General Informations

  • Join Date: 21/10/1988
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Agronomy
  • Office Email: nawab.t.rafique[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1986
B.Sc(Agri) with elective in Crop Production

School of Agricultural Science & Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema-797106

 
 
 
 
 
1988
M.Sc(Agri) in Agronomy

College of Agriculture, Jorhat, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

 
 
 
 
 
1998
Ph.D (Agri) in Agronomy

College of Agriculture, Jorhat, Assam Agricultural University.,Jorhat-785013

 
 
 
 
 
2019
Other Qualifications

International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
21-10-1988 - 31-12-1997
Assistant Agronomist ( AICRP on Forage Crops), Department of Agronomy

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
01-01-1998 - 22-06-1999
Assistant Professor

Department of Agronomy, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

 
 
 
 
 
23-06-1999 - 30-06-2008
Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2008 - 17-07-2009
Professor

Department of Agronomy, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

 
 
 
 
 
18-07-2009 - 13-10-2020
Principal Scientist(Agronomy) AICRIP

Regional Agricultural Research Station, AAU, Titabar-785630

 
 
 
 
 
14-10-2020 - Till date
Professor

Department of Agronomy, AAU, Jorhat-785013

Achivements
  • Recipient of Golden Jubilee Best AICRIP Centre Award. 2015 by RARS, AAU, Titabar, for outstanding contribution to AICRP during the year 2014 in the discipline of Agronomy at the 50th Annual Rice Research Group Meeting ( 11-15 April, 2015) held at ICAR-IIRR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.
  • Developed package of practices of organic rice cultivation as the lead scientist at RARS, AAU, Titabar
  • Standardization of agronomic practices for newly released medium duration varieties viz., Shraboni and Numali
  • Empanelled Member of Board of P.G. studies ( 2018 onwards) , Nagaland University, Medziphema, Nagaland.
  • Adjudged ":Second" in poster session on crop management, technological improvement & adaptations for natural farming during the national webinar on " Sustainable interventions towards resource conservation and Natural farming" organized by ANRCM, Lucknow in association with AAU, Jorhat during 22-23 April, 2022 . Title of the poster: DSR-an alternative method of rice establishment technique
Membership
  • Indian society of Agronomy
    Life Member
Projects
  • World Bank sponsored project on "Assam Agribusiness & Rural transformation Project, RARS, Titabar as Team Leader", project cost Rs.1 Crore implemented in 2018.
  • Central salt & Marine chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujrat sponsored project on "Evaluation of fertilizer potential of sea weed sap( Kappaphycus alvarezii & Gracilaria sp) on transplanted rice cv. Ranjit", project cost Rs.60000 Lakh implemented in 2012.
  • National Oilseed and vegetable Oil Development Board, GoI board sponsored project on "National Network project on integrated development of Jatropha", project cost Rs.2000000 Lakh implemented in 2005.