Faculty Members

Dr. Raghava Thakur
Designation Associate Dean  

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Previously Ex Dean Agriculture & Chairman Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi- 834006, Jharkhand, India
Education PhD (Agronomy) from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
  • Water management of crops and cropping systems
  • Crops and cropping system
  • Nutrient management of crops and cropping systems
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Dr. Arunava Sengupta
Designation Assistant Professor
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Previously Training Associate (Presently Subject Matter Specialist in short SMS), Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, Ranchi
Education PhD (Agri. Extension) from Visva-Bharati on the topic “Impact Assessment of Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Expertise Agricultural communication
Research Interests
  • Farming System and Agricultural communication
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Dr. Avijit Kumar Dutta
Designation Associate Professor

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Previously APEDA, Government of India from 15th September, 2005 to 20th July, 2006.
Education PhD in Horticulture with the specialization in Crop Improvement of Vegetable Crops from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya in 2009.
Expertise Horticulture, Organic farming, Crop improvement
Research Interests
  • Crop improvement: Vegetable crops by adopting organic farming practices“Improvement of livelihood of resource poor farmers through backyard poultry.
  • Organic farming for the sustainable and integrated vegetable crop management
  • Conservation of different land races of indigenous vegetables.
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Dr. Dipankar Chatterjee
Designation Associate Professor  

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Previously Senior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India, Calcutta (September, 2005 to April, 2007)
Education PhD in Anthropology (2013), University of Calcutta. Research Topic: “The Gujars of Himachal Pradesh: Traditions and Their Transformations”
Expertise Anthropology
Research Interests
  • Culture and Cognition
  • Tribal and Rural Development
  • Transhumance and Pastoral communities
  • Ecological Anthropology and Natural Resources Management
  • Qualitative Research Methods.
  • Anthropology of Tourism
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Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Designation Assistant Professor  

 

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Previously Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist, Rabindra Nath Tagore Agriculture College, Deoghar BAU, Ranchi, Jharkhand. (December, 2018 to August, 2019)
Education PhD in Plant Biology (2017), Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur
Expertise Plant Biology
Research Interests
  • Development of Natural, Eco-friendly, Organic formulation for the management of plant diseases
  • In vitro and In vivo testing of organic formulation against the plant disease-causing agents
  • Development of Package of Practices for organic management of plant disease
  • Standardization of package and practice for King oyster mushroom cultivation
  • Detection and diagnosis of plant diseases
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Dr. Deep Narayan Mukherjee
Designation Assistant Professor  

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Previously Research Associate, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana. (April, 2017 to October, 2017)
Education PhD in Agricultural Economics (2016), College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
Expertise Agricultural Economics
Research Interests
  • Productivity analysis
  • Livelihood studies
  • Poverty related issues
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Dr. Sudarsan Biswas
Designation Assistant Professor

 

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Previously District Coordinator, Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayat (ISGP) Programme Phase-II, Govt. of West Bengal. (October, 2017 to October, 2018)
Education PhD in Agricultural and Rural Development (2018), RKMVERI
Expertise Organic Farming
Research Interests
  • Tribal and Rural Livelihood
  • Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Resources Management
  • Organic Farming and its Extension
  • Social dilemma in Rural areas
  • Action Research
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Dr. Soumik Dey
Designation Assistant Professor  

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Education PhD (Ag) in Agriculture Statistics from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal
Expertise Agriculture Statistics
Research Interests
  • Regression Diagnostics
  • Time Series Modelling
  • Econometric Study
  • Market analysis and Cointegration.
  • Agricultural Statistics
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Dr. Vishal Walmik Dhote
Designation Assistant Professor  

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Previously Assistant Professor, Ramkrishna Bajaj College of Agriculture, Pipri, Wardha
Education PhD in Agricultural Entomology from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal
Expertise Agricultural Entomology
Research Interests
  • Organic Pest Management
  • Insect Toxicology
  • Biological Control
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Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Designation Assistant Professor  

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Previously Senior Research Fellow, CAAST on CA (ICAR-World Bank-NAHEP), BCKV, India
Education PhD (Ag.) in Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal
Expertise Agricultural Chemistry, Soil Science
Research Interests
  • Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
  • Nutrient Dynamics and Transformations in soil
  • Optimizing Nutrient Management Strategies in soil
  • Soil-N Management and Suitable N-Availability Method
  • Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation Agriculture, Organic Agriculture
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Dr. Saikat Biswas
Designation Assistant Professor
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Previously
  • Assistant Professor (Agronomy) in Lovely professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
  • Senior Research Fellow in BCKV, India
Education Ph.D (Agriculture) in Agronomy from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal
Expertise Agronomy
Research Interests
  • Crop management (Agronomy)
  • Nutrient and water managements of cereal, pulse, tuber, oilseeds and fodder crops
  • Crop simulation models and future yield prediction
  • Sustainable organic farming, natural farming, conservation agriculture and IFS
  • Soil fertility and plant nutrition
  • Soil, water and plant relationship
  • Climate change and agriculture
  • Weed management
  • Seed priming, seed quality under storage and packaging materials
  • Soil and water conservation
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Dr. Snehasish Bhunia
Designation Assistant Professor
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Previously Assistant Professor, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India-751003
Education Ph.D in Farm Machinery & Power Engineering from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal
Expertise Farm Machinery, Power Engineering
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Dr. Swati Shabnam
Designation Assistant Professor
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Previously Assistant Professor (Agronomy) in Department of Agronomy, Ranchi Agriculture College, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Education Ph.D from Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
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Dr. Koustab Majumdar
Designation Assistant Professor (Rural Development)

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Previously Teaching Assistant-cum-Field Organizer, RKMVERI, Ranchi Campus
Education Ph.D. in Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development (2022), RKMVERI (Deemed University), Ranchi Campus
Expertise Rural Management
Research Interests
  • Rural transformation
  • Indigenous studies,
  • International social work education
  • Social welfare and social policy
  • Human well-being
Courses taught Research Ethics and Publication, Rural Development: Thoughts and Theories
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