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General Informations

  • Join Date: 30/10/2024
  • College: Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Pathology
  • Office Email: bandana.saikia[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2016
B. Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

 
 
 
 
 
2018
M. Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

 
 
 
 
 
2023
Ph. D. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

 
 
 
 
 
2017
Other Qualifications

Cornell University

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
15-05-2023 - 17-01-2024
Assistant Professor

Daffodil College of Horticulture

 
 
 
 
 
17-01-2024 - 29-10-2024
Assistant Professor

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Assam down town University

 
 
 
 
 
30-10-2024 - Till date
Assistant Professor

Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University

Publications

B. Saikia; A. Bhattacharyya; R. C. Boro; A. K. Savani; ; Bhuvaneswari; V. (2025) . Bioprospecting of bacterial endophytes from Solanum pimpinellifolium with antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici causing vascular wilt, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 136(0), 0-0 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2025.102566
B. Saikia; M.S. Ali; S. H. Gogoi; P. D. Nath (2024) . Isolation and Characterization of the Mycofloral Diversity in Traditional Assamese Alcoholic Fermentation from India, Asian Journal of Dairy & Food Research, 43(1), 104-110 , DOI : 10.18805/ajdfr.DR-1829
B. Saikia; A. Bhattacharyya; P. Bora (2022) . Spatio-temporal distribution of endophytes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crop, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92(6), 775-778
B. Saikia; M.S. Ali (2022) . Mycofloral diversity of glutinous rice Aghoni Bora in storage condition, Journal of Rice Research, 15(1), 41-50 , DOI :  https://doi.org/10.58297/JIDJ8461  
B. Saikia; M. S. Ali; P. D. Nath; P.C. Dey (2019) . Exploring the yeast diversity of common alcoholic beverages of Assam, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(5), 1519-1527 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.805.175
Pun, K.B.; Modi, M.; Patil, S.; Saikia, B. and Magar, S.J.(2025). Vistas of Disease Management in Horticultural Crops. National Press Associates, New Delhi, ISBN:978-93-48843-02-9
Sree, R.P.; Veda, D.S.; Ravindranath, N.; Dasgupta, A.; Saikia, B. and Kumar, A.(2025). Advances in Plant Sciences. Weser Books, Germany, ISBN:978-3-96492-636-4
Savani, A.K.; Saikia, B. and Dinesh, K.()Endophytes: Concepts and application in AgricultureAgrobios newsletter.19(2),70-71, Agrobios, Jodhpur
Dinesh, K.; Savani, A.K. and Saikia, B.()Bacteriocins Agrobios newsletter.19(2),61-63, Agrobios , Jodhpur
Saikia, B.; Savani, A.K. and Dinesh, K.()Plant metabolite engineering/manipulation for plant defenseAgrobios newsletter.19(1),106, Agrobios, Jodhpur
Achievements
  • Late Dharani Nath Das Memorial Scholarship for Securing Highest CGPA in B. Sc. (Agri.) 2nd year, 2013-14
  • Late Dharani Nath Das Memorial Scholarship for Securing Highest CGPA in B. Sc. (Agri.) 3rd year, 2014-15
  • Late Dharani Nath Das Memorial Scholarship for Securing Highest CGPA in B. Sc. (Agri.) 4th year, 2015-16
  • Represented India in Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAUCU) students' conclave at Meajo University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand, 2015
  • Dr. Satya Ranjan Barooah Cash Prize for Securing Highest GPA in Crop Management Courses in B.Sc. (Agri.) Degree (2012-2016), 2017
  • University Gold Medal Awardee for Securing First position in B.Sc (Agri.) Degree Programme (2012-16), 2017
  • Bayer Scholarship (M.Sc.) for securing the highest CGPA in B.Sc. (Agri.) degree to conduct M.Sc. (Agri.) degree programme, 2016-18
  • Young Scientist Medal in Poster Presentation at International Conference on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture”; AAU, Jorhat-13, 2018
  • DST-INSPIRE fellowship for securing the highest mark in M.Sc. (Agri.) program to conduct Ph. D. programme, 2018-2023