Dr. Madhumita Barooah, a Fulbright Fellow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology. After completing her Undergraduate in Agriculture from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, she joined the Assam Agricultural University for her Maser in Agricultural Biotechnology. She obtained her Doctoral degree in 2004 from University of Exeter, UK working on the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. She worked with Professor Nick Talbot the present Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter on unraveling the molecular basis of the blast disease infection process. After her return she initiated and established microbial biotechnology research in the department. She held the Norman Borlaug fellowship at the Penn State University, USA in 2006 and expanded her work on the blast fungus. Recently in 2015, she worked as a DBT Overseas Associate with Dr. Andreas Karaztais to understand the acid resistant mechanism in Staphylococus aureas at the University of Reading. Madhumita is also holder of a certificate in American Law from Georgetown University, Washington, USA and was pre-doctoral fellow with a training in Intellectual Property Rights at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, USA.