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UG Courses
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 PP- 123 * Fundamentals of Plant Pathology 3(2 + 1)
2 PP- 213 * Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management 3(2 + 1)
3 PP- 223 Biopesticides 3(2 + 1)
4 PP- 313 * Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and Their Management- I 3(2 + 1)
5 PP- 323 * Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and Their Management- II 3(2 + 1)
* courses are compulsory
Masters Courses
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 PP- 501 * Plant Mycology 3(2 + 1)
2 PP- 502 * Plant Virology 3(2 + 1)
3 PP- 503 * Plant Bacteriology 3(2 + 1)
4 PP- 504 * Principles of Plant Pathology 3(3 + 0)
5 PP- 505 * Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Diseases 2(0 + 2)
6 PP- 506 Principles of Plant Disease Management 3(2 + 1)
7 PP- 508 Diseases of Fruits, Plantation and Ornamental Crops 3(2 + 1)
8 PP- 509 Diseases of Vegetable and Spices Crops 3(2 + 1)
* courses are compulsory
Projects
    • DBT, GOI sponsored project on "DBT-NER Advance level institutional biotech hub at B.N. College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath, Assam (Phase-II)", project cost Rs.58 Lakh
    • NEC sponsored project on "NEC funded project on "Integrated Plant for Production of Agricultural Bio Inputs", project cost Rs.14.92 Crore
    • NEC sponsored project on "Integrated Plant for the Production and Marketing of Agricultural Bio-inputs (Bio- fertilizers & Bio-pesticides)", project cost Rs.1459 Lakh
    • TERI sponsored project on "Developing a voluntary carbon market project for agroforestry plantations and regenerative agriculture in the state of Assam", project cost Rs.50 Lakh
    • sponsored project on "Aamar Gaon Aamar Gaurav",
    • DBT-NECAB(Programme IVB) sponsored project on "MLT on Evaluation of Bioefficacy of AAU Bioguard (B. subtillis) against major diseases and nematode of chilli", project cost Rs.0.08216 Lakh
    • Dept. of Agriculture, Government of Assam sponsored project on "Establishment of Natural Farming and Organic Agriculture under R & D", project cost Rs.61.95 Lakh
    • Corpus Fund, AAU sponsored project on "Cultivation of Citronella and Lemon grass for extraction of oil for commercial purpose.", project cost Rs.3 Lakh
    • DBT sponsored project on "Net Work project for establishment of Disease Free Elite Khasi Manderin and Sweet Orange genetic stock through STG and mass production of quality planting materials for North Easter states of India (Spoke Centre :Assam)Acted as Co-PI", project cost Rs.54.82 Lakh
    • GoA sponsored project on "Determinants of unsustainability of Rural Agro Based business ventures in the Plain Tribal pockets of Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zones for LeveragingTribal Entrepreneurship. As Co- (No.2(258)2011/DRA(T)/2020-21/04-15 Dtd:01/04/2021)", project cost Rs.2.6 Lakh
    • CDB under Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, sponsored project on "“Design and Development of Digital Image Database with an Android Apps and Web system for the detection of major pests and diseases of coconut of Assam”", project cost Rs.18.42 Lakh
    • ICAR, New Delhi sponsored project on "All India Coordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture(AICRPDA), BNCA, AAU, Biswanath Chariali", project cost Rs.1.5 Crore
    • Indian Meteorological Department sponsored project on "Project on Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa(GKMS) under the department of Agrometeorology, Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam", project cost Rs.15 Lakh
    • Biswanath District Administration and BCMB sponsored project on "Status of municipality solid-waste generation in Biswanath Chariali and Strategies of solid-Waste Management for Biswanath Chariali municipality area", project cost Rs.3.7 Lakh implemented in 2020. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ranima Mishra)
    • DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi sponsored project on "Cataloguing of Phytoplasma diseases of major crops of North East Region of India and molecular characterization", project cost Rs.84 Lakh implemented in 2014.

Our Faculties

Dr. Nirmal Mazumder

(i/c) HOD and Professor

Dr. Budha Bora

Associate Professor

Dr. Pranamika Sharma

Assistant Professor

Dr. Ranima Mishra

Assistant Professor
Achivements
  • -One externally funded research projects completed successfully till date
  • - The department has recently started its PG programme from academic session 2020-21
    -UG course curriculum is also smoothly running under the department
  • - Faculty members have participated/ presented in various national level seminars/ symposium/ conferences
    -Foreign visit by two faculty members to present their research work in the International Phytoplasmologists Working Group Meeting (IPWG) during September, 2019 at Valencia, Spain
  • - Books published- 5 numbers
    - Book chapters published- 5 numbers
    - Practical/ Lab manual- 4 numbers
    -Research papers published- 30 numbers

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