Appointments

  • 2022-Till Date: Principal Scientist at the Central Seed Research Station for Jute & Allied Fibres, ICAR: CRIJAF, Bud Bud 713403, India (Payband 4; Level 14)
  • 2021-2022: Principal Scientist & Joint Director Academic (Actg) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi 834003, India (Payband 4; Level 14)
  • 2016 – 2021: Vice Chancellor, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar -736165, West Bengal, India
  • 2012-16: Director, National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (ICAR) – ISO 9001: 2008 certified, LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
  • 2009-12: Principal Scientist (ICAR: ARS), Plant Pathology & Head, Division of Crop Protection, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (Indian Council of Agricultural Research / ICAR), Kanpur, UP
  • 2007-09: Principal Scientist (ICAR: ARS), Plant Pathology, Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (ICAR), Bharatpur, Rajasthan
  • 1999-2007: Senior Scientist (ICAR: ARS), Plant Pathology, Dte of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (ICAR), Bharatpur
  • 1997-99: Scientist (ICAR: ARS) – Senior Scale, Plant Pathology, Dte of Oilseeds Research (ICAR), Hyderabad
  • 1993-97: Scientist (ICAR: ARS), Plant Pathology, Directorate of Oilseeds Research (ICAR), Hyderabad
  • 1992-93: Scientist (ICAR: ARS), Plant Pathology, National Acad. Agril. Res. Management (ICAR), Hyderabad

(i) Member Secretary (1999-2001), first Quinquennial Review Team (1993-99) on Rapeseed-Mustard of the Indian Council Agril Res. (ii) Member Secretary, Research Advisory Committee, National Res. Centre Rapeseed-Mustard, Bharatpur (2002, 2007-09) and Indian Institute Pulses Res., Kanpur (2009). (iii) Member Secretary, Institute Research Council (IRC), Indian Institute Pulses Res., Kanpur (2009-12). (iv) Member of Management Committee, Directorate Groundnut Res. (erstwhile National Research Centre on Groundnut), Junagadh (2008-11) and Directorate Rapeseed- Mustard Res. (erstwhile National Res. Centre Rapeseed-Mustard), Bharatpur (2009-12). (v) Chairman, Research Advisory Committee (2017-2020; 2020-2023) of Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India), Berhampore 742101 (WB). (vi) Member, RAC (2021-24), ICAR-VPKAS, Almora. (vii) Nominated from Oct 2013 from India to Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM-16) as Expert Team Member for focused area on pest/ disease modeling of the World Meteorological Organization. (viii) Expert, Advisory Committee (13 Nov 2018-continuing) of Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)