General Informations

  • Join Date: 22/07/1985
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Pathology
  • Office Email: ashok.bhattacharyya[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges:

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1982
B.Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1985
M.Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1995
Ph.D.

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1997
Other Qualifications

Rice Genome Programme, Tsukuba , Ibaraki, Japan

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
07-05-2018 - 06-05-2023
Director of Research (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

Achivements
  • Recognition for facilitating GI for Gamocha
  • Signed MoUs with different organization/institutes
  • Acted as a member in PRT constituted by ICAR for BN University, Udaipur
  • Acted as a member of selection committee for Astt. Prof. of Majuli Cultural University as Governor's nominee
  • Member, Board of PG Studies Nagaland University
  • Member of Executive Council, Assam Women’s University (AWU),Jorhat, Assam
  • Head, Operational Project Implementation Unit (OPIU),Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART)
  • Nodal Officer, RKVY,AAU
  • Co- Ordinator, DBT’s NER, Banana Program for the NE,DBT
  • Chairman, Augmentation of Agriculture through Efficient Resource Utilization with Participatory Approach
  • Visited Vietnam as an official delegate to study the advance agricultural practices and possibilities of executing those in Assam
  • Nominated for 'Prof R P Purkayasthya Memorial Award 2022' by Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata
Membership
  • Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur
    Life Member
Projects
  • Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh sponsored project on "Development of PoP and GI of some commodities of Arunachal Pradesh", implemented in 2021.
  • World Bank sponsored project on "Agricultural Market Intelligence", implemented in 2021.
  • DST 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.48.52293 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Govt of Assam sponsored project on "RKVY", implemented in 2010.
  • NABARD and NCDC sponsored project on "Formation of FPC and FPOs", implemented in 2021.
  • OIL sponsored project on "Augmentation of Agriculture through Efficient Resource Utilization with Participatory Approach", implemented in 2018.
  • World bank sponsored project on "APART", implemented in 2017.