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| # | Pictures | Instrument Name | Make and Model | Sharing with other Departments |
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Digital Nephelo- Civil Turbidity meter | Systronics-132 | Civil Engineering |
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COD Analyzer | Civil Engineering | |
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Water Analyzer | Systronics- 371 | NA |
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Jar Testing Apparatus Flocculator | ReliTech | Civil Engineering |
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Spectrophotometer | Systronics- 104 | Civil Engineering |
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Digital Weighing Balance | Denver Instruments | Civil Engineering |
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Hot Plate | ReliTech | Civil Engineering |
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Hot air oven | Decibel | Civil Engineering |
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Muffle Furnace | Cosmo | Civil Engineering |
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BOD Incubator | Cosmo | Civil Engineering |
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Dedicated Laboratory for Environmental Research | Civil Engineering |
| # | Name of the Ongoing PhD Student | Title of the Thesis | Name of the supervisor |
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| 1 | Ms. Naphibaniarlin Kshiar  |
Assessment of Microplastic Pollution in Soil system: Sources, Distribution, and Implications | Dr. Pallabi Borah |
| 2 | Mr. Robert R Lyndoh Mawnai  |
Socio-economic and landscape dynamics in mining hotspots of Meghalaya, Northeast India | Dr. Demsai Reang |
| 3 | Ms. R. Lalrinngheti  |
Uses and conservation of local forest produce in selected villages of Lunglei District, Mizoram | Dr. Demsai Reang |
| 4 | Mr. N. Anand  |
Environmental and health risks assessment of soil under oil contamination in the mining regions of Northeast India | Dr. Pallabi Borah |
| # | Name of PI | Title | Funding Agency | Duration |
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| 1 | Dr. Pallabi Borah  |
Assessing the nexus of microplastic contamination in agricultural soils of Kharupetia-Dalgaon Belt, Assam: Implications for achieving the UN SDG 3 | Assam Royal Global University | 1 year 6 months |
| 2 | Dr. Demsai Reang  |
Evaluating Urban Green Carbon pools in Guwahati: A Blueprint for Mitigating Climate Risk and Urban Heat Island Intensity | Assam Royal Global University | 1 year 6 months |
-2024- |
| 1. Borah P, Kshiar N, *Reang D, Nath AJ, Baruah KK; Incidence of microplastic contamination in fishes of the Ramsar Wetland, Loktak–The world's only floating lake from the Indian Himalayan region. Journal of Environmental Management. 2024 May 1;358:120928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120928 2. Borah P, Mitra S, *Reang D; Geochemical partitioning of iron in paper industry and municipal landfill soils: Ecological and health risks insights. Environmental Research. 2024 Feb 21:118508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118508 3. Kalita B, Kumar CJ, Hazarika N, Baruah KK, Borah L; Exploring Climate Change Adaptation Practices and Agricultural Livelihoods among Rice Farmers of the Brahmaputra Valley in Northeast India. Environmental Management. 2024 Mar 15:1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-01954-w 4. Reang D, Hazarika A, Sileshi GW, Nath AJ, Paramesh V, Singha WR, Das AK; Piper agroforestry in the Indian Himalayas: indigenous peoples’ practices, policies and incentives. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. 2024 Jan 18;5(1):9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-024-00214-5 |
-2023- |
| 1. orah P, Rene ER, Rangan L, Mitra S; Phytoremediation of nickel and zinc using Jatropha curcas and Pongamia pinnata from the soils contaminated by municipal solid wastes and paper mill wastes. Environmental Research. 2023 Feb 15;219:115055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.115055 Reang D, Nath AJ, Sileshi GW, Das AK; Ethnic Homestead Gardens: Diversity, Management and Conservation. InAgroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa 2023 Apr 20 (pp. 363-386). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4602-8_12 Reang D, Nath A, Nath AJ, Das AK. Carbon stock potential and ecosystem services provisioned by major land-use systems in Southern Assam, India: A meta-analysis. In: Chakrabarty S (eds.) “Sustainability, Development and Conservation of Natural Resources,” 2023. Apple Academic Press (AAP) CRC, Taylor & Francis. Milton AA, Momin KM, Srinivas K, Priya GB, Ghatak S, Das S, Shakuntala I, Sen A, Baruah KK. Development of a novel visual isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of Brucella spp. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2023 Apr 1;207:106695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106695 |
-2022- |
| 1. Reang D, Nath AJ, Sileshi GW, Hazarika A, Das AK; Post-fire restoration of land under shifting cultivation: A case study of pineapple agroforestry in the Sub-Himalayan region. Journal of Environmental Management. 2022 Mar 1;305:114372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114372
2. Nath AJ, Reang D, Sileshi GW; The shifting cultivation juggernaut: An attribution problem.GlobalChallenges.2022Aug;6(8):2200051. https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.20200051 3. Reang D, Sahoo UK, Giri K, Hazarika A, Nath AJ; Ethnic homestead forests of North- East India revealed as diverse land-use systems. Agroforestry Systems. 2022 Mar;96(3):465-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00700-z. 4. Baruah KK, Kumar R, Bordoloi N; Identification of optimal level of nitrogen fertilizer and tillage practice to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and maximize the nitrogen use efficiency and productivity from tropical rice paddy. Paddy and Water Environment. 2022 Oct;20(4):483-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-022-00906-6 5. Bharali A, Baruah KK. Effects of integrated nutrient management on sucrose phosphate synthase enzyme activity and grain quality traits in rice. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 2022 Feb;28(2):383-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298- 022-01148-w |
-2021- |
| Mitra S, Ghose A, Gujre N, Senthilkumar S, Borah P, Paul A, Rangan L; A review on environmental and socioeconomic perspectives of three promising biofuel plants Jatropha curcas, Pongamia pinnata and Mesua ferrea. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2021 Aug 1;151:106173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106173
Reang D, Hazarika A, Sileshi GW, Pandey R, Das AK, Nath AJ; Assessing tree diversity and carbon storage during land use transitioning from shifting cultivation to indigenous agroforestry systems: Implications for REDD+ initiatives. Journal of Environmental Management. 2021 Nov 15;298:113470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113470 Nath PC, Nath AJ, Reang D, Lal R, Das AK; Tree diversity, soil organic carbon lability and ecosystem carbon storage under a fallow age chronosequence in North East India. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 2021 Jun 1;10:100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2021.100122 Nath AJ, Sileshi GW, Laskar SY, Pathak K, Reang D, Nath A, Das AK; Quantifying carbon stocks and sequestration potential in agroforestry systems under divergent management scenarios relevant to India’s Nationally Determined Contribution. Journal of cleaner production. 2021 Jan 25;281:124831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124831 Sarkar P, Debnath N, *Reang D; Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus. Science of the Total Environment. 2021 Jan 20;753:141757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141757 Bharali A, Baruah KK, Bhattacharya SS, Kim KH; The use of Azolla caroliniana compost as organic input to irrigated and rainfed rice ecosystems: Comparison of its effects in relation to CH4 emission pattern, soil carbon storage, and grain C interactions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021 Sep 1;313:127931. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-022-01148-w Gupta K, Kumar R, Baruah KK, Hazarika S, Karmakar S, Bordoloi N; Greenhouse gas emission from rice fields: a review from Indian context. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021 Jun;28(24):30551-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021- 13935-1 |
-2020- |
| Borah P, Gujre N, Rene ER, Rangan L, Paul RK, Karak T, Mitra S; Assessment of mobility and environmental risks associated with copper, manganese and zinc in soils of a dumping site around a Ramsar site. Chemosphere. 2020 Sep 1;254:126852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126852
Reang D, De A, Das AK. Heterogeneous landscape assessment using multi-temporal LISS4 and hybrid approach: A case study in Barak Valley, India. Indian Journal of Ecology. 2020;47(3):842-8. Das M, Nath PC, Reang D, Nath AJ, Das AK; Tree diversity and the improved estimate of carbon storage for traditional agroforestry systems in North East India. Appl Ecol Environ Sci. 2020;8(4):154-9. https://doi.org/10.12691/aees-8-4-2 Debnath N, Nath AJ, Reang D, Das AK; Gregarious flowering in Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz in North East India. Indian Forester. 2020 146(4): 359-360. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2020/v146i4/144637 Bordoloi N, Baruah KK, Devi J. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Estimation from Tropical Rice Paddy Under the Influence of Growth-Regulating Compounds. International Journal of Environmental Research. 2020 Jun;14:289-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-020- 00257-2 Bordoloi N, Baruah KK, Hazarika B; Fertilizer management through coated urea to mitigate greenhouse gas (N2O) emission and improve soil quality in agroclimatic zone of Northeast India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27(11):11919-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07571 Gupta K, Bordoloi N, Baruah KK, Gorh D; Role of Starch Polymer-Coated Urea in the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice and Wheat Ecosystems. Ecological and Practical Applications for Sustainable Agriculture. 2020:131-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3372-3_7 |
Twenty four scopus publications in international journals, one publication in peer reviewed UGC listed national journal, and two scopus chapters in the last five years (Detailed information of all the faculty publications is given under the section no. 6)
Twenty four scopus publications in international journals, one publication in peer reviewed UGC listed national journal, and two scopus chapters in the last five years (Detailed information of all the faculty publications is given under the section no. 6)
Borah P, Kshiar N, *Reang D, Nath AJ, Baruah KK; Incidence of microplastic contamination in fishes of the Ramsar Wetland, Loktak–The world's only floating lake from the Indian Himalayan region. Journal of Environmental Management. 2024 May 1;358:120928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120928
Dr. Demsai Reang: Editor (Board Member) in the Scopus Journal, "Trees, Forests and People" published by Elsevier, Netherlands.
Ms. Naphibaniarlin Kshiar and Mr. Robert R Lyngdoh Mawnai has been awarded with the National Fellowship under the scheme "National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students" for pursuing Ph.D. degree.
One Week Faculty Development Programme- Short Term Development Programme (FDP-STDP) on ‘Geo-environmental Research and its social implications’
