High-Value Plants

Thangjam Anand Singh, PhD, is a Scientist at the Directorate of Research at Central Agricultural University in Imphal, India. He has worked with many renowned institutes in the Northeastern Hill Region (NEH) of India, including the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology; Indian Council of Agricultural Research, NEH region; and Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, gaining firsthand knowledge from his many field trips. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience and published more than 35 research articles in international and national journals, authored several book chapters, and reviewed articles for many international journals.

Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD, is a scientist specializing in microbiology at the Central Agricultural University Imphal, India. His expertise is in bioconversion of biomass into biofuels, biochemicals, and nutraceuticals, as well as environmental waste remediation. He has taken leading roles as the principal investigator in different R&D projects on biomass conversion and microbial biodegradation into value-added products. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience and is serves as editorial board member and guest editor for many international journals. He has published research articles and book chapters as well as books on biomass conversion and value addition.

Ch. Brajakishor Singh, PhD, is currently working as a Scientist at the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, India. He has supervised several PhD and postdoctoral students. He has published more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals and filed one patent. His research areas of interest are medicinal plants, natural product chemistry, and synthesis of small heterocyclic molecules. He earlier worked as a research associate at the Manipur University Chemistry Department and the Chemistry Department of the Indian Institute of Technology, Assam, India. He has worked at the National Center for Natural Research at the University of Mississippi, USA, as a visiting fellow.