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Prof. Anandita SinghDean (Students’ Welfare)Anandita's broad research interest lies in the field of Plant Genomics. It primarily relates to developing an understanding of the natural genetic and morphological variation in crop and other plant species of economic value. The intent is to exploit and treat it as a resource, in combination with various genomic approaches, for interpreting the molecular basis of plant adaptation to stressful environments and important life history traits. The knowledge thus gained is envisaged to be useful for developing sound strategies for breeding crop species and other economically important plants. Together with her group, she is currently focusing on understanding and characterizing the regulatory elements viz. transcription factors and miRNAs underpinning such adaptive traits as flowering in members of Brassicaceae. Anandita was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by the Max Planck Society, Germany, to undertake research at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology of Professor Detlef Weigel. The main focus of her work there concerned developing a mechanistic understanding of flowering response in Arabidopsis thaliana using wide range genomic approaches. Her doctoral thesis entitled 'DNA fingerprinting for assessment of genetic diversity in medicinal plant species ' involved the assessment of the natural variation and genetic diversity in important medicinal tree species namely, Azadirachta indica (neem) and Emblica officinalis (amla). She carried out extensive work on neem, and her research findings implicated India as the true Center of Origin for neem. At TERI SAS, she has contributed in formulation and is teaching following courses at Master?s and pre-PhD level: Principles of Genetic Engineering and Bio-analytical Techniques; Molecular Markers and Breeding; Environmental Biotechnology: Plant Biotechnology in Agriculture Sector; Genetic Engineering and recombinant DNA Techniques; Molecular Genomics and Genetics.
Message from Dean of Students’ WelfareThis planet is facing extra-ordinary challenges today and the future may be distinctly different! This is an exclusive message to the youth of the world to pause for a minute to reflect, whether the current pace of cultural evolution would continue to sustain even the most fundamental needs of mankind? Whether this planet will remain a safe place to live, environmentally and socially? There is an urgency for your generation to understand the needs of the “future” since the responsibility and capacity to reclaim a beautiful future for this world must come from you. We invite you into the membership of our unique institution of higher learning, “TERI-School of Advanced Studies” whose students and scholars are undertaking the onerous task of leading the global society into a healthy, prosperous, and sustainable world through conception and dissemination of ideas that are significant and value-based. TERI-SAS originated from the research organization TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) as an institution of higher learning. The architects envisioned the goal of the University as not only to disseminate knowledge, ethics, and core values on sustainability research more effectively, but to also challenge the conventional ideas by fresh intellectual inputs that must come from your open young minds. Your unbiased, independent thought process is much required to stimulate sustainability science into creative explorations and solutions. Your generation can view concepts in unconventional and less rigid ways. Thus, the future of the planet and mankind rests best on your able shoulders. The students of TERI-SAS stand apart, they firmly understand the multi-dimensionality and organic linkages among diverse domains of Sustainability Science such as Economics, Biotechnology, Business, Natural Resources, Environment and Energy. Our students are inspired by deep knowledge, remain grounded in pragmatism, and can reach out to people sensitively to influence thought and behaviour. This is so, because they can also see the connectivity and divide between Science, Technology and Policy. Equipped with such ideas and skills, TERI-SAS students know how to translate fundamental concepts into action and impact nature of the society for betterment of planet and humanity. If you are motivated to make a difference in this world, we welcome you into the large and vibrant family of TERI-SAS."
