Farewell, Debjeet Sarangi
centrestudies2023-07-01T13:57:35+00:00Sri Debjeet Sarangi, the Foounder and head of Living Farms, Odisha’s leading organization to fight for agrobiodiversity conservation and indigenous land rights, passed away on 15 May 2021 of COVID-19. Debjeet was working in the Living Farms field station in Muniguda, when he fell ill, and was admitted in Christian Hospital...
Basudha’s Lab Report (May-Aug)
centrestudies2023-07-01T15:16:03+00:00Read the Triannual Report (May-June) of Basudha’s Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation here.
Revived Seedlings of Vitex Glabrata Planted in Odisha
centrestudies2023-07-01T14:51:29+00:00Basudha Lab regenerated a few seedlings using tissue culture method from seeds of the last specimen of Vitex glabrata, that existed in a roadside sacred grove in Chhandar village of Bankura district of West Bengal. Some villagers cut down this Critically Endangered tree in March 2016. The first seedling was successfully...
Hands-on Training in MOL. BIOL. Techniques for Students: Final Announcement
centrestudies2023-07-01T15:13:44+00:00Basudha Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation, Kolkata will give a hands-on Training in Molecular Biological Techniques involving protein and DNA characterization from the 21st to 25th November 2016, at Kalikapur Canal Road, Kolkata 700099. The course curriculum will include: 1. Plant DNA Extraction and Purification techniques. 2. Separation of DNA through Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. 3. Quantitative assay of DNA...
Vrihi Shifted to New Location
centrestudies2023-07-01T15:21:29+00:00In 2011, the Vrihi rice gene bank shifted to a tribal village in Rayagada district of Odisha, for a wider distribution among indigenous farmers in need. For detail, please read here. Over the past 18 years, Vrihi has distributed hundreds of rice varieties to different farmers and...