CHAITHRA L T | Professional Biodata

Academic Qualification

SSLC in KANNADA, ENGLISH, HINDI, MATHS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

Govt Higher Primary School, Lingapatna, State board

1999 – 2009

78% Percentage (%)

PUC in PCMB

BHARATHI PU COLLEGE, BHARATHINAGAR, DEPARTMENT OF PRE-UNIVERSITY

2009 – 2011

69.33% Percentage (%)

BSc in Agricultural Biotechnology

College Of Agriculture, Hassan , UASB, UASB

2011 – 2015

8.49 CGPA

MSc Agriculture in Biotechnology

TNAU, Coimbatore, TNAU

2015 – 2017

9.09 CGPA

Professional Experience

Senior Research Fellow

ICAR-IIHR, HESARAGHATTA, BENGALURU

102 months - Completed

MOLECULAR BREEDING OF VEGETABLE CROPS

Research Work/ Internships

INTROGRESSION OF MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN RICE THROUGH MARKER ASSISTED BREEDING

ICAR/SAU

Guide: Dr. J Ramalingam, Scientist

12 Months

Thesis

Rice, Triple disease resistance namely sheath blight, bacterial leaf blight, blast, resistance QTLs introgression, markers, markers assisted backcross breeding

DNA Barcoding in insects

ICAR/SAU

Guide: Dr. Ramamurthy

3 Months

Internship

DNA Barcoding in insects

Research Paper

Jegadeesan Ramalingam, Chandavarapu Raveendra, Palanisamy Savitha2, Venugopal Vidya2, Thammannagowda Lingapatna Chaithra2, Senthilvel Velprabakaran1,3, Ramasamy Saraswathi4, Ayyasamy Ramanathan5, Madhavan Pillai Arumugam Pillai6, Samudrakani Arumugachamy7 and Chockalingam Vanniarajan

"Gene Pyramiding for Achieving Enhanced Resistance to Bacterial Blight, Blast, and Sheath Blight Diseases in Rice"

Frontiers in plant Science

2020 - Vol. 11 (1), pp. 1-12

M Pitchaimuthu*, O P Dutta, E Sreenivasa Rao, S Shankar Hebbar, Divya S K and Chaithra L T

"Arka Nikita – New GMS based okra F1 hybrid"

Indian Horticulture

2022 - Vol. 1 (1), pp. 1-3

Pitchaimuthu M.1*, Sandeep Kumar G.M.2, Ravishankar K.V.3, Hegde R.1 and Chaithra L.T.

"Screening for resistance to downy mildew disease [Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. and Curt.) Rostov.] in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)"

Journal of Horticultural Sciences

2024 - Vol. 19 (1), pp. 1-7

Technical & Soft Skills

Core Technical Skills: Vegetable crop production and DUS characterization exclusively in Okra and Cucumber (Advanced)

Laboratory Skills: Handling of different instrumentation related to molecular work (Advanced)

Field Skills: Crop production techniques (Advanced)

Data & Analytical Skills: Field data collection and analysis (Advanced)

Academic/Professional Events

Bioconcorrenza'17

TNAU, Coimbatore

Poster Presentation · Offline · Jan 2017

Introgression of multiple disease resistance into improved rice through marker assisted breeding

Bioconcorrenza'16

TNAU, Coimbatore

Participant · Offline · Sep 2016

Functional molecule identification in Agriculture & Food industry : High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC/UPLC)

TNAU, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Participant · Offline · Jan 2017

International Seminar on Exotic & Underutilized Horticultural Crops : Prioritize & emerging trends

ICAR-IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru

Participant · Offline · Oct 2023

Consortium meeting on " Breeding for resistance to tospo & begomoviruses in vegetable crops

ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Participant · Offline · Jun 2018

Advances and Future outlook in Biotechnology and Crop improvement for Sustainable Productivity

UHS Bagalkot, Bengaluru

Participant · Online · Nov 2020

2016 NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT)

SGRF, India, Cochin, Kerala

Participant · Offline · Oct 2016

Vegetable Research & Innovations for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship & Environment

IIVR, Varanasi, Varanasi, UP

Participant · Offline · Dec 2021

International Conference on Exotic and Underutilized Horticultural Crops: Priorities & Emerging Trends

ICAR-IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru

Participant · Offline · Oct 2023

Academic / Professional Achievements

MSc entrance -JNU Exam – JNU

National Level · 2015

Cleared MSc entrance exam conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University at national level

Positions of Responsibility

Hostel Management Committee member for COA, Hassan (College Level · 24 months)

Served as HMC member at college level for two years

Class Representative for COA, Hassan (College Level · 24 months)

Served as class representative for two years during BSc

Hobbies & Extracurricular Activities

Physical: Playing kabaddi, badminton, yoga practicing, jogging, running etc

Creative: Painting, crafting, journaling etc

Intellectual: Reading novels

Social / Community: Voluntarily served as CR

Language Skill

Kannada

Native

Read, Write, Speak

English

Conversational

Read, Write, Speak

Hindi

Conversational

Read, Write

Tamil

Conversational

Speak

Endorsements / References

Dr. M Pitchaimuthu

Principal Scientist

ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

pitchaimth9@gmail.com

Dr. K V Ravishankar

Principal Scientist

ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

kv_ravishankar@yahoo.co.in

Dr. J Ramalingam

Professor

TNAU

ramalingam.j@tnau.ac.in