Agricultural Entomology

About the Department

The Department came into being in 1965 with Prof. N. Dutt as Head and Professors AB Mukherjee, P.Roy, D. K. Nanda as teachers. Prof. P. Sen was Emiratus Professor. It started in the then Birla College Building (now in possession of WBUAFS) at Mohanpur, which later shifted to Kalyani Building and again back to Mohanpur in the first floor of newly established faculty building in 1990. First batch students were Dr. M.K. Panda, Mr. Pandit and Mr. Ramakrishna.

Initially there was no specialization but later four majors used to be offered from this Department viz. Economic Entomology, Toxicology, Nematology and Acarology.

Courses Offered and Credits Details

Under graduate Courses

Course No.	Title of Course	Credits	Course Instructors
UG, 1^st Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 1^st Semester and B.Sc. (Hort.) Hons. 1^st Semester
AEN – 104	Fundamentals of Agricultural Entomology I	3 (2 + 1)	1)Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo (A.K.S.)
			2) Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty (S.C.)
			3)Dr. Pranab Debnath (P.D.)
AEN(H) – 104	Fundamentals of Agricultural Entomology I	3 (2 + 1)	1) Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo (A.K.S.)
			2)Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty (S.C.)
			3)Dr. Pranab Debnath (P.D.)
UG, 2^nd Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 2^nd Semester
AEN - 154	Fundamentals of Agricultural Entomology II	2 (1 +1)	1)Prof. A. K. Mukhopadhyay
			2)Prof. Krishna Karmakar
			3)Dr. Arunava Samanta
UG, 3^rd Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 3rd Semester and B.Sc. (Hort.) Hons. 3rd Semester
AEN – 204	Pest of Crops and Storage and their Management	3 (2 + 1)	1) Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik (A.P.)
			2) Dr. Kusal Roy (K.R.)
			3) Dr. Asim Kr. Maiti (A.M.)
AEN(H) – 210	Non-Insect Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management	2 (1 +1)	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha (S.J.)
			2)Dr. Kusal Roy (K.R.)
			3)Dr. Pranab Debnath (P.D.)
UG, 4^th Semester
B.Sc. (Hort.) Hons. 4^th Semester
AEN(H) - 258	Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops	2 (1 + 1)	1) Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo (A.K.S.)
			2) Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti (A.m.)
			3) Dr. Sunil Kumar Ghosh
UG, 5^th Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 5^th Semester
AEPP - 306	Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	3 (2 + 1)	1)Dr. Pranab Debnath (P.D.)
AEPP - 306	Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	3 (2 + 1)	2)Dr. Anamika Kar (A.K)
EC – 314 [(AEN) Elective]	Biocontrol Agents and Bio-Pesticides in Insect-Pests Management	3 (2 + 1)	1)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik (A.P.)
			2) Krishna Karmakar (K. K)
			3)Dr. Anamika Kar (A.K)
UG, 6^th Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 6^th Semester and B.Sc. (Hort.) Hons. 6^th Semester
AEN - 354	Management of Beneficial Insects	2 ( 1 +1 )	1) Prof. Shantanu Jha (S.J.)
			2) Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti (A.M.)
			3) Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala (S.C.B.)
EC - 364	Non-insect Pests of Crops and Their Management	3 (2 + 1)	1) Prof. Krishna Karmakar (K.K.)
			2) Dr. Kusal Roy (K.R.)
			3) Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo (A.K.S.)
AEN (H) - 354	Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops	3 (2 + 1)	1) Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty (S.C.)
			2) Dr. Asim Kumar Maiti (A.M.)
			3)Dr. Anirban Sarkar
UG, 7^th Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 7^th Semester (Module - 2)
ENT - 451	Pesticides and Plant Protection Equipments (Module 2)	1 + 1	1)Dr. Arunava Samanta (A.S.)
ENT - 451	Pesticides and Plant Protection Equipments (Module 2)	1 + 1	2)Dr. Anirban Sarkar (A.S.)
ENT – 452	IPM (Pests Scouting) (Module 2)	1 + 1	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha (S.J.)
ENT – 452	IPM (Pests Scouting) (Module 2)	1 + 1	2)Dr. Pranab Debnath (P.D.)
ENT - 453	Non Insect Pests and Management (Module 2)	0 + 1	1)Prof. Krishna Karmakar (K.K.)
			2)Dr. Kusal Roy (K.R.)
			3) Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo (A.K.S.)
ENT - 454	Biocontrol Agents and Biopesticides in Pest Management (Module 2)	1 + 1	1)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik (A.P.)
ENT - 454		1 + 1	2)Dr. Gautam Chakraborty(G.C.)
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 7^th Semester (Module - 4)
ENT - 455	Apiculture and Sericulture (Module 4)	1 + 2	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha (S.J.)
			2)Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti (A.K.Maiti)
			3) Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala (S.C.B.)
UG, 8^th Semester
B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. 8^th Semester RAWE/ELP
ELP	Commercial Apiculture		Prof. Shantanu Jha
ELP	Sericulture		Dr. Asim Kumar Maiti
ELP	Biocontrol		Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik

Post graduate Courses

Major Compulsory Courses

M.Sc.(Ag.)
Course No.	Name of the course	Credits	Course Instructors
1^st Semester
ENT-501	Insect Morphology	1+1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo
ENT-501	Insect Morphology	1+1	2.Dr. Anirban Sarkar
ENT-502	Insect Anatomy, Physiology and Nutrition	2+1	1.Prof. Shantanu Jha
			2.Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
			3.Dr. Shanowly Mondal (Ghosh)
ENT-503	Insect Taxonomy and Systematic	2+1	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			2.Dr. Pranab Debnath
			3.Dr.Kusal Roy
ENT-504	Insect Ecology & IPM	2+1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
			2.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
			3.Dr. Arunava Samanta
			4.Dr. Sunil Kumar Ghosh
*ENT-505	Advanced Entomological Techniques (would not be offered now)	0+1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
*ENT-505		0+1	2.Dr. Kusal Roy
2^nd Semester
ENT-551	Biological Control of Pests and Weeds	2+1	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			2.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
			3.Dr. Anamika Kar
ENT-552	Insects Pests of Field Crops and Storage	2+1	1.Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
			2.Prof. Shantanu Jha
			3.Dr. Amitava Banerjee
ENT-553	Insects Pests of Horticultural Crops	1+1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo
			2.Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti
			3.Dr. Anirban Sarka
ENT-554	Agricultural Acarology	1+1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT-554	Agricultural Acarology	1+1	2.Dr. Pranab Debnath
ENT-555	Agricultural Nematology	2+1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
			2.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			3.Dr. Kusal Roy
ENT-556	Plant Resistance to Insects	1+0	1.Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
ENT-556	Plant Resistance to Insects	1+0	2.Prof. Shantanu Jha
ENT-557	Commercial Entomology	1+1	1.Prof. Shantanu Jha
			2.Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti
			3.Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala
3^rd Semester
ENT 601	Toxicology of Insecticides (Core Course)	2 + 1	1.Dr. Arunava Samanta
			2.Dr. Shanowly Mondal (Ghosh)
			3.Dr. Sunil Kumar Ghosh
ENT 602	Soil Arthropods and their Management	1 + 1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 602	Soil Arthropods and their Management	1 + 1	2.Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala
ENT 603	Vertebrate pest Management	1 + 1	1.Prof. Shantanu Jha
ENT 603	Vertebrate pest Management	1 + 1	2.Dr. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo
ENT 604	Acarine Pests Of Crops	1 + 1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
			2.Dr. Pranab Debnath
			3. Dr.Anamika Kar
ENT 605	Ecology of Mites	1 + 0	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 605	Ecology of Mites	1 + 0	2.Dr. Pranab Debnath
ENT 606	Nematode Taxonomy	1 + 1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
			2.Dr. Kusal Roy
			3.Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala
ENT 607	Nematode Diseases and Management	1 + 1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
			2.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			3.Dr. Kusal Roy
*ENT 608	Insect Pests of Economically Important Field Crops	2 + 1	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			2.Dr. Ashim Kumar Maiti
			3.Dr. Amitava Banerjee
*ENT 609	Insect Pests of Economically Important Horticultural Crops	2 + 1	1.Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
			2.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo
			3.Dr. Arunava Samanta
			4.Dr. Ashim Kumar Maity
ENT 649	Seminar-I	1+0	1.Prof. Shantanu Jha
ENT 649	Seminar-I	1+0	2.Dr. Kusal Roy
4^th Semester
ENT 651	Insect Pathology	1 + 1	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
ENT 651	Insect Pathology	1 + 1	2.Dr. Krishna Kaemakar
ENT 652	Insect Plant Disease Relationship	1+0	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
ENT 652	Insect Plant Disease Relationship	1+0	2.Prof. Bijan Kumar Das
ENT 653	Pests of Public Health and Veterinary	1+1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
ENT 653	Pests of Public Health and Veterinary	1+1	2.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 557	Storage Entomology	1 + 1	1.Dr. Aunava Samanta
			2.Dr. Amitava Banerjee
			3.Dr. Asim Kumar Maiti
ENT 654	Plant Quarantine	1+0	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
ENT 654	Plant Quarantine	1+0	2.Prof. Amitava Banerjee
ENT 699	Seminar-II	0+1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 699	Seminar-II	0+1	2.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Sahoo
ENT 700	Master’s Research	0+20

Ph.D. Course in Agricultural Entomology

Ph.D., 1^st Semester
Course No.	Title of Course	Credits	Course Instructors
Ph.D. 1^st Semester
ENT 701	Advanced Insect Ecology	2 + 0	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
ENT 701	Advanced Insect Ecology	2 + 0	2.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 702	Insect Behaviour	1 + 1	1.Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
ENT 702	Insect Behaviour	1 + 1	2.Prof. Bijan Kumar Das
ENT 703	Advanced Insecticide Toxicology	2 + 1	1.Dr. Arunava Samanta
ENT 703	Advanced Insecticide Toxicology	2 + 1	2.Dr. Sunil Kumar Ghosh
ENT 704	Acarine Taxonomy	2 + 1	1.Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 704	Acarine Taxonomy	2 + 1	2.Dr. Pranab Debnath
ENT 705	Advanced Nematode Management	2 + 1	1.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
ENT 705	Advanced Nematode Management	2 + 1	2.Dr. Kusal Roy
Ph.D., 2^nd Semester
ENT 751	Advance Insect systematic	2 + 1	1)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
			2)Prof. Bijan Kumar Das
			3)Dr. Pranab Debnath
ENT 752	Advance Insect Physiology	2 + 0	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha
			2)Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
			3)Dr. Shanowly Mondal (Ghosh)
ENT 753	Advance biological control	1 + 1	1)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
ENT 753	Advance biological control	1 + 1	2)Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 754	Advance Nematological Techniques	0 + 2	1)Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
			2)Dr. Kusal Roy
			3)Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala
ENT 755	Advance Nematode Ecology	1 + 1	1)Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
ENT 755	Advance Nematode Ecology	1 + 1	2)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
ENT 799	Seminar-I	1 + 0	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha
			2)Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
			3)Prof. Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Ph.D., 3^rd Semester
ENT 801	Advanced Integrated Pest Management	1 + 0	1)Prof. Shantanu Jha
ENT 801	Advanced Integrated Pest Management	1 + 0	2)Dr. Amitava Banerjee
ENT 802	Advanced Nematode Taxonomy	1 + 1	1)Dr. Kusal Roy
ENT 802	Advanced Nematode Taxonomy	1 + 1	2) Dr. Suvash Chandra Bala
ENT 849	Seminar-II	1 + 0	1)Prof. Krishna Karmakar
ENT 849	Seminar-II	1 + 0	2)Prof. Aniruddha Pramanik
Ph.D., 4^th Semester
ENT 999	Seminar-III	1 + 0	1) Prof. Sudarshan Chakraborty
ENT 999	Seminar-III	1 + 0	2)Prof. Shantanu Jha

Faculty Strength of the Department

Sl.No.	Type of Faculty	Sanctioned Faculty	Faculty in place	Vacant position	Faculty recommended by the ICAR
1	Professor	1	0	1	0
2	Associate Professor	5	4+1*	1	1
3	Assistant Professor	6	6+10*	0	2

* Faculties are attached with AICRPs, AINP, RRS/RRSS

Infrastructure / Facilities

Number of Classroom : 3

Two PG Class rooms, each with dimension of 92 m²with 35 sitting capacity + One Seminar Room of 50 sitting capacity+ 1 Meeting cum Library Room 85 m²

Number of Functional Laboratories : 6

Sl. No	Name of Laboratory/ Facility	Area (m²)	No. of Supporting Staff Attached
1	PG Laboratories – 1	92	1
2	PG Laboratories – 2	92
3	Biological Control Lab	92
4	Plant Health Diagnostic Lab	92
5	Commercial Apiculture Unit	45
6	Insect museum and Insect Rearing Room	92

List of major equipment, laboratories, farm facilities, workshops and other instructional units

Sl.No.	Name of Laboratory/ Facility	List of major equipments and facilities
1	PG Laboratory I and II	Weighing Machine, LED TV (48”), Stereoscopic Microscope Model – MS-24 (25 Nos.).
2	Biological control lab	Plant Growth Chamber (3 Nos.), Rearing Materials
3	Plant Health Diagnostic Lab	Stereoscopic Microscope Model – MS-224 (2 Nos.), Trinocular Microscope
4	Commercial Apiculture Unit with Lab	Fridge, Weighing Machine, Water Bath, Systronic/up based with electrode & temp. probe., Systronic/up based conductivity and temp. probe., Systronic Double Beam UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Remi-Vortex mixer, Chemiline-C1-510 Automatic Tritrator, Digital hand-held honey (Model Pal-22S), Honeybee Artificial Insemination instrument, Honey Processing Plant with attached Moisture Reducer, Comfoundation Mill (A. Mellifera).
5	Insect museum and Insect Rearing Room	Trinocular Microscope (Primo Star) with Digital Camera Adapter (Carl Zeiss) (1 No.), Insect Rearing Materials