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Applied Biodiversity laboratory aims to develop the necessary knowledge and range of technologies to improve biofuel and medicinal crops. The lab also focuses on coming up with herbal therapeutic products from plant species indigenous to Northeast India.

Northeast India is a region of profuse biodiversity. The abrupt variations in the altitude and the presence of deep valleys provide a range of ecological variations thereby producing different types of climatic conditions that determines the vegetation pattern of this region. It is also regarded as one of the worlds few biodiversity hotspots due to its extensively rich flora and fauna (Nayar, 1996). In the recent times, the ongoing developmental pressures on the environment and the global losses in the biodiversity has instigated bio-conservation. ABL lab aims to develop strategies and biomarkers for conservation of few important plant species indigenous to the Northeast India. Medicinally important species like Zingiberaceae and high oil yielding plants like Pongamia pinnata, Jatropha curcus, Ricinus communis and Mesua ferrea are investigated with this respect. Apart from conservation strategies, the ethanopharmacology of these plant species are also explored. Some of these plants are also active ingredients in ayurvedic formulations. Thus, natural products as individual compounds are being explored for possible herbal therapeutics against various human pathologies.

Educational details:

  • 2001 - Ph.D., Plant Science, University of Madras (Research work carried at IRRI,  Manila)

  • 1995 - M.Sc., Plant Science, University of Madras

  • 1993 - B.Sc., Botany, University of Madras

Others Courses/Qualifications:

  • 2007- 2008 - Certificate courses on IPR (General IPR, IPR in Biotechnology and IPR in Electronics) from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland. Distinction obtained

  • 2004 - Post Doctoral Fellow, Rice Biotechnology, De Montfort University, UK

 

Positions Held:

  • 2019 - Head, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati

  • 2014 - Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati

  • 2014 - 2016 Associate Dean, Student Affairs (ADOSA), IIT Guwahati

  • 2013 - DAAD Exchange Visitor, Molecular Cell Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

  • 2010 - Visiting Scientist,  Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

  • 2009 - 2014 Associate Professor, Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati

  • 2004 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati

Administration Responsibilities:

Institute Level:

  • 2018 - Member, SAPA sub-committee for Research Building

  • 2017 - Member, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

  • 2016 - 2018 - Member, RURBAN

  • 2015 - 2019 - Member, Unnat Bharath Abhiyan (UBA)

  • 2015 - 2017 - Member, Rashtriya Avishkar Yojna

  • 2015 - 2019 - Member, Sishugram Development Committee

  • 2014 - 2016 - Associate Dean, Student Affairs

  • 2009 - 2014 - Member, Convocation Committee (Stage, Food, VIP)

  • 2014 - Warden, Dhansiri

  • 2012 - 2014 - Warden, Subansiri

  • 2012 - Associate Warden, Subansiri

  • 2009 - 2010 - Member, Institute Library Committee

  • 2006 - 2007 - Member, Institute Time Table Committee

  • 2006 - 2008 - Member, Intellectual Property Right Management Committee (IPRMC) 

Department/Centre Level:

  • Member, DPPC and CPPC

  • Member, DUPC

  • Member, DFAC

  • Member, Purchase Committee BSBE & CRT

  • Coordinator & member, Dept and Centre Annual Report

  • Coordinator & Member, Web page maintenance BSBE & CRT

  • Member, PhD and MTech Entrance Examination BSBE & CRT

  • Coordinator, Dept Library

  • Coordinator, Dept Time table

  • Member, Safety and Maintenance

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati

  • BT 101 - Modern Biology

  • BT 201 - Biochemistry

  • BT 201M - Essentials of Biochemistry

  • BT 208 - Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering

  • BT 290 - Biomolecular Analysis Lab

  • BT 300 - Seminar

  • BT 301M - Cellular Biotechnology

  • BT 306/405 - IPR, Ethics and Biosafety

  • BT 309 - Plant Biotechnology

  • BT 390 - Plant Biotechnology Lab

  • BT 503 - Genetic Engineering

  • BT 510 - Analytical Biotechnology Lab

  • BT 615 - Seminar

  • BT 427 - Functional Genomics

  • BT 401 - Frontiers in Biotechnology

Centre for Rural Technology, IIT Guwahati

  • RT 501 - Livelihood Management and Agrotechnology

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Journals

1. A Singh, G Bhatt, N Gujre, S Mitra, R Swaminathan, AM Limaye, L Rangan "Karanjin", Phytochemistry . DOI.10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112641, Vol., , P.P - , (2021)

2. N Gujre, L Rangan, S Mitra "Occurrence, geochemical fraction, ecological and health risk assessment of cadmium, copper and nickel in soils contaminated with municipal solid wastes", Chemosphere. DOI., Vol.271: 129573, , P.P - , (2021)

3. N Gujre, R Agnihotri, L Rangan, MP Sharma, S Mitra "Deciphering the dynamics of glomalin and heavy metals in soils contaminated with hazardous municipal solid wastes", Journal of Hazardous Material. DOI., Vol.416, 125869 , P.P - , (2021)

4. A Singh, MZ. Ansari, S. Sanjana, L Rangan, R Swaminathan "Enhanced solubility, electronic absorption and fluorescence observed for karanjin in aqueous SDS micelles compared to water.", Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A . DOI., Vol.414, 113289 , P.P - , (2021)

5. IH Mondal, L Rangan, R Uppaluri "Process-product characteristics of tray dried Benincasa hispida", Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. DOI.10.1111/jfpp.14697, Vol., , P.P - , (2020)

Conference Publication

1. L Rangan "New record of nuclear DNA and genome size variation among some species of Zingiberaceae from North east India", 21st Indo US Flow Cytometry Workshop on “Basics of Flow Cytometry and its Applications in Plant Biology”. Eternal University, Baru Sahib, HP . Vol., , P.P - , (2020)

2. L Rangan, Tushar, S Basak, I Chakrabartty, S Ghosh, A Das, M Kumar, S Sadokpam , A Vijayasekar, VS Hedaoo, V Kumar, S Ramachandran " Maintaining Biodiversity in North-east India: Ethno-medicinal usage of Zingiberaceae", BVA 2018 . Vol., , P.P - , (2018)

3. PK Baruah, M A. Raman, I Chakrabartty, L Rangan, AK Sharma, A Khare "Antibacterial Effect of Silk Treated with Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Distilled Water", The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics. Vol., , P.P 1-3 , (2018)

4. PK Baruah, A Singh, L Rangan, AK Sharma, A Khare "Comparison of surface enhanced Raman scattering of silver and copper nanoparticles on furanoflavanoid karanjin", The International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics. Vol., , P.P 1-3 , (2016)

5. L Rangan, A Singh, RG Shelke, R Das, AM Ramesh, V Kesari, P Scott & P Gresshoff " New positives of biotech research in renewable energy resources- Success story of Pongamia", National Seminar on Biofuel A Search for New Fire SIBBR&D, Cochin . Vol., , P.P 22-25 , (2015)


View All Publications

  • Medicinal herbal composition from the rhizome essential oil of Zingiber moran and the process thereof. Rangan L, Das A (TIFAC-DST T.1(49) / TIFA /2011).
  • Multipurpose herbal utility of camphene from  Zingiber moran, an endemic medicinal plant from northeast India. Rangan L, Das A, Kasoju N, Bora U (TIFAC-DST- T.1(49) / TIFA /2011)
  • Antileishmanial labdane type diterpene compounds from the seeds of Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B.L. Burtt, an ethnomedically important plant from North East India. Rangan L, Ghosh S, Singh RK, Dubey VK, Indukuri K, Saikia AK (02.04.2013)

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