Israel-Asia Center
TM
Building the next generation of leaders in Israel-Asia relations
Srivignesh Sundaresan
India
Plant Science
Srivignesh Sundaresan is a researcher in plant science and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in this field at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from the Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu agricultural university in India and a master’s degree in plant science from the Hebrew University.
Committed to enhancing Israel-India cooperation in agricultural research and technology adaptation, Srivignesh plans to pursue a career as a scientific researcher in the field of plants abscission and signal transduction. He challenges the doctrine that basic research cannot boost agri-business and is determined to change the current scenario in Indian agricultural sector.
Back in his hometown in India, Srivignesh set up a pilot project on his father’s farm to install Israeli drip irrigation technology and automated systems, and as a result witnessed a 35% increase in production with reduced water and fertilizer utilization in the first six months.
Currently, Srivignesh is also involved in educating farmers of neighboring villages in India on Israeli irrigation technology and supporting their implementation. During his doctoral studies, Srivignesh initiated a partnership between an Indian biotech company, Genotyping, and his Israeli doctoral supervisor in making a custom microarray chip which later resulted in a significant cost cut to more than three-fold.
Applying to the Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship, Srivignesh sees the value of developing integration of creativity, opportunities, resources and cultural industries between the two regions. Taking the fellowship program as a networking platform, Srivignesh wishes to broaden his previous sphere of knowledge, to benefit India as well as the international community.
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