Heman Sood MSc, PhD

Hemant Sood's research is focused on various aspects of plant tissue culture, be it the development of micropropagation technologies for different plant species, selection of genetically superior cell lines for various traits, optimization of tissue culture protocols for use in genetic transformation, development of cell culture technologies for the production of phytopharmaceuticals in high-value medicinal plants.

She was conferred with the Indian Science Congress Young Scientist Award in 2011 for her Ph.D. research work. she has developed successful micropropagation technology in her lab for 16 different plant species and others are in progress. She is presently focusing on sharing these developed technologies for endangered plants with farmers for improving their socio-economic status. She has 03 granted Patent as the lead inventor from Govt. of India in her credit. She was awarded International Scholarship by Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was availed at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.