The North East Biotechnological Consortium (NEBC), a research and development unit of Guwahati-based Education Research and Development Foundation, is organising a national seminar on ‘Biodiversity – Exploration, Conservation, and Utilization of Plant Resource’ with specific reference to North East, on December 18 and 19 in the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship.
Professor Dr MH Hazarika, chairman of the organising committee, stated that the two-day seminar is designed with a view to provide a platform to speakers from varied fields of Applied Life Science, indigenous technical knowledge bases, application of remote sensing and entrepreneurship development.
Open for academicians, students and professionals, the areas to be covered by this seminar are exploration and conservation of the rich biodiversity of the North East, intellectual property rights related-news relevant to topic, utilisation of the diverse bio-resources of the region.
PermalinkSubmitted by amit choudhury on Mon, 15/10/2007 - 07:56
Contact person's name and numbers:
Organisisng Secretary
Dr Smita Chetia Talukdar
Mobile: 098642-96024
and
Amit Choudhury
Chief project Coordinator
ERD Foundation
Mobile: 099547-05230
PermalinkSubmitted by Dr Smita Chetia... on Tue, 06/11/2007 - 08:24
An appeal to all sections of the society interested to safeguard the ethnic plant-biodiversity of NE India to join hands and make the event a success from the viewpoint of ensuring proper
EXPLORATION, CONSERVATION & UTILISATION
of the same.
THANKS
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