Dr. Bishmita Boruah
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bishmita Boruah
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Murkong Selek College
Email: bishmitaboruah27@gmail.com
Education
Ph.D.
Gauhati University, Assam (2025).
M.Phil.
Gauhati University, Assam (2020).
Master Degree
Gauhati University, Assam (2017). Specialization in Plant Ecology.
Bachelor Degree
Cotton College, Gauhati University, Assam (2015).
School Education
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council: Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Assam (2012).
Board of Secondary Education: A New Higher Secondary School, Tinsukia, Assam (2010).
Professional Experience
Teaching Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Murkong Selek College, Jonai, Dhemaji, Assam.
Research Experience
- Project Fellow in the MoEF & CC sponsored research project entitled "Assessing Phytoplankton diversity in different freshwater habitats of Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh" (2021-2024).
Industry Experience
- R & D Executive, Innotech Interventions Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati Biotech Park, Amingaon, Assam.
Research
Research Areas
- Phycology.
- Algal Taxonomy and Biodiversity.
- Algal ecology.
- Desmids.
- Algae from stressed environments, including crude oil and hydrocarbon contaminated sites.
- Wetland Ecology.
Research Projects
- MoEF & CC sponsored research project: Assessing Phytoplankton diversity in different freshwater habitats of Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh (2021-2024).
Workshops / Training
- Participated in the SERB sponsored field and lab based workshop on biomonitoring of rivers using diatoms (2022), organized by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune.
Professional Memberships
- Life member, Botanical Society of Assam.
Publications
Journal Publications
- Baruah, P. P., Boruah, B., Nath, S., Kalita, H. & Bhattacharjee, S. (2020). Algal diversity in Deepor Beel of Assam: a Ramsar site of North East India. Nelumbo, 62(2), 221-252.
- Baruah, P. P., Bhattacharjee, S., Nath, S., Boruah, B. & Kalita, H. (2022). Algal diversity in riparian lentic habitats of Brahmaputra valley. Nelumbo, 64(2), 81-115.
- Boruah, B. & Baruah, P. P. (2024). Freshwater desmid diversity along Naga thrust: A hydrocarbon province of South-East Asia. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 17(2), 375-395.
- Boruah, B. & Baruah, P. P. (2024). Seven new additions to euglenoid flora of India from petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated water bodies of Naga-Schuppen thrust belt. Plant Science Today. https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.3281
- Boruah, B. & Baruah, P. P. (2024). Regenerated macrophyte diversity in Maguri-Motapung Beel: post Baghjan oil field blowout and spill in Tinsukia district of Assam (India). Pleione, 18(2), 173-179.
- Baruah, P. P., Kalita, N., Boruah, B., Bhattacharjee, S., Sarma, S. & Kalita, H. (2024). An updated synopsis of genus Chara L. in India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 13(2).
- Kalita, N., Boruah, B., Bhattacharjee, S., Kalita, H. & Baruah, P. P. (2025). Exploration of Cyanobacteria in heavy metal-contaminated water bodies with special reference to oil field. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 1-9.
- Baruah, P. P., Bhattacharjee, S., Kalita, N. & Boruah, B. (2025). A new variety of Chara corallina Willd. (Charophyta: Characeae) from Kamrup District, Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 17(8), 27378-27383.
Book Chapters
- Kalita, N., Nath, S., Chetia, T., Boruah, B. & Baruah, P. P. (2023). Microalgae - A promising tool for sustainable future. IIP Series, Volume 3, Book 2, Part 1, Chapter 9. e-ISBN: 978-93-6252-330-3.
- Kalita, N., Boruah, B., Bhattacharjee, S., Kalita, H., Bora, G. & Baruah, P. P. (2024). Analyzing Copper Dependent Growth Behaviors in Anabaena azollae Strasburger, an Autochthonous Cyanobacterial Species of Assam. Research Perspectives of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 1. DOI: 10.9734/bpi/rpmab/v1/2890G.
- Boruah, B. & Baruah, P. P. (2024). Oscillatoriales: A Potent Microalgal Group from Hydrocarbon Contaminated Waterbodies. Innovations in Biological Science, Vol. 5, Chapter 9. e-ISBN: 978-81-973656-9-0.
Books and Monographs
- Baruah, P. P., Nath, S., Boruah, B. & Kalita, H. Algal Flora of Deepor Beel and Rudrasagar Lake Ramsar sites of North East India. Gauhati University Press, 2026.