Dr. Prasad Burange joined PAU as an Assistant Professor on February 17, 2011. He earned his B.Sc. in Agricultural Science from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola (Maharashtra), in 1997, followed by an M.Sc. (Entomology) degree from the same university in 1999. He earned his Ph.D. in Entomology in 2010 from North Dakota State University in Fargo (ND), USA, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. Burange worked at IIT Kharagpur from November 1999 to November 2000. He later served as a Research Assistant and Research Associate in various projects at the ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur from March 2001 to August 2003. He also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, from September 2010 to February 2011. On February 17, 2023, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Entomology, a position he currently holds. His field of specialization is Insect Taxonomy. Dr. Burange has been involved in teaching and taught over 14 B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. level courses. He has held additional responsibilities, including managing the department’s undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), and multimedia labs. He has completed two research projects funded by the UGC and DBT, guided two M.Sc. students as a major advisor, and published over 40 research papers in the journals of national and international repute. His collaborative work was featured in Nature India, and he has presented over 20 papers at national and international conferences in India and abroad. He earned three international His teaching experience spans UG, PG, and Ph.D. courses, and he has also served as an academic advisor for undergraduate students. In photography, Dr. Burange has earned three international grand prizes in the U.S.A. as well as two at the state and one at the national levels in India. At PAU, Ludhiana, in addition to official duties, he has mentored over 100 students to pursue higher education in North America.

Professional Accomplishments Research Projects completed

1. Biosystematic Studies and Effect of Weather Parameters on Fruit Flies (Diptera) from Guava and Cucurbits in Punjab funded by UGC in 2013 as PI

2. Integrative Taxonomy: An unification of molecular and traditional taxonomy in cerambycid beetles by funded by DBT in 2013 as PI

Research Publications:

• Dash S P, Dipankar P, Burange P S, Rouse B T and Sarangi P P (2021) Climate change: how it impacts the emergence, transmission, resistance and consequences of viral infections in animals and plants. Critical Rev Microbiol 47:307-22 (Impact Factor (2020): 7.624, NAAS rating: 13.35)

• Behere G T, Tay W T, Firake D M, Kunz D, Burange P S and Ramamurthy V V (2019) Characterization of draft mitochondrial genome of guava trunk borer, Aristobia reticulator (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from India, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4:1, 1592-1593, DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1602004 (NAAS

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• Behere G T, Firake D M, Burange P S, Firake P D, Azad Thakur N S and Ngachan S V (2015) Utility of ITS1 as a molecular tool for reliable identification of Henosepilachna pusillanima and H. septima (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of Genetics 94: e19- e23. (NAAS rating = 7.01)

• Burange P S, Roehrdanz R L and Boetel M A (2012) Geographically based diversity in mitochondrial DNA of North American Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105 (6): 917-29. (NAAS rating = 7.50)

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Successfully collaborated with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

2. Beatty-Munro Scholarship, Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA; April 2008.

3. Knipling Research Enhancement Award to study molecular techniques with Dr. Rebecca Simmons at University of North Dakota, Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA; March 2007.

4. Top honors in the Linnaean Games College Quiz Bowl Competition. Team member of the North Dakota State University Entomology graduate students. Entomological Society of America, North Central Branch Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; March 2007.

5. Consolation prize, Indian Ecological Society International Conference Transforming Agrifood Systems in the Face of Climate Changes and Energy Transitions, India; November 2024.

6. Life fellow award from Indian Entomological Society, New Delhi.