Our Technical Staff

Unmona Sarmah
Technical Assistant, Programme III | Nov 2019 - till
date
Skills: Use of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, HPLC, Kjeldahl (protein estimation),
Thermocycler and
UV-VIS spectrophotometer. Quantification of soil edaphic factors such as organic carbon, total
nitrogen, mineral phosphorus, micronutrients and soil enzymes.
Kamalakshi Saikia
Technical Assistant, Programme II | Nov 2019 - till
date
Skills: Tissue culture, media preparation, explant preparation, in-vitro grafting, the
establishment
of plants in the greenhouse and molecular biology techniques like DNA extraction from plants and
ELISA.

Anjum Shayeque Rahman
Technical Assistant, Programme I| Dec 2018-till date
Skills: Molecular genotyping, DNA sequencing (ABI 3500 Genetic Analyzer, Roche 454 Sequencer).
He has
a Masters in Industrial Biotechnology from Berhampur University, Post Graduate Diplomas in Business
Management from Gauhati University and Intellectual Property Rights from IGNOU.

Sintu Saikia
Technical Assistant, Programme IVA | Nov 2018 - till date
Skills: Isolation of microbes, field experimentation, field data collection, mass production of
biofertilizers and composting technique. Use of high-end autoclave, hot air oven, UV-Vis
spectrophotometer, Gas chromatography etc.

Bibek Jyoti Baruah
Technical Assistant, Programme IVB | Jan 2014 - till date
Skills: Expertise in handling with biopesticides,isolation of microbial bioagent,field data collection,mass production of biopesticide,use of laminar air flow
,autoclave,hot air oven,centrifuge,gel electrophoresis.

Bedanta Kumar Bordoloi
Technical Assistant, Programme IVB | Dec 2015 - till date
Skills: Isolation of microbial agent, field data collection, mass production of Biopesticide,
field experimentation, use of laminar air flow,autoclave, hot air oven, centifuge,gel electrophoresis
etc.

Goutam Bora
Technical Assistant, Programme IVA and IVB | Satellite Lab., KVK-Dibrugarh |
Jul 2012 - till date
Skills: Plant Tissue Culture; Soil Analysis; Centrifugation; Autoclave; Laminar Air Flow;
BOD-Incubation; Production of biofertilizers, biopesticides and composting technique; Rainfall
Measurements; Mushroom Cultivation; Mushroom Spawn Collection; Media Preparation; Isolation of
Microbes.

Bidyut Phukon
Technical Assistant, Programme IVA and IVB | Satellite Lab., KVK-Dibrugarh |
Jan 2022 - till date
Skills: Metal Stress in Rice; UV-Spectrophotometry; Centrifugation, Autoclave; PCR; Microsatellite marker; Gel-Electrophoresis; DNA-Extraction; Nanodrop Spectrophotometry; Laminar Air Flow, Mushroom Cultivation; Production of biofertilizers, biopesticides and composting technique; Rainfall Measurements; Soil Analysis; GC-MS (Learning Stage).