General Informations

  • Join Date: 06/08/2019
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: AAU-Assam Rice Research Institute, Titabar
  • Office Email: janardan.das[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2010
BSc. Agriculture

Assam Agricultural University, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
2012
MSc. Agriculture

Assam Agricultural University, Assam

 
 
 
 
 
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Post Doctoral

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Other Qualifications

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Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
05-08-2019 - Till date
Junior Scientist

AAU-Assam Rice Research Institute, Assam Agricultural University, Titabar

Achievements
  • 1. Developed three variety Patkai (AAU-TTB-Dhan-42), Shatabdi (AAU-TTB-Dhan-43) and Prachur (AAU-TTB-Dhan-44) which has released by CVRC during 2023. 2. Involved in the development process of rice variety Dholi (AAU-TTB-Dhan-40) notified by CVRC during 2022 for cultivation in Assam. 2. Till date 22 promising entries nominated to screening at various trials under AICRIP system and three entries advanced to AVT level and currently one entry is at AVT1 stage.
Membership
  • Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development (MOBILIZATION), New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU, Jorhat sponsored project on "Development of high yielding variety", implemented in 2010.
  • AAU, Jorhat sponsored project on "Breeding for development of Boro rice variety.", implemented in 2020.
  • ICAR-IIRR sponsored project on "All India coordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP)", implemented in 2022.
  • NIF, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Evaluation and Assessment of Farmers' Paddy Varieties URGA-2019 and URGA-2020", project cost Rs.6.60 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • DBT, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Generating high depth genomic information for the Himalaya rice cultivars for improving nutritional quality and stress tolerance", project cost Rs.62.03 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • DBT, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Mainstreaming rice landraces diversity in varietal development through genomic prediction: A model for large scale utilization of gene bank collection of rice", project cost Rs.70.9432 Lakh implemented in 2020.
  • IRRI sponsored project on "Accelerated Genetic Gain in Rice (AGGRi-Alliance)- Marginal Environment (ME)", implemented in 2019.
  • IRRI sponsored project on "Global Rice Array (IRRI)", implemented in 2018.