Independent experts nominated by country party
Manohara Tattekere Nanjappa
Title
Dr.
First name
Manohara
Last name
Tattekere Nanjappa
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Plant Science
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Soil Science
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Soil Science
UN languages spoken
English
Job function
Head
Division
Rain Forest research Institute, Jorhat, Assam
Email
manohara_tn@yahoo.com; manoharatn@icfre.org
Telephone number
0091 376 2305168
Work experience
Research experience: 14 years - I have been working on Palms – taxonomy, reproductive biology and biodiversity conservation. Main areas of interests- Plant systematics, Reproductive biology, Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation. Completed two research projects. At present leading two projects in North East India – Diversity and Conservation of rattans; and on medicinally important plant- Morinda Citrifolia L. Noni – as livelihood option for the people of North East India. (National Medicinal Plant Board, New Delhi funded project). _x000D_
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Reviewed Manuscript of International Journals - Plant Genetic Resources (MS No.133-13)_x000D_
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Nominated member of Editorial Board - “Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences”, Hong Kong._x000D_
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Worked in the ICFRE project on ‘Revisiting Forest Type of India’- conducted field survey of and analysed vegetation at Assam (11 locations) and Meghalaya States (3 locations); identified the plant species, classified and analysed data._x000D_
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Participated in the “SAARC Expert Group Meeting on Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts and Risks to Different Forest Types of South Asia”, from 22 – 24 October, 2013, at Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, India. Worked as rapporteur and internal member; people from 6 different SAARC Nations participated in this meeting.
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Reviewed Manuscript of International Journals - Plant Genetic Resources (MS No.133-13)_x000D_
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Nominated member of Editorial Board - “Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences”, Hong Kong._x000D_
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Worked in the ICFRE project on ‘Revisiting Forest Type of India’- conducted field survey of and analysed vegetation at Assam (11 locations) and Meghalaya States (3 locations); identified the plant species, classified and analysed data._x000D_
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Participated in the “SAARC Expert Group Meeting on Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts and Risks to Different Forest Types of South Asia”, from 22 – 24 October, 2013, at Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, India. Worked as rapporteur and internal member; people from 6 different SAARC Nations participated in this meeting.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
-B. Sc. University of Mysore, 1992, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology._x000D_
-M.Sc. University of Mysore, 1996, Botany._x000D_
-Ph.D. Botany, 2007. University of Mysore.
-M.Sc. University of Mysore, 1996, Botany._x000D_
-Ph.D. Botany, 2007. University of Mysore.
Number of Publications
11
Publication titles
Rajesh Tandon, T. N. Manohara, B. H. M. Nijalingappa and K R Shivanna. 2001. Pollination Pollen- pistil Interaction in Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis. Ann. Bot. 87: 831-838._x000D_
T. N. Manohara, S. N. Ramaswamy and G. R. Shivamurthy. 2007. Calamus - dwindling resources? Curr. Sci. 92: 290-292._x000D_
Manohara, T. N., Linto, E.L. & Renuka, C. 2010. Diversity and conservation of palms in Andaman & Nicobar archipelago. Biodiversity Conservation 19: 3655-3666._x000D_
T.N. Manohara. 2013. Nutritional Evaluation of Shoots of Two Rattans of Northeast India—Calamus flagellum Griff. ex Mart. and C. floribundus Griff. (Arecaceae). Economic Botany 67(3): 263-268._x000D_
T.N. Manohara. 2013. Wasp-mediated seed dispersal in agarwood plant (Aquilaria malaccensis), a critically endangered and overexploited species of North East India. Curr. Sci. 105(3):298-299.
T. N. Manohara, S. N. Ramaswamy and G. R. Shivamurthy. 2007. Calamus - dwindling resources? Curr. Sci. 92: 290-292._x000D_
Manohara, T. N., Linto, E.L. & Renuka, C. 2010. Diversity and conservation of palms in Andaman & Nicobar archipelago. Biodiversity Conservation 19: 3655-3666._x000D_
T.N. Manohara. 2013. Nutritional Evaluation of Shoots of Two Rattans of Northeast India—Calamus flagellum Griff. ex Mart. and C. floribundus Griff. (Arecaceae). Economic Botany 67(3): 263-268._x000D_
T.N. Manohara. 2013. Wasp-mediated seed dispersal in agarwood plant (Aquilaria malaccensis), a critically endangered and overexploited species of North East India. Curr. Sci. 105(3):298-299.
Other activities
Life Member:_x000D_
- The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India._x000D_
- The Indian Botanical Society, Department of Botany, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. _x000D_
- Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT), Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut._x000D_
- Swamy Botanical Club, Department of Plant Sciences, Scholl of Life Science, Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu._x000D_
- Advances in Plant Sciences, Muzzafar Nagar, U.P._x000D_
- Phytomorphology, New Delhi._x000D_
- International Journal of Plant Reproductive biology_x000D_
- Current Science Association, Bangalore, Karnataka.
- The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India._x000D_
- The Indian Botanical Society, Department of Botany, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. _x000D_
- Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT), Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut._x000D_
- Swamy Botanical Club, Department of Plant Sciences, Scholl of Life Science, Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu._x000D_
- Advances in Plant Sciences, Muzzafar Nagar, U.P._x000D_
- Phytomorphology, New Delhi._x000D_
- International Journal of Plant Reproductive biology_x000D_
- Current Science Association, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Awards
Summer Research Fellowship – 2007 jointly sponsored by INSA-IASc.-NASc. under Teacher category
Organisation name
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education,
Organisation street address
PIN: 785 001, 785001
Organisation city
Jorhat, Assam
Organisation country
India
Organisation website