Areas of Interest/Specialization:

Biochemistry, Immunology, Medicinal plants

Experience:  

1. Lecturer (2003-2005): Department of Biotechnology, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong
2. Assistant Professor (2005-2021): Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong
3. Associate Professor (2021-present): Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong

Awards:

• Selected in M.Sc. Biotechnology at Tezpur University, Assam through All India Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology (CEEB) conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and received monthly scholarship by Department of Biotechnology (Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India), New Delhi for tenure of two years during M.Sc. session 2001-2003
• Qualified Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC)-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship National Eligibility Test 2003 in Life Sciences
• üQualified Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE) 2004 with 94.54 percentile in Life Sciences
• Awarded Overseas Associateships for the Scientists of North Easter Region by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi. Venue: St. Vincent’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia in the year 2014 for 6 months period.

Member of the professional bodies

• Life Member, Indian Immunology Society (IIS, India)
• Life Member, Association of Gerontology (India)
• Life Member, Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Association of India (MAPAI, India)
• Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (India)
• Life Member, Indian Society for Training & Development (India)
• Elected Executive Member of Indian Immunology Society, New Delhi from 2022-2024 and Editorial Board Members for “Immune-CONNECT”, Official Newsletter of IIS since 2023.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Head-in-Charge, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022, Meghalaya for a period of one year from 26^th July 2024.
• Centre-in-Charge, BioNest Branch Office, NEHU, Shillong

Members of committees

• Member, Board of Studies, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong (2014-2020,2020-2023, 2024-2027)
• Member, School Board, School of Life Sciences, NEHU, Shillong (2014-2016,2020-2022)
• Member, Mentorship Committee, NEHU, Shillong
• Member, R& D cell, NEHU, Shillong since 2024.
• Member, Board of Studies, Department of Biotechnology, Debraj Roy College (Autonomous), Golaghat, Assam (2024-2027).

Research Projects

Completed Project:

• “Study of Selected Plants for anti-carcinogenic, anti-stress (adaptogenic) and radioprotection ability” as a Co-investigator. Funding Agency: Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory (DARL), Ministry of Defence, Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal.
• “Study of anti-diabetic property and the mechanism of action of the wild edible plants available in North East India” as Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi.
• “Study of antiobesity property of root extract of Potentilla fulgens, a known anti-diabetic medicinal plant available in Meghalaya” as Principal Investigator. Funding agency: Science & Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi.
• “Remediation of produced water from NE oil field by microbial and membrane intervention with modeling of an affluent unit for the recovery of usable water” as Principal investigator from North-Eastern Region. Funding agency: Department of Biotechnology (Twinning programme), New Delhi.
• “Study the effect of Potentilla fulgens L. extract on the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway-regulated metabolism in induced-diabetic mice” as Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (BioCARe), New Delhi.

On-going Project:

• “To study the inhibition of ANGPTL4 secretion, a potential target of atherosclerotic-cardiovascular disease by Ursolic acid and its synthetic derivatives” as Principal Investigator. Funding Agent: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.