Dipankar Borah

Dipankar Borah is a botanist of the region and belongs from Monabarie TE, one of the largest tea plantations in the country located in the Biswanath District of Assam. Son of Moheswar Borah (father) and Bijanti Borah (mother). He did his BSc from Biswanath College (affiliated to Gauhati University) in 2015, his MSc in 2017 and PhD in 2022 from Rajiv Gandhi University. He conducted majority of his plant explorations in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya states of Northeast India.{{Cite web|title=Dipankar BORAH {{!}} Professor (Assistant) {{!}} Master of Science {{!}} Botany|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dipankar-Borah|access-date=2021-08-28|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Scopus preview - Borah, Dipankar - Author details - Scopus|url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57198305101|access-date=2021-08-28|website=www.scopus.com}}{{Cite web|title=ORCID|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-1070|access-date=2021-08-28|website=orcid.org}} Since 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Assam, India.{{Cite web|title=Teaching Staff – Science|url=https://www.goalparacollege.ac.in/faculty/teaching-staff-science/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=www.goalparacollege.ac.in|language=en-US}}

Borah is best known for his studies on Begonias,{{Cite journal|last1=Taram|first1=Momang|last2=Borah|first2=Dipankar|last3=Hughes|first3=Mark|date=2021-04-07|title=Begonia kekarmonyingensis (Begoniaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India|url=https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.494.3.2|journal=Phytotaxa|volume=494|issue=3|pages=268–272|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.494.3.2|s2cid=233611814|issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Borah|first1=Dipankar|last2=Taram|first2=Momang|last3=Wahlsteen|first3=Eric|date=2021|title=Begonia dicressine (Begoniaceae): a new record for India|journal=Nature Conservation Research|volume=6|issue=4|doi=10.24189/ncr.2021.044|issn=2500-008X|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|last=Pskhun|date=2021-03-11|title=Species New to Science: [Botany • 2020] Begonia oyuniae (Begoniaceae, sect. Monophyllon) • A Remarkable New Species from Northeast India|url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/03/begonia-oyuniae.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Species New to Science}}{{Cite web|last=Pskhun|date=2021-12-13|title=Species New to Science: [Botany • 2021] Begonia arunachalensis (Begoniaceae, sect. Diploclinium) • A New Tuberous Species of Begonia from Arunachal Pradesh, India|url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/12/begonia-arunachalensis.html|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Species New to Science}}{{Cite web|last=Pskhun|date=2021-10-07|title=Species New to Science: [Botany • 2021] Begonia pasighatensis (Begoniaceae, sect. Platycentrum) • A New Begonia Species from Arunachal Pradesh, India, and Some Notes on Begonia scintillans|url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/10/begonia-pasighatensis.html|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Species New to Science}} Gesneriads,{{Cite journal|last1=Taram|first1=Momang|last2=Borah|first2=Dipankar|last3=Taku|first3=Ojar|last4=Tag|first4=Hui|date=2020-09-08|title=Henckelia siangensis (Gesneriaceae): a remarkable new species from Northeast India|url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/54459/|journal=PhytoKeys|issue=160|pages=1–6|doi=10.3897/phytokeys.160.54459|issn=1314-2003|pmc=7492194|pmid=32982548 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal|last1=Taram|first1=Momang|last2=Borah|first2=Dipankar|last3=Singh|first3=Rajeev Kumar|last4=Tag|first4=Hui|title=Two new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from the Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fedr.202100006|journal=Feddes Repertorium|year=2021|volume=132|issue=4|pages=364–371|language=en|doi=10.1002/fedr.202100006|s2cid=238731934|issn=1522-239X|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Taram|first1=Momang|last2=Borah|first2=Dipankar|last3=Nampy|first3=Santhosh|date=2020-01-24|title=Boeica multinervia K.Y. Pan (Gesneriaceae): a new record for India|url=https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/48744/|journal=Check List|volume=16|issue=1|pages=89–92|doi=10.15560/16.1.89|s2cid=214304910|issn=1809-127X|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Borah|first1=Dipankar|last2=Singh|first2=Rajeev Kumar|last3=Taram|first3=Momang|last4=Das|first4=A. P.|date=2020-09-01|title=Boeica arunachalensis (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from Indian Eastern Himalaya and Typification of five names in Boeica|url=http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/154928|journal=Indian Forester|language=en|volume=146|issue=9|pages=871–874|doi=10.36808/if/2020/v146i9/154928 |s2cid=247071906 |issn=2321-094X|url-access=subscription}} Aristolochia{{Cite journal|last1=Borah|first1=Dipankar|last2=Taram|first2=Momang|last3=Das|first3=Abhaya Prasad|last4=Tangjang|first4=Sumpam|last5=Do|first5=Truong Van|date=2019|title=Aristolochia assamica (Aristolochiaceae), a New Species from the East Himalayas|url=https://bioone.org/journals/annales-botanici-fennici/volume-56/issue-4-6/085.056.0410/Aristolochia-assamica-Aristolochiaceae-a-New-Species-from-the-East-Himalayas/10.5735/085.056.0410.full|journal=Annales Botanici Fennici|volume=56|issue=4–6|pages=253–257|doi=10.5735/085.056.0410|s2cid=204811125|issn=0003-3847|url-access=subscription}} (Pipeworts) and Chlorophytum{{Cite journal|last1=BORAH|first1=DIPANKAR|last2=KAFLEY|first2=PARIXIT|last3=DAS|first3=ABHAYA P.|last4=TANGJANG|first4=SUMPAM|last5=AVERYNOV|first5=LEONID|date=2019-02-25|title=Chlorophytum assamicum (Asparagaceae), a new species from Northeast India|url=https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.12|journal=Phytotaxa|volume=394|issue=1|pages=123|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.12|s2cid=92052872|issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription}} of Northeastern India (in the Himalayas and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots) apart from several other genera. So far he has described more than 20 new plant names.{{Cite web|title=Borah, Dipankar {{!}} International Plant Names Index|url=https://www.ipni.org/a/20033892-1|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.ipni.org}}

In February 2021, Borah along with his two fellow scientists discovered a new alpine plant species named Cremanthodium indicum from Penga Teng Tso of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district, which became too popular amongst the plants described that year.{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=2021-02-24|title=New Alpine Plant Species Discovered in Arunachal's Tawang District|url=https://science.thewire.in/environment/new-alpine-plant-species-discovered-in-arunachals-tawang-district/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The Wire Science|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-24|title=New species of alpine plant discovered, endemic to Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh|url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/new-species-of-alpine-plant-discovered-endemic-to-tawang-district-in-arunachal-pradesh-9341251.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Firstpost}}{{Cite news|last=PTI|date=2021-02-24|title=New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/new-alpine-plant-species-discovered-in-arunachal-pradesh/article33920366.ece|access-date=2021-09-02|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-24|title=New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/new-alpine-plant-species-discovered-in-arunachal-pradesh-s-tawang-district-101614167750848.html|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}

He was also into the discovery of Pedicularis khoiyangii, a plant species that was discovered in alpine regions of the Eastern Himalayas and named after his late friend, Mr. Hawtoo Khoiyang. Its common name is Hawtoo’s lousewort.{{Cite web|title=Plant honour for young researcher of Arunachal Pradesh and Botanical Survey of India|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/plant-honour-for-young-researcher-of-arunachal-pradesh-and-botanical-survey-of-india/cid/1742318|access-date=2021-09-02|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=BORAH|first1=DIPANKAR|last2=GAP|first2=NEELAM|last3=SINGH|first3=RAJEEV KUMAR|date=2020-02-03|title=Pedicularis khoiyangii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.430.4.3|journal=Phytotaxa|volume=430|issue=4|pages=287–293|s2cid=214221699|issn=1179-3163}}

In December 2020, three Indian scientists, V.S. Hareesh, M. Sabu and Dipankar Borah, discovered a new species named Amomum arunachalense from Nirjuli in Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.{{Cite news|last=Correspondent|first=Special|date=2020-12-29|title=Two new species of ginger found from northeast|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/two-new-species-of-ginger-found-from-northeast/article33443098.ece|access-date=2021-09-02|issn=0971-751X}}

He has also been into conservation of orchids of Assam.{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|date=2021-12-22|title=Public awareness meet held at Ezengo near Roing - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/public-awareness-meet-held-at-ezengo-near-roing-569049|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}

Borah has worked extensively in Behali Reserved Forest and raised his voice for its protection and upgradation.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=Biswanath's only forest is on verge of extinction, but locals aren't giving up|url=http://www.eastmojo.com/assam/2021/08/01/biswanaths-only-forest-is-on-verge-of-extinction-but-locals-arent-giving-up/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=EastMojo|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-07-23|title=Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest's biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border|url=https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/neglect-shrouds-behali-reserve-forests-biodiversity-along-assam-arunachal-border/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Mongabay-India|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-26|title=Assam's Behali reserve forest is home to archaeological relics|url=http://www.eastmojo.com/assam/2021/12/26/assams-behali-reserve-forest-is-home-to-archaeological-relics/|access-date=2022-01-08|website=EastMojo|language=en-US}}

He did his PhD on floristic studies of Behali Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly known as Behali Reserve Forest) from Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh.{{Cite web|title=Biodiversity of Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/project/Biodiversity-of-Behali-Reserve-Forest-Assam-India|url-status=live|access-date=2 September 2021|website=Research Gate|publisher=D.Borah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902042448/https://www.researchgate.net/project/Biodiversity-of-Behali-Reserve-Forest-Assam-India |archive-date=2021-09-02 }} Borah is also the creator of the public website "[https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home Ethnobotany of Northeast India]", database of names of useful plants of Northeast India.{{Cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Sahana|date=2020-10-15|title=A Budding Botanist's Quest for Plant-Indigenous Community Relations|url=https://science.thewire.in/environment/arunachal-pradesh-plant-indigenous-community-relations/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The Wire Science|language=en-GB}}

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