Plant Molecular Breeding & Biotechnology

1. Teaching: 1 year and 4 months.
2. Post Doctoral Experience: 5 Years (Post PhD)

Graduate Level	:	NIL
Post Graduate Level	:	1. Semester I: Molecular Biology & Instrumentation and Techniques 2. Semester II: Genetics 3. Semester III: Bioinformatics, Plant Morphology, Cell Physiology & Crop Physiology 3. Semester IV: Genetic Engineering, Cell Culture Techniques & Stress Physiology

1. Screening & evaluation of rice germplasm for identification of novel alleles for leaf and neck blast disease resistance.
2. Deciphering the roles of smallRNAs (miRNA & siRNA) during plant pathogen interactions

Ph.D. Candidates	:	NIL
M.Tech./M.Phil. Candidates	:	NIL

1. Best Research Paper award (2020) in Crop Protection by ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad, India.
2. National postdoctoral fellowship (2020-22) from DST-SERB, New Delhi.
3. CSIR - Research Associateship for (2017-19) from CSIR, Delhi.
4. Young Rice Scientist award (2016), from the organizers of the Genesis Urban And Rural Development Society (Guard) Rangareddy, Telangana, India.
5. Young Rice Scientist award (2014), from the organizers of the 4th International Rice Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.
6. Best Poster Award (2013) for the poster presented at ARRW Golden Jubilee International Symposium “Sustainable Rice Production and Livelihood Security: Challenges and Opportunities” Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India.
7. Best Poster Award (2008) for the poster presented University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
8. Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship (NET) from University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India (2010 - 2015)
9. GATE 2008 with percentile 92.46 and all INDIA Rank 998.

1. Life Member (2016) of Society for Advancement of Rice Research, ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad, India.

1. Elucidating the role of miRNA (MIR777) during male and female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis thaliana. SERB FUNDED PROJECT 2019-2021 (Rs. 22,36,800/-) - PI, CCMB & UoH Hyderabad

International Publications

2020
1. Devi, S. R., Singh, K., Umakanth, B., Vishalakshi, B., Rao, K. V. S., Suneel, B., ... & Madhav, M. S. (2020). Identification and characterization of a large effect QTL from Oryza glumaepatula revealed Pi68 (t) as putative candidate gene for rice blast resistance. Rice, 13, 1-13. (IF – 5.6)
2018
2. Aglawe, S. B., Bangale, U., Devi, S. J. S., Balija, V., Bhadana, V. P., Sharma, S. K., ... & Madhav, M. S. (2018). Characterization of Akhanaphou, an unique landrace from North-East India and its RIL population for rice leaf and neck blast resistance. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 12(2), 118-127.
2017
3. Umakanth, B., Vishalakshi, B., Sathish Kumar, P., Rama Devi, S. J. S., Bhadana, V. P., Senguttuvel, P., ... & Madhav, M. S. (2017). Diverse rice landraces of North-East India enables the identification of novel genetic resources for Magnaporthe resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1500. (IF – 6.6)
4. Aglawe, S. B., Bangale, U., Rama Devi. S. J.S, Balija, V., Pal, B. V., Kumar, S. S., ... & Maganti, S. M. (2017). Identification of novel QTLs conferring field resistance for rice leaf and neck blast from an unique landrace of India. Gene Reports, 7, 35-42.
2016
5. Devi, S. R., Umakanth, B., Vishalakshi, B., Aglawe, S. B., Babu, V. R., & Madhav, M. S. (2016). Insights on diversity of Leucine-Rich Repeat (LRR) domain among major blast resistance genes of rice. Journal of Genomes and Exomes, 5.
6. Prasanth, V. V., Basava, K. R., Babu, M. S., VGN, V. T., Devi, S. R., Mangrauthia, S. K., ... & Sarla, N. (2016). Field level evaluation of rice introgression lines for heat tolerance and validation of markers linked to spikelet fertility. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 22, 179-192. (IF – 3.0)
7. Ramkumar, G., Madhav, M. S., Rama Devi, S. J. S., Umakanth, B., Pandey, M. K., Prasad, M. S., ... & Ravindra Babu, V. (2016). Identification and validation of novel alleles of rice blast resistant gene Pi54, and analysis of their nucleotide diversity in landraces and wild Oryza species. Euphytica, 209, 725-737. (IF – 2.1)
2015
8. Devi, S. R., Singh, K., Umakanth, B., Vishalakshi, B., Renuka, P., Sudhakar, K. V., & Madhav, M. S. (2015). Development and identification of novel rice blast resistant sources and their characterization using molecular markers. Rice Science, 22(6), 300-308. (IF – 4.4)
9. Madhav, M. S., Rajendrakumar, P., Sivaraju, K., Vishalakshi, B., & Devi, S. J. S. (2015). Phylogenetic reconstruction of five Solanaceous species by genome-wide analysis of simple sequence repeats in organellar genomes and their utility in establishing species relationships of genus Nicotiana. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 9(2), 107-116.
10. Ramkumar, G., Madhav, M. S., Devi, S. R., Prasad, M. S., & Babu, V. R. (2015). Nucleotide variation and identification of novel blast resistance alleles of Pib by allele mining strategy. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 21, 301-304. (IF – 3.0)
2014
11. Ramkumar, G., Madhav, M. S., Devi, S. R., Manimaran, P., Mohan, K. M., Prasad, M. S., ... & Viraktamath, B. C. (2014). Nucleotide diversity of Pita, a major blast resistance gene and identification of its minimal promoter. Gene, 546(2), 250-256. (IF – 3.9)
12. Ramkumar, G., Madhav, M. S., Biswal, A. K., Rama Devi, S. J. S., Sakthivel, K., Madhan Mohan, K., ... & Viraktamath, B. C. (2014). Genome-wide identification and characterization of transcription factor binding motifs of NBS-LRR genes in rice and Arabidopsis. Journal of Genomes and Exomes.
2013
13. Devi, S. R., Madhav, M. S., Kumar, G. R., Goel, A. K., Umakanth, B., Jahnavi, B., & Viraktamath, B. C. (2013). Identification of abiotic stress miRNA transcription factor binding motifs (TFBMs) in rice. Gene, 531(1), 15-22. (IF – 3.9)
2012
14. Mohan, K. M., Madhav, M. S., Prasad, M. S., Devi, S. J. S., Kumar, G. R., & Viraktamath, B. C. (2012). Analysis of population structure of Magnaporthe grisea using genome specific microsatellite markers. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 6(2), 173-182.

National Publications

2016
1. Singh, K., Madhav, M. S., Prasad, M. S., Virakatamath, B. C., Devi, S. J. S., Umakanth, B., & Babu, V. R. (2016). DRR-BL-150 (IC0611701; INGR15001), a Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Germplasm with Resistance to Leaf and Neck Blast. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 29(1), 83-84.
2. Singh, K., Madhav, M. S., Prasad, M. S., Virakatamath, B. C., Devi, S. J. S., Umakanth, B., & Babu, V. R. (2016). DRR-BL-150 (IC0611701; INGR15001), a Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Germplasm with Resistance to Leaf and Neck Blast. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 29(1), 83-84.

Workshops

1. Organizing secretary for the SERB AND CIPAM sponsored national workshop on "Intellectual property rights - its implications in life sciences"

1. S. J. S. Rama Devi Supriya Babasaheb Aglawe, Yamini Deepthi (2023) An Overview of Plant–Pathogen Genome Databases and Interaction Resources. Genomics of Plant–Pathogen Interaction and the Stress Response Vol I, Journals Taylor & Francis
2. Ramadevi S.J.S, Viraktamath, Madhav MS et al (2013) Identification of New Genetic resources for durable Blast resistance in India. Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) newsletter (Technical bulletin 2 pages).
3. Aglawe, S. B., Singh, M., Rama Devi, S. J. S., Deshmukh, D. B., & Verma, A. K. (2021). Genomics Assisted Breeding for Sustainable Agriculture: Meeting the Challenge of Global Food Security. Bioinformatics for agriculture: High-throughput approaches, 23-51.
4. *Devi, S. R., & Aglawe, S. B. (2021). Social Acceptance and Regulatory Prospects of Genomics in Addressing Food Security. Omics Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security (Vol II), 329-351.
5. Aglawe, S. B., Magar, N. D., Dhawane, Y., Bhamare, D., Shah, P., Devi, S. R., ... & Barbadikar, K. M. (2022). Genome Editing Crops in Food and Futuristic Crops. In Recent Advances in Food Biotechnology (pp. 401-445). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
6. *Devi, S. R., Vutharadhi, S., Mahesh, H., & Bandameedi, A. (2022). Modulation of WRKY transcription factors in plant biotic stress responses. In Molecular Response and Genetic Engineering for Stress in Plants, Volume 2: Biotic stress. IOP Publishing.
7. Bandameedi, A., *Devi, S. R., Mamidala, P., & Vutharadhi, S. (2022). Roles of small interfering RNA (siRNA) in modulating plant defense responses. In Molecular Response and Genetic Engineering for Stress in Plants, Volume 2: Biotic stress. IOP Publishing.

1. NIL

1. Additional responsibility as Tabulator-cum-Comparer at Examination Section (EC- IV); File No 2181/EC-II dated 19.05.2022
2. Board of studies member for Life Sciences 2022-23; File No 5654/Ac.-I dated 09.09.2022

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