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General Informations

  • Join Date: 09/12/1991
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Breeding & Genetics
  • Office Email: sharmila.deka[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1989
B.Sc.(agri)

Assam Agricultural University,Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
1991
M.Sc(Agri)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
2010
PhD

Indian Agricultural Research Institute ,New Delhi

 
 
 
 
 
1997
Other Qualifications

IAC, Wageningen, The Netherlands

 
 
 
 
 
2011
Other Qualifications

Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation, The Netherlands

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
09-12-1991 - 03-03-1999
Junior Scientist

Soybean Research project

 
 
 
 
 
22-03-1999 - 24-03-2001
Assistant professor

AAU,Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
24-03-2001 - 22-09-2009
Seed Technologist

STR,NSP,AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
22-09-2009 - 31-12-2012
Associate professor

AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
31-12-2012 - 01-01-2015
Senior Scientist

STR,NSP,AAU, Jorhat

 
 
 
 
 
01-01-2015 - Till date
Principal Scientist

NSP,STR,AAU,Jorhat

Achievements
  • 1. Received Netherland Government Fellowship in 1997 2.Received Netherland Government Fellowship in 2011 3. DBT project grants of 38.18 lakh on Preserving future genetic resources through capacity building of women farmer and utilization for livelihood improvement as PI 4.DBT project grants of lakh 18.68 on Morphogenetic Barcoding of Aromatic and Glutinous Rice varieties of Assam as PI 5..DBT project grants of lakh 16.68 on Genome and Transcriptome sequencing of Aromatic Rice from North Eastern Region” Group 3 as PI 6. International collaborative project on Development of High Zinc rice varieties Funded by ,IRRI, Philippines as PI 7. Member of National Monitoring Team of AICRP on Seed Science and Technology 8. Member of Editorial Board of Journal Seed research published of Indian society of Seed Science and Technology 9.Established 2 community seed banks at Jorhat and Golaghat districts. 10. Documentation of local germplasm has been done and farmer’s varieties were sent to PVPFR (Plant Variety Protection and Farmer’s right) Authority of India for registration and protection of farmer’s right. 11.Organization of Rice Diversity fair and Bhogali mela and seed fair for displaying more than 300 varieties of rice including 40 coloured rice varieties and for introduction of Annam – brahma self-help group registered by the project. His Excellency the Governor of Assam in an official press release appreciated the effort of the project activities towards highlighting values of our agricultural diversity and its utilization and conservation effort. 12. Involved in teaching UG and PG courses of Seed Science and Technology and Plant Breeding and Genetics 13. 13 M.Sc students and 2 Ph.D students are pursuing research under my guidance
Membership
  • Indian Society of Seed SCience and Technology
    Life Member
  • Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
    Life Member
  • Assam Science Society
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU,Jorhat sponsored project on "Differential expression of gene for grain aroma at post harvest stages and identification of ideal condition for aroma retention for Assam aromatic rice", implemented in 2023.
  • DBT,Govt of India sponsored project on "Genome and Transcriptome sequencing of Aromatic Rice from North Eastern Region” Group 3", project cost Rs.16.04 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • DBT,Govt of India sponsored project on "Morphogenetic Barcoding of Aromatic and Glutinous Rice varieties of Assam", project cost Rs.18.48 Lakh implemented in 2015.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Preserving future genetic resources through capacity building of women farmer and utilization for livelihood improvement", project cost Rs.38.18 Lakh implemented in 2012.
  • IRRI-INDIA collaboration sponsored project on "Development of High Zinc Rice Varieties", project cost Rs.250000 Lakh implemented in 2015.