Specialization : MYCOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY Qualification: M.Sc (BOTANY)
Area of Interest: Plant-Microbe Interactions(AMF, PGPR), Fungal diversity and Bioprospecting, Tea Microbiology and Biological control of Tea Pathogen.
Publications :
1.Saikia, E., Borah, G., & Barukial, J., Ethnomedicinal Plants used for Various Stomach Ailment by the Rural Pepoles of Golaghat, Assam, India REFLECTION (Edited Book)978-93-82931-24-9,Vol: V,Publication Cell ,Debraj RoyCollege,Golaghat(ISBN 978-81-951202-2-2).
2. Saikia,E., Hazarika, P.,Kutum ,A., & Barukial, J. ,Wetland Angiospermic flora of Golaghat District of Assam,India.Chaliha, M & Chetia, M(Editors).Reflection Vol-VI-151-163 Publication Cell, D. R. College, Golaghat (ISBN: 978-93-91883-26-3)
OP/RC/Seminar/wokshop Partcipation :
1. Participated in the National Seminar on " RET Plants of NE India and their Conservation Strategies" organised by the Department of Botany, Gauhati University,Guwahati,Assam,on 21st March 2014, (Sponsored under UGC SAP DRS-I Programme).
2. Participated in the XIV National Conference on Women's Studies,2014 on Equality, Pluralism and the State: Perspectives from Women's Movement, held in Gauhati University,Guwahati,Assam.
3. Participated in the Seminar on " Impact on Climate Change in Tea and Ameliorative Measures" organised by Deptt. Of Commerce,Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and Tea Board India,Govt. of India, 2017.
4. Participated in the workshop on "Farming Techniques and Sustainable Utilization of Medicinal Plants" organised by Deptt. of Botany,Debraj Roy College,Golaghat ,Sponsored by UGC,New Delhi held in 11th &12th September,2017.
5. Presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on " Recent Trends in Environment Responsive Chemical Processes, organised by the Deptt. of Chemistry,held on 22nd &23rd September,2017,Debraj Roy College,Golaghat,Assam.
6. Presented a paper in the National Seminar on "Underutilized Plant Resources of North East India" organised by Institutional Biotech Hub (Deptt. of Biotechnology,Govt. of India), Department of Life Sciences & Bioinformatics, Assam University-Diphu Campus, Karbi Anglong,Assam held on 27-28th March ,2018.
7. Participated in the seminar on" Skill Development in Science Education", organised by Assam Science Society,Golaghat Branch,D.R.College,Golaghat,Assam on 31st March 2018,sponsored by Department of Science andTechnology,Govt. of Assam.
8. Attended Faculty Development Program on e- Learning and e-Content Development conducted by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) at D.R.College,Golaghat held in 26th to 31st March 2019.
9. Participated in the webinar on "The Humanities and Social Sciences:Why they are critical to our understanding of today's complex and challenging world" organised by SPRINGER NATURE with INFLIBNET Centre held on 30th June 2020.
10. Participated in the webinar on "Academic and Scientific Writing Catapulating Institutional Visilibility" held on 3rd August 2020,organised by Manipur University, Manipur in collaboration with SPRINGER NATURE .
11. Participated in the webinar "Ethnobotanical Research in North East India: Potentiality & Possibility" organised by North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine,Pasighat under Ministry of AYUSH,Govt. of India on 27th July,2020.
12. Participated in the National Webinar on "MARVELS OF NATURE: Non- Flowering Plants: Diversity and Research" on 28th August 2020, organised by Deptt. of Botany in collaboration with IQAC Nagaon College,Nagaon,Assam.
13. Participated in Webinar Series on "Trends in Biomedicine & Life Sciences Publishings and Nuances &Tools of Scientific Publishing" organised by SPRINGER NATURE in collaboration with DeLCON (DBT E-LIBRARY CONSORTIUM) on 2nd September,2020.
14. Participated in the webinar "Introduction to Genome Sequencing" on 12th September 2021., organised by Deptt. of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies,New Delhi.
15. Participated in the National Webinar on "Principles of Computer - Aided Drug Design" ,organised by NIELIT Guwahati Centre (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,Govt. of India)28th May 2021.
16. Participated in the International Webinar cum Interactive Session on "Opportunities to pursue Scientific Research in European Countries" organised by Deptt. of Zoology, J.B.College(Autonomous),Jorhat on 19th March2022.
17. Participated in One Day Workshop on "National Education Policy 2020 and its Implications" organised by D.R.College Society for Humanities and Social Sciences,Debraj Roy College,Golaghat, 22nd March 2022.
18. Participated in Two Day Workshop cum Training on "Biological Sequence Analysis" held on 10th - 11th April 2022 organised by Debraj Roy College,Golaghat in collaboration with IQAC and P.G. Department of Life Sciences,D.R.College.
19. Participated in Level I of BioNEST Campus Connect Initiative of CSIR - NEIST BioNEST- Jorhat held in Debraj Roy College 22nd of September 2022.
Awards/Achievement received:
Worked as Poject Fellow in the Department of Mycology and Microbiology, Tocklai Tea Research Institute,TRA, Jorhat under a R&D project entitled "Evaluation of TAG (VAM Biofertilizer) for their effect on young Tea management" from 2016- 2018.
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