| Ramesh Venkata Sonti | |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Field: | Biology |
| Work Institution: | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (IISER, Tirupati) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Hyderabad University of Utah Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known For: | Improved Samba Mahsuri |
Ramesh Venkata Sonti is an Indian plant Geneticist.[1] He did his MPhil in life sciences from University of Hyderabad. He holds Doctor of philosophy in bacterial genetics from the University of Utah, supplemented with Post Doctoral training in Plant genetics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was positioned as a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India.[2] He was awarded in June 2004 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the Biological sciences category.[3]