Scientific personals of Sikkim:       

 NAME Punya P. Poudyal
DESIGNATION Consultant on Bamboo
NAME OF THE INSTITUTION/DEPARTMENT Horticulture Department
AFFILIATION/UNDERTAKING American Bamboo Society Bamboo Society of India
MAILING ADDRESS C/o Mr. Mahesh Sharma, P.N.G.S. Road, Gangtok - 737 101, Sikkim
CONTACT NUMBER 03592 - 205545 (landline), 94743 -52506 (Mobile)
E-MAIL ADDRESS bambusa1789@hotmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION (AFTER GRADUATION) M.Sc. (Ratan Technology)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (IF ANY) Environmental Education
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION Bamboo and Rattan
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 35 years
BOOKS /BOOK CHAPTERS 3-books (2-on Bamboo; 1-on Rattan)
RESEARCH PUBLICATION PUBLISHED 1. Photosynthesis by a Green Culm of Bambusa tuldoides Venticosa. 2006. Bamboo Journal#23: 30 -36, Japan Bamboo Society, Kyoto, Japan.

2. Sporadic Flowering of Dendrocalamus giganteus, D.hamiltonii and Himalayacalamus hookerianus in Sikkim and West Bengal, India 2003. In: Bamboo: The Magazine of the American Bamboo Society 24(3): 15.

3. In-Vitro Propagation of Bambusa tuldoides Venticosa Node with a Bud. 1998. American Bamboo Society Newsletter 19(6) : 6-9.

4. Fodder Value of Some Bamboo species of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. 1993. The Journal of the American Bamboo Society 10(1-2): 15 - 19.

5. Rattan and Bamboo Resources and their Utilization in the South Pacific. 1989. IDRC Bamboo/Rattan Network, Newsletter 9: 3-16. Singapore.