
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GROUP
- Development of agro-technology and chemical investigation of medicinal, aromatic and economically important plants of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Extraction, purification, standardization and structural elucidation of pure molecules from natural resources, by HPLC and NMR.
- Development of New Chemical Entities (NCE’s) from natural products with emphasis on treatment of Diabetes Type 2.
- Provide training and technical support in cultivation of mushroom and production of vermicomposite in commercial scale.
- Development of medicinal and economically important native plants through biotechnological approaches.
- Evaluation of nutraceuticals and antioxidant activities of wild edible plants used by local peoples of the state.
- Green synthesis of nanoparticles using natural products and its applications in different fields.
- Developing flow cytometry based evolutionary techniques related to next generation fuels and high-value products from microalgae.
- Understanding endosymbiotic relationships between microbes and plants and predicting metabolic pathways for value-added products using “-Omics” techniques.
- Isolating bioactive compounds from freshwater and extreme environment microbes for various industrial applications.
Head of the Department

Ph D (Organic Chemistry)
Pr. Scientist
ID. No. 1060
ctamuly@neist.res.in, c.tamuly@gmail.com
Ph : + 91-0360-2244220 / Fax : 0360- 2244220
Area’s of Interest: R&D on Natural Product Chemistry, Nanoscience, and Green Chemistry
Scientists
Dr Natarajan Velmurugan
Ph D
Principal Scientist
ID. No. 1254
natarajan@neist.res.in
Ph : + 91-0360-2244220 / Fax : 0360- 2244220
Area’s of Interest: Plant and algal biotechnology, endosymbiotic relationships, freshwater microbiology, protein engineering and biotechnological applications of flow cytometry.
Technical Officers

M. Sc, M. Phil. (Chemistry)
Senior Technical Officer (1)
ID. No. 1136
moushumi5n@gmail.com, moushumi@neist.res.in
Ph : + 91-0360-2244220 / Fax : 0360- 2244220
Area’s of Interest : Natural Product Chemistry & Nanoscience.

B.Sc. (Chemistry) and Bachelor of Library & Information Science (B.L.I.Sc.)
Technical Assistant
ID. No. 1327
sandeepkalita@neist.res.in and kalitasandeep1@gmail.com
Ph : + 91-0360-2244220 / Fax : 0360- 2244220
Area’s of Interest : Information Science and Library Administration.
Technical Staff

Non Tech
ID. No. 1075
tamerajen@neist.res.in
Ph : + 91-0360-2244220 / Fax : 0360- 2244220