{"id":4404,"date":"2022-12-05T14:34:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babrone.avfu.ac.in\/blog\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2023-03-10T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T06:04:31","slug":"promising-young-scientist-of-north-east23rd-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babrone.avfu.ac.in\/blog\/?p=4404","title":{"rendered":"Promising Young Scientist of North East(23rd issue)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Anurag Kashyap<\/strong> is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, Assam. He obtained his B.Sc. (Agri.) and M.Sc. (Agri.) degrees from Assam Agricultural University and obtained his Ph.D. from Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain in 2021. In the year 2016, he received the Netaji Subhas – Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) – International Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. studies at Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, Spain, where he worked on the topic \u201cRalstonia solanacearum <\/em>– triggered defence responses at the tomato root xylem vasculature: Insights on the suberin pathway\u201d under the supervision of Dr. Nuria Sanchez Coll. His Doctoral thesis was awarded with the \u201cExcellent cum laude\u201d title by Autonomous University of Barcelona. Besides, he was also awarded with AAU Gold Medal for securing the highest CGPA in B.Sc. (Agri.) degree programme and he also secured the first position in M.Sc. (Agri) programme of AAU. Till date, he has published a number of research and review articles on plant-pathogen interaction in international, peer reviewed, high impact factor journals. His recent first author publication entitled \u201cInduced ligno-suberin vascular coating and tyramine-derived hydroxycinnamic acid amides restrict Ralstonia solanacearum<\/em> colonization in resistant tomato\u201d featured on the cover page of the journal, New Phytologist (May, 2022; Vol. 234, No. 4).<\/span><\/p>\n

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After joining Assam Agricultural University, Dr. Kashyap started research work on mechanisms governing plant host resistance against pathogens, wherein he is studying the interaction of tomato cultivars against Ralstonia solanacearum <\/em>using histopathological and multi-OMICs approaches. This project has recently been approved by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for funding, where he will also focus on engineering pathogen and drought tolerance through tissue-specific expression of key secondary cell wall pathway genetic regulators at the targeted sites using tomato as a model plant. Besides, Dr. Kashyap is also exploring various phytochemical constituents of indigenous ethnobotanical plants for their application as biopesticides as an alternative to harmful chemicals that are used in plant disease management. In collaboration with NETES Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, a number of important phytochemicals have been identified having efficacy against plant pathogens. To carry forward this research, Dr. Kashyap and his team obtained approval of funding from Department of Science and Technology (DST) to develop next generation phytochemical biopesticide formulations as well as for their technology transfer and commercialization. Another interesting area where his team is working is the exploration of efficient nanocellulose producing bacteria and use of bacterial nanocellulose films for drug delivery, bio-packaging and other industrial applications. Recently, a grant related to bacterial nanocellulose in food packaging applications has been awarded to Dr. Kashyap under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) funded- Advanced Level State Biotech Hub of Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Salient Research Outputs<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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