Basudha 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 transplanted in Kerandiguda village, near Basudha farm, on November 18, 2016.
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Basudha Laboratory for Conservation is the country’s – and perhaps the world’s – only research laboratory that receives no funding... read more
In 2011, the Vrihi rice gene bank shifted to a tribal village in Rayagada district of Odisha, for a wider... read more
Debashis Chatterjee, one of the Founder-Members of Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, passed away on May 27, 2021. He and his... read more
Dr. Philippe Laconte and Jean Remy wrote articles on Basudha’s work on conservation and sustainability, in Reflets and Biodynamis: Cultiver la Vie. read more
Read the Triannual Report (May-June) of Basudha’s Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation here. read more
Dr D Deb has given hands-on training in rice Characterisation and Conservation Methods, which includes methods of maintaining genetic purity... read more
Basudha Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation, Kolkata will give a hands-on Training in Molecular Biological Techniques involving protein and DNA characterization from the 21st to... read more
Sri Debjeet Sarangi, the Foounder and head of Living Farms, Odisha’s leading organization to fight for agrobiodiversity conservation and indigenous... read more
Students who need advanced laboratory amenities to fulfil their dissertation requirements may work with Basudha’s Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation in Kolkata. Contact us with... read more
