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Profile of Pranab Bujarbarua

Designation: Associate Professor & HOD

Qualifications: M.Sc. (Botany), Ph.D. (Gauhati University) CDM (Certificate in Disaster Management) IGNOU.

Area of Interests/Specialisation: Plant Ecology

Teaching: 18+ yrs

Field Experience:

Over two decades of field experience in Northeast India Particularly on botanical field collection, EIA studies, forest ecology, minor forest products, traditional knowledge, wildlife biology and plant taxonomic study.

  1. Worked with Indo-US Primate Project (a co- operative programme of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India and US Fish & Wildlife Services, Washington DC) from December 1996 to 12th August 1999 as Junior Research Fellow.
  2. Worked as a Senior Research Fellow in Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong, Meghalaya (India) from 13th August 1999 to 22nd January 2004 in Lichen taxonomy.
  3. Worked as a Research Associate in G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, North East Unit at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (India) since 23rd January 2004 to February, 2006.

 

Workshop:

  1. UNESCO-ICIMOD training workshop on “The Role of Ethnobotany in Conservation of Natural Resources” held in Nagaland.
  2. Conservation Assessment & Management Prioritization (CAMP) Workshop on Medicinal Plants of Northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim organized at Guwahati during February 27-March 1, 2003 by FRLHT, Bangalore, SFRI, Itanagar and CEE-Northeast.
  3. Workshop on Regional Cooperation on Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots of the Indian Subcontinent and Taxonomic database for Conservation, Bangalore, Karnataka from 30th August – 1st September 2004.
  4. Recent Trends in Environment and Sustainable Development, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST), Arunachal Pradesh on 11th September 2004.
  5. Sensitization workshop on Lichens and Bryophytes held on 25th March, 2008, organized by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India held at Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle, Allahabad.
  6. International Symposium on Recent Trends in Plant Ecology and Biodiversity Research, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya from 20th to 22nd May 2004.
  7. International Scientific Congress on Climate Change from 10th to 12th March, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Consultancy/research/ Resource person, etc.:

  1. Independent Domain Expert on plant ecology and taxonomy in at 120 MW Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Project (LKHEP)
  2. State Academic committee member, project evaluator and resource person National Children"s Science Congress for the state of Assam.
  3. Resource person for WWF, India (NE centre) in 3 (three) occasions in Environmental orientation programme for students and teachers of Army Schools of Northeast India; for Wildlife Local Areas Trust in 3 (three) occasions, for IGNOU in 2 (two) occasions and for Gibbon Conservation Centre in 1(one) occasion.
  4. Independent observers in the Guinness World Records attempt on ‘Most Trees Planted in 24 Hours Individual/Team" by the people of Chautaki village of North Salmara Sub-Division of Bongaigaon District of Assam, India on 11th and 12th July, 2008. The attempt (planting 2, 84,236 trees in 24 hrs.) was declared as a world record by Authority, Guinness World Records.
  5. Co-Investigator in USFWS Project grant AECF for project entitled ‘Conservation of Elephant (Elephas maximus) in and around Gibbon wildlife sanctuary in Assam, India (Grant Agreement Number: 98210-6-G116, 2006)

 

Member of Societies/NGO:

Association for Plant Taxonomists (India) Botanical Society of Assam

 

Publications:

Journals, Edited books and proceedings:
  1. Pranab Bujarbarua and Krishna P. Singh 2024. Additional records of macrolichens from Arunachal Pradesh, a biodiversity hotspot in North-East India. Geophytology 54(2): 259–264.
  2. Selim Mehmud, Sasanka Sekhar Ghosh, Twinkle Chetia, Dip Jyoti Haloi, Himu Roy, Pranab Bujarbarua, 2024. Occurrence of Antonina pretiosa (Ferris) (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae) on the inflorescence of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss in Assam, India. Entomon 49(2): 287-290.
  3. Selim Mehmud, Sasanka Sekhar Ghosh, Himu Roy, Dip Jyoti Haloi and Pranab Bujarbarua, 2023. Calamus tenuis Roxb. a new host for Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Entomon 48(4): 617-618.
  4. Selim Mehmud, Kangkan Kumar Das, Twinkle Chetia, Himu Roy, Debjyoti Bhattacharyya, Pranab Bujarbarua & Sashin Kumar Borthakur, 2023. The identity of Phlogacanthus curviflorus var. menchanensis (Acanthaceae) Phytotaxa 595 (3): 291–295.
  5. Selim Mehmud, Twinkle Chetia, Himu Roy and Pranab Bujarbarua 2023 A report on collection of Impatiens latiflora hook. F. & Thomson from Assam, India. Plant Archives Vol. 23(1): 191-192.
  6. Pramod Kumar Singh, Pranab Bujarbarua, P.K.Tandon and K.P. Singh 2019. Report on bioaccumulation of heavy metals by foliose lichens (Pyxine cocoes) from air polluted area near Nagaon Paper Mill in Marigaon, Assam, North-East India. Journal on New Biological Report 8(1): 15-21. ISSN 2319-1104.
  7. Pranab Bujarbarua 2018. Study of the life form and the biological spectrum of Umananda river island, Guwahati, Assam, India – a tool for characterization of the phytoclimate. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research 5(5): 804-806. ISSN 2349-5162.
  8. Pranab Bujarbarua 2015 An assessment of the floristic diversity of Umananda River Island in Brahmaputra river, Assam, India. Phytotaxonomy 15: 81-89. ISSN 0972-4206.
  9. Prabal Sen, Pranab Bujarbarua & Biman Kr Dutta 2012. A note on the trade and economics of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. In the West Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Assam University journal of Sc & Tech, Biological & Environmental Sciences, 10(1): 161-165. ISSN 0975-2773
  10. S.N. Gogoi, P. Bujarbarua and B.B. Bindroo 2012. Occurrence of lichen and bryophyte on tree Mulberry (Morus spp.) in Meghalaya. Journal of Sericulture Technology 3(1 & 2): 86-88.
  11. Pranab Bujarbarua and Prabal Sen 2011. Pakke Tiger reserve: An overview. Tigerpaper 38(4): 1-5. ISSN 1014-2789.
  12. Pranab Bujarbarua 2010. The life-form and biological spectrum of the flora of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam (India), Phytotaxonomy 10: 24-28. ISSN 0972-4206.
  13. Dipanwita Banik and Pranab Bujarbarua 2005. A note on the lichens growing on Agapetes (Ericaceae) in Northeast India. Nelumbo, 47(1-4), 59–62.
  14. Pranab Bujarbarua and S.K. Sarma 2004. An Assessment of the Floristic Diversity of Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam (India). Phytotaxonomy 4: 124-130
  15. K.P. Singh, G.P. Sinha and P. Bujarbarua 2004. Endemic lichens of India. Geophytology 33 (1 & 2): 1-16
  16. K. P. Singh, Pranab Bujarbarua, Athokpam Pinokiyo and P.K. Dixit 2004. A preliminary study of lichens of Mehao wildlife sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Journal of Forestry 27(3): 273-278.
  17. J. Das, M.M. Feeroz, M.A. Islam, J. Biswas, P. Bujarbarua, D. Chetry, R. Medhi and J. Bose 2003. Distribution of Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) in India and Bangladesh. Zoos" Print Journal. 18(1): 969-976.
  18. Jayanta Das, Jihosuo Biswas, Rekha Medhi, Joydeep Bose, Dilip Chetry, Pranab Bujarbarua and Farzana Begum 2003. Distributional status of Hoolock gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock) and their conservation in southern Assam, India. Tigerpaper 30(4): 26-32.
  19. K.P. Singh and P. Bujarbarua 2002. Lichenology in northeast India with special reference to the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Forest News 14(1 & 2): 126-137.
  20. A. Srivastava, D. Chetry, P. Bujarbarua, J. Das and P. Sarkar 2001. Status of Primates in Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam, India, Biosphere Conservation 4(1): 1-7.
  21. P. Bujarbarua, D. Chetry, J. Das, S.K. Sarma and P.C. Bhattacharjee 2001. A note on some food plants of Malayan Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Jorhat, Assam. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98(1): 101-102.
  22. P. Bujarbarua and J. Das 2001. Hoolock Gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) feeding on lichens. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98(3): 432.
  23. D. Chetry, R. Medhi, P. Bujarbarua and P.C. Bhattacharjee 2001. Mammals of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. Tigerpaper. 28(4): 29-32.
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