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CSIR - CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT. OF INDIA,
MYSURU - 570020

Rajashekar Y

Principal Scientist

Ph.D

Email : rajashekary[at]cftri[dot]res[dot]in

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Expertise

Natural fumigants/Biopesticides
Chemical Ecology
Toxicology
Stored Product Entomology
 

Area of interest

Isolation and identification of plant bioactive compounds. Analysis of isolated bioactive compound as insecticides against stored grain insect pests. Development of Herbal pesticide or biofumigant compatible with organic, as well as conventional (synthetic), to enhance shelf life of food commodities.

Awards and Certificates

NESA Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award-2023
Eminent Young Scientist Award of the year 2017 from International Foundation For Environment and Ecology
Prof. T. S. Sadasivan Memorial NABS- Best Research Paper Award  2016 from National Academy of Biological Sciences
Young Scientist Award of the year 2015 from International Foundation For Environment and Ecology
FSAB and SAB Young Investigator 2012 from Society of Applied Biotechnology 2012
Postdoctoral Research Associate by Department of Biotechnology (IISc-DBT) 2011
SBC Best poster award for best poster paper presented at 76th Annual meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) (SBCI), 25th-28th Nov 2007, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, India.
Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India 
Dr. Kameshwar Rao award for best poster paper presented at 7th Applied Zoological Research Association conference, 14th- 16th Feb 2005, Orissa Agriculture University, Bhubaneshwar, India.