Ananda Chandra Dutta
For other people with similar names, see Ananda Chandra Barua, Binanda Chandra Barua, Ananda Chandra Agarwala, or Chandra Kumar Agarwala.
| Ananda Chandra Dutta | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
February 8, 1923[1] Chekonidhara, Jorhat, Assam |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Assamese |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Home town | Jorhat |
| Religion | Hindu |
Ananda Chandra Dutta, D.Sc. (Assamese: আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ দত্ত) (born February 8, 1923) is an internationally reputed botanist[2] of Assam, India. He was born at Chekonidhara village of Jorhat. He started his career as a teacher in Mariani Middle English High School in 1944-45 and then joined the Tocklai Tea Research Centre in 1947. Dutta played a major role in the establishment of a tea museum at Jorhat in 1977.[1] He has also prepared a list of 10,000 trees for the Tocklai herbarium.[1] He was awarded Degree of Doctor of Science by Dibrugarh University.[2]
Life & Work
- Started his career in 1944-45 as a teacher at Mariani ME School .
- On 8th Feb 1947 he joined at Tocklai Experimental Station as Junior Scientific Assistant and retired on 31.03.1983.
- Appointed in Assam Agricultural University as Audio Visual Aid Assistant on 1 April 1983 & continued till Dec 1986.
- Appointed as Photographer at Titabor Sericulture farm for one year (1987–88).
- Established a full-fledged Tea Museum at Tocklai Experimental station.
- Reappointed at Tocklai Experimental Station for one year (1990–91) to prepare the Herbarium Index.
- Appointed as Manager of Gymkhana Club, Jorhat from Aug 1991 to April 1994.
Expertise
- Resource person as Plant Identifier.
- Tea taxonomy & related works.
- Tea Morphology, anatomy, cytology etc.
Published Books
- Some Common Weeds of the T.E. in NE India.
- Some Shade Trees, Green crop & Cover Crop Plants in the T.E. of N.E. India.
- Photography (1980) : This is the first book about photography published in Assamese language.
- Dictionary of Economic and Medical Plants (1985)
- Bonoushdhir Goon Aaru Rug Arugyo (2003) (in Assamese)
- Asomor Gos Gosoni (1st Part) (in Assamese)
- Udbhid Upadan (2004)(1st Part) (in Assamese)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya fellowship to AC Dutta" The Assam Tribune, 11 February 2010; Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ananda Chandra Dutta felicitated at Jorhat The Sentinel, 15 March 2012; Retrieved 18 March 2012