Current responsibilities:

• Development of value added compost by using crop residue and low grade minerals suitable for organic cultivation system particularly medicinal and aromatic plants
• Associated with development of organic cultivation module of economically important medicinal plants
• Working on evaluation of contamination level in herbal raw drug and medicinal and aromatic plant particularly heavy metal load

Recent 3 major contributions:

• Associate with development of new technology to prepare enrich compost using crop residues, low-grade rock phosphate and waste mica which could serve as a good source of nutrient in organic cultivation system particularly for medicinal and aromatic plants
• Develop a technology on bio-intervention of waste mica by potassium solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus mucilaginosus) to solubilize insoluble K into plant available pool and used as an efficient alternative source of K-fertilizer for crop production and maintaining soil potassium. This is the first report from India using waste mica inoculated with KSB as source of K
• Micronutrient management for better yield and quality of economically important medicinal plants particularly Isabgol and Senna
• Organic nutrient management practices for Kalmegh and Ashwagandha

Recent awards and recognitions:

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Physical Science during M.Sc. programme (2005-2007)
• Senior Research Fellowship by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) 2007 - 2010
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Science, 2009
• Recipient of Yash Pal Kalra Annual Convention Travel Award- 2008 by Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS), Delhi Chapter
• Endeavour Research Fellowship Award for Post Doctoral Research (PDR) work sponsored by Dept. of Education, Govt. of Australia during 1st July – 31st December 2015

Current collaborative activities:

• Exploration of medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation in marginal and degraded land for improving livelihood security of local people
• Development of region specific package of practices for cultivation of economically important medicinal plants

Recent most significant publications:

• Basak BB, Biswas DR (2009) Influence of potassium solubilising microorganism (Bacillus mucilaginosus) and waste mica on potassium uptake dynamics by Sudan grass (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) grown under two Alfisols. Plant and Soil 317:235–255
• Biswas DR, Narayanasamy G, Datta SC, Singh G, Mamata B, Maiti D, Mishra A, Basak BB (2009) Changes in nutrient status during preparation of enriched organomineral fertilizers using rice straw, low-grade rock phosphate, waste mica, and phosphate solubilising microorganism. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 40:2285–2307
• Basak BB, Biswas DR (2010) Co-inoculation of potassium solubilizing and nitrogen fixing bacteria on solubilization of waste mica and their effect on growth promotion and nutrient acquisition by a forage crop. Biology and Fertility of Soils 46:641-648
• Basak BB, Sharmistha Pal, Datta SC (2012). Use of modified clays for retention and supply of water and nutrients. Current Science 102 (9): 1272-1278
• Basak BB, Biswas DR, Rattan RK (2012) Comparative Effectiveness of Value-added Manures on Crop Productivity, Soil Mineral Nitrogen and Soil Carbon Pools under Maize-Wheat Cropping System in an Inceptisol. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 60(4): 288-298
• Basak BB, Biswas DR and Sharmistha Pal (2013) Soil biochemical properties and quality as affected by organic manures and mineral fertilizers in soil under maize-wheat rotation. Agrochimica 57(1): 49-66
• Biswas DR and Basak BB (2013) Potassium solubilizing Microorganisms: Their Mechanisms, Potentialities and Challenges as Potassium Biofertilizer. Indian Journal of Fertilizer 9(12): 102-116
• Basak BB, Biswas DR (2014) Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil amended with value-added manures and fertilizers under varying temperature and soil moisture regimes. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 62(1): 18-28.
• Biswas, D.R. and Basak, B.B. (2014) Mobilization of potassium from waste mica by potassium-solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus mucilaginsus) as influenced by temperature and incubation period. Agrochimica 18 (4): 1-12.
• Saha A, Bhaduri D, Pipariya A, Jain NK, Basak BB (2015) Behaviour of pendimethalin and oxyfluorfen in peanut field soil: Effects on soil biological and biochemical activities. Chemistry and Ecology 31 (6): 550-566.
• Tripathy V, Basak BB, Varghese TS, Saha A (2015) Residues and contaminants in medicinal herbs—A review. Phytochemistry Letters, 14:67-78.
• Tripathy V, Saha A, Patel DJ, Basak BB, Shah, PG, Kumar, J (2016) Validation of a QuEChERS-based gas chromatographic method for analysis of pesticide residues in Cassia angustifolia (Senna) Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B 51:508-518.
• Basak, BB and Biswas DR (2016). Potentiality of Indian rock phosphate as liming material in acid soil. Geoderma.263:104-109.
• Basak BB (2016) Yield and Quality of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk) as Influenced by Micronutrient Application in Soil. Proceeding of National Academy of Science India, Section B Biological Science DOI 10.1007/s40011-015-0645-3.
• Basak BB (2016) Phosphorus Supplying Capacity of Value Added Compost Prepared from Low-Grade Indian Rock Phosphates and Crop Residue. Waste and Biomass Valorization DOI 10.1007/s12649-016-9703-1.

Other professional activities:

• Life member and Executive Body member of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Association of India (MAPAI), ICAR-DMAPR, Anand
• Life Member of Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS), NAAS Complex, New Delhi
• Reviewer of national and international journals related soil science and plant nutrition
• Chairperson, institute library committee and Nodel Officer of CeRA

Certified that above facts are correct and I have repeatedly edited and verified to my full satisfaction.

.......................................................................................Dr. Biraj Bandhu Basak

Last Updated on 25-05-2017