Education

Education

• PhD in Biological Sciences from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

Awards and Honors

• Post-doctoral fellowship from National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India during research in the field of Plant Calcium Insect signaling at NIPGR- Feb 2020.
• Research Associateship from CIMMYT and Max Planck Germany-DST India Partner Group during scientific collaborative trip to MPICE, Jena in June, 2017
• Research fellowship from MHRD (Govt. of India) during PhD in the area of Plant pathology at IISER Kolkata from January, 2015 – January, 2019.
• Best poster award at 6th International Conference on Plant, Pathogens and People - Feb 2016 at IARI, New Delhi, India.
• Qualified Joint CSIR-National Eligibility Test (NET)-Lectureship, June – 2014 in Lifesciences with Rank LS-46
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), February – 2014 in Lifesciences with Rank 258
• Achieved 1st class 4th rank in M.Sc. (Botany) at University Level (Calcutta University) in June 2014.
  
  
  Publications

1. Kundu P* and Sahu R (2021). GIGANTEA confers susceptibility to plants during spot blotch attack by regulating salicylic acid signalling pathway. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, ISSN 0981-9428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.02.006.
2. Sahu R#, Narayanaswami P#, Kundu P#, Kumar A* (2021). Differential Response of Phytohormone Signalling Network Determines Nonhost Resistance in Rice during Wheat Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) Colonization. Plant Pathology. ISSN 1365-3059.
3. Sahu R* , Kundu P, Sethi A (2021). In vitro antioxidant activity and enzyme inhibition properties of wheat whole grain, bran and flour defatted with hexane and supercritical fluid extraction. LWT- Food Science and Technology. ISSN 0023-6438.
4. Kundu A, Mishra S, Kundu P, Jogawat A and Vadassery J* (2021). Piriformospora indica employs host’s putrescine for growth promotion in plants. Plant Physiology. ISSN 0032-0889. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.19.427242
5. Aich S, Singh RK#, Kundu P#, Pandey SP, Datta S* (2017). Genome-wide characterization of cellulases from the hemi-biotrophic plant pathogen, Bipolaris sorokiniana, reveals presence of a highly stable GH7 endoglucanase. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10:135. ISSN 1754-6834
6. Sahu R, Kundu P, Sharaff M, Pradhan M, Sethi A, Mishra VK, Chand R, Joshi AK, Kumar A, Pandey SP* (2016). Understanding the defense-related mechanism during the wheat's interaction with fungal pathogens. Indian Phytopathology, 69 (3): 260-265. ISSN 0367 973X
7. Kundu P and Vadassery J* (2021). Role of WRKY transcription factors in plant defense against lepidopteran insect herbivores: An Overview. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology.