National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Debabrata Sarkar
Fellow, Elected 2013

Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 31 October 1963. Educated at Swami Vivekananda Institution, Howrah, 1969-81; University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 1981-1987; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 1988-93; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE), Leipzig, Germany, 1997; Sprachinstitut (SIT), Tübingen, Germany, 2002; Eberhardt Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 2002-03; B.Sc. (Hons.) 1984; M.Sc. (Ag.) 1986; Ph.D. (Ag.) 1994; Post-Doc (AvH Fellow) 2002-03.

Principal Scientist (Biotechnology), ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres (CRIJAF), Barrackpore, Kolkata, 2008 to date.

Scientist (Plant Breeding), Scientist Senior Scale (Plant Breeding) & Senior Scientist (Biotechnology), Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, 1993-2008.

Awards/Honours: ICAR Young Scientist Award, 1997; DSE-Colombo Plan Scholarship, 1997; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 1999; Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 2001; CPRI Certificate of Appreciation, 2004; First Prize in Oral Presentation, ICAR Natl. Symp. Biotechnol., Thrissur, 2005; IPA Gold Medal, 2008. Managing Editor, Plant Growth Regulation (Springer); Associate Editors: South African Journal of Botany (Elsevier), The Scientific World Journal: Botany (Hindawi), Signal Transduction Insights (Libertas Academica).

Fellow: Member, National Academy of Sciences, India, 2013.

Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, breeding, genetics, genomics

Address: Principal Scientist (Biotechnology), Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, W.B.; Sutripti Apartment, Flat No. D, 92/3/1, Abinash Banerjee Lane, Shibpur, Howrah 711102, W.B.; [Tel: Off. (033) 25356121 Ext 227; Res. (033) 26788088; Cell: 9007965448; Fax: (033) 25350415; Email: debabrata_s@yahoo.com; debabrata.sarkar@icar.gov.in]