HRITHIK PAHUJA

Dynamic and dedicated professional with a Master of Science in Plant Pathology and a solid agricultural background rooted in potato seed production. Possessing extensive expertise gained through work in diverse molecular biology labs, specializing in molecular techniques relevant to crop improvement. Driven by a passion for molecular techniques, I hope to foster innovation and spearhead advancements in potato cultivation within a dynamic potato lab.

• Represented PAU in the North Zone Inter-University football tournament. (2019)
• Winner of Inter-College football tournament held at PAU. (2019)
• Participated in a 200m sprint race at the district level at Sainik School, Kapurthala, Punjab, India. (2014)

• Attended the 107th annual Potato Association of America meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, from July 23, 2023, to July 27, 2023.
• Attended the 106th annual Potato Association of America meeting in Missoula, Montana, USA, from July 17, 2022, to July 21, 2022.
• Poster presentation on ‘Speed Vernalization in winter wheat of Montana’ at Post Farm on ‘Field Day (July 07, 2022)’ organized by Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.
• Participated in “Hands-on laboratory course on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing.” Jointly organized by Shri Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary (SGT) University, Gurugram, and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, New Delhi, on March 23-27, 2021.
• Participated in E-Quiz on “Food Nutrition and Agriculture” on world food day organized by Junagarh Agriculture University, Gujrat, IN.
• Participated in E-Quiz on “Biotechnology in Nature Conservation and Agriculture” organized by Junagarh Agriculture University, Gujrat, IN.
• Represented presentation on “Hemizygous mutations in potato” at the School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU, LDH, IN.
• Workshop cum training on Techniques in Molecular Biology conducted by the School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU, LDH in collaboration with wet-lab championship and Shaastra (IIT Madras) on 18th & 19th Oct 2019.

• Dr. Daniel Colman: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology, Montana State University, Mailto: Daniel.colman@montana.edu
• Dr. Gaurav Jha: Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, Mailto: gjha@ksu.edu
• Dr. Suchismita Mondal: Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman-MT, Mailto: suchismita.mondal@montana.edu
• Dr. Priti Sharma: Biotechnologist, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-PB, Mailto: pritisharma@pau.edu
• Dr. Yogesh Vikal: Principal Molecular Geneticist, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-PB, Mailto: yvikal-soab@pau.edu