14 Facts About Anil Grover

Anil Grover was born on 15 August 1958 and is an Indian molecular biologist, professor and the head of the Department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Delhi.

Anil Grover, born on the Indian Independence Day of 1958 in the National Capital Region of Delhi to Shori Singh Grover-Krishna Grover couple, did his undergraduate and master's studies at the University of Delhi, earning the degrees of BSc and MSc in 1977 and 1979 respectively.

Anil Grover started his career as a research associate at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1984 but moved to Tata Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi in 1985, again as a research associate.

In 1987, Anil Grover went to Canada to continue his research at the University of Guelph and returned to India in 1988 to join his alma mater, Delhi University, as a scientist.

Anil Grover returned to Delhi University in 1994 and resumed his career, taking up the post of a senior lecturer.

Anil Grover had a sabbatical at the University of California, Davis as a visiting fellow from 2002 to 2004.

Anil Grover is married to Anita Grover and the family lives in Janakpuri, New Delhi.

Anil Grover's work is primarily focused on rice crop and Arabidopsis thaliana, a common weed found in India and their gene expressions to heat stress.

Anil Grover demonstrated through transcriptome and proteome studies that heat stress affects the biochemical, cellular and physiological processes of the plant and these studies have assisted in widening the understanding of genomic and proteomic alterations as well as the ROS metabolism of the plant.

Anil Grover's studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 161 of them.

Anil Grover has mentored several research scholars in their doctoral and master's studies.

Anil Grover sits in the national committee of the Indian National Science Academy for cooperating with the International Union of Biological Sciences and is a member of the board of directors of the 12th congress of the International Plant Molecular Biology scheduled to be held in Montpellier He is a former member of the Plant Science and an editorial board member of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, both journals published by Elsevier.

Anil Grover guest-edited the special issue of Plant Reproduction journal on pollen development and the special issues of Current Science on Transgenic Crops in February 2003 and Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants in 2008.

Anil Grover received the elected fellowship of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2003 and of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2007.