Education

Professional Experience

• June 2018-November 2019, SRF, Assam Agricultural University, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

• November 2019-May 2022, Assistant Professor, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia, Sonapur-782402

• June 2022-Till Date, Assistant Professor, Jagiroad College, Jagiroad College, Jagiroad-782410

Fellowship

• SLET, 2013

• Awarded with DBT-PhD Scholarship for pursuing PhD under DBT-AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

PG Diploma

• Post graduate diploma in Intellectual Property rights from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), 2019

Oral Presentation

• Rice biofortification: tackling micronutrient deficiency at International Web Conference on Perspective on Agricultural and Applied Sciences in COVID-19 Scenario (PASS-2020) organized by (AETDS), U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand, India, BARI, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology Modipuram, Meerut, India, Rajiv Gandhi Central University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, SWERI, ARC, Giza, Egypt and Corteva Agriscience. October 4-6, 2020 (International) , 2020

• Rice Grain Iron Biofortification at National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Plant Sciences (ETPS) organized by Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India in collaboration with CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. March 29-30, 2022 (National) , 2022

• Rice Iron Biofortification: An attempt to alleviate Hidden Hunger at 2nd Internation Conference on Biodiversity: Exploration, Exploitation and Conservation for Sustainable Development (ICB-2023) organized by Department of Botany, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya, Behali, Assam, India in association with Department of Zoology & IQAC, PDUAM-Behali sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (Govt. of India), February 10-11, 2023 (International), 2023

• Rice Grain Iron Biofortification: Mitigation against Hidden Hunger at the International Conference on Challenges & Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya-with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals organized by Department of Zoology Gauhati University, India in collaboration with Pollution Control Board Assam, Assam Science Technology & Environmental Council, Aaranyak & Zoological Society of Assam May 3-4, 2023 (International), 2023

Poster Presentation

• CRISPR and its implications in crop improvement at 2nd International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological and Applied Sciences for Sustainable Future (ABAS-2018) organized by Sardar Patel Auditorium, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, October 20-22, 2018 (International) , 2018

• Mitigation of climate change- An Omic Approach at International Conference on Climate change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (ICCBSA) organized by Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, India; jointly organized by AAU, Jorhat and Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. December 13-16, 2018 (International) , 2018

• Rice biofortification through genetic engineering approaches at 40th meeting on Plant Tissue Culture Association-India & International Conference on trends in Plant Science and Agrobiotechnology (ICTPA) organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati, Assam, India. February 14-16, 2019 (International) , 2019

• Increasing iron content in rice by introgressing multiple genes involved in iron nutrition at workshop on Biotechnology Research in Northeast India: Present & Future, held at Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, September 18-20, (National) 2014, 2014

• Biofortification of rice cv. Jayamati by integration of Iron Homeostasis genes. 4th International Science Congress (ISC-2014), held at Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. December 8-9, 2014 (International) , 2014

Webinar

• National webinar on Research Methodology organized by Loyola College, Chennai on 17th July , 2020

• Climate Smart Rice Hybrids organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 21st July 2020 , 2020

• CRISPR-Cas Precision Genome Engineering organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 24th July 2020 , 2020

• Towards Outcome-based Agri-Biotech Research & Education: A Roadmap organized on DBT-Northeast Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology (DBT-NECAB) Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India on August 2020 , 2020

• Mainstreaming underutilized crops: The story of foxtail millet organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 6th August 2020

• Role of Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology for a sustainable future organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 11th August 2020 , 2020

• MicroProteins: Novel tool to bioengineer future ready plants organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 17th August 2020 , 2020

• Plant based technologies from CSIR for entrepreneurship Development organized by Rotary Club of Orchid City Shillong, Meghalaya, India on 29th August 2020 , 2020

• CRISPR in Agriculture: context of improving WUE organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 12th September 2020 , 2020

• Harnessing transcriptome resources of non-crop models for improving stress resilience in rice organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 8th October 2020 , 2020

• MirRORs (miRNA Regulation of response) to salt stress in plants organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 13th October 2020 , 2020

• Molecular and physiological mechanisms of drought tolerance in Rice - A tale of backbencher gene organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 19th October 2020 , 2020

• Towards raising crops for saline and dry lands organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 6th November 2020 , 2020

• From breeding to genome editing: long-term strategies to contain plant diseases organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 24th November 2020 , 2020

• Translational genomics for achieving higher genetic gains in groundnut organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 4th December 2020 , 2020

• Agriculture 4.0 organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 19th December 2020 , 2020

• Journey of rice research from salinity to fluoride stress response organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 31st December 2020 , 2020

• Germplasm to Genome Engineering: My quest towards achieving big organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 11th January 2021 , 2021

• Production of androgenic haploids and doubled haploids in banana organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 15th January 2021 , 2021

• Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture and Industry organized by Hon\'ble Prime Minister\'s initiative: Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava Lecture series, organized by DBT - Northeast Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology and funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India held from 26th April to 11th May 2021 , 2021

• Enhancing food and nutritional security through promoting R4D in dryland crops: ICRISAT’s role organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 26th July 2021 , 2021

• Plant Tissue Culture: Micropropagation to Genetic Transformation organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 28th July 2021 , 2021

• My Career as a Public Wheat Breeder - \"The Only Constant in Life is Change” organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 16th August 2021 , 2021

• Ethics in Research and Publications organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 5th September 2021 , 2021

• Climate Smart Agriculture from Multi-Omics Perspective organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 17th September 2021 , 2021

• Professional Development for plant science enthusiasts organized by Bioingene.com, Kolkata on 26th October 2021 , 2021

Online Workshop

• Attended an online workshop entitled Aligning yourself to publishing process organized by Elsevier on 24th July , 2020

• Attended an online workshop entitled Scientific writing and Research ethics organized by DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance on 19th September 2020 , 2020

FDP

• Attended an FDP entitled Developing as an online practitioner organized by Association of Indian Universities in collaboration with Quality Assurance Strategic Planning Institutional Research (QASPIR) from 1st-12th August 2020 , 2020

STTP

• Attended an STTP entitled Outcomes-Based Teaching, Assessments and Evaluation organized by NBN Sinhagad School of Engineering, Pune and Inpods Inc., USA from 2nd – 4th August , 2021

MSc dissertation supervision

• 16 MSc students of Assam Don Bosco University have completed their dissertation work.

Outreach Program

• Attended an outreach program conducted by Welcome Trust/DBT India Alliance for Assam Don Bosco University , 2021

PhD Supervision

• Student Name: Asem Sushmita Devi Title: Morpho-Biochemical Characterization and Anti-microbial Properties of the medicinal plant Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link. Affiliation: Assam Don Bosco University

Award

• Best Oral Presentation Award (Technical Session 4, Venue 2) for the paper Rice Grain Iron Biofortification: Mitigation against Hidden Hunger presented at the International Conference on Challenges & Prospects of Bioresource Conservation in Eastern Himalaya-with special reference to UN-Sustainable Development Goals organized by Department of Zoology Gauhati University, India in collaboration with Pollution Control Board Assam, Assam Science Technology & Environmental Council, Aaranyak & Zoological Society of Assam May 3-4, 2023 (International), 2023

FIP

• Successfully completed 4-week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for Faculties in Universities/Collages/Institutes of Higher Education organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, 22nd March-20th April, 2023, 2023

PDP

• Participated and successfully completed the UGC approved Short-Term Professional Development Programme on Implementation of NEP-2020 for University and College Teachers organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching held from 12-20 June 2023, 2023

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