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Avijit Haldar

ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute Kolkata, ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata, National Dairy Research Institute

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0770-3983
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Dr. Avijit Haldar is presently working as Principal Scientist at ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI) in Kolkata, West Bengal. Earlier, he worked as Senior Scientist at ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Tripura, India. At the initial stage of service life, Dr. Haldar severed as Lecturer at Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Naini, Uttar Pradesh and then Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal. Dr. Avijit Haldar has more than 30 years professional working experience.

In brief about his academics, Dr. Avijit Haldar completed B.V.Sc. & AH in 1991 and M.V.Sc. in 1993 from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal and then Doctoral Program in 2004 from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. Dr. Haldar pursued Post-Doctoral Research at Centre for Reproduction and Genomics, AgResearch, New Zealand in 2012- 13 under DBT Overseas Associateship Award for 2012- 13.

Dr. Avijit Haldar has completed successfully more than 24 different projects including World Bank- ICAR-NASF, GoI funded Basic and Strategic Research Project, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), GoI funded project, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC & FW), GoI funded Central Sector Schemes and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) funded projects. His significant research achievements include augmentation of productive and reproductive efficiency of livestock using different biotechniques, advancement of puberty onset in buffalo heifers, development of endocrine markers for multiple birth trait of Black Bengal goats, development of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) technique for the determination of caprine plasma growth hormone and leutinizing hormone, discovery of mutation in leptin receptor (LEPR) gene for attainment of late puberty in sheep, characterization and assessment of Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) in livestock, biometric identification of goat, development of non-invasive, sensor based radio-frequency device for real-time monitoring of peripheral body temperature in livestock, promotion of area-specific integrated farming systems, climate-resilient agriculture, organic farming, natural farming, bee keeping, agroforestry etc.

Dr. Haldar has bagged D. N. Borthakur Team Award 2015- 16 for Outstanding Research in Farming Systems, DBT Overseas Associateship Award 2012- 13 and many best oral presentation awards in various national and international conferences. Dr. Haldar guided four M.V.Sc./ M.Sc. and two Ph.D. students for pursuing research work.

Dr. Avijit Haldar has more than 87 publications in International and National Journals including books, book chapters, technical bulletin etc. He presented research papers and delivered invited lectures in more than 40 National and International Conferences. Dr. Haldar is an active member of various professional societies.

Dr. Avijit Haldar has bagged two Patents (2025, 2026) on "Low- cost nutritional weaning food for malnourished children", Patent Number 572808 and 582836, GoI and three Copyrights on "Model Integrated Farming System in West Bengal" (2024), Certificate No. SW-19646/2024, GoI and “Kisan Sarathi Farmer App Training Video (Bengali)” (2026), Certificate No. CF-202606221, GoI and “Cattlytix”, a software specialized digital data entry and analysis system designed to collect and process comprehensive spatial and socioeconomic data on dairy farming (2026), Certificate No. SW-2026023341, GoI. He has been associated for developing "Tokbari", a dual purpose location specific rural chicken variety (2024), released on 2nd May, 2024 by ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India.

Dr. Avijit Haldar is presently working on application and refinement of various agricultural technologies for augmenting productivity, production, value addition and marketing in agriculture, livestock and fishery sectors in the rural farming set-up and thus increasing profitability in various enterprises and improving the livelihoods of the rural people and transforming their lives from one of poverty onto a path of improved welfare and relative prosperity in the rural community. In particular, Dr. Haldar is currently looking after DAC & FW, GoI- funded National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) project, ICAR-funded Skilling and Attracting Rural Youth for Agri-based Livelihoods (SARAL)/ Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Project, ICAR-funded network project on Mainstreaming Non-productive Cattle, ICAR-funded Kisan Sarathi project for use of information and communications technology (ICT) in agriculture, livestock farming, promotion of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) as Nodal Scientist in West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands from ICAR-ATARI, Kolkata.

Employment

  • ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute Kolkata Research and Extension
    2016 - Present
  • ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata Application research and refinement of various agricultural technologies for augmenting productivity, production, value addition and marketing in agriculture, livestock and fishery sectors in the rural farming set-up and thus increasing profitability in …
    2016 - Present
  • ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region Research and Extension
    2006 - 2016
  • Bidhan Chandra Agricultural University
    1997 - 2006

Education

  • National Dairy Research Institute Ph.D.
    2000 - 2003

Projects & Funding

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Publications (58)