Agricultural Biotechnology - In Nutshell

  कृषिप्रधान भारताला अन्नधान्य उत्पादनात स्वयंभू बनवणारे हरितक्रांतीचे जनक डॉ.स्वामिनाथन यांना भारतरत्न पुरस्कार मिळाला याचा आनंद आहेच.असे अनेक रत्न या भारतभूमीत होऊन गेले आहेत.काळाच्या ओघात ते विस्मृतीत गेले असले तरी अशा प्रसंगी त्यांचा आठव होतो.डॉ.स्वामिनाथन यांनी ज्यांच्या पासून कृषीक्रांतीची प्रेरणा घेतली असे ते जगाला शेती शिकवणारे डॉ.पांडुरंग खानखोजे.मला वाटते ते देखील भारतरत्नाचे आधिकारी आहेत. मेक्सिकन कृषी क्रांतीचे जनक असणारे डॉ खानखोजे यांचा एक शेतमजुर ते मेक्सिकन कृषीक्रांतीचे जनक हा प्रवास विस्मयकारक आणि थक्क करणारा आहे. महान कृषी संशोधक   महाराष्ट्र राज्य हे भारताच्या सांस्कृतिक , शैक्षणिक आणि सामाजिक विकासाचे केंद्र राहिलेले आहे , या मातीने कित्येक क्रांतिकारक घडवले आहेत , पण या मातीत रुजून थेट अमेरिकेत कृषी क्रांती घडवून आणणाऱ्या डॉ पांडुरंग खानखोजे यांचे कार्य म्हणूनच कृषी इतिहासात क्रांतिकारक म्हणून अमर झाले आहे. पांडुरंग खानखोजे यांच्या बद्दल फार कमी लोकांना माहिती आहे , मात्र लॅटिन अमेरिका आणि मेक्सिकोत यांना देवत्व प्राप्त झाले आहे. नुकताच मेक्सिकोतील ...

                              Generally, People who are applying for internships/short or long term research project or degree from foreign university much aware of the job of SOP and LOR; SOP is a short essay or paragraph. An SOP (statement of purpose) talks about the previous experience – National and international exposure research aptitude and academic qualifications included – and it must say why you think you’re fit for a course. It must capture your zeal and enthusiasm to get enrolled. Here, I will share with you my way of writing an SOP as requested by some undergrad students who were unclear about SOP writing 1. Write about that turning point. ❤️ - everyone has a spark or point in life when they might have decided to take up science as a career. Love or passion for pursuing science 2. WHY you really need this opportunity ❓️- make it clear about the areas that you want to get trained in specific, su...

Though the year was overall challenging and not productive as it is for many of us, here I have listed some highs and lows of my year to give me a clear vision forward in 2021 🌼 with hope 🙌 Professional 👩‍🔬 🌼Highs🌼 📍Published my first- first author paper in Jan 2020 - learnt the process of scientific publishing first hand as a corresponding author. And then COVID happened and messed up all the plan😅 📍Submitted a manuscript and it is under review now 🙌 📍Clear GATE 2020 With score 640 and 550 Rank 📍 Participated in BHU- Organised Agriculture Science Congress Research competition and won best poster award amoung more then 100 delegates🎊 📍Participated in many online conference did not won anythings 🌼 📍 Shared my experience in applying to internships and SOP writing with few students from India via one-one sessions, reviewing applications etc. 📍 Write DBT-JRF, CSIR JRF exam in October and November and score well but didn't qualified 📍 Joined Unacademy Plus platform an...

Time for a different type of HERD IMMUNITY!🐄 Last week it was reported that a biopharmaceutical company in the US are using genetically modified cows to produce antibodies that could help us to fight COVID-19. I was intrigued when I saw the headline so had to do some more digging. As coronavirus marches around the globe, a sleepy town on the rugged Maine coast has become an unlikely nucleus in researchers’ efforts to combat the disease, known as COVID-19. The Jackson Laboratory, a is rushing to produce stocks of a transgenic animal that scientists hope will help them to understand the virus. . So what makes cows so special? Cows make good antibody factories, and not just because they have more blood than smaller animals engineered to synthesize human versions of the proteins. Their blood can also contain twice as many antibodies per millilitre as human blood Well, they actually produce a load of antibodies. Because they have more blood than humans but they can also produce twice as ma...

मी आठवीत असतानाची गोष्ट असेल. आमच्या batch मधून 4 विद्यार्थी NTSE mains साठी सिलेक्ट झालो होतो. (ही राष्ट्रीय पातळीवरील परीक्षा असून दहावी शिक्षण पूर्ण होईपर्यंत केंद्र सरकारची स्कॉलरशिप मिळते.) त्या तीन जणांमध्ये मी ही होतो. आमची वेगळी शिकवणी असायचो. त्यावेळी गणित शिकवणारे जे सर होते ते मला मागील दोन वर्षांपासून ओळखत होते. त्यामुळे त्यांना माझ्या स्वभावाची कल्पना होती.  गणित..कध्धी म्हणजे कध्धीच आवडलं नाही मला! म्हणजे मार्क कमी मिळायचेच पेपरात भोपळे मिळायचे असं काही नाही बरं का.. पण गणित म्हटलं की कंटाळाच यायचा.. अगदी पाचवी-सहावीत असल्यापासूनच... माझे काही मित्र अगदी हिरीरीने अल्जेब्रा / भूमितीतली प्रमेय सोडवत बसलेले असायचे, आणि माझं लक्ष गणिताच्या तासाला कायम वर्गाच्या बाहेर खिडकीतून दिसणाऱ्या रस्त्यावर, झाडांवर, पक्ष्यांवर  असायचं!! या रुक्षपणात इतकं रंगून जाण्यासारखं काय आहे? हे कोडं मला कधीच उलगडलं नाही...पण शाळा कॉलेज युनिव्हर्सिटी वगैरेंना माझी कधीच दया आली नाही..!! आणि वर्गमुळं, घनमुळं, परिमिती, त्रिज्या, चक्रवाढ व्याज अशा भीतीदायक शब्दांची आक्रमणं माझ्या कोमल मनाला घा...

Dear Bestfriend, I was waiting for the right time from many days to tell you this but now I’m taking out all my courage to confess this. People said that best friends are friendzoned  people I do not agree with it Our friendship never started with love. But now I think I’m falling for you. Yes, I love you. I’ve loved you since the first time you cared about me in my bad days. I love you since the time we started making fun of each other. Surprised? Yeah you should be. I love the way you care for me. I love you for your support in my right things and scoldings in the wrong. I love the way you do idiotic stuffs with me. I love the way you take off time for me from your busy schedule. You know what’s hard?  Keep smiling face and making fun of you when you tell me about your Crush.  Now imagine how I felt when you told me about the guy you were dating. But it was not much hard for me earlier but it becomes challenging for me too.  I managed that thing by writing my feeli...

UPASC- 2020 Receiving best poster award                            In the picture, I am with, Capt. Vikas Gupta, Dr I.N. Mukherjees, Dr P.K Singh,  Professor IAS BHU, &  Dr Trilochan Mahapatra, well-known biotechnologist and Plant Breeder and DG of ICAR, Delhi                      5 th UTTAR PRADESH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CONGRESS 2020   (UPASC-20) is UPCAR and Agricultural Research Council of India organised symposium (happened month of February, late post, because I just got the time to share). The symposium was supported by five major agriculture institute in India which includes NABARD, International Potato Research Center, IARI, New Delhi, UPCAR, IAS BHU, Looking back, I feel like I have improved my presentation skills over time since I joined Masters. Before comi...