ICAR Personnel Management System

Executive Record Sheet

Name	Dr. Ranjan Paul
ERP ID	022140
Present Designation	Scientist
Cadre Type	Scientist (incl. SS (CAS), PS (CAS))
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)	11/04/1987
Gender	Male
State of Domicile	West Bengal
Mother Tongue	Bangla
Email Address	ranjan.reliance@gmail.com

Educational Qualifications (From Graduation Onwards)

Degree	From	To	Institution	Thesis Title (If any)
Secondary	01/Aug/2002	31/May/2004	West Bengal Board Of 2ndary Education
Higher Secondary	01/Aug/2004	31/May/2006	West Bengal Board Of Higher Secondary Education
B.Sc(Ag)	01/Aug/2006	18/May/2010	Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Graduate Diploma in Computer Application	01/Jul/2007	30/Jun/2008	The Institute of Computer Engineers (India)
M.Sc	04/Aug/2010	26/May/2012	Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)	Studies on phosphate solubilizing microorganisms in relation to P dynamics in soils of North Western Himalayan region
Ph.D	03/Aug/2012	14/Sep/2016	Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)	Interaction of soil nanoclay with phosphatase in relation to phosphorus mineralization

History of Posting

S.No.	Designation	Name of Institute/ Organization	Organization /Posting Type	From	To
1	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (MI), Nagpur		05-Jul-2016	29-Apr-2022
2	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (MI), Nagpur		30-Apr-2022

Training Details

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Awards

S.No.	Name of Award	Awarding organization	Place	Year	Prize
1	Reputed Societies	Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry	India	2018	Jagar Nath Raina Memorial All India Best Research Awards at Doctorate Level 2017

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Career Profile

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Five Major Contributions

S.No.	Major Contribution
1	Standardized the methodology for separation of nanoclays from soil clays by ordinary centrifugation technique using Stoke’s law.
2	Explained the phenomena of interaction of nano-clay with organic molecule at microscale level (nano-clay phosphatase interaction) through different kinetic and thermodynamic parameters.
3	X-ray crystallinity concept of different nanoclays in relation to phosphatase adsorption was developed and validated.
4	Justified the phenomena of mineralization of organic phosphorus molecules by nano-clay phosphatase complex.