National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Bikash Mandal
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Habra, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India on the 30th December 1963. Educated at Baniniketan Higher Secondary School, Banipur, 1975-80; Shree Chaitanya College, Habra, 1980-82 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur, 1982-86; University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 1988-1990 and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1990-94; University of Georgia, Tifton, USA, 2000-02; BSc(Ag) 1986, MSc(Ag) 1990; PhD 1994; Postdoc 2002.

Principal Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, 2009 to date.

Scientist, IARI 1994-1999, Post-doctoral scientist, University of Georgia, USA, 2000-2002, senior scientist, IARI, 2002-2008, Principal Scientist, 2009 to date.

Awards/Honours: Dr. B. P. Pal Memorial Best Scientist Award, National Academy of Biological Sciences, 2018; Prof. Sankar Mukhopadhyay Memorial Award, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya & Indian Phytopathological Society, 2017, Member, International Study Group on Nanoviridae, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 2011-2020. Member of The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, 2010.

Fellow: Fellow of Indian Virological Society, Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences, Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology.

Research Areas: Plant Virology

Address: Principal Scientist, Advanced Center for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012;; [Tel: Off: (011) 25842134; Mob: 9868616510; Email: leafcurl@redifmail.com; banipur@gmail.com]