National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Arup Kumar Mukherjee
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Nawanagar, Birbhum, West Bengal, India on 11th November 1965. Educated atKhujutipara R. G. J. High School, Birbhum, West Bengal, 1976-81; Chandidas Mahavidyalay, Birbhum, West Bengal, 1981-83; Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, 1983-88; ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute/Utkal University,Cutack, Odisha 1991-96; B.Sc. (Botany) 1986; M.Sc. 1988; Ph.D. 1996.

Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha.

Scientist, 1999-2009, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology), 2009-2013, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur; 2013-2015Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology), ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha; 2015 to till date Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack, Odisha.

Awards/Honours: Prof. S.R. Bose Memorial Award conferred by Indian Mycological Society on 26th Feb 2023. Awarded with the Dr. Sabuj Sahoo Memorial Award in the International Conference on Plant Science in Post Genomics Era, March 14-16, 2020, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha; “Sir C.V. Raman Lifetime Achievement National Award” for excellence and remarkable achievement in the field of Teaching, Research & Publications on 28th Oct 2018 at Chennai by IRDP group of journals, Chennai. Distinguished Achievement Award -2015 for innovative research at the frontiers of Plant Pathology and for exceptional potential to shape the future through intellectual and inspired leadership in Plant Biotechnology awarded by Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science, 2015. Anand Prakash Award for 2014 for significant contribution in Plant Protection from Applied Zoologists Researchers Association. SAB Merit Award for 2012 from the Society of Applied Biotechnology for outstanding achievement in Agricultural Biotechnology. Post-Doctoral Fellowship of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi, in the session 1997 – 1999 and placed at National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi. The Long termDBT Overseas Associateship Award for the year 2004-2005 at the Department of Biology, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.Editor in Chief: Journal of Plant Disease Sciences, ISSN: 0973-7456, since 2020; Senior Editor of Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology (ISMPP) since 2022; Editor Scientific Reports 2025.

Fellow: Applied Zoologists Researchers Association (2020), Association of Rice Research Workers (2019), Society of Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science (2015); Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change (2015); Society of Applied Biotechnology (2012).

Research Areas: Biotic stress, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Biocontrol of plant diseases, Marker Assisted Selection, Plant Pathology

Address: Principal Scientist, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753006, Odisha; MR-108, Maruti Residency, Raghunathpur Jali, Nandan Kanan Road, Bhubaneswar 754005, Odisha; [Tel: Off. (0671) 2367757/67; Cell: 7205881784, 9437794302; Email: arupkmukherjee65@gmail.com; titirtua@gmail.com]