Prof. (Dr.) Aftabuz Zaman

Dean - School of Agricultural Sciences

PhD

Email: azaman@snuniv.ac.in

PROF (DR) A ZAMAN is an internationally renowned scientist specialization with agricultural water management having spectacular career of 39 years. His lifetime and original research contribution in the field of irrigation water management, rainfed agriculture, cropping system, watershed management, dry land agriculture and bio-diversity conservation, to name a few, globally appreciated leading to outstanding teachers in farm universities in India and abroad. A large number original concepts, strategies, techniques a tools those developed which have contributed enormously to agricultural science and benefitted the global society. He served as Irrigation Agronomist and formerly Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Director of Research, Head, Department of Agronomy in Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya [SAU], West Bengal, India. He is a former Chief Scientist in AICRP on Water Management (ICAR) and former Associate Director of Research, Regional Research Station, Old Alluvial Zone (Presently UBKV, Pundibari).

Research Areas: Water Resource and Irrigation Management

         Projects Completed: Project funded by Government of India, ICAR,

Ministry of Water Resources completed

        Projects ongoing: IFFCO and NABARD

         PG Scholars: 50

         PhD Scholars: 8

Dr. Biswapati Sinha

Unit Head, HOD and TIC - School of Agricultural Sciences

Ph. D. in Agronomy

Email: biswapati.s@snuniv.ac.in

Research Expertise:

• Research expertise on Establishment & build up of conservation agriculture management practices, farmer-crop-environment relations, especially Conservatin Agriculture i.e. resource conservation techniques including use of leaf colour chart, surface residue, weed management practices and Natural Resource Management.
• Provided knowledge to the farmer about weather forecasting and climate change and learning in constraint of environments.
• Socio-economic environmental inequality of the poor farmer.

Dr. Arindam Ghosh

Teacher in Charge (Academic) & Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Graduation in 2014, M.Sc in 2016, PhD in Agricultural Extension in 2020 from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya.

Email: arindam.g@snuniv.ac.in

He has graduated from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia in the year 2014 and completed his M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension with research experiences on “People’s perception on Waste Management and Its scope for usage in Agriculture” and “Social ecology of waste recycling: The approach, process and impact” in 2016 & 2021 respectively. He has 19 research papers published in peer-review journals with national and international reputes along with 2 books and 10 popular articles. He attended more than 8 international and national conferences and seminars, trainings in his subject area. He got University Merit Scholarship, University Research Scholarship and Young Researcher Award 2021 by Institute of Scholars and recognized as Reviewer of the Journal “International Journal of Management and Social Studies”. He was associated with DAESI programme as a course facilitator at Ashoke Nagar Krishi Vigyan Kendra, North 24 parganas and was Livelihood Expert of CFP project at PRADAN and also have more than one year of Teaching experience at SNU. He has associated with different International Journals as a Reviewer.

Dr. Shalini Sinha

Teacher in Charge (Examination) & Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

B.Sc (Ag) Hons in 2013; M.Sc (Ag) & Ph.D in Agricultural Economics 2015 & 2019

Email: shalini.s@snuniv.ac.in

I aspire to work ingeniously for the enhancement and betterment of education. I am looking forward to utilizing my skills and abilities in the field of teaching and research that will enhance the knowledge of the students as well as It will offer me professional growth while being resourceful and innovative.

I have worked as an Assistant Professor in College of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab from 10.07.2019 to 19.11.2019.

I have also served as a Guest Faculty in renowned universities like Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Extended campus), Burdwan Sadar, Burdwan,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, U.P. and Brainware University, Barasat, Kolkata.

I was a Recipient of University Research Scholarship (URS) at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal for Ph.D. degree.

Research Experiences

“Socio–Economic Analysis of Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Sector in West-Bengal”- M.Sc

“Impact of Modern Organized Retailing on Livelihood of Stakeholders of Traditional Retailing – An Economic Study in Kolkata”- Ph.D.

Research Papers

Published 8 research papers, several popular articles in reputed peer reviewed national and international journals, 2 book chapters and a book by published international book publishers.

DR. PRIYANKA GHATAK

Teacher in Charge (Training and Placement) & Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Ph.D. in Soil Science from B.C.K.V

Email: priyanka.gh@snuniv.ac.in

Priyanka Ghatak, completed her doctoral research (Ph.D.) from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (BCKV) on the topic “Impact of Long-term fertilization on soil physical properties” with University Research Scholarship (URS). She did her masters M.Sc (Ag) from BCKV in 2017 on the topic “Studies on Drip Irrigation and Nitrogen Management in Sweet Corn”. She has qualified ASRB-ICAR(NET) in 2017. She has completed B.Sc (Ag) from Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (UBKV) in 2015.                            She bagged the best poster award on 7th annual convention of SFE on “Agrochemicals for upkeeping environment “organized by B.C.K.V. on 27th Aug, 2020. She is a member of “Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS). She has more than 3.5 years of teaching experience including at the Centurion University of Technology & Management, Odisha and Seacom Skills University, Birbhum. She has more than 10 research papers, short articles published in national and internationally peer reviewed reputed journals; more than 2 book chapters and patent publication.

Skills and expertise: Soil Science, Soil Physics, Nutrient Analysis, Composting

Dr. Sanchari Roy

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

B.Sc. (Ag) Hons. from BCKV in2011, M.Sc (Ag) from BCKV 2013, phD in Plant Pathology from BCKV 2017, NET qualified in the year 2017

Email: sanchari.r@snuniv.ac.in

Research Achievements

Two years of laboratory and field work on a project entitled with “Morphology and Biochemical Variation of Some Alternaria species Infected on Different Vegetable Crops” during M.Sc.

Three years of research work including field & laboratory work on a project entitled with “Characterization of Different Foliage Infecting Fungal Pathogens of Cowpea under West Bengal condition” during Ph.D.

Research publications

I) First Report of Corynespora cassicola (Berk & M.A. Curtis) C.T. Wei) causing

leaf Spot on Cowpea (Vigna ungiculata.L). Sanchari Roy, Vikas Kumar Ravat

and Amitava Basu. J Mycol Plant Pathol. 45(3): 314.

II) Cultural, morphological and biochemical variations of Alternaria sp causing

diseases on different vegetables. Sanchari Roy and Srikanta Das. J. Mycopathol

Res. 54(1): 29-34.

III) Rice: A new host of Choanephora cucurbitarum in West Bengal Vikas K. Ravat,

Sanchari Roy and Amitava Basu. Ann. Pl. Protec. Sci. 23(1): 158-199.

IV) Roy, S., Chakraborty, S. and Basu, A. 2017. In vitro Evaluation for Antagonistic

Potential of Some Bio Control Isolates against Important Foliar Fungal

Pathogens of Cowpea. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6(9): 2998-3011.

V) Seasonal incidence of foliar diseases of cowpea and their eco-friendly

management through shifting of planting time. Sanchari Roy and Amitava

Basu. ISSN:2338-1345- 9(1): 45-57. Available in online

Dr. PIYALI DUTTA

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

B.Sc. in Horticulture, 2012and and M.sc in Pomology and Postharvest Technology, 2014 from UBKV, Ph.D in Fruits and Orchard Management, 2018 form BCKV.

Email: piyali.du@snuniv.ac.in

• I have done Research on “Postharvest Treatments on Storage Life of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) in Himalayan Terai Region of West Bengal” for dissertation of M.Sc. (Hort.) in Pomology and Post-harvest Technology. (2012-2014).
• I have done Research on “Characterization and Evaluation of hybrids and polyembryonic varieties of Mango under West BengalCondition” for thesis of Ph.D in Fruits and orchard management. (2014-2017).
• I Worked in National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) project. (2018-2019).
• I have Given the farmers training in NSDC project. (2018).
• I Worked in APSSDC project on medicinal and aromatic plants for 10th and 12th class students. (2018).
• I was Co-guide of M.Sc horticulture Students for the guidance regarding M.Sc thesis. (2018-2019).
• I have 1 year 10 months Teaching experience in Centurion University of Technology & Management, Odisha. (2017-2019).
• I have 1year 11 months Teaching experience in School of Agriculture and Allied science, The Neotia University, West Bengal. (2019-2021).

DR. ARUNIMA KONAR

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Graduation from VBU in 2012 and M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Economics from BCKV in 2014 and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from BCKV in 2019.

Email: arunima.k@snuniv.ac.in

Research on “An Economic Study of Growing Rapeseed and Mustard in Burdwan District of West Bengal” for dissertation of M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Agricultural Economics. (2012-2014).

Research on “Socio-Economic Study of Household Livelihood Security in Unorganised Sectors of Bankura District of West Bengal” for thesis of Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. (2014-2019).

Research is focused on evaluating household livelihood with respect to economic, food, habitat, health, education, social and environmental securities of workers of unorganised sectors such as cultivation of agriculture, agri-business, fish-breeding, handloom and terracotta enterprise, calculation of consumer unit, calorie, protein, fat intake on the basis of nutrition chart based on Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and cost of cultivation of different crops.

Published book “Study of Rapeseed-Mustard in Burdwan District of West Bengal, India” from Lambert Publishing Academy (LAP).

Published 7 research papers in different reputed National and International journals and 12 popular articles.

Presented 6 abstracts in several National and International Conferences, Seminar and Symposium.

Enjoying University Research Scholarship during Ph.D. in B.CK.V, from 2014 to

2017. Enjoying Second position in presentation of Scientific article in the

International Seminar, ACRIL organized by CWSS, BCKV.

Dr. POULOMI SEN

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

B.Sc. (Ag) Hons in 2013; M.Sc. (Ag) & Ph D in Genetics and Plant Breeding in 2015 & 2021 respectively

Email: poulomi.s@snuniv.ac.in

Gold medalist during M.Sc. INSPIRE fellow during Ph. D.

Research experiences

“Identification of superior alleles for two phosphate deficient tolerance genes in rice” in M.Sc.

“Identification of new alleles and markers for the genes influencing major yield attributing parameters in rice” in Ph.D.

JRF on “Development of abiotic stress tolerant rice for West Bengal condition with special emphasis on drought and P deficiency” at (2015-2016), funded by BRNS-BARC.

Research Papers

Das, D., Sen, P., Purkayastha, S., Saha, A. K., Roy, A., Rai, P., Sen, S., Saha, S., Senapati, B. K., Biswas, T., & Bhattacharyya, S. (2021). A perfect PCR based co-dominant marker for low grain-arsenic accumulation genotyping in rice. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 212, 111960. (First two authors share equal contributions, Impact Factor: 6.2, NAAS: 10.87).

Sen, P., Purkayastha, S., Das, D., Goswami, J., Sen, S., Rai, P., Biswas, T., & Bhattacharyya, S. (2021). Yield-enhancing SPIKE allele from the aus-subtype indica rice and its allele specific codominant marker. Journal of Genetics, 100, 36. (Impact Factor: 1.16, NAAS: 6.99).

Chatterjee, A., Chattopadhyay, T., Maji, A., Sen, P., & Ali, M. N. (2020). A review on conventional and molecular breeding approaches for exploring mechanisms underlying heat stress tolerance in wheat. Journal of Crop and Weed, 16(2), 24-35. (NAAS: 5.28)

DR. UMME SALMA

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Ph. D. in Agricultural Biotechnology (BCKV)

Email: umme.s@snuniv.ac.in

Research experience:

• Evaluation of growth performance of Trichoderma viride on different culture media and its population count from carrier based culture and subsequently its packaging for distribution (under learning through organizational attachment programme during M.Sc.).

• Mites and insects on medicinal plants, assessment of biopesticides and effect of mite feeding on active ingredients (dissertation for M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology; 2013-2015).

• Accelerated microcloning and in vitro elicitation of pharmacologically active ingredients in Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk” (Ph.D. in Agricultural Biotechnology; 2015-2020).

Commercial experience:

• Research Officer at Debgiri Agro Products Pvt. Ltd., managing the tissue culture plant’s mass production, seed production, pure line selection, and seed quality assessment (2019-2021).

Publications (Research and review articles- 13, Book chapters- 4):

Best three are as follows-

• Salma U, Kundu S, Ali MN, Mandal N (2018) Elicitor mediated enhancement of wedelolactone in cell suspension culture of Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 134:409–421 (Impact factor: 2.711; NAAS: 8.20).

• Salma U, Kundu S, Hazra AK, Ali MN, Mandal N (2018) Augmentation of wedelolactone through in vitro tetraploid induction in Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 133:289–298 (Impact factor: 2.711; NAAS: 8.20).

• Kundu S, Salma U, Ali MN, Hazra AK, Mandal N (2018) Development of transgenic hairy roots and augmentation of secondary metabolites by precursor feeding in Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski. Industrial Crops & Products 121:206–215 (Impact factor: 5.645; NAAS: 10.24).

DR. ANANYA GHOSH

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Ph.D. in Agronomy from B.C.K.V

Email: ananya.g@snuniv.ac.in

Dr. Ananya Ghosh obtained the degree of B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. in 2014; M.Sc. (Ag.) in 2016 & Ph.D. in Agronomy in 2021 with research title on “Studies on growth and productivity of Rice hybrids under SRI and conventional transplanting” and “Effect of Zinc and Iron on growth, productivity and grain quality of Relay Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus) in New Alluvial zone of West Bengal”, respectively. Published 12 research papers, in peer-review journals of national and international reputes along with 2 book chapters and 15 Popular Articles. Qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET), ICAR in Agronomy in 2022. Worked as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in IFAD-ICARDA project entitled “Enhancing food and nutritional security and improved livelihood through intensification of Rice fallow system with pulse crop in South-Asia (Bangladesh, India and Nepal)”. Attended more than 10 international and national conferences and seminars in the subject area. Received “Young Scientist Award” in “International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine” in 2022.

Dr. Aniket Baishya

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

B.Tech (2013) from B.C.K.V. and M.Tech (2018) from I.I.T. Kharagpur. Submitted PhD thesis in 2022.

Email: aniket.b@snuniv.ac.in

Dr. Aniket Baishya, qualified both GATE (2016) and NET (2019), has received his B.Tech degree (2013) in Agricultural Engineering from B.C.K.V. and M.Tech (2018) in Land and Water Resources Engineering from I.I.T. Kharagpur. Having more than three years experience of working as a Senior Research Fellow in Centre of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and Technology (CAAST) on Conservation Agriculture (CA) (funded by ICAR-NAHEP and World Bank). PhD thesis focused on improving water use efficiency through
micro-irrigation in different crops, tomato and cabbage in particular, under different conservation agriculture regimes. Having area of expertise includes irrigation, crop modelling, conservation agriculture, agricultural water management, remote sensing and GIS. Submitted PhD thesis in 2022 and awaiting for the award with the doctoral degree.

Published Research Papers: 4; Book Chapter: 1; Attended International and national conference: 3 and Workshop: 4

Dr. Jayita Hore

Assistant Professor - School of Agricultural Sciences

Ph.D.

Email: jayita.h@snuniv.ac.in

I aspire to work ingeniously for the enhancement and betterment of education. I seek to utilize my skills and abilities in the teaching and research field that will enhance the knowledge of the students. As well as it will offer me professional growth while being resourceful and innovative. And be a contributor among my peers and to society at large. I was a Recipient of University Research Scholarship (URS) in the department of Agricultural Entomology at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal for Ph.D. degree. I have worked as an Assistant Professor in School of Agriculture in Swami Vivekananda University. My Ph.D. research work was on “Biodiversity study of insect fauna associated with banana and development of biointensive module for management of pseudostem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis.”

Research Papers: Published 7 research papers, several popular articles in reputed journals and magazines respectively, 2 book chapters and a book by published renowned publishers.