Qualified State Eligibility Test-North Eastern Region (SET-NE)
Awards/Honors/Fellowships/Recognitions:
- Resource Person on the Workshop & Training programme of “Sweet Revolution in Bodoland Territorial Region through Scientific Harvest of Honey from Wild Bees” under National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM), National Bee Board, Government of India, at Bengtol College, Kajalgaon, Assam on 18th January, 2023.
- National Post-Doctoral Fellow (SERB-DST), New Delhi, 2017-2019
- 2nd prize in poster presentation at the SERB School on Chemical Ecology, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 8-22 July, 2018.
- 1st prize in poster presentation at the International Conference on Entomology, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Punjab, India, 17-19 Feburary, 2012.
- JRF/SRF for pursuing Ph. D. from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
- "Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students" for pursuing Ph. D. from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
Invited Talk
- 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 on 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 on 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” in the Webinar on “Recent Advances on Biological Research” organized by Bodoland University, Kokrajar, Assam, 27th May, 2020.
- Delivered an invited talk on “Apitherapy - A Potential source in modern medicine” in the National Webinar on "Biological Sciences and Application” organized by Nongstoin College, Meghalaya on 1st December, 2018.
Experience of organizing/leading team in national scientific programmes
- 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 Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 1-2 August, 2019.
- Treasurer with additional charge as technical member of “National Workshop on Translational Research on Natural Products for therapeutic uses: North-East Chapter”, held at Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 21st November, 2017.
- Group leader of Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology (IASST), Guwahati to showcase Research and Development activities and technologies of IASST at the “106th Indian Science Congress” held between 3-7 Jan, 2019 at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
- Group leader of Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology (IASST), Guwahati to show case Research and Development activities and technologies of IASST at the “National Science Day” 28th Feb-1st March 2019 held at Regional Science Centre, Guwahati.