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Ananda Chandra Dutta

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Ananda Chandra Dutta
Ananda Chandra Datta
Born(1923-02-08)8 February 1923[1]
Chekonidhara,Jorhat,Assam
Died16 January 2016(2016-01-16)(aged 92)
Jorhat,Assam, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationBotanist

Ananda Chandra Dutta(8 February 1923 – 16 January 2016) was an Indianbotanist[2]ofAssam.He was born atChekonidharavillage ofJorhat.He started his career as a teacher in Mariani Middle English High School in 1944–45 and then joined theTocklai Tea Research Institutein 1947. Dutta played a major role in the establishment of a tea museum atJorhatin 1977.[1]He has also prepared a list of 10,000 trees for the Tocklai herbarium.[1]He was awardedDegree of Doctor of SciencebyDibrugarh University.[2]He died on 16 January 2016 at his own residence in Jorhat.[3]

Life and work

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  1. Started his career in 1944–45 as a teacher at Mariani ME School.
  2. On 8 February 1947 he joined atTocklai Experimental Stationas Junior Scientific Assistant and retired on 31 March 1983.
  3. Appointed inAssam Agricultural Universityas Audio Visual Aid Assistant on 1 April 1983 & continued till Dec 1986.
  4. Appointed as Photographer at Titabor Sericulture farm for one year (1987–88).
  5. Established a full-fledged Tea Museum at Tocklai Experimental station.
  6. Reappointed at Tocklai Experimental Station for one year (1990–91) to prepare the Herbarium Index.
  7. Appointed as Manager of Gymkhana Club, Jorhat from Aug 1991 to April 1994.

Expertise

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  1. Resource person as Plant Identifier.
  2. Tea taxonomy & related works.
  3. Tea Morphology, anatomy, cytology etc.

Published books

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  1. Some Common Weeds of the T.E. in NE India.
  2. Some Shade Trees, Green crop & Cover Crop Plants in the T.E. of N.E. India.
  3. Photography (1980): This is the first book about photography published inAssamese language.
  4. Dictionary of Economic and Medical Plants (1985)
  5. Bonoushdhir Goon Aaru Rug Arugyo (2003) (in Assamese)
  6. Asomor Gos Gosoni (1st Part) (in Assamese)
  7. Udbhid Upadan (2004)(1st Part) (in Assamese)

References

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  1. ^abc"Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya fellowship to AC Dutta"Archived28 January 2016 at theWayback MachineThe Assam Tribune,11 February 2010; Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  2. ^abAnanda Chandra Dutta felicitated at JorhatArchived24 September 2015 at theWayback MachineThe Sentinel, 15 March 2012; Retrieved 18 March 2012
  3. ^"Demise of acclaimed botanist Ananda Chandra Dutta mourned".The Sentinel. 17 January 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 27 January 2016.Retrieved22 January2016.
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