Assam, Apr 12 (ANI): Dr. Sarmah who hails from Assam's Jorhat town is a known name in the field of agricultural biotechnology research in India for developing insect-resistant Bt-chickpea, which is in the process of deregulation through confined field trials. Sarmah is the first agricultural scientist from the Northeast to have been selected for this honor. Apart from being a scientist Dr Sarmah, is the Director of DBT-AAU Centre and Professor in department of Agricultural Biotechnology of AAU, which apart from conducting research also conduct research training and programmes. He has been working in the field of gene technology for legume improvement for almost two decades and has successfully conducted several national and international collaborative researches. His ten years of research in chickpea gene technology has led to a few significant achievements. The rare honor is given to him as an impact of his research in Indian as well as International agriculture. The AAU-fraternity is in an ecstatic mood after the news of the honor was declared. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah will hold the chair as a "National Professor" initially for a period of five years and will receive a grant of Rs 2.5 crores for conducting research on "Development of cisgenic chickpea resistant to pod borers".