Veda Krishnan
Bio
Nutrition research and I have been in a long term committed relationship for 12 years. As a scientist (senior scale) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, I got opportunity to gauge the nutritional landscape of crops as well as gained expertise to teach plants some new tricks through metabolic engineering.
Education
Post-doctoral Research - Fulbright Fellow at Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, Indiana (2021-2022)
Doctoral Research - Bharathidasan University - ICAR-IARI (2014-2019)
Master's Research - Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (2007-2008)
Master's in Biotechnology - Cochin University of Science and Technology (2006-2008)
Bachelor's in Botany & Biotechnology - Kerala University (2003-2006)
Employment
April, 2021 – March, 2022 Fulbright post-doctoral Scholar, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
September,2018 – Till date Scientist (Senior scale) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
October, 2012 - September, 2018 - Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India September, 2011–October, 2012 - Scientist, Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai, India December, 2009–September, 2011 - Project associate, Molecular immunogenetics lab, CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi, India June, 2008–November, 2009 - Research Fellow, DST-SCTIMST, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Dec,2007 – May,2008 - International Research Exchange Student• Nanyang Technological University (NTU),Singapore
Associations
Collaborators
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Recognitions & Honors
Fulbright-Nehru post doctoral Fellowship - 2021-2022; Master’s student received the first NABARD-Professor VL Chopra Gold Medal & Best Student of the Year awards (2022); Member Women in STEM Asia, EMBO-IIN; Member INSA-INYAS (2021-2025); Best innovator award at flora fauna summit 2021; Plantae Fellow 2020; Young woman scientist award (2019); Awarded with IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship; World bank funded NAHEP student research grant (2020-2021);ISPP-Young Scientist Award-2018, at
International Plant Physiology Conference, Lucknow; Best poster presentation award at 4th India International Science Festival (IISF), held at Lucknow (5-6th, October, 2018);
Received DST Travel grant for attending 5th International Rice Congress at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore (15-17th, October, 2018; Young Scientist award organized by DRDO (2014)
We are the Food Matrix Lab developed to explore the
nutri-rich niche crops of India, envisioning bio-functional foods through processing as well as metabolic engineering