Dr. Ksanbok Makdoh

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Dr. Ksanbok Makdoh

(Assistant Professor)

Qualification : M.Sc., NET, Ph.D.

Email : ksanbok@gmail.com

About

Year of appointment: 2011
Teaching Experience: 10 years
Contribution to corporate life and management of the institution:
  • Member of IQAC, Lady Keane college
  • Member Botanical and fruit garden committee, Lady Keane college
  • Member Hospitality committee, Lady Keane college
  • Member of Lady Keane college Co-operative society
  • Member Meghalaya College Teachers Association, Lady Keane Unit.
  • Member of Lady Keane College Co-operative Society
  • Member of Lady Keane College Welfare Society
  • Member of the District Level Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC), South West Khasi Hills
Completed Projects:

"Physico- Chemical and Bacteriological properties of ground water in and around Shillong city, Meghalaya" Funded by Governing body, Lady Keane College Detection of adulteration, Physico-chemical properties, chemical composition and hygienic status of milk in Shillong Funded by Governing body, Lady Keane College.

Ongoing Projects:

Biochemical analysis of some commercially valuable indigenous fruits of the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya Funded by Governing body, Lady Keane College

Undergoing/completed Projects :

Title Completed/undergoing Amount Funding agency Period
Detection of adulteration, Physico-chemical properties, chemical composition and hygienic status of milk in Shillong completed 0.505 College funded 1 year (2014)
Biochemical analysis of some commercially valuable indigenous fruits of the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. completed 0.60 0.60
College funded
2 years (2015-2017)
Video Creation with Young Generation: Youth Meets ICH" under the theme Women’s role in safeguarding and promoting ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage). The title of the video created is "Eri Silk Production and Weaving: Intangible Heritage of Bhoi Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya, India Completed International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) 6 months (2017)
Biochemical analysis of some Wild indigenous fruits of Meghalaya. Undergoing 0.8 lakhs College funded 2 years

Field of specialisation under the subject / discipline :

Microbial Ecology

Teaching Experience

Date of Joining: 15.12.2010

Seminars/ Conference/ Symposia/ Extension Programmes

  • Soil physico-chemical properties and spore density of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in coal mining and abandoned sites of East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, in the National seminar on "Mining: impact assessment on the economy, Ecology, Technology, Polity and Society"., organised by Sankardev College, Shillong in collaboration with Buddha Bhanu Saraswati College, Shillong on the 27th-28th Sep.2012
  • AMF spore density and soil Physico-chemical properties in coal mining areas of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, in the National seminar on "Plant resources of NE Region and their Bioprospecting" organised by Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, on the 30th march 2013.
  • Impact of coal mining on soil physico-chemical properties in East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya in the National seminar on "Politics of Environment" organised by Lady Keane College on the 21nd - 22nd Nov 2013.
  • "Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Association Of Plants Colonizing Abandoned Coalmine Spoils In East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India" in the international seminar on Role of Fungi and Microbes in the 21st century-a Global Scenario organised by Indian Mycological Society in collaboration with Department of Botany, University of Calcutta on the Date 20-22 Feb. 2014.
  • "Status And Diversity Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi In Coal Mining Areas Of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya" in the National seminar on Himalayan Biodiversity: Prospects and Challenges organised by Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, Department of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong on the 20th - 21st March 2014.
  • "Occurrence and diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in trap cultures from soils of coal mining areas, East Jaintia Hills District , Meghalaya" in the National seminar on Unravelling Plant-Microbe interactions for supporting Plant Health organised by Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, on the 27-28 Oct. 2014
Resource person:
  • In the District level workshop on Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants organised by Basin Development Unit, Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya on the 9 th Sept. 2014
  • In the District level workshop on Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants organised by Basin Development Unit, Jowai, West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, on the 17th Sept. 2014.
  • In the District level workshop on Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants organised by Basin Development Unit, Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya, on the 18th Nov. 2014
  • In the District level Workshop on Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants for farmers/Herbal practioners under Centrally sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants, organised by Office of the Divisional Forest Officer Social Forestry Division, Ri-Bhoi District, Nongpoh on the 4 th February 2015.
  • In the District level Workshop on Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants for farmers/Herbal practioners under centrally sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants, organised by Office of the Divisional Forest Officer Social Forestry Division, Ri-Bhoi District, Nongpoh on the 26th March 2015.

Title of the paper presented Title of conference / seminar Date Organised by Resource person/paper presenter/participant Whether International/National/State/Regional
"Occurrence and diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in trap cultures from soils of coal mining areas, East Jaintia Hills District , Meghalaya" Unravelling Plant-Microbe interactions for supporting Plant Health Date 27-28 Oct. 2014 Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. Paper presenter National
Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Date 9th Sept. 2014 Basin Development Unit, Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya. Resource person District level
Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Date 17th Sept. 2014. Basin Development Unit, Jowai, West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya. Resource person District level
Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Date 18th Nov. 2014 Basin Development Unit, Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya. Resource person District level
Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Workshop for farmers/Herbal practioners under Centrally sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants. Date: 4th February 2015. Office of the Divisional Forest Officer Social Forestry Division, Ri-Bhoi District, Nongpoh. Resource person District level
Conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. Workshop for farmers/Herbal practioners under Centrally sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants. Date: 26th March 2015. Office of the Divisional Forest Officer Social Forestry Division, East Khasi Hills, Shillong. Resource person District level
Non-Timber Forest Products from Community Forests as a Source of Food: A case study from East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, India . "Himalayan Plant Diversity : Taxonomy Conservation and Sustainable Utilization" Date: 8-9 March, 2018 Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre in collaboration with East Himalayan Society of Spermatophyte Taxonomy and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. Paper presenter National
Coloring the Ryndia: Indigeneous Knowledge of Bhoi women on natural dyes Environment Consciousness and Sustainability: To know globally and act locally" Date: 20-21 June, 2018 IQAC, Lady Keane College, Shillong Paper presenter National
Transition of Ecological Tradition: Status of Marngar Lake Ecological Traditions of Meghalaya Date: 26 March, 2019 Lady Keane College, Shillong in collaboration with C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre, Chennai Paper presenter State

Publications

  • Title of the Book – Biological Spectrum of North-East India Title of the Chapter – Ethnomedicinal Plants in the sacred groves of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya and their uses by the Khasi Tribe of the Region. ISBN No. 978-93-92038-07-5 (2022) Publisher – EBH Publishers (India)
  • Wild mushrooms consumed and marketed by the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya, India Ecology, Environment And Conservation, 25 (1), 0971-765X , 2019
  • Diversity Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi In Trap Cultures Prepared From Abandoned Coalmine Overburden Spoils Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Print ISSN 0973-7510 E-ISSN 2581-690X, 2019
  • Provisioning Role of Forest Ecosystems: The Case of Non Timber Forest Products Use from Community Forest of East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, India Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry, 7:2, 2327-4417, 2018
  • Seed viability and seedling survival of Melodinus monogynus Roxb., a wild edible fruit of Meghalaya. Page 41-44.Keanean Journal of Science, ISSN 2321-6077, 2016
  • Soil physic-chemical Properties in Coal mining areas of Khliehriat, East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India. 4(10): (2015): 1-10, International Research Journal of Environment Sciences,2319-1414, 2015
  • Fungal Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f., an Endemic and Endangered Insectivorous Plant of Meghalaya, India. 2(10): (2015): 96–102, International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences, 2348-8069, 2015
  • A case study of the cost benefits analysis of button mushroom production in three villages of Meghalaya. 6 (2): 2015. NeBIO, 2278-2281, 2015
  • Detection of Adulteration, Physico-chemical properties, Chemical composition and Hygienic status of Milk in Shillong. 4: 2015: 9-13. Kenean Journal of Science, 2321-6077, 2015
  • Marketing of Indigenous Fruits: A Source of Income among Khasi Women of Meghalaya, North East India Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 0976-6898, 2014
  • Publications:
  • Makdoh, Marvellous B. Lynser and Kevin Howard M. Pala, Marketing of Indigenous Fruits: A Source of Income among Khasi Women of Meghalaya, North East India, Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014
  • K Makdoh, Soil physico-chemical Properties in Coal mining areas of Khliehriat, East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India. 4(10): (2015): 1-10, International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 2015
  • K Makdoh, Fungal Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f., an Endemic and Endangered, Insectivorous Plant of Meghalaya, India. 2(10): (2015): 96 -102, International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences
  • K.H.M. Pala, J.Pyngrope and K. Makdoh, A case study of the cost benefits analysis of button mushroom production in three villages of Meghalaya. 6 (2): 2015. NeBIO, 2015
  • Pala K.H.M, Nongbri S, Dohling S, Makdoh K. 2015. Detection of adulteration, physicochemical properties, chemical composition and hygienic status of milk in Shillong. Keanean Journal of Science. Vol 4: 23-28.
  • Nongbri S, Nongbri E, Pala K.H.M, Law P, Dohling S, Makdoh K. 2016. Seed viability and seedling survival of Melodinus monogynus Roxb., a wild edible fruit of Meghalaya. Keanean Journal of Science .Vol 5: 41-44.

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