Designation (with department/unit/circle)                           : Scientist D/Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore

Date of Joining in BSI                     

As a Research Fellow                                                              :

As a staff                                                                               :19-09-2011

Total tenure in BSI (including fellowship tenure) :9 years

Field of work/specialisation                                                         : Ecology, Angiosperm Taxonomy, Traditional Knowledge documentation and Validation

Projects handled                                                                        :

Annual Action Plan

COMPLETED PROJECTS

Ethnobotanical study of Dhenkanal district of Odisha (2012-2013)

Ethnobotanical study of Bargarh district of Odisha (2011-2013)

Documentation of Ethnobotanical information recorded in herbarium and literature for treatment of stones (2012-2013)

Ethnobotanical study of Koraput district of Odisha (2013-2015)

Ethnobotanical study of Malkangiri district of Odisha (2015-2017)

Flora and Ethnobotany of Balasore district of Odisha (2013-2016)

Survey and documentation of Economical and Ethnobotanical uses of Endemic Trees of India (2016-2020)

ON GOING PROJECTS

Flora of Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu (2018-2021)

Flora of India Vol. 11 Cornaceae, Alangiaceae, Nyssaceae, Caprifoliaceae, and Adoxaceae (2019-2021)

Flora of Kerala Vol. 4 (2020-2022)

Contribution

I.     Research

a.      Publication

Book(s)/Chapters in Book(s)/Abstracts in Proceedings

Books

Sujana, K. A. Durai M. V., C. Sivaperuman (2016).  Forest Ecosystem-Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Write & Print Publications, New Delhi, India.

Narayanan, M.K. R., Nanadakumar, M. K., Sunil, C. N., Balakrishnan, V. and K. A. Sujana (2017) Rare Endemic and Threatened  plants of Western Ghats, Southern Book Star, SB Tower, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India.

Sujana K. A., C. Sivaperuman & N. Anil Kumar (2013). Lianas as a food resource for arboreal mammals of   Western Ghats, India. LAMBERT Academic Publishing, AV Akademicerverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrucken, Germany.

                   Chapters in books

Padmanabhan P. and K.A. Sujana 2007. Pollen and pollinator resources of Kerala part of Western Ghats, South India. In: Advances in Pollen Spore Research, Vol. XXIV/edited by A.J. Solomon Raju. New Delhi, Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Pub., 190 p.

Padmanabhan, P., Sujana, K.A. and C. Sivaperuman 2008. Diversity of threatened flora in selected sacred groves in coastal Kerala Forest Biodiversity, Vol. I/edited by K. Muthuchelian, S. Kannaiyan and A. Gopalam. New Delhi, Associated Publishing Company, pp. 238-244

Sujana K. A., R. Saravanan and A. D. Pandey (2015). Distribution of Aquatic Macrophytes in Balasore. In: Rawat M., S. Dookia and C. Sivaperuman (eds.) Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation pp. 1-12. Springer, India.

Sujana K. A. (2016). Prospects and challenges of conservation of traditional medicine and medicinal plants in Tropical forests of India. In: Chourasia H. K. (edr.) Conservation of medicinal plants: Conventional and modern approaches.pp109-117. Omega Publications, New Delhi, India.

Sujana K. A. & N. Anil Kumar (2016).  Local uses of Lianas in Wayanad district of Kerala, South India. In: Durai M. V., C. Sivaperuman & K. A. Sujana (eds.).  Forest Ecosystem-Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Write & Print Publications, New Delhi, India. 149-179.

Sujana K. A. & N. Anil Kumar (2016). Diversity and distribution of lianas in forests of Kerala, Western Ghats.  In: Durai M. V., C. Sivaperuman & K. A. Sujana (eds.).  Forest Ecosystem-Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Write & Print Publications, New Delhi, India. 180-218.

Dhole P. A., M. Mishra, A. D. Pandey & K. A. Sujana (2016). Conservation of Ethnogynaecologically important plants in forests of Koraput District, Odisha. In: Durai M. V., C. Sivaperuman & K. A. Sujana (eds.).  Forest Ecosystem-Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Write & Print Publications, New Delhi, India. 261-276.

Sujana K. A., A.D. Pandey & R. Saravanan (2016). Ethnomedicinal plants of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, India. In: Chourasia H. K. & A.K. Roy (eds) Conservation, cultivation, diseases and therapeutic importance of medicinal and aromatic plants. Today & Tomorrows Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, India. pp239-269.

Dhole P. A, Sujana K. A., M.Mishra, A.D.Pandey & A.Pramanik (2017) Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in Koraput District of Odisha, India. In: Medhi P. & H. Roy Compendium on Botanical Research in Eastern India,EBH Publishers, Guwahati,pp: 62-74.

Sujana K. A., R. Saravanan & S. Nagaraju (2018). Conservation of Wild Nutmegs in Western Ghats. In: Chourasia H.K. & D. P. Mishra (Eds) Plant Systematics & Biotechnology: Challenges & Opportunities, 89-113, Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, India.

 

Periodicals/Journals (only published/accepted)

Publications in Scientific journals

PLANT TAXONOMY & FLORISTICS

Sujana, K. A. & C. Sivaperuman (2008). Preliminary studies on flora of Kole wetlands, Thrissur, Kerala. Indian Forester. 134(8) 1079-1086.

Sujana K. A. & C. Sivaperuman (2008). Status and conservation of threatened flora in selected sacred groves of coastal Kerala. Econews, 14(2):6-10.

Anil Kumar N., M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, P. Sujanapal, R. Meera Raj, K. A. Sujana & Mithunlal (2011). Impatiens veerapazhasii (Balsaminaceae) A new scapigerous Balsam from Wayanad, Western Ghats, India. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5(1): 153-158.

Ratheesh Narayanan, M. K., K. A. Sujana, V. Balakrishnan, R. Meera Raj & N. Anil Kumar (2012). Impatiens mohana (Balsaminaceae), a new scapigerous Balsam from Wayanad, Western Ghats, India. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69 (2) 1-5.

Sujana, K. A., Ratheesh Narayanan, M. K. & N. Anil Kumar (2012). A new species and a new combination in Combretum (Combretaceae) in India. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(2): 453 – 458.

Sivu A.R., M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, Sujana K. A., E. S. Santhosh Kumar, N. S. Pradeep & A. G. Pandurangan (2012). Memecylon clarkeanum Cogn. (Melastomataceae) - A Threatened Species, New Record for India. Taiwania, 57 (3)327-330.

Sunil, C. N., M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, M. K. Nandakumar, Sujana K. A., Jayesh P. Joseph and N. Anil Kumar (2012). Lindernia madayiparense (Linderniaceae), a New Species from Kerala, India.  International Journal of Plant. Animal and Environment Sciences 2(3): 59-62.

Narayanan M. K. R., Mini, V., Shaju, T., Sujana, K. A., Jayesh, P. J., A. H. Alfarkhan & M. Sivadasn (2013). A new species of Sonerila (Melastomataceae) from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa, 110 (1):55-60.

Sujana, K. A., A. Pramanik and P. V. Sreekumar (2012). Monodora myristica (Annonaceae) the ‘African Orchid Nutmeg’ in AJCB Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, ENVIS News Letter 17(2):6-7.

Sujana, K. A., C. Sivaperuman and N. Anil Kumar (2012). Lianas as a food resource for Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii Fischer 1829) in forests of Wayanad, Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences 2(2): 239-243.

Sunil, C.N., M.K.R. Narayanan, M.K.Nandakumar, Sujana, K. A., Jayesh, P.J. & N. Anil Kumar (2013). Eriocaulon kannurense (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences. 3(2), 116-120.

Sujana K. A., Dhole P.  A., R. Saravanan and M. Mishra (2014). Rediscovery of an Endemic and endangered liana (Uvaria eucincta Bedd. ex Dunn) from Odisha, India, after a Century. Annals of plant sciences. 03(2): 617-618.

Narayanan M.K.R., S. M. Shareef, T. Shaju, A. R. Sivu, Sujana, K. A., M. K. Nandakumar & K. T. Satheesh (2014). A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India, International Journal of Advanced Research, 2(3) 1055-1058.

Saravanan R., Arvind, D.P. and K. A. Sujana (2014). Dysoxylum (Blume)-New generic record to Odisha, India, Annals of Plant Sciences, 2 (8) 543-545.

Sujana K. A., Nagaraju S., Saravanan R. and D.P. Arvind (2014). Gymnema montanum – New distributional record of an endemic liana to Odisha, East India. Annals of Plant Sciences 3(07), 776-778.

Sunil, C. N., M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, M. K. Nandakumar, K. A. Sujana, P. V. Sreekumar, Jayesh P. Joseph & V. Abdul Jaleel (2014); Isachne kannurense sp. nov. (Poaceae) - a New Species from Lateritic Hills of Kannur, Kerala, India. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 2 (12) 149-152

Moumita Das Das, K. A. Sujana, A. Pramanik, D. Maity (2014). Mouriri guianensis (Memecylaceae) at AJCB Indian Botanic garden, Howrah. ENVIS Newsletter 19(1)4-5.

Dhole P. A., P. K. Baske, A. C. Halder & K. A. Sujana (2015). Tragia praetervisa Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. (Euphorbiaceae)-an addition to the Flora of Odisha from Nayagargh. Zoos’s Print 30(12):13-14.

Sujana K. A., Nagaraju S., Ratheesh Narayanan M. K and N. Anil Kumar (2015). A new species of Salacia (Celastraceae) from India. Taiwania 60(2): 91-94.

Sujana K. A., A. Bhattacharjee, Agrawala D. K., & S. Bandyopadhyay (2015). Miscellaneous notes on Bauhinia phoenicea (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), International Journal of Innovative Research and Review, 58-61.

Sujana K. A., Dhole, P. A. & M. Mishra (2016). A note on occurrence of Aponogeton crispus Thunb (Aponogetonaceae) in Odisha. Zoo’s Print 31(2): 14-15.

Moumita Das Das, Sujana K. A., A. Pramanik & D. Maity (2016). A new variety of Memecylon lawsonii Gamble (Memecylaceae DC.) from Kerala, South India and the status of Memecylon kurichiarensis Sivu et al. Ne Bio 1:1-5.

Sujana K. A. & K. T. Satheesh (2016). East Indian Red Wood. ENVIS Newsletter 21(1):3.

Sujana K. A. and A. Pramanik (2017). Notes on status and distribution of Combretum pilosum Roxb. ssp. razianum (K. G. Bhat) Chakrab. & P. G. Diwakar, Annals of Plant Sciences 6 (03): 1594-1597.

Sujana K. A., Mishra, M. & P. A. Dhole (2017). Dwarf Jatropha: New distribution record of vulnerable taxon Jatropha nana (Magnoliopsida: Euphorbiaceae) India. Zoo’s Print 32 (10): 14-16.

Sujana K. A., P. A. Dhole & M. Mishra (2016). New Distributional Record of Toxocarpus longistigma (Apocynaceae) from Bond hills, Odisha, India. Journal of Economic and taxonomic Botany, 40 (3-4): 165-167. (Paper published in November 2017).

Sujana K. A.  (2017). Wight's Twisted-Flower, ENVIS News Letter 22(1): 3.

Sujana K. A. & R. Saravanan (2017). Prickly Tree Okra. ENVIS Newsletter 22(2):3.

Lakhshminarasimhan P., C.Murugan, K. A. Sujana & K.N.Gandhi (2019). A report on the third botanical nomenclature course organized by the Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore. Harvard Papers in Botany, 24(1)55-56.

Lakshminarasimhan P., Murugan C., K. A. Sujana & K.N. Gandhi (2019). A report on the third Botanical Nomenclature course organized by the Botanical Survey of India at Coimbatore. Journal of Japanese Botany, 94(5): 328–329.

Sujana, K.A. and R. G. Vadhyar (2019). Paramignya scandens (Griff.) Craib (Rutaceae): A New Distributional Record to Western Ghats. Indian Forester, 145(12): 1216-1217.

Saravanan R., Sujana K.A. & D. Kannan (2019). Phytodiversity Analysis of tree species of Kuldiha wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India. Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 22(4) 1-14.

Sujana K.A.  & R. G.  Vadhyar (2019).  Guinea Guava (Know Your Plant), ENVIS News Letter 24(1): 3.

Sujana K. A. & R. G. Vadhyar (2019). published in June 2020. Notes on distribution, conservation and pollen morphology of an endemic and threatened wild ginger. Journal of Non-timber forest Products, 26 (2):89-91.

Sujana, K. A. & R. G. Vadhyar (2020). A new species of Goniothalamus (Annonaceae) from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India.  Taiwania 65(2): 176‒180.

Singh, R. K., Ravikiran, A. & K. A. Sujana (2020). Typification and Taxonomy of wild Strophanthus species (Apocynaceae) in India. Indian Forester, 146 (5): 469-471.

Sujana, K.A. & R.G. Vadhyar. 2020. Ginger herb Meistera fulviceps: a new distribution record for Tamil Nadu. Plantasia #18, In: Zoo’s Print 35(4): 15–17.

Vadhyar R.G., Benjamin J. H. F. & K. A. Sujana. Memecylon nervosum (Melastomataceae), A new Species from South India. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77(3): 403‒411.

Vadhyar R.G., Sujana K. A., J.H.F.Benjamin &G.V.S. Murthy (2020). Eugenia sphaerocarpa (Myrtaceae), a new species from Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Phytotaxa, 442 (2): 121–127.

 

Sujana K. A. & R. G. Vadhyar (2020). Polyalthia longipedicellata (Annonaceae): An addition to the flora of Tamil Nadu, Indian Forester, 146 (8):778-779.

ETHNOBIOLOGY

Yesodharan, K. & K. A. Sujana (2006). Ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribals of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala to cure cuts and wounds. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30 (suppl.) pp. 365-369.

Yesodharan K. & K. A. Sujana (2007).  Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Malamalasar tribe of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 6 (3) 481-485.

Sujana, K. A. & C. Sivaperuman (2007). Useful Macrophytes in the Vembanad Kole Ramsar site, Kerala. Indian Journal of environmental Education. 7 (1) 21-28.

Yesodharan K. & K.A. Sujana 2007. Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala India. Natural Product Radiance. 6(1) pp 74-80.

Yesodharan, K. & K. A. Sujana (2007). Status of ethnomedicinal plants in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, South India. Annals of Forestry. 15(2)322-334.

Padmanabhan, P. & K. A. Sujana (2008). Animal products in traditional medicine from Attapadi hills of Western Ghats. Indian of Traditional Knowledge, 7(2) pp 326-329.

Yesodharan, K. & K. A. Sujana (2009). Ethnobotanical plants used by the primitive tribe Kadar of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33 (1) pp 148-154.

Sujana, K. A., Joseph John, Ratheesh Narayanan, M. K. & N. Anil Kumar (2012). Ethnic medicinal uses of Celastrus paniculatus Willd. from Wayanad district of Kerala. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 3(4):573-575.

Joseph John & Sujana K. A. (2014). Analysis of Botanicals used in Agriculture Pest management in Wayanad, South India, International Journal of Current Research, 6(3), 5332-5336.

Sujana K. A., N. George, Joseph John, Ragi P. R. and N. Anil Kumar (2014). Phytochemical constituents, proximate analysis, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of an endemic liana (Aspidopterys canarensis), International Journal of Bioassays, 3(9), 3254-3258.

Baske, P.K., A.C. Halder,A.D. Pandey & Sujana K.A.  2014.  An overview of Ethnobotany of Bargarh district, Odisha-II, J.Econ.Taxon. Bot. 38(3-4):485-501.

Sujana K. A. & Joseph John (2015). Panamkutty – A traditional water harvesting system in Wayanad district, Kerala. ENVIS Newsletter 20 (1):8.

Monika Mishra, Sujana K. A. & P. A. Dhole (2016).  Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for the treatment of cuts and wounds by tribes of Koraput in Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Plant Sciences, 14-19.

Saravanan, R., Kannan, D., Sujana K. A., Dhole, P.A. and Monika Mishra (2017). Traditional folk medicines: in treatment of gastrointestinal diseases at Kuldiha wildlife sanctuary, Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Research 9 (5): 50197-50201.

Sujana K. A., Monika Mishra & P. A. Dhole (2017). Mahua- A tree with multiple uses, ENVIS News Letter 22 (1): 9-10.

Sujana K. A. (2017). Vamsanasa bheeshaniyudae nizhalile sthaneeya sasyngal (=endemic plants in threat), Sasthragati 52 (4): 51:55 (In Malayalam)

Saravanan R., Kannan D., Sujana K. A. & A. D. Pandey (2018). Documentation of medicinal plants used by the locals of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha in the treatment of Chronic Joint Pains. International Journal of Life Science Research, 6 (2):180-185.

ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES/PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

Joseph John, Ragi, P. R., Sujana, K. A. and N. Anil Kumar (2012).  Analysis of Phytochemical Contents and Antibacterial Activity of an Endangered Tree (Cynometra travancorica Bedd.) of Western Ghats, India. Advances in Biological Research 6 (1): 01-05.

Joseph John, Ragi, P. R., Sujana, K. A. and N. Anil Kumar (2012).  Analysis of Antibacterial Activity and Phytochemical Contents of a rare and Endemic Liana (Strophanthus wightianus Wall. Ex Wight) of South India. International Journal of Pharma and Biosciences, 3(4): 97 – 101.

Ragi P. R., Sivan V. V., Joseph J., Sujana K. A. & N. Anil Kumar (2013). Management of leaf rust disease of medicinal plant Justicis gendarussa Burm. f. with antagonistic fungi (Trichoderma harziana). J. of Horticultural Science & Ornamental plants, 5 (2): 68-70

Ragi P. R., Joseph John, Sujana K. A. & N. Anil Kumar (2014). Antimicrobial analysis of some plants traditionally used to treat Mastitis. International Journal of Current Research, 6(7) 7331-7334.

Joseph John, Ragi P. R., Sujana K. A., and N. Anil Kumar (2014). Antifungal activity of selected plant extracts on Peridiospora morii causing brown rust in Mulberry. International Journal of Pharmacognosy, 1(9), 587-591.

Joseph John, Sujana K. A., Ragi P. R. & N. Anil Kumar (2015).  Screening of antidiarrheal properties and phytochemicals of four rare plants used in traditional medicine. J. Bio. Sci. Opin. 3(6):266-270.

Joseph John, Sujana K. A. & N. Anil Kumar (2016). Study on propagation, phytochemical and antimicrobial screening of an endemic liana-Beaumontia jerdoniana Wight. International Journal of Current Research, 8(11) 41565-41570.

b.      Significant contributions (only in numbers)

(a) Novelties: 15

(b) Rediscoveries: 3

(c) New Reports:18

 

 

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Angiosperm Taxonomy and Systematics,

Ethnobotany, Conservation

 

SPECIAL INTEREST: Taxonomy and Conservation of Himalayan Flora

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA) :

Presently working on genus Veronica L. of family Scrophulariaceae along with family Lentibulariaceae for Flora of India (vol. 19).

E-MAIL : manas[dot]debta[at]bsi[dot]gov[dot]in

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. Flora of Himachal Pradesh, vol. 1 (2017-2019): Family Portulacaceae to Zygophyllaceae

(Total – 70 taxa)

2. Floristic and Phytosociological studies in Col. Sher Jung National Park, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh (2014-2017): A total of 303 taxa were documented along with ethnobotany of selected species and phytosociological aspects such as frequency, density and IVI of tree species. Two threatened species are found to have extended distribution in Western Himalaya.

3. Flora of Uttarakhand, vol. 5 (2015-17): Family Cyperaceae (Total – 164 taxa)

4. Flora of Sultanpur National Park, Gurgaon, Haryana (2012-2014): Documentation of 151 taxa along with pictorial presentation of 23 algae, 17 wood rotting fungi and 02 peridophytic flora.

5. Flora of Uttarakhand, vol. 4 (2013-15): Family Amaranthaceae, Basellaceae, Casuarinaceae, Fagaceae, Gesneriaceae, Martyniaceae, Pedaliaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Podostemaceae, Thymelaeaceae (Total – 71 taxa)

6. Flora of Uttarakhand, vol. 2 (2013-15): Family Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, Rosaceae, Saxifragaceae, Parnassiaceae (Total – 338 taxa)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

1. M.R. Debta and S.K. Srivastava 2017 (2018). An Overview of plant diversity in Col. Sher Jung National Park, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Phytotaxonomy 17: 27-30.

2. M.R. Debta and K. Ambrish 2017 (2018). Neodistemon indicum (Wedd.) Babu and A.N. Henry – A new distributional record for Himachal Pradesh. Phytotaxonomy 17: 117-119.

3. M.R. Debta, S.K. Srivastava and Manoj Patel. 2016. Ethno-medicinal notes from Jamankira block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, Part-2. Ethnobotany 28: 40-44.

4. Amber Srivastava, M.R. Debta, S.K. Srivastava and L.R. Dangwal. 2016.Catamixis baccharoides Thomson (Asteraceae), a New Record for Himachal Pradesh. In Indian Journal of Forestry39(4) 363-366.

5. M.R. Debta, S.K. Srivastava and Manoj Patel. 2015.Ethno-medicinal notes from Jamankira block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, Part- I. Ethnobotany 27: 99-101.

6. Debta, M.R. and S.K. Srivastava 2013. Pedalium murex (Pedaliaceae) – An overexploited medicinal plant species in Haryana. ENVIS Newsletter 18(2): 6-7.

7. Vikas Kumar, M.R. Debta, C.M. Sabapathy and H.J. Chowdhery 2013. The Orchids of West Bengal, India – A Checklist. Phytotaxonomy 13: 8-22.

8. Debta, M.R. and S.K. Srivastava 2012. Notes on the Occurrence of a few Himalayan species. Indian Journal of Forestry 35(3): 357-360.

9. Debta, M.R., B. Kumar and H.C. Pande 2011. A Checklist of the Pteridophytic Flora of Singalila National Park, West Bengal. Annals of Forestry 19(1): 122-130.

10. Debta, M.R. and H.J.Chowdhery 2010. A New Combination in Orchidaceae. Journal of Orchid Society of India 24(1-2): 9. 2010.

11. Debta, M.R. and H.J.Chowdhery 2009. Diplycosia indica (Ericaceae) - A New Species and a New Generic record from India. Journal of Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(1): 147-150.

12. Debta, M.R. and H.J.Chowdhery 2009. A New Species of Enkianthus Lour. (Ericaceae) from India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 16(2): 173-174.

13. Chowdhery, H.J. and M.R. Debta 2009. A New Species of Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) from India. Indian Journal of Forestry 32(1): 119-121.

14. Debta, M.R. and R.K. Bhakat 2009. New Records of Corydalis (Fumariaceae) from West Bengal. Annals of Forestry 17(2): 258-260.

15. Debta, M.R. and H.J.Chowdhery 2009. Botany of Singalila National Park, West Bengal. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33(4): 778-785.

16. Debta, M.R. 2009. Some New Reports for the Flora of West Bengal. Bulletin of Botanical Survey of India 50(1-4): 147-149.

17. Debta, M.R., H.J. Chowdhery and R.K. Bhakat 2008. Some interesting species of the genus Primula L. from Darjeeling Himalaya, West Bengal. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 15(1): 51-53.

18. Debta, M.R. and H.J. Chowdhery 2007. Some useful Plants of Singalila National Park, West Bengal. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 14(1): 73-77.

19. Debta, M.R. and H.J. Chowdhery 2007. Two New Fern records for the Flora of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Forestry 30(3): 373-376.

20. Debta, M.R., C.M. Sabapathy and H.J. Chowdhery 2007. A Contribution to the Flora of Singalila National Park, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31(3): 547-559.

21. Mohanty, L. and M.R. Debta 2003. Aeschynanthes micrantha C.B.Clarke – An Interesting Find for the Flora of West Bengal. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 27 (Suppl.): 1107-1109.

B. Books:

1. M.R. Debta and S.K. Srivastava (2015). Flora of Sultanpur National Park, Gurgaon District, Haryana. BSI.

Books Submitted:

1. M.R. Debta and S.K. Srivastava. Floristic and Phytosociological Studies in Col. Sher Jung National Park, Sirmaur dist., Himachal Pradesh. Submitted to the Directorate, BSI, Kolkata.

 

2. M.R. Debta and H.J. Chowdhery. The Spermatophytic Flora of Singalila NP, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Submitted to the Directorate, BSI, Kolkata.

C. Book chapters:

1. Debta, M.R. and H.J. Chowdhery (2008). Sundarban Tiger Reserve. In: M. Sanjappa et al. (ed.) Floristic Diversity of Tiger Reserves of India. pp. 554 - 567. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.

2. Debta, M.R. and H.J. Chowdhery (2007). Contributed the chapters on Economical and Medicinal plant resources of West Bengal. In: Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape level in West Bengal using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System. pp. 346-360 and 510-542. National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad.

 

D. Hindi articles:

1. M.R. Debta, M.E. Hembrom and Kumar Ambrish (2017). Prakriti ka Anupam Upahar – Ginkgo biloba. Vanaspati Vani 26: 76-78.

2. M.R. Debta, P.K. Deroliya, S.K. Srivastava and Arvind Kumar (2016). Col. Sher Jung Rashtriya Udyan, Simbalbara, Himachal Pradesh - Ek Parichaya. Vanaspati Vani 25: 7-10.

 

3. M.R. Debta, S.K. Sriavstava and Arvind Kumar (2012). Sultanpur Rashtriya Udyan– Vartaman Paridrishya. Vanspati Vani 21: 51-52.

4. M.R. Debta and B. Kumar (2009). Phytoremediation – Ek Parichaya. Vigyan Pragati August issue: 13-15.

5. M.R. Debta and S.K. Singh (2006). Cyperus rotundus - Ek Khar Patwar ke Aushadhiya Gun. Vanaspati Vani 15: 37-38.

 

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:

A. New taxa described:

1. Ipomoea laxiflora H.J. Chowdhery & M.R. Debta

2. Enkianthus indicus M.R. Debta & H.J. Chowdhery

3. Diplycosia indica M.R. Debta & H.J. Chowdhery

 

NAME:           Dr. DEEPU VIJAYAN

 DESIGNATION :       SCIENTIST - D

YEAR OF BIRTH:      1976

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, PLANT TISSUE CULTURE

SPECIAL INTEREST:           PHYTOCHEMISTRY

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA) :

1.Micropropagation of EET plants of Northeast India

 2. DNA barcoding and Phylogenetic analysis of the endemic genus Hypericum of Northeast India and chemical composition, antioxidant activities of the essential oil produced

 PHONE : +91 364 2223618, Mobile Number: +91 9485103637

E-MAIL:  dvijayan@bsi.gov.in

 

ON GOING OTHER PROJECTS: 

1.Micropropagation of some selected endemic and threatened plants of Northeast India (Flora of India project)

 2. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic study of Zingiberaceae with   special     reference to endemic and endangered species of Northeast India (Flora of India project)

 3. Phytochemical screening, proximate composition, nutritional analysis and mineral element status of selected wild edible fruits of Northeast India (Flora of India project)

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

National Mission on Himalayan Studies Project: 'Conservation of Threatened Plants in Indian Himalayan Region: Recovery and Capacity Building'

DNA barcoding and phylogenetic analysis of selected endemic species of Northeast India and phytochemical screening of medicinal plants

Micropropagation and screening of secondary metabolites of some medicinal orchids in Meghalaya

Preventing extinction and improving conservation status of threatened plants through application of biotechnological tools

Micropropagation, Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants and Molecular Characterization of Selected Species Complexes of North-East India

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

STEN, L. AND D. VIJAYAN 2022. Phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity and UHPLC fingerprinting of methanolic extract of the fruits of Quercus semiserrata Roxb. Asian Journal of Research in Botany. 8(2): 1-11.

PATHAK, A., DAS, R., VIJAYAN, D., ODYUO, N., BAITE, D.L. AND MAO, A. A. 2021. UHPLC analysis and in vitro biological activities of Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.: a substitute of areca nut. Research Journal of Biotechnology. 16(12): 109-118.

PRASAD, G., T. SEAL, A.  A. MAO, D. VIJAYAN AND A. LOKHO 2021. Assessment of clonal fidelity and phytomedicinal potential in micropropagated plants of Bulbophyllum odoratissimum - An endangered medicinal orchid of Indo Burma megabiodiversity hotspot. South African Journal of Botany. 141: 1-11.

KANGKAN, P., D. VIJAYAN AND A. A. MAO 2020. Phytochemical studies of leaves and roots (In vitro) of endemic orchid Arachnis senapatiana (Phukan & A. A. Mao) Kocyan & Schuiteman. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 9(6): 1465-1467.

DEB, C. R., G. R. ROUT, A. A. MAO, S. K. NANDI, R. K. NILASANA SINGHA, D. VIJAYAN, T. LANGHU, Z. P. KIKON, S. PRADHAN, MOHD TARIQ AND D. SWAIN 2018. In vitro propagation of some threatened plant species of India. Current Science. 114 (3): 567-575.

MAO, A. A., D. VIJAYAN, R. K. NILASANA SINGHA AND S. PRADHAN 2018. In vitro propagation of Rhododendron wattii Cowan—a critically endangered and endemic plant from India. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 54(1): 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-017-9869-7.

MAO, A. A., D. VIJAYAN, S. PRADHAN AND R. K. NILASANA SINGHA 2017. In vitro propagation of Rhododendron macabeanum Watt ex Balf.f., an endangered and endemic Rhododendron species from Manipur and Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 22(3): 339-345.

ROY, D. K. AND D. VIJAYAN 2016. Molineria garoense (Hypoxidaceae), a new species from Meghalaya, India. Pleione. 10(2): 366 - 369.

PRASAD, G., A.A. MAO, D. VIJAYAN, S. MANDAL, K. CHAUDHURI AND T. SEAL 2016. Comparative HPLC Fingerprinting and Antioxidant Activities of in vitro and in vivo Grown Aerides odorata, A Medicinal Orchid. J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B. 6(2): 454-468.

SHARMA, K. B., B. KUMARI, D. VIJAYAN AND S. SHARMA 2015. Isolation of high quality DNA from Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. – An economically important tree species. Ann. For. 23(1): 59-62.

 VIJAYAN, D., J. THOMAS, K. M. MARIYA JOHN, P. K. PIUS AND N. MURALEEDHARAN 2013. Characterization of selected south Indian tea (Camellia spp.) germplasm using morphological traits and RAPD markers. Keanean Journal of Science. 2: 45-52.

 VIJAYAN, D., A. CHEETHAPARAMBIL, G. S. PILLAI AND I. BALACHANDRAN 2013. Molecular authentication of Cissampelos pareira L. var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman - the genuine source plant of Ayurvedic raw drug ‘Patha’ - and its other source plants by ISSR markers. 3biotech. 4: 559–562.

 ARCHANA, C. P., D. VIJAYAN, S. P. GEETHA AND I. BALACHANDRAN 2013. RAPD assessment for identification of clonal fidelity of microrhizome induced plants of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) cultivars. International Food Research Journal. 20(6): 3325-3328.

 VIJAYAN, D., C. P. ARCHANA, S. P. GEETHA, I. BALACHANDRAN 2013. Developing RAPD markers for identification of three source plants of Ayurvedic raw drug ‘Patha’. Medicinal Plants-International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries. 5 (1): 55- 58.

 RAJANI, J., D. VIJAYAN, G. M. NAIR AND A. J. NAIR 2013. Molecular characterization of selected cultivars of rice, Oryza sativa L. using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. International Food Research Journal. 20 (2): 919-923.

RAINA, S. N., P. S. AHUJA, R. K. SHARMA, S. C. DAS, P. BHARDWAJ, R. NEGI, V. SHARMA, S. S. SINGH, R. K. SUD, R. K. KALIA, V. PANDEY, J. BANIK, V. RAZDAN, D. SEHGAL, T. H. DAR, A. KUMAR, S. BALI, V. BHAT, S. SHARMA, B. M. PRASANNA, S. GOEL, M. S. NEGI, P. VIJAYAN, S. B. TRIPATHI, B. BERA, M. HAZARIKA, A. K. A. MANDAL, R. R. KUMAR, D. VIJAYAN, S. RAMKUMAR, B. R. CHOWDHURY AND S. S. MANDI 2012. Genetic structure and diversity of India hybrid tea. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 59 (7): 1527-1541.

ANITHA, D., N. SENTHIL KUMAR, D. VIJAYAN, K. AJITHKUMAR AND G. GURUSUBRAMANIAN 2011. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates and their differential toxicity against Helicoverpa armigera populations. Journal of Basic Microbiology. (51): 107-114.

 SHARMA, R. K., M. S. NEGI, S. SHARMA, P. BHARDWAJ, R. KUMAR, E. BHATTACHRYA, S. B. TRIPATHI, D. VIJAYAN, A. R. BARUAH, S. C. DAS, B. BERA, R. RAJKUMAR, J. THOMAS, R. K. SUD, N. MURALEEDHARAN, M. HAZARIKA, M. LAKSHMIKUMARAN, S. N. RAINA, AND P. S. AHUJA 2010. AFLP-based genetic diversity assessment of commercially important tea germplasm in India. Biochemical Genetics. (48): 549–564.

 GULATI, A., S. RAJKUMAR, S. KARTHIGEYAN, R. K. SUDA, D. VIJAYAN, J. THOMAS, R. RAJKUMAR, S. C. DAS, P. TAMULY, M. HAZARIKA AND P. S. AHUJA 2009. Catechin and Catechin Fractions as Biochemical Markers to Study the Diversity of Indian Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) Germplasm. Chemistry and Biodiversity. (6): 1042-1052.

MARIYA JOHN, K. M., R. SASIKUMAR, D. VIJAYAN, M. SARAVANAN, P. R. RAHUL AND R. RAJ KUMAR 2006. Influence of externally added substrates on total catechins content in tea leaves (Camellia sp.). Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 5 (1): 116-119.

MARIYA JOHN, K. M., D. VIJAYAN, R. SASI KUMAR, M. SARAVANAN AND R. RAJ KUMAR 2006. Influence of substrates on catechin concentrations of tea crop shoots. Journal of Plantation Crops. 34 (2): 128-131.

MARIYA JOHN, K. M., D. VIJAYAN, R. RAJ KUMAR AND R. PREMKUMAR 2006. Factors influencing the efficiency of extraction of polyphenols from young tea leaves. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 5 (1): 123-126.

MARIYA JOHN, K. M., D. VIJAYAN, P. R. RAHUL, S. D. JOSHI, R. RAJ KUMAR AND A. K. A. MANDAL 2006. Electrofocusing of Methanolic Extracts for Identification of Individual Flavonol Biomolecules in Camellia Species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54 (8): 2828 -2831.

 THOMAS, J., D. VIJAYAN, S. D. JOSHI, S. JOSEPH LOPEZ AND R. RAJ KUMAR 2006. Genetic integrity of somaclonal variants in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O Kuntze) as revealed by inter simple sequence repeats. Journal of Biotechnology. (123): 149-154.

 VIJAYAN, D., K. M. MARIYA JOHN, T. BALASARAVANAN, P. K. PIUS AND R. RAJ KUMAR 2005. Influence of dehydration methods for cryopreservation of somatic embryos of tea. Journal of Plantation Crops. 33 (3): 156-159.

 VIJAYAN, D., K. M. MARIYA JOHN, V. HARIDAS AND R. RAJ KUMAR 2004. Direct shoot induction from cultured root explants of tea (Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze). Journal of Plantation Crops. (32): 123-126.

B. Books:

1. Deepu Vijayan, Ashutosh Pathak, Neha Yadav. 2020. Taxonomy and Diversity of Seed Plants: Gymnosperms & Angiosperms.
2. Deepu Vijayan, Ashutosh Pathak. 2020. Bryophyte and Pteridophyte

 

 

 

YEAR OF BIRTH:    1984

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Diversity and systematics of cyanobacteria and microalgae.

SPECIAL INTEREST: Assessment of algal diversity from extreme habitats i.e. Thermal springs and cold deserts of Antarctica.

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA): Cyanobacteria and microalgae of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

 E-MAIL:  skbhakta@bsi.gov.in

 COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. Ecology and Taxonomy of the psychrophilic benthic and lithic algal community from inland Antarctica (2018-2020)
2. Biodiversity assessment of microalgae from thermal springs of Maharashtra (2016-2019).

 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

 A. Research articles/papers:

 1.        BHUYAN, P.P., S.K. BEHERA, S. BHAKTA, B. PRADHAN, M. JENA, B. HANSDAH AND A.K. BASTIA 2023. Subaerial algal flora of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, India, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 103 (1): 01-12. doi: 10.5958/2455-7218.2022.00052.3. 

2.        BHUYAN, P.P., E. SAHOO, S. BHAKTA, B. PRADHAN, M. JENA AND A.K. BASTIA 2022. In vitro antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Scenedesmus obliquus collected from Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, India, J. Indian Bot. Soc., 102 (3): 218-228. doi: 10.5958/2455-7218.2022.00049.3 

3.        DUTTA, P., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2022. Phycoremediation of paper mill effluents by waste grown microalgae, Plant Sc. Res., 44 (1&2): 60-65.

4.        MISHRA, S., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2022. New distributional records of three Naviculales (Naviculaceae) from the Bhitarakanika National Park of Odisha, India, Plant Sc. Res., 44 (1&2): 66-70.

5.        BHAKTA S., B.S. SIPRA, P. DUTTA, E. SAHU, S.K. PANDA AND A.K. BASTIA 2022. Water silk (Spirogyra bichromatophora): a Natural Resource for Antimicrobial Phycochemicals. Acta Bot. Plantae 3: 08–14.

6.        SURESHKUMAR, P., J. THOMAS AND S. BHAKTA 2022. Development of DNA barcode for freshwater microalgae species revealing it’s evolutionary insights on diversity in Noyyal river of Western ghats, India, Env. Sci. Poll. Res., DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1330489/v1 (IF – 4.223)

7.        BHAKTA, S., T.K. ROUT, D. KARMAKAR, C. PAWAR AND P.K. PADHY 2022. Trace elements and their potential risk assessment on polar ecosystem of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Polar Sci. 31: 100788 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2022.100788 (IF = 8.35)

8.        BASU, P., A. MAJI, S. BHAKTA AND K. KARTHIGEYAN 2022. Algal diversity of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India, including new distributional records, Nelumbo 64 (2): 303-311. DOI:10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172503.

9.        PRADHAN, B., S. MAHARANA, S. BHAKTA AND M. JENA 2021. Marine phytoplankton diversity of Odisha coast, India with special reference to new record of diatoms and dinoflagellates. Vegetos 35: 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-021-00301-2 (IF Scopus 0.8)

10.    KUMAR, D., S. BHAKTA AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2019. Molecular phylogeny and spectral characterization of selected soil crust cyanobacteria from tea gardens of Darjeeling (India). Indian J. Biotechnol. 18 (4): 330-336.

11.    MISHRA, S., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2019. Pennate diatoms from Brackish water of Balaramgadi estuary, Odisha. Indian Hydrobiol. 18 (1&2):182-193.

12.    DUTTA, P., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2019. Growth response and biochemical composition of waste grown cyanobacteria to paper mill effluents, Indian Hydrobiol., 18 (1&2):156-163.

13.    BHAKTA, S., J. PRADHAN, E. SAHU AND A.K. BASTIA 2018. Salt stress response of diazotrophic cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. for their pigments and macromolecular contents. “NPI” Int. Res. J. Ind. Env. Biotech. 01: 119-132.

14.    SAHU, E., D. GIRI, S. BHAKTA, S. PANDA AND A.K. BASTIA 2017. Phytochemical screening of a corticolous cyanobacterium Hassalia byssoidea Hass. ex Born. et Flah. for antibacterial and antioxidant activity. World J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci. 6 (3): 1161-1172. DOI: 10.20959/wjpps20173-8822.

15.    BHAKTA, S., S.K. DAS AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2016. Algal Diversity in hot springs of Odisha. Nelumbo 58:157-173.

16.    BHAKTA, S., P. DUTTA, E. SAHU AND A.K. BASTIA 2015. Soil crust algae of Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR), Odisha, J. Adv. Microbiol. 2: 54-63.

17.    BHAKTA, S., L. PATTANAIK, P. DUTTA, E. SAHU AND A.K. BASTIA 2014. Diversity of corticolous algae from Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, Phykos 44:  9-16.

18.    BHAKTA, S. AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2014. Algal diversity from the streams and waterfalls of eastern and north eastern regions of India, Nelumbo 56: 1-47. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v56/2014/86674.

19.    KUMAR, D., N. KESHARI, S.K. DAS, S. BHAKTA AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2014. Algal diversity of different habitats of Santiniketan, West Bengal, J. Bot. Soc. Bengal 68: 47-57.

20.    BHAKTA, S. AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2013. Two new records of Ecballocystopsis (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyceae) from lotic habitats of eastern region of India, Nelumbo 55: 181-184. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v55/2013/73006.

21.    BHAKTA, S. AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2012. Algal diversity in two major rivers of Eastern India and phycological assessment of their pollution. The Ecoscan spl. Issue 1: 7-14.

22.    BHAKTA, S., M. NAYAK, J. JENA, P.K. PANDA AND L.B. SUKLA 2011. Phyco-diversity assessment of Bahuda river mouth areas of Odisha. Rec. Res. Sci. Tech. 3 (4): 80-89.

23.    NAYAK, M, J. JENA, S. BHAKTA, S. RATHA, N. PRADHAN, M. THIRUNAVOUKKARASU, S.K. MISHRA, P.K. PANDA, L.B. SUKLA AND B.K. MISHRA 2011. Screening of fresh water microalgae from eastern region of India for sustainable biodiesel production. Int. J. Green Ener. 8: 669-683. doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2011.588764 (IF – 1.3).

24.    H.S. PANDA, M. NAYAK, B. DAS, B.K. PARIDA, J. JENA, S. BHAKTA, S. PANDA, P.K. PANDA, AND L.B. SUKLA 2011. Survey and documentation of brackish water algal diversity from east coast region of Odisha, India. World Environ. 1: 20-23. doi: 10.5923/j.env.20110101.04  .

25.    BHAKTA, S., S.K. DAS AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2010. Freshwater algae of Sikkim. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 89: 169-184.

26.    DAS, S.K., S. BHAKTA AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2010. Algae of Tripura. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 89: 434-457.

B. Book chapters: 

 1.    DAS, S.K., S. BHAKTA AND S.P. ADHIKARY 2024. Cyanobacteria from the Himalayan Biodiversity hotspot: Diversity, Endemism, and Future Scopes, In: PULLAIAH, T. (Ed.), Biodiversity Hotspot of the Himalaya, Apple Academic Press, Inc. USA, Pp. 11-55. ISBN – 9781003455202 (ebook); ISBN – 978177491488 (Print).

2.   DUTTA, P., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2020. Phycoremediation of waste water, In: ARUMUGAM, M., S. KATHIRESAN, et al (Eds.), Applied algal Biotechnology, Nova Science Publishers. Pp. 341- 354. ISBN: 978-1-53617-524-0.

3.   DUTTA, P., S. BHAKTA, E. SAHU, P. BHUYAN AND A.K. BASTIA 2019. Analysis of growth and biochemical contents of microalgae grown with waste water effluent of Paper Mill, Balasore. In: SUKLA, L.B., E. SUBUDHI AND D. PRADHAN (Eds) The Role of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment, Spinger nature, Singapore Pte Ltd. Pp. 155-170. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1586-2.

4.   SIPRA, B.S., E. SAHU, S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2019. Phytochemistry and Antibacterial Activity of Spirogyra bichromatophora (Randhawa) Transeau, Sourced from Barehipani Water Fall, In: THATOI, H AND S.K. NAYAK (Eds.) Biotechnology for Sustainable Utilization of Bioresources, Astral International Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, Pp. 385-392. ISBN: 978-93-88982-00-9 (HB).

5.   BHAKTA, S., B.S. SIPRA AND A.K. BASTIA 2016. Secondary metabolite and perspectives of microalgae, In: Recent Advances in Natural Products, Studium Press, New Delhi, Pp 340-365. (ISBN 10: 1-62699-060-3)

6.   BHAKTA, S., E. SAHU AND A.K. BASTIA 2013. Micro algae: A potential source of bioactive metabolites, In Natural Products – Drug Development, Studium press India Pvt. Ltd. Pp. 21-39. (ISBN 13: 978-93-80012-65-0).

7.    BHAKTA, S., P.K. PANDA AND L.B. SUKLA 2011. Documentation and isolation of brackish water algae from east coast of Odisha, India. Extended abstract volume, IMMT-CSIR, Bhubaneswar. Pp. 37-40.

8.   BHAKTA, S., H. DEY AND A.K. BASTIA 2008. Study of algal diversity from rice fields of Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa. In: DAS, M.K. (Ed.), Environmental Biotechnology and Biodiversity Conservation, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, India. Pp.154-163 (ISBN 978–81–7035–529-8).

9.    DASH, N., S. BHAKTA AND A.K. BASTIA 2006. Freshwater algal wealth of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Mayurbhanj, Orissa. In Centenary Volume, Ravenshaw College (Autonomous), Cuttack. Pp. 13-20.

 E. Popular articles:

1. Article entitled “Indian Scientist discovers rock eating algae”, The Times of India, Pune edition entitled dated 28.09.2019.
2. Article entitled “Scientists find algae from warm regions growing in Antarctica”,  The Times of India, Pune edition entitled dated 27.05.2019.
3. Article entitled “Maha hotsprings facing extinction”, The Times of India, Pune edition entitled dated 18.05.2019.
4. Article entitled “Bird flu hits Antarctica”, Down to Earth, 1-15 Jan 2024, Pp. 36-38. Downtoearth.org.in.