Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan India
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Dr. SK Sain, Principal Scientist and Principal Investigator (Plant Pathology) AICRP on cotton, ICAR-CICR Regional Station, Sirsa has an experience over 20 years in R&D, promotion and capacity building activities. He has also served as Assistant Director-Plant Health Management (Horticulture) at National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad, and Visiting Scientist & Project Coordinator at The World Vegetable Center-Regional Center for South Asia, ICRISAT Campus, Hyderabad and research fellow at IARI, New Delhi. His area of experience includes plant protection, biological control, PGPR, endophytes, entomopathogens, weed pathogens, home gardening, host plant resistance screening, ISR, IPM, Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), new & emerging pathogens etc. on cotton, vegetable and other crops as a scientist, PI and PC. He has significantly contributed to 29 R&D national & international projects, those have brought out 2 patents 22 screening methods, technologies, IPM & Biomodule, new media, bioformulations, new AIM, management methods. He has published over 250 publications, including International/National research papers, books, training manuals, book chapters, popular articles, bulletins, and over 100 presentations in conference/seminar/ symposia/training etc. 50 agriculturally important microbial cultures to national culture collection centers and 86 gene sequences to NCBI GenBank are deposited. Besides R&D, Dr. Sain has been equally proactive in the transfer of technologies to the thousands of scientists, Agricultural/extension officials, farmers through trainings, hands-on-practices, FLDs, field days, radio, TV talks, and advisories etc. Developed and contributed in 97 research/extension bulletins, 14 popular articles including IPM package of practice available on farmer portal Government of India MOAF&W. Developed more than 17 International & National training manuals for 17 different training programs and conducted more than 200 International and National training programs. Associate with 20 professional societies, as a reviewer and provided several consultancies. Has received several awards & recognitions including Gold Medal Award in M.Sc. (Ag.) Plant Pathology 1996, University Merit Scholarship (First) Award for M.Sc & Ph.D. 1996 & 2002, Award of Appreciation by CDO & NARO, Uganda 2017; Young Scientist Award by SSDAT 2019; Scientist of the Year award by DRSS 2019; Outstanding Achievement Award-SSDAT 2020; Fellow of IPS- 2021, Fellow of SSDAT 2021, 10 best oral paper presentation awards. As an agriculturist and especially plant pathologist by training, he is having memberships of 20 scientific societies/committees.
