Divisions » Division of Plant Breeding & Genetics Head of Division: Dr. S. K. Jain, Assoc. Professor (PBG) [A]. Faculty: S.No. Photo Name of Scientist Designation Specialization Mobile Email 1 Dr. S. K. Jain Assoc. Professor Chickpea & Pearlmillet breeding 7573017654 skjain.pbg.coalalsot@sknau.ac.in 2 Dr. S. S. Punia Assoc. Professor Wheat Breeding 8005937536 sspunia.pbg@sknau.ac.in 3 Dr. Ashok Kumar Meena Asstt. Professor Groundnut breeding 8432719252 akmeena.pbg@sknau.ac.in 3 Dr. S. S. Rajput Asstt. Professor Barley breeding 8302035321 ssrajput.skncoa@sknau.ac.in 2 Dr. Ved Prakash Yadav Asstt. Professor Arid legume breeding 8209532270 yadavbreeding@gmail.com 2 Dr. Shravan kumar Sharma Asstt. Professor Pearlmillet breeding 9660040812 sksharma.pbg@sknau.ac.in 2 Dr. Manish Kumar Asstt. Professor MULLaRP breeding 9455943719 manishkumar.pbg@sknau.ac.in 2 Dr. Raju Ram Choudhary Asstt. Professor Wheat breeding 9772248081 rrchoudhary.pbg@sknau.ac.in [B]. Facility Available: 1. Library 2. Basic lab facility [C]. Thrust Area of Research: 1. Barley: Development of high yielding arieties resistant to biotic and aboitic stress for malt food and dual purpose barley 2. Groundnut: Development of high yield, drought tolerant and color rot resistant varieties 3. Wheat: Development of high yielding variety, stress tolerant biotic & aboitic & limited irrigation variety development 4. Bajra: Development of early to medium maturing, drought and disease resistant hybrid & composite 5. Pulses: Development of high yielding varieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stress 6. Guar: Development of high yield, early maturing, resistant to diseases and high gum content & high gum quality 7. Chickpea: Development of high yielding drought tolerant varieties Other Divisions:  Division of Agronomy  Division of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry  Division of Entomology  Division of Nematology  Division of Plant Pathology  Division of Horticulture  Division of Statistics  Division of Agricultural Economics  Division of Agricultural Engineering