Former Professor & Course Director
Integrated Biotechnology Course
Kerala Agricultural University
College of Agriculture,
Vellayani - 695 522
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Sai Krishna,
TC 43/1517 (5)
KBAC Lane, Vallakkadavu
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 008
Kerala, India
Tel: +91 9526467549
E-mail: rajmohan33@yahoo.com

• Ph.D. (Horticulture): Kerala AgrIcultural University : Distinction
• M.Sc. (Horticulture): Kerala AgrIcultural University: Distinction
• B.Sc. (Horticulture): Kerala AgrIcultural University : Distinction
• Biotechnology National Associateship: National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
• Biotechnology Overseas Training: University of Minnesota, United States of America
• Short term training: National Research Centre for Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
• Short course: National Bureau of Plant - Genetic Resourses, New Delhi
• Visiting Researcher: Plant Science Division, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Short course: TERI School of Advanced - Studies, New Delhi

• Course Director, Integrated Biotechnology Course, Kerala Agricultural University.
• Served as the Professor and Head, Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, for six years.
• Serving as Faculty Member of the Kerala Agricultural University for thirty four years.
• Served as the Project Coordinator (Biotechnology) for 15 years.
• Guided 4 Ph.D. scholars and 13 M.Sc. students.
• Served as Whole time Director of Atul Rajasthan Date Palms Ltd., (while on leave from the Kerala Agricultural University), for two years.
• Areas of interest: Plant Biotechnology, Biotechnology education, Horticulture, Floriculture and Tissue culture.
• Recipient of the “Biotech Product & Process Development & Commercialisation Award 2003” of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• Recipient of the Biotechnology National Associateship, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• One of the three scientists responsible for the development of five Dendrobium orchid Hybrid varieties released by the Kerala State in 2006.
• Attended 53 international / national seminars. Invited speaker in 8 Seminars. Chairman / Co- Chairman of sessions in 5 seminars. Judge for selecting best paper in 4 seminars. Delivered keynote address in national seminars. Presented theme papers in national seminars.
• Had a major role in the establishment of plant tissue culture / biotechnology facilities at the College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, College of Agriculture, Vellayani and the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Ambalavayal. Had a significant role in the establishment and management of the Biotechnology Centre (as member of the committees) of the State Department of Agriculture, at Kazhakkuttom.
• Offered leadership to the Space Biology Project of the Kerala Agricultural University (as the Principal Investigator) in association with the VSSC.
• Was instrumental (in the capacity of Head of Department) for establishing the Department of Plant Biotechnology (in 2003) and initiating M.Sc. (in 2003) and Ph.D. (in 2009) programmes in Plant Biotechnology, at the Kerala Agricultural University. Also, offered leadership for starting the M.Sc. (Integrated) Biotechnology Course of the Kerala Agricultural University (run on multi- institution mode) as well as establishing an Advanced Centre for Integrated Biotechnology.