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| Birthday |
5th June, 1969
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| Birthplace |
Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Official Websites |
https://nbri.res.in/
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Tikam Singh Rana (Hindi: टीकम सिंह राणा) (Dr T.S. Rana), is an Indian plant biologist, specializing in plant taxonomy, conservation biology, and molecular systematics. He currently holds the position of head of the CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC). Prior to assuming this role, he served as chief scientist, head, and area coordinator of the Plant Diversity, Systematics, and Herbarium (PDSH) Division at the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) in Lucknow. Rana’s contributions to understanding the taxonomy and phylogeny of taxonomically complex and economically important taxa like Murraya sp., Chenopodium sp., Ocimum sp., Jatropha curcas, Taxus sp., Ephedra sp., Acorus calamus, Ficus sp., Sapindus sp., Bergenia sp., Betula sp., Uraria sp., Gymnema sp., etc. employing both phenotypic and molecular markers (RAPD, DAMD, ISSR, AFLP, SSRs and genes from nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNAs are exemplary). Rana has immensely contributed towards the capacity building in plant taxonomy and bi-systematics by coordinating hands-on training courses from 2012 to 2018 for young faculty and students pursuing plant taxonomy in Indian Universities and Institutions.
