General Informations

  • Join Date: 08/08/2018
  • College: Directorate of Extension Education
  • Department: AAU-KVK, Karbi Anglong
  • Office Email: lohit.kataki[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2010
B.Sc. (Agri.)

Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath Chariali

 
 
 
 
 
2012
M.Sc. (Agri.)

College of Agriculture, AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2018
PhD (Agri.)

College of Agriculture, AAU, Jorhat

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
14-09-2012 - 06-08-2018
Junior Research Fellow

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
08-08-2018 - Till date
Subject Matter Specialist (Plant Protection)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Achievements
  • Research achievements: (1) First report of pomegranate bacterial blight disease from Assam (caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Punicae).
    (2) Involved as a research fellow in the development and testing of six microbial bioformulation technologies- > Biogreen (substrate-based bioformulation containing five different PGPMs), > Biogreen-L (liquid bioformulation containing five different PGPMs), > Bio-Veer (talc-based bioformulation containing Trichoderma viride), > Bio-Zium (talc-based bioformulation containing Trichoderma harzianum), > Bio-Meta (talc-based bioformulation containing Metarhizium anisopliae), > Bio-Time (Talc-based bioformulation containing Metarhizium anisopliae Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma harzianum).
    (3) Developed and tested carrier-based microbial consortia of PGPMs and Methanotrophic bacteria for reduction of bacterial leaf blight (BLB) and sheath blight (ShB) diseases with simultaneous bioremediation of biogenic methane emission in submerged paddy fields.
  • Successfully led forty-four (44) training programs as Course Director, including three skill development training (two of 30 days each and one of 15 days duration) and two vocational training programs (7 days duration each).
  • Second Best Poster Award for the presentation entitled “Effect of Plant Growth Promoting microbial consortia on Rhizoctonia root rot disease incidence and yield attributing characters of chilli crop” in the National Seminar of Indian Phytopathological Society North East Zonal Meeting, held at Jorhat, Assam on November 4-5th, 2016.
  • Qualified ICAR-National Eligibility Test (NET) two times.
Projects
  • Department of Biotechnology sponsored project on "Biotech Kisan Hub Project", implemented in 2018.
  • NABARD sponsored project on "Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs)", project cost Rs.25.0 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)", project cost Rs.7.01343 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • ICAR-CRIDA sponsored project on "NICRA Technology Demonstration", implemented in 2017.