DR. MATIAYAR RAHAMAN KHAN, LiveDNA: http://livedna.org/91.316
Associate Dean & Principal Scientist (Nematology)
Division of Nematology
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi-11012
Former Professor (Research) in Agricultural Entomology (Nematology)
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
Education
General areas of interest: Nematology: Nematode biosystematics and biocontrol
Specific areas of interest: Research on nematode problems in crops, species identification, characterization, documentation, management, Nematode Awareness Campaign and Pest Advisory Services to farmers.
Publication Summary
195 research papers in refereed scientific journals, 18 refereed abstracts, 36 popular articles, 03 one-line articles, 16 book chapters 01 Nematode Distribution Atlas, 10 Technical reports and 3 monographs
Technology developed
Tuberose foliar nematode (Aphelenchoides besseyi) management strategy in tuberose
Recipient of Award: Young Scientist Award in 2005
Fellowships: Fellows of Nematological Society of India (NSI), Society of Plant Protection Sciences (SPPS)
Recognitions:
General Secretary, NSI (New Delhi), Officer-in-Charge, AICRP (Nematodes), Professor-in-Charge (2018-2023), Member of Academic Council, IARI, Associate Editor of The Allelopathy Journal, The Journal of Entomology and Nematology, Reviewer of Crop Protection, Executive Member of the Nematological Society of India, Association of Plant Protection Sciences (AAPP), Group Leader (Identification of Hot Spots, Documentation, and Pest Risk Analysis) of AICRP (Nematode), Examiners/Paper Setters (UG/PG) in Visva-Bharati, Assam Agricultural University, BAU, CAU, OUAT, TNAU, Vidyasagar University, Ph.D. Thesis Examiners of Manipur University, TNAU, OUAT, AAU, Bangladesh University, and Rajshahi University
Students Supervised: 14 M.Sc., 14 Ph.D.
Project handled (externally funded): 18 Ad-hoc Research projects
Curses taught at IARI
NEMA-501 (2+1): General Nematology
NEMA 502(2+2): Fundamentals of Nematode Biosystematics
NEMA 503(2+2) Structural and functional organization of nematodes
NEMA-601 (2+1): Advances in Nematode Biosystematics
NEMA -607 (1+1): Advances in Nematological Techniques
Courses taught at BCKV
Post-graduate courses
Ent - 550: Acarology and Nematology (2+1)
Ent - 606: Nematology-I (3+1)
Ent - 607: Nematology-II (2+1)
Undergraduate Courses
Introductory Nematology (1+1)
Plant Protection-1
Plant Protection-II
Contact Information
Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi-110012
Mobile: +91-9433362293/9540829296
Email: mrkhan.icar@gmail.com/aapp_bckv@yahoo.co.in