Dr. Debajit Thakur

Research interest

  1. Plant-Microbe Interactions - Plants possess an ingenious immune system that allows them to defend themselves against biotic and abiotic stress. They are helped by benevolent micro-organisms in the soil. We are focusing on the application and functioning of indigenous rhizosphere associated beneficial microflora and endophytic microbial community prevalent in commercial crop like Tea for plant growth promotion and disease suppression for sustainable crop production. Much of our current work is focused on understanding the fungal pathogens of Tea (Camellia sinensis), molecular diagnosis, mode of infections, and biological control. Our special emphasis is to develop pesticides/herbicides tolerant and/or resistant microbe-based bioformulations of plant growth-promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) for biocontrol of major Tea fungal pathogens, and to investigate the ability of wild-type strains to remove pesticides and herbicides from synthetic culture medium and/or environment.
  1. Microbial Bioactive Metabolites - We are exploring extracellular antimicrobial metabolite/s producing actinobacteria and antibiotic biosynthesis gene/s prevalent in protected forest unique habitats by culturable and metagenomic approaches for development of new drug molecules against MRSA, MDR strains, infectious diseases and dermatophytes. Molecular characterization and genetic diversity for database preparation and preservation of biologically active secondary metabolite/s producing organisms prevalent in unique ecological niches of North-East India is another goal of our research. 

Position and Employment

Sl No.

Institution

Place

Position

From (Date)

To (date)

1

Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, Assam

Associate Professor II

01-01-2020

Till date

2

Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, Assam

Associate Professor I

01-01-2016

31-12-2019

3

Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, Assam

Assistant Professor II

26-08-2011

31-12-2015

4

Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat, Assam & North Bengal Regional R&D Centre, (TRA), West Bengal

Biotechnologist

10-10-2007

05-08-2011

5

Biotechnology Div. NEIST (CSIR), Jorhat, Assam

DST, Govt. of India SERC Project PI

03-05-2006

30-09-2007

6

IMTECH (CSIR), Chandigarh

Research Associate

06-09-2005

01-03-2006

7

Biotechnology Div. NEIST (CSIR), Jorhat, Assam

SRF (CSIR)

1-08-2002

31-07-2005

8

Biotechnology Div. NEIST (CSIR), Jorhat, Assam

LTM Fellowship (Mumbai)

1-08-2000

31-07-2002

 

Biotechnology Div. NEIST (CSIR), Jorhat, Assam

Project Assist.

13-07-1999

31-07-2000

Recognitions

  1. Rapid Grant for Young Investigators (RGYI), DBT, Govt. of India, 2012.
  2. Selected under the National Programme for training of Scientists in the year 2012 sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India to visit National Research Institutes in Brazil.
  3. DST, SERC Fast-Track Young Scientist Project, 2006.
  4. Editorial Board member: Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology (HH publisher, Malaysia); Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (lawarencepress).
  1. Mazumdar, P.P. Dutta, J. Saikia, J.C. Borah, D. Thakur (2023). Streptomyces sp. PBR11, a forest-derived soil actinomycetia with antimicrobial potentials. Microbiology Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03489-22 IF.: 9.043.
  2. Gurumayum, S. Bharadwaj, Y. Sheikh, S.R. Barge, K. Saikia, D. Swargiary, S.A. Ahmed, D. Thakur, J.C. Borah (2023). Taxifolin-3-O-glucoside from Osbeckia nepalensis Hook. mediates antihyperglycemic activity in CC1 hepatocytes and in diabetic Wistar rats via regulating AMPK/G6Pase/PEPCK signaling axis. J. Ethnopharmacology, 303: 115936, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115936. IF.: 5.195.
  3. Kashyap, K. Saikia, S.K. Samanta, D. Thakur, S.K. Banerjee, J.C. Borah, N.C. Talukdar (2023). Kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside from Antidesma acidum Retz. Stimulates glucose uptake through SIRT1 induction followed by GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle L6 cells. J. Ethnopharmacology, 301: 115788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115788. IF.: 5.195.
  4. Saikia, R. Mazumdar, D. Thakur (2022). Phylogenetic affiliation of endophytic actinobacteria associated with selected orchid species and their role in growth promotion and suppression of phytopathogens. Front. in Plant Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1058867. IF.: 6.627.
  5. N. Hazarika, K. Saikia, D. Thakur (2022). Characterization and selection of endophytic actinobacteria for growth and disease management of Tea (Camellia sinensis L.). Front. Plant Sci. 13:989794. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.989794. IF.: 6.627.
  6. Borah, S.N. Hazarika, D. Thakur (2022). Potentiality of actinobacteria to combat against biotic and abiotic stresses in tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze]. J. Appl. Microbiol., 133(4), 2314–2330. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15734. IF.: 4.059.
  7. N. Konwar, S.N. Hazarika, P. Bharadwaj, D. Thakur (2022). Emerging Non-Traditional Approaches to Combat Antibiotic Resistance. Current Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-022-03029-7. IF.: 2.408.
  8. Hazarika, K. Saikia, A. Borah, D. Thakur (2021). Prospecting endophytic bacteria endowed with plant growth promoting potential isolated from Camellia sinensis. Frontiers in Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.738058. IF. 5.64. 
  9. J. Dutta and D. Thakur (2021). Diversity of culturable bacteria endowed with antifungal metabolites biosynthetic characteristics associated with tea rhizosphere soil of Assam, India. BMC Microbiol, 21, 216. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02278-z. IF: 3.605.
  10. A. Bhattacharya, S. Champramary, T. Tripathi, D. Thakur, I. Ioshikhes. S.K. Singh, S. Nandi (2021). Identification of the conserved long non-coding RNAs in myogenesis. BMC Genomics, 22, 336. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07615-0 IF: 3.969.
  11. A. Barman, A. Nath, D. Thakur (2020). Identification and characterization of fungi associated with blister blight lesions of tea (Camellia sinensis L. Kuntze) isolated from Meghalaya, India, Microbiol. Research, 240: 126561.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126561. IF: 5.415.
  12. J. Dutta and Thakur (2020). Evaluation of Antagonistic and Plant Growth Promoting Potential of Streptomyces sp. TT3 Isolated from Tea (Camellia sinensis) Rhizosphere Soil. Cur. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-02002-6. IF: 2.197.
  13. A. Borah and D. Thakur (2020). Phylogenetic and functional characterization of culturable endophytic actinobacteria associated with Camellia spp. for growth promotion in commercial tea cultivars. Front. Microbiol. 11:318. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00318. IF: 5.640.
  14. P. Sharma and D. Thakur (2020). Antimicrobial biosynthetic potential and diversity of culturable soil actinobacteria from forest ecosystems of Northeast India. Scientific Reports, 10: 4104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60968-6. IF: 5.415.
  15. S. Majumdar, D. Thakur, D. Chowdhury (2020). DNA Carbon-Nanodots based electrochemical biosensor for detection of mutagenic nitrosamines. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2020, 3, 3, 1796–1803. DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00073. IF: 3.25. 
  16. D. Chowdhury, D. Thakur, S. Majumdar (2020). Actinobacteria mediated synthesis of bio‑conjugate of carbon dot with enhanced biological activity. Applied Nanoscience https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01392-0. IF: 3.674. 
  17. A. Borah, R. Das, R. Mazumdar, D. Thakur (2019). Culturable endophytic bacteria of Camellia species endowed with plant growth promoting characteristics. J. Applied Microbiology, pp. 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14356.14356. IF: 3.066. 
  18. R. Das, W. Romi, R. Das, H.K. Sharma, D. Thakur (2018). Antimicrobial potentiality of actinobacteria isolated from two microbiologically unexplored forest ecosystems of Northeast India. (2018). BMC Microbiology, 18:71, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1215-7. IF: 2.829.
  19. S. Majumdar, T. Bhattacharjee, D. Thakur, D. Chowdhury (2018). Carbon dot based fluorescence sensor for retinoic acid. ChemistrySelect 3, 673677, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201702458. IF: 1.716. 
  20. J. Dutta and D. Thakur (2017). Evaluation of multifarious plant growth promoting traits, antagonistic potential and phylogenetic affiliation of rhizobacteria associated with commercial tea plants grown in Darjeeling, India. PLoS one 12(8): e0182302. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182302. IF: 2.766. 
  21. P. Sharma, M.C. Kalita, D. Thakur (2016). Broad spectrum antimicrobial activity of forest-derived soil actinomycete, Nocardia sp. PB-52. Front. in Microbiol., 7: 347. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00347. IF: 4.019. 
  22. S. Majumdar, G. Krishnatreya, N. Gogoi, D. Thakur, D. Chowdhury (2016). Carbon-Dot-Coated Alginate Beads as a Smart Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery System. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8: 34179–34184. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b10914. IF: 8.097. 
  23. S. Majumdar, U. Baruah, G. Majumdar, D. Thakur, D. Chowdhury (2016). Paper Carbon dots based fluorescence sensor for distinction of organic and inorganic sulphur in analytes. RSC Advances. 6: 57327-57334. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA07476F. IF: 2.936. 
  24. J. Dutta, P.J. Handique, D. Thakur (2015). Assessment of culturable tea rhizobacteria isolated from tea estates of Assam, India for growth promotion in commercial tea cultivars. Front. in Microbiol., 6: 1252. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01252. IF: 4.019. 
  25. J. Dutta, S. Gupta, P.J. Handique, D. Thakur (2015). First report of Nigrospora Leaf Blight on Tea caused by Nigrospora sphaerica in India. Plant Disease (American Phytopathological Society), 99: 417. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-14-0545-PDN. IF: 3.192. 
  26. S. Chakravarty, D. Saikia, P. Sharma, N.C. Adhikary, D. Thakur, N.S. Sarma (2014). A supra molecular nanobiological hybrid as a PET sensor for bacterial DNA isolated from Streptomyces sanglieri. Analyst, 139: 6502-6510. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4AN01611D. IF: 3.885.  
  27. P. Sharma, R. Das, M.C. Kalita, D. Thakur (2014). Investigation of extracellular antifungal proteinaceous compound produced by Streptomyces sp. 5K10. Af. J. Micro. Res. 8(10): 986-993. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2013.6264.  
  28. S. Gupta, R. Bharalee, R. Das and D. Thakur (2013). Bioinformatics tools for development of fast and cost effective simple sequence repeat (SSR), and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) markers from expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Af. J. Biotechnol. 2013, 12 (30): 4713-4721.   https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB12.1410. 
  29. D. Thakur, S.C. Das, S. Sabhapondit, P. Tamuly, D.K. Deka. (2011). Antimicrobial activities of Tocklai vegetative Tea clones. Indian J. Microbiol. (Springer), 51(4): 450–455. doi: 10.1007/s12088-011-0190-6 IF: 1.29. 
  30. D. Thakur, T.C. Bora, G.N. Bordoloi, S. Mazumdar (2009). Influence of nutrition and culturing conditions for optimum growth and antimicrobial metabolite production by Streptomyces sp. 201. J. de Mycol. Medicale, 19:161-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycmed.2009.04.001. IF: 1.269.  
  31. D. Thakur, M.K. Roy, T.C. Bora. (2009). Expandase-like activity mediated cell-free conversion of ampicillin to cephalexin by Streptomyces sp. DRS I. Biotechnol. Lett., 31: 1059-1064. DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-9973-9  IF: 1.73. 
  32. D. Thakur, A. Yadav, B.K. Gogoi, T.C. Bora (2007). Isolation and screening of Streptomyces in soil of protected forest areas from the states of Assam and Tripura, India, for antimicribial metabolites. J. de Mycol. Medicale, 17: 242-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycmed.2007.08.001. IF: 1.269.  
  33. D. Thakur, M. Bhuyan, S. Majumder, A. Yadav, L.K. Hazarika, N. Barman, A.A.L.H. Baruah, T.C. Bora (2005). In-vitro antibiotic susceptibility and pesticide tolerance of insect-gut bacteria of Coleoptera rice hispa, Dicladispa armigera (Olivier). Indian J. Microbiol, 45: 217-221. IF: 1.29.
  34. J. Boruwa, B. Kalita, N.C. Barua, J.C. Borah, S. Majumder, D. Thakur, D.K. Gogoi, T.C. Bora (2004). Synthesis, absolute stereochemistry and molecular design of the new antifungal and antibacterial antibiotic produced by Streptomyces sp. 201. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 14: 3571-3574. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.025. IF: 2.454.  
  35. G.N. Bordoloi, B. Kumari, A. Guha, D. Thakur, M.J. Bordoloi, M.K. Roy, T.C. Bora. (2002). Potential of a novel antibiotic, as a biocontrol agent against fusarial wilt of crucifers. Pest Mang. Sci. (Wiley), 58: 1-6. DOI: 10.1002/ps.457. IF: 3.253

General/Review Research Articles:

  1. In-vitro cryopreservation techniques for conservation of microbial resources. D. Thakur (2009). NEQuest 3: 36-43, (2009). ISSN: 0496-6201.
  2. Exploration of quality tea cultivars with high yield potential. R.K. Bordoloi, D. Thakur, P. Tamuli and T.S. Barman (2011). Two & A Bud, 58: 127-131. ISSN: 0496-6201.
  3. Applicability of cleft grafting method in breeding programme of tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze]. R. K. Bordoloi, D. Borthakur, R.K. Dutta, N.J Neog, H. Saikia, D. Thakur and T.S. Barman (2011). Two & A Bud, 58: 87-92. ISSN: 0496-6201.
  4. Breeding of TV clones having antimicrobial activities. D. Thakur and S.C. Das (2008). Two & A Bud. 52: 16-21. ISSN: 0496-6201.
  5. Potential for use of tea catechins as an antimicrobial agent. Thakur (2008). Two & A Bud, 55: 17-21. ISSN: 0496-6201.

Book Chapters:

  1. Saikia, R. Mazumdar and D. Thakur (2023). Endophytic Actinobacteria: A source of novel bioactive metabolites for the treatment of infectious diseases. In: Infectious Diseases: From Prevention to Control (ed. Yvette S. Brewer), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, pp. 171-196. ISBN: 979-8-88697-664-9.
  2. Mazumdar, J. Saikia and D. Thakur (2023). Infectious Diseases: Antibiotic Resistance and Stewardship. In: Infectious Diseases: From Prevention to Control (ed. Yvette S. Brewer), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, pp. 197-217. ISBN: 979-8-88697-664-9.
  3. Das and D. Thakur (2021). Recent developments in nanotechnological interventions for pesticide remediation, (eds.  Anand Krishnan et al.), Springer Nature, Chapter-19. (Accepted for publication). 
  4. Mazumdar and D. Thakur(2021). Therapeutic applications of nanotechnology in the prevention of infectious diseases, (eds.  Anand Krishnan et al.), Springer Nature, Chapter-10. (Accepted for publication). 
  5. S.N. Hazarika and D. Thakur (2020). Actinobacteria. In: Beneficial microbes in agro-ecology: Volume 1: Bacteria (eds. N. Amaresan, M. Senthil Kumar, K. Annapurna, Krishna Kumar and A. Sankaranarayanan), Elsevier, pp. 443-476.
  6. P. Sharma, J. Dutta, D. Thakur (2018). Future prospects of Actinobacteria in health and industry. In: New and future developments in microbial biotechnology and bioengineering: Actinobacteria: Diversity and biotechnological applications, Elsevier, pp. 305-324.7
  7. D. Thakur (2015). Therapeutic effects of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze] constituents on human health. In: Recent Advances in Natural Products. (ed. Sujogya Panda). Studium Press, LLC, Houston, U.S.A. 2015, pp. 151-178. ISBN: 1-62699-060-3.8
  8. D. Thakur, M. Baishya, B. Sarma, T.C. Bora and R. Saikia (2008). Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria: Progress and challenges. In: Microbial Biotechnology (eds. R. Saikia, R.L. Bezbaruah and T. C. Bora), New India publishing agency, New Delhi, pp. 349-375. ISBN: 81-89422804.9
  9. N. Bordoloi, S. Majumder, M. Dutta, D.K. Gogoi, D. Thakur, M.K. Roy and T.C.  Bora (2004). Compost, microbes and amendments of biocontrol additives. In: Microbial Biotechnology for crop production- Past, Present and Future Perspectives (eds. A K Yadav, S. Raychoudhary and N. C. Talukdar), Shree Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, pp. 318-323. ISBN 81-88658-54-5.
  10. M.K. Roy, D. Roy and D. Thakur (2002). Biotransformation of β-lactam antibiotics: State of art. In: Biological and Biotechnological Resources (eds. G. Tripathi and Y. C. Tripathi), Campus Books, New Delhi, pp. 288-302. ISBN 81-8030-009-9.

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Conservation of plant genomic resources: Status, trends and management in India. D. Thakur (2012). In Proceedings of the National Seminar “Prospects of Molecular Biological and Biotechnological Applications for Human Welfare”, (eds. P. D. Bose, A. Sarma and S. S. Choudhury), pp. 19-47, (ISBN No. 978-81-922432-4-5).
  2. The Streptomyces flora of Indo-Burma hot spot: Isolation and screening for biologically active metabolites. D. Thakur, S. Mazumdar, D. Gogoi and T.C. Bora (2003). In: Bioprospecting of Commercially Important Plants (eds., R. C. Bora, B. G. Unni and P. C. Deka), Proc. Nat. Symp., ISAB-JC, pp. 202-206.
  3. Experimental evidences for interspecies mating of Streptomyces bikiniensis with Streptomyces DRS I. D Thakur, T.C. Bora, M.K. Roy (2002). In Proceedings of the National Conference on Utilization of Bioresources (eds.A. Sree, Y.R. Rao, B. Nanda, Vibhuti Misra) Allied Publishers, pp. 375-382.

Technology Transfer:

Transfer of Know-How package for the production of antifungal metabolites by Streptomyces sp. TT-3 as a potential biocontrol agent against Tea fungal pathogens

A liquid antifungal product has been developed at the Microbial Biotechnology laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Debajit Thakur, Associate Professor, Life Sciences Division using the Streptomyces sp. TT-3 (GenBank accession KT892738) which shares 99.4% sequence similarity with Streptomyces lydicus NBRC13058 (GenBank acc. NR_112352). The liquid formulation is validated in commercial Tea Estates of Assam for the application against major foliar tea fungal diseases. The product is found to be very effective in control of Fusarium Dieback, Black Rot (causal agent, Corticium sp.); Red Rust (causal agent, Cephaleuros sp. in both stem and leaf) and Mealy-Bud in commercial Tea Estates. This strain also produces indole acetic acid, siderophore and capacity to solubilize phosphate which helps plant growth promotion. Optimization of cultural conditions and a mass scale production process for the strain TT-3 is developed. The work is published in Cur. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-02002-6.  

The technology for the production and uses of antifungal metabolites by the strain is transferred for commercial production by signing of Agreement between the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology and M/S Green Harvest (India) Bio-Tech Pvt. Ltd, Guwahati, Assam on 27th March, 2019. The work assumes significance in view of the fact and increased realization amongst government agencies, environmentalists and end users that microbial biocontrol agents are to be used progressively to reduce application of chemical inputs which could be beneficial for the tea plantation of Northeast India

Ongoing/Completed Projects:

Title of the project

Funding Agency; Total fund; Duration

Status/role

Exploration and conservation of antimicrobial metabolites producing Actinobacteria prevalent in protected forest ecosystems of North East India to develop an antimicrobial metabolites producing actinobacterial database (AMPAD) for utilization against human and microbial pathogens, agro-protective and production system.

DBT, Govt. of India

Rs. 103.00384 lakhs ;

Collaborate with University of Agricultural sciences, Dharwad, Maharashtra

Ongoing

Principal Investigator

Understanding the mechanisms of resistance to sucking pest, Helopeltis theivora and development of microbe- based bioformulation against major

tea pests

DBT, Govt. of India

Rs. 27.446 lakhs (IASST);

Collaborate with TTRI, TRA, Jorhat, Assam and Bose Institute, Kolkata

Ongoing

Principal Investigator

Exploration and conservation of microbial resources prevalent in protected forest ecosystems and tea rhizosphere soil of Assam.

DBT, Govt. of India;

Rs 27.10 lakhs;

2017-2020

Completed

Principal Investigator

Bioinformatics infrastructure facility for Biology teaching through Bioinformatics

DBT, Govt. of India;

54.30 lakhs;

2017-2020

Completed

Principal Investigator

Exploration of microbial diversity (culturable) associated with Tea Rhizosphere Soil of Assam and Darjeeling (WB), and utilization for the production of plant growth promoting substances and bio-control of prominent fungal diseases and pests in tea.

DBT, Govt. of India;

Rs 38.82 lakhs;

2012-2015

Completed.

Principal Investigator

Exploration of Actinomycetes in soil of protected forest areas of Assam for antioxidant activity and its potential application against bacterial and fungal pathogens.

ICMR, Govt. of India;

Rs. 10 lakhs;

2013-2015

Completed.

Principal Investigator

Drug discovery from Actinomycetes of North Eastern India against neglected bacterial and fungal diseases

SERB Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists, DST, GoI

Completed.

Principal Investigator

 

Sl. No.

Name

Program/Fellowship

Status

Title of the research work

Mentor/Scientist

1

Dr. Priyanka Sharma

Institute Fellow

Ph.D. degree awarded

Bioprospecting of antagonistic metabolites producing Actinomycetes from selected forest ecosystems of Assam, India.

Dr. D. Thakur

Prof. M.C. Kalita

2

Dr. Jintu Dutta

Project Fellow, DBT, Govt. of India

Ph.D. degree awarded

Genetic and functional diversity of Tea rhizobacteria for the production of plant growth promoting traits and bio-control of phytopathogens.

Dr. D. Thakur

Prof. P.J. Handique

3

Dr. Sristi Mazumdar

Project Fellow, Govt. of India

Ph.D. degree awarded

Novel carbon nanomaterial for detection, diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Dr. D. Thakur & Dr. D. Chowdhury

4

Ranjita Das

UGC-RGNF-SRF

PhD viva-voce exam completed

Exploration and Diversity of Actinobacteria Prevalent in Microbiologically

Unexplored Protected Forest Ecosystems of Assam for Antimicrobial Metabolites.

Dr. D. Thakur

Dr. H. Sharma

5

Dr. Archana Nath

National Post-Doctoral Fellowship, SERB, DST, Govt. of India

Completed

Antimicrobial efficacy of the protected forests derived soil actinomycetes against Class B Carbapenemase producing gram negative Bacilli.

Dr. D. Thakur

6

Dr. Ananya Barman

Research Associate Program, DBT, Govt. of India

Completed

Assessment of diversity and pathogenicity of Blister Blight and Dieback disease causal pathogens prevalent in Tea grown on different Agro-climatic conditions and their biocontrol through Microbe-based formulation/s.

Dr. D. Thakur

7

Rajkumari Mazumdar

Project Fellow, DBT, Govt. of India

PhD work ongoing

Exploration of Actinobacteria from Selected Forest Ecosystems of Assam for the production of antimicrobial metabolites.

Dr. D. Thakur

8

Rictika Das

DST Woman Scientist Scheme, DST, Govt. of India

PhD work ongoing

Exploration and functional characterization of pesticide/herbicide tolerant tea rhizobacteria prevalent n commercial tea estates of Assam and development of microbial bioformulations for tea growth promotion

Dr. D. Thakur

9

Shabiha Nudrat Hazarika

Institute Fellow

PhD work ongoing

Molecular and functional characterization of endophytic microflora associated with tea and their utilization for improvement of tea productivity.

Dr. D. Thakur

10

Atlanta Borah

Senior Research Fellow,

UGC NF-OBC Scheme

PhD thesis submitted

Exploration of Tea associated endophytic Microflora and their biosynthetic potential towards growth and disease suppression.

Dr. D. Thakur

11

Chingakham Juliya Devi

CSIR-UGC SRF

PhD work ongoing

Phylogenetic and Functional characterization of endophytic actinobacteria associated with tea for the production of antimicrobial metabolites against plant and human pathogens.

Dr. D. Thakur

12

Juri Sakia

RGNF JRF

PhD work ongoing

Phylogenetic and functional

characterization of endophytic bacterial community prevalent in

different species of Orchids and their role in growth promotion and disease

suppression.

Dr. D. Thakur

13

Anupam Bhattacharya

Project Fellow

PhD work ongoing

Identification and Functional Analysis of Long Noncoding RNAs and it’s regulation in Muscle tissue development

Dr. D. Thakur and Dr. S. Nandi

14

Aditya Narayan Konwar

Project Fellow, DBT, Govt. of India

PhD work ongoing

Assessment of antagonistic biosynthetic potential and diversity of Actinobacteria prevalent in unique forest ecological niches of North-East India.

Dr. D. Thakur

15

Pranami Bharadwaj

Project Fellow, DBT, Govt. of India

PhD work ongoing

Exploration of biologically active endophytic Actinobacteria prevalent in commercially grown Tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivars for utilization against microbial pathogens, agro-protective and production system.

Dr. D. Thakur

To be updated....