General Informations

  • Join Date: 25/10/1988
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Plant Breeding & Genetics
  • Office Email: akashi.sarma[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: women cell

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1986
B.Sc(Agri)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1988
M.Sc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2002
Ph.D

Assam Agricultural University

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2021 - Till date
Professor

College of Agriculture

Achivements
  • Taught undergraduate and post graduate courses in plant breeding b& Genetics Act as Major Adviser aswell as minor advisor from different departments of MSc. and Ph.D research work. Published a number full length research articles. Involved in doing multilocational trials of different pulses. Developed 12 promising gamma-rays and EMS induced greengram mutants. Completed one project funded by BARC , Govt of India. Completed another project funded by DBT, Govt. of India One variety of synchronous maturity under BARC project is in the pipeline. Involved in DUS project in rice under PVP<& FRA Involved in FARMERS FIRST PROJECT where two farmers received a national award from that concerned village. I am also involved as an expert member of RFRI in the All India review monitoring team . Evaluating Ph.D. thesis of BCKV, UBKV, Medziphema, Nagaland, CAU, Borapani Selected as a member of the AICRP monitoring team of ICFRE, Dehradun Selected as an external expert for taking an interview for the rank of Professor and Assistant Professor Medziphema, Nagaland Completed one DBT Twinning project on "Introgression of Phosphorus use efficiency gene and multiple disease resistance gene in rice". ICAR short term Training course on Molecular Applications in Plant Breeding organized by Division of Genetics at IARI, New Delhi in 2002 Safety, assessment of GM crops with a special focus on Cartegona protocol on Biosafety at AAU, Jorhat on 2006 International Course on Gene Bank Management conservation and promoting use as awarded fellowship at Wageningen, Netherlands funded by Govt of Netherlands in 2006. Trainers Training on Bamboo Propagation and cultivation at RFRI in 2004 Tailor made Training Programme on Participatory approaches in agrobiodiversity conservation in Assam at Jorhat and Kaziranga organised by Wageningen International,Netherlands collaborative with AAU,M.S.Swaminathon research Foundation,Chennai, India and LI-BIRD,Nepal. Presented paper in the XIX International Congress of Genetics at Melbourne Australia organised by International Genetics Federation on paper RAPD Marker Diversity among different bamboo species.in 2003 Attended Patentawareness Workshop organised by DST,Govt of India, New DElhi consevation and sustainable utilization of Medicinal Plants of NEI organized by Ministry of Environment& Forest, Govt of India in 2004 Prepared draft of Bamboo & Cane Policy, Govt of Assam 2003
Membership
  • Indian Journal of Plant Breeding & Genetics
    Life Member
Projects
  • DBT, govt of India sponsored project on "Development of high yielding, non lodging and biotic resistant varieties of black scented rice of Manipur and Assam 5through biotechnological intervention (scented Rice Group 4 phase II", project cost Rs.2457120 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Govt of India sponsored project on "Protection of Plant variety and FRA (DUS)", project cost Rs.53 Lakh implemented in 2004.
  • Govt. of India sponsored project on "Participatory technology assessment for enhancing farming system productivity and developing entrepreneurship for sustainable rural livelihood.", project cost Rs.45 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • BRNS,Govt of India sponsored project on "Induction of mutations in summer green gram", project cost Rs.2842650 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • BARC-BRNS sponsored project on "Induction of mutation in summer green gram - Co-Investigator", project cost Rs.28 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • GOI-DBT sponsored project on "Introgession of phosphorous stress tolerant multiple… marker assisted selection", project cost Rs.4023000 Lakh implemented in 2018.