Biography

Dr. Saikia has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi since June 2024. She is working in the field of plant ecology including phytosociology, population and regeneration ecology, conservation of rare, endangered plant species, plant-soil interactions, plant population mapping, biomass and productivity estimation, plant invasions, and ecological niche modelling in Indian forests. She has received eight different R & D projects sponsored by MoEFCC, DST, DBT, SERB, UGC, SAC-Ahmedabad, Govt. of India for the analyses of vegetation dynamics of Indian forests. She has supervised 01 Ph.D. thesis (03 ongoing) and 39 PG dissertations. Presently, she is an active member of the IUCN-Commission on Ecosystem Management-South Asia and Global Forests Biodiversity Initiatives (GFBI)-USA. She is the recipient of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar 2024 in Environmental Sciences by Govt. of India, Fellow Award 2021 and Women Scientist Award (Age Group JRF (two years) and SRF (one year one month) in a DBT, New Delhi, Govt. of India sponsored research project in the Department of Forestry, NERIST (Deemed University), Arunachal Pradesh. She participated in the Inaugural Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative Conference & Joint GFBI-FECS Symposium on Forest Research in the Big Data Era organized by GFBI, USA, and Beijing Forestry University held at Beijing Forestry University, China in September 2017, and 1st International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA) on ‘Agarwood in the New Era’ organized by Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia during September 2013. Besides, she has participated in different international/ national/ regional/ state level seminars/ conferences/ webinars in India with invited talks/ panellists/ oral presentations/ sessions chaired/ co-chaired/ rapporteur.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Plant Taxonomy

62%

Plant Ecology

90%

Plant Systematic

75%

Conservation Biology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
3

Chapters
50

Articles
185

Abstracts
2

Selected Publications

Saikia, P., A. Kumar and M.L. Khan, 2017. Agroforestry: A Sustainable Land use System for Livelihood Security and Climate Change Mitigation. In: Climate Change and Agroforestry, Pandey, C.B., M.K. Gaur and R.K. Goyal (Eds.). New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India, pp: 61-70.
Sharma, P., P. Saikia and K.P. Sarma, 2016. Diversity, uses and in vitro propagation of different bamboos of sonitpur district, Assam. J. Ecosyst. Ecography, 6: 1-9.
Saikia, P., A. Kumar and M.L. Khan, 2016. Biodiversity Status and Climate Change Scenario in Northeast India. In: Climate Change Challenge (3C) and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building, Nautiyal, S., R. Schaldach, K.V. Raju, H. Kaechele, B.l. Pritchard and K.S. Rao (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp: 107-120.
Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2016. Tree species diversity and its population and regeneration status in Homegardens of upper Assam, Northeast India. J. Forest Environ. Sci., 32: 129-139.
Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2014. Homegardens of upper Assam, northeast India: A typical example of on farm conservation of Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.). Int. J. Biodiversity Sci. Ecosyst. Ser. Manage., 10: 262-269.
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Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2014. Ecological features of cultivated stands of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.(Thymelaeaceae), a vulnerable tropical tree species in assamese homegardens. Int. J. Forestry Res., Vol. 2014. 10.1155/2014/140926.
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Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2013. Population structure and regeneration status of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. in homegardens of Upper Assam, northeast India. Trop. Ecol., 54: 1-13.
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Zimik, L., P. Saikia and M.L. Khan, 2012. Comparative study on homegardens of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in terms of species diversity and plant utilization pattern. Res. J. Agric. Sci., 3: 611-618.
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Wilson, J.J. and M.R. Kitto, 2012. Aquilaria malaccensis Lam., a Red-listed and highly exploited tree species in the Assamese home garden. Curr. Sci., 102: 546-547.
Saikia, P., B.I. Choudhury and M.L. Khan, 2012. Floristic composition and plant utilization pattern in homegardens of Upper Assam, India. Trop. Ecol., 53: 105-118.
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Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2012. Seedling survival and growth of Aquilaria malaccensis in different microclimatic conditions of northeast India. J. Forest. Res., 23: 569-574.
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Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2012. Phenology, seed biology and seedling survival and growth of Aquilaria malaccensis: A highly exploited and red listed tree species of North East India. Indian Forester, 138: 289-295.
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Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2012. Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.): A promising crop in the homegardens of Upper Assam, northeastern India. J. Trop. Agric., 50: 8-14.
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Bharali, S., J. Deka, P. Saikia, M.L. Khan and A. Paul et al., 2012. Pinus merkusii Jungh et de Vries-a vulnerable gymnosperm needs conservation. NeBio, 3: 94-95.
Saikia, P. and M.L. Khan, 2011. Diversity of medicinal plants and their uses in homegardens of upper Assam, Northeast India. Asian J. Pharm. Biol. Res., 1: 296-309.
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