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Talk by Dr. Shahin Sharif Ali, an Alumnus of the Department, Highlights the Power of Microbial Innovations11-04-25
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Role of microbial communities for animal and plant health: A Talk by Dr. Sharmila Mande, FNA, FNAE04-03-25
Mission
Pursue innovative and exploratory research in agricultural biotechnology and crop husbandry through a public–public partnership between the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, and Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, to create competent human resources in the field and support agriculture industry in the NE region.
Director's Message
Bidyut Kumar Sarmah
Director, DBT-NECAB & ICAR National Professor (Norman Borlaug Chair) (2016-2021)
Let us help plants, animals and microorganisms
in self improvement to counter stresses through biotechnology interventions”
In February 2011, the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, established the DBT-AAU Centre and strengthened it to the DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology (DBT-NECAB) in 2018. This Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Biotechnology is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for scientific research as well as academic excellence. The Centre allows scope for scientific exchange and collaboration with premier national and international organizations for capacity building and upliftment of the student community and faculty members. Currently, we have five core research programmes under the Centre and associated scientists have earned extramural grants for over thirteen projects. Each programme under the Centre is reviewed every six months by a panel of national and international experts including members from funding organizations through a Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). The Centre strives to apply an interdisciplinary approach in building biotech-based projects, involving inputs from renowned scientists, experts and pioneers in the field of biotechnology, from time to time by organizing National and International symposiums and workshops. I am confident that with the involvement of a team consisting of highly trained scientists, technical staff as well as efficient office staff, the Centre will be able to achieve its long-term goals.
Core programmes of the Centre
| Core Programme | Objectives |
|---|---|
| PROGRAMME I | Genetic improvement of rice for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance using molecular breeding,
especially drought, submergence and bacterial blight disease. SCIENTIFIC TEAM Dr M K Modi (PI) and Dr Sanjay Chetia (PI) Advisors: Dr N K Singh, NIPB and Dr Arvind Kumar, ICRISAT |
| PROGRAMME II | Genetic improvement of chickpea using gene technology for resistance to insect pests SCIENTIFIC TEAM Dr Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (Programme leader), Dr Sumita Acharjee (PI), Dr A M Baruah (Co-PI), Dr Sarvjeet Singh, PAU, Ludhiana (Collaborator), Dr Ishwarappa S Katageri, UASD, Karnataka (Collaborator) Advisors: Dr T J V Higgins, CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Canberra |
| PROGRAMME III | Bioprospecting of soil microbes from NE region for acid tolerance genes SCIENTIFIC TEAM Dr Madhumita Barooah (PI) Dr Robin Chandra Boro (Co-PI) Advisors: Dr A Kumar, Dr M V Deshpande |
| PROGRAMME IVA | Isolation of novel microbial strains to develop efficient biofertilizer SCIENTIFIC TEAM Dr Rajen Baruah Advisors: Dr M V Deshpande |
| PROGRAMME IVB | Isolation of novel microbial strains to develop efficient biopesticides SCIENTIFIC TEAM Dr Popy Bora (PI), Dr P K Borah, Dr B C Nath Advisors: Dr M V Deshpande |
| New Network Projects funded by DBT, GoI |
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