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Established 1960 — a key contributor to India’s Green Revolution, with 264+ released crop varieties and the popular ‘Pantnagar Seeds’ brand. M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes, 12 laboratories and extensive research.
Inception of Department of Plant Breeding was held in 1960 with the aim to impart teaching, research and extension in plant breeding (name transformed to Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding in 1976). The department has played a pivotal role in ushering the Green Revolution in India by developing landmark varieties of wheat, rice, maize, pulses, oilseeds, forage, sugarcane and other crops. Till the year 2021, 264 varieties have been developed and commercially released in various crops. Thirteen crop varieties have been ranked as “Land-Mark Varieties” at the country level. Department facilitated registration of 3 farmers Varieties with the PPV&FRA. One of the most outstanding impacts of the breeding programme has been the massive seed production of various crops and “Pantnagar Seeds” is the most popular brand among the farmers of the country.
The Department has well-knit under graduate (U.G.) and post graduate (P.G.) programmes with updated and modern course curricula as per the ICAR guidelines. The Department has excellent facilities for teaching various courses in Genetics & Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Seed Technology as required for undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes. Department has been graced by distinguished faculty, four faculty members have been honored with NAAS Fellowship. There are 12 well-equipped laboratories in the department for teaching and research work. Currently in addition to 13 All India Coordinated Research Projects (ACRIP) on different crops funded by ICAR and 9 ad-hoc projects funded by different funding agencies viz., DBT, DST, ICAR, NBPGR, DAC/PPV&FRA, CGIAR, NOVOD etc. are under implementation.
To impart quality education in the field of Genetics & Plant Breeding to UG and PG students and to develop high yielding crop varieties with biotic, abiotic stress tolerance.
| SI. No. | Degree | No. of Seats | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttarakhand domicile | ICAR | |||
| 1. | M.Sc. Ag (Genetics & Plant Breeding) | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2. | Ph.D. (Genetics & Plant Breeding) | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Functional laboratories in the department
Each profile carries the faculty member’s qualifications, research interests and publications.
| S.No. | Title | Funding Agency | P.I. / Co-PI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All India Coordinated Project on Wheat & Barley Improvement | ICAR | Dr. J.P. Jaiswal, Dr. Swati, Dr. Anil Kumar |
| 2 | All India Coordinated Project on Rice Improvement | ICAR | Dr. I.D. Pandey, Dr. M.K. Nautyal, Dr. D.C. Baskheti |
| 3 | All India Coordinated Project on Maize Improvement | ICAR | Dr. N.K. Singh |
| 4 | All India Coordinated Project on Rapeseed-Mustard Improvement | ICAR | Dr. Usha Pant |
| 5 | All India Coordinated Project on Soybean Improvement | ICAR | Dr. M.K. Karnwal |
| 6 | All India Coordinated Project on Sorghum Improvement | ICAR | Dr. P.K. Pandey |
| 7 | All India Coordinated Project on Forage Crops Improvement | ICAR | Dr. Birendra Prasad |
| 8 | All India Coordinated Project on Pigeonpea Improvement | ICAR | Dr. R.K. Panwar, Dr. S.K. Verma |
| 9 | All India Coordinated Project on Chickpea Improvement | ICAR | Dr. R.K. Panwar, Dr. Anju Arora |
| 10 | All India Coordinated Project on MULLaRP Improvement | ICAR | Dr. R.K. Panwar, Dr. S.K. Verma |
| 11 | All India Coordinated Project on Sugarcane Improvement | ICAR | Dr. A.S. Jeena |
| 12 | All India Coordinated Project on Seed Technology Improvement | ICAR | Dr. M.K. Karnwal |
| S.No. | Title of the Seminar / Workshop / Training / Symposium | Organized by |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | National Seminar on “Holistic Development of Agroforestry: Potential and Policy Issues” organized on February 13-14, 2015. | Dr. S.K. Tewari |
| 2. | ICAR sponsored 21 days summer school on “New Paradigms in Heterosis Breeding: Conventional and Molecular Approaches“, 10-30 Sept., 2014. | Dr H.S. Chawla |
| 3. | ICAR sponsored 21 days winter school on “Changing climatic conditions:Issues and breeding strategies for abiotic stress tolerance in plants” from Feb 11 to March 3, 2014. | Dr H.S. Chawla |
| 4. | One day NRDC sponsored Training on “Harnessing Intellectual Property and its Management for Growth and Prosperity‘ Organized by Intellectual Property Management Centre, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Jan 25, 2014. | Dr. M.K. Karnwal |
| 5. | IICAR sponsored 10 days short course on “New Dimensions in quality seed production technology with special reference to hybrid seed production of field and vegetable crops, IPR and PPV & FR Act” held from Feb 18 to 27, 2013. | Dr H.S. Chawla |
| 6. | One day Awareness and sensitization programme on PPV&FR Act, 2001, Organized by Genetics & Plant Breeding Deptt, G.B. Pant Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 9th March, 2013. | Dr. P.K. Shrotria |
| 7. | One day Awareness and sensitization programme on PPV&FR Act, 2001, Organized by Genetics & Plant Breeding Deptt, G.B. Pant Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 9th March, 2013. | Dr. P.K. Shrotria |
