List of Candidates Shortlisted for 12 ASC Young Scientist Award (This list is sorted alphabetically for the Presenting Authors Name) SN Abstract No Name of Scholar Title Affiliation 1 ASC2015ABS1409814140 Abhijit Khadatkar L.P An improved system to reduce drudgery of workers in harvesting of Makhana seeds from ponds Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 2 ASC 2015ABS1417257821 Anita Meena 3 AC2015ABS1418068007 C.J. Ayogu Animal milk - heavy metal sequestration and its relationship with pollutant concentrations in local soils / waters and primary agricultural produce Factors affecting extension professionals in the transfer of agricultural technologies to farm families in Enugu state, Nigeria Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Barnyard millet (Echinochloafrumentacea(Roxb.)Link) and Progenitor Wild species (Echinochloacolona (L.) Link) from Melghat Biosphere Reserve using Morphological and Molecular Markers. 4 ASC2015ABS1410782737 Dipti Gawai 5 ASC 2015ABS1418560858 G Narendra Kumar Breeding honey bees resistant to brood mite, Varroa destructor- A novel approach 6 ASC 2015ABS1417424826 M.S. Jakhar Effect of Pre-harvest Nutrients Application and Bagging on Quality and Shelf Life of Mango (Mangiferaindica L.) Fruits Cv. Amrapali 7 ASC 2015ABS1408652070 Manish Kumar Vijay Ultradrying as an effective way of germplasm conservation for pearl millet (Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.) 8 ASC 2015ABS1418647459 Neha Saini Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Resistance Acquisition in Enterococcus faecalis Reduces Calcein Leakage in their Biomimetic Vesicles Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal Dept.of Agricultural Extension University of Nigeria, NSUKKA Biotechnology Centre, Dr. Panjabrao DeshmukhKrishiVidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana Department of Horticulture, 3 Department of Soil Science, N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad Division of Seed Science and Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 9 10 ASC 2015ABS1413531472 ASC2015ABS1419919230 Nirmalendu Basak Delineating farmer friendly fertilizer management strategies based on soil enzymatic activity indicators ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Kachhwa road, Karnal Prem Chand Modeling economic, social and environmental sustainability of small-holder dairy farming: The Indian context Zonal Project Directorate, Zone VII, ICAR, JNKVV campus, Adhartal, Jabalpur, MP ASC 2015ABS1418208195 Puja Singh Use of chickpea lectin gene in development of transgenic brassica juncea resistant to aphids ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, LalBahadurShastri Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012 12 ASC 2015ABS1411746963 Ramakant Kaushik Production of human insulin-transgenic cloned buffalo embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer Embryo Biotechnology Lab, Animal Biotechnology Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 13 ASC 2015ABS1417598717 RishikaVij Bioavailability and transepithelial transport of milk derived bioactive peptide Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak, Dirang790101, Arunachal Pradesh Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 11 14 :ASC2015ABS1417871541 SanjitMaiti Climate induced vulnerability of livestock dependents: Perceptual differences among the alpine transhumance pastoralists and coastal livestock rearers of India 15 ASC 2015ABS1417862803 SrinuReddi Osteoanabolic effect of bioactive peptides derived from buffalo casein