Affiliated to Gauhati University
1. BSc in Botany, Gauhati University, 2007
2. MSc in Botany (Plant Molecular Biology), North Eastern Hill University, 2009
3. PhD: Assam Agricultural University, Title: Enhancement of grain iron content of rice through genetic engineering approach, 2017
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
SLET, 2013
Awarded with DBT-PhD Scholarship for pursuing PhD under DBT-AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
Awarded with ICAR Senior Research Fellowship (ICAR-SRF)-2011-12 in Biochemistry (Agric./Plant Sciences), 2011
Awarded with ICAR Senior Research Fellowship (ICAR-SRF)-2012-13 in Biotechnology (Agric./Plant Sciences), 2012
Post graduate diploma in Intellectual Property rights from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), 2019
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
Phytochemical Screening and GC-MS Analysis of Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link at International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation organized by IQAC, St. Joseph University, Nagaland, 9-10 November 2023 (International) , 2023
RNAi approach to mitigate Fusarium wilt in banana variety Malbhog at the National Conference on ‘Addressing Food Security: Interdisciplinary Insights and Sustainable Approaches’ organized by Department of Zoology, PDUAM, Behali, Assam in association with Department of Botany & IQAC, PDUAM, Behali, November 23-24, 2024 (National), 2024
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
An ethnobotanical investigation of a few medicinal plants of Rongbu Village of North Garo Hills at the International Conference on Viksit Bharat @ 2047-Voice of Youth: Transforming India through Empowering Youths organized by Research and Innovation Cell, IQAC, Jagiroad College November 28-29, 2024 (International), 2024
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
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
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
Participated in the One Week National Level Online Faculty Development Program on Outcome Based Education and Application of Generative AI in Teaching and Research, organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of Gauhati University, Assam in association with ipsr solutions limited from 17 April 2024 to 24 April 2024, 2024
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
16 MSc students of Assam Don Bosco University have completed their dissertation work.
Attended an outreach program conducted by Welcome Trust/DBT India Alliance for Assam Don Bosco University , 2021
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
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
2nd Prize for Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Viksit Bharat @ 2047-Voice of Youth: Transforming India through Empowering Youths organized by Research and Innovation Cell, IQAC, Jagiroad College November 28-29, 2024, 2024
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
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
Successfully completed Refresher Course in Interdisciplinary Advances in Biological Sciences (Biotechnology, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nanoscience, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology) conducted by the UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, University of Calicut, Kerala from 15-10-2024 to 28-10-2024 , 2024
Actively participated in the workshop on Research Methodology-Prospective Field of Research and Project Preparation at Jagiroad College organized by R & I Cell of IQAC, Jagiroad College in collaboration with ASTEC from 1st-3rd February 2024, 2024
Participated in a Two-Day Workshop on Indian and Indigenous Knowledge System (IIKS) organized by CIIKS & IQAC, Assam Don Bosco University in collaboration with RIWATCH, Arunachal Pradesh and IIT, Guwahati from 21st-22nd February, 2025, 2025
Organizing member of the Workshop on ‘Vermicomposting and Solid Waste Management’ organized by Eco Club, Jagiroad College Unit, Department of Botany, Jagiroad College & IQAC, Jagiroad College in collaboration with ASTEC May 17-18, 2024, 2024
Participated in a One-Day Workshop on FYUGP Curriculum Framework and its Operational Issues in Assam organized by IQAC, Jagiroad College on 26th June 2023 , 2023
Participated in a Workshop on Advancement and Application of Analytical Instruments (AAAI-2024) organized by IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter, IIT Guwahati and Central Instruments Facility, IIT Guwahati on 9th November 2024, 2024
Peer reviewed an article for International Journal of Agricultural and Applied Sciences (IJAAS), 2024
Peer reviewed an article for Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 2025
Peer reviewed an article for Microbiology Research Journal International, 2025
Life Member of Assam Science Society
External member of the Departmental Board of Studies, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Assam Don Bosco University (from 28th November 2023-28th November 2026), 2023
1. Understanding the mode of regulation of proline biosynthesis for drought tolerance in transgenic rice overexpressing PDH47 gene. (2020) 19 (2): 73-81 Indian Journal of Biotechnology ISSN: 0975-0967
2. Study of Antibacterial Efficacy of Andrographis paniculata against TEM-1 Beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli. (2021) 13(9): 590-596 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research ISSN: 0975-1459
3. PGPR for sustainable rice cultivation. (2021) 7(2): 86-92 Journal of Applied and Fundamental Sciences ISSN: 2395-5554
1. Management of Rice Stem Borer through Biotechnological Approaches. (2019) pp: 3-15 Integrated Pest Management- A holistic approach for pest risk management, Hasan, W., Ahalavat, S., Singh, J Chakrapani, K. (eds.), Biotech Books, Darya Ganj, New Delhi ISBN: 978-81-7622-461-1
2. Seed Biotechnology for Improvement of Staple Crops. (2021) pp: 503-519 Advances in Seed Production and Management, Tiwari, A.K. (ed.), Springer Nature Singapore, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4198-8_24 ISBN: 978-981-15-4198-8
3. Transgenic Strategies to Develop Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cereals. (2022) pp: 179-229 Omics Approach to Manage Abiotic Stress in Cereals Roychoudhury, A., Aftab, T., Acharya, K. (eds.), Springer Nature Singapore, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0140-9_9 ISBN: 978-981-19-0139-3
4. Crop Improvement through Modern Molecular Techniques. (2023) pp 108-121 Current Scenario in Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Hasan, W., Kumar, A., Kuntoji, A., Chantal, P.C., Husain A. (eds.), Empyreal Publishing House, India ISBN: 978-93-93810-42-7
5. Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer Pollution: Global Concerns and Sustainable Mitigating Approaches. (2025) pp 57–101 Agricultural Nutrient Pollution and Climate Change, Hussain, N., Hung, CY., Wang, L. (eds), Springer, Cham., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80912-5_3 ISBN: 978-3-031-80911-8
6. Effect of nanoparticles on soil microbiome and plant symbiosis. (2025) pp: 215-252 Plant and Soil Microbiome, Nanoparticles Synthesis by Soil Microbes, Kumar, A., Ghosh,S., Singh, J., Thongmee, S. (eds.), Academic Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21692-3.00009-4. ISBN: 978-0-443-21692-3
7. Nano-fertilizers and their potential application in agriculture, (2025) pp: 271-288 Plant and Soil Microbiome, Nanoparticles Synthesis by Soil Microbes, Kumar, A., Ghosh,S., Singh, J., Thongmee, S. (eds.), Academic Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21692-3.00014-8. ISBN: 978-0-443-21692-3
8. Folk medicinal plants used by women in Assam: A review. (2024) pp: 51-89 Beyond Stereotypes: Women in the North-Eastern states of India, Baruah, J., Das, S., Baishya, M. (eds.), Shri Ganesh Printers, Shankardev Market, Noonmati, Guwahati ISBN: 978-93-93864-65-9
9. High-throughput Metabolomics for Uncovering Plant-Herbivore Interactions. (2025) pp: 96-113 High Throughput Plant Metabolomics, Jen-Tsung Chen (ed.), CAB International, DOI:10.1079/9781800626911.0006 ISBN: 978-1-80062-689-8
10. Targeted Genetic Modification for Climate Smart Agriculture. (2025) pp: 15-53 Climate’s Impact on Agriculture, Hassan, W., Roy, R., Pandey, N. (eds.), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-0364-4995-7
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