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Sumit Singh

Sumit Singh

Designation : Scientist C

Education : Ph.D (Botany), CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

ID. No.: 1342

Email id : sumitsingh@neist.res.in, ssumitthakur14@gmail.com

Research Interest

1. Plant Taxonomy of Himalayan flora

2. Ethnobotanical studies

3. Ecological and floristic diversity of Alpine flora

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

  • CSIR-Floriculture Mission Phase 2. Member (Ongoing).
  • CSIR-Bioresources Conservation and Prospection Working as PI in one of the verticals "Chemical characterization & value addition of selected/prioritized species". PI (Ongoing).
  • Integrated beekeeping for sustainable growth of ST population in Arunachal Pradesh. CO-PI (Ongoing).
  • CSIR-Aroma Mission phase 3. Member (ongoing).

List of Publications

  • Borah, M., Singh, S. & Bhuyan, M. (2026). Impatiens chakhesangiana sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae)—a new species from, Nagaland, India. Phytotaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.742.2.5.
  • Singh, S. & Singh, B. (2026). Vegetation analysis and species composition of the unexplored Bani Mountain in the Western Himalayas, India. Biodiversity https://10.1080/14888386.2025.2610946.
  • Basavaraj, C., Gour, V.S., Singh, S., Gairola, S., Kumar, A., and Singh, K. (2026). A Cross-cultural Study of Medicinal Plant Usage in Traditional Healthcare Practices among Tribal Communities of Heggadadevana Kote Taluk, Karnataka, India. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 36:16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43450 025-00718-9.
  • Sumit Singh, O Surmal, MN Bhatt, B Singh, B Singh, and CM Musarella (2021). Fragmented Forest Patches in Indian Himalaya Preserves Unique Components of Biodiversity: Investigation on Floristic and Phytoclimate of Unexplored Bani Valley. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116063 . Total citations: 16.
  • Sumit Singh, Sneha, and B Singh (2021). Pyrrosia sarthalensis (Polypodiaceae)- A new species from Bani Valley, Kathua District, J&K. Phytotaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.522.3.8 .Total citations= 01.
  • B Singh, B Singh, A Kishor, Sumit Singh, MN Bhat, O Surmal and CM Musarella (2020). Exploring plant-based ethnomedicine and quantitative ethnopharmacology in a protected area: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants utilized by the population of Jasrota Hill in Western Himalaya, India. Sustainability, 12(18):7526; Doi: https://doi.org/1 0.3390/su12187526 . Total citations: 50.

Awards and Fellowships

1. Qualified CSIR-NET JRF (AIR-73)

2. Fellow of Linnean Society of London (FLS)

3. Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS)

4. Fellow of Royal Geographic Society (FRGS)

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