Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

1. Dharavath Hathiram, R. Dineshkumar, Naveen Avula, Minakshi Dutta, Ikkurti Gopinath, Navita Bansal, R S Raje, Rohini Sreevathsa, T. Vinutha, G. Rama Prashat (2025). Comprehensive nutritional and antinutritional characterization of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan): Insights into genotypic diversity and protein quality. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 148 - 10831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108313 (NAAS Score: 10.60)
2. Minakshi Dutta, R. Dineshkumar, C.R. Nagesh, Y. Durga Lakshmi, Brijesh Lekhak, Navita Bansal, Suneha Goswami, Ranjeet Ranjan Kumar, Aditi Kundu, Pranab Kumar Mandal, Bindvi Arora, Ranjeet Sharad Raje, Somnath Mandal, Achchhelal Yadav, Aruna Tyagi, S.V. Ramesh, G. Rama Prashat, T. Vinutha. (2024). Exploring protein structural adaptations and polyphenol interactions: Influences on digestibility in pigeon pea dal and whole grains under heat and germination conditions., Food Chemistry, Volume 460, Part 1,140561 (NAAS rating: 15.80)
3. Lakshmi, D., Kumar R.D., Dutta, M., C.R. Nagesh, Bansal, N., Goswami, S., Kumar, R.R., Kundu, A., Rudra, S.G., Y.B. Basavaraj, Gautam, C., Rama Prashat G*., Vinutha, T* (2025) Improved nutritional and functional properties of plant protein isolate blends through steam infusion: A study on chickpea, brown rice and defatted peanut protein blends. Food Chemistry, Volume 464 (3): pp141863, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.141863. (NAAS Score: 15.80)
4. Maniraj Rathinam, Shaily Tyagi, Aravind Kumar Konda, Dineshkumar Rengarajan, G Rama Prashat and Rohini Sreevathsa. (2022). Relevance of methionine sulfoxide reductase(s) (MSR) as candidate proteins in redox homeostasis-mediated resistance response to Helicoverpa armigera (H�bner) in the pigeonpea wild relative Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen., International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 215: 290-302. (NAAS rating: 14.50)
5. Narasimham Dokka, Jayram Bagri, Maniraj Rathinam, Shaily Tyagi, M.D. Prathibha, T. Vinutha, G. Rama Prashat, M.S. Sheshshayee, Prasanta K Dash, Ashwani Pareek, Rohini Sreevathsa. (2024). Decoding nature's defense dance: Mechanistic insights into biochemical and metabolic shifts in Cajanus cajan and Cajanus platycarpus during combat with the lepidopteran pest Helicoverpa armigera provide evidence for non-host plant immunity., Plant Stress, Volume 13, 2024, 100528 (NAAS rating: 12.90)
6. Vinutha T, Kumar D, Bansal N, Krishnan V, Goswami S, Kumar RR, Kundu A, Poondia V, Rudra SG, Muthusamy V, Prashat GR, P Venkatesh, Sweta Kumari, Jaiswal P, Singh A, Sachdev A, Singh SP, Satyavathi CT, Ramesh SV and Praveen S. (2022). Thermal treatments reduce rancidity and modulate structural and digestive properties of starch in pearl millet flour. , International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 195: 207-216 (NAAS rating: 14.50)
7. Kumari P., Bhattacharjee S., Raman K. V., Tilgam J., Paul K., Senthil K., Baaniya M., Rama Prashat G, Sreevathsa R., 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. Volume 15. 10.3389/fpls.2024.1521758. (NAAS Score: 10.80)
8. Khushboo Kumari, Monika Prakash Rai, Navita Bansal, Rama Prashat G, Sweta Kumari, Veda Krishnan, Rohini Srivathsa, Anil Dahuja, Archana Sachdev, Shelly Praveen, T. Vinutha. (2019). Analysis of ?-Tocopherol methyl transferase3 promoter activity and study of methylation patterns of the promoter and its gene body., Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Volume 144: 375-385 (NAAS rating: 12.50)
9. Maniraj Rathinam, Manimuthu Kaliappan Ramkumar, Narasimham Dokka, Kameshwaran Senthil, Lalitha Hari Dharani Anandkumar, Vandana Mathur, Shaily Tyagi, Suthansu Sitrarasu, Manisha Parashar, Praveen Kumar Oraon, Shraddha Srivastava, Venkat Raman Kalappan, Rama Prashat, Mahesh Rao, Shailendra Goel, Sandhya Sharma, Debasis Pattanayak, Nagendra Kumar Singh, Kishor Gaikwad, Dushyant Singh Baghel, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Ramcharan Bhattacharya, Rohini Sreevathsa (2025). A chromosome-scale reference genome assembly of pigeonpea wild relative Cajanus platycarpus highlights the evolutionary decline of defence genes in Cajanus cajan. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf348 (NAAS Score: 11.70)
10. Vinutha, T; Bansal, Navita; Kumari, Khushboo; G, Rama Prashat; Sreevathsa, Rohini; Krishnan, Veda; Kumari, Sweta; Dahuja, Anil; Lal, Sanjay; Sachdev, Archana; Praveen, Shelly. Comparative analysis of tocopherol biosynthesis genes and its transcriptional regulation in soybean seeds (2017) Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65, 11054−11064. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03448 (NAAS Score: 12.20)

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. Pusa Arhar 16 - Compact , semi-erect plant type which is suitable for high density planting and suitable for mechanical harvesting. It has average yield potential of 20.21 Q/ha. It is an extra early maturing variety suitable for growing mustard, wheat and potato after the harvest.

2. Pusa Arhar 2017-1 - An early maturing, indeterminate and high yielding variety with yield potential of up to 22.75 Q/ha which is considerably higher than the national check Pusa 992. It is an early maturing variety suitable for growing mustard, wheat and potato after the harvest.

3. Pusa Arhar 2018-2 - An early maturing, indeterminate, semi erect compact and high yielding variety with yield potential of up to 23.52 Q/ha which is considerably higher than the check PAU 881. It is an early maturing variety suitable for growing wheat after the harvest.

4. Pusa Arhar 2018-4 - An early maturing high yielding variety with tolerance to Phytophthora blight, SMD and Fusarium wilt. Has been identified for release in NWPZ (Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and western UP).

5. Pusa Arhar Yamuna (PAH 5): Pusa Arhar Yamuna was released for Delhi and NCT in 2023. This hybrid was tested in AHT-2(Early) of NWPZ in 2021 Kharif season. This hybrid was promoted from AHT-1 (E) to AHT-2 (E) for NWPZ with 22% standard heterosis over the best check during 2019-20.

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Young Scientist Award (Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology)

2. Excellence in Research Award (Astha Foundation)

3. DST-SERB Early Career Research Award

4. Best Poster Award at 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 2016, New Delhi

5. ICAR-Senior Research Fellow