MR. Narayan Kumar Pradhan
Program Director from 1986 to 2000
- B.Sc Agri (Crop Science), Punjab Agriculture University (1977)
- M.Sc Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (1986)
- 1986-1991: Worked as a Project Manager for the Plant Protection Project funded by EU. The National Plant Protection Centre at Semtokha was established during this period. Worked as National Director in the EU Funded second Phase of Integrated Pest Management Project till 2000 and was later transferred to the Department as Senior Research Officer. After the creation of CORRB, served as Chief Research Officer.
- 2008: Promoted as Plant Protection Specialist in ES3.
- 2016: Superannuated in the position of ES2
- Major Contributions:
- Contributed towards phasing out of the subsidy on all pesticides in a phase manner and complete subsidy on pesticides was removed from 1995.
- Shortlisting of genuine pesticides companies from India for procurement of PP chemicals.
- Shortlisting of fungicides, insecticides and weedicides as per WHO classification of pesticides
- Collection of obsolete pesticides from across the agriculture stores in the country for safe disposal.
Dr. Thinlay
Program Director from 2002-2007
- B.Sc. (Agriculture Hons.), University of Western Australia, Perth Australia
- M.Sc. (Plant Pathology), University of Wales, United Kingdom
- PhD (Natural Sciences), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
- Post-Doctoral Studies, Tohoku National Agriculture Experiment Station, Omagari, Akita, Japan (2000-2001)- Conducted research on screening and selection of rice varieties for blast disease resistance; studied mating types of blast fungus, identified Resistance Genes in Bhutanese rice variety (Chumroo)
- Post-Doctoral Studies, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia (2008) - Worked on population structures of grape rot fungus (Botrytis spp.) using DNA marker and Polymerase Chain Reaction technologies
- 1984-1999: Plant Pathologist and Plant Quarantine Officer, Plant Protection Services, Department of Agriculture
- 1999-2000:Senior Research Officer, ARDC, Yusipang
- 2002-2007:Program Director, National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC), Semtokha
- 2008-2018:Plant Protection Specialist, National Plant Protection Centre, Semtokha
- 2018:Superannuated in the position of ES1
- Major scientific paper publications:
- Technique for Rapid Assessment of Tolerance of Banksia spp. to Root Rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, Plant Disease, 1984, pp1077-1080
- Fungi and Plant Parasitic Bacteria, Viruses and Nematodes in Bhutan, 1988
- Plant Pathology in Bhutan, C.A.B International 1989, vol. 68, No. 1
- Pathogenic variability of Pyricularia grisea from the high and mid elevation Zones of Bhutan, Phytopathology (2000) 90 (6) 621-628
- Effect and possible causes of an unprecedented rice blast epidemic on the traditional farming system of Bhutan, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment (2000) 78 (3) 237-248
- Analysis of Blast disease resistance in Bhutanese rice landraces, 1998
- Detection of Citrus Greening Organism by PCR method
- Review of pesticides use in Bhutan
- A novel blast resistance locus in a rice (Oryzae sativa L.) cultivar, Chumroo, of Bhutan, 2011
- Genetic structure of Botrytis cinerea population from two different host plants (grapevine and Roses)
- Principle and Methodologies for sustainable disease management in rain fed agricultural systems
- First report of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” in Diaphorinia Commumnis (Black Psyllid)
MR. Doe Doe
Program Director from 2009-2012
- B.Sc. (Agriculture), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India (1991)
- M.Sc (Technology of Crop Protection), University of Reading, UK (1995)
- Certificate course on International Training course on Pest Surveillance and Forecasting (1st Nov- 14th Dec 1993), Jatisari, West Java, Indonesia
- Certificate course on Molecular Diagnosis of Citrus Huanglongbing Disease (2nd -10 Sep 2002), RONAST, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Certificate course on International Training Course on Essential principles of Chemical Safety: principles of Toxicology & Risk Assessment (28 Nov-13 Dec 2013), Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2007-2009: Off. Program Director
- 2009-2012: Program Director
Mrs. Yeshey Dema
Program Director from 2013
- B.Sc. (Life Science), Sherubtse College (1992)
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M.Sc Soil Science, University of Reading, UK (1998)
- 1996: Worked as Trainee officer at Royal Institute of Management.
- 1997: Promoted to Assistant Research Officer.
- 2002: Promoted to Research Officer.
- 2008-2013: Headed the Soil Fertility Unit of the National Soil Services Centre.
- 2013: Transferred to the National Plant Protection Centre as the Program Director.
- 2021: Promoted to Specialist III
