Dr. Chhandashree Bhuyan

Dr. Chhandashree Bhuyan is an Associate Professor and HoD of Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati Assam in the Department of Zoology. She has been an awardee of the State Merit Scholarship and National Scholarship under the National Scholarship Scheme from the Govt. of India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development. She is a First Rank Holder in Zoology Major from the prestigious Cotton College which was then under the Gauhati University. She has been the recipient of the Gauhati University’s Gold medal for securing the First Class First position in the Masters in Zoology in 1992. Apart from her academic excellence she has authored several course books in addition to edited books and write ups in renowned journals and newspapers. She is a Life member of the Zoological Society of Assam (ZSA). During the COVID-19 pandemic period of crisis she helped the ZSA by conducting a series of academic Webinars for students organised by the ZSA and also contributed immensely through her unique creation of a large number of voice-recorded PPT Lectures of Zoology for UG and PG students which are available in the ZSA YouTube Channels.

Dr Narayan Sharma

Dr Narayan Sharma is an educationist, conservation biologist and ecologist with two decades of experience working in education and wildlife research in northeast India. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences at Cotton University, Guwahati and an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He obtained his doctoral degree from the National Institute of Advanced Studies and Manipal University. A post-doc from the Nature Conservation Foundation, Dr Sharma's research interests lie broadly in ecology, conservation biology, primatology, ecological pedagogy, urban ecology, human ecology and human-wildlife interaction. Dr Sharma incorporates modern developments in the field while teaching young minds to nourish a new brigade of ecologists and wildlife biologists from the northeastern region of India. Dr Sharma advocates for Citizen Science and takes the initiative to take ecological and environmental sciences to the general public and popularise it. Heis a nominated IUCN Primate Specialist Group, South Asia member. He is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Service from Cotton College State University (now Cotton University).

Prof. Prasanta Kumar Saikia, Commonwealth Fellow

Prof. P.K. Saikia, Ph.D. (Gau), Post Doc. (University of Leeds, UK&USA); Commonwealth Fellow; member IUCN SSC, Stork Ibises & Spoonbill Specialist Group, WI; State coordinator, Asian Waterbird Count, South Asia; Member Wildlife Board of Assam; Member Elephant Task Force; Former Head of Zoology & Dean of Faculty of Science, GU has obtained his Ph.D. degree on the topic- Eco-Biology of Leptoptilosdubius & L. javanicus in Brahmaputra Valley, Assam in 1996. He did International Training Programme on “Wildlife Conservation & management” under the Smithsonian institute, USA & WII, Dehradun. He has been awarded the prestigious Commonwealth fellowship in 2002 for Post. Doc. at University of Leeds, UK. He also did Post Doc. on Marine birds and mammals in Farallon Island of Pacific Ocean, California, in 1997 & and ICF in Wisconsin, USA.

Teaching & Research Contribution

32 years of PG Teaching Experience in GU since 1992 to date & has produced 32 Ph.D. and 3 M.Phil. and above 150 Master’s thesis guided, (both Zoology, & Wildlife Sciences) in wildlife & biodiversity. He has published over 175 Research articles in National & International Journals of repute (including the Journals of Scientific Reports, Molecular Ecology & Evolutionary Biology). He has written over 40 popular scientific articles in various magazines and Newspapers and also attended/presented more than 200 seminars, symposiums, and workshops and delivered speeches as an Invitee in India and abroad. He has also published 7 books & also the member of 14 national learned societies of which 6 are life members.

Conservation Work

Prof. Saikia has started rigorous conservation work on globally-threatened GAS since 1989 in collaboration with IUCN & Assam Forest Department through posters, leaflets, group meetings & tree plantations in various nesting sites. He has initiated Deeporbeel conservation works in 1989 and continued to date.

Innovative work

Two Innovative courses in the Department of Zoology, GU:

1. Diploma in Wildlife Management in the year 2009
2. M. Sc. in Wildlife Science since 2012, August.

Field of expertise

Biodiversity & Conservation, Animal Ecology, Wildlife Biology, Ornithology, and environmental studies, Guiding Research work on Wildlife species from Mega Herbivores through Invertebrates, As an Ecologist in terrestrial ecosystem. Statistical Software Handling.

Dr. S.K.Borthakur

Prof. S.K.Borthakur is Retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, Gauhati University. Prior to Gauhati University he worked in Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and Cotton College ( now Cotton University), Guwahati and has more than 40 years of research and teaching experience. His areas of specialization are Plant Taxonomy, Floristics, ethnobotany, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge. He has published 16 books, more than 45 book chapters and more than 450 research papers published in reputed national and international journals. He has also discovered 22 new species of plants and 35 new distributional record of plants from northeast India. Under his guidance 52 students got their Doctoral Degree from Gauhati University. He also served several national and international bodies in different capacities including Chairman of State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Assam.

Dr. Nilashee Devi

PROFILE Name: DR. NILAKSHEE DEVI, Professor
Educational Qualifications: M.Sc (Botany) Gauhati University, M. Phil (Botany) Gauhati University, Ph.D. (Botany) Gauhati University
Research areas: Plant Taxonomy, Palynology, Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants
Research Supervision: Ph. D. Awarded: 08, M. Phil. Awarded:07 Research scholars (at present) :08
Scholarship: National Scholarship at Post graduate level
Msc.: M. Sc. Gold Medel , Gauhati University
Ph. D. Topic: Palynological Survey of Greater Guwahati

Research Publications:  D. Kalita, N. Devi , M. C. Kalita (2018). Studies on foliar architecture and micromorphology of Gynocardia odorata R. Br. (Achariaceae): a well-known medicinal plant of Assam,India. Pleione 11(2):187-194.
 Debolina Dey, Manash Baruah, Nilakshee Devi & Jitendra Nath Borah (2020). Re-collection of the Luminous Lantern Flower Ceropegia lucida Wall. (Apocynaceae) from Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(1): 15212–15215.
 Manish Paul & Nilakshee Devi (2020). GC-MS and FT-IR Analysis of methanol fruit extract of Ficus racemosa and Ficus auriculata. International Journal on Pharmaceutical Science and Research 12(3): 1679-1684.
 Manash Baruah, Debolina Dey, Saurav Kumar Boruah, Monish Paul, Birina Bhyuan & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Sterculia striatiflora Mast (Malvaceae s.l.) - A new addition to the flora of Assam. Plant Science Today 8(3): 560–563.
 Dipjyoti Kalita, Himanshu Rajbongshi, Nilakshee Devi, Mohan Chandra Kalita & Sunandan Baruah (2021). Biosynthesis and characterization of Gynocardia odorata R. Br.mediated silver nanoparticles and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity. Plant Science Today 8(4): 754–761.
 Debolina Dey, Shrirang Ramchandra Yadav & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Rediscovery of Aponogeton lakhonensis A. Camus (Aponogetonaceae): a long-lost aquatic plant of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(11): 19632–19635.
 Debolina Dey, Jatindra Sarma & Nilakshee Devi (2022). Syzygium namborense (Myrtaceae), a new species from Assam, India. Phytotaxa 538 (2): 133–140.
 Debolina Dey, Manash Baruah, Sukanya Kalita, Monish Paul, Bhumasri Kalita & Nilakshee Devi (2022). Taxonomic review of Syzygium polypetalum (Wall.) Merr. & L.M. Perry (Myrtaceae) - a lesser known chasmophytic jambolan spe-cies of Assam. Plant Science Today 9(sp1): 25–28 .
 Debalina Dey & Nilakshee Devi (2022). Impatiens bracteolate Hook.f. (Balsaminaceae): A new distribute.onal record for Assam, India. Pleione 16(2):255-258.
• Debalina Dey & Nilakshee Devi (2022). Lectotypification of two recondite names in the genus Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae). Kew Bulletin 78:397–403.
• Debolina Dey, Rajeev Kumar Singh and Nilakshee Devi(2023). Eranthemum burmanicum (Acanthaceae), a New Record for the Flora of India from Assam. Journal of Japanese Botany 8(3):147-149.
Book chapters: Debolina Dey, Nilakshee Devi (2020). Variation in foliar morphology of some lesser known Syzygium spp.of Assam with special reference to their intramarginal vein. In: Bioluminescence: Annual Bio- logical Communication1. (Ed. H. Majumdar) Eastern Book House, Guwahati.Pp156. ISBN. 93-90434-589
N. Devi, Namita Nath, Rantumoni Sarma (2021). Taxonomic and Biochemical Pro ling of some wild Species of Solanaceae from Jalukbari, Assam. In:Studies in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Rubicon Publications.Pp.355. ISBN. 978-1-913482-36-7
Manash Baruah and Nilakshee Devi (2021). Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activities of Aristolochia ringes Vahl. and Aristolochia tagala Cham. occurring in Kamrup District of Assam. Biological Spectrum of Northeast India, EBH Publishers(India). Pp.177. ISBN.9789390
Bhumasri Kalita & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Leaf archetectural studies in Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook. f. & Thompson) H. Keng. Biological Spectrum of Northeast India, EBH Publishers(India). Pp.186. ISBN.9789390
Sukanya Kalita & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Evaluation of phytochemicals and antioxidant properties of Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl) Diel and Hyptis suaveolens (L.)Poit Biological Spectrum of Northeast India, EBH Publishers(India). Pp.247. ISBN.9789390
Debolina Dey & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Extremities in the oral structures of two rare and interesting Syzygium species of Assam. Biological Spectrum of Northeast India. Biological Spectrum of Northeast India, EBH Publishers(India). Pp.278. ISBN.9789390
Trishna Roy Pradhani, Monish Paul and Nilakshee Devi (2021). DPPH scavenging activity, phytochemical and GC-MS analysis of Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross var. bracteata (Lamk.). Wild edible bioresources of North East India. EBH Publishers(India). Pp.278. 978-93-9 58-9.
Conference Proceedings:
Debolina Dey & Nilakshee Devi (2021). Historical analysis of taxonomical studies in 20th century with special reference to the genus Syzygium Gaertner. (Myrtaceae).In conference proceeding : Impact and Consequences of Environmental Degradation on Animal Health and Human Wellbeing (ICEDAHHW-2021). Pp.13
Popular Scientific Writings:  N. Devi (2007).Aerobiology and Allergy: Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approach. Prajna : Journal of Gauhati University 16 :25-28
 Hashi Goch: Ahamar ek apurogia banaj sampad. Udbhid Vinjan Patrika 3(2): 16-17.2012-2013
 Salmugra: Eti parjalusona. Udbhid Vinjan Patrika 4(1): 16-17.2014-2015
Invited Popular Scientific Talk:
 Delivered Lecture: National Seminar on “Harnessing Biodiversity for Social Empowerment of NE India” on 2-3 November,2019 organized by BSA
 As chair person in technical Session: National Seminar on “Bioresources, Conservation and Management Strategies for Rural Development” on 22-23 August,2019 organized by Deptt. of Botany, USTM
 Delivered Lecture on “Taxonomy: needs and prospects” in orientation programme , 2019 on 30th Sept, 2019 for M Sc Classes in USTM.
 Invited to deliver Key note address: In National Webinar on “Insight into Viruses and the Prospect of Traditional Herbal Medicine in the Management of Viral Infections”, August 1, 2020. Organised by: Department of Botany, Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza in association with North East Science Movement (The North East Initiative of Vijnana Bharati) and IQAC, D.K. College Mirza
National Webinar Organized:
1.19th June , 2021on Topic:“Plant Taxonomy: Classical to Modern Trends” Speakers: i. Prof. A P Das, Adjunct Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University
ii. Prof. Kashinath ashinath Bhattacharya, Deptt. of Botany, Visva-Bharati
2. 14th July, 2021. On Plant -Microbe Interactions.
Speakers: a.Prof. Biswanath Chakraborty, Retired Professor, North Bengal University & Emeritus Professor, Alliah University, Kolkata
b. Prof Piyush Pandey, Deptt. of Microbiology, Assam University.
3. 11 th July, 2021:Online Interactive Session on “Way to get entry into a Life Science research program in India”
Membership of Professional Societies:
 Botanical Society of Assam
 East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy,West Bengal
 Academy of Plant Sciences, India, U. P.
 Indian aerobiological society: Life member & member of Executive Council of Indian Aerobiological Society during 2013 -2014.
 International Society for Conservation of Natural resources (ISCON), Varanasi.
 Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy
Completed Projects/Consultancies
S.No Title Agency Period Grant/Amount
Mobilized (Rs. Lakh
1 Floristic Studies on Macrophytic Diversity of Nameri National Park (Ass) and Pakke Tiger Reserve (A. P) Dec, 2008-Dec, 2011 Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, Rs. 10,00000/-
2 Management of Manas Biosphere Reserve through Biodiversity Evaluation in gap area& Community Participation Oct, 2008-Oct, 2011 Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, Rs. 16, 00000/-
3 “Screening, Biochemical Evaluation and Toxicity Study of Some Wild Edible Mushrooms of Assam” 03-07-2017 to 03-07-2019 Assam Science Technology and Environment Council. 8.3 lakh

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