A good number of Ph.D. students are being enjoyed fellowships at All India level during last five years for Research (2016-20) in Fruit Sciences for pursuing Ph. D. degree.
INSPIRE Fellowship - 2 students, National fellowship for person with disabilities - 1 student, National Fellowship for OBC (NFOBC) - 1 student, National Fellowship for SC (NFSC) - 2 students, National Fellowship for ST (NFST) - 1 student, Moulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) - 1 student, Swami Vivekananda Non NET fellowship (SVNNF) - 2 students
Five (5) Doctoral degree students are pursuing research works under several research projects funded by Govt. of West Bengal (RKVY, RIDF, DST BT) and Govt. of India (BARC, DST, DBT)..
One (1) PG student pursuing Ph.D. degree at Julius Kuhn Institute, Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Dresden, Germany on 1st October 2018 after availing NetajiSubhas ICAR International Fellowship (2017-18).
One (1) PG student from the Department has joined Punjab Agriculture University through clearing SRF (ICAR) for pursuing Ph. D. degree. (2017-18).
One (1) Ph. D. student has undergone Summer school programme of two weeks duration on Pre and Post harvest physiology of Temperate Fruit crops held at University of Hohenheim at Stuttgart, Germany.
Ten (10) Ph. D. awardees from the Department have been placed as Assistant Professors in Central, States and Private agricultural universities during last five years.
Two (2) Ph. D. students from the Department have been placed as SMS (Horticulture) in KVK of State Universities during last five years.
Ten (10) students (PG and Ph.D.) have been placed in Assistant Director of Horticulture (ADH), Govt. of West Bengal during last five years.
Fifteen (15) students (PG and Ph.D.) have been placed in Agriculture officer in Nationalized Bankduring last five years.
At least fifteen (15) students (PG and Ph.D.) have been placed in different jobs like Food safety officer, State Forest Officer, ATMA, Horticulture Officer,Coconut Development Board etc. during last five years.
Eighty (80) research papers (including review paper) have been published by the doctoral students in journals above 5 NAAS scores during last five years.
Thirty five (35) book chapters, Two (2) books and Twenty five (25) popular articles have been contributed by the Ph D students during last five years.
The Ph. D students have so far participated and presented 40 oral and poster presentation in National and International seminar or Conferences during the last five years.
