Saikat Gantait, Indian Plant Scientist. Achievements include research in plant biotechnology, micropropagation, DNA fingerprinting, ploidy manipulation, secondary metabolites.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, PSB, Visva Bharati University, Birbhum, West Bengal, 2002; Master of Science in Genetics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, 2004; Doctor of Philosophy in Biotechnology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, 2010
Career
Saikat Gantait worked as Post Doctoral Researcher in Universiti Putra Malaysia from 2011 to 2013; later he joined as Subject Matter Specialist in Genetics and Plant Breeding in SSKVK, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University and serve till October 2014; Most recently he joined in Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya as Assistant Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding.