Faculty of Agriculture
Human Resource Development
A number of teacher/scientists of the Faculty were deputed for national and international training and research programmes in frontier areas of specialization. Six teachers attended national training on subjects like extension management, soil mineralogy, crop physiology, molecular nematology and plant molecular biology, in institutes of srepute. These training engaged from one to four weeks duration. Two teachers attended summer training/school in environmental economics and agrometeorology.

Under the Commonwealth Fellowship Programme one teacher of the Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, received one year training on use of DNA markers for study of uniformity/distinction of plant varieties. Another teacher of Plant Pathology Department went for higher training on bio-control of Mikania in U. K. for a period of two weeks. Similarly, another teacher from Plant Breeding & Genetics Department participated in the XII European Orchid Congress and attended a 3 month training on Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) in Korea.

There are altogether 67 projects/Schemes in operation in different departments in the Faculty.
 
Training/Conference attended by teachers abroad during 2000
Sl.No.
 Name & Designation Course

Period

Sponsoring authority
1.
 Dr. Purna Kanta Barua, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of PBG Post doctorate fellowship in Molecular Biology at "National Institute of Agril. Botany, Cambridge, U.K.

15.9.1999 to 19.9. 2000

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, U.K.
2.
 Dr. K.C. Puzari, Principal Scientist, Mycology Research Section, Deptt. of Plant Pathology, AAU Training on "Bio-control of mikania at CABI, Bio science, Silwood Park, Ascot, U.K.

For a period of 2 weeks w.e.f. 17.1.2000

DFID, U.K.
3.
 Dr.(Mrs.) Jyotsna Devi, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of Plant Breeding &Genetics, AAU, Jorhat Participation in the XII European Orchid Congress and international Orchid Exhibition at Copenhagen, Denmark

6.4.2000 to 9.4. 2000

DST, CSIR, COSTED
4.
 Dr.(Mrs.) Jyotsna Devi, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of Plant Breeding &Genetics, AAU, Jorhat Training on "Furesearch in situ hybridization (FISH) and Genomic in situ hybridization, (GISH) technique at Kyung pook National University, Taegu, South Korea.

1.11.2000 to 31.1.2001

Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea.
5.
 Dr. M.K. Modi, Associate Professor, Deptt. Of Agril. Bio-technology Post-doctoral training in plant transformation at Washington State University, Pullman (USA).

July, 1999 to Jan., 2001

McKnight Foundation
6.
 Mr. S. Singh, Asstt. Prof., Deptt. Of Agril. Bio-technology Pre-doctoral training in transgenics at Washington State University, Pullman (USA).

2000-2001

McKnight Foundation
7.
 Dr. N.C. Talukdar, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of Soil Science Biotechnology in agriculture: Microorganisms and plants.

Dec. 26, 2000 to Feb. 28, 2001

FAO (U.N.), Rome
8.
 Dr. P.C. Deka, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, AAU, Jorhat 4th International Rice Conference

Oct. 22-27, 2000

IRRI, Philippines

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