Dr. Arijit Mukherjee

Dr Arijit Mukherjee is working as Head R & D Ramnagar unit in Sr. Breeder role at Ramnagar.

Lots of Dr. Mukherjee’s papers have been published in different National & International journals. He has worked in R&D in different roles in companies like Bayer, Pan seeds. He has experience in breeding in cereal (Paddy) and oil seed (Mustard) for more than a decade. He is also the Life Member of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding (ISGPB), Indian Society of Oilseed Research (ISOR) and Society for Rapeseed- Mustard Research (SRMR). He conducted Special trials of Network for Accelerated Rice Varieties for Impact (NARVI) in collaboration with IRRI as PPP mode in previous company. He has the gene accession numbers from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Glimpses of Dr. Mukherjee’s professional career are highlighted below:

• Post Doctoral Research (Mung bean) from BCKV, Nadia in 2014
• Ph. D (Genetics and conventional & molecular Breeding of paddy) from BCKV, Nadia in 2014
• M Sc (Ag) in Genetics from BCKV, Nadia in 2010
• B Sc (Ag) in Agriculture from BCKV in 2008

 

Fellowship(s) & Awards:

• Senior Research Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology projects (RNAi mediated gene silencing in paddy), Govt. of India in collaboration with IIT, Kharagpur
• University Merit scholarship from 2004 to 2010
• Received prestigious ‘LIFE’– award for efficiency category at South Asia level from Bayer in Aug’ 2018