Anjali AnandAnjali Anand is serving as a Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. She has been working with the ICAR as a full time researcher ince 1995. Her main area of research is Climate change, Seed physiology, and Abiotic stress physiology. Her significant contribution in this area has been on the role of amylases in nocturnal starch breakdown in rice under high night temperature, physiology of temperature induced spikelet fertility in rice, elevated CO2 and its effects on sunflower. Her special contribution is on static magnetism and its effects on seed physiology of various crops. She has over 25 highly cited papers in impact factor journals and is handling several institute and externally funded projects in the broad area of climate change and crop abiotic stress. Anjali Anand has been awarded the prestigious Delhi University PG fellowship, outstanding academic performance during M.Sc., IARI, outstanding presentation of Research contribution in IARI, Fellow of Indian Society for Plant Physiology and best paper awards by Society for Advancement of Human and Nature and Fertilizer Association of India. She has served as the Editor, Indian Journal of Plant Physiology from 2010-2016. Read More Read Less