Dr. Avishek Bhattacharjee​​​​​​​​​​​
Scientist 'E'
Botanical Survey of India
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Member of 'IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group'
Member of 'IUCN-OSG-Trade'
Member of 'International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)'
Fellow of 'Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (FIAAT)'
Life member of ‘The Orchid Society of India (TOSI)’
Member of the Editorial Board of BSI ENVIS Newsletter
Member of the Executive Council of IAAT from 2018-2021
​Dr. Avishek Bhattacharjee​​
Ph.D., F.I.A.A.T.
Research Interests
Angiosperm Taxonomy​
Orchidaceae (Subtribe Goodyerinae; genus Calanthe, Gastrochilus)
Asteraceae (Tribe Vernonieae, Coreopsideae, Gnaphalieae; subtribe Conyzinae; genus Aster)
Botanical Nomenclature
Molecular Systematics (Plants)
CITES (Plants)
IUCN Red Listing of Plants
Professional ​info​​
Member of IUCN/SSC-Orchid Specialist Group of Indian Subcontinent.
Member of IUCN/OSG-Trade.
Member of the 'International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)'.
Member of the Editorial Board of BSI ENVIS Newsletter.
Fellow (F.I.A.A.T.) and life-member of IAAT.
Member of the Executive Council of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) from 2018 to 2022.
Life member of ‘The Orchid Society of India (TOSI)’.
Reviewer of the journal 'Nelumbo' (India), 'Rheedea' (India), 'Annales Botanici Fennici' (Finland), 'Phytotaxa' (New Zealand), 'Bangladesh Journal of Botany' (Bangladesh), 'Taiwania' (Taiwan), 'Feddes Repertorium' (USA), 'South African Journal of Botany' (South Africa), ‘Journal of Threatened Taxa’ (India), 'Phytomorphology' (India), 'Biodiversity: Research and Conservation' (Poland), 'Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany' (India) etc.
Present designation: ​​
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Scientist-E, Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711 103.​
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Work​
experience​
Scientist E; Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 23.01.2024 (afternoon) --- (Direct Recruitment by MoEF&CC, Government of India)
Scientist D; Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 8.12.22 to 23.01.2024.
Scientist C; Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 14.12.18 to 7.12.2022.
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Scientist B; Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah;17.04.15 to 13.12.18 (Appointed with 4 advance increments as recommended by UPSC and approved by MoEF&CC, Government of India)
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SERB-DST Young Scientist (Fast Track); Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 02.09.13 to 01.09.16
Research Associate (ICMR); Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 15.01.09 to 30.04.13
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Senior Research Fellow (Flora of India); Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 01.10.05 to 30.09.08
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Junior Research Fellow (Flora of India); Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah; 01.10.03 to 30.09.05
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2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
Research
Projects
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Ph.D. (Botany); 2011: Worked in BSI; degree awarded from Vidyasagar University, Midnapur, West Bengal.
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Qualified GATE ( Life sciences); 2003
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M.Sc. Botany (Spl.: Taxonomy of Angiosperms); 2002: The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
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B.Sc. Botany (Hons.); 2000: B. B. College Asansol, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
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Higher Secondary (W.B.C.H.S.E.); 1997: S. E. Railway Boys’ H. S. School Adra, Purulia, West Bengal.
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Secondary (W.B.B.S.E.); 1995: S. E .Railway Boys’ H. S. School Adra, Purulia, West Bengal.
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Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs) of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. (Agarwood) in India: A high priority project funded by the MoEF&CC, Government of India (2023, tenure 4 months; as PI).
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Morpho-molecular and phytochemical identification of thirty CITES listed plants in high international trade: Action Plan project of BSI (2023–2026; as PI).
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Taxonomic revision of the tribes Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) and Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) in India: Flora of India project (2023–2028; as supervisor of Ms Priya Singh Kushwaha, Research Fellow, BSI).
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Investigation on Indian Aster L. (Asteraceae: Astereae) with emphasis on morpho-anatomical studies of cypsela: SERB Core Research Grant (2021–2024; as PI).
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Study of Floral Diversity of the Medicinal Plant Conservation Area at Jhalda, Purulia, West Bengal: Collaborative project of BSI with West Bengal Forest Department (2022–2023).
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Wild Orchids of West Bengal: Collaborative project of BSI with West Bengal Forest Department (2021–2022).
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Revision of the genus Gastrochilus D. Don (Orchidaceae) in India: Action Plan project of BSI (2018 – 2022; as PI).
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Flora of India (Hydrocharitaceae to Orchidaceae; vol. 25 & 26): Action Plan Project of BSI (2019–2021).
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Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs) of Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. and D. sissoo DC. in India: MoEFCC (WL), Govt. of India funded project under the scheme ‘Wildlife Crime Control Bureau’ (April 2018–October 2018; as PI).
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Flora of Bihar, Vol. II (Apiaceae, Araliaceae, Alangiaceae): Action Plan project of BSI (2015–2017).
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Flora of Jharkhand, Vol. II (Apiaceae, Araliaceae, Alangiaceae): Action Plan project of BSI (2015–2017).
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Inventorization of Indian Calanthe (Orchidaceae) with focus on micro-morphology of pollinia: SERB - DST funded Fast Track ‘Young Scientist’ project (2013–2016; as PI).
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Advanced Research in DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics of Medicinal Potential in Plants from Eastern and North East India: ICMR funded collaborative project with Bose Institute, Kolkata (2009–2013; as Research Associate).
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Revision of the subtribe Goodyerinae (Orchidaceae) in India: ‘Flora of India’ project of BSI (2003–2008; as Research Fellow).
Supervising Ph.D.
1. Ms Sanchayita Sengupta [Topic: Taxonomic studies on the genus Vanda Jones ex R.Br. (Orchidaceae) and its allied genera in India; Project: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (PI: Dr Dinesh Kumar Agrawala, Scientist E, BSI); Joint supervisor: Dr Dinesh Kumar Agrawala; Associate supervisor: Dr Debabrata Maity, Associate Professor, University of Calcutta; registered in the University of Calcutta].
2. Mr Sayak Chakraborty [Topic: Taxonomic studies on the tribes Neottieae, Tropidieae and Gastrodieae (Orchidaceae) in India; Project: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (PI: Dr Dinesh Kumar Agrawala, Scientist E, BSI); Joint supervisor: Dr Dinesh Kumar Agrawala; Associate supervisor: Dr Debabrata Maity, Associate Professor, University of Calcutta; registered in the University of Calcutta].
3. Ms Kasturi Chakraborty [Topic: Systematic studies of the subtribe Conyzinae Horan. (Asteraceae) in India].
4. Ms Priya Singh Kushwaha [Topic: Taxonomic revision of the tribes Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) and Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) in India; Project: Flora of India].
