International Conference
India Biodiversity Meet - 2026
February 2 - 4, 2026
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
in collaboration with The Ratanlal Brahmachary Memorial Foundation
The Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, is pleased to announce its 8th Annual International Conference entitled “India Biodiversity Meet – 2026 (IBM 2026)” to be held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, February 2-4, 2026.
Local organizing committee (LOC)
Former Director
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Acting Director
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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, MIU,
ISI Kolkata
President
Pradip Bhattacharyya, Prof. in Charge, Biological Sciences Division, ISI
Secretary
Suparna Mandal Biswas, Head, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Assistant Secretary
Shyamolina Ghosh, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Executive secretaries
Joydev Chattopadhyay, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Patrons
Sukti Sarkar, RLB Memorial Foundation
Ayanendranath Basu, ISRU, ISI Kolkata
Advisory committee
Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Arunava Goswami, AERU, ISI, Kolkata
Abhishek Mukherjee, AERU, ISI, Giridih
Raghunath Chatterjee, HGU, ISI, Kolkata
Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, ICT, Mumbai
Aravind K. Mishra, BHU, Varanasi
Bapi Saha, GCETTB
E. Venturino, Univ. Torino, Italy
F. Ulrike, Univ. Oldenburg, Germany
Nikhil Pal, VB, Santiniketan
K. C. Malhotra, Delhi
Nandadulal Bairagi, JU, Kolkata
N'Guerekata, Morgan S. Univ, USA
P.P. Majumdar, ISI, Kolkata
Priti Kr. Roy, JU, Kolkata
Ram Rup Sarkar, NCL Pune
Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Swapan Kumar Datta, VB, Santiniketan