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Anjani Kumar Jha

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Banaras Hindu University, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Soil Science · Agricultural Science and Fertilization · Genetics and Plant Breeding · Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques

ORCID iD 0009-0002-7134-4540
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Born on September 5, 1974 at Surihari in Bihar, Dr. Jha obtained his B. Sc. (Ag.) degree from BHU, Varanasi (1997); M.Sc. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) in Horticulture from IARI, New Delhi. He is the recipient of ICAR–Fellowships (JRF & SRF) and IARI Merit (Gold) Medal (2000) for M.Sc. programme. For Post-Doctoral research, he received DBT’s Overseas Associateship and worked on Activation Tagging Mutagenesis of Horticultural / Medicinal Crops at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (Sep., 2010 – Sep., 2011).
He joined the prestigious ICAR-ARS as Scientist in 2003 and served in Manipur (Imphal) and Nagaland (Jharnapani) Centres of ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Meghalaya before his selection as Senior Scientist (Horticulture) in the same Institute at Umiam, Meghalaya. Further, he was promoted as the Principal Scientist & I/c Head, Horticulture Division at the Institute Hqs., Meghalaya. After serving NE region of the country for almost 18 years, he was transferred in public interest to ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka (Sep, 2020- Sep 2023). Presently, he is serving as Principal Scientist in ICAR Hqrs, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, Pusa Campus, New Delhi since Sep., 2023.
He has been associated with the development, identification and release of 03 tomato ( viz., Megha Tomato-3; RC Manikhamenashinba-1 and RC Manikhamenashinba-2); two (02 nos.) colocasia, (Megha Taro-1 and Megha Taro-2) and and 04 guava (Megha Supreme, Megha Magenta, Megha Wonder and Megha Seedless) varieties recommended by SVRC (Meghalaya and Manipur). Megha Tomato-2 was recommended for registration as bacterial wilt resistant line by AICRP on Vegetable Crops. Also, a new Cytoplasmic Male Sterile (CMS) line in Local cauliflower of Meghalaya was identified and reported. CVRC has notified the release of one colocasia variety, Megha Taro-2 for Bihar, Jharkahand and Andman Nicobar Islands (Oct, 2020) and Megha Magenta for Meghalaya and Uttarakhand (March, 2022). Further, was involved in standardization of protocol for instant ginger candy; popularization of Megha Turmeric-1 and its subsequent licensing for seed multiplication in participatory mode. He has provided consultancy to the Department of Horticulture, Government of Nagaland, Kohima as Technical Expert for vegetable cultivation (2005-08). He has guided three students leading to their M.Sc. (Hort.) degree from CPGS, Central Agricultural University, Imphal. He has to his credit 80 nos. Research Papers, 11 nos. Books/ Souvenir Books, 1 no. Policy Paper, 30 nos. Book Chapters, 85 nos. Seminar/ Symposia Papers and Abstracts, 20 nos. Technical Bulletins/ Manuals, 36 nos. Popular Articles and 20 nos. Folders.
Dr. Jha has been bestowed with Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award -2010 by Global Society for Health & Educational Growth, New Delhi; Winner of e-North East Award-2013 conferred by Department of Information Technology, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh and North East Development Council, Itanagar for using innovative mix of mobile, web and IVRS applications to deliver personalized advisory to farmers in Meghalaya and other states in North East India and the Outstanding Scientist of the Institute Award -2016 by ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya and Sh. D. P. Ghosh Memorial Young Scientist Award (2019) by the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences, New Delhi. He has been admitted as Fellow of the Indian Society of Seed Spices (2013), Ajmer, Rajasthan; the Horticultural Society of India (2017, now known as the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences), New Delhi; National Academy of Biological Sciences (2017), Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Indian Society for Spices (2018), Kozhikode, Kerala.

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