Academic record & distinction

MSc (Botany) :University of North Bengal

PhD (Botany) :North-Eastern Hill University

PhD Topic: “Effect of forest fragmentation on vascular plant diversity in Khangchendzonga
Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim with emphasis on regeneration of some important taxa

Areas of Specialization

Plant Ecology and Taxonomy; Plant distributional Modeling; Conservation Biology

latest Publications

1.    Priyanka Yadava, Praveen Kumar Oraona, Dharmit Lepcha, Atika Chandra, Rajesh Tandon, Arun Chettri, Tanvir Ul Hassan Dar, Ratul Baishya, Mukund Dev Behera, Saroj K. Barik, Shailendra Goel (2024). Development of genome-wide microsatellites from Primula denticulata and their utility in different species of the genus. South African Journal of Botany, 165 (2024) 384393.

2.    Aditya Pradhan, Deliza Rai, Saroj K. Barik and Arun Chettri (2019). Begonia panchtharensis (Begoniaceae), a New Record to India from Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya. Journal of Japanese Botany, 94(1):56-57.

3.    Mark. K. Lyngdoh, Arun Chettri, D. Adhikari and S.K. Barik (2018). Metapopulation modelling of threatened plants to assess conservation status and determine minimum viable population size. Current Science, 114(3): 532-538.

4.    Aditya Pradhan and Arun Chettri (2017). Identifying Protected Areas Suitable for Conservation of Cycas pectinata Buch. Ham., in Southeast Asia Under Climate Change Scenario. International Journal of Ecology and Environment, 43(2): 129-135.

5.    Aditya Pradhan, Dibyendu Adhikari and Arun Chettri (2020). Predicting the distribution of suitable habitats for Pandanus unguifer hook.f. - a dwarf endemic species from Sikkim Himalayas, through ecological niche modelling. International Journal of Conservation Science, 11(1): 145-152.