PATRONS CONVENERS Gautam Biswas, Lalji Singh, Utpal Bora, Satish Kumar, Director, IIT Guwahati President, ADNAT ADNAT SILVER JUBILEE CONVENTION IIT Guwahati CCMB, Hyderabad CHAIRS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON Jogesh Deuri, Directorate of Sericulture, BTC Chandan Mahanta, Narayan C Talukdar, Bolin K Konwar, IIT Guwahati IASST, Guwahati BIODIVERSITY AND BIOBANKING ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE ADVISORS Prof. Utpal Bora George van Driem, University of Bern D L Hawksworth, University of Southampton Convener, BIODIVERSE 2018 Bruce Whitelae, Roslin Institute, UK Mohd. Aslam, DBT, GoI, New Delhi BIODIVERSE 2018 T. Madhan Mohan, DBT, GoI, New Delhi U S N Murty, NIPER Guwahati Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati 781039 Dinabandhu Sahoo, ISBD, Imphal Appa Rao Podile, University of Hyderabad Guwahati, , India Kuldeep Singh, ICAR – NBPGR, New Delhi Anil K Saxena, ICAR – NBAIM, Mau R S C Jayaraj, RFRI, Jorhat Kuldeep K Lal, ICAR – NBFGR, Lucknow Email: [email protected] Pradeep K Goswami, NEIAH, Shillong Kanwar Narain, ICMR – RMRC, Dibrugarh 27-29 January, 2018 Web: www.iitg.ac.in/biodiverse2018 D Ramaiah, CSIR – NEIST, Jorhat Dilip K Sarma, ICAR – NRCP, Rani Chandish R Ballal, NBAII, Bengaluru Anil Kaul, CSIR – IMTECH, Chandigarh at K Kanan, GGSIPU, New Delhi B K Singh, CMERTI, Jorhat https://www.facebook.com/berliitg Yogesh S Shouche, NCCS Pune S Mahalingam, IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Shimada Toru, University of Tokyo PROGRAM COMMITTEE Vikash K Dubey, IIT Guwahati Kushal K Sarma, AAU, Guwahati EXPLORE N Senthil Kumar, Mizoram University Probodh Borah, AAU, Guwahati Suvakanta Dash, GIPS, Guwahati Kartik Neog, CMERTI, Jorhat Bhaskar Borgohain, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong Jatin Kalita, NEIST, Jorhat CONSERVE Sarat Deuri, DoS, BTC Sunandan Baruah, ADBU, Guwahati ORGANIZING COMMITTEE NURTURE Secretary: Priyankoo Sarmah, IIT Guwahati Treasurer: Karuna Kalita, IIT Guwahati Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State Univ. Gautam Baruah, IIT Guwahati PROSPER Ashok Kumar, CSIR - IGIB, New Delhi Marianna Bledsoe, GW University Nirmal Mazumdar, HRS, AAU, Kahikuchi Albert Chiang, IBSD Imphal Dinesh Kumar, ICAR – IASRI, New Delhi Naveen K Navani, IIT Roorkee COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS Dilip K Datta, FAAMCH, Barpeta Jibon Kotoky, NIPER Guwahati  Directorate of Sericulture, Bodoland Territorial Council, Michael Morgan, NDF Nepal Bharat C Basistha, SSCST, Gangtok Kokrajhar Ratul C Rajkhowa, Dhruba K Jha, Nirala Ramchiary, JNU, New Delhi Tanmoy Bhattacharya, University of Delhi  Tezpur University, Tezpur Vinod Scaria, CSIR – IGIB, New Delhi Lee Seunghun, ICU, Tokyo Organisers:  College of Veterinary Science (AAU), Khanapara, Samraat Bora, A.V. College, Guwahati M C Kalita, Gauhati University Guwahati Anil Kumar Chillar, MDU Rohtak Khagen Basumatary, GACH, Guwahati  National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Pragya Sharma, Gauhati University Banrida T Langstieh, NEHU Shillong Bibhuti Kakoty, Ranjan Tamuli, IIT Guwahati Research, Guwahati Rajeev Singh, SC, University of Delhi M Ravi Kumar, IIT Guwahati  Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Utpal Mohan, NIPER Guwahati Ranjit Kumar, DEI, Agra Guwahati Pranabjyoti Das, ICAR – NRCP, Rani Prasenjit Khanikar, IIT Guwahati Pratap J Handique, Gauhati University Sri Harsha Kota, IIT Guwahtai  Mizoram University, Aizawl Narayan Sharma, Cotton University Diganta Narzary, Gauhati University  North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Surya Kalita, B P Chaliha College, Nagerbera Gopal Choudhury, KIIT Bhubneshwar Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong Manjil Hazarika, Cotton University Sridhar Gutam, ICAR – IIHR, Bengaluru  Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Mohamed G Idris, Gauhati University Deepmoni D Barman, IIT Guwahati Subhash Medhi, Gauhati University Suradip Das, University of Pennsylvania INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI, Jorhat Uma Dutta, Cotton University Saroj Kumar, DTU, New Delhi  CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Arghya Sett, Universite de Bordeaux Dulur Brahma, Bodoland University DIRECTORATE OF SERICULTURE, BTC Jorhat Jyoti P Saikia, Tezpur University Krishna Kumar, MLNC, University of Delhi & Sandeep Das, Bodoland University Manav Sharma, LCVSc, North Lakhimpur  Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati Pranjal Phukan, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong Bitupona Deuri, AAU, Guwahati ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF DNA  Girijananda Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bhrigu P Saikia, Luit Valley Foundation Mayur Kakoty, CPP-IPR, Sonapur FINGERPRINTING AND OTHER DNA TECHNOLOGIES Guwahati Anjan Sangma, Luit Valley Foundation Sarat Phukan, Gauhati University Lalit Goswami, IIT Guwahati Ajoy K Das, A.V. College, Guwahati Anirudha V Mahagaonkar, IIT Guwahati Vimal P Mosahari, IIT Guwahati SYMPOSIUM CO-ORGANIZER CONTACT PERSON BIODIVERSE 2018 CONTRIBUTION: INR 10 Lacs (Ten Lacs) Ponnala Vimal Mosahari The North Eastern part of India is a global biodiversity hotspot, and A registered legal organization will be include as Co-Host/Co-Organizer of the represents a thriving ecology for survival and growth of species unique to the symposium. Their logo will be prominently displayed in all the symposium Public Relations, BIODIVERSE 2018 Phone: 9557976961 / 0361 258 3204 land. This small region is spread from an altitude of 50-6000m and blessed materials including the website as co-host. The head/high level with number of both endemic micro- and macro- flora and fauna. With four representative of the Co-Organizer will be included as Patron in the Email: [email protected] distinct races of humans and several tribes and linguistic communities it is Organizing Committee and share the dais with Honourable Dignitaries at the Web: www.iitg.ac.in/biodiverse2018 heaven for researches having interest in diversity. Organizing an ADNAT Inauguration and Closing Ceremony. Nominated staff/officials by the co-host symposium for the first time in the region with local, national and will be included as members of the Organizing Committee. A slot will be ADVERTISING RATES FOR ABSTRACT BOOK international experts would act as a catalyst for research in the important offered to the Co-Host to organize a parallel session in sync with the theme of area of Biodiversity and Biobanking. For the first time in India a dedicated the symposium of maximum 3 hours duration during the event. For this one Full Page Half Page Quarter Page event on Biobanking is taking place. ADNAT is completing 25 years in 2018 conference hall will be allotted to them and they can run a small awareness and the organizing team intends to celebrate the silver jubilee in a grand way programme regarding their organizational activities with a focus on their Rs. 20,000 Rs. 11,000 Rs. 6,000 to honour the contributions of the organization in furthering life science and responsibilities for nature and ecology . A total of 30 Management/ forensic research in India. Back Cover (External) Both Covers (Inside) Staff/Officials/Students nominated by the organization can attend BIODIVERSE The event will start with photography competition / 2018 without any registration fee. Exhibition booth area of 12’x8’. Number of Rs. 30,000 RS. 25,000 per page exhibition and short film competition, followed by a parallel two-day core Display Boards at important locations, approach way, symposium venue etc. symposium and poster sessions. This will then be ensued by display of will be strategically placed. The Display boards are to be printed, mounted, various cultural and ethnic diversity of the North East. Eminent researchers placed and dismantled by the Co-host themselves. NEFT, DD/Cheque to be made in favour of and academicians will deliver talks in their area of expertise. Posters SYMPOSIUM PARTNER sessions, photography competition and short movie competition is open for ST CONTRIBUTION: 6 Lacs 21 ADNAT CONVENTION AND INTERNATIONAL participation. BIODIVERSE 2018 aims to bring experts of various Promoted as symposium partners, logo prominently displayed SYMPOSIUM OF BIODIVERSITY AND BIOBANKING (BIODIVERSE 2018) fields and forge the bridge between them and the Indian students, at all the symposium materials except the one’s sponsored by particularly from the North East Region. We look forward to welcome you all other organizations and firms. Exhibition booth area of 12’x8’. Account Number 332501000126 in IIT Guwahati. Number of Display Boards at important locations, approach ADNAT IFSC ICIC0003325 way, symposium venue etc. 900 seconds promotion slot in any The Association for the Promotion of DNA Finger Printing and Associated DNA one of the chosen session. Bank Name & ICICI Bank, IIT Guwahati Technologies (ADNAT) was founded in the year 1993 with an objective to promote DNA Fingerprinting and other DNA Technologies and their NOTE: Printing and mounting display boards/ Branch posters in designated places is the responsibility applications in various fields viz.; health care, agriculture, biology, law and of the sponsor. social welfare with emphasis on ethical, social, and legal implications of PLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE these technologies. The ADNAT has close to 600 members from all over the SPONSERSHIP country and abroad, comprising of research scientists and scholars from CATEGORIES SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR universities, institutes, hospitals, nursing homes, forensic laboratories and Contribution (in INR) 3 lakh 2 lakh 1 lakh 0.6 lakh corporate bodies. Through its main annual activity, the ADNAT holds a national convention every year with a two-day symposium and a residential Booth Space 12’x8’ 12’x8’ 8’x8’ 8’x8’ training course on new emerging areas of modern biology/DNA technologies. These annual conventions have gone a long way in fulfilling the objectives of Number of Display Boards 18 12 6 3 the Association in terms of increasing awareness about new developments in /Posters allowed the area, promoting the use of DNA technologies and in training researchers 300 seconds 240 seconds 180 seconds 120 seconds in new methods of molecular analysis. To disseminate information about Presentation / Video slots at new developments in the field of DNA technology (such as methods of DNA chosen session analysis) and their applications, legal impact, etc. Free Participation 6 participants 4 participants 2 participant 1 participant www.adnat.in