Academic Department • Assam Agricultural University

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture

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Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at SCSCA, Rangamati came into being in November of 2020. Previously, the courses offered under ABT were conducted by Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, SCSCA, Rangamati. At present, the Department has one full time faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department offer one course (ABT 223) at the undergraduate level.
Undergraduate (UG) Courses 1 Courses
# Course No. Course Title Credit Syllabus
1 ABT-223 * Principles Of Plant Biotechnology 3 (2+1)
* indicates compulsory courses.

Research & Extension Projects

4 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (3)
BIRAC Rs. 48.63 Lakh Ongoing
EST for evaluation of GE Banana
DBT Rs. 118 Lakh Ongoing
Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of anaerobic germination in hypoxia tolerant rice germplasms of Assam through functional genomics study
DBT Rs. 39 Lakh Ongoing
Development of High yielding, non lodging and biotic resistant varieties of black scented rice of Manipur and Joha rice of assam through biotechnological intervention
Completed Projects (1)
DBT Rs. 63.61 Lakh 2016 Completed
Screening of indigenous rice germplasms of Assam for tolerance to anaerobic condition during germination and marker assisted introgression of trait into elite rice HYV
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Prasanta Kumar Das)