Shashi Pandey-Rai

About

Prof Shashi Pandey Rai has a brilliant academic record. Her performance in postgraduation fetched her three Gold Medals (Birbal Sahani Memorial Gold Medal, Shri Rakeshwar Lal Sinha Gold Medal and Kamayani Memorial Gold Medal) of Lucknow University. She has made outstanding contribution in the area of epigenetics/genetics/ genomics of regulation of stress resistance/terpenoid biosynthetic pathway expression in Artemissia annua, Catharanthus roseus, Withania coagulans.

Employment

• Banaras Hindu University Professor
  2017 - Present
• Banaras Hindu University Assistant Professor
  2005 - 2017
• National Institute of Plant Genome Research Research Associate
  2002 - 2005
• National Institute of Plant Genome Research Senior Research Fellow
  2001 - 2002
• Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR Scientist Fellow
  1996 - 1998
• Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR Graduate Trainee
  1995 - 1996

Education

• University of Lucknow M.Sc. Botany (Post GRaduation)
  1993 - 1995
• University of Lucknow Graduation
  1990 - 1993

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (151)

• Enhancing the commercial value of Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.: integration of traditional and biotechnological approaches
  Vegetos 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s42535-026-01824-2
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• DNA Methylation of MYB Sites of Chickpea CabHLH92 During Salt Stress and Fusarium Wilt Under Influence of Trichoderma asperellumT42
  Physiologia Plantarum 2026 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.70958
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• Deciphering glyoxalase gene families and their coordinated regulation with the ascorbate–glutathione cycle during salinity stress in Artemisia annua
  Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-026-01751-1
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• Salinity drives key shifts in the volatile metabolome of Artemisia annua
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-026-37505-5
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• Functional identification of AaDREB-9 transcription factor in Artemisia annua L. and deciphering its role in secondary metabolism under PEG-induced osmotic stress
  Plant Physiology Reports 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40502-025-00857-0
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• Unlocking the industrial potential of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: A varietal comparison of morphology, microstructure, and metabolomic profiles
  Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2025.103572
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• Trichoderma asperellum (T42)-mediated expression of CabHLH genes enhances nitrogen use efficiency and nutritional values of chickpea under salt and Fusarium wilt stresses
  Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.BCAB.2025.103507
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• Chickpea defense against dual stresses of salt and Fusarium wilt is enhanced through selected bHLH transcription factors carrying the bHLH-MYC_N domain
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.PLAPHY.2024.109314
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• Short-duration UV-B exposure mitigates salinity stress in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal and boosts secondary metabolite production
  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.JPHOTOBIOL.2025.113279
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• Heterologous expression of AaLac1 gene in hairy roots and its role in secondary metabolism under PEG-induced osmotic stress condition in Artemisia annua L.
  Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-024-01516-8
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