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Nirala Ramchiary

Nirala Ramchiary

Nirala Ramchiary
Nirala Ramchiary
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Life Sciences
Room No
229
Off. Phone
011-26704531
Email
nramchiary@mail.jnu.ac.in nrudsc@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/nramchiary
Qualifications

* Ph.D, Department of Genetics, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi (2007)
* M.Sc, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India (2001)
* B.Sc, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India (1999) 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Comparative, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics of Capsicum species

Experience

* Assistant Professor in Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (October 2012 - present)
* Visiting Scientist, Molecular Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea (January 2012 - April 2012) 
* Assistant Professor, Gauhati University (September, 2011 - September, 2012)
* Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Molecular Genetics and Genomics Lab, Department of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea (February 2008 - September 2011) 
* Postdoctoral research Associate, Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, Department of Genetics, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi (April 2007 - January 2008) 

Awards & Honours

* Ramalingaswami Re-Entry-Fellowship, 2011-2012, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (October 2012 -till date)
* Ramanujan Fellowship, 2011-2012, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2012, not availed)
* National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship for Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher, Government of Korea (March 2010 to February, 2011)
* Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for Ph.D by CSIR, India (March, 2002- March, 2007)
* Awarded JRF for Masters by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India (Sept, 1999 - Oct, 2001)
* University Merit Scholarship, Assam Agril. University, India during Bachelors degree (Jan, 1995- July, 1999). 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* Li X*, Ramchiary N*, Dhandapani V, Choi SR ,Hur Y, Nou IS, Yoon MK, Lim YP(2012) Quantitative trait loci mapping in Brassica rapa revealed the structural and functional conservation of genetic loci governing morphological and yield component traits in the A,B and C sub-genomes of Brassica species . DNA Research, doi:10.1093/dnares/dss029, *co-first author 

* The Multinational Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project Consortium (2011) The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa. Nature Genetics 43:1035-9

* Ramchiary N, Nguyen VD, Li X, Hong CP, Dhandapani V, Choi SR, Yu G, Piao ZY and Lim YP (2011) Genic microsatellite markers in Brassica rapa: development, characterization, mapping, and their utility in other cultivated and wild Brassica relatives. DNA Research 18:305-20

* Jiang C*, Ramchiary N*, Ma Y, Jin M, Feng J, Li R, Wang H, Long Y, Choi SR, Zhang C, Cowling WA, Park BS, Lim YP and Meng J (2011) Structural and functional comparative mapping between the Brassica A genomes in allotetraploid Brassica napus and diploid Brassica rapa. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 123:927-41, *co-first author 

* Ramchiary N, Bisht NC, Gupta V, Mukhopadhyay A, Arumugam N, Sodhi YS, Pental D and Pradhan AK (2007). QTL analysis reveals context-dependent loci for seed glucosinolate traits in oilseed Brassica juncea: Importance of recurrent selection backcross (RSB) scheme for the identification of ‘true’ QTL. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116:77-85 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* Wu J, Liu B, Cheng F, Ramchiary N, Choi SR, Lim YP, Wang X (2012) Sequencing of chloroplast genome using whole cellular DNA and Solexa sequencing technology (Frontiers in Plant Science, Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00243) 

* Li X*, Ramchiary N*, Dhandapani V, Choi SR ,Hur Y, Nou IS, Yoon MK, Lim YP (2012) Quantitative trait loci mapping in Brassica rapa revealed the structural and functional conservation of genetic loci governing morphological and yield component traits in the A,B and C sub-genomes of Brassica species . DNA Research, doi:10.1093/dnares/dss029, *co-first author 

* The Multinational Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project Consortium (2011) The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa. Nature Genetics 43:1035-9 

Patents (if any)
Nil 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.