General Informations

  • Join Date: 30/03/2009
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: AAU-Zonal Research Station, Shillongani
  • Office Email: arup.sarma[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1996
B.Sc (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1999
M.Sc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2018
Ph.D.

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1999
Other Qualifications

NEiiT, Nagaon, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
2001
Other Qualifications

National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship conducted by ASRB, New Delhi

 
 
 
 
 
2004
Other Qualifications

National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship conducted by ASRB, New Delhi

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
02-05-2000 - 05-09-2000
Project Assistant

CSIR-NEIST

 
 
 
 
 
25-11-2000 - 30-10-2004
Senior Research Fellow

Central Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
31-03-2005 - 27-03-2009
Field-cum-Lab Assistant

College of Horticulture, Central Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
30-03-2009 - 23-11-2009
Programme Assistant

KVK, AAU, Nalbari

 
 
 
 
 
25-09-2009 - 12-08-2018
Subject Matter Specialist (Entomology)

KVK, AAU, Dibrugarh

 
 
 
 
 
13-08-2018 - 30-06-2022
Assistant Professor

Department of Entomology, BNCA, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2022 - 31-10-2023
Senior Scientist & PI, AINP on Soil Arthropod Pests

Department of Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
01-11-2023 - Till date
Senior Scientist

AAU-ZRS Shillongani, Nagaon-782002

Achievements
  • Earned International Network Project "Spatial Modelling of Rice Swarming Caterpillar" in collaboration with Aarhus University, Denmark supported by the Ministry of Higher Education & Science, Denmark.
  • Publication in high rated journal like Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (NAAS Score10.70), Pest Management Science (NAAS Score: 10.10), Sustainability (NAAS Score: 9.90).
  • National Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Entomology.
  • Fellow of Entomological Society of India (FESI), IARI, Pusa, New Delhi.
  • Best paper presentation Award in National Seminar on “Potential, Prospects and Strategies for Doubling Farmers’ Income: Multi-stakeholder Convergence” (2017).
  • Reviewer of the Indian Journal of Entomology, Entomological Society of India, IARI, New Delhi.
  • Won the 2nd prize in poster presentation in ICBFSSC-2023 in the “International Conference on Biodiversity, Food Security, Sustainability & Climate Change (ICBFSSC-2023) in Session 3; 25-28 April, 2023” organized at AAU, Jorhat-13
  • Reviewing Editor, Journal of Bioresearch (ISSN Online version: 2771 5868; print version: 2771 585X)
  • Experience of Question paper setting & as External Evaluator, Thesis Evaluator in other universities.
  • Member of reviewing editor of the Journal of Bioresources (An UGC-CARE journal), Rajib Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
Membership
  • Entomological Society of India, New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Association of Agro-meteorologists, AAU, Anand.
    Life Member
  • Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development, New Delhi.
    Life Member
Projects
  • ICAR-IIPR sponsored project on "AICRP on chickpea/Rabi pulses", implemented in 2001.
  • CRIJAF sponsored project on "AINPJAF", implemented in 1994.
  • Ministry of Higher Education & Science, Denmark sponsored project on "International Network Project on Spatial modelling of the Rice Swarming Caterpillar", project cost Rs.25.30 Lakh implemented in 2020.
  • CRIDA, Hyderabad sponsored project on "NICRA project under the DoEE, AAU(As Co-PI since inception till August, 2018) in KVK, Dibrugarh", implemented in 2011.
  • IMD, GOI sponsored project on "GKMS, Sonitpur (As a member of the Agromet Advisory Committee)", implemented in 2005.
  • North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), Shillong sponsored project on "Geo surveillance of Agromet Field Units for effective delivery of Agromet Advisory services (As co-PI)", project cost Rs.8.8 Lakh implemented in 2020.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "All India Coordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture, BNCA (Associated as Entomologist since 20-12-2018)", implemented in 2018.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Biofertilizer and Biopesticide Production in DBT Satellite Centre (KVK, Dibrugarh)(Associated as supervisory scientist till August, 2018)", implemented in 2013.