Arup Ghosh
Senior Scientist
CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI)
India
Biography
Dr. Arup Ghosh, Senior Scientist & Head, Agronomy and Biofertilizer Group, Biotechnology and Phycology Division in a top CSIR laboratory has his expertise in development and evaluation of biostimulants developed from marine seaweeds (macroalgae) on crops and soil. He has the passion for improving the livelihood opportunities and profitability of farmers through innovative products in a sustainable manner. His research findings through agronomic trials and molecular tools have helped opened new insights regarding the use of seaweed biostimulants enabling the entrepreneurs to commercialize and take these products to the farming community in a big way. He has years of experience in research, evaluation, teaching and administration and has executed several national and International projects. He has to his credit many book chapters, popular articles and more than 80 peer reviewed articles in Journals of repute. His research approach is based on the felt needs of the stakeholders and has won accolades to the Institute he is associated with
Research Interest
Agronomy,Sea weed Biostimulants, Soil Biology,Transcriptomics, Metagenomics