Work Experience

(9 + years)

Teaching:

• Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding) at SVKM’s College of Agriculture, Shirpur, Maharashtra since July 2024.
• Assistant Professor (Genetics and Plant Breeding) at SVKM’s NMIMS – School of Agricultural Sciences of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shirpur, Maharashtra, June 2021 to June 2024.
• Assistant Professor at College of Agriculture, Dongarshelki Tanda, Udgir, 413517 Dist-Latur, Maharashtra from February, 2017 to, March, 2019.
• Assistant Professor at College of Agriculture, Babhulgaon, Yeola, 423401 Dist-Nasik, Maharashtra from September, 2015 to January, 2017.

Research:

• Scientist/ Plant Breeder at Research and Development Division, Bhadgaon, Nirmal Seeds Private Limited, Pachora, Jalgaon, Maharashtra from March 2019 to June 2021.
• Senior Research Fellowat ‘All India Co-ordinated Research Project in vegetable Crops’ (AICRP: VC) in the project funded by PPV&FR Authority, Ministry of agriculture, Government of India from March 2013 to September 2015.

Awards / Achievements:

• Awarded with Senior Research Fellowship during Ph.D. in the project entitled “Validation of DUS testing guidelines for pointed gourd” funded by PPV&FR Authority, Ministry of agriculture, Government of India in 2013.

Publications

Research articles in peer reviewed journals: (10)

Recent Publications:

• Varun Durwas Shende, Tania Seth, Subhra Mukherjee and Arup Chattopadhyay. (2017). Selection of parental lines among round fruited brinjal for hybridization aiming at export promotion. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(1): 1-5 (In Galley proof).
• Varun Durwas Shende, Arup Chattopadhyay, Yogendra Yadav, Tania Seth and Subhra Mukherjee. (2016). Breeding Round Fruited Brinjal for Export from Eastern India. Agricultural Research 5(3):219–229.

Membership in Scientific Bodies

• Association for Plant breeding and Improvement, Kolkata

Email: varun.shende@nmims.edu

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