Dr. Roshan Kumar Singh

Faculty Profile (Botany Department)

Dr. Roshan Kumar Singh

Qualification & Details

Qualifiaction

Ph.D., Post-Doc

Designation

Assistant Professor

Teaching Experience

December 2023-till date

Research Experience

July 2014-December 2023

Publications till Date

40

E-Mail ID

rshnsngh8@gmail.com

FELLOWSHIP(S) OBTAINED -
  • Junior research fellowship (2014-2016) and senior research fellowship (2016-2019) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
  • Project Scientist I (August 2020-December 2023) in DBT Multi-institutional project entitled: Germplasm Characterization and Trait Discovery in Wheat using Genomics Approaches and its Integration for Improving Climate Resilience, Productivity and Nutritional quality under mission programme of “Characterisation of Genetic Resources”.
RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED -

Patents: 01 (published)
Journals: 32
Book chapters: 08

PATENT -
  • Singh RK, Prasad M. A Method For Enhancing Heat Tolerance And Photosynthetic Efficiency In Rice Plant. Indian Patent Application no. 202011015704 (filed on 10-04-2020); Published on 15-10-2021.
COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS -
  • Jaiswal V, Bandyopadhyay T, Singh RK, Gahlaut V, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2023) Multi-environment GWAS identifies genomic regions underlying grain nutrient traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Plant Cell Reports 43:6.

 

  • Kumar V, Singh B, Singh RK, Sharma N, Muthamilarasan M, Sawant SV, Prasad M (2023) SiHDA9 interacts with SiHAT3.1 and SiHDA19 to repress dehydration responses through H3K9 deacetylation in foxtail millet. Journal of experimental botany erad425

 

  • Seni S, Singh RK, Prasad M (2023) Dynamics of epigenetic control in plants via SET domain containing proteins: Structural and functional insights. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1866:194966.

 

  • Mondal K, Tiwari M, Singh RK, Prasad M, Dey N (2023) Feeding the future: role of OsAUX5 in enhancing rice nutritional value. Plant Cell Reports doi: 10.1007/s00299-023-03033-6.

 

  • Panchal A, Maurya J, Seni S, Singh RK, Prasad M (2023) An insight into the roles of regulatory ncRNAs in plants: An abiotic stress and developmental perspective. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107823.

 

  • Singh RK, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2022) SiHSFA2e regulated expression of SisHSP21.9 maintains chloroplast proteome integrity under high temperature stress. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 79:580.

 

  • Shah WH, Rasool A, Padder SA, Singh RK, Prasad M, Tahir I, Rehman R, Hakeem KR (2022) Decarboxylation mechanisms of the C4 cycle in foxtail millet observed under salt and selenium treatments. Plant Growth Regulation 99:65-83.

 

  • Muthamilarasan M, Suresh BV, Singh RK, Choudhary P, Aggrawal PR, Prasad M (2022) Comparative transcriptome profiling of two contrasting foxtail millet cultivars provides insights into molecular mechanisms underlying dehydration stress response. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10869-x.

 

  • Suresh BV, Choudhary P, Aggarwal PR, Rana S, Singh RK, Ravikesavan R, Prasad M, Muthamilarasan M (2022) De novo transcriptome analysis identifies key genes involved in dehydration stress response in kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum). Genomics 114:110347.

 

  • Singh RK, Sreenivasulu N, Prasad M (2022) Potential of underutilized crops to introduce the nutritional diversity and achieve zero hunger. Functional & Integrative Genomics 22:1459–1465.

 

  • Singh RK, Dhaka A, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2022) Nutritional improvement of cereal crops to combat hidden hunger during COVID-19 pandemic: Progress and prospects. Advances in Food Security and Sustainabilityorg/10.1016/bs.af2s.2022.02.001

 

  • Arora H, Singh RK*, Sharma S, Sharma N, Panchal A, Das T, Prasad A, Prasad M (2022) DNA methylation dynamics in response to abiotic and pathogen stress in plants. Plant Cell Reports 41:1931-1944 (*Co-first author).

 

  • Panchal A, Singh RK, Prasad M (2022) Recent advancements and future perspectives of foxtail millet genomics. Plant Growth Regulation 99:11–23.

 

 

  • Aggarwal PR, Pramitha L, Choudhary P, Singh RK, Shukla P, Prasad M and Muthamilarasan M (2022) Multi-omics intervention in Setaria to dissect climate-resilient traits: Progress and prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:892736. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.892736.

 

  • Ramesh P, Singh RK, Panchal A, Prasad M (2022) 5M approach to decipher starch-lipid interaction in minor millets. Plant Cell Reports 42:461-464.

 

  • Bandyopadhyay T, Singh RK, Ramesh P, Maurya J, Prasad M (2022) The Promise of Millets in the Twenty-First Century: Emphasis on Breeding, Nutrition, Food Security and Sustainability. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 23:628–637.

 

  • Singh RK, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2021) Biotechnological approaches to dissect climate-resilient traits in millets and their application in crop improvement. Journal of Biotechnology 327:64-73.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad M (2021) Delineating the epigenetic regulation of heat and drought response in plants. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 42:548-561.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad A, Maurya J, Prasad M (2021) Regulation of small RNA-mediated high temperature stress responses in crop plants. Plant cell reports 41:765-773.

 

  • Dhaka A, Singh RK, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2021) Genetics and genomics interventions for promoting millets as functional foods. Current Genomics 22:154-163.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad M (2021) Big genomic data analysis leads to more accurate trait prediction in hybrid breeding for yield enhancement in crop plants. Plant Cell Reports 40:2009-2011.

 

  • Singh RK, Sood P, Prasad A, Prasad M (2021) Advances in omics technology for improving crop yield and stress resilience. Plant Breeding doi: 10.1111/pbr.12963

 

  • Sood P, Singh RK, Prasad M (2020) An efficient Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation method for foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Plant Cell Reports 39:511-525.

 

  • Muthamilarasan M*, Singh RK*, Suresh BV, Rana S, Dulani P, Prasad M (2020) Genomic dissection and expression analysis of stress-responsive genes in C4 panicoid models, Setaria italica and Setaria viridis. Journal of Biotechnology 318:57-67 (*Co-first author).

 

  • Jency JP, Rajasekaran R, Singh RK, Muthurajan R, Prabhakaran J, Mehanathan M, Prasad M, Ganesan J (2020) Induced Mutagenesis Enhances Lodging Resistance and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Kodomillet (Paspalum scrobiculatum). Agronomy 10:227.

 

  • Singh RK, Deshmukh R, Muthamilarasan M, Rani R, Prasad M (2020) Versatile roles of aquaporin in physiological processes and stress tolerance in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 149:178-189.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad A, Muthamilarasan M, Parida SK, Prasad M (2020) Breeding and biotechnological interventions for trait improvement: status and prospects. Planta 252:54.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad M (2020) Foxtail Millet: A Climate-Resilient Crop Species with Potential to Ensure Food and Agriculture Security Amidst Global Climate Change. International Journal of Plant and Environment 6:165-169.

 

  • Singh RK, Shweta S, Muthamilarasan M, Rani R, Prasad M (2019) Study on aquaporins of Setaria italica suggests the involvement of SiPIP3;1 and SiSIP1;1 in abiotic stress response. Functional & Integrative Genomics 19:587-596.

 

  • Sood P, Singh RK, Prasad M (2019) Millets genetic engineering: the progress made and prospects for the future. Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture 37:421-439.

 

  • Singh RK, Jaishankar J, Muthamilarasan M, Shweta S, Dangi A, Prasad M (2016) Genome-wide analysis of heat shock proteins in C4 model, foxtail millet identifies potential candidates for crop improvement under abiotic stress. Scientific Reports 6:32641.

 

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad M (2016) Advances in Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of graminaceous crops. Protoplasma 253:691-707.
Chapters in Edited Book -
  • Maurya J, Singh RK, Prasad M (2023) Biotechnological Strategies to Generate Climate‐Smart Crops: Recent Advances and Way Forward. Ansari MW, Singh AK, Tuteja N (ed.), Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management, Pp 241–261. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119858553.ch17

 

  • Maurya J, Singh RK, Sett S, Prasad M (2022) Genomic Tools and Proteomic Determinants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica). Roychoudhury A, Aftab T, Acharya K (ed.), Omics Approach to Manage Abiotic Stress in Cereals, pp 531–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0140-9_22.

 

  • Pramitha L, Choudhary P, Rana S, Singh RK, Das P, Sharma S, Rajasekaran R, Prasad M, Muthamilarasan M (2022) Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.): a model for small millets. Farooq M, Siddique (ed.) Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food, pp 305-32.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad A, Prasad M (2020) Protein phosphatases of cereals and millets: Identification, structural organization and their involvement in regulation of abiotic stresses. Girdhar K. Pandey (ed.), Protein phosphatases and stress management in plants: Functional genomic perspective, pp 245-260.

 

  • Singh RK, Gupta V, Prasad M (2019) Plant Molecular Chaperones: Structural Organization and their Roles in Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Roychoudhury A and Tripathi DK (ed.), Molecular Plant Abiotic Stress: Biology and Biotechnology, pp 221-239.

 

  • Singh RK, Sahu PP, Muthamilarasan M, Dhaka A, Prasad M (2017) Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Improving Stress Tolerance of Graminaceous Crops to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Progress and Prospects. M. Senthil-Kumar (ed.), Plant Tolerance to Individual and Concurrent Stresses, pp 59-81.

 

  • Singh RK, Muthamilarasan M, Prasad M (2017) Foxtail millet: an introduction. Prasad M. (ed.), The Foxtail millet genome, pp 1-9.

 

  • Singh RK, Prasad M (2017) Genome wide association studies for improving agronomic traits in foxtail millet. Prasad M. (ed.), The Foxtail millet genome, pp 63-75.
PUBLICATION SUMMARY -

Cumulative impact factor (JCR 2023) : 125+
H-index (Google Scholar) : 14
Total citations (Google Scholar) : 608
i10 index (Google Scholar) : 16

Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UwEPtdcAAAAJ&hl=en

 LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshan-kumar-singh-23567097/

Seminars/workshops organized -
  • Member of organizing committee in First National Conference on “Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species for Food, Nutrition, Energy and Environment (NUCS-FNEE)” held at NIPGR, New Delhi, India on August 2, 2019.

 

  • Member of organizing committee in United-States India Educational Foundation workshop for farmers on “The stubble struggle: Dialogue on the ‘burning’ issue and practical remedies” held at the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, Haryana, India on September 28-29, 2019.
Awards & Achievements -
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research 2021 conferred by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India.
  • Best oral presentation award at International Conference on ‘Advances and Innovations in Biotechnology for Sustainable Development”, Madhya Pradesh, 2019.
  • First prize in oral presentation at ‘National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment’ organized by National Environment Science Academy & Jamia Millia Islamia University, 2017.
  • Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India (2014 – 2019).
  • Professor H. L. Chakraborty memorial award for securing 2nd position in the M.Sc. Examination in Botany at University of Calcutta, 2013.
  • P. Chatterjee memorial award for securing 2nd position in the B.Sc. Botany (Hons.) Examination at University of Calcutta, 2011.