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Tapan Kumar Adhya
School of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile

Tapan Kumar Adhya

Senior Professor

School of BiotechnologyRegular

Biography and academic profile

Using tropical paddy as the model ecosystem, the entire focus of research by Prof. Adhya is on sustainable management of resource poor tropical soils to maintain high productivity with minimum environmental impactwith a focus on microbiological solutions. He has contributed to India's first NATCOM on GHG and invited as Expert Reviewer of the First Order Draft of the 2006 IPCC Inventory guidelines, and the IPCC First Order Draft of the 2012 IPCC Inventory Guidelines for Wetlands by WMO/UNEP.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Research Interests

GHG Emission, Microbial diversity, Environmental Policy analysis

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Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. (Sc) in Microbiology

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Course Expertise

Environmental Microbiology, Policy analysis, Environmental economics

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Awards and Achievements

Several international and national awards.

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Projects and Collaborations

iN-Net Project on Global policy on Reactive Nitrogen, funded by NSF, USA

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Professional Memberships

Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, West Bengal Science Academy

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