Name : Dr. Dharmendra Saikia Designation : Senior principal scientist Address : CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP) Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, Lucknow 226015, India E. mail : d[dot]saikia[at]cimap[dot]res[dot]in , Contact No : 0522718650 Fax : 650 Area of Specialization Exploring antitubercular potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; anaerobic pathogens like Propionibacterium acnes Education Ph.D. Master Degree Academic/Research Experience Honours and Awards Publication Chanda D, Saikia Dharmendra, KumarJK, Thakur JP, Agarwal J, Chanotiya CS,Shanker K and Negi AS. 2011. 1-Chloro-2-formyl Indenes and tetralenes asantitubercular agents. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 21(13), 3966-3969. Gupta M, RoutPK, Mishra LN, Gupta P, Singh N, Darokar MP, Saikia Dharmendra, Singh SC andBhakuni RS. 2016. Chemical composition and bioactivity of Boswellia serrataRoxb. Essential oil in relation to geographical variation PlantBiosystems, doi:10.1080/11263504.2016.1187681 Tiwari Neerja, Thakur JP, SaikiaDharmendra and Gupta MM. 2013. Antitubercular diterpenoids from Vitextrifolia. Phytomedicine, 20 (2013) 605–610. Saikia Dharmendra, Parveen S, Gupta VK and Luqman S. . 2012. Antituberculosis activity of Indian Khus grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L. Nash) Complementary Therapies In Medicine, 20(6): 434-436 Patents