ACHIEVEMENTS
- Database for medicinal and economically important plants of Manipur (120 species).
- Formulated 2 polyherbal spice mixture based on traditionally used 13 aromatic herbs.
- Developed agro-practice of economically important plants; (i) Fox nut plant (Euryale ferox Salisb.) (ii) Water sensitive plant Neptunea oleracea Lour. (iii) Nursery raising technique for Soapnut plant (Sapindus mukorossi).
- Established biology laboratory to 57 schools of Manipur.
- Scientifically identified the rare Manipuri Iris as Iris sanguinea Don ex Hornem which has not been understood its scientific name.
- Established 2 units of Essential oil extraction; one in Churachandpur and another in Tamenglong of Manipur (600 kg capacity each) and provided 1.50 lac high yielding variety of Citronella.
- Evaluated various projects of Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GoI, Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Directorate of Science & Technology, Manipur.
- Imparted 6 months certificate course on shoes and products making to 9 youths of Manipur and as a result of it 2 local manufacturing units are established one in Imphal and another in Tamenglong.
- Established a herbal garden inside the Kangla Fort, Imphal (3.5 acres).
- Germplasm collection of numerous indigenous economically & biologically important plants in the experimental farm of the Branch laboratory.
