An Lahiri Majumder

Biography

Lahiri Majumder obtained his BSc (Hons) in Botany (1966) from Presidency College, Kolkata, MSc (Botany) (1968) from University College of Science, Calcutta University, PhD (1973) from Calcutta University working at the Bose Institute under the supervision of Professor BB Biswas and DSc in Biochemistry (1985) also from Calcutta University. He did his post-doctoral research as Visiting Fellow/Associate at the National Institutes of Health, USA (1973-77). He held the positions of a Lecturer, Reader, Professor and Chairman at the Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan (1977-91); Professor of Botany, Bose Institute, Kolkata (1991-2005) and as Senior Professor & Head, Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics/Division of Plant Biology Bose Institute between 2005 -2011. He also worked at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA (1979,1980,1982); University of Ohio, USA (sabbatical, 1986-88); University of Arizona, USA (1994,1996,1998,1999); and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2000,2002,2005). He was Fogarty International Center Visiting Fellow/Associate, NIH, USA (1973-76). He was a Raja Ramanna Fellow (DAE) between 2011-2016. He is currently an INSA Senior Scientist ( since March, 2016)

Research Interest

Plant Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Plant biotechnology