I'm looking for a job in a Tissue Culture Company.

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OBJECTIVE

To become effective part of a production team in a Tissue culture Company or a Floriculture / Horticulture based company that deals with production of nursery stock of commercially important flowers and other high value crops.


WORK EXPERIENCE

A. Presently: Involved in development of Chaudhri Devi Lal Herbal Garden, at Chuharpur (Near Chhachhrauli), Yamuna Nagar (Haryana) with an aim to mass propagate good quality planting material of herbal crops like Safed Musli (Chlorophytum spp), Bach (Acorus calamus), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia sepentina) and Aloe vera for its distribution among farmers in different zones of the District.


B.Dec.1999 to Dec.2001: Worked as Scientist Fellow in Floriculture Division at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT, CSIR), Palampur, H.P. (India) on following aspects:

- Commercially oriented R&D with an aim to produce superior and healthy plant material of Chrysanthemum and Liliums.
- Transfer of Relevant Agro-Technologies to the Farmers, Flower Growers, Agri-cooperative Societies and Horticulture Federations in Kangra valley (North India).
- Conducted training sessions to 150 flower growers and members of target groups, for propagation and distribution of Chrysanthemum and Lilium bulblets along with setting up Tissue Culture units and Polytunnels for hardening pupose.

C. Sept. 1997 - March 1999: Research Experience in the field of tissue culture from Wageningen University and Research Centre on “Activation of in-vitro axillary shoot formation in chrysanthemum and lilium using pulse treatment of auxins and cytokinins”.

D. July 1996 to July 1997: Worked as Assistant Production Manager, at Beauscape Farms, (Village Langrian), Near Ludhiana, Punjab (India). Also coordinated and managed contract production, motivated and advised farmers regarding new cultivation and fertilization techniques.


EDUCATION

Sept. 1997 - March 1999. M.Sc. Greenhouse Horticulture (Thesis in Tissue Culture) from Wageningen University and Research center. Netherlands, with 7:00/10.00 OCPA.

Sept. 1992 – July 1996. B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons. in Horticulture) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Pb), India, with 3.35/4.00 OGPA. (eqvn. to 7.40/10.00)

March 1989, Matric from Sacred Heart Convent School (CBSE board), Jagadhri, Yamuna nagar, Haryana (India) with 74 % marks.


PUBLICATION

Sarabdeep Singh (March, 2002). Promoting and Strengthening Rural Enterprise in Himachal Pradesh by Transfer of Relevant Agro-technologies for Commercial Floriculture. Bulletin of North American Lily Society, Vol. 56 (1): 18-22.

HIGHLIGHTS

Well versed with methodology and strategies of concerned field.
Work experience in concerned field along with research background.
Highly motivated and result oriented

COMPUTER SKILLS

Fully skilled in operating the software programmes for word processing, data processing, e-mail and internet. Also possess appropriate knowledge of networking.

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Scholten H. J. Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
E-mail: harry.scholten@owi-l.dpw.wau.nl Telephone: 0031-317-482802

2. Dr. Ahuja P. S. Director, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P. (India)
E-mail: psahuja@csir.res.in, Telephone: 0091-1894-230411.

3. Prof. Sodhi J. S. Dept. of Botany, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. (India)
Telephone: 0091-1732-224662 Mobile: 098962-46122.


PERSONAL DATA

Date Of Birth: 06 April, 1974
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
Hobbies: Singing and Composing Music
Games: Cricket, Badminton, Athletics

MY WORK PROFILE:

I’m horticulture post-graduate(April, 1999) from Wageningen University and Research Centre (The Netherlands). I possess a total of 4 years of work experience along with sound research background in the field of micropropagation and nursery management. During my course of research in Wageningen, I specialized in in-vitro propagation of virus-tested Nursery Stock of commercially important flowers Chrysanthemum and Lilium.

Chrysanthemum: Owing to the presence of larger extent of non-uniformity in micropropagated chrysanthemum nursery, a novel technique referred to as “pulse auxin technique” was successfully applied to produce uniform and vigorous planting stock. Aspects of commercial importance like very high propagation rate and minimized mortality rate of tissue-cultured plantlets after field transfer, pointed towards the effectiveness of this technique towards wound healing and optimal vascular differentiation, which proved to be the pre-requisites for successful ex-vitro growth.

Lilium: The main focus was to produce a superior quality planting material (bulblets) through ‘integrated quality control’ of in-vitro systems in Asiatic (cv. romano) and Oriental (cv. stargazer) hybrids. This integration included the combination of right kind of cultivar, right kind of explant and right kind of phytohormone (& its conc.) along with a specific strategy against the hassles encountered at commercial micropropagation of bulbs. The maintenance of virus-tested lines of Lilium cultivars along with weekly phase study in the changes in the total carbohydrates in relation to dormancy factor in scales and bulbs were main goal.

Then joined as scientist fellow at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR) in Palampur, Kangra (H.P.) India. I was actively involved in a DBT sponsored rural development project dealing with mass micropropagation and distribution of virus-free planting material of Lilium to flower growers and floriculture federations in Kangra valley. During the course of project, 150 farmers and flower growers were imparted training in setting up tissue culture labs and hardening tunnels to make them self productive for their planting material needs.


In my opinion the real worth of plant tissue culture will be materialized when the micropropagation productivity reaches to the order of minimum of 10 million plantlets per tissue culture unit per year. This high volume production can help to reduce the cost factor and only then the "culture" of tissue culture can be adopted by even small farmers. Most of the Tissue culture units reach to a maximum productivity level of 500,000 to 1000,000 plantlets per year. I mean it is Quiet Good but not good enough to compete with market price of conventional seed.