- Microbial ecology and bioprospecting
- Metagenomics
- Soil Microbiology
- Plant ecophysiology
- Agricultural microbiology
- Photo management of metalliferous soil and microbial remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil
- Plant-microbiome interactions and sustainable rehabilitation
- Biosurfactants, Bioremediation
- The behavior of microbes/plant pathogens under the change in microclimate and plant adaptation
- Microbial mapping
- Adoption of non-chemical and sustainability in agriculture including tea
- Promotion of beneficial plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) and AM fungi for reducing the utilization of mineral fertilizers and biofertilizer and biopesticide development
- Ecological niche modeling.
- CRISPR/cas9 gene editing and nanobiotechnology
- Bioremediation of POPs, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC), metals
- Medicinal plant resources for bioprospecting of North East India’s gene pool.