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Branch Laboratory - Itanagar (BLIT)

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Branch Laboratory - Itanagar (BLIT)

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

  • Development of agro-technology and chemical investigation of medicinal, aromatic and economically important plants of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Extraction, purification, standardization and structural elucidation of pure molecules from natural resources, by HPLC and NMR.
  • Development of New Chemical Entities (NCE’s) from natural products with emphasis on treatment of Diabetes Type 2.
  • Provide training and technical support in cultivation of mushroom and production of vermicomposite in commercial scale.
  • Development of medicinal and economically important native plants through biotechnological approaches.
  • Evaluation of nutraceuticals and antioxidant activities of wild edible plants used by local peoples of the state.
  • Green synthesis of nanoparticles using natural products and its applications in different fields.
  • Developing flow cytometry based evolutionary techniques related to next generation fuels and high-value products from microalgae.
  • Understanding endosymbiotic relationships between microbes and plants and predicting metabolic pathways for value-added products using “-Omics” techniques.
  • Isolating bioactive compounds from freshwater and extreme environment microbes for various industrial applications.

Project Leader & Activity Incharge

Dr Chandan Tamuly

Scientist F

Education : Ph D (Organic Chemistry)

Employee ID: 1060

Email: ctamuly@neist.res.in, c.tamuly@gmail.com

Contact details : +91 0360-2244220 | Fax: 0360-2244220

Areas of interest : R&D on Natural Product Chemistry, Nanoscience, and Green Chemistry

Co-Project Leader

Dr Natarajan Velmurugan

Scientist E

Education : Ph.D

Employee ID: 1254

Email: natarajan@neist.res.in

Contact details : +91 0360-2244220 | Fax: 0360-2244220

Areas of interest : Plant and algal biotechnology, endosymbiotic relationships, freshwater microbiology, protein engineering and biotechnological applications of flow cytometry

Members

Dr Prasenjit Manna

Scientist E

Employee ID: 1294

Email: pmanna2012@gmail.com, pmanna@neist.res.in

Areas of interest : Development of natural product-based therapeutics with immunomodulatory potential for betterment of human health

Dr. Ravindra K. Rawal

Scientist E

Education : Ph.D (Medicinal Chemistry)

Employee ID: 1301

Email: drrkrawal@neist.res.in, rawal.ravindra@gmail.com

Contact details : +91 0376 2370121 extn. 2362 Fax:0376-2370011

Areas of interest : Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry, Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery and Development,

R&D PROGRAMS

ONGOING R&D PROGRAMMES:

  • Sustainable utilization of medicinal, aromatic & economic plants: Exploration & utilization of medicinal & economic plants of Arunachal Pradesh through development of agro-technology and chemical investigation (MLP-8000). Sponsored by CSIR-NEIST. Project period: 2012-2017.
  • Exploration & utilization of wild edible plants consumed by ST people of Arunachal Pradesh for Socio Economic Development of the State. Sponsored by DST, Government of India. Project period: 2013-2016.
  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty project. (DST/INSPIRE Faculty Award/2016/DST/INSPIRE/04/ 2015/ 000033). Sponsored by DST, Government of India. Project period: 2015-2020.

Acheivements

  • We have developed a new strain of lemon grass “BLI-ARUN” and transferred to number of companies and NGO’s
  • We have also developed agro-technology/agro-practices on “Commercial cultivation of lemongrass, citronella, patchouli, menthe etc”.
  • Organised more than 50 nos. of training programme on “Cultivation of mushroom” and 40 nos of training programme “Production of vermicompost” to the SHG/NGO/local people/entrepreneurs etc in last five year.
  • We have offered various students training programmes and organized various science motivation programmes to learn and develop scientific skills of students and local community.
  • We are committed to develop the livelihood of local community through alternate income generations. They earned more than 6 lakh rupees by selling fresh mushroom and 5 lakh rupees selling vermicompost under our guidance in last four year.
  • Publications and patents during last 5 years: Research publications – 30 and patents – 1.

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सीएसआईआर - उत्तर पूर्व विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान

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