Sabitra Pradhan

I am Sabitra Pradhan and I have Diploma in Agriculture (2006-2008) and BSc in Agriculture 92015-2017) from Collage of Natural Resources.

I have been working in National Mushroom Centre since July 2008 to date and I have been basically looking after Myco-diversity Program: the main mandates are: 1. To studying myco-diversity of the country and to provide the information to the public and policy maker

2. To train the wild mushroom harvester on sustainable harvesting methods and the habitat management

3. To create awareness on edible and poisonous mushrooms.

My interest to join my first Career in National Mushroom Centre was because I knew nothing on Mushrooms except two mushrooms that my mom cooked at home. Then I opted to join myco-diversity Program because I wish to know how many mushrooms are there in Bhutan( still struggling) due to lack of guide and fund. But now with 15 years of roller costal career; I am confident I can climb any mountains and walk any valley if given with time and fund to meet my best friend( fungi). My first hand training on mushroom identification was in 2009 in Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica by Professor Milagro Mata, then I coauthored the book on "Fungi Of Bhutan". Then I got short training on DNA extraction and Phylogenetic Analysis in National Science Museum Tsukuba Research Centre, Japan in 2013 and 2020 by Dr. Kentaro Hosaka. But I have learned a lot more on working in the field collecting and identifying the specimen in my laboratory with my old microscope and collected and identified more than 2000 specimen and preserved in herbarium (Biological Specimen Collections of Bhutan - View User Profile (bhutanbiodiversity.net). I have coauthored another book in "Poisonous mushrooms of Bhutan" with Japanese mycologist (Dr. Eiji Nagasawa).

January 2023