Manash Pratim Baruah, M.Sc.,B.Ed

Assistant professor, Department of Botany
manashpratimbaruah2@gmail.com

Phone: 7896989274,7002412084
Address: Vill:Jhargaon,PO:Jaljali,PS: Mangaldai,Dist:Darrang,State:Assam,Pin: 784529

Date of Joining
2022-09-23
Area of Interest
Cytogenetics, Plant Physiology, Ethnobotany, Plant Biotechnology
Specialization of subjects
Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding

Teacher Activities

Course Covered

Extention Activities



Publications

1. Malakar, R., Baruah. M. P., “Invasive Plant Species of Mangaldai Sub-division, Darrang, Assam: Their Harmful Effects and Beneficial Uses”. Ecology, Environment & Conservation. 31 (4): 2025; pp. (208-216), EM International ISSN 0971–765X


Conference | Seminar | Workshop

1. Participated in the 101st Indian Science Congress held at University of Jammu, Jammu from February 3 to 7, 2014 organized by The Indian Science Congress Association.

2. Participated in the Science Model Competition held in Science Marathan-NEGC-2016 organized by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya on 26th and 27th February, 2016.

3. Successfully completed an internship programme on Microbial Techniques and Imaging during 21st December, 2016 to 10th of January, 2017 organized by Guwahati Biotech Park, IIT Guwahati, Assam

4. Participated in the North East Graduate Congress-2017 held at University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, Techno City, 9th Mile, Ri-Bhoi on 17th, 18th and 19th February, 2017.

5. One week Faculty Development Programme on “Digital Literacy”organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Research & Publication Cell, Uttar Kampith Mahavidyalaya, Jagara, Assam in collaboration with, ICT Academy (An initiative of Govt. of India) from 21 November 2022 to 27 November 2022.

6. Participated in the 30th National Childrens Science Congress, 2022 as District Level Project Evaluator held at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai organized by Darrang District Organizing Committee on 20th November, 2022.

7. Month-long Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) organized by Teaching Learning centre, Tezpur University during 01 February to 02 March 2023 under PMMMNMTT Scheme of Ministry of Education, Government of India.

8. Presented a paper entitled Effect of ICT based teaching on understanding of the concepts of Environmental changes. In NAAC sponsored National seminar on Revised Accreditation framework of NAAC: Understanding the parameters of quality assessment’ organized by IQAC, Mangaldai college, Mangaldai held on 25th & 26th April, 2023.

9. Participated in State Level workshop on Issues and Challenges in Intellectual Property (IP) and Importance of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) organized by Mangaldai College, Mangaldai supported by ASTEC, Guwahati held on 28th April, 2023.

10. Presented a paper entitled “Issues and challenges in teaching Plant Science in HEIs using local languages in Assam” in the ACTA sponsored National Seminar on “NEP-2020: Transforming Vision into Action” organised by MCTU in collaboration with Darrang Udalguri Zone, ACTA on 23rd &24th June, 2023.

11. Dr. Rajreepa Talukdar, Manash Pratim Baruah. “Mushroom cultivation: An emergent best practice for Higher Education Institutions”. NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Revised Accreditation Framework of NAAC: Understanding the parameters of Quality Assessment held on 25th & 26th April, 2023 at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai.

12. Presented a paper entitled ‘Ethnomedicinal plants used in the Treatment of Respiratory Disorders in Darrang district, Assam’ at National Seminar on Folk Culture of North-East and Folklorist Dr. Nabin Ch. Sarma, held on 6th and 7th December, 2024 at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai.

13. Presented a paper entitled “Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Plant Science Research: Present Status and Future Prospects” at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) sponsored National Seminar on “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES” held on 29th & 30th March, 2025 at Digboi Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Digboi (Assam).

14. Presented a paper entitled “Plants in Assamese Wedding Traditions: Beyond Ritual Value” at the Two-day International Seminar held on 22nd & 23rd August, 2025 at Arya Vidyapeeth College (Autonomous), Guwahati.

15. Participated in the UGC short-term Professional Development Programme on ‘Implementation of NEP-2020 for University and College Teachers’ organised by IGNOU under PMMMNMTT Scheme, held from June 12-20, 2023 and obtained “A+” grade.

16. Participated in a One-week Faculty Improvement Programme on "Bio-based Technology for Green Application" organized by DBT-IBT Hub, Nanda Nath Saikia College, Titabor, Jorhat, Assam from 4 to 10 March 2024.

17. Participated in a Faculty Development Programme on "Moodle Learning Management System" under PMMMNMTT, IIT Bombay from 23 to 29 December 2023.

18. Participated in the UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Environmental Science (Multidisciplinary) from 2nd September to 14th September, 2024 in online mode organized by MMTTC, North-eastern Hill University, Shillong.

19. Participated in the NEP 2020 Orientation and & Sensitization Programme under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP) of UGC organized by MMTTC, Gauhati University from 21-01-2025 to 30-01-2025.

20. Participated in the NPTEL E-Awareness workshop on June 20, 2023 organised by IIT, Madras.

21. Participated in the “One-day workshop on Research paper and Thesis writing” on 2nd December, 2023 at Krishnaguru Adhyatmik Visvavidyalaya, Nasatra, Barpeta, Assam.

22. Participated in the day long faculty orientation programme on Indian Knowledge System (IKS) on 13/12/2023 at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai, Organized by IQAC, Mangaldai College.

23. Participated in the RUSA 2.0/PM-USHA Assam Sponsored 2-day Teachers’ Training Programme on Mentoring Cutting Edge Research in the Light of NEP 2020 under the ‘Mentoring cutting-edge Research’ scheme of Gauhati University, held during 25-09-2025 to 26-09-2025 in physical-mode, conducted by Mangaldai College (Autonomous) in collaboration with UGC-MMTTC (Formerly known as UGC-HRDC), Gauhati University.


Books | Chapter in Books

1. Manash Pratim Baruah, Dr. Debashree Kakati. Issues and challenges in teaching Plant Science in HEIs using local languages in Assam. ACTA sponsored National Seminar on “NEP-2020: Transforming Vision into Action” organised by MCTU in collaboration with Darrang Udalguri Zone, on 23rd &24th June, 2023. ISBN 978-81-967287-6-2.

2. Rahul Malakar, Sahabuddin Ahmed, Manash Pratim Baruah. Millet Cultivation in Assam: A short review. Expanding Horizons, published by Mangaldai College, Mangaldai. ISBN 978-81-963516-2-5.


Memberships

1. Life member of Assam Science Society


Projects


Other Activity

1. Acted as a District level Resource person in 30th National Children Science Congress, 2022, organized by DST, Govt. of India, held on 20-11-2022 at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai.

2. Acted as a Resource Person in the One Week “Summer Classes for Better Learning, 2023” organised by the IQAC, Mangaldai College in the Tangani Tea Estate Model School from 05-06-2023 to 10-06-2023 as a part of School Outreach Programme.

3. Acted as a State level Resource person in 31st National Children Science Congress, 2023, organized by Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council (ASTEC), held on 24th-25th June, 2023 at Kokrajhar, Assam.

4. Acted as Resource Person in the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), New Delhi, sponsored Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) organized by Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati at Mangaldai College, Mangaldai from 5th February to 17th February, 2024.

5. Acted as Resource Person in the SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMME (SUMMER CLASSES FOR BETTER LEARNING, 2024) in Tangani Tea Estate Model High School, Bongalgarh, Darrang, Assam. Organised by IQAC, Mangaldai College, Mangaldai Held from 25-06-2024 to 29-06-2024

6. Acted as Resource Person in the 21st State Level Children Science Festival “Joy of Learning”, jointly organised by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Assam, Darrang District and Mangaldai College from 27th March 2025 to 30th March 2025 at Mangaldai College, Darrang, Assam.