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Dr. Susmita Das

Dr. Susmita Das

Assistant Professor

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susmita.d@srisriuniversity.edu.in

Qualification

Ph.D. from BCKV West Bengal, M.Sc (Agri.) from CAU, Imphal, B.SC (Agri.) from CAT, Tripura

B.Sc.(Hons) Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Tripura (CAT), Tripura (Central) University.

M.Sc. Agriculture (Specialization-Agronomy), College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Manipur

Ph.D.(Agriculture), (Specialization-Agronomy), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV),

West Bengal

Broad Current Research Interest: Crop nutrition and Nutrient Management, Irrigation & Water management.

What subject you teach at SSU ?

Agronomy (Fundamentals of Agronomy, Water management)

Interests

Cropping system, Water management, Organic agriculture, production technology of millets

Abstracts and Presentations in National and International conferences/Symposium/Workshops:

International:

  1. Oral Presentation on “Use of biochar in soil health Management and Climate change mitigation” at three days Conference on Bio-resource, Environment and Agricultural Science held on 4-6 th Feb, 2017.
  2. Poster presentation on “Impact of climate change on phenology of rice” at three days Symposium on Eco-efficiency in Agriculture and Allied research held on 20-23th Jan, 2017.
  3. Participation on International webinar on “Climate change and Soil health” organized by Sri Sri University on 18th January, 2022.

 

National:

  1. Paper on “Some edible weeds of Manipur” at one day Seminar on Biotechnology and Conservation of biodiversity held on 18th March 2015.
  2. Full Length Paper on “Studies on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum ) Based Intercropping System with Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) on Growth, Yield and Competition Indices” at two days Seminar on Sustainable agriculture for food security and better environment held on 17-18 Dec, 2015.
  3. Paper on “Role of vermicomposting biotechnology in Agriculture” at two days Conference on Prospect and Challenges in indigenous foods and drinks sector held on 11-12th April, 2015.
  4. Oral presentation at National webinar on “Managing Agro-Chemicals for Crop and Environmental Health” on a paper entitled “Study of nitrogen use efficiency in rice-rice cropping system” during February 25-26, 2022 organized by Society for Fertilizers and Environment.
  5. Participation on one day “Mass Awareness Campaign” on Organic Farming: North Eastern Hill Region of India” held on 5th August, 2022, jointly organized by “ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya” & “All India Network Programme on Organic Farming (AI-NPOF), ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram, UP.

Other Accomplishments

ICAR-ASRB NET qualified

Teaching Interests:

Crop nutrition and Nutrient Management, Irrigation & Water management, Rainfed Agriculture and watershed management, Organic farming, Farming system & sustainable Agriculture

Fellowships/Grants/Selections: Scholarship from Dept. of higher education during Under graduation, NEC scholarship at Post-graduation, Senior Research Fellow (SRF) on the project- “Performance of Haloxyfop on Mentha” funded by Dow Agroscience pvt. ltd.

Academic positions: Agronomy Laboratory Arrangement and instrument maintenance.

  • Development of Course book for NAAC.
  • Development of Certificate course on Organic Agriculture.
  • Internal Committee Member of field and farm related activities.
  • Internal Committee Member of Maintenance of Medicinal and Horticulture Garden.
  • Internal Committee Member of Outreach program: ICAR-JRF/Training/Workshops//Refresher courses/ Summer school etc.
  • Internal Committee Member of Student Research projects.

Community service projects: Nil

Publications: Scopus Index/SCI journals/ NAAS/ Care Journals

Susmita das, K Nandini Devi,  Herojit Simgh Athokpam, Jamkhogin Lhungdim, Mrinalini Longjam. (2017). Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) based Intercropping System with Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) on Growth, Yield and Competition Indices. Journal of Environment & Ecology (ISSN: 0970 0420) 4.18 (NAAS)/ WOS/ Peer reviewed.

Susmita Das, Nilanjana Halder and Manashi Barman. (2020). Studies on the effect of sowing techniques and seed rate on the growth, yield components and yield of direct seeded (Oryza sativa L.) under rainfed medium land situation. International Journal of current microbiology and applied science. (IJCMAS)

ISSN:2319-7706 (Online) 5.35 (NAAS) (Peer reviewed)  (Cross Reference ICV 2019: 96.39)

Book Chapters:

  1. i) Weed Seed Bank-Impacts and Management for Future Crop production, Agronomic Crops Volume 2: Management Practices by Springer Nature
  2. ii) Impact of climate variability on phenology of rice, Agronomic Crops Volume 3: Stress Responses and Tolerance by Springer Nature

Manuals and Bulletin: Nil

Technical Reports: Nil

Other professional contribution: Participation in Radio Programmes for Kisan Bani program by AIR

Professional affiliations: Nil

Awards (if any)

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