Dr Dr Vijay Gahlaut

Asssistant Professor

Chandigarh UniversityIndia

Research focus

Vijay Gahlaut, M.Sc., Ph.D., N.E.T (CSIR-UGC), is working as Assistant Professor at University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab. Eariler he worked as DST INSPIRE Faculty, in CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, India. With 12 years of research and teaching experience in areas of Crop Biotechnology and Genomics, he has identified several genomic regions and candidate genes on wheat chromosomes, that were involved in water and heat stress tolerance. He published over 45 international research papers in reputed journals and several book chapters. He is serving as Editor in nearly ten scientific journals. His Google scholar h-index is 21 and i10-index is 26. Recently he was inducted as a Member of National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India.

SDG targets

2.1

Universal access to safe and nutritious food

2.2

End all forms of malnutrition

2.3

Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers

2.4

Sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices

2.5

Maintain the genetic diversity in food production

2.A

Invest in rural infrastructure, agricultural research, technology and gene banks

2.B

Prevent agricultural trade restrictions, market distortions and export subsidies

2.C

Ensure stable food commodity markets and timely access to infomation

13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related disasters

13.2

Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning

13.3

Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

13.A

Implement the UN framework convention on climate change

13.B