Plant Pathology

About L.P. AwasthiRichard F. LeeSiddhartha DasSudeepta Pattanayak

Prof. (Dr.) L.P. Awasthi Dean School of Agriculture R N B Global University Bikaner India formerly Research Scientist/Professor Amity University and Professor and Head in the Department of Plant Pathology N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology Faizabad (U.P.) India is a distinguished Agriculture Scientist with a strong background in Molecular Plant Virology Resistance breeding disease diagnosis and their management strategies with proven ability to undertake independent or collaborative scientific studies as demonstrated by successfully completing mega research projects funded by various International funding organizations. His professional experience includes more than 50 years of teaching and conducting research published more than 400 research papers in foreign and Indian journals of repute edited/authored ten books published number of popular articles laboratory manuals and contributory chapters for different books guided M. Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. Students and has been working as an Editor/ Referee in the editorial boards of many Indian and foreign journals of repute. Professor Awasthi Visited Karl-Marx University Leipzig University of Berlin Institute of Plant Pathology Ascherslavan and Haale University Germany as a visiting professor for higher studies. He has been member in the Phytosanitary certificate issuing Authorities Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture and cooperation Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage Government of India and presently special invited member in the State level Pest and Disease Surveillance Advisory Unit Government of Uttar Pradesh. India. Prof. Awasthi has long been associated with many professional societies and was conferred Plant Pathology Leadership Award by Indian Phytopathological Society India Outstanding Virologist award by International virological association for outstanding contribution scientific excellence and distinguished services for the cause of Plant Pathological Research Education and Technology dissemination which has impacted Science of Plant Pathology in the country.Dr. Siddhartha Das was born in Purulia district of West Bengal India on 8th Day of April 1988. He received his B.Sc degree on Botany from The University of Burdwan in 2009 and post graduate degree from Guru Ghasidas University India in the year of 2011. In 2012 He has passed Bachelor of Education degree from Kalyani University. After that he was joined as a guest lecturer in Department of Microbiology Dinabandhu Andrews College Calcutta University. With his boundless research enthusiasm he was joined Central Research Institute for Jute and allied Fibers (CRIJAF) as a senior research fellow. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from Visva Bharati University with a collaboration of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya in the year of 2018. He was awarded for Prof. M.J.Narasimmhan merit academic award by Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS)-Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) conjointly (Eastern zone) in the year of 2017. He is associated as an active member of Indian Phytopathological Society Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology Plant Protection association of India Indian mycological society etc. Dr. Siddhartha Das completed his post doctoral research in The Institute of Plant Science Department of Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology The Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) Israel in 2020-21. He has participated in several national international seminars-symposium workshops and wrote several national and international research papers. Dr. Das presently working as an assistant professor at Department of Plant Pathology Centurion University of Technology and Management Odisha.Richard F. Lee grew up on a farm in Kansas USA. He earned his Bachelor of Science in botany from Fort Hays State University Hays Kansas and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in plant pathology from Kansas State University. Following a PostDoc at the University of California Davis he accepted a virology position at the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center Lake Alfred FL where he was promoted to Professor of Plant Pathology. In 2003 he accepted a position as Supervisory Research Plant Pathologist at the USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus and Dates Riverside CA. He has experience in research extension and teaching. He received the Award of Excellence from the University of Florida for advisement of graduate students. His research has focused on the control of graft-transmissible diseases of citrus and development of innovative diagnostic methods of diseases by the use of traditional approaches combined with cutting-edge molecular methods. He has published over 300 refereed scientific papers three books and numerous book chapters. He spent a year with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization where he promoted clean stock programs in the Caribbean Basin and contributed to the development of databases for agriculture (Ecoport.org). He was instrumental in the organization of five international workshops and training programs on Citrus tristeza virus and the brown citrus aphid in the Carribbean Basin area. He has been an active member of the American Phytopathological Society the International Organization of Citrus Virologists and the InterAmerican Citrus Network. Dr. Sudeepta Pattanayak did her B.Sc (Agriculture) and M.Sc in Plant Pathology from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Bhubaneswar. Presently she is pursuing her Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi. Previously she served as an Assistant Professor in Department of Plant Pathology MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture Centurion University of Technology and Management Paralakhemundi Odisha during 2018-2020. In this period she has versatile experience in academic as well as developmental activities like organizing workshops for farmers and students field exposures organic farming farm management and mushroom unit in-charge. Her job role encircled with production of various edible mushrooms and their modern cultivation technologies. She has participated in many national and international conferences and seminars. She has published many articles in national and international journals with wide exposure in book chapters writing. Dr. Pattanayak very recently selected and completed her research as visiting research scholar at Curtin University Australia under NAHEP-CAAST pogramme.