National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Birinchi Kumar Sarma
FELLOW, ELECTED 2024

Born in Dibrugarh, India on 11 September, 1972. Educated at AAU, Jorhat, 1991-95; BHU, Varanasi, 1995-97; BHU, Varanasi, 1997-2002. B.Sc. 1995; M.Sc. 1997; Ph.D. 2002; Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, USA, 2007-2008.

Professor, Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2017 to date.

Lecturer, 2002-14, Associate Professor, BHU, Varanasi, 2014-17.

Awards/Honours: Editor, Plant Pathology, British Society for Plant Pathology, 2023-Present; Visiting Researcher at Dalhousie University, NS, Canada through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) - FTI Award, Calgary, Canada, 2018; Best Teacher Award, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, 2013; Associate, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, 2011; BOYSCAST Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for Post-Doctoral Research at University of California, Davis, USA, 2006; BHU Gold Medal in M.Sc.(Ag.) Mycology and Plant Pathology, BHU, Varanasi, 1997.

Fellow: The Biotech Research Society, India

Research Areas: Rice/Pulse-Pathogen-Soil Interactions; Rhizosphere Microbiome; Biological Control; Gneomics and Disease Resistance

Address: Professor, Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; Flat# 521, Tower D, Rudra Towers, Karmajeetpur, Sunderpur, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9454350649; Email: birinchi_ks@yahoo.com; birinchi@bhu.ac.in]

NAAS Associate, 2011