Research Projects Zoology – Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh

Foraging Ecology of High Altitude Cliff Bee (Apis Laboriosa Smith) In-Situ and its Response to Ex-Situ Management in Lower Altitude

Name of the Principal Investigator : Hiren Gogoi

Sponsoring Agency : DST-SERB, Govt. of India

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) :27.566

Duration (in years) :3

Status :In progress

Quantitative Assessment and Mapping of the Diversity of Wild Bees and Honey Bees of Northeast India Under the Major Research Project “Bioresource and Sustainable Livelihoods in North East India”

Name of the Principal Investigator : Hiren Gogoi

Sponsoring Agency : DBT, Govt of India

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) : 69.64

Co-investigator(s) : Dr. Daniel Mize

Duration (in years) : 3

Status : In progress

Commercial product yielding insects in Arunachal Pradesh under the major research project CPEB-II, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal

Name of the Principal Investigator : Hiren Gogoi

Sponsoring Agency : UGC, New Delhi, India

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) : 15

Duration (in years) : 3

Status : Completed

Chemical Ecology of North-East Region (NER) of India: A Collaborative Programme linking NER and Bangalore Researchers (DBT-NER/ Agri/24/2013 dated 30.3.15)

Name of the Principal Investigator : Jharna Chakravorty

Sponsoring Agency : DBT

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) : 334.54

Duration (in years) : 5

Status :In progress

Sequencing Genome of Apis laboriosa with special focus on chemosensory receptor and circadian clock gene.(BCIL/NER-BPMC/2017/ dated January 13 2017)

Name of the Principal Investigator : Jharna Chakravorty

Sponsoring Agency : DBT

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) : 35.35

Duration (in years) : 3

Status : In progress

Diversity, abundance of edible Coleoptera and Orthoptera among the Arunachal tribe and evaluation of nutritional, antinutritional components of selective species.(PI)

Name of the Principal Investigator : Jharna Chakravorty

Sponsoring Agency : DST SERB

Amount Sanctioned (₹ in Lakhs) : 21.59

Duration (in years) : 3

Status : Completed