National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Amalendu Ghosh
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Guskara, Barddhaman, West Bengal, India, on 7May1984. Educated at GuskaraPurnananda Public Institution, West Bengal, 1994-2001; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, 2001-2010; The University of Queensland, Australia, 2016; Washington State University, USA, 2023; B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons2005; M.Sc. 2007; PhD 2010.

Senior Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, 2015 to date.

Scientist, 2010-2014, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur; IARI Regional Station Katrain, HP; IARI Regional Station Kalimpong, WB; Scientist-in-Charge, 2012-2014, IARI Regional Station Kalimpong;Scientist Senior Scale, 2014-2019, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Senior Scientist, 2019 to date, Indian Agricultural Research Institute; Visiting Academic, 2016, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Visiting Scientist, 2023, Washington State University, Pullman, USA.

Awards/Honours: Endeavour Research Fellowship, Department of Education and Training, the Australian Government,2015; Young Entomologist Award, Entomological Society of India, New Delhi, 2021; Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Yong Scientists, 2022; 1st Dr HK Jain Memorial Young Scientist Award, ICAR-IARI, 2021-22; MK Patel Memorial Young Scientist Award, Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, 2022; Young Scientist Award, Society of Plant Protection Sciences, New Delhi, 2022; Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship, United States-India Educational Foundation, 2023; Outreach-Lecturing Award, University of Florida, Florida International University, Fulbright Commission, USA, 2023; Associate Fellowship, National Academy for Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, 2023; Fellow of Royal Entomological Society (FRES), London, 2024; Study Group member for International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)-Tospoviridae, 2024 to date;Professor T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award for Senior Scientist, Professor T.N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation, Chennai, 2024-25.

Fellow: Royal Entomological Society (FRES), London; Fulbright Fellow (USA), Endeavour Research Fellow (Australia).

Research Areas: Plant Protection; insect vectors of plant viruses; thrips-tospovirus; whitefly-begomovirus; sustainable management

Address: Senior Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Room No. 55, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; EG56, First Floor, Inderpuri, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. (011) 25843588, Extn. 4403; Cell: 9873077353; Email: amal4ento@gmail.com; amalendu.ghosh@icar.org.in]

NAAS Associate, 2023