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| Vice-Chancellor (i/c) |
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| DR. B.C.BHOWMICK |
Directorate of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat – 785013
E-Mail: bcbhowmick@aau.ac.in ; bcbhowmick@indiatimes.com;
bhowmickbhupendra6@gmail.com
Phone No.: (91) (0376) (2340052) (Resi.);
(0376) (2340101)(Office);
Mobile No.9435090305;
Fax No.: +91-376-2340001 |
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Dr. Bhowmick obtained his Masters and Ph.D degree from JNKVV, Jabalpur and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. His interest is in the areas of Project analysis, Agricultural Development and Impact assessment and risk analysis and management. |
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| Academic Record: |
| Degree/Certificate |
Year of passing |
Specialization |
Institution/University |
| PhD |
1982 |
Farm Management and Production Economics |
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi |
| M.Sc. (Agri) |
1975 |
Farm Management and Production Economics |
J.N.Agricultural University, Jabalpur |
| B.Sc. (Agri) |
1973 |
Elective in Agricultural Economics |
AAU, Jorhat |
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Professional Experience: |
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| A) Teaching: |
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Developed various courses in farm management, production economics agricultural econometrics for undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D degree programmes under trimester and semester system of education. Developed courses for MBA (Agri Business) programme
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Active role played in developing RAWEP (Manual) and also introducing RAWEP in the B.Sc. (Agri.) programme of AAU
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Taught various courses in UG, PG, and Ph.D level. Taught courses on MBA. Acquired 32 years of experience in teaching, research and extension
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Organized a national seminar on Agricultural Marketing for perishable products at AAU during Nov, 1988
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Worked as Chair Professor under NABARD sponsored NABARD Chair Scheme Unit (NCS) from 1996 to 2001 at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
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Participated in curriculum development in Upper Primary level education in Assam conducted by NCERT, Guwahati in March 22-24, 1994
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Also published paper on curriculum development in Agricultural University System
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| Supervision and Guidance of Research: |
So far 8 Ph.D and 19 M.Sc. (Agri) students completed their theses under my guidance. Several research problems to which guidance was provided were either on Farming Systems, Project analysis, economics of specific enterprises, risk and uncertainty and other related issues on Agricultural Economics |
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| B) Research: |
Research Projects: So far completed 12 research projects of which ten research projects as principal Investigator/Cooperating centers Principal Investigator and two as co-Principal Investigator. |
| Non-Project Faculty Research as Principal Investigator |
(i) Economics of Different Farming Systems in Sonitpur District of Assam (Funded by Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat) |
| Ad-hoc Research Projects as Principal Investigator |
| (ii) Studies on the Economics of Production and marketing of Oilseed crops in Assam (Funded by ICAR, New Delhi. Completed in 3 volumes) |
| Ad-hoc Research Project as CO-PI |
| (iii) Study of Cropping Pattern and the Factors Affecting them for Agriculture in Assam -the Case of Kamrup District (Funded by ICAR. Project Completed as a Co-Principal Investigator) |
| NABARD sponsored projects under NCS Unit as PI |
- Production and Marketing of Major Cereals across various Agro-climatic Zones of Assam
- Role and Performance of Institutional Credit on Agricultural Development in Upper Brahamputra Valley Zone of Assam
- Infrastructure and Agricultural Development in Assam with special Reference to Road Network
- Measurement of Risk and risk management strategies in flood prone areas of Assam
- Issues relating to agricultural development and sustainability in Assam
- A study on the impact of tenancy on resource use and productivity in Jorhat district of Assam
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| NATP Projects as PI/CCPI: |
- Socio Economic Dynamics of rice production systems in the Eastern India (IRRI-NCAP joint NATP research project Funded by NATP and IRRI)
- National Science and Technology Mission on Household food and Nutritional Security of tribal, backward and hilly areas (Funded by NATP as a Mission Mode Project. Project being Continued since 2000 and likely to be completed by the end of Dec 2004)
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| NATP Project as Co-CCPI |
| Agro-Ecological analysis and land evaluation of citrus growing areas of Assam for sustainable production (Funded by NATP under Competitive Grant Programme (CGP). Completed the project as a Co-Principal Investigator |
| Research Management: |
(a) Working as leader of the nodal team on Farming System Research under ARIASP at the Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
(b) Research Paper: So far published 33 research papers in various National and International Journals
(c) Seminar paper: Presented 29 seminar papers in various seminars, workshop and study mission
(d) Book Chapter: Four |
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| C) Publications: |
(a) Book: Published 4 Books
(i) Edited (jointly) Marketing of Perishable Products published by B.R.Publishing Corporation, Delhi-110007
(ii) Occasional paper printed in book form by NABAD, Mumbai, A study on the impact of tenancy system on resource use and productivity in Jorhat District of Assam
(iii) Policy Paper No.22, published by National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 12, 2005 entitled Changing pattern of Rice Production Systems and Technology in Assam, ,
(iv) Completed a Special Report entitled Farming System in Assam and published from the Department of Agricultural Economics, F.A., AAU, Jorhat 13
(b) Book Chapter: Four
(c) Reports: As one of the members of the Zonal Planning Team (Agro-climatic Regional Planning), AAU, Jorhat Published 13 Reports
(d) Special Report: So far completed 3 Special reports as one of the expert members of ZPT and Expert Team constituted in the Dept. of Agril. Economics, FA, AAU, Jorhat
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| D) Extension |
- Conducted trainings in the directorate of extension from time to time on various issues in agricultural economics and rural development
- Conducted trainings in the Extension Education Institute from time to time on various areas of agricultural project planning and evaluation, risk analysis and management
- Delivered talks in numbers of farmers training conducted by District Agricultural Offices of Jorhat and Golaghat
- Delivered several radio talks in All India Radio Dibrugarh and Jorhat
- Acted as resource person in training progrmme conducted jointly by Meghalaya State Agril. Marketing Board and National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur
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| E) Administration: |
- Worked as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, for a period of 7 years 2 months 16 days w.e.f 15th October 1987 to 10th January 1995
- Worked as Comptroller, Assam Agricultural University for approx. 9 and a half month wef 28th February 2006 to 16th December 2006
- Working as Registrar, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat wef 5th April 2007 to 7th January 2008
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