General Informations

  • Join Date: 29/08/2014
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Pathology
  • Office Email: anurag.kashyap[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2010
B.Sc. (Agri.)

College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2012
M.Sc. (Agri.)

Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2021
PhD

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
29-08-2014 - Till date
Assistant Professor

Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University

Achivements
  • Excellent cum laude title award to Doctoral thesis by Autonomous University of Barcelona on 1st June, 2021.
  • Netaji Subhas Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) International Fellowship award for pursuing doctoral studies at Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, Spain from 1st November 2017 to 31st December 2020.
  • Prof. Debeswar Pathak Memorial prize for securing first position at M.Sc.(Agri) programme across all the departments of Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University in the year 2014.
  • Gold Medal award by Assam Agricultural University for securing the highest CGPA in B.Sc. (Agri.) degree programme.
  • Lakhipriya ( Krishnai ) Devi memorial prize for academic performance in B.Sc (Agri) degree programme of Assam Agricultural University.
  • Dr. Satya Ranjan Barooah prize for academic performance in B.Sc (Agri) degree programme of Assam Agricultural University.
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) - 2013 conducted by Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board, New Delhi.
  • Received the Best research poster award (1st prize) in Indian Phytopathological Society Zonal Symposium 10-11 March 2022.
  • Nominated as the "Promising Young Scientist Of North East" by the BioNE e-zine of Biological sciences in its 23rd issue. Link: http://babrone.edu.in/blog/?p=4404
Membership
  • Indian Phytopathological Society
    Life Member
Projects
  • DBT, Govt of India sponsored project on "Fabrication of bacterial nanocellulose film activated with plant essential oil for application as green, edible and antimicrobial food packaging material", project cost Rs.440000 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • SERB, DST, Govt of India sponsored project on "Exploring the genetic regulators of suberin and HCAA pathway for imparting broad-spectrum tolerance in tomato against soil-borne vascular pathogens and drought", project cost Rs.3037540 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • DST, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Development of ready to use tablet formulation of antimicrobial essential oils for eco-friendly management of crop pathogens by spray application", project cost Rs.4852293 Lakh implemented in 2023.