjri, Ompal Singh, Sarita Devi Gupta, Akanksha Singh and A.K.Singh, 2017.

(International J. of Chemical Studies). Importance of antioxidant enzymes in the survival of rice seedlings after desubmergence.5(5):20-22.

9. Arun Kumar, Deepak Kuma, SKZ Rizvi, Ajit tiwari, Akanksha Singh, Adesh Kumar, Shambhoo Prasad and K.N.Singh , 2017. (J. of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry). Effect of processing on phytic acid content and iron availability in selected rice variety. Special issue: 335-339.

10. Vikas dubey, D.K.Dwivedi, Akanksha Singh, Rampreet and Chhavi (2018).

(International Journal of Current Microbiology and Aplied Science). Correlation and

Path coefficient analysis of yield component in rice under drought condition. Special Issue-7: 4116-4122.

11. Vikas dubey, D.K.Dwivedi, Akanksha Singh, Rampreet and Arun Kumar (2017). (Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life sciences). Evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa)genotype for drought tolerance Special issue-6(5):296-302.

12. Kunvar Gyanendra, Shambhoo Prasad1, *Raja Husain, Nitin Vikram, Akanksha Singh,

Shivani, N.A. Khan, D.K. Dwivedi and K.N. Singh. (Progressive Research – An International Journal). Effect of heat stress on physiological characteristics of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) varieties.11 (Special-II) : 1173-1176.

13. Manjri, A.K. Singh, Sarita Devi Gupta and Akanksha Singh. (2016) (Progressive

Research – An International Journal). Responses of the catalase activity with survival in rice (oryza sativa l.) cultivars under submergence condition. 2128-2130

14. Sarita Devi Gupta, Pratibha Singh, R. N. Kewat, Manjri, Akanksha Singh. 2016

(Progressive Research – An International Journal). Comparative study on phenotypic character, biochemical composition and yield of tolerant and susceptible chickpea genotypes under drought stress. 2400-2402

15. Sarvesh Singh, SP Singh, PK Sharma, Anupam Tiwari, Girish Pandey, PS Chauhan, Akanksha Singh, Manjri, Raj Kumar Chourasiya, Luxmikant Tripathi, Priyanka Singh and Ashutosh Kumar Singh (2018). (J. of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry)Effect of salinity on leaf health and total leaf chlorophyll contents of Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa.) Cultivars.108-110.

Training and Conferences Attended:

1. Completed training programme on Genetic Diversity Analysis of Crops using Computational Tools for DNA and Protein during December 20th-21st,2013. 2. Poster presentation in 2nd agricultural science congress on 14-16 June 2014. 3. Participation in Indian Phytopathologial society during 28 feb- 1march 2015.

ABSTRACTS Study on variability among RILs (Recombinant Inbred Lines) of rice varieties by Akanksha Singh, D.K.Dwivedi, Manjri, Sarita Devi Gupta, Rampreet and K.N.Singh. Correlation of molecular markers associated with various abiotic stress with respect to iron and zinc in rice by Akanksha Singh*, K.N.Singh and N.A.Khan. Study of variance, heritability and correlation coefficient of salt tolerance in rice (oryza sativa l.) introgression lines by Akanksha Singh, D.K.Dwivedi, O.P Verma, Gaurav Kumar and Pradeep Kumar.

Screening of selected rice seed for iron and zinc concentration and localization” by Akanksha Singh, Deepak Kumar Rajora, Gaurav Kumar, Pradeep kumar Bharti and K.N.Singh. Evaluation of carbohydreate content in different genotypes of chickpea under drought condition by Sarita Devi Gupta, Pratibha Singh, R.N.Kewat, Manjri and Akanksha Singh. Evaluating rice germplasm for iron and phytic acid concentration in rice seed by Arun Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Deepti, Poonam, Singh Akanksha, Adesh Kumar and Singh K.N.