Mr. Namgay Rinchen
Mr. Namgay Rinchen
Associate Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies
College of Natural Resources
Royal University of Bhutan
Punakha, Bhutan
P.O. Wangdue
E-mail: nrinchen.cnr@rub.edu.bt
Phone: +975 17567087 (mobile)
Current Responsibilities
- Associate Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies, College of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Teaching in Undergraduate programmes.
- Research Supervisions –BSc in RUB, CNR
- Research on Home Gardens, Ethnobotany, Species Modelling, glaciology.
Web References
ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1363-9589
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Namgay-Rinchen-3?ev=hdr_xprf
Qualification
Trained in Glaciology, Kathmandu University, Nepal – 2025
MSc Forestry, FRIDU, Dehra Dun, India – 2021-2023
BSc Life Science with Honours in Botany, Sherubtse College, Kanglung, Bhutan – 2017-2020
Research Interests
- Plant ecology and taxonomy (orchids and pollinating insects)
- Plant pathology (orchid diseases)
- Aquatic ecology (macroinvertebrates, freshwater algae and water quality)
- Homegarden flora of Bhutan
- Cryospheric study (glacier dynamics, climate change and ecology)
A grantee of Rufford Small Grant Foundation in 2023.
Research Articles
- Tshering, N., Rinchen, N., (2025). Ethno-Indicator Plants of Paddy Season in the Bumdeling Region of Trashi Yangtse, Bhutan. Acta Botanica Plantae. DOI: https://doi.org/10.51470/ABP.2025.04.02.23
- Tshering, N., & Rinchen, N. (2025). Review on the Status and Geographical Distribution of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Bhutan. Archives of Current Research International, 25(2), 111-132. DOI: 10.9734/acri/2025/v25i21072
- Rinchen, N., Sadruddin, (2023). Study of Diseases Caused by Phylloplane Mycoflora of Selected Orchids in Bhutan. Sherub Doenme: The Research Journal of Sherubtse College, 16, DOI: 10.17102/sherubdoenme.16.2023.04
- Rinchen, N., & Nidup, T. (2023). Pollinators of Home Garden Fruit Vegetables Along the Altitudinal Gradient in Kanglung Gewog, Trashigang, Bhutan. Sherub Doenme: The Research Journal of Sherubtse College, 16, 1-17. DOI: 10.17102/sherubdoenme.16.2023.01
- Tobgay, S., Wangmo, S., Gurung, M., Rinchen, N., Dhima, A., & Dhungana, M. N. (2020). Estimation of Plant Diversity in the Gene Park, Sherubtse College. Sherub Doenme: The Research Journal of Sherubtse College, 13(1), 39-50.
Books, Book Chapters & Thesis
Chetri, B. K., Rinchen, N., & Wangchuck, K. (2022). Ethnobotanical Wealth of Home Gardens. In Research Anthology on Recent Advancements in Ethnopharmacology and Nutraceuticals (pp. 594-615). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
2024 “Stocktaking meeting on Cryosphere and its associated risks in Bhutan” held in Thimphu Deluxe Hotel.
2024 In-house training on “Laboratory Analytical techniques of water, soil, food and phytochemicals” CNR, at Lobesa, BHUTAN.
2024 In-house training on “Project Development and Management” CNR, at Lobesa, BHUTAN.
2024 Induction program on “Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education” (PgCert in HE) organized by CULT program at Samtse College of Education, SCE, at Samtse, BHUTAN.
2025 A semester course on “Environmental Science Specialization in Glaciology” funded by ICIMOD and hosted by Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal.
Peer Reviewer in Journals of:
- Asian Journal of Advances in Agriculture Research
- Asian Journal of Geographical Research
- Asian Research Journal of Advanced Research and Reports
- Asian Research Journal of Agriculture
- European Journal of Nutrition and Food Safety
- International Journal of Environment and Climate Change
- International Journal of Plant and Soil Science
- Journal of Advances in Biology and Biotechnology
- Journal of Experimental Agriculture International
- Journal of Scientific Research and Reports
- Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology