New Director of IBSD appointed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2020:
Professor Pulok Kumar Mukherjee has taken charge as Director of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, an autonomous institute of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, said IBSD in a statement.
Professor Pulok Kumar Mukherjee who was earlier working as Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Director of the School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University Kolkata is currently working on traditional medicine inspired drug discovery and development from Indian medicinal plants.
He has made significant contributions in biomedical sciences for drug discovery and development, academics and researches related to bioprospecting of medicinal plants, evidence-based validation of herbs used in traditional medicine, etc.
His multidisciplinary efforts have been appreciated by several industries and products have been developed, technology transferred through University-Industry collaborations, the press release said.
Professor Mukherjee is a fellow of the National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC) and West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST).
He is also the president of International Society for Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland and Secretary of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFE-India), Kolkata.
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) was established as an autonomous institute by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in April, 2001 at Imphal.
Presently, IBSD also has its centres at Sikkim, Mizoram and Meghalaya.