Dr. Kalyan K. Mondal
FELLOW, ELECTED 2023
Born in Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India on 03 Jan, 1969. Educated at Pancha Kote Raj High School, Kashipur, Purulia, 1980-85; Dubrajpur Uttarayan Vidyattan, Bankura, 1985-87; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Mohanpur, Nadia 1987-93 and Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, 1995-99; BSc(Ag)Hons 1991 & MSc(Ag) 1993 at BCKV; PhD 1999 at IARI; Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, USA, 2010.
Joint Director (Research), ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Asstt. Scientist, MAREC (CSKHPKV), Sangla, Kinnaur, HP, 2001-2005; Asstt. Scientist (Sr. Scale), CSKHPKV, Palampur, HP, 2005-2006; Sr. Scientist 2006-2012 & Principal Scientist 2012 to 2023, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial NABS-Best Scientist Award, 2022; Nanaji Desmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences, 2021; Member NASI, 2013; SARP Associate Award, 2017; Prof. J.P. Verma Memorial Award, Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), 2016; Prof M. K. Patel Memorial Young Scientist Award, IPS, 2008; Prof M J Narasimhan Academic Merit Award IPS, 2001; Amulya Lahiri Smriti Gold Medal, WBCHSE, 1987; Editor, IPS, 2017-19; Joint Secretary, IPS, 2019-22; Member, IMC, ICAR-NBAIM, 2016-19; Member, DBT-Task Force, 2016; Reviewer’s Panel, DST-SERB, 2020-2022; Expert Reviewer, EuroXanth DokuWiki, 2020; Member, ICAR-Seed Testing Guideline Committee, 2015; Member-GOI Committee on Streptocycline, 2019.
Fellow: National Academy of Biological Science (NABS), Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), Association of Rice Research Workers (ARRW), Societies for Advancements of Research on Pomegranate (SARP)
Research Areas: Plant Pathology (Bacteriology); Molecular Host: Pathogen Interactions, Genomics, Disease Resistance
Address: Joint Director (Research), ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur 493225, Chhattisgarh; [Tel: Cell: 9868153461; Email: kalyan.mondal@icar.res.in; mondaliari@gmail.com]
