Dr Hari Kishan Sudini is a Principal Scientist (Groundnut Pathology) in the Global Research Program-Accelerated Crop Improvement. Dr Sudini is also the Head of Science Quality & Strategy Unit at ICRISAT.
Dr Sudini, an Indian national, earned his B. Sc. (Agricultural Sciences) and M.Sc. (Agriculture) from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (presently Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Andhra Pradesh, India. Then Dr Sudini went to the USA to pursue his doctoral studies and obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Auburn University, Alabama, USA. Dr Sudini joined in ICRISAT in December 2009 and since then he has been working for ICRISAT in various capacities.
Dr Sudini’s research areas/interests include identifying and deploying cost-effective and sustainable management options for groundnut diseases (leaf spots, rust, stem and collar rot, bud necrosis disease, etc.) to improve the crop’s productivity and profitability. Most importantly, Dr Sudini’s lab works on addressing aflatoxin contamination in groundnut along the value chain including aflatoxin diagnostics. Of late Dr Sudini’s lab also focused on soil amendments (especially making biochar using different types of crop residues) and their influence on disease suppression.
Dr Sudini has bagged many Awards and Honors in his research career. To date, he has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and participated in many national and international conferences with more than 50 conference proceedings.