In last three decades the education and research on Plant Pathology have undergone several changes and also with the elaborate extension systems. The farming community can easily communicate their problems to the scientists but the economical measures are still beyond the expectations of the growers. The new and emerging dimensions of technologies in different field of agriculture, Plant disease management have also compelled the extension personnel to make a striking balance between traditional technology, indigenous technology and use of agrochemicals. Despite many achievements in Indian agriculture the plights of farmers are not over and farmers’ suicide is now reached the alarming proportion to the technology driven yet cash-starved, debt-ridden farmers. The integration of all agricultural advanced technologies, plant pathological research with the main focus of developing suitable eco-friendly, sustainable packages for maximize the crop production followed by proper disease management is the ultimate goal for which other disciplines is thus imminent. Under this background and shift in paradigms of production technology, the present conference is thus devoted to “Transformative Approaches and Smart Technology in Plant & Animal Health for Sustainable & Climate-Ready Agriculture”.
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Palli Sikha Bhawana
Chief Patron
Dr. Probir Kumar
Ghosh, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, West Begal
Patrons
Dr. Ashok Kumar Patra,
Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Begal
Dr. Dharani Dhar
Patra, Hon'ble Former Vice-Chancellor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Tirtha Kumar
Datta, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, WBUA&FS, Belgachia, Kolkata
Dr. Purnendu Biswas,
Hon'ble Former Vice-Chancellor, WBUA&FS, Belgachia, Kolkata
Dr. Chirantan
Chattopadhyay, Hon'ble Former Vice-Chancellor, UBKV, Coochbehar, West Bengal
Dr. Bidyut Chandan
Deka, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam
Dr. P.K. Chakrabarty,
Former ADG, ICAR & Member, ASRB, New Delhi
Dr. Sajal Kumar
Biswas, Director-Business Development, M/S Nissco Chemical India, Wellington,
Gurgaon, Haryana
Dr. Amitava Sanyal,
Vice-President, Reg. & Regulatory Affairs, Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd.,
Goregaon, Maharashtra
Dr. Basanta Kumar Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, West Bengal
Chairperson
Prof. Binoy Kumar
Saren, Principal, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Co-Chairpersons
Dr. Nirmal
Kumar Mandal, Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Rajib Nath, Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Dilip Kumar Misra,
Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Arup Chattopadhyay, Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Fatik Kumar Bauri, Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Tudu, Professor, WBUA&FS, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Archan Kanti Das,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CFRI, Barrackpore, West Bengal
Dr. Subir Nag,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CFRI, Barrackpore, West Bengal
Prof. Anil K. Chowdhury, Retd. Prof. & Former HoD, Dept of Plant
Pathology, BCKV, West Bengal
Dr. Samimul Islam, JDA, ZARS, Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
Dr. Indrani Dana, JDA
(Rice Development), RRS, Chinsurah, West Bengal
Dr. Madhumita Basu,
Director, Biosar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Dr. Anurup Majumdar,
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Pintu
Bandopadhyay, Professor, Department of Agronomy, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Pranab Kumar Mandal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi
Organizing President
Prof. Ranjan Nath,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Organizing
Secretaries
Dr. Mohan Kumar
Biswas, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Bholanath Mondal,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Kalipada Pramanik,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Kajal Kumar
Biswas, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Joint Organizing
Secretary
Dr. Palash Modal, PSB,
Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Treasurer
Dr. Vivek Kumar Khare,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Convener
Prof. Gautam Kumar
Ghosh, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Co-Conveners
Dr. Hirak Chatterjee, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Goutam Mandal, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Swapan Kumar
Maity, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Subhrangsu Santra,
PSV, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Mahua Banerjee,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Sibsankar Das,
BCKV, Burdwan Campus, West Bengal
Dr. Poly Saha, BCKV,
Burdwan Campus, West Bengal
Committee Member
Dr. Bireswar Sinha,
Professor, Nagaland University, Medziphema, Nagaland
Dr. Raju Das, RRS, BCKV, Sekhampur, West Bengal
Dr. Popy Bora, AAU, Jorhat, Assam
Dr. Chandrik Malakar, Suri Vidyasagar College, West Bengal
Dr. Niren Majumder,
College of Agriculture, Tripura
Dr. Rajkumar Singh,
Govt. General Degree College, Mangalkote, West Bengal
Dr. Sanjoy Kumar
Bordolui, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Gauranga Sundar
Mandal, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Karam Chand
Hembrom, Netaji Mahavidyalaya, Arambagh, West Bengal
Sri Alokesh Das,
Rampurhat College, Rampurhat, West Bengal
Dr. Arghya Banerjee, Neotia University, Diamond Harbar, West Bengal
Dr. Sruba Saha, Neotia University, Diamond Harbar, West Bengal
Dr. Laxman Chandra
Patel, BCKV, Burdwan Campus, West Bengal
Dr. Riton Choudhury,
IAS, SoAU, Odisha
Dr. Arghya Banerjee, Neotia University, Diamond Harbar, West Bengal
Dr. Somnath Mandal, UBKV, Coochbehar, West Bengal
Dr. Abhijit Debnath,
Senior Scientist & Head, KVK-Dhalai, Tripura
Dr. Durga Prasad
Awasthi, CoA, Tripura
Dr. Utpal Dey, Krishi
Vigyan Kendra, Sepahijala, Central Agri. University, Tripura
Mr. Pappu Majhi, PSB, Visva-Bharati , West Bengal
Dr. Animesh Sarkar, Nagaland
University, Medziphema, Nagaland
Dr. N.C. Sarkar, PSB,
Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Sitesh Chatterjee,
Entomologist, RRS, Chinsurah, West Bengal
Dr. Abhijit Ghosal,
SMS (Plant Protection), RKMVERI, Narendrapur, West Bengal
Dr. Kishore Chandra
Swain, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
National Advisory
Committee
Dr. A.K. Chowdhury,
Professor and Dean, Post Graduate Studies, UBKV, Cooch Behar, West Bengal
Dr. Amalendu Ghosh,
Senior Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh,
College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
Dr. Aniruddha Saha,
Professor & Head, Department of Botany, University of North Bengal,
Siliguri
Dr. Anup Kumar
Bhattacharjee, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Dr. Ashis Chakraborty,
Professor, Plant Pathology, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Ashis Kumar Nandi,
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr. Aundy Kumar,
Professor & Principal Scientist, Div of Pl Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. B.N. Chakraborty,
Former Professor, NBU, Siliguri, West Bengal
Dr. B.N. Hazarika,
Dean, College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
Dr. B.N. Panja,
Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Binoy Kanti Sil,
Prof. & Dean, Vet. & Ani Sci, WB Univ of Ani & Fishery Sci,
Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Bitam Mondal, PSB,
Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Chandrani
Choudhuri, Assistant Professor, North Bengal St. Xavier's College, Raiganj,
West Bengal
Dr. Charashree
Gangopadhyay, WBAS (Res.), Rice Research Station, Chinsurah, West Bengal
Dr. Dalim Pathak,
Principal Scientist, AAU-Horticulture Research Station, Kahikuchi, Guwahati,
Assam
Dr. Dipak Ranjan
Biswas, Emeritus Scientist, Soil Sci IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Dipanwita Saha,
Professor & Head, Dept of Biotechnology, NBU, Siliguri, West Bengal
Dr. Dwijendra Barman,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Dwipendra
Thakuria, Dean, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences,
Umiam, Meghalaya
Dr. Gautam Saha,
Former Vice-Chancellor, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal
Dr. Goutam Mandal,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Ivi Chakraborty,
Professor and Former Head, Post-Harvest Technology, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Jayanta Tarafdar,
Ex-Dean, BCKV, Kalyani, West Bengal
Dr. Kamal Krishna Pal,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati, Maharashtra
Dr. L.N.K. Singh,
Professor, CoA, CAU, Imphal, Manipur
Dr. M.S. Saharan,
Head, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Madhuchanda Khan,
RKVK, PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Madhumita Barooah,
Professor, Dept of Agriculture Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, Assam
Dr. Madhumita Basu,
Chief Scientist, Research and Development, Biosar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Dr. Madhumita Mitra,
Professor and, Head, Floriculture & Landscaping, BCKV, Mohanpur, West
Bengal
Dr. Malkhan Singh
Gurjar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi
Dr. Mausomi Madhab,
Sr. Tech. Officer, Mycology & Microbiology Dept, Tocklai Tea Res Institute,
Jorhat
Dr. Meenakshi Malik,
Scientist, ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi
Dr. Mohd. Ashaq,
Department of Botany, Govt. P G College, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir
Dr. Monoranjan
Chowdhury, Professor, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
Dr. Mukesh Sehgal,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi
Dr. Nandita Sahana,
UBKV, Coochbehar, West Bengal
Dr. Nilotpal Ghosh,
Professor, WB Univ. of Ani. & Fishery Sci., Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal
Dr. Nirmal Mazumder,
Professor, Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath Chariali, Assam
Dr. Nripendra Laskar,
UBKV, Coochbehar, West Bengal
Dr. Parimal Mandal,
Associate Professor, Raiganj University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal
Dr. Pintu
Bandopadhyay, Professor, Department of Agronomy, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Pradip Kumar Sahu,
Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Prahlad Deb, PSB,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
Dr. Pranab Dutta,
Professor, CAU (Imphal), Kyrdemkulai Meghalaya
Dr. Pranab Hazra,
Former Head & Professor, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. R. Viswanathan,
Former Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh
Dr. S.P. Dutta,
Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Sankar Prasad Das,
Director, ICAR-NRC for Orchids, Sikkim
Dr. Sentu Acharjee,
Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of Tripura, Tripura
Dr. Someshwar Bhagat,
Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), ICAR-NRRI-CRURRS, Hazaribag, Jharkhand
Dr. Srikanta Das,
Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology, BCKV, West Bengal
Dr. Subhas Chandra
Roy, Professor, NBU, Siliguri, West Bengal
Dr. Subhrangsu Santra,
PSV, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Subrata Nath
Bhowmik, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Suchanda Mandal,
PSB, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Dr. Sujit Kumar Ray,
Professor, Plant Pathology, BCKV, Mohanpur, West Bengal
Dr. Sukhendu Sekhar
Mondal, Ballygunge Science College, Kolkata University, West Bengal
Dr. Sunil Kumar Borah,
Principal Scientist, AAU-Horticulture Res. Station, Kahikuchi, Guwahati, Assam
Dr. Swarnali
Bhattacharya, PSB, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
Dr. Tapan Adhikari,
Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Utpal Giri, College
of Agriculture, Tripura
Dr. Utpal Kr.
Bhattacharyya, Head, ICAR-KVK Longding (ICAR-RC NEH Region, Umiam), Andhra
Pradesh
Dr. Utpal Nath, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Biology, IIS, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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ABOUT SRINIKETAN
The Institute of Rural Reconstruction was founded in 1922 at Surul at a distance of about three kilometers from Santiniketan. It was formally inaugurated on February 6, 1922 with Leonard Elmhirst as its first Director. Thus, the second but contiguous campus of Visva-Bharati came to be located in 1923 at a site which assumed the name of Sriniketan. The chief object was to help villagers and people to solve their own problems instead of a solution being imposed on them from outside.
In consonance with the ideas about reconstruction of village life, a new type of school meant mainly for the children of neighboring villages who would eventually bring the offering of their acquired knowledge for the welfare of the village community was also conceived. This school, Siksha-Satra, was started in Santiniketan in 1924 but was shifted to Sriniketan in 1927. The Lok-Siksha Samsad, an organization for the propagation of non-formal education amongst those who had no access to usual educational opportunities, was started in 1936. Siksha-Charcha for training village school teachers followed next year.
ABOUT PALLI SIKSHA BHAVANA, VISVA-BHARATI
Visva-Bharati, founded by the first non-European Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thākur (popularly known as Tagore) in 1921, in Santiniketan, is a renowned center of learning that blends the best of Eastern and Western educational traditions. In May 1951, Visva-Bharati was declared to be a Central University and "An Institution of National Importance" by an Act of Parliament. It was granted the status of a unitary, teaching and residential university. The President of India is the Paridarsaka (Visitor) of the University, the Governor of West Bengal is the Pradhana (Rector), and the Prime Minister of India acts as the Acharya (Chancellor). The President of India appoints the Upacharya (Vice-chancellor) of the University. In 2023, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Living Heritage), recognizing its unique cultural, historical, and educational significance. The university emphasizes holistic education, creativity, and a close connection with nature. Its open-air classes, art schools, and festivals reflect Tagore's vision of learning beyond conventional boundaries. Visva-Bharati continues to be a symbol of India's intellectual and artistic heritage. Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture) is one of the premier institutes under Visva-Bharati University, founded on Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of rural reconstruction and sustainable development. Established in 1963 at Sriniketan, it offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in various agricultural sciences. The institute integrates academic excellence with field-based learning, promoting eco-friendly and socially relevant agricultural practices. With a focus on rural upliftment, Palli Siksha Bhavana plays a key role in advancing agricultural education and innovation in eastern India.
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