Name: Sagar Satish Datir Position: Research associate (State-Govt.) Email Id: datirsagar2007@gmail.com

EducationPh.D. Plant Biotechnology & Biochemistry, Lincoln University, New Zealand, April 2007-April 2012 Thesis title: Cold-induced sweetening in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): genetic analysis of the apoplastic invertase inhibitor.M.Sc. Botany (Plant Physiology), University of Pune, India- First Class – Sixth Rank – 1999 - 2001B.Sc. Botany, University of Pune, India - Distinction – 1996 – 1999

Research Area:Plant Physiology, Plant Molecular biology and biotechnology, Molecular genetics

Professional Experience:1. Research Associate, Department of Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University since April

2016. 2. Visiting Faculty, Department of Botany, Modern College for Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune -

08/2013 –03/2016. Graduate and undergraduate teaching in Botany, Research - abiotic stress tolerance mechanism in rice and flax.Resource Person – Plant Tissue Culture, Seed technology and PCR Workshops

3. Visiting Faculty, Modern College of Engineering, Pune - 08/2013 - 03/2016. Taught Environmental Science to Master of Electronics students – Third semester only

4. Research Fellow, National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune - 09/2012 - 04/2013. Physiological and biochemical assessment of different grape cultivars (IRGA analysis, biochemical analysis and fruit quality assessment)

5. Research associate, Plant & Food Research Institute, New Zealand - 11/2011 - 04/2012. Worked on Introgressing a leaf rust resistance gene from Hordeum bulbosum(a wild relative of barley) into cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare).

6. Postgraduate officer, Lincoln University Students Association, New Zealand - 07/2007 - 07/2008. Responsible for performance and evaluation of postgraduate students.

7. Part time research - Plant & Food Research Institute, Lincoln, New Zealand - 11/2007 - 02/2009. Responsible for the ddevelopment of techniques to assess berry fruit suitability for the Individually Quick Frozen market & carried out biochemical analysis.

8. Senior Research Fellow, Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Sciences Technology Division,Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune, India - 02/2005 - 02/2007.Postharvest sugarcane quality project and several other projects funded by Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi

9. Junior Research Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Pune - 07/2002 - 12/2004. Worked on Improvement in quality, yield & storage life in Onion (Allium cepa L.) through mutations project funded by Babha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai.

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Honors and Awards: Runner Up Prize – 5days hands-on workshop on Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (NGC) June

2015 – organized by RASA Life Science Informatics and GenePathDx, Pune, MS, India Research writing scholarship, Faculty of Agric.& Life Sci., Lincoln Univ., New Zealand, 2011 New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship, 2009-2011 Howard Bezar Memorial Rotary Prize, New Zealand, 2009 Lincoln University Graduate Scholarship, New Zealand, 2008-2009 MacMillan Brown Agricultural Research Scholarship, New Zealand, 2008 Second best paper presentation prize - Focus on Sacred Grooves and Ethanobotany conference -

Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India, 2004

Publications in Journals:1. Sagar Datir and Snehal Joshi, 2016. Studies on sucrose metabolizing enzymes in different sugar

cane cultivars. Indian J. of Plant Physiology, An International Journal of Plant Physiology, 21(1): 76-82. Springer.

2. Sagar Datir and Snehal Joshi, 2015. Post-harvest sugarcane quality under manual and mechanical harvesting. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 4(9): 204-218.

3. Neeta Patil, Sagar Datir and Prashant Shah, 2015. NaCl induced physiological and biochemical changes in Linum. Int. Journal of Current Microbiology & Applied Sciences, 4(9):296-304. Equal contribution.

4. Datir, S. S., Latimer, J. M., Thomson, S. J., Ridgway, H. J., Conner, A. J., & Jacobs, J. M. E. 2012. Allele diversity for the apoplastic invertase inhibitor gene in potato. Molecular Genetics & Genomics. 287(6): 451-460. Springer.

5. S. D. Ramteke, R. J. Kor, M. A. Bhange, A. P. Khot, N. A. Zende and S. S. Datir. 2012. Physiological studies on effects of silixol on quality & yield in Thompson Seedless grapes. Annals of Plant Physiology, 26 (2), 47-51.

6. Dhumal K. N., Datir S. S. & Pandey R. N. 2007. Assessment of bulb pungency level in different Indian cultivars of onion (Allium cepa L.). Food Chemistry, 100(4): 1328-1330. Elsevier.

7. Datir S. S., Dhumal K. N. &Pandey R. N. 2007. Gamma Radiation and EMS induced variation in seed germination & plant survival in Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam) Verdec.) (Syn. Dolichos biflorus L.)J. of Arid Legumes, Jodhpur, India. 4(1): 15-17.

8. NAAS Index IF – 6. 9.10. Joshi, S. S., Datir, S. S., Pawar, M.W., & More, D. B. 2006. Sucrose metabolism in different sugar

beet (Beta vulgaris L.) cultivars. Sugar Tech, 8(1): 69-73. Springer.11 Datir, S. S. &Dhumal, K. N. 2006. Morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes of post-harvest

life in some Indian cultivars of onion. Allium Improvement Newsletter, USDA, 16: 18-23,.12 Joshi, S. S., Pawar, M. W., Datir, S. S. & More, D. B.2005. Physiological studies and sucrose

metabolism during sugar beet root development in three sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) varieties. Sugar Tech, 7(4): 150-153. Springer.

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13. Kirtane, S. A., Datir, S. S., Pandey, R. N., & Dhumal, K. N. 2003. Induced physiological damage by physical and chemical mutagens in three varieties of Onion. Allium Improvement Newsletter, USDA, 13: 11-21.14. Kirtane, S. A., Datir, S. S., Pandey, R. N., & Dhumal, K. N. 2003. Studies on induced mutations in

onion iv) frequency & spectrum of viable mutations. Allium Improvement Newsletter, USDA, 13: 22-33.

Conference Presentations:1. Jeanne M.E. Jacobs, Sagar S. Datir, Samantha J. Baldwin, Julie M. Latimer, Susan J. Thomson,

Ronan K.Y. Chen, John C. Harris, Kathryn M. Wright, Katrina S. Monaghan, Martin L. Shaw, David A. Brummell, Marian J. McKenzie. Potato invertase inhibitor genes and their role in cold-induced sweetening of potato. The 10thSolanaceae Conference 2013, Beijing Friendship Hotel in Beijing, China, Oct. 13th to 17th 2013.

2. Mr. Prashant Shah, Dr. Neeta Patil, Dr. SagarDatir. Study of effects of NaCl and Na2SO4 on Germination, Biomass, Proline content and Peroxidase activity in linseed varieties. National Conference of Plant Physiology, Junagadh, Gujrat, Dec. 13-16, 2013.

3. Ramteke, S. D., Kor, , R. J., Bhange, M. A., Khot, A. P. & Datir, S. S. Evaluation of the efficacy of Ethephon (39% S. L.) for leaf fall & its subsequent effect on fruiting & yield in grapes. 5th Int. Symp.: Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables. UAS, Dharwad, India. 6 th to 10th November, 2012.

4. Datir et. al. Allelic diversity of invertase inhibitor genes in potato. 19th Biennial Meeting for the New Zealand Branch of the Int. Association of Plant Biotechnology, New Zealand, 8 th to 11th Feb, 2011.

5. Datir et. al. Genetic basis of cold-induced sweetening in potato tubers. COMBIO 2009 - Australia & New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6th to 10th Dec., 2009.

6. Datir et. al. Genetic analysis of candidate genes for cold-induced sweetening in potato. The Sixth Solanaceae Genome Workshop, New Delhi, India, 08 to 13 Nov., 2009.

7. Datir et. al. Genetic analysis of candidate genes for cold-induced sweetening in potato. 18th Biennial Meeting for the New Zealand Branch of the International Association of Plant Biotechnology & Metabolomics Workshop, New Zealand, 16th to 18th February, 2009.

8. Datir et. al. Genetic analysis of resistant to cold-induced sweetening in potato. Post graduate conference, Lincoln University, New Zealand, 14th& 15th August, 2009.

9. Datir et. al. Post-harvest deterioration in sugarcane under mechanical and manual harvesting. National Seminar on Plant Physiology – Physiological & Molecular approaches for the improvement of Agricultural, Horticultural& Forestry crops. Kerala Agriculture University, India. 28th to 30th Nov., 2006.

10. Joshi, S. S., Pawar, M. W., & Datir, S. S. Effect of flood on morpho-physiological & biochemical parameters in sugarcane. 54th Annual Convention, DSTA, India. 15th to 17th Sept. 2006.

11. Nerkar, Y.S., Joshi, S. S., & Datir, S. S. Management of Flood affected sugarcane. Crop Management of flood affected sugarcane. MCC, Industries & Agriculture, Pune, India. 30th Sept., 2005.

12. Datir et. al. Physiological attributes of yield & bulb quality in different cultivars of onion (Allium cepaL.). SYMSAC-II Current trends in onion, garlic, chillies & seed spices: Production, marketing & utilization, NRCO&G, Pune, India. 25th to 27th, Nov., 2005.

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13. Datir et. al. Physiological studies in strawberry (Fragaria x. ananassa) c.v. Chandler. National seminar on current trends in plant sci. Dept. of Botany, U. of Pune, India, 26th to 28th March 2002.

14. Dhumal, K. N., Kirtane S. A., Datir, S.S. & Lawande, K. E. Studies on gamma radiation induced cyto-physiological & biochemical changes in onion, (Allium cepaL.). National Seminar on role of Plant Physiology for sustaining quality & quantity of food production in relation to environment.University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India. 5th to 7th Dec., 2001.

Workshops Attended:1. National workshop on Recent advances in cell biology and molecular biology – Department of

Botany and Zoology, SP College, Pune, from 5th to 6th February, 2016. 2. 5days hands-on workshop on Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (NGC) June 2015 - RASA Life

Science Informatics and GenePathDx, Pune, MS, India.3. New Zealand institute of agricultural and horticultural science convention, Lincoln University, New

Zealand, from 13th to 15th August, 2007.4. Basic DNA Techniques - Moving Academy of Medicine & Biomedicine, Academy’s Eukaryote

Biotechnology Training Center, Pune - 411004 from 19th to 24th June, 2006.

Sequences Deposited in NCBI: Five genomic Apoplatis Invertase inhibitor sequences - NCBI Accession numbers- JQ043177 to

JQ043181

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