Qualified State Eligibility Test-North Eastern Region (SET-NE)
Awards/Honors/Fellowships/Recognitions:
- National Post-Doctoral Fellow (SERB-DST), New Delhi, 2017-2019.
- Secured 2nd prize in a poster presentation at the SERB School on Chemical Ecology, at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 8-22 July, 2018.
- Secured 1st prize in a poster presentation at the International Conference on Entomology, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Punjab, India, 17-19 Feburary, 2012.
- Awarded the "Maulana Azad National Fellowship" in the form of both Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, to support the pursuit of a Ph.D.
- Granted the "Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students" by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, to facilitate the pursuit of a Ph.D.
Invited Talk
- Invited as a resource person at the District-level workshop themed “Sweet Revolution in Bodoland Territorial Region through Scientific Harvest of Honey from Wild Bees”, Mini Mission-II, under National Bee Honey Mission, National Bee Board, Govt. of India, Borimakha Junior College, Assam, 16th September, 2023.
- Invited as a resource person at the workshop themed “Sweet Revolution in BTR through Scientific Harvest of Honey from Wild Bees” Bengtol College, Assam, 18th January 2023.
- Delivered an invited talk on “Economic and Scientific Perspective of Honey bees” in the National Webinar on "Entrepreneurial Potentials of Apiculture" organised by St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Jakhama, Nagaland, 24th September, 2021.
- Delivered an invited talk on “ROS-dependent apoptotic effect of honeybee propolis in human breast cancer cells in vitro” in the National Webinar on “Recent Approaches in Zoological Sciences” with special reference to Biodiversity, Medical Entomology and Molecular Biology organized by Nongstoin College, Meghalaya,17th Feb, 2021.
- Delivered an invited talk on “The pecking order of reactive oxygen species – A boon in health and management of associated disease by natural source” at Bodoland University, Kokrajar, Assam, 27th May, 2020.
- Delivered an invited talk on “Apitherapy - A Potential Source in Modern Medicine” at Nongstoin College, Meghalaya, 1st December, 2018.
Experience of organizing/leading team in national scientific programmes
- Convener of the Webinar on Science and Society Lecture I, Therapeutic potential of ethnic fermented soybean foods of North-East India in managing metabolic syndrome and its related health disorders, Assam down town University, 11th Feb, 2022.
- Served as the Core committee member of National programme “EC Meeting of the Tribal Sub Plan Scheme (Science for Equity, Empowerment & Development DST, Govt of India)” held at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 1-2 August, 2019.
- Served as a Treasurer with an additional responsibility as a technical member for the “National Workshop on Translational Research on Natural Products for therapeutic uses: North-East Chapter”, held at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 21st November, 2017.
- Served as the official representative of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, to present and highlight the institute's innovative Research and Development activities and technologies at the "106th Indian Science Congress," held from January 3-7, 2019, at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
- Served as the official representative of the Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, to exhibit the institute's Research and Development activities and technologies at the "National Science Day" event held from February 28 to March 1, 2019, at the Regional Science Centre, Guwahati.
