Mani Pandey

RESUME MANI LOHANI Ph.D. (Vegetable Science) Cell :-/- Portfolio Website: https://writermani.com/ E-mail : - PERSONAL PARTICULARS: Date of Birth :August 10, 1986 Father’s Name:Mr. A.K. Lohani Marital Status:Married Category :GEN Languages Known :English, Hindi Permanent Address:NTD Road Almora (Uttarakhand) Phone No. :- EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Exam Passed Name of board/ Institute/University Year of passing % of marks/ OGPA Division Subject High School CBSE- First Science Intermediate CBSE- First Bio, Phy, Chem, Hin, Eng. B.Sc. Kumaun University- First Zoology, Botany, Chemistry M.Sc. (Ag.) GBPUA&T., Pantnagar-/10 First Vegetable Science Ph.D GBPUA&T., Pantnagar- First Vegetable Science (Major) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (Minor) NET ARS-ICAR 2014 (I) Qualified Vegetable Science WORK EXPERIENCE: Working experience as a “Senior Research Fellow” under the project “Multiplication of seed of newly released tomato and Parthenocarpic cucumber varieties for polyhouse condition developed at Pantnagar and distribution to the farmers for its popularization” funded by HTM-MM-1 at G.B Pant University of Agri & Tech., Pantnagar. Working experience as a “Senior Research Fellow” under the project “Protected Cultivation of High Value Vegetables and Cut Flowers – A Value Chain Approach” Project Code – 3011, funded by NAIP, ICAR in G.B Pant University of Agri & Tech., Pantnagar. Working experience as “Senior Research Fellow” under the project “National Network on Integrated Development of Wild Apricot and Cheura”, funded by NOVOD Board in G.B Pant University of Agri. & Tech., Pantnagar. Worked with Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Kendra (VPKAS), Almora as Research Associate for two months in Central Coordinating Unit. Working experience under the project “Protected Cultivation of High Value Vegetables and Cut Flowers – A Value Chain Approach” Project Code – 3011, funded by NAIP, ICAR in G.B Pant University of Agri. & Tech., Pantnagar, under the scheme of “Earn while you Learn”. Summer Training with Tarai Development Corporation as Seed Analyst. Working as Freelance Content Writer. https://writermani.com/portfolio/ AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMNTS: Pursued University Merit Scholarship in Ph.D University Graduate Scholarship during M. Sc. (Agriculture). First prize winner of Model Competition in Kisan Mela. Acted as Joint-Secretary of Vegetable Science Society. Acted as Secretary of Event Management Society of Vegetable Science Society. Member of organizing committee in National Seminar on “Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach” held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar on 11-12th January, 2012. Member in the Editorial Board of Souvenir published in National Seminar on “Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach” held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar on 11-12th January, 2012. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: Field work during thesis research work. Hand emasculation and pollination in Solanaceous and Cucurbitaceous crops. TPS production. Lab work including protein estimation, TSS content, ascorbic acid content, dry matter and specific gravity in Solanum tuberosum L. Knowledge of handling of Electrophoresis instruments. Proficiency in handling SDS PAGE for protein, Agrose gel electrophesis for DNA, Centrifuge machine, Spectrophotometer Knowledge of PCR techniques and handling of PCR machines. Conducting extension and training programmes under different projects. Working as a freelance copy and content writer. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Ph.D. (Ag.) thesis on “Genetic analysis of quantitative traits and molecular charcterization of Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). M.Sc. (Ag.) thesis on “Study on biochemical and morphological variation and assessment of genetic diversity in potato ( Solanum tuberosum l.)” Research experience as Senior Research Fellow under NOVOD Board, NAIP and HTM projects in polyhouse vegetable production, seed production of vegetables and cut flowers production. MEMBERSHIP: Member of Vegetable Science Society, College of Agriculture, 2007-11 Membership of Pantnagar Journal for Aug 2011- Aug 2012 Life time Member of NGO “Borlog Krishi Evam Vikas Samiti” RESEARCH PAPERS/ ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED: 1. Singh D.K., Maurya S.K., Jaiswal H.R., Singh Amar and Lohani Mani 2011. Character association and path coefficient analysis in sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica Roem.). Pantnagar J Res. 9 (2): 227-233 2. Singh D.K., Maurya S. K., Jaiswal H.R., Singh Amar, Lohani Mani 2009 Screening of Native Genetic Diversity for breeding Potential of Ridge Gourd (Luffa acutangula Roxb.L) In : Book of abstracts Recent global Developments in the Management of Plant Genetic Resources National Symposium in Indian society of Plant Genetic Resources, NBPGR, ICAR from 17-18 December 2009. 3. Singh, D.K. and Lohani, M. 2010. Vegetable crops breeding for polyhouse. in National Seminar on Precision Farming in Horticulture, December 28-29,2010, Jhalawar, Rajasthan (abstract) 4. Singh, D.K, Sarkar Mangaldeep and Lohani Mani 2011. Ideotype breeding for vegetable production under polyhouse condition. In: Book of Abstract National Symposium on Technological Intervention for Sustainable Agriculture held on 3-5 May 2011, GBPUA T, Hill campus Ranichauri, Uttrakhand pp14. 5. Singh, D.K; Maurya, S.K; Arya, Kiran; Lohani, Mani and Sarkar, Mangaldeep 2011. Marker assisted selection for Improvement in Cucurbitaceous Vegetable Crops. In: Book of Abstract National Symposium on Technological Intervention for Sustainable Agriculture held on 3-5 May 2011, GBPUA T, Hill campus Ranichauri, Uttrakhand pp71. 6. Lohani, Mani; Singh, D.K; Arya, Kiran and Sarkar, Mangaldeep 2011. Utilization of Indigenous Germplasm for the Development of F1 hybrid of Muskmelon. In: Book of Abstract National Symposium on Technological Intervention for Sustainable Agriculture held on 3-5 May 2011, GBPUA T, Hill campus Ranichauri, Uttrakhand pp53. 7. Singh D. K, Jaiswal H. R, Sarkar M., Singh A., Singh D. P. And Lohani Mani 2012. Parthenocarpic cucumber variety developed at pantnagar for polyhouse cultivation. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp1 8. Singh D. K, Maurya S.K., Singh A., Singh D. P., Sarkar M., and Lohani Mani 2012. Tomato variety developed at Pantnagar for polyhouse cultivation. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp2 9. Arya Kiran, Singh D.K., Lohani Mani and Sarkar Mangaldeep 2012. Exploitation of heterosis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under protected condition. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp9 10. Singh D. K, Maurya S.K., Singh A., Singh D. P., Sarkar M., and Lohani Mani 2012.Assessment of Parthenocarpic cucumber genotypes under protected condition. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp12 11. Lohani Mani, Singh D. K, Singh A., Singh D. P., Sarkar M., and Arya Kiran 2012. Aeroponics in vegetable production. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp57 12. Singh D. K, Kumar Ajit, Sarkar M., Singh A., Singh D. P., and Lohani Mani 2012. Evaluation of chrysanthemum varieties for cut flowers production under protected environment. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp141 13. Singh D. K, Kumar Ajit, Sarkar M., Singh A., Singh D. P., Arya Kiran and Lohani Mani 2012. Breeding potentials of indigenous chrysanthemum germplasm for earliness under protected condition. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp142 14. Singh D. K, Kumar Ajit, Jaiswal H.R., Singh A., Singh D. P., Sarkar M., and Lohani Mani 2012. Evaluation of gerbera cultivars under protected condition for cut flower production. In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach held on 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand pp144 WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIA AND TRAINING ATTENDED Participated in “Awareness & Sensitization Workshop on PPV & FR Act, 2001” held at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar on 13th Feb’ 2010 organized by Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Pantnagar. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Utilization of Indigenous Germplasm for the Development of F1 hybrid of Muskmelon. In: Abstracts: National Symposium on Technological Intervention for Sustainable Agriculture. May 3-5, 2011. GBPUA&T, Hill Campus Ranichauri, Tehri Garwal. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Vegetable crops breeding for Polyhouse” In: Abstracts: National Seminar on Precision Farming in Horticulture. Dec 28-29, 2010. College of Horticulture & Forestry, Campus: Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar. Maharana Pratap Univ. of Ag. & Tech. Udaipur (Rajasthan). Participated and presented a poster entitled “Aeroponics in vegetable production” In: Book of Abstract National seminar on Protected Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers- A Value Chain Approach. 11-12th January, 2012, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand Participated in XXXth Annual Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research project on Vegetable Crops, ICAR. Held on 13-16th January, 2012 at GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand I certify that the above information given is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Date :- Place : Almora (MANI LOHANI) Références : Dr. D.K. Singh Associate Professor Department of Vegetable Science G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar – 263145 (R) - Mobile- - Dr. Y.V. Singh Professor and Head Department of Vegetable Science G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar – 263145 (O) - E-mail :-