Ananda Chandra Dutta
Appearance
Ananda Chandra Dutta | |
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Born | [1] | 8 February 1923
Died | 16 January 2016 Jorhat, Assam, India | (aged 92)
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Occupation | Botanist |
Ananda Chandra Dutta (Assamese: আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ দত্ত) (8 February 1923 – 16 January 2016) was an Indian botanist[2] of Assam. 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 Institute 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] He died on 16 January 2016 at his own residence in Jorhat.[3]
Life and work
- Started his career in 1944-45 as a teacher at Mariani ME School .
- On 8 February 1947 he joined at Tocklai Experimental Station as Junior Scientific Assistant and retired on 31 March 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
- ^ a b c "Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya fellowship to AC Dutta" Archived 28 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Assam Tribune, 11 February 2010; Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ a b Ananda Chandra Dutta felicitated at Jorhat The Sentinel, 15 March 2012; Retrieved 18 March 2012
- ^ "Demise of acclaimed botanist Ananda Chandra Dutta mourned". The Sentinel. 17 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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