The Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Mizoram centre organized a programme on “Bioeconomy from Bioresources: Promoting Bioresources of Mizoram for Viksit Bharat” in collaboration with Mizoram Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTIC).
During the programme held yesterday, IBSD Director Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee highlighted on various research verticals for the development of bioeconomy from bioresources from the region. He mentioned that the institute is organising different outreach activities in the Northeast for societal benefit and to encourage startups.
Informing that the IBSD has established phytopharmaceutical mission for documentation of traditional healthcare practices and bioresources for their scientific validation, value addition to propel innovations, discoveries and inventions, he said the institute is exploring ethnopharmacological perspectives of medicinal plants including their cultivation, sustainable management, chemical profiling and value addition.
Further the IBSD has established linkages between traditional healers and the scientific communities for benefit sharing and promotion of start-ups based on development of herbal medicinal products and performed metabolomics studies of several medicinal plants with potential therapeutic effects for establishing their mechanism of action with network pharmacology and synergistic study, he added.
Vice-Chancellor of Mizoram University Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka appreciated the research and outreach activities of IBSD and highlighted various bioresources of Mizoram including bamboo, orchids and fermented foods and beverages which can be explored for their documentation and scientific validation.
All the stockholders, beneficiaries and entrepreneurs interacted with experts and shared their views for the development of startups.
Er H. Lalsawmliana, Chief Scientific Officer and Member Secretary, MISTIC and Dr.Lalchhandami Tochhawng, Principal Scientific Officer and others spoke during the programme.
The programme was attended by faculties, scientists, scholars from MISTEC, Mizoram University, different institutes, IBSD, Imphal, IBSD, Sikkim and IBSD, Shillong.
