Dipankar Borah Explained

Dipankar Borah
Birth Date:11 October 1994[1]
Nationality:Indian
Website:Ethnobotany of Northeast India

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

Personal life

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. 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. He conducted majority of his plant explorations in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya states of Northeast India.[2] [3] [4] Since 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Assam, India.[5]

Work

Borah is best known for his studies on Begonias,[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Gesneriads,[11] [12] [13] [14] Aristolochia[15] (Pipeworts) and Chlorophytum[16] 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.[17]

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dipankar Borah. 2021-09-02. www.wikidata.org. en.
  2. Web site: Dipankar BORAH Professor (Assistant) Master of Science Botany. 2021-08-28. ResearchGate. en.
  3. Web site: Scopus preview - Borah, Dipankar - Author details - Scopus. 2021-08-28. www.scopus.com.
  4. Web site: ORCID. 2021-08-28. orcid.org.
  5. Web site: Teaching Staff – Science. 2021-08-28. www.goalparacollege.ac.in. en-US.
  6. 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. 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.3.2. 233611814. 1179-3163.
  7. Borah. Dipankar. Taram. Momang. Wahlsteen. Eric. 2021. Begonia dicressine (Begoniaceae): a new record for India. Nature Conservation Research. 6. 4. 10.24189/ncr.2021.044. 2500-008X. free.
  8. Web site: Pskhun. 2021-03-11. Species New to Science: [Botany • 2020] Begonia oyuniae (Begoniaceae, sect. Monophyllon) • A Remarkable New Species from Northeast India]. 2021-08-28. Species New to Science.
  9. Web site: 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]. 2022-01-08. Species New to Science.
  10. Web site: 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]. 2022-01-08. Species New to Science.
  11. 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. 10.3897/phytokeys.160.54459. 1314-2003. 7492194. 32982548 . free .
  12. Taram. Momang. Borah. Dipankar. Singh. Rajeev Kumar. Tag. Hui. Two new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from the Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India. Feddes Repertorium. 2021. 132. 4. 364–371. en. 10.1002/fedr.202100006. 238731934. 1522-239X.
  13. 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. 10.15560/16.1.89. 214304910. 1809-127X. free.
  14. 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. en. 146. 9. 871–874. 10.36808/if/2020/v146i9/154928 . 247071906 . 2321-094X.
  15. 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. 10.5735/085.056.0410. 204811125. 0003-3847.
  16. 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. 10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.12. 92052872. 1179-3163.
  17. Web site: Borah, Dipankar International Plant Names Index. 2021-09-05. www.ipni.org.
  18. Web site: PTI. 2021-02-24. New Alpine Plant Species Discovered in Arunachal's Tawang District. 2021-09-05. The Wire Science. en-GB.
  19. Web site: 2021-02-24. New species of alpine plant discovered, endemic to Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh. 2021-09-05. Firstpost.
  20. News: PTI. 2021-02-24. New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-09-02. 0971-751X.
  21. Web site: 2021-02-24. New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district. 2021-09-02. Hindustan Times. en.
  22. Web site: Plant honour for young researcher of Arunachal Pradesh and Botanical Survey of India. 2021-09-02. www.telegraphindia.com. en.
  23. BORAH. DIPANKAR. GAP. NEELAM. SINGH. RAJEEV KUMAR. 2020-02-03. Pedicularis khoiyangii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India. 10.11646/phytotaxa.430.4.3. Phytotaxa. 430. 4. 287–293. 214221699. 1179-3163.
  24. News: Correspondent. Special. 2020-12-29. Two new species of ginger found from northeast. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-09-02. 0971-751X.
  25. Web site: Desk. Sentinel Digital. 2021-12-22. Public awareness meet held at Ezengo near Roing - Sentinelassam. 2022-01-08. www.sentinelassam.com. en.
  26. Web site: 2021-08-01. Biswanath's only forest is on verge of extinction, but locals aren't giving up. 2021-09-05. EastMojo. en-US.
  27. Web site: 2021-07-23. Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest's biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border. 2021-09-05. Mongabay-India. en-US.
  28. Web site: 2021-12-26. Assam's Behali reserve forest is home to archaeological relics. 2022-01-08. EastMojo. en-US.
  29. Web site: Biodiversity of Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India. live. 2 September 2021. Research Gate. D.Borah. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902042448/https://www.researchgate.net/project/Biodiversity-of-Behali-Reserve-Forest-Assam-India . 2021-09-02 .
  30. Web site: Ghosh. Sahana. 2020-10-15. A Budding Botanist's Quest for Plant-Indigenous Community Relations. 2021-09-05. The Wire Science. en-GB.

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