RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, PUSA, SAMASTIPUR , BIHAR

College of Basic Sciences & Humanities

EDUCATION

Under graduate
Faculty of Basic Sciences & Humanities offers a four years degree programme in Biotechnology, wherein the students are admitted through Combined Entrance Competitive Examination conducted by the State Govt. The intake capacity of B. Tech.Biotechnology gramme is 30.
A total of 88 credit hours courses belonging to Genetics & Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Botany and Plant Physiology and Stat, Math and Computer Application are offered to the students of B.Sc. (Ag.), B.Sc. (H.Sc), B.Tech (Ag. Engg.) and B.F.Sc degree programs.

Post graduate degree programs

1.	Genetics
2.	Botany and Plant Physiology
3.	Statistic
4.	Biochemistry

RESEARCH

Sl. No.	Title	Duration	Funding Agencies	Total cost (Rs. lakh)	Principal Investigator
1.	AINP on Biofertilizer Inter-Institutional project	Aug.,04	ICAR	36.45	Dr. M.N.Jha
2.	Development of Medicinal and Aromatic plants		Govt. of India	20.0	Dr. J.K.Handoo
3	Macromode Management for Development of Medicinal and Aromatic plants.	2004-2006	Govt. of India & Govt. of Bihar	140.00	Dr. J.K.Handoo

Research Project completed

Sl. No.	Title	Duration	Funding Agencies	Principal Investigator
1.	Sustaining rice productivity through cyanobacterial biofertilizer in Bihar paddy soils	August, 1996 to July, 1999	DBT	Dr. M.N.Jha
2.	Impact of Pesticides on Agromicrobes in Bihar soil	Oct.,2000 to April 2004	DBT	Dr. M.N.Jha
3.	Demonstration of mushroom spawn production technology in Bihar	April 2004 to March 2006	NHB	Dr. M.N.JhaDr. Dayaram (Co-PI)
4.	Macromode on mushroom	April 2004 to March 2006	State	Dr. Dayaram
5.	Improvement in Dalbergia sisoo to reduce mass mortality ------	April, 2001 to March, 2004	ICAR	Dr. Dayaram
6.	Sustainable management of Plant Biodiversity	1999-2003	NATP/ICAR	DR. V.Kshahi
7.	Network Project on Genetic Evaluation and Improvement of Sesbania & Crotalaria for green Mnauring	2001	NATPICAR	Dr. V.K.Shahi
8.	Pre Breeding for Genetic Enhancement of Rabi Pigeonpea	2002 to 2005	NATP ICAR	Dr. V.K.Shahi
9.	Development of Hybrid Boro rice ----- for North Bihar	2001 to 2005	ICAR	Dr. V.K.Chaudhary / Dr. V.K.Sharma
10.	Evaluation of the production potential of Boro rice		NATP ICAR	Dr. V.K.Chaudhary
11.	Screening of Chickpea Genotypes……..	2000-2004	ICAR	Dr. R.A.Singh
12.	Metabolic modifications in Zea mays during water lodging	2000-2003	ICAR	Dr. O.P.Pandey /Dr. M.Kumar
13.	Studies on production of Legnocelulotytic enzyme profile on………. residue recycling			Dr.S.G.Sharma/Dr. N.Prasad