Research, Consultancy and Extension


The college has good infrastructure for research activities as is evident from the number of projects( 80 ) successfully being executed by the faculty members and students of the college. As many as 37 lecturers of the college have Ph.D. degree and have good number of publications in reputed national and international journals. Some of our staff members have had exposure to the frontiers of their discipline in reputed institutes/laboratories abroad.

Dr(Mrs) J. Sarma of the Department of Botany has successfully completed an Orchid-Tissueculture project funded by the Department of Biotechnology. Our tissue-culture lab has been working with considerable success on in-vitro mass multiplication and propagation of ornamentally important orchids under a project funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

The Department of Pisciculture, under a project funded by the DBT, has established Chinese Circular Eco-hatchery and Magur Hatchery in the college campus and has been successful in breeding of carp ( Labeo gonius , Lobeo rohita,and Cyprinus carpio) at an altitude of 1496 metre for the first time. This pioneering work has been hailed by Fishery experts around the country. They have also been successful in induced breeding of Gold fish at mid altitudinal region by HCG.

Dr. J.N. Vishwakarma of our Chemistry Department has recently completed an Indo-French project funded by the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

The Organic Research Laboratory of the Dept. of Chemistry, which concentrates on newer synthetic strategies, has developed a novel synthetic route for the synthesis of hitherto unknown tetrahydropyrimidines, which are known to be potential insecticides and pesticides. The laboratory has also been successful in developing a novel synthetic strategy for carbazoles, an important class of bioactive molecules. These projects have been funded by the UGC and the state council of Science, Technology and Environment.

The Dept. of Biotechnology has started working on micropropagation of Begonia rex. A Protocol for micropropagation of begonia rex using leaf extracts has been developed. Acclimatization of micropropagated plantlets has been successfully achieved.

The computer Science Dept. has developed a program for the college library, which take care of recording new arrivals, lending of books and stock verification. The Dept. has also successfully developed programs for the management of admissions, fee collection, etc. which are being used in the college. The college routine and staff information are also managed by yet another program developed by the Dept. The Computer Science Dept. has very recently created a program to manage the internet access accounting saving the college over Rs. 50,000.00 in the process. The college web site has been developed in house. The Dept. has also developed software package for hospital administration costing over Rs. 2,50,000.00 It is being used by Nazareth Hospital, and recently it has also been adopted by a sister organization of theirs at Khairabad, near Lucknow.

Recent Major Projects

Dr. N.C. Bharali and Shri A.L. Warjri of the Department of Business Administration, on the request from the Directorate of the Border Area Development(Govt.of Meghalaya), undertook a project on, "Ropeways in Meghalaya: their impact on the local economy" funded by the Government of Meghalaya. They have successfully completed their project and submitted their findings to the Government. This is the first time that such a study was initiated and funded by the Government of Meghalaya.

The research group led by Dr. C.S. Rao of the Department of Botany has been granted financial assistance of Rs.14.85 lakhs by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India(New Delhi) for the improvement of Infrastructural Facilities in Botanical Garden of the College and Ex-situ Conservation of Rare/Endemic plants.

The team of the Organic Research Lab has just started working on a project involving synthesis of Novel Tetrahydropyrimidines with potent insecticidal and pesticidal properties funded by the World Bank through National Agricultural Technology Project-ICAR (Rs.20 lakhs). The team includes two Senior Research Fellows.

Major Research Projects currently going on in the College

  • Dept of Piscicutlure

    • Production of Fish seed and Nursery Rearing of Major Carp and Cat Fish (Clarias Batrachus).

    Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. (Rs. 13 lakhs).

  • Dept. of Chemistry

    • A new class of potential insecticides & pesticides: Synthesis and Biological activities of novel tetrahydropyrimidines.

    Funding Agency: World Bank through ICAR-NATP-CGP-II. [Rs. 20 lakhs]

  • Dept of Botany

    • Improvement of Infra-structural facilities in Botanical Garden and ex-situ conservation of Rare and Endemic plants.

    Funding agency: Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India. [Rs.15 lakhs].

  • Dept of Biotechnology

    • Micro-propagation of BEGONIA sp

    Production of Secondary Metabolites from Pavax Pseudo Ginseng

    Funding Agency: St. Anthony's College.

    N.B.: Apart from the above-mentioned projects, there are many minor research projects in progress in various departments of the College funded by the UGC and State Council of Science, Technology and Environment (SCSTE), Meghalaya

    Other extension services

    The College has become an active hub engaged in a number of extension activities emerging out of its academic programmes. The Pisciculture Department, apart from maintaining a demonstration fish farm of 24 ponds, has also been instrumental in helping to set up and support a number of fishery projects in the villages. The Botany and Biotechnology Departments have several state-of-the-art tissue-culture research projects from the Department of Biotechnology (Government of India) related to the conservation and multiplication of orchids. The Life Science Departments have been advocating, with some measure of success, rabbit rearing in rural areas. The layout, the greenery, the trees and the lawns of the College campus instill in every Anthonian a feeling for nature and the environment. The Computer Science Department was the first to introduce computer education at the College level in the Northeast. It stills play a pioneering role in promoting computer-based employment generating ventures in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Technology (Government of India).

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