ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prof. Anandita Singh Dean (Academics)
Anandita Singh is a plant developmental biologist, her research relates to translation of fundamental insights into actionable strategies for improvement of oil-seed Mustard. With a research experience of close to 30 years, including a postdoctoral award from Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology, Germany, she leverages lessons from development for targeted manipulation of agronomic traits in crop Brassicas. Her team decodes regulatory logic underlying morphogenetic programs to accelerate generation of Brassica varieties with improved yields and climate resilience. Anandita leads and contributes to cross-disciplinary collaborations that span various aspects of modern functional genomics. At TERI School of Advanced Studies, she has established research systems in Brassica developmental biology and has succeeded in securing multiple extramurally funded competitive research grants from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has continued to mentor several doctoral and postdoctoral research scholars since 2007. Her current research in interests includes:
-Understanding evolutionary and functional consequences of homolog duplication, retention and fractionation in polyploid Brassicaceae.
-Deciphering regulatory networks underlying key developmental traits: flowering time, root architecture and seed development in Indian Mustard
-Rational allele design via genome editing (CRISPR/Cas systems: editing, CRISPRa, CRISPRi) in Indian Mustard
Among other achievements, research led by Anandita Singh for developing early flowering transgenic variety of Indian Mustard was recognized as among top 15 achievements of scientists in India. She has been one of the founding faculties of the Department of Biotechnology and contributed in securing seed funds of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, towards establishment of postgraduate programmes at TERI SAS. She has held key administrative positions including Dean of Student Welfare, Presiding Officer, ICC, and Headship (Department of Biotechnology) at TERI SAS. As a bonafide national level NAAC assessor, Anandita is also involved in mentoring higher education institutes across India towards attaining quality benchmarks. Anandita is dedicated to the University’s establishment as leading institute in the field of Sustainability Science.
Message from Dean(Academic)This is a special message to the youth of the world. This planet is facing extraordinary challenges, and the future may be markedly different. We urge you to pause and think whether the current pace of technological and cultural evolution will continue to sustain even the most fundamental needs of humanity. Whether this planet will remain a safe place to dwell in terms of both environmental and social factors? Will tipping point of planetary boundaries result in resource deficits leading to widespread social injustice and wars?
The future of the planet and mankind rests best on your able shoulders. Therefore, it is necessary that your generation understand the new demands of the future, and, to re-establish the order of the world. As thought leaders of tomorrow, your intellect and philosophy must lead to creation of a sustainable and generative planet. The responsibility and ability to reclaim a livable, and beautiful future, must come solely from you.
If you share this vision, we invite you to join the exclusive membership of TERI School of Advanced Studies, a unique University of higher learning, dedicated to the cause of sustainability. The students of TERI SAS are taking on the onerous responsibility of guiding the world’s society towards a sustainable, prosperous, and healthy future by developing and disseminating value-based ideas.
TERI SAS originated from a research organization called TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute). The architects of TERI SAS envisioned the goal of the University to disseminate knowledge for sustainable development. They imagined that you, the students of TERI SAS, will gain the capacity to challenge our rigid and conventional ideas. They hoped that your unbiased minds and independent thinking will perhaps stimulate sustainability discourse into a creative exploration leading to novel solutions.
The students of TERI-SAS always stand apart. They firmly understand the multi-dimensionality and linkages among diverse domains of sustainability science such as biotechnology, business, economics, energy, environment, natural resources and social sciences. They can see both connectivity and limiting disciplinary boundaries of natural sciences, technology and policy. TERI SAS students are undoubtedly imaginative but also remain firmly grounded in pragmatism. They are adept at connecting to public and generating awareness on principles of sustainability. They are capable of sensitively influencing change in thought and action as they understand and respect cultural belief systems of diverse societies. Equipped with these knowledge and skills, TERI SAS students know how to translate thought into action 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.
