Designation: Assistant Professor
E-mail: kishoret_00@yahoo.com
Vidwan Id: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in//profile/488260
Qualification: Ph.D, MSc
Address: Kalimpong ,West Bengal,India – 734301
Honours and Awards
- Outstanding Research Paper in Botany in Bengal Science Congress – 2017
West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology - Fellow of Ethnobotanical Society (FES) – 2014
Society of Ethnobotanists - Visiting Scientist, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences – 2013
World Agroforestry Centre and CAS - Travel Grant to attend 8th ICTAM and visit Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine, Sanchaeon, Korea – 2013
Korean Society of Oriental Medicine - Travel Grant to attend 7th ICTAM, Thimphu, Bhutan – 2009
IASTAM - Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist, Bundaberg Research Station, Queensland, Australia – 2005
Australian Council of International Agricultural Research - Travel Grant to attend 2nd International Congress of Phytomedicine – 1996
Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, LMU, Munich Germany - Visitor, Rothamsted Experimental Station, U.K. – 1996
DGHC - University Silver Medal for MSc. Botany – 1993
University of North Bengal
Research Project
Large Scale Propagation of mandarin orange by STG technique & tissue culture for improvement of production & productivity of oranges in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas.
Role: Principal Investigator
Year 2004, Amount Rs. 3600000
Membership In Professional Bodies
- Indian Mycological Society, 2023
Life Member - Botanical Society of Bengal, 2022
Life Member - East Himalaya Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy, 2010
Life Member - Indian Citriculture Society, 2005
Life Member - Society of Ethnobotanists, 2001
Life Member
Membership In Committees
- Board of Studies in Botany (UG +PG) CoochBehar Panchanan Barma
University, 2017
Chairperson/Member - Undergraduate Board of Studies in Botany, University of North Bengal,
2014
Member
Publication
- Musculoskeletal Symptoms Among Sital Pati Weavers of Koch Bihar
District, West Bengal, India
Gupta, M., Saha, S., & Thapa, K. K.
Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland., Volume 79, Year 2023, Pages 137-152 - Trends in Biogeography (Eastern Himalaya and North Bengal)
Kishore Kumar Thapa, Bappa Sarkar and Manjil Gupta
Trends in Biogeography (Eastern Himalaya and North Bengal), Volume , Year 2022, Pages 268 - Traditional Ethno-Healing, Environment and Modernity: An Outlook in
Darjeeling Himalaya
Sapan Tamang
Indian Science Cruiser , Volume 36 No. 4, Year 2022, Pages 33-41 - Mycorrhizal association and root colonization of Citrus reticulata, Citrus
medica and Citrus limonia grown in Darjeeling hills and foot hills.
Allay Sanjita, Thapa Kishore and Chakraborty Bishwanath
J. Mycopathol . Res. , Volume 59, Year 2021, Pages 375-384 - Lepcha agriculture on Primitive Agro-system perspective.
Thapa Kishore Kumar and Allay Sanjita
Journal of Critical Reviews, Volume 7, Year 2020, Pages 77-82 - Brewing Insights: a comprehensive review on the composition, health
implications, and cultural significance of brick tea
Thapa, Kishore Kumar
Journal of Critical Reviews , Volume 7, Year 2020, Pages 2451-2459 - Threats to Biocultural Diversity in a Changing World: Case study on
Sitalpati from Cooch Behar
Thapa, K.K and Gupta,M.
, Volume , Year 2019, Pages – - Tea and Health: Exploring the Multifaceted benefit of a Time-Honored
Beverage
Thapa Kishore Kumar
JETIR, Volume 6, Year 2019, Pages 398-407 - Cinchona Plantation in Darjeeling Hills: History and Extension.
Tamang, S., Gupta, M., & Thapa, K. K.
Indian Science Cruiser, Volume , Year 2019, Pages 57-60 - Domestication Origin and Breeding history of the Tea Plant (Camellia
sinensis) in China and India Based on Nucler Microsatellites and cpDNA
Sequence Data
Meegahakumbura MK, Wambulwa MC, Li M.M, Thapa KK, Sun Y-S, Moller M, Xu J-C, Yang J-B, Liu J, Liu BY, Li D-Z and Gao L-M
Front. Plant Sci. , Volume 8, Year 2018, Pages – - Science Education in Rural and Semi-Urban Colleges of India
Thapa, K.K and Gupta,M.
, Volume , Year 2016, Pages – - Indications for Three Independent Domestication Events for the Tea Plant
(Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and New Insights into the Origin of Tea
Germplasm in China and India Revealed by Nuclear Microsatellites.
Meegahakumbura MK, Wambulwa MC, Thapa KK, Li MM, M
PLoS ONE 11, Volume 115, Year 2016, Pages – - Science Education in Rural and Semi-Urban Colleges of India
Thapa, K.K and Gupta,M.
, Volume , Year 2016, Pages – - Can grass phytoliths and indices be relied on during vegetation and
climate interpretations in the eastern Himalayas? Studies from Darjeeling
and Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Oindrila Biswas,Rubi Ghosh, Dipak Kumar paruya, Biswajit Mukherjee, Kishore Kumar Thapa and Subir
Bera
Journal of Quaternary Science Reviews., Volume 134, Year 2016, Pages 114-132 - Potential of dust and Soot from Airfilter of Motor Vehicle Engines as a
Forensic Tool : Fisrt Experimental Palynological Approach in India.
More S, Thapa KK, Bera S
J Forensic Res , Volume 4 (1), Year 2013, Pages 1-7 - Citrus: An Indigenous Crop of Darjeeling Hills
K K Thapa
Asian Agri-History , Volume 11(2), Year 2007, Pages 133-137 - Citrus: An Indigenous Crop of Darjeeling Hills
K K Thapa
Asian Agri-History , Volume 11(2), Year 2007, Pages 133-137 - Micropopagation of Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia Osbeck) using nodal
stem segments as explant source
B. Kanjilal, S. Allay,A. Gurung, Y. Lama, J. Sharma, K. Thapa and s. Mukhopadhyay
Proceedings: National Symposium on Citriculture; A Road Map, Volume , Year 2006, Pages 18-22 - Marketing of Darjeeling mandarin: a case study
M. Chettri, K. Thapa and S. Mukhopadhaya
Proceedings: National Symposium on Citriculture; A Road Map, Volume , Year 2006, Pages 240-244 - Medicinal Plant Wealth of Northeastern India with special reference to
Sikkim Himalaya
K Thapa
North Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity, Volume , Year 2003, Pages 30-41 - Citrus: Legacy and Biodiversity in Eastern Himalaya
S. Mukhopadhyay and K. Thapa
Science and Culture, Volume 67 (1-2), Year 2001, Pages 42-46