0000-0003-3412-8996 About
Working as a Project Scientist-III at BRIC-IBSD Upper Shillong, Meghalaya, India (Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi) since 2024, with major research work including: Documentation, evaluation, validation & value addition of bioresources of Northeast region of India, viz., medicinal plants, indigenous edible fruits and utilization of bamboo resources towards supporting clean and green economic growth.
Worked as a Scientist at BRIC-IBSD Manipur and BRIC-IBSD Meghalaya, from 2016-2024.
Worked as a Project Scientist with the Meghalaya Climate Change Centre (MCCC), under Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) to review, sensitize and prepare baseline data on the impacts of climate change & adaptation in Meghalaya.
Awarded the UGC Rajiv Gandhi National JRF and SRF to pursue Ph.D. (2005-2010), under the Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Was also a member of “LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) Climate Change Leader” (graduated in 2009) under a joint programme of LEAD India and British High Commission.
As a PhD scholar, worked on the taxonomy, ecology, biomass and nutrient accumulation pattern of bamboo species in Meghalaya.
Completed Post-doctoral research work from 2012-2014 on Establishment of DBT`s Rural Bioresource Complex in Northeast India”, and through this project, one turmeric value-addition facilities at Laskein Block, West Jaintia Hills district and one ginger value-addition facility in Ri-Bhoi district were set up.
Worked as a Project Scientist from 2014-2015 on a project entitled "Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plans for Hydro–Electric Power projects in Tawang river basin, Arunachal Pradesh", in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore including around 54 experts from various fields.
Earlier to this, after post-graduation, worked with the Community Forest Management Working Group (CFMWG) Secretariat, NE India at the Regional Centre, National Afforestation & Eco-Development Board (RC-NAEB), MoEF, Government of India from 2003-2004.
Conducted several outreach programmes including hands-on training, seminars, dissertation & workshops to various students, researchers and farmers related to “Bioeconomy from Bioresources of NER of India”.
Delivered lectures to PM-SHRI and Vigyan Jyoti Students with a background on STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Maths) subjects.
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BRIC-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development Project Scientist-III2024 - Present
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Publications (10)
- Ethnobotanical documentation, codification, and community-led management of medicinal plant diversity in the Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya, India Save
- Therapeutics of bitter plants from Northeast region of India and their pharmacological and phytochemical perspectives Save
- Capsaicin content in chillies ( Capsicum annuum L., Capsicum frutescen s L., Capsicum chinense Jacq.) of Northeast India by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) Save
- Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Activities of Indian Bay Leaf (Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.‐Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm.) Essential Oils Collected from Meghalaya Save
- Chrono-spatial reproductive phenology of Swertia bimaculata Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke reveals suitability as climate-changing bio-indicator along the Sikkim Himalayan altitude Save
- Evaluating bioeconomic potential of Phyllostachys mannii Gamble, a monopodial bamboo and Chimonocalamus griffithianus (Munro) Hsueh & T.P. Yi, a sympodial bamboo from north-eastern India Save
- Growth, yield and metabolite substantiated, eco-physiological evaluation of overcoming accessional and agro-climatic differences in ex-situ raised Valeriana jatamansi Jones. at lower altitude of Sikkim Himalayan region Save
- A validated high-performance thin-layer chromatography method for the quantification of genistein in the hydroalcoholic extract of Flemingia procumbens Roxb. Save
- Cellulose and lignin profiling in seven, economically important bamboo species of India by anatomical, biochemical, FTIR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis Save
- Evidence of stress induced flowering in bamboo and comments on probable biochemical and molecular factors Save