General Informations

  • Join Date: 23/08/1996
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Biochemistry & Agricultural Chemistry
  • Office Email: priyanka.das[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: Coordinator, Central Instrumentation Facility Laboratory (CIFL), AAU, Jorhat, Assam

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1991
BSc (Agr)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
1993
Msc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2002
PhD (Agriculture)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2014
Post Doctoral

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, USA

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
23-08-1996 - 10-07-2008
Assistant Biochemist, All India Coordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Engineering and Technology

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
11-07-2008 - 30-06-2014
Senior Scientist, All India Coordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Engineering and Technology

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2014 - 26-06-2019
Principal Scientist, All India Coordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Engineering and Technology

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
27-06-2019 - Till date
Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry, AAU, Jorhat

Achievements
  • Assam Agricultural University Grade I merit scholarship during entire UG and PG studies
  • Placed among top five at the National level Training at Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology (ICAR), Mumbai on “Nanocellulose and its composites in Agriculture.” (Oct10-24, 2011) (Declared in 2012)
  • Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (Govt of India) overseas fellowship for scientists of North Eastern states, 2014-15
  • Member of the Steering committee on biotechnology based program for societal development, DBT, Govt of India (BT/SPD/Steering committee /societal development/2018 Dated 5-12-2018) for three years
Membership
  • Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists
    Life Member
  • Society for Biological Chemists
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU sponsored project on ""Functional food for human consumption from rice bran"", project cost Rs.9.78 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • North east centre for Technology Application and Reach, New Delhi sponsored project on "Augmentation of income of small tea growers of Assam through production, processing and marketing of speciality tea.", project cost Rs.20.90 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • CSB, Bangalore sponsored project on "Standardization of processing and production of a consumable beverage from mulberry leaves and blending with green tea.( Collaborative Programmes with CSB and TTRI, Jorhat)", project cost Rs.11.26 Lakh implemented in 2020.
  • NMPB, Govt of India sponsored project on "“Post-harvest loss assessment and SOPs of post-harvest management of some important medicinal plants of Assam”", project cost Rs.27.66 Lakh implemented in 2017.
  • CSB, Bangalore sponsored project on "Standardization of processing and production of a consumable beverage from mulberry leaves and blending with green tea.( Collaborative Programmes with CSB and TTRI, Jorhat)", project cost Rs.11.26 Lakh implemented in 2020.
  • DST (Govt of India) sponsored project on "“Biochemical Study on indigenous colored rice varieties grown in Assam.” (DBT RA program, for which I was supervisor)", project cost Rs.1 Lakh implemented in 2013.
  • DBT (Govt of India) sponsored project on "“Development of entrepreneurship among back-ward population of tapioca growing areas of Assam through post harvest management of tapioca.”", project cost Rs.20.03754 Lakh implemented in 2011.
  • DBT (Govt of India) sponsored project on "‘Entrepreneurship development of backward population of ginger growing areas of Assam through post harvest management of ginger’", project cost Rs.8.07 Lakh implemented in 2008.