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Dipankar Borah

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Dipankar Borah
Dipankar Borah with Peristylus densus in the grasslands of Meghalaya
Born (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 30)[1][2][3]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
Main interests
WebsiteEthnobotany of Northeast India

Dipankar Borah (born 1994) is an Indian field botanist from Assam.

Personal life

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Dipankar Borah is a botanist of the region and belongs from Monabarie TE, one of the largest tea plantations in the country located in the Biswanath District of Assam.[3] Son of Moheswar Borah (father) and Bijanti Borah (mother). He did his BSc from Biswanath College (affiliated to Gauhati University) in 2015, his MSc in 2017 and PhD in 2022 from Rajiv Gandhi University.[3] He conducted majority of his plant explorations in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya states of Northeast India.[4][5][3] Since 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Assam, India.[6]

Work

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Borah is best known for his studies on Begonias,[7][8][9][10][11]Gesneriads,[12][13][14][15] Aristolochia[16] (Pipeworts) and Chlorophytum[17] of Northeastern India (in the Himalayas and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots) apart from several other genera. So far he has described more than 20 new plant names.[1]

In February 2021, Borah along with his two fellow scientists discovered a new alpine plant species named Cremanthodium indicum from Penga Teng Tso of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district, which became too popular amongst the plants described that year.[18][19][20][21]

He was also into the discovery of Pedicularis khoiyangii, a plant species that was discovered in alpine regions of the Eastern Himalayas and named after his late friend, Mr. Hawtoo Khoiyang. Its common name is Hawtoo’s lousewort.[22][23]

In December 2020, three Indian scientists, V.S. Hareesh, M. Sabu and Dipankar Borah, discovered a new species named Amomum arunachalense from Nirjuli in Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.[24]

He has also been into conservation of orchids of Assam.[25]

Borah has worked extensively in Behali Reserved Forest and raised his voice for its protection and upgradation.[26][27][28]

Doctoral research

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He did his PhD on floristic studies of Behali Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly known as Behali Reserve Forest) from Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh.[29][3] Borah is also the creator of the public website "Ethnobotany of Northeast India", database of names of useful plants of Northeast India.[30]

The standard author abbreviation D.Borah is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[31]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Borah, Dipankar | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  2. ^ "Dipankar Borah". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  3. ^ a b c d e "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. ^ "Dipankar BORAH | Professor (Assistant) | Master of Science | Botany". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. ^ "Scopus preview - Borah, Dipankar - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. ^ "Teaching Staff – Science". www.goalparacollege.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  7. ^ Taram, Momang; Borah, Dipankar; Hughes, Mark (2021-04-07). "Begonia kekarmonyingensis (Begoniaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India". Phytotaxa. 494 (3): 268–272. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.494.3.2. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 233611814.
  8. ^ Borah, Dipankar; Taram, Momang; Wahlsteen, Eric (2021). "Begonia dicressine (Begoniaceae): a new record for India". Nature Conservation Research. 6 (4). doi:10.24189/ncr.2021.044. ISSN 2500-008X.
  9. ^ Pskhun (2021-03-11). "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2020] Begonia oyuniae (Begoniaceae, sect. Monophyllon) • A Remarkable New Species from Northeast India". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  10. ^ Pskhun (2021-12-13). "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2021] Begonia arunachalensis (Begoniaceae, sect. Diploclinium) • A New Tuberous Species of Begonia from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ Pskhun (2021-10-07). "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2021] Begonia pasighatensis (Begoniaceae, sect. Platycentrum) • A New Begonia Species from Arunachal Pradesh, India, and Some Notes on Begonia scintillans". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  12. ^ Taram, Momang; Borah, Dipankar; Taku, Ojar; Tag, Hui (2020-09-08). "Henckelia siangensis (Gesneriaceae): a remarkable new species from Northeast India". PhytoKeys (160): 1–6. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.160.54459. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 7492194. PMID 32982548.
  13. ^ Taram, Momang; Borah, Dipankar; Singh, Rajeev Kumar; Tag, Hui (2021). "Two new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from the Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India". Feddes Repertorium. 132 (4): 364–371. doi:10.1002/fedr.202100006. ISSN 1522-239X. S2CID 238731934.
  14. ^ Taram, Momang; Borah, Dipankar; Nampy, Santhosh (2020-01-24). "Boeica multinervia K.Y. Pan (Gesneriaceae): a new record for India". Check List. 16 (1): 89–92. doi:10.15560/16.1.89. ISSN 1809-127X. S2CID 214304910.
  15. ^ Borah, Dipankar; Singh, Rajeev Kumar; Taram, Momang; Das, A. P. (2020-09-01). "Boeica arunachalensis (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from Indian Eastern Himalaya and Typification of five names in Boeica". Indian Forester. 146 (9): 871–874. doi:10.36808/if/2020/v146i9/154928. ISSN 2321-094X. S2CID 247071906.
  16. ^ Borah, Dipankar; Taram, Momang; Das, Abhaya Prasad; Tangjang, Sumpam; Do, Truong Van (2019). "Aristolochia assamica (Aristolochiaceae), a New Species from the East Himalayas". Annales Botanici Fennici. 56 (4–6): 253–257. doi:10.5735/085.056.0410. ISSN 0003-3847. S2CID 204811125.
  17. ^ BORAH, DIPANKAR; KAFLEY, PARIXIT; DAS, ABHAYA P.; TANGJANG, SUMPAM; AVERYNOV, LEONID (2019-02-25). "Chlorophytum assamicum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Northeast India". Phytotaxa. 394 (1): 123. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.12. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 92052872.
  18. ^ PTI (2021-02-24). "New Alpine Plant Species Discovered in Arunachal's Tawang District". The Wire Science. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  19. ^ "New species of alpine plant discovered, endemic to Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh". Firstpost. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  20. ^ PTI (2021-02-24). "New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  21. ^ "New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district". Hindustan Times. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  22. ^ "Plant honour for young researcher of Arunachal Pradesh and Botanical Survey of India". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  23. ^ BORAH, DIPANKAR; GAP, NEELAM; SINGH, RAJEEV KUMAR (2020-02-03). "Pedicularis khoiyangii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India". Phytotaxa. 430 (4): 287–293. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.430.4.3. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 214221699.
  24. ^ Correspondent, Special (2020-12-29). "Two new species of ginger found from northeast". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-02. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  25. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-12-22). "Public awareness meet held at Ezengo near Roing - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ "Biswanath's only forest is on verge of extinction, but locals aren't giving up". EastMojo. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  27. ^ "Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest's biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border". Mongabay-India. 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  28. ^ "Assam's Behali reserve forest is home to archaeological relics". EastMojo. 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  29. ^ "Biodiversity of Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India". Research Gate. D.Borah. Archived from the original on 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  30. ^ Ghosh, Sahana (2020-10-15). "A Budding Botanist's Quest for Plant-Indigenous Community Relations". The Wire Science. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  31. ^ International Plant Names Index.  D.Borah.
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