EDUCATION:
2005 PhD, Genetics South Campus, Delhi University Delhi NCR, India
1998 MSc (Honours), Biotechnology Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Roorkee Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
1996 BSc, Zoology, Chemistry, Botany Navyug Degree College, Lucknow University Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Countries: India
States: Karnataka
Cities: Bengaluru
Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil
Indira Singh works as Lead, IIHS School of Environment and Sustainability (SES).
She has a PhD in genetics from South Campus, Delhi University. Her PhD work led to the development of transgenics in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea cv. Varuna) with improved seed-oil quality to reduce rancidity of food prepared in mustard oil. Post her PhD, she has acquired a postdoctoral training in Systems Biology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA. Here, she worked on understanding the cross-talk between nucleotide, TOR and amino acids metabolism pathways in yeast.
Upon her return to India, she joined the Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi to teach budding biochemists the basics of molecular biology, cell biology and genetics for the next four years. As life took her to Bengaluru, she worked for a year in NCBS on rice epigenetics following which she joined ATREE’s Development Office. She spent almost seven years at ATREE undertaking various portfolios for fundraising and institutional development, leading to multiple grants, awards, collaborations and developments for ATREE. At ATREE she also undertook research to compare the soil bacterial profiles in regenerative versus conventional agricultural plots.
Indira is a diligent and active researcher and teacher-cum-administrator who has worn multiple hats at various times in her career and brings along varied expertise and experiences.