General Informations

  • Join Date: 09/07/2011
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Office Email: priyadarshini.bhorali[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2004
B.Sc. Agri

CA, AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2006
M.Sc. Agri

CA, AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2012
Ph.D.

Gauhati University

 
 
 
 
 
2016
Post Doctoral

Mississippi State University, USA

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
09-07-2011 - Till date
Assistant Professor (Stage III)

FA, AAU, Jorhat

Achievements
  • Received EU funded grant under AdaptNET programme (Erasmus+) to attend international training on Climate Resilient Agriculture (2020)
  • Received Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship, funded by USDA (2016)
  • Received SERB- DST funded Fasttrack Young Scientist grant to conduct independent research (2013)
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by ASRB (ICAR)
  • International travel grant (by DBT, Govt. of India) for presenting a talk at the 12th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium
  • University first rank holder awards in the Post Graduate and Under Graduate degree programmes
Membership
  • Indian Science Congress Association
    Life Member
  • Assam Science Society
    Life Member
  • Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding
    Annual Member
    2021
Projects
  • SERB (DST) sponsored project on "Molecular Analysis of Resistance to Yellow Sigatoka and Characterization of Genes Differentially Expressed during Musa-Cercospora musae Interactions", project cost Rs.21.0 Lakh implemented in 2013.
  • DBT-NER-GoI sponsored project on "Molecular disection of defense against sigatoka infection in banana; exploitation of Musa germplasm of north east for development of sigatoka resistant hybrid", project cost Rs.57.8 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • GOI-DBT sponsored project on "Identification of genes contributing resistance to Alternaria brassicae from a nonhost plant and their characterization in Arabidopsis for durable crop protection against blight disease in Brassica rapa", project cost Rs.41.29 Lakh implemented in 2016.