Birth & Educations: Birth: 29^th December’1977; Education: B.Sc. (Ag) Hons, M.Sc. (Plant Pathology), Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), ICAR NET 2004 & 2006, Completed ICAR sponsored 2 Nos of training programmes (21Days) at GBPUA&T (2009) and CPGS, Barapani (2020), 1 No of training (7 Days) on SAS statistical software at U.B.K.V.

Positions hold: Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology) (2008–2020), Associate Professor (Plant Pathology) (Since 2020), Nodal Officer at University Level (U.B.K.V.) (National Fellowship for ST Students)

Awards/Honours: AJC Bose Memorial Award, Oral Presentation Award at National Conference, Reviewer of Journal of Environmental Biology and International Journal of Minor Fruits

Research Areas: Growth attributes, Growing conditions, Hybridization, Biochemical, Nutritional and molecular studies on Mushroom for yield and quality improvement; Identification and characterisation of wild edible mushrooms; Plant Disease Management.