Year of Establishment: 2008
Academic Programme Offered : Advance Post-Graduate Diploma in Biodiversity
The activities of the Centre during 2018-19 are as follows :
Professor, Department of Botany
Email: rajiv.singh@rgu.ac.in
Mobile: 8132977021
Students: Sixth batch of students get admitted in the first semester of Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Biodiversity, under Center with Potential for Excellence in Biodiversity. Ten students out of 12 admitted students appeared in the first semester end examinations held on December, 2018. All of them passed to second semester.
Faculty Member: Following faculty members have been involved in teaching of Advance Post Graduate Diploma in Biodiversity (Theory and Practical).
Semester I (July – December, 2018): Dr. Achom Darshan Singh & Dr. Goatham Gogoi
Semester II (January – May, 2019): Dr. Goatham Gogoi
Field Training – Mouling National Park
October 27 – November 1, 2018 • Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh
Field Trip: Avian Survey
February 23 – March 2, 2019 • Lower Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh
Field Trip – Sangti Valley
January 14 – 20, 2019 • West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh
Field Trip: Avian Fauna Study
November 26 – December 3, 2018 • Daparijo and Riga
Prof. H. N. Sarma
International Seminar: “International Conference on Reproduction, Endocrinology and Development” & 37th Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE)
January 18 – 21 • Navrachana University, Vadodara, India
Ms. Kanmuna Ray Talukdar
Global Conference on Reproductive Health with Focus on Occupational, Environmental & Lifestyle Factors (ISSRF-2019)
February 22 – 24, 2019 • Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Mr. Ram Kumar (Research Scholar, Fish Biology)
31st All India Congress of Zoology (31st AICZ) & National Seminar on Climate-Smart Aquaculture & Fisheries (CSAF)
January 15 – 16, 2019 • College of Fisheries (CAU(I)), Lembucherra, Tripura
Ms. Upasa Gowala, Ms. Krishnakhi Misra, Mr. Amarjyoti Saikia
International Conference on Reproduction, Endocrinology and Development & 37th Meeting of SRBCE
January 18 – 21 • Navrachana University, Vadodara, India
Awareness Programme
Government Middle School, Boleng, Siang District • 29 October 2018
Meet with Traditional Healers & Villagers
Lillang Village
Dr. Franz Bairlein donated copy of journals and Binoculars for the students and researchers under CPEB-II (Ecology and Wildlife Biology)
Thesis: The Reproductive Biology of Assamese King Fish Semiplotus semiplotus (McClelland, 1839) with special emphasis on gonad development cycle.
October, 2018
Thesis: Assessment of Nutritional Potential of Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) from Arunachal Pradesh, India with perspective on seasonal and altitudinal variation.
Discovering Eastern Himalaya: The Arunachal Pradesh: West Kameng and Tawang
Author:
Hirendra Nath Sarma
ISBN: 978-81937-3276-2
South Asian Publication, Guwahati • 2018
Butterflies of Arunachal Pradesh
Authors:
Hirendra Nath Sarma & Sanjay Talukdar
ISBN: 978-81-287-0027-9
Scientific Book Center, Guwahati • 2018
Biodiversity of Fishes in Arunachal Himalaya
Authors:
Achom Darshan Singh, Santoshkumar Abujam & D. N. Das
ISBN: 9780128155561
Academic Press • 2018
A group of five students from Biswanath District visited the Center under the Rastriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
Students were selected at the state level and are from Class IX & X.
Visit date: 29th March, 2019.
Participating Schools
Summary of the Visit
Led by Mr. Neelamoni Sharma, Principal of Tetunpukhuri High School, the students explored laboratories, museums, the botanical garden, and the Orchidarium under the Center with Potential for Excellence in Biodiversity. The goal was to provide early exposure to higher education and research environments.