Institutional Projects
- Conservation, characterization and sustainable use of diversity in orchids
- Genetic improvement of orchids for yield, quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
- Development and refinement of production and protection technologies for improved of productivity, marketing and utilization of orchids.
- Improvement of knowledge and skill of stakeholders for improving production of orchids.
External funded Projects
- DUS Testing on Orchids (PPV&FRA).
- Assessment of chemical and genetic divergence of some fragrant orchids of north-east India for sustainable improvement of community livelihood (DBT-TWIN Project-IIT, Kharagpur).
- National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS, MoEF & CC, GOI) – Conservation, longterm ecological monitoring, GIS, DBMS, natural resources accounting methods and chemical profiling.
- Inventorization of Gama irradiation technology for orchid varietal improvement (DAE, BARC, GOI).