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Project Awards

Faculty Publiactions in Journals

MLCU Externally funded Projects

MLCU Project Awards

Sl. no	Title of the project	Name of the funding agency	Status (ongoing/completed)	Amount (Rs lakh)
1.	Mental Health and Social Stigma among Healthcare Personnel Involved in the Management of Covid-19 Patients in India	Indian Council of Medical Research	Ongoing	3,94,022
2.	Alcohol use among adolescent tribals in three corners of India: prevalence and pilot intervention studies.	Indian Council of Medical Research	Ongoing	39.6
3.	Project for Life skills community intervention for forestalling alcohol use	Indian Council of Medical Research	Ongoing	-
4.	Prevalence of Subclinical Vitamin A deficiency in children under age of 5 years (pre School) in rural Meghalaya	Indian Council of Medical Research	Ongoing	22.7
5.	Monitoring the implementation of the Prevention of children from Sexual offences Act 2012	Northeast Network	Ongoing	As per MOU
6.	Teenage pregnancy with a special focus on familial, legal and socio-cultural context in Meghalaya	Directorate of Social Welfare, ICPS, Government of Meghalaya	Ongoing	4.00 (tentative as per MOU)
7.	Situational analysis on issues concerning children in Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya	Indian Council of Medical Research	Ongoing	3
8.	A study on understanding land & landlessness in Meghalaya & Nagaland: Implications to food security & food sovereignty	NESFAS	Ongoing	-
9.	Postgraduate Scholarships for Rural Students	Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd	Ongoing	18.75
10.	Applying principles of community based participatory research in developing a community mental health program (CMHP) in Meghalaya	Indian Council of Medical Research	Completed	78.5
11.	Survey on the prevalence of mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Jaintia Hills	Indian Council of Medical Research	Completed	4.34
12.	Community-driven family planning for rural Khasi men and women in Meghalaya	The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Indian Institute of Public Health Shillong	Completed	1.39
13.	Visualising development with Identity	The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Completed	2.79
14.	Prioritization, identification and mapping of medicinal plants used in the traditional medicine systems of the Khasi and Garo tribes of Meghalaya	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, GOI	Completed	79.44
15.	Peoples Evaluation of Health Services in Meghalaya - Consultancy for formulating the State Health Policy & Public Health Bill	National Rural Health Mission, Government of Meghalaya	Completed	7
16.	Supporting the Operationalization of MGNREGA in Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	Ministry of Rural Development, GoI and UNDP	Completed	13.79
17.	Evaluation Study on the Impacts of ICDS in Meghalaya	Department of programme, Implementation and Evaluation, Government of Meghalaya	Completed	5.37
18.	Training on documentation, assessment of LHTs and survey of flora used in LHT	North-Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM),Pasighat	Completed	5.12
19.	Public Health Interventions through Traditional Medicine in Pynursla Block, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	Department of AYUSH, NEW Delhi	Completed	20
20.	Festival of Khasi and Jaintia Food	The Christensen Fund, USA & Asiab Indigenous Peoples Pact	Completed	2.5
21.	Community Dialogue on Climate Change	UNDP	Completed	2.97
22.	Revitalization of Local Health Traditions to enhance the health security of rural communities in Pynursla Block, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya	Department of AYUSH, New Delhi	Completed	30
23.	Water resources model village, Umsawli Shillong Meghalaya	KHADC, Shillong	Completed	20
24.	Economic and social upgrading in the global production networks of tourism in Meghalaya	Institute of Human Development, New Delhi	Completed	1.83
25.	Coaching for IAS entrance	Dept of Personnel, Government of Meghalaya	Completed	15
26.	Helpdesk for Beneficiaries	Central Social Welfare board, Government of India	Completed	2
27.	Awareness Generation Programme among rural women	Social Welfare Board, Government of Meghalaya	Completed	0.2
28.	DPR for water resources project	KHADC, Meghalaya	Completed	0.5
29.	DPR for traditional medicine project	KHADC, Meghalaya	Completed	0.5
30.	Annual survey of education (rural)	Pratham Foundation, Mumbai	Completed	1.2
31.	Evaluation of Border areas development programme in Meghalaya	Dept of programme Implementation & Evaluation, Government of Meghalaya	Completed	5.53
32.	Participatory rural appraisal for development & Livelihood	MRDS, Shillong	Completed	0.7
33.	Assessment of educational needs of schools in Meghalaya	ISRO/EDUSAT, New Delhi	Completed	3.21
34.	Evaluation of pulse polio immunization	World Health Organization, New Delhi	Completed	0.3
35.	PPP model for STI/RTI service delivery in the north east	NACO, Ministry of Health, GOI	Completed	44
36.	Capacity building for disaster management in Pynursla block , East Khasi Hills District	National Lutheran Health & Medical Board, Chennai	Completed	7.35
37.	Pawan Hans Foundation Project in collaboration with SAN-KER Shillong & Bethany Society Shillong	Pawan Hans Foundation	Completed
38.	A study on the socio- Economic, Legal and political status for Empowerment of Women in Meghalaya.	Meghalaya state commission for women	Completed	438,585
39.	Consumer Rights Programme	Deputy Commissioner (Supply), East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	Completed	1.75
40.	Consumer Rights Programme	Deputy Commissioner (Supply), East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	Completed	1.87
41.	Vocational Education in Healthcare	Apollo Hospitals Group, Chennai	Completed	1.6
42.	Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) Tailor-made training (TMT)	Nuffic, The Netherlands	Completed	42.8
43.	A study on the socio, economic, physiological wellbeing of single mothers in Meghalaya	National Commission for Women	Completed	-

MLCU Faculty Publications in Journals

Name of faculty	Department	Name of article	Name of journal	Web link
Mr Banlamphrang Jyrwa	Allied Health Sciences	Internal Quality Control for Urea and creatinine in Cobas 6000 Analysers Using Serum Sample	Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development,	Click here
Dr R Eugene Lamare	Environment & Traditional Ecosystems	Effect of cement dust on soil physico-chemical properties around cement plants in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.	Environmental Engineering Research	Click here
Dr Gracedalyne Rose Shylla Passah	Allied Health Sciences	Snack consumption pattern by the khasi tribe	International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences	Click here
Dr Rennie Ordson Lakadong	Allied Health Sciences	ADP-riboe polymer- a novel and general marker of human cancers of the head & neck, breast, and cervix	Molecular Cancer	Click here
Dr Bonnie M Nicol	Allied Health Sciences	Cyclophosphamide and ascorbic acid-mediated ultrastructural and biochemical changes in Daltons lymphoma cells in vivo.	European Journal of Pharmacology	Click here
Dr Bonnie M Nicol	Allied Health Sciences	Modulatory effect of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) on cyclophosphamide-mediated antitumor activity and mutagenicity in mice bearing ascites Daltons lymphoma	International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences	Click here
Dr Melarishisha Nongrum	Department of Social Work	High prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among children in Meghalaya and the underlying social factors	Indian Journal of Child Health	Click here
Dr Melarishisha Nongrum	Social Work	Medical pluralism among indigenous peoples in northeast India - implications for health policy	Tropical Medicine and International Health	Click here
Dr Melarishisha Nongrum & Ms Laribha Dohtdong	Social work & Allied Health Sciences	CHANGES IN THE CONSUMPTION OF TRADITIONAL FOOD AMONG THE KHASI AND JAIÑTIA PEOPLE IN RURAL MEGHALAYA, INDIA	International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences	Click here
Dr Amit Gurung	Computer Sciences	Parallel Reachability Analysis of Hybrid Systems in XSpeed.	International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT)	Click here
Mr Sangyal Lama Tamang	Computer Sciences	3-D Flood Simulation system using RS & GI,	International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology	Click here
Dr Marina B T Marwein	Economics, Commerce & Management	Good Governance practice of educational institutions in North East India: Challenges and opportunities	Journal Of International Academic Research For Multidisciplinary	Click here
Dr Marina B T Marwein	Economics, Commerce & Management	Critical Role of Governance in Educational Institutions	International Journal of Management Studies	Click here
Dr Marina B T Marwein	Economics, Commerce & Management	A Methodology For Assessing The Effectiveness Of Governance In Educational Institutions	Journal Of International Academic Research For Multidisciplinary	Click here
Dr Sairabell Kurbah	Economics, Commerce & Management	A Study on The Knowledge and Attitude of Youth Towards Entrepreneurship in Meghalaya	International Journal of Education and Research,
Dr Sairabell Kurbah	Economics, Commerce & Management	Role Of Women Entrepreneurs In The Economic Development Of Meghalaya: A North Eastern State, India	International Journal of Engineering, Business and Enterprise Applications (IJEBEA)	Click here
Ms Dawanisa Dhar	English & Communication	The Role of of Collaborative Language Learning (CLL) in enhancing Problem Solving Skills	The Journal of English Language Teaching (India)	Click here
Ms Dawanisa Dhar	English & Communication	"Reflective Teaching: A medium to teacher development"	International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities	Click here
Dr Lalnunsanga Ralte	English & Communication	Reinventing a Genre: Feminism and the new wave of Science Fiction	International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities	Click here
Dr Lalnunsanga Ralte	English & Communication	SCIENCE FICTION AND THE VICTORIAN AGE: A TRADITION OF SOCIALCRITIQUE AND SATIRE A SELECT STUDY OF MAJOR SCIENCE FICTION WORKS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE	An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary Theory	Click here
Rev. Dr Elungkiebe Zeliang	Conflict management & Peace initiative	Review of Pentekostalismus: Die Pfingstbewegungals Anfrage an Theologie und Kirche,	Pneuma	Click here
Dr Mangcha Touthang	Social Work	Kuki traditional institutions and development: Role of village chiefs in Manipur	Social Work Journal, Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar	Click here
Dr S Maxwell Lyngdoh	Centre for career development & placement	Role of the media as a prime tool to tackle rural poverty in Meghalaya, India.	International Journal of Communication and Media Studies	Click here
Dr S Maxwell Lyngdoh	Centre for career development & placement	Lack of proper exposure on Government Schemes and Grants in Meghalaya leads to increase in Poverty	JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY	Click here
Dr S Maxwell Lyngdoh	Centre for career development & placement	Age: a major factor that determines the choice of media programs among the rural masses of Meghalaya which acts as a barrier to information on Governmetn Schemes and Grants to help alleviate Poverty	Global Scholastic Research Journal of Multidisciplinary	Click here
Dr S Maxwell Lyngdoh	Centre for career development & placement	Promotion of developmental assistance to rural masses in Meghalaya: A study of communication barriers.	International Journal of Communication Studies	Click here
Dr Maribon Viray	Psychology/Research office	Career Preparation, Career Beliefs, and Academic Achievement Motivation among High School Students in Meghalaya	Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning	Click here
Dr Maribon Viray	Psychology/Research office	The impact of career counselling on career preparation status and the academic achievement motivation of high school students in Meghalaya: A report of preliminary findings.	Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning	Click here

Dr Maribon Viray	Psychology/Research office	A School-Based Intervention Study of Urban and Rural Indigenous High School Students in the East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya	Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning	Click here
Dr Chelmelyne Dhar	English & Communication	Syllable structure in Khasi with special reference to Shella	International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities	Click here
Dr Donboklang Marbaniang & Mr Evan Donkupar Diengdoh	Research office & Environment & Traditional Ecosystem	THE AGED EFFECT OF RUBBER PLANTATION ON THE NUTRIENT STATUS OF SOIL IN SAIBUAL VILLAGE, TRIPURA	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH	Click here
Dr Donboklang Marbaniang & Ms Gifty Merry Phawa	Research office & Environment & Traditional Ecosystem	Indigenous wild edible plants of Bataw Village, East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya	ShanlaxInternational Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities,	Click here
Dr Donboklang Marbaniang & Mr Evan Donkupar Diengdoh	Research office & Environment & Traditional Ecosystem	Characterization of Market Solid Waste for the purpose of Waste Management in Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya, India	Sanskruti International Multidisciplinary Research Journal	Click here
Mr Iadonlang Tynsong	Tourism & Travel management	Living a Day as a Member of Wahkhen Village: Finding a New Dimension of Tourism	Advances in Economics and Business Management(AEBM	Click here
Mr Iadonlang Tynsong	Tourism & Travel management	Connecting Cultural and festival in preserving the indentity: A case of Nongkrem Festival	Journal of the Gujarat Research Society	Click here
Dr R Jennifer War	Centre for Gender Studies	Sexuality and silence among Khasi youth of Meghalaya, Northeast India	Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care	Click here
Dr Lavinia Mawlong	Centre for Gender Studies	Internationalisation of Gender Studies: experiences from India and Turkey	Online Journal Querelles Jahrbuch fuer Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung	Click here
Dr Bamonlang M Dkhar	Centre for Education	Self-Concept and Academic Achievement of Students of Secondary Schools of Khliehriat Block, Jaintia Hills	International Journal for Research and Development
Dr Bamonlang M Dkhar	Centre for Education	School Environment in relation to Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya	Recent Educational & Psychological Researches	Click here

Dr Bamonlan M Dkhar	Centre for Education	Level of Educational Aspiration among Secondary School Students in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya	International Journal for Research and Development
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Maternal hyperthermia as a teratogenic agent	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Short-rib polydactyly syndrome type I (Saldino-Noonan)	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Reye syndrome-case reports	Karnataka State Medical Journal
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Reye syndrome - the Indian experience.	Indian Journal of Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Congenital malformations in Manipal	Karnataka State Medical Journal
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	A computerised neonatal case sheet and automated discharge summaries	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Coagulase-negative staphylococcal sepsis in infants	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Maternal use of chlorpromazine and paralytic ileus in the newborn	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Acute leukemias in coastal Karnataka - a clinical and hematological profile	Karnataka State Pediatric Journal
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Have SI units arrived in India ?	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Management of acute leukemias - problems with compliance and follow-up	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Phenobarbital in perinatal care	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Neonatal sepsis and meningitis in a rural hospital in Karnataka	Karnataka State Pediatric Journal
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Training in neonatology of postgraduate obstetric students - a national survey	Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in newborns	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Resuscitation of newborns born by Caesarean section	Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Recurrent neonatal apnea	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Neonatal varicella	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Neonatal sepsis - the threat of bacterial resistance	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Neonatal septic arthritis.	National Neonatology Bulletin
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Knowledge of physicians regarding cost of pediatric medications.	Indian Pediatr	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Pediatric cancer care in India - a national survey.	Indian J Cancer
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Multiple drug resistant untypable Salmonella typhimurium infections in children and neonates	Indian J Pathol Microbiol	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Citrobacter sepsis in neonates - a clinical and epidemiological study	Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Sirenomelia - a case report.	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Acinetobacter sepsis in neonates - a clinical and epidemiological study	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Computerised neonatal case records: A four year experience.	Indian Pediatrics	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Reviewing a medical book	National Med J India	Click here
Dr Glenn Christo Kharkongor	Social Work	Balasubramaniam R. Commentary: Advertising adversities	BMJ	Click here
Mr Arwan Raplang Lyngdoh	Allied Health Sciences	Collection, purification and phytochemical screening of a natural gum for oral controlled drug delivery system	Journal of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Research	Click here

MLCU Externally funded Projects

SL NO	Name of the project	Duration	Funding Agency
1	Revitalization of Local Health Traditions to enhance the health security of rural communities in Pynursla Block, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya	3 Years (2008-2011)	Department of AYUSH, New Delhi
2	Community Dialogue on the Stewardship Roles in Natural Resource Management of the Khasi Indigenous Peoples of Meghalaya, India and How this has Contributed to the Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation	3 months (September -December, 2009)	UNDP RIPP Bangkok
3	Diet Survey	2 months (September -October 2010)	The Christensen Fund, USA & Asiab Indigenous Peoples Pact
4	Public Health Interventions through Traditional Medicine in Pynursla Block, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	1 year (2010)	Department of AYUSH, NEW Delhi
5	Documentation on Assessment of Local Health Traditions	3 years (2010-2013)	North-Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM),Pasighat
6	Evaluation Study on the Impacts of ICDS in Meghalaya	1 year (2010)	Department of programme, Implementation and Evaluation, GoM
7	Supporting the Operationalization of MGNREGA in Khasi Hills, Meghalaya	1 year (2010)	Ministry of Rural Development, GoI and UNDP
8	Services in Meghalaya - Consultancy for formulating the State Health Policy & Public Health Bill	3 months (April-June 2010)	National Rural Health Mission, GoM
9	Prioritization, identification and mapping of medicinal plants used in the traditional medicine systems of the Khasi and Garo tribes of Meghalaya	3 years (2012-2015)	Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, GOI
10	Visualising development with Identity	1 month (July 23-Aug 31, 2012)	The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11	Community-driven family planning for rural Khasi men and women in Meghalaya	3 months (September-December 2012)	The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
12	Pawan Hans Foundation Project in collaboration with SAN-KER Shillong & Bethany Society Shillong	1st quarter (1st december 2013 - 28th february 2014) 2nd quarter (1st march - 31st may 2014)	Pawan Hans Foundation
13	Survey on the prevalence of mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Jaintia Hills	March 2013-Feb 2014	Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
14	Applying principles of community based participatory research in developing a community mental health program (CMHP) in Meghalaya	3 years (July 2015-2018)	Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
15	Prevalence of Subclinical Vitamin A deficiency in children under age of 5 years (pre School) in rural Meghalaya	3 years (2017-2020)	Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
16	Alcohol use among adolescent tribals in three corners of India: prevalence and pilot intervention studies	3 years (2019-2022	ICMR new Delhi
17	A Baseline Survey on Social, Political and Economic Empowerment of Women in Meghalaya in collaboration with the State commission of Women in Meghalaya	2 Years	Meghalay State Comission for Women
18	Exploratory study on the socio-economic status and problems of Single mothers in Meghalaya in collaboration with the State commission of Women in Meghalaya	1 Year	Meghalay State Comission for Women
19	Monitoring the implementation of the P.O.S.C.O Act 2012	1 Year	North East Network
20	Study on Teenage Pregnancy in all the 11 Districts of Meghalaya	1 Year	State Child Protection Society (ICPS)