General Informations

  • Join Date: 24/08/1996
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: AAU-Assam Rice Research Institute, Titabar
  • Office Email: ranjan.das[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1991
B.Sc. ( Agri)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1993
M.Sc ( Agri)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2004
PhD

Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi-12

 
 
 
 
 
2014
Post Doctoral

DBT , overseas Associateship For post doctoral research, Department of Biology and Program in Molecular Plant Biology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 USA

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
19-01-1993 - 23-08-1996
Project Scientist

Assam Remote Sensing Application centre, ASTEC Guwahati, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
24-08-1996 - 26-11-2003
Assistant professor

College of Agriculture, Assam Agicultural University

 
 
 
 
 
27-11-2003 - 21-06-2004
Scientist

RARS, NLP

 
 
 
 
 
22-06-2004 - 22-06-2008
Asst. Professor

College of Agriculture, Assam Agicultural University

 
 
 
 
 
23-06-2008 - 09-06-2009
Scientist

SRS, Buralikson

 
 
 
 
 
01-06-2007 - 30-06-2015
Associate professor

College of Agriculture, Assam Agicultural University

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2015 - 12-02-2022
Professor

College of Agriculture, Assam Agicultural University

 
 
 
 
 
13-02-2022 - 31-05-2022
Visiting professor

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),

 
 
 
 
 
01-06-2022 - Till date
Professor

College of Agriculture, Assam Agicultural University

Achievements
  • Dr Ranjan Das, Professor, Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, has been a faculty member since 1996. He has completed his B.Sc (Agri) and M.Sc. (Agri) from AAU. He has completed his Ph.D. in Plant Physiology (Climate Change and Stress Physiology) from IARI, New Delhi. He received DBT Associateship from Dept. of Plant Biology, Colorado State University, USA on alternative splicing under high temperature stress in rice. He has worked earlier as project scientist in Remote Sensing Application Centre, GoA; gathering knowledge in crop modeling, digital image processing and GIS
  • Professional experience: 25 year teaching experience, guided numbers of M.Sc. and PhD. students
  • Research priorities: Actively involved in Faculty Research, associated with externally funded project by ICAR; DST, GOI; RKVY, GOI; BARC, NESAC (ISRO, GOI) GBPNIHE, MOEF, GOI. Mainly is invoved in crop response to climate change (CC), carbon sequestration (CS), hypoxia anoxia Screening of drought and high temperature (HT), Al tolerant and low P , N utilization efficient rice; Characterization of Impacts of CC on crops like chili, Brassica, garlic, mungbean, millets etc.; Soil microbial changes under high HT and CO2, Hyper spectral remote sensing , Tapping of CO2 in rice ecosystem through azolla; Terrestrial carbon sequestration in bamboo/tea.Invoved in Set up TGT/ OTC and Bioreactor facility for studying crop response to climate change
  • Extension: Actively involved in extension activities through method demonstration, diagnostic survey and radio talk deliberation etc.
  • Organizational activity :Organised International conference on “climate change biodiversity sustainable agriculture” 13-16th December 2018, AAU, Jorhat; National Conference Plant Physiology, Jorhat –AAU from 5-7th Nov.2008., Thematic meeting on Application of Radiation Technology Agriculture, Food and Health” AAU -Jorhat on 27-29 June 2014; Act as Course director; 21 days National training programme sponsored by ICAR on climate change and Climate variability ( 2011); Abiotic and heavy metal stress management (2016), Phyto-remediation and proximate sensing approaches (2019).Act as Zonal Secretary (E), ISPP,; Joint secretary, PHSF , Science, India, Councilor, Indian Society Agricultural Science , IARI
  • Publication: Published numbers of articles in peered reviewed national and international Journals, edited/ wrote books, chapters and reports/Manual. Served as editor, member of editorial board and reviewer for various National and international journals
  • Recognisation: Has distinction of Presenting key notes/invited lectures/guest lecturers; Charring session in various national/International forums; External reviewer for competitive research proposals for BARC, Mumbai. Jury Member, project evaluation committee of Numaligarh refinery, India.;Member of the selection committee for selecting best paper/judges of poster at various national and International forum and conferences As resource person in various trainings pertaining to climate change and sustainability in various institutes of India.;Representative member in technical committee of National Bamboo Mission India and bamboo nursery accreditation committee, State Bamboo Mission, Assam.; Awarded the prestigious distinguished scientist award of Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences, Gangotri Nagar, UP.; Received best poster award in national and international conference.; Visiting fellow/scientist ,Rajiv Gandhi Central University, Arunachal Act as external examiner PhD and M.Sc viva voce/other examination in various institute.; Fellow of society for Environment and Development, New Delhi India; Fellow member of International Science Community Association
Membership
  • Indian Society for plant Physiology, IARI, New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Professor H.S.Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society
    Life Member
  • Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences (SBBS) Gangotri Nagar, Naini, Agriculture Post Office Allahabad 211007, U.P., India
    Life Member
  • IInternational Science community Association (Registered under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India) (Section 8 License Number: 106323, CIN: U8190MP2016NPL035283) Krishnaashraya, 427, Palhar Nagar, RAPTC, VIP-Road, Indore-452005, MP,
    Life Member
  • Society for Environment and Development ( India) , New delhi-110077
    Life Member
  • Society for green world for sustainable development, Meerut, UP , India
    Life Member
  • IINDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCE, IARI New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Research and Education Development , Society, 58, Uday Park, Roorkee Road, Modipuram, Meerut – 250 110 (UP)
    Life Member
Projects
  • G B Pant NIHE sponsored project on "Establishment of climate resilient village in Tinglijan of Karbi Anglong district", project cost Rs.1387100 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • SITA (Govt. of Assam) sponsored project on "Upscaling of Livelihood Implication Through Smart Agriculture And Agri-Eco-Tourism", project cost Rs.49776000 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • BARC BRNS sponsored project on "Evaluation, seed multiplication and maintenance of some promising induced mutants of moisture deficit stresses tolerant Indian mustard", project cost Rs.180000 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • SERB DST sponsored project on "Detection of Crop responses to elevated CO2, & temperature, drought, light & submergence stress using close range hyperspectral thermal imaging in an advanced physiological tools", project cost Rs.4054000 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Excel, Mumbai, India sponsored project on "GA 20% trial", project cost Rs.0.34 Lakh implemented in 2005.
  • NICRA, CRIDA, ICAR sponsored project on "Crop adaptation strategies and carbon sequestration for climate resilient agriculture in unutilized and degraded land if north-eastern region of India through bamboo plantation", project cost Rs.50 Lakh implemented in 2011.
  • FRP sponsored project on "Implications of Climate Change In Relation To Elevated Level of Atmospheric CO2 on Physiological Changes and Productivity of Upland Rice", project cost Rs.12 Lakh implemented in 2010.
  • NESAC, ISRO sponsored project on "Crop condition assessment using hyper spectral remote sensing", project cost Rs.16 Lakh implemented in 2014.
  • RKVY, Govt of India sponsored project on "Tapping of carbon dioxide in rice ecosystem through Azolla cultivation", project cost Rs.150 Lakh implemented in 2012.
  • Extra Mural Project sponsored project on "Study of diversity of rice in Karbi Anglong district of Assam: Implication for biodiversity conservation under changed climate condition", project cost Rs.11.88 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • BARC/BRNS sponsored project on "Development of improved stress.....mutation breeding", project cost Rs.2884125 Lakh implemented in 2014.