Dr. Trina Adhikary completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture degree from Uttar Banga Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya (UBKV) in 2014 and M.Sc. in Fruits and Orchard Management from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswabidyalaya (BCKV) in 2016. She did her Ph.D. in Fruit Science from Punjab Agricultural University in 2020. She has worked at the Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, as an Assistant Professor (Fruit Science) from 2020-2021. She joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Education) on 11.02.021 (till date). She joined at office of the Dean, College of Horticulture & Forestry, which was established in 2018, and the first batch of B.Sc. was started in 2019. Under the guidance of the Founder Dean of the College, Dr M.I.S. Gill, she worked on various aspects of establishing the college, from Accreditation of ICAR to finalising the VI^th  Dean Committee Report of ICAR. She held the positions of Incharge Academic and Scholarship of COHF, Book Bank and College-level Placement Coordinator. She taught UG classes of various B.Sc. Degree programs at PAU. She is active member research team on Ber and Pear Crop, respectively. Currently, she is working in Production technology, Breeding and Postharvest technology of Fruit crops like Dragon Fruit, Phalsa, and Fig. She is handling a project entitled “Frontline demonstrations on popularization of Dragon Fruit in Punjab” funded by NHM as Co-PI since 2023. She is guiding one M.Sc. student as a major advisor, and 5 students as Co-Advisors. She has published 22 research papers in reputed national and international journals and published one book, 12 book chapters and 22 popular articles. She presented 12 papers at national and international conferences.  She is a member of 4 professional societies viz., The Horticultural society of India, New Delhi, All India Agricultural Students Association, Society for Bioresource and Stress management and the Indian Society of Agriculture Science & Technology Research. She got the Young Scientist Award in the VII^th International Conference in Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture and Allied Sciences during 21-22 Nov 2022 and Young Women Scientist Award in International Conference on “Current Innovations & Technological Advances in Agriculture and Allied Sciences, by the Indian Society of Agriculture Science & Technology during 29-31 Aug, 2024.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

1. Research Projects on “Front line demonstrations on popularisation of Dragon Fruit in Punjab” funded by NHM as Co-PI from 2023 to till date

Research Publications: (Best 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 (Impact Factor – 9.8)
2. Bajaj K, Adhikary T, Gill P.P.S, Kumar A (2023). Edible coatings enriched with plant-based extracts preserve postharvest quality of fruits: A review. Org Coat. 82 (2023) 107669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2023.107669 (Impact Factor – 7.3)
3. 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. Food & Agric. 101: 853-62 (Impact Factor – 3.5)
4. 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 Measur. and Charact. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-022-01291-8 (Impact Factor – 3.3)
5. Trina Adhikary, PPS Gill, SK Jawandha, Nirmaljeet Kaur (2022) Postharvest quality response of pears with beeswax coatings during long term cold storage.    Hortic. Sc.i Biotech.       10.1080/14620316.2022.2074321 (Impact Factor –2.1)

Awards and Recognitions:

2014. Qualified All India ICAR, Junior Research Fellowship (ICAR-JRF) in Horticulture -2014.
2015. Qualified All India ICAR, Senior Research Fellowship (ICAR-SRF) in Fruit Science -2016

• Qualified ASRB NET in Fruit Science-2016,2019,2021

2019. Got the MS Randhawa Gold medal for writing the best Essay in “Evolution of Life”, Punjab Agricultural University, for the year 2017- received in 2019.
2020. Best poster in 3^rd International Symposium on Underutilized plant Species-2015.
2021. 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
• Best Presentation Award International e-Conference on “Postharvest Disease Management and Value Addition of horticultural crops”, Title: Non-destructive Quality Monitoring of Fruits- A Review Division of Plant Pathology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi on August 18-20, 2021

1. Young Scientist Award in VIIth International Conference in Hybrid Mode on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture and Allied Sciences (GRISAAS-2022) during 21-22 Nov 2022
2. Young Women Scientist Award in in International Conference on “ Current Innovations & Technological Advances in Agriculture and Allied Sciences, by the Indian Society of Agriculture Science & Technology during 29-31 Aug, 2024.