Professor Jagreet Kaur, Former Head, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021 delivered Prof. Arun Kumar Sharma Birth Centenary Lecture organized by Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata entitled “ Understanding the Genetics and Genomics of Disease Resistance to Stem Rot and Alternaria leaf Blight in Oilseed Mustard” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.

Professor Balen Nandi, Former Professor of Department of Botany, University of Burdwan was conferred with Prof. K.R.Samaddar Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 on 6th December 2024 during National Conference on “Utilization of Microbiome for Sustainable Plant Health and Livelihood” organized by Indian Mycological Society in collaboration with Department of Botany, University of Calcutta held at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata 700029

Professor Nirmalendu Samajpati, Former Professor of Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, was conferred with Prof. K.R.Samaddar Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Posthumously on 6th December 2024 during National Conference on “Utilization of Microbiome for Sustainable Plant Health and Livelihood” organized by Indian Mycological Society in collaboration with Department of Botany, University of Calcutta held at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata 700029

Dr. Rasappa Viswanathan, Director, ICAR- Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 226002, Uttar Pradesh, India delivered 21st Prof. S.R. Bose Memorial Award Lecture entitled “Changing dynamics of sugarcane red rot pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum since the historical disease outbreaks” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata

Dr. Alok K. Srivastava, Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (ICAR-NBAIM),Kushmaur Mau, 275103, Uttar Pradesh, India delivered 21st Sir E. J.Butler Memorial Award Lecture entitled “Genome informatics: a perspective towards pathogenicity and diagnostics in fungi” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata

Dr. Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Amravati Road, Nagpur-440033 , Maharashtra, India delivered 4th Prof. R.P.Purkayastha Memorial Award Lecture entitled “Innovations in Molecular Diagnostics, Characterization and Novel Management of Graft -Transmissible Pathogens in Horticultural Crops” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata

Dr. V.R. Prabavathy, Director, Department of Biotechnology, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, 3rd Cross Road, Taramani Institutional Area, Taramani, Chennai - 600 113 delivered 26th Prof. S.N.Banerjee Memorial Award Lecture entitled “Harnessing the plant-microbiome for sustainable crop production and the protective role of native root-associated bacterial consortium against fungal phytopathogens” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.

Prof. Prateek Madhab Bhattacharya, Head, Department of Plant Pathology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Coochbehar delivered 17th Prof. S. B. Chattopadhyay Memorial Award Lecture entitled “Microbial dynamics under changed ecology of conservation agriculture” on 6th December 2024 during National Conference of IMS,2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.

Dr. Tarasankar Ghosh Silver Medal Award 2023 has been conferred on Ms Tanu Majumder , M.Sc. student of Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Ballygunge Science College for securing highest marks in aggregate of Mycology and Plant Disease Biology of M.Sc. examination Botany, 2023 on 6th December 2024 during National Conference during National Conference of IMS, 2024 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.