Birth & Educations: B.Sc. (Agri) M.Sc. (Agri) in Plant Pathology at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, (1987 & 1989). Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) at AAU, Jorhat, Assam, with thesis research conducted at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines (2000). Post Doctorate at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines (2000); at Food and Environment Research Agency, United Kingdom (2012); Visiting scientist at Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (2015); Visiting scientist at Washington State University, Pullman, USA (2019).

Positions hold: Professor & Head, Department of Plant Pathology, AAU, Jorhat  from  27-09-2021 till date; Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, AAU from  01 July, 2008 to 26-09-2021; Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, AAU, from 09 October 1999 to 30 June, 2008; Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, AAU from 30 June 1999 to 8 October 1999; Junior Scientist, Plant Pathology, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Diphu, AAU from 10 January 1990 to 29 June 1999.

Awards/Honours: B N Chakraborty and Usha Chakraborty Best Teacher Award 2023 by the Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi; National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) fellowship for visiting scientist at Washington State University, Pullman, USA from 18-11-2019 to 17-12-2019; AAU Best Teacher Award, 2016 by the AAU, Jorhat on 1^st April, 2016; Erasmus Mundus fellowship for visiting scientist at AUA, Athens, Greece from 15 November 2014 to 14 January, 2015; DBT overseas fellowship for Post-Doctoral at Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom from 01-04-2012 to 30-09-2012; Outstanding Ph. D. Thesis research award’ by the International rice Research Institute, Philippines, December 1999.; Ph. D thesis research fellowship by the International rice Research Institute, Philippines from August 1996 to March, 1999; University merit scholarship for M. Sc (Agri) and B. Sc (Agri) degree programme, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, India

Fellow: Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, 2023 New Delhi during 1-3 February 2023 at University of Mysore, Karnataka.

Research Areas: Plant virology, molecular diagnostics