Dr. Inderjit Singh Yadav is a plant genomics and bioinformatics expert with eleven years of research and teaching experience. He served as an Assistant Professor (Bioinformatics) from 2013 to 2018 in the wheat genome sequencing project and currently has been working as a Bioinformatician at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Dr. Yadav has international research exposure of working at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK, and the Bioinformatics Center, University of Adelaide, Australia. His research spans diverse crops including wheat, maize, rice, pulses, and guava, with expertise in next-generation sequencing, k-mer-based GWAS, genome and transcriptome analysis, and machine learning in agriculture. His Ph.D. focused on Triticum monococcum, leading to gene discovery for powdery mildew resistance and some other key agronomic traits. Dr. Yadav currently coordinates the DBT-funded Bioinformatics Information Center at PAU. His work supports climate-resilient crop development through functional genomics and translational bioinformatics.
Professional Accomplishments
Education: PhD. University of Maryland, College Park, USA (2024), M. Sc. CCSHAU, Hisar (2008); B.Sc. MDU, Rohtak (2006)
Positions held: Assistant Professor (Bioinformatics) (2013-2018), Bioinformatician (2018 to date).
Research Interests :
- Analysis of whole genome and transcriptome datasets of plant origin.
- Plant-Pathogen Interaction Studies
- Design and implementation of plant-specific databases for gene, SNP, and expression data
- Predictive modeling for trait improvement and stress response analysis in plants
- Development of ML/AI pipelines for gene family classification and function prediction
Research Projects (Ongoing):
| SI No. | Title of Project | Duration | Funding Agency |
| 1 | Application of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Agriculture-BIC at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana | 2021-2026 | DBT |
Selected Research Publications :
- Ahmed HI, Heuberger M, Schoen A, Koo DH, Quiroz-Chavez J, Adhikari L, Raupp J, Cauet S, Rodde N, Cravero C, Callot C, Lazo GR, Kathiresan N, Sharma PK, Moot I, Yadav IS, Singh L, Saripalli G, Rawat N, Datla R, Athiyannan N, Ramirez-Gonzalez RH, Uauy C, Wicker T, Tiwari VK, Abrouk M, Poland J, & Krattinger SG. Einkorn genomics sheds light on history of the oldest domesticated wheat. Nature. 2023 Aug;620(7975):830-838. (Impact factor:64, NAAS :20)
- Yadav IS, Singh N, Wu S, Raupp J, Wilson DL, Rawat N, Gill BS, Poland J, Tiwari VK. Exploring genetic diversity of wild and related tetraploid wheat species Triticum turgidum and Triticum timopheevii. J Adv Res. 2023 Jun;48:47-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.08.020.
(Impact factor:12.82, NAAS :18.22)
- Yadav IS, Rawat N, Chhuneja P, Kaur S, Uauy C, Lazo G, Gu YQ, Doležel J and Tiwari VK (2023) Comparative genomic analysis of 5Mg chromosome of Aegilops geniculata and 5Uu chromosome of Aegilops umbellulata reveal genic diversity in the tertiary gene pool. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1144000. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1144000. (Impact factor:5.6, NAAS :12.63)
- Steuernagel B, Witek K, Krattinger SG, Ramirez-Gonzalez RH, Schoonbeek HJ, Yu G, Baggs E, Witek A, Yadav I, Krasileva KV, Jones JD, Uauy C, Keller B, Ridout CJ, Wulff BB. The NLR-Annotator tool enables annotation of the intracellular immune receptor repertoire. Plant Physiol. 2020 Mar 17. pii: pp.01273.2019. doi: 10.1104/pp.19.01273 ( Impact factor:8, NAAS 12.31)
- Yadav IS, Sharma A, Kaur S, Nahar N, Bhardwaj S C, Sharma TR and Chhuneja P. (2016).Comparative Temporal Transcriptome Profiling of Wheat near Isogenic Line Carrying Lr57 under Compatible and Incompatible Interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:1943. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01943 ( Impact factor : 4.8, NAAS rating : 10.49 )
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Awards/Honours/Distinctions :
- CSIR-UGC NET (June-2009, Dec-2009 and Dec. 2010)
- Haryana State Council For Science and Technology Fellowship 2010.
- Netaji Subhas – ICAR International Fellowship 2020.
- The Eddie and Belva Mercer Crop Science Scholarship, Maryland Crop Improvement Association, Inc., Maryland, USA 2020.
