Name: Dr. Ang Rinzing Sherpa
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Botany
Teaching Exp:
August 2009- till date
Working as a Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, West Bengal State
University, Berunpukuria, Malikapur, 24 Parganas (North), Kolkata, India700126
Jan 2007- July 2009
Molecular Plant Virology lab, Department of Plant Pathology,
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Oct 2003 – Nov 2006
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur (H.P.),
India Senior Research Fellow UGC-CSIR (NET)
Oct. 2001– Oct 2003
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur
(H.P.), India Junior Research Fellow
UGC-CSIR (NET)
Courses Taught:
Areas of Research Interest:
E-mail: ang2001@rediffmail.com,
ang2001@gmail.com
Academic Qualification:
Postdoc Fellow from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (R.O.C.) on
“Development of broad spectrum virus resistance transgenic plants against tospoviruses
through expression of artificial microRNAs using tobacco as a model plant”,2001-2006
Academic Qualification: Ph.D. research entitled “Molecular characterization of Potexvirus (es) infecting some
cultivated orchids” from Panjab University Chandigarh, India and IHBT (CSIR),
Palampur, H.P. in 2006
M.Sc. (Botany) from Darjeeling Govt. College (North Bengal University),1998-2000
Subjects studied includes:
Plant Physiology, Genetics, Microbiology, Tissue Culture, Biochemistry, Statistics, Plant
Taxonomy and Mycology and Plant Pathology (specialization)
B.Sc. (Botany Hons.) from Tadong, Sikkim Govt. College (North Bengal University),1993-1997
Subjects studied includes: Botany (Hons.), Zoology, Chemistry and Additional English
