AAU

Academic Background

Education & Career Milestones

Educational Qualifications

B.Sc. (Agri)

1984

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

M.Sc. (Agri)

1987

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

Specialization: Plant Breeding & Genetics

Ph.D.

1995

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Specialization: Genetics

Post Doctoral

1997

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, USA

Specialization: Plant Gene Technology and Molecular Biology

Post Doctoral

1997

CSIRO Plant Industry Canberra, Australia

Specialization: Plant Gene Technology and Molecular Biology

Other Qualifications

2001

FMI, Basel

Specialization: Plant gene technology

Employment History

Professor

01-07-2006 – Till date

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

Director

25-04-2012 – Till date

DBT-AAU Centre

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

ICAR-National Professor

29-04-2016 – 29-04-2021

Assam Agricultural University

Jorhat, Assam

Director

29-09-2018 – Till date

DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology

Assam Agricultural University

Research & Scholarship

Scholarly Publications 21 Total Records

Nishanth Pitcham; Aditi Smith Gogoi; Raveendran Muthurajan; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Hariram Natarajan (2025). The exploration and analysis of polysaccharides, phytoconstituents, and their biological effects of different drought-resistant and commercially significant tea clones of Camellia sinensis L from southern India, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 34(0), 984–993

Tashmi konwar; indrani baruah; Mridul Kant Chaudhary; Rana pratap Bhuyan; Bidyut kumar sarmah (2025). Evaluation of genetic diversity of tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze] germplasm of Assam based on characterization of flavour related metabolites, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 72(0), 7061–7077 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-025-02348-5

Swapnilkumar Meshram; Debajit Das; Mamta Bhattacharjee; Sanjay Singh; Rahul Patil; S Arunima; Prakash Kalita; Jagdish Jaba; Bidyut Sarmah; Sumita Acharjee (2025). Dynamics of Cytosolic and Organellar Gene Transcripts in Wild and Cultivated Genotypes of Pigeon Pea Due to Simulated Herbivory, SSRN, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5105902

Aditi Kundu; Karivaradharajan Swarnalakshmi; Sushmita Rajkhowa; Anirban Barik; S.N. Bhagyasree; Tankeswar Nath; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Srikant Ghosh (2024). Phytochemicals, UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS analysis, potential acaricidal activity and molecular modeling of Datura metel grown in North-Eastern India, Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, 10(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.napere.2024.100086

Arunima S.; Alakesh Das; Prakash Jyoti Kalita; Rahul Ishwar Patil; Neha Pandey; Mamta Bhattacharjee; Bidyut Kumar Sharma; Debajit Das; Sumita Acharjee (2024). Improved methods for total and chloroplast protein extraction from Cajanus species for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, PLoS One, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308909

Darshana Sharma; Purna Bahadur Chetri; Vipin Ranga; Subhajit Sen; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Madhumita Barooah (2024). Genomic analysis of acid tolerance genes and deciphering the function of ydaG gene in mitigating acid tolerance in Priestia megaterium, Frontiers Microbiology, 15(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1414777

Rahul K. Verma; Sanjay K. Chetia; Vinay Sharma; Sushil K. Singh; Bidyut K. Sarmah; Mahendra K. Modi (2022). Genetic analysis for detection of genes associated to drought tolerance in rice accessions belonging to north east India, Molecular Biology Reports, 50(1), 238–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-08145-y

Debajit Das; Indrani K. Baruah; Debashis Panda; Ricky Raj Paswan; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (2021). Bruchid beetle ovipositioning mediated defense responses in black gram pods, BMC Plant Biology, 21(1), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02796-4

M. Bhattacharjee; S. Dhar; P. J. Handique; S. Acharjee; B. K. Sarmah (2020). Defense response in chickpea pod wall due to simulated herbivory unfolds differential proteome profile, Protein Journal, 1(1), 0–0 DOI: https://www.springer.com/journal/10930

Angkita Sharma; Pooja Singh; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Shoma Paul Nandi (2020). Isolation of Cellulose-Degrading Endophyte from Capsicum chinense and Determination of its Cellulolytic Potential, Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, 10(6), 6946–6973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC106.69646973

Rubi Gupta; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (2020). Assessment of seed protein quality of a transgenic chickepea even expressing Cry2Aa protein, Journal of Legume Research, 0(0), 0–0

D. Kumar; P. K. Das; B. K. Sarmah (2019). Deep-water rice germplasms of Assam, India are found to have hypoxia-tolerance attributes conferring tolerance to flood during germination, Accepted for publication by Biologia Plantarum, 0(1), 0–0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30402.43208

N. Hazarika; S. Acharjee; R. R. Boruah; K. Babar; S. Parimi; B. Char; B. K. Sarmah (2019). Enhanced expression of Arabidopsis rubisco small subunit gene promoter regulated Cry1Ac gene in chickpea conferred complete resistance to Helicoverpa armigera, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 11(1), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-019-00531-1

Jagadale Mahesh Vasantrao; Indrani K. Baruah; Debashis Panda; Sumita Acharjee; Mamta Bhattacharjee; Bidyut K. Sarmah (2019). Transcript profling of chickpea pod wall revealed the expression of foral homeotic gene AGAMOUS like X2 (CaAGLX2), Journal of Molecular Biology , 46(139), 5713–5722 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05005-0

Angkita Sharma; Pooja Singh; Sushmita Rajkhowa; Tankeshwar Nath; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Srikanta Ghosh; Karivaradharajan Swarnalakshmi2*; Shoma Paul Nandi1 (1970). Anti-vibrio potential of bacterial and fungal endophytes isolated from Datura metelisolated from Datura metel, Indian Journal of Biotechnology , 20(1), 43–53

Rimashree Devi; Tankeswar Nath; Rashmi Rekha Boruah; Bishya Darphang; Pranab Kumar Nath; Priyanka Das; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (1970). Antimicrobial activity of bacterial endophytes from Chirata (Swertia chirata Wall.) and Datura (Datura stramonium L.), Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control volume, 31(1), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-021-00410-9

Sushil Satish Chhapekar; Nitin Kumar; Sarpras M; Vijaya Brahma; Abdul Rawoof; Vandana Jaiswal; Ajay Kumar; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah; Nirala Ramchiary (1970). Profiling of miRNAs in Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum chinense) and Kon Jolokia (C. frutescens) of Northeast India, Scientia Horticulturae, 281(0), 0–0 DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.109952

Uncuoglu, A.A.; Sarmah, B.K.; Sharma, K.K.; Bhatnagar, M.; Ratnaparke, P.M.; Pawar, P. and Ranjekar, P.K. (2008). Transgenic chickpeas: Present status and Future prospects, in: Kole, C.R.; Hall, T.C.; (Eds.), A Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants, Blackwell publishing, UK, pp 171–184, ISBN: 0.

Sarmah, B.K.; Acharjee, S. and Sharma, H.C. (2012). Chickpea: crop improvement under changing environment conditions, in: Gill, S.S.; Tuteja, N. (Eds.), Crop improvement under adverse condition, Wiley-Blackwell publication, United States, pp 361–380, ISBN: 0.

Modi, M.K. and Sarmah, B.K. (2015). Role of Agricultural Biotechnology for Food Security in Assam, in: Bhattacharyya, A. (Ed.), Agriculture in Assam, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, pp 0–0, ISBN: 978-81-929804-9-2.

Lagariya, D.S. (2023). Genetic and Metabolite Diversity in Advanced Breeding Lines of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) for Pod Borer Resistance. PhD thesis submitted to Department of Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Development of seedless Bhimkol through CRISPR/Cas9 and mutation approaches

Implemented in 2018

DBT Govt of India Rs. 17 Crore

DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, Phase III

Implemented in 2023

DBT Govt of India Rs. 25 Crore

Biotechnological intervention for the improvement and management of tea

Implemented in 2022

DBT Rs. 90 Lakh

Gene prospecting from acid soil microbes: Investigating “Omics” data sets for validation of gene(s) involved with acid soil stress resistance and development of strategy to ameliorate acid and related stress in crop plants

Implemented in 2018

DBT

Development of Transgenic tea (Cameliasinensis) to confer Resistance Against Blister Blight

Implemented in 2007

DBT, GoI

Germplasm characterization, Genomics analysis and Gene discovery for yield, Metabolite and Stress tolerance in Tea

Implemented in 2022

DBT, Govt. of India Rs. 4530726 Lakh

Establishing efficient genetic engineering platform for Indian tea

Implemented in 2021

DBT Rs. 1.42 Crore

Development of Citrus Diagnostic & Certification Centre for NER

Implemented in 2021

DBT

Optimize genome editing method for chickpea (Cicer arietinum) with the CRISPR/Cas9 system and edit AHAS1 gene for herbicide tolerance

Implemented in 2018

DBT Rs. 20000000 Lakh

Genetic improvement of chickpea for resistance to pod borers using Bt gene- Phase III

Implemented in 2014

Kirkhouse Trust Rs. 7800000 Lakh

Establishment of a genetic transformation system for pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) for development of transgenic pigeon pea resistant to pod borer (Maruca and Helicoverpa)

Implemented in 2010

GOI-DBT Rs. 2984000 Lakh

Dev. Of high Yielding Non Loging and Biotic Resistant verities of black scented Rice of Manipur and Joha rice and Assam Through Biotechnological Intervention

Implemented in 2017

Recognition & Accolades

Achievements & Honours 10 Honours

Awarded with Prestigious Norman Borlaug Chair in International Agriculture with the National Professor position by ICAR on March 1, 2016

Adviser to the selection committee for scientist recruitment under ASRB, New Delhi, 2019

Expert member for DBT Special Scientific and Technical Appraisal and Advisory Group (STAG) to review proposal approved by SBT for Mission programme on “Characterisation of Genetic Resources” on 10.12.2019.

Outstanding reviewer certificate, 2019 awarded by the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi.

Expert Member for Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), DBT, GoI to identify priority research areas in the field of "Agriculture & Plant Sciences", 2020

Governor’s nominee to the Dibrugarh University Court, since April 2020

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Tea Research Association, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, since December 2020

Governor's nominee to Assam Women's University since 2022

Leader in the preparation of updated Assam Biotech Policy 2022–27, approved by Government of Assam — 23 February 2025

Assam Biotechnology Policy accepted by the Assam Cabinet — 27 March 2025

Learned Societies

Professional Memberships 2 Societies

Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India

Life Member

Society of biological chemist (India), Bangalore

Life Member

Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah

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College: College of Agriculture

Department: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

AAU Joining Date: 24 Mar, 1987

Additional Charge: Director DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, HoD(ic) ABT