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Dr. Jyotsana Tilgam

Name:

 

Dr. Jyotsana Tilgam

Designation:

Scientist (Senior Scale) (Agril. Biotechnology)

Professional Experience:

6 Years

Research Interest:

My research focuses on microbial and plant biotechnology with emphasis on using modern molecular tools to improve agricultural sustainability. I work on:

1. Microbial genomics, metagenomics, and functional gene discovery

2. CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in microbes for agriculturally important traits

3. RNA interference (RNAi) and gene silencing approaches

4. Plant transgenic development for stress tolerance and trait improvement

5. Development of microbial bio-inputs to support sustainable agriculture

Google Scholar Link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y8nQkxEAAAAJ&hl=en

Contact Details:

Office Address: Mol Bio lab, ICAR-NBAIM, Maunath Bhanjan-275103 U.P.

Email: tilgam_jyotsana@yahoo.com

Significant recognition

1. Technologies: None

2. Patents: None

3. Awards:

i. Received “ANRF-ITS international travel grant” for attending “29thAnnual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2025)” held at Seoul South Korea, on 26th-29thApril, 2025.

ii. Awarded the “Outstanding Scientist Award” in “2ndInternational Conference on Frontiers in science and Technology for Agricultural Transformation” jointly organized by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad & Agriculture, Environment, Entrepreneur, and Technology Development Society on September 25th-26th, 2025.

iii. Awarded the “Young Women Scientist” Award in “1stInternational Conference on Innovations to Achieve Climate Resilient Smart Agriculture for Ensuring Global Food &Nutritional Security (IACRSAEGNS-2024) jointly organized by ICAR-IISR Lucknow, Agriculture Entrepreneur Environment & Technology Development Society, Lucknow & Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow, U.P. on November 18-19.

iv. Received “Young Women Scientist” Award in Conference in “5th International Conference on Global Insights on Research and Development in Agriculture, Horticulture and allied sciences (GIRDAHA 2023)” on 05-07 Oct, 2023 jointly organized by G.H. Raisoni University, Saikheda (MP), Just Agriculture Education Group & AEEFWS, Chandigarh at G.H. Raisoni University, Saikheda (MP).

v. Acknowledged with a certificate by Wiley publisher for the "Top Downloaded Article" titled "Surface Sterilization for Isolation of Endophytes: Ensuring What (Not) to Grow," featured in the Journal of Basic Microbiology. This recognition was earned among articles published in issues between January 1st, 2022, and December 31st, 2022.

4. Fellowships:

· DBT Junior Research Fellowship, 2016

· GATE, 2016

· ICAR Junior Research Fellowship, 2014-2016

· ICAR-NET and SRF, 2016

· JOINT CSIR UGC Junior Research Fellowship and NET, 2015

· ICAR-National Talent Scholarship (NTS) for UG, 2010-2014

Membership of Societies:

· Lifetime member of Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum (ARSSF).

· Lifetime member of Association for Conservation of Microbes and Application (ACMA).

· Annual member of International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB).

 

Projects:

On-going Projects:

Sr. No.

Project Title

Funding Agency

PI/Co-PI

Year

1.

Heterologous expression of high temperature tolerant microbial genes in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

ICAR

PI

2020-2027

2

Indian soil microbiome project: wealth for national prosperity and posterity

ICAR

Co-PI

Since 2022

 

Completed Projects: Nil

Sr. No.

Project Title

Funding Agency

PI/Co-PI

Year
         

 

Publications:

 Research/Review Articles:

21

National:

International:

1

20

Book Chapters:

15

Books:

Nil

Popular Articles:

10

Bulletin:

Nil

Training Manual:

2

Others (Technical article):

13

Others (Newsletter):

1

 

List of publications (Best 10 publications) with NAAS Rating and Impact Factor:

1. Tilgam, J., Kumar, K., Jayaswal, D., Choudhury, S., Kumar, A., Jayaswall, K., & Saxena, A. K. (2021). Success of microbial genes-based transgenic crops: Bt and beyond Bt. Molecular Biology Reports, 48(12), 8111–8122. (IF: 2.31, NAAS: 8.31)

2. Priyadarshini, P., Choudhury, S., Tilgam, J., Bharati, A., &Sreeshma, N. (2021). Nitrogen-fixing cereals: A rising hero towards meeting food security. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 167, 912–920. (Corresponding author) (IF: 6.5, NAAS: 12.5)

3. Sahu, P. K., Tilgam, J., Mishra, S., Hamid, S., Gupta, A., Verma, S. K., &Kharwar, R. N. (2022). Surface sterilization for isolation of endophytes: Ensuring what (not) to grow. Journal of Basic Microbiology. (IF: 3.1,NAAS
: 9.1)

4. Kashyap, A. S., Manzar, N., Ahamad, F., Tilgam, J., Sharma, P. K., & Saxena, A. K. (2022). First report of root rot disease in green gram (Vigna radiata) caused by Ectophomamultirostrata in India. Plant Disease. (IF: 4.5, NAAS: 10.5)

5. Sahu, P. K., Jayalakshmi, K., Tilgam, J., Gupta, A., Nagaraju, Y., Kumar, A., ... &Rajawat, M. V. S. (2022). ROS generated from biotic stress: Effects on plants and alleviation by endophytic microbes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1042936. (IF: 4.8NAAS: 10.8)

6. Kumar, A., Das, A., Singh, D., Das, M. K., Srivastava, G. P., Srivastava, G.P., Singh, J.P., Tilgam, J., Thapa, S., Das, S.&Chakdar, H. (2023). Soil health restoration in degraded lands: A microbiological perspective. Land Degradation & Development, 34(17), 5155-5170. (IF: 4.7,NAAS: 10.7)

7. Tilgam, J., Bhattacharjee, S., Paul, K., Jaiswal, S., &Saakre, M. Development of an Efficient and Reproducible Embryonic Axis-targeted Tissue Culture-based Transformation Protocol for Pigeonpea (Cajanuscajan) (2024). Legume Research-An International Journal, 1, 8. (IF: 0.8, NAAS: 6.8)

8. Paul, K., Raman K, V., Jaiswal, S., Bhattacharjee, S., Baaniya, M., Tilgam, J., ... &Pattanayak, D. (2025). RNAi-mediated combinatorial silencing of StUGPase and StVInv genes effectively mitigates cold-induced sweetening in potato. Plant Cell Reports, 44, 269. (IF: 5.3, NAAS: 11.3)

9. Paul, K., Raman K, V., Baaniya, M., Jadhav, I., Bhattacharjee, S., Tilgam, J., ... &Pattanayak, D. (2025). A novel recombinant CRISPR/Cas9 vector system for genome editing in plants. Transgenic Research, 34(1), 1-18. (IF: 2.7, NAAS: 8.7)

10.Kumari, P., Bhattacharjee, S., Venkat Raman, K., Tilgam, J., Paul, K., Senthil, K., ... &Pattanayak, D. (2025). Identification of methyltransferase and demethylase genes and their expression profiling under biotic and abiotic stress in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millspaugh). Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1521758. (IF: 4.8, NAAS: 10.8)