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Manipur Univ


Dr. Robert Panmei

Designation: Guest Faculty

Specialization: Forestry

Contact: +91- 9862260877

Email: rpanmei4 [AT]gmail.com

Ph.D.

Faculty Details Faculty List

Dr. Robert Panmei

(Ph.D. Forestry, INSPIRE- Fellowship Awardee)

 

Correspondence Address:

Department of Forestry, Manipur University, Imphal, India

Personal Details

Father name : Late Poupoklung Panmei

D. O. B. : 7th April 1987

Nationality : Indian

Gender : Male

Marital status : Married

Permanent Add. : Chingkhulong, Lamsang, Imphal West-I, Manipur India, 795146

Orcid id : 0000-0002-5297-5964

Google scholar :https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jquTbAEAAAAJ&hl=en

 

e-mail:- rpanmei4[AT]gmail.com

Mobile:- 09862260877

Current Position

Guest Faculty, Department of Forestry, Manipur University, Imphal.

Academic Contribution and Service:

  1. IQAC coordinator, Department of Forestry, Manipur University,

  2. Assistant Officer-in-Charge of M.Sc. Forestry Examination.

Subjects taught: Forest Inventory. Ethnobotany and Tribal studies, Silviculture and Silviculture system, Forest products and Utilization, Forest Legislation; Laws and Policies, Reproductive Biology of Forest tree, Biodiversity conservation, Forest and People

No. of M.Sc. Dissertation student supervised: Manipur University- 17

Forest Research Institute (FRI)- 01

Teaching Experience: Post-Graduate Forestry for 5 years.

Academic Qualifications

High School :

(Eng., Maths, Science, Social Sciences) from Board of Secondary Education Manipur (2003)

Intermediate :

 

(Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics) from Council of Higher Sec. Education, Manipur (2005)

B.Sc. :

Forestry, HNB Garhwal University (2010)

M. Sc. :

Forestry, NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh, First Division, Gold Medalist (2013)

Ph.D. :

 

Forestry, NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh (2019)

Award & Fellowship:

  • Awarded Gold Medal by NERIST in M.Sc. Forestry, May 2013

  • Qualified ARSB (ICAR) NET, Oct. 2013.

  • Awarded DST- INSPIRE Fellowship for Ph.D. as JRF-P in Sept. 2013.

  • 3rd position (Poster Presentation) in International Symposium on Minor Fruits, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (ISMF, M&AP), College of Horticulture and Forestry Central Agricultural University, Arunachal Pradesh. December, 5th -6th 2017.

 

Memberships in Professional Bodies:

Life member of Eastern Himalaya Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy (EHSST)

Research Interests:

Ethnoforestry and Angiosperm Taxonomy, Forest products utilization & management, Forest Inventory, Biodiversity conservation & Forest management., Agroforestry, Species Distribution Modelling.

Research Experiences:

  • Collection, identification, taxonomic enumeration and nomenclatural Verifications of plants and forest resources.

  • Collection and maintenance of germplasm

  • Documentation of ethnobiological and traditional knowledge systems of northeast India.

  • IUCN Conservation Status Assessment

  • Forest Inventory

  • Nursery management and propagation

  • Species Distribution Modelling,


 

Research publication in National & International Journals

  1. Akoijam C, Dhanaraj Y, Dangmei L, Loushambam RS, Dilip S and Panmei R. 2025. Home garden for subsistence livelihood and economic enhancement in Manipur, India. Agroforestry System, 99:184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01287-5

  1. Panmei R, Kashung S, Dangmei L, Surviya A and Ningshen U. 2025. Embelia ribes Burm.f. (Primulaceae) – an ayurvedic plant with ethnobotanical notes from Manipur, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 17(6): 27159–27162, https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9825.17.6.27159-27162

  1. Leisembi MM, Panmei R, Adhikary P, Dilip S and Loushambam RS. 2024. A Review of wild edible plants in Manipur: Enhancing sustainable livelihoods and economic development in the Indo-Myanmar Hotspot Region. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 29:59. http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.29.59.1-50.

  1. Gangmei L Chanu SB, Devajit Y and Panmei R. 2024. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) of Noney District, Manipur (India): a market survey. Pleione 18(1):13-21. doi:10.26679/Pleione.18.1.2024.013-021.

  1. Hijam K, Panmei R, Dilip S, Ranibala G, Nongmaithem RS and Loushambam RS. 2023. Variation in seed source and seed size influenced the germination and seedling growth of Parkia timoriana (Tree bean) in Manipur, India. Indian Journal of Agroforestry 25(2): 121-125.

  1. Romabai W, Pamei T, Manikho Pf, Nevidita L and Panmei R. 2022. Assessment of economically important tree-based NTFPs in Indo-Burma region, Manipur, India. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 32(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2146606

  1. Mangang CS, Dilip S, Ranibala G, Panmei R, Singh NR and Loushambam RS. 2022. Pre-treatment enhances the germination and early growth of Aquilaria agallocha Lam. (Agarwood). International Journal of Environment and climate change 12(12):448-453, 10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121481

  1. Haokip LL, and Panmei R. 2022. Lesser-known wild edible plants used by Thadou-Kuki tribe of Indo-Myanmar region, Manipur, India. Biodiversitas 23(8): 3991-3998
     

  1. Gajurel PR, Kashung S, Nopi S, Panmei R and Singh B. 2020. Can the Ayurvedic Pippali plant (Piper longum L.) be a good option for livelihood and socio-economic development for Indian farmers? An assessment. Current Science 120(10): 1567-1572.
     

  1. Panmei R, Gajurel PR and Singh B. 2019. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by the Zeliangrong ethnic group of Manipur, northeast India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 235: 164-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.02.009
     

  1. Panmei R, Gajurel PR and Singh B. 2018. Ethnomedicinal plants of Bunning Wildlife Sanctuary of Manipur, India. Pleione 12(1):1-10. (doi:10.26679/Pleione.12.1.2018.001-010).

  1. Panmei R, Gajurel PR, and Singh B. 2016. Ethnobotany and nutritional values of some selected wild edible plants used by Rongmei tribe of Manipur northeast India. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology 7(4): 1-9. (http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/ijabpt )

  1. Singh NP, Gajurel PR, Panmei R. & Rethy P. 2015. Indigenous healing practices and ethnomedicinal plants used against jaundice by some Naga tribes in Nagaland, India. Pleione 9 (1): 40-48.

  1. Panmei R, Gajurel PR, Singh B, and Rethy P. 2014. Utilization pattern of non-timber forest products by Rongmei tribe of Manipur northeast India. Journal of Non-timber forest products 21(1): 9-20. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2014-29C7B8


 

Book authored:


 

R.S. Loushambam, Robert Panmei, Salam Dilip. 2025. FOREST TREE SEED: Status, Challenges and Opportunities. Narendra Publishing House New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5651-970-1

Articles in book chapter:

  1. Panmei R, Gajurel PR and B. Singh. 2019. Some important forest resources of Manipur having ethnomedicinal values. In Gupta, A (ed), Medicinal Plants exploration, evaluation and Utilization. Pointer Publisher, Jaipur. Pp 144-154. ISBN 978-81-7132-910-6.

  2. Panmei R, Gajurel PR and Singh B. 2021. Utilization pattern of medicinal plants by Zeme tribe of Manipur, northeast India. In Bawri, A. et al. (ed), Recent advances in folk medicine research in northeast India. North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine, Arunachal Pradesh.

  3. Nada Tadi, Robert Panmei, Salam Dilip and Loushambam, R. S. 2025. Social Forestry. In: R. S. Khoiyangbam and Ch. Raghumani Singh (Eds.), Emerging Topics in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management. Excellent Publishers, India. pp. 114-123. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/978-93-94174-59-7_11

Paper Presented in National/International Conference/Symposium:

  1. Kshetrimayum Priyanka, Loushambam Romeechand Singh, Robert Panmei and Dilip Salam. Eengkhol: A traditional of Sustainability, Conservation and Natural Farming. Paper presented (Poster) in National Conference on Implication of Climate Change and Conservation of Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage. Organized by Department of Life Science Manipur University. 25th 27th February 2025

  1. Gangmei L, Chanu S. B. and Panmei R. An account on Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in Noney District, Manipur: a market survey. Paper presented (oral) in National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Environmental Research, NACETER 2023, Manipur University, Imphal. 14th-15th Dec. 2023.
     

  1. Panmei, R., Imlipokim Pongener and Gajurel, P.R. 2016. Wild Edibles and Medicinal plants used by the Ao tribe of Nagaland. Paper presented (oral) in International Conference on “Global Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development” (ICBCS-2016), Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh Arunachal Pradesh. 15th -18th October, 2016.

  1. Panmei, R., P.R. Gajurel & B. Singh. Some important forest resources of Bunning Wildlife Sanctuary Manipur having ethnomedicinal values. Paper presented (oral) on International Conference on Natural Resources Management and Technology Trends (ICNRM- 17), Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal & SLNA Planning Department, Manipur, 27th to 29th March, 2017.

  1. Panmei, R., P.R. Gajurel & B. Singh. 2017. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Zeme tribe of Manipur, northeast India. Paper presented (poster) in International Symposium on Minor Fruits, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (ISMF, M&AP), College of Horticulture and Forestry Central Agricultural University, Arunachal Pradesh. December, 5-6th 2017.

  1. Panmei, R., Gajurel, P. R., and Singh, B. 2018. Taxonomic diversity and ethnobotany of wild edible plants consumed by Rongmei tribe of Manipur, NE India. Paper presented (oral)in National Seminar on Himalayan Plant Diversity: Taxonomy, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization. BSI, Shillong. 8th -9th March, 2018.

Articles in Newspaper:

  1. Prospect of Agroforestry in Manipur. Imphal Times, 7th March 2024.

  2. 21st March- a special Day of Forest, The Sangai Express, 18th March 2024.

  3. Wild Edible Plants for sustainable livelihood and economic development in Manipur, The Sangai Express, 29th Nov. 2024

Refresher Courses, Faculty Development Programme and Training attended:

  1. Participated Five-Day National Faculty Development Programme on Research Structuring & Publication Process created and powered by Centre for Research & Training, National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED), Coimbatore Tamil Nadu on 23-27 June 2025.

  2. Completed two weeks Science Academies Sponsored Refresher Course on ‘Plant Taxonomy and Ethnobotany’ organized by Department of Botany & Faculty Development Center, MDU, Rohtak (Haryana) India from 8th to 21st Oct. 2018.

  3. Participate and Contributed to the Conservation Assessment and Management Prioritization (CAMP) Process using IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria for the wild medicinal Plants held during 9th to 11th Nov. 2016.

  4. Nine days training program on Agriculture, Livestock rearing and Income Generated Activities (from 30th Nov. 2010 to 8th Dec. 2010). Organized by Don Bosco, Diphu, Assam.

  5. Attended webinar on Ethnobotanical Research in North East India: Potentiality & Possibility, organized by North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine, Pasighat under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India on 27th July, 2020

  6. Attended Webinar on Role of Medicinal Plants in Daily Life, organized by Udbhav Social Welfare Society, Bareilly and National Medicinal Plant Board, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India on 19th July 2020

  7. Attended International Symposium on “Combating COVID-19- Ethnopharmacology & Traditional Food and Medicine” organized by Society of Ethnopharmacology India on December 17-19, 2020

Research and Consultancy Project:

Sl.no.

Title of the project

Funding agency

Year of Sanction

Duration

PI/ Co-PI

  1.  

Rapid Biodiversity survey of the Phayeng village

State Forest Department, Government of Manipur

2019

(completed)

3 months

Co-PI

  1.  

Identification of Forest Fire Susceptible Zones Among Different Forest Types of Central Forest Division, Manipur

State Forest Department, Government of Manipur

2025

(ongoing)

6 months

PI: Dr. Vivek Vaishnav, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Panmei

  1.  

Assessment of Water-Use-Efficiency and Tree-Water Relationship in Central Forest Division, Manipur

State Forest Department, Government of Manipur

2025 (ongoing)

6 months

PI: Dr. Vivek Vaishnav, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Panmei

  1.  

Development of Conservation Techniques for Fire-Tolerant Tree Species

State Forest Department, Government of Manipur

2025 (ongoing)

6 months

PI: Dr. Vivek Vaishnav, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Panmei

  1.  

Forest Inventory Manipur

North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Meghalaya

2025 (ongoing)

1 year

PI: Dr. Vivek Vaishnav, Co-PI: Dr. Robert Panmei


 

Invited lecture/Resource person:

  1. As a Resource Person on Biodiversity Training for Trainers on Updation of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBRs), on 28th Feb, 2025, organized by Manipur Biodiversity Board, Govt. of Manipur

  2. Delivered a Lecture as Resource Person in National Training on Indian Knowledge System; Integrating the Methods and skills of Traditional Systems of agricultural practices in North-East India (23rd December 2024).

  3. Delivered a Lecture as Resource Person in SERB Sponsored Winter Internship Program for Conservation and Genetic Improvement of Forest Trees of Indo-Myanmar Biodiversity Hotspot (from 20th Nov. to 15th Dec. 2023)

Conference/Workshop/Training organized:

  1. Organizing member: 1st National Conference Role of Techno Science and Social Science In Transforming Life and Society Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, Organized by Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal In association with Manipur Science and Technology Council & Pan India Manipuri Meitei Scientists & Academicians Association

(July 16–18, 2025)

  1. Coordinator: National Training on Indian Knowledge System; Integrating the Methods and skills of Traditional Systems of agricultural practices in North-East India. Organized by School of Agricultural Science, Manipur University (23rd December 2024)

  2. Organizing member: One-day National Workshop on Agroforestry for Green Economic transition and Climate Resilience organized by Department of Forestry, Manipur University (9th Aug, 2024).

  3. Organizing member: National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Environmental Research, NACETER 2023, Manipur University, Imphal. 14th-15th Dec. 2023.

  4. Panel member assessor/auditor 2024, National Nursery Assessor Accreditation Committee of State Manipur, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, UP

  5. Organizing member: National Webinar on ‘Role of Medicinal Plants in Daily Life’ organized by Udbhav Social Welfare Society, Bareily (U.P.) and National medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH, GOI. 28th July 2020.


 

Manuscripts Reviewer in Journal

  1. Biodiversitas (Journal of Biological Diversity)

  2. Tree Forest and People (Elsevier)

  3. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (Springer Nature)

  4. Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry

  5. Journal of Sustainable Forestry (Taylor and Francis)

  6. Asian Journal of Ethnobiology

Involvement with external Agencies:

  1. Micro Observer in 18th Lok Sabha Election, 2024.

  2. Micro Observer in Manipur State Assembly Election, 2022.