Faculty List – RKMVERI (Deemed University) Narendrapur Campus

Dr. Tapash Dasgupta
Designation	Dean, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Previously	Director and Professor, Institute of Agricultural Science, Calcutta University
Education	Ph.D. ( Agriculture) in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal.
Expertise	Plant Breeding and Genetics with application of Molecular Markers
Research Interests	Development of improved varieties with high yield in rice and sesame QTL and Association Mapping for quantitative characters in sesame and rice Gene pyramiding for introgression of BLB tolerance in rice Development of Cytoplasmic male sterility and restorer lines in hybrid rice & hybrid mustard Mutation Breeding to induce early maturity in mustard
Courses taught	Biostatistics, Molecular Breeding, Plant Breeding.
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Ashutosh Sawarkar
Designation	Head of the Division of Agriculture & Assistant Professor, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Education	MSc in Plant Breeding from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, PhD in Plant Breeding from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Expertise	Plant Breeding
Research Interests	Abiotic Stress Breeding, Heterosis Breeding and Maize Breeding
Courses taught	Plant Breeding, Genetics, Seed Science.
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Sanchayeeta Misra
Designation	Head of the Division of Rural Development & Assistant Professor, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Education	MSc (Ag) in Agricultural Extension (Aug 2012), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Ph.D. in Agriculture and Rural Development, IRDM.
Expertise	Agril Extension, Agriculture and Rural Development
Research Interests	Social Network Analysis Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Agricultural Tourism Rural Migration and Agriculture; Empowerment of Women Farmer Sustainability of Agricultural System; Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge
Courses taught	Extension Education-I[ARD-103], Extension Education-II[ARD-355]
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Dr. P G Dhar Chakrabarti
Designation	Swami Vivekananda Chair Professor, Environment and Disaster Management, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Previously	Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority Founding Director, SAARC Disaster Management Centre Member, Advisory Group/ Expert Committees UNISDR, UNOCHA, UNFCCC Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Education	PhD, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, (Deemed University)
Expertise	Disaster Risk Management
Research Interests	Disaster Management, Climate Change, Environment Management, Sustainable Development, Gender Issues in Development Heritage, Risk Management, Urban Risk Management
Courses taught	Disaster Management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Response and Recovery, Climate Change, Environmental Legislations, Sustainable Development, Solid Waste Management
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Rupak Goswami
Designation	Associate Professor, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV Home Page
Education	PhD in Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, 2007
Research Interests	Sustainability of Agricultural Systems; Social Network Analysis; Mental Model of farmers; Rural Migration-Agriculture-Women Nexus; Typology Study of Farming Systems; Technology Diffusion Mixed Method Applications Participatory Appraisals
Courses taught	Extension Education, Research Methodology, Rural Development Management, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, etc.
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Dr. Gautam Chatterjee
Designation	Assistant Professor, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Education	Ph.D, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 2015
Expertise	Genetics and Molecular Biology
Research Interests	Chromosome Biology of Pathogenic Fungi; Microbial Networks in Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming; Plant Microbiome in Agriculture; Antibiotic Resistome and One Health
Courses taught	Genetics, Molecular biology, Molecular Tools And Techniques, Bioinformatics and Cell Biology.
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Bhubaneswar Pradhan
Designation	Director, Quality Testing Laboratory Assistant Professor, Agricultural Biotechnology, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Education	MSc in Agriculture (Biotechnology), Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India PhD in Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India) Bhubaneswar, India
Research Interests	Molecular basis of host-pathogen interaction Plant virology Small RNA and RNAi Functional genomics Medicinal plant genomics and metabolomics
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Anirban Roy
Designation	Assistant Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Education	Ph.D. (Ag.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding (Submitted), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal
Research Interests	Allele mining and crop improvement of Cereals and Legumes, Marker Development, Mutation Breeding, Genomics
Courses Taught	Genetics, Plant Breeding
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Sourav Garai
Designation	Assistant Professor, Agronomy, RKMVERI, Narendrapur campus	CV
Education	PhD in Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya;
Research Interests	Crop Nutrition Bio-stimulant application Sustainable Agronomy
Courses Taught	Agronomy of Cereals, Pulses, Fibre and Oilseed crops; Agronomy of Medicinal, Aromatic and Narcotic crops; Cropping System and Sustainable Agriculture; Crop quality
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Dr. Sukamal Sarkar
Designation	Assistant Professor, Agronomy, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Previously	Assistant Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal
Education	PhD (Agronomy) from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Expertise	Agronomy and Crop-modelling
Research Interests	Plant Nutrition Abiotic Stress in Field Crops Agriculture System Simulation Modelling Coastal Zone Agriculture
Courses Taught	Agronomy of different crops, Plant nutrient management, Crop Quality Management
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Dr. Sudipta Tripathi
Designation	Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Disaster Management, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Previously	Farm Manager, Agricultural Experimental Farm, University of Calcutta
Education	PhD (Agricultural Chemistry and Soil science) from University of Calcutta, 2007
Expertise	Bioremediation, Bio-fertilizer development, Waste Management.
Research Interests	Bioremediation, Heavy metal pollution and mitigation, Organic solid waste management, Soil quality and climate change, Area specific bio-fertilizer development, Coastal saline soil, Plant-soil-microbs interection.
Courses Taught	Fundamental of Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Biology, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Biotechnology and Bio-remediation.
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Dr. Sumanta Das
Designation	Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Disaster Management, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Previously	Post Doctoral Fellow – The University of Queensland, Australia
Education	Ph. D. (Remote Sensing in Digital Agriculture) from The University of Queensland, Australia (2018-2021)
Expertise	Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, GPS, Digital Image Processing, Photogrammetry
Research Interests	Interdisciplinary research, focusing on cutting-edge technologies for solving issues related to environment, agriculture, and land & natural resources, specifically, Exploring the advanced applications of Remote Sensing, Geo-Spatial, and statistical modelling in: Environmental and climate impact studies, Agricultural water use and yield prediction, Vegetation monitoring and health assessment, Land use and land cover dynamics, Natural resources management, Disaster risk assessment.
Courses Taught	Basics of Geo-Informatics Disaster Risk Reduction
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Dr. Suman Dutta
Designation	Assistant Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus	CV
Education	Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests	Genetics Molecular Plant Breeding Bioinformatics Genetics gain
Courses Taught	Genetics, Plant Breeding, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology
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