Profile

• Time Zone

  (GMT +5.5) Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, New Delhi

  
  
• Organization

  CSIR National Botanical Research Institute

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  My intrigue in science began at an early age, I have had a sense of wonder in exploring the world and asking questions to know more. My Ph.D. thesis research was focused on Phytoremediation of heavy metals using novel biotechnological tools. There was an interesting question about how plants respond at gene expression level to the changing environments. To find out the answers, I studied plant-metal interaction and characterized genes and their novel function in response to heavy metal. My research is constantly exploring new avenues of science with particular reference to plant-nutrient interaction and contributing to our understanding of how plant gene expression is regulated under the constantly changing nutrient conditions. My research interest includes Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Phytoremediation, Heavy Metal Toxicity, and Plant Genomics.

  
  
• Which of the following best describes your career stage?

  Early Career

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  Devesh has always been fascinated by science experiments from an early age. Being an agnostic person, he continuously searches for the answers to his questions and, science provides him the opportunity to get the answers.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  It puts me at the highest level of consciousness. It makes me alert for surrounding environment and events.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is tough about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  It is a kind of razor's edge. You have to be right in the middle of the way without any prejudice or preoccupied condition of the mind, which is tough.

  
  
• Help represent the outreach efforts of your societies. Please click all those organizations you are a member of:

  American Society of Plant Biologists

  
  
• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

the swaggy lee's Devesh Shukla Nov 30, 2023

Dear All,

I have gone through your experiment, graph and conclusion and want to congratulate you for your meticulous effort to understand the effect of light of different colors on the photosynthesis rate. Yes, your results are…

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Dear All,

I have gone through your experiment, graph and conclusion and want to congratulate you for your meticulous effort to understand the effect of light of different colors on the photosynthesis rate. Yes, your results are supported by the earlier scientific literature. Blue light wave length 400-500 nm absorbed most by the chloroplast pigments resulted into higher rate of photosynthesis.

I wish you all the best for your future endeavors.

Thank & regards,

Devesh

the swaggy lee's Devesh Shukla Nov 21, 2023

Hum! Interesting, so blue light is causing more number of leaves to float. But I would like to repeat this experiment before analyzing the data.

the swaggy lee's Devesh Shukla Nov 16, 2023

Hi Ainsley,

I like your argument and looks like suitable under your experimental condition. What is next step? Could you please plot a curve using the data?