National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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]