• Ph.D. Fruit Science, College of Horticulture & Forestry, PAU, Ludhiana in 2020.
• M.Sc. in Fruits and Orchard Management from Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswabidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252 in 2016.
• B.Sc. Horticulture (Hons.) from Faculty of Horticulture Uttar Banga Krishi Viswabidyalaya Pundibari, West Bengal 736165 in 2014.

Position Held :

• Assistant Professor (Education) (2021- till date)

Additional qualifications/trainings acquired in India and/or abroad:

• Certificate course by organic farming, conducted 1^st October to 30^th October 2018. by National Centre of Organic farming, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India-201002.
• Agmoocss courses
  • AG311: Resource Management in Rainfed Drylands
  • AG191A: Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension
  • AG393B: Employment generation among rural youth through agricultural (2020)
• Certificate course in Green revolution by United nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Workshop on Application of Sampling Techniques in Agriculture and Data Analysis on 30th November to 2nd December, 2021 by ICAR-IASRI, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi, India-110012.
• Online Training Programme on Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Dryland Horticulture on 09^th February 2022 to 11^th February 2022 by MANAGE-ICAR-CRIDA, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad, India – 500059.

Present Research Interests:

• Crop improvement, production and post-harvest of fruit crops.

Selected Publications (Five):

1. Adhikary, T., Gill P.P.S., Jawandha S.K., Bharadwaj, R.D. and Anurag, R.K. (2021). Efficacy of postharvest sodium nitroprusside application to extend storability by regulating physico-chemical quality of pear fruit. Food Chem. 346: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.foodchem.2020.128934 (NAAS rating – 13.51)
2. Adhikary, T., Gill P.P.S., Jawandha S.K., Bharadwaj, R.D. and Anurag, R.K. (2021). Browning and quality management of pear fruit by salicylic acid treatment during low temperature storage. J Sci. Fd & Agric. 101: 853-62 (NAAS rating – 9.64)
3. Adhikary, T., Gill, P.P.S., Jawandha, S.K., Sinha, A. (2022). Chitosan coating modulates cell wall degrading enzymes and preserved postharvest quality in cold-stored pear fruit. Food Measurement and Characterization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-022-01291-8 (NAAS rating –8.34)
4. Trina Adhikary, PPS Gill, SK Jawandha, Nirmaljeet Kaur (2022) Postharvest quality response of pears with beeswax coatings during long term cold storage Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology. 10.1080/14620316.2022.2074321 (NAAS rating –7.64)
5. Adhikary, T., Kundu, S., Ghosh, B (2017). Performance Of Ber in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal. Journal of Crop and Weed. 13(1): 189-191. (NAAS –5.46).

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

• Qualified All India ICAR, Junior Research Fellowship (ICAR-JRF) in Horticulture -2014.
• Qualified All India ICAR, Senior Research Fellowship (ICAR-SRF) in Fruit Science -2016
• Qualified ASRB NET in Fruit Science-2016
• Got MS Randhawa model for writing best Essay in “Evolution of Life” Punjab Agricultural University for the year 2017- received 2019
• Best poster in 3rd International symposium on Underutilized plant species-2015.
• Best poster in National seminar on Sustainable Agriculture for food Security and better environment-2015
• Best poster in Progressive Horticultural conclave on Futuristic technologies in Horticulture -2019

Membership/s of Scientific and Professional Societies:

• The Horticultural society of India, New Delhi.
• Society for Bioresource and Stress management