Partha Sarathi Munsi
          Professor of Horticulture
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Department

        Crop Improvement, Horticulture and Agril. Botany


Areas of Specialisation

        Horticulture with special references to organic farming and post harvest technology.

 
Date of Birth 11th October 1950
Qualification
Year Degree College/University
1970 B.Sc. (Ag. Hons) University of Kalyani
1972 M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture University of Calcutta
1990 Ph.D. (Ag.) Horticulture University of Calcutta
Research Projects, Papers and Book

  Research Projects as Principal Investigator: a) National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI Project on medicinal & aromatic plants; b) Directorate of Food Processing Industries & Horticulture, Govt. of WB Project on Integrated Nutrient Management of Vegetable crops; c) Krishi Rasayan Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata Projects (3 Nos.) on improvement of horticultural crops.
Papers: More than 80 (eighty) publications in journals (National & International) including books, book chapters, etc.

Teaching Experience:  23 years in Visva-Bharati  5 years in University of Calcutta (as a Guest / Hony. Teacher)
Awards and other Academic Distinctions:


Served as Head of the Department for six years. Fellow of the Indian Association of Biological Sciences (in Horticulture)

External member of BOS, Deptt. of Floriculture & Landscaping, BCKV, W.B., and  of Ph.D. committee in Horticulture, University of Calcutta
Member (Executive/Committee of scientific societies & organization like NHB)  & of editorial board as well as referees of various journals of reputation
Maintaining interactions & exchange of views with scientists (International level) acquainted during visit to abroad (Japan, Italy, USA etc.) time to time
Associated with a FAO sponsored All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health organized “Vitamin A malnutrition eradication programme” for the people of Purulia (W. Bengal);