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Dr. Kaushik Majumdar
Director
354, Sector-21, HUDA, Gurgaon 122016. Haryana. INDIA
Phone: +91 124 2461694
FAX: +91 124 2461709
kmajumdar@ipni.net
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Dr. Kaushik Majumdar Director
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Dr. Kaushik Majumdar was born in 1962, in Burdwan, West Bengal. He earned his B.Sc.(Ag) Hons. degree with specialization in Soil Science from Visva-Bharati University, India, in 1984. He received his M.Sc. degree in agricultural chemistry and soil science in 1987 and moved to Rutgers University, New Jersey, for his doctoral work. At Rutgers, Dr. Majumdar taught undergraduate soil science as a teaching assistant and worked on projects related to mineral weathering and soil development as a research assistant. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 and accepted a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) Associateship to work on pollution aspects of new and old alluviums of eastern India. Dr. Majumdar joined the Potash Research Institute of India (PRII) as scientist in charge of the soil mineralogy laboratory in 1995. During his tenure at PRII, he worked on various aspects of K desorption from mineralogically different soils of India. He has also done important work on K fixation and release of fixed K in Alluvial, Black, Red, and lateritic soils of India and mineralogical aspects influencing the processes. He was also the Associate Editor of the Journal of Potassium Research, a quarterly peer reviewed journal dealing with all aspects of K research in agriculture, from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Majumdar joined Potash & Phosphate Institute of Canada-India Programme (PPIC-IP) in 1999 as a Deputy Director. Located in Calcutta, is responsible for PPIC-IP initiatives in eastern India to improve and advance the proper use of P and K in agricultural production.
Education: Ph.D., Soil Mineralogy/Soil Chemistry, Rutgers University, USA, 1993 M. Sc. (Ag), Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, B.C.K.V., India, 1987 B. Sc (Ag), Visva Bharati University, India, 1984
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Teaching & Research Assistant-ship, Rutgers University, 1988-1993., |
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Majumdar, K. and S. K. Sanyal (1989). Thermo-osmosis of water and aqueous solutions across clay membranes. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 66:147-150.
Majumdar, K. and S. K. Sanyal (1989). Reflection coefficient for transport of aqueous solutions across bentonite and kaolinite clay membranes in hydrogen form. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 37: 645-649.
Majumdar, K., Goutam Debnath, S.K. Bansal and Shahid Umar (1997) Potassium release kinetics of an Illitic soil under long-term cropping and fertilisation. J. of Potassium Research, 13(3): 210-219.
Debnath, G. and K. Majumdar, (1997). Potassium adsorption kinetics in some benchmark soils differing in mineralogy J. of Potassium Research. 14(1).
Majumdar, K. and S. Datta (1999) Effect of Mineralogy on Potassium Fixation and Release in Some Indian Shrink-Swell Soils Clay Research, 18(2): 58-70.
Majumdar, K. (1999). Reaction of Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral micas with molten LiNO3: Structural cation release as a mechanism of charge balance Clay Research 18(2): 71-80.
Majumdar, K. (1999) Weathering of dioctahedral and trioctahedral micas in acidified sodium oxalate under intermittent oxidation Clay Research 18(2): 98-106.
Majumdar, K. and S.K. Sanyal (2003) Arsenic sorption and its pH dependence in some soils of West Bengal Agropedology13(1):25-29.
Bhattacharya, S. S., Debkanta Mondal, G. N. Chattopadhyay and K. Majumdar (2004) Effect of balanced fertilization on pulse crop production in Red and Lateritic soils of West Bengal Better Crops 88(4):26-28.
Bose, P., D. Sanyal and K. Majumdar (2006) Balancing potassium, sulfur and magnesium for tomato and chilli grown on red lateritic soil. Better Crops 90(3): 22-24.
Sen, P., K. Majumdar and G. Sulewski (2007) Spatial variability in available nutrient status in an intensively cultivated. Better Crops with Plant Food 91(2): 10-11.
Pathak, P. K., K. Majumdar and S. K. Mitra (2007) Leaf potassium content influences photosynthesis activity, yield and fruit quality of litchi. Better Crops-India 1(1): 12-14.
Bose, P., D. Sanyal and K. Majumdar (2008) Balancing sulfur and magnesium nutrition for termeric and carrot grown on red lateritic soil. Better Crops with Plant Food 92(1): 23-25.
Pattanayak, S. K., S. K. Mukhi and K. Majumdar (2008) Potassium unlocks the potential for hybrid rice. Better Crops with Plant Food 92(2): 8-9. |
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