
Mr. Laxmi Sagar
Laxmi Sagar
College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
Punakha, Bhutan
Email: sagarlssagar19@gmail.com/sagar.cnr@rub.edu.bt
Mobile: +975 17924508
Teachings
Applied Conservation Science, Forest Mensuration, Forest Ecology, Forest Utilization, Forest Law and Policy, Geology and Soil Science, Fundamentals of Statistics
Scholarships
ERASMUS+ International Mobility Scholarship for Exchange Program at BOKU University, Vienna
RGOB Scholarship to Peruse Bachelor of Science in Forest Science
Language
English | Excellent |
Dzongkha | Excellent |
Lhotsamkha | Excellent |
Urdu | Very Good |
Tsangla | Very Good |
M.Sc. in Conservation Biology | 2022-2024 |
M.Sc. in Organic Agriculture Systems and Agroecology | 2023 (Exchange Program at BOKU University) |
B.Sc. in Forest Science | 2017-2021 |
Research and Consultancy
Terrestrial Vegetation Assessment for Khomachhu Hydropower for RGoB | 2025 |
Environmental Services for Wobthang Transmission Line for RGoB | 2025 |
Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity assessment of Nyeramari Hydropower Project for RGoB | 2025 |
Aquatic Biodiveristy Assessment of Sankosh Hydropower for RGoB | 2025 |
Aquatic Biodiversity assessment of Bunakha Hydropower Project for RGoB | 2025 |
Biodiversity Assessment of Wetland Ecosystems in Northern Bhutan for RSPN | 2025 |
Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment of Pachhu Integrated Hydropower Plant for RGoB | 2024 |
Aquatic Ecology assessment of Gelephu Mindfulness City for RGoB | 2024 |
Aquatic Ecology Assessment of Dangchhu Hydropower Project for RGoB | 2024 |
Critical Habitat Assessment of Nikachhu Hydropower Project for RGoB | 2022-2023 |
Aquatic Ecology Assessment of Begana Hydropower Project for RGoB | 2023 |
Aquatic Ecology Assessment of Druk Bindu Hydropower Project for Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) | 2022 |
DNA barcoding of freshwater fishes with funding support form Royal University of Bhutan | 2022-2024 |
Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Resilience Analysis and Mapping in White Bellied Heron Habitat for RSPN | 2021 |
Environmental Assessment of Phuntsholing Township Development Project for ADB | 2021 |
Publications
- Dorji, U., & Sagar, L. (2025). Hydrological Dynamics and Brown Trout Habitat Selection in the ThimphuChhu River, Bhutan. Asian Journal of Environment and Ecology, 24(3), 51–63. https://doi.org/ 9734/ajee/2025/v24i3669
- Wangmo, K. L., Gurung, D. B., Wangchuk, K., Dorji, U., Sagar, L., Dorji, R., & Subedi, R. (2024). Species Abundance and Environmental Association of Nemacheilidae in Species Abundance and Environmental Association of Nemacheilidae in South – Central. July. https://doi.org/10.17102/cnr.2024.94
- Subedi, R., Gurung, D. B., Wangchuk, K., Gyeltshen, N., Sagar, L., Dorji, R., Wangmo, K. L., Zangmo, T., & Rai, P. (2024). Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge, Wastewater, and Adjacent River of Thimphu Sewage Treatment Plant, Bhutan. Natural Resources and Conservation, 10(2), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.13189/nrc.2024.100201
- Subedi, R., Gurung, D. B., Namgay, K., Sagar, L., Dorji, R., Pem, T., & Gyeltshen, N. (2024). Distribution Pattern and Population Dynamics of Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Snow trout (Schizothorax richardsonii) in Punatsangchhu River, Bhutan. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 27(7), 421–433. https://doi.org/10.47853/FAS.2024.e40
- Sagar, L., Gurung, D. B., Wangchuk, K., Wangmo, K. L., Dorji, R., Zangmo, T., & Subedi, R. (2023). Cyprinid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) Diversity and Assemblage in South-central Bhutan. Journal of Animal Diversity, 5(4), 63–78. https://doi.org/10.29252/JAD.2020.2.2.2
- Sagar, L., Wangmo, K. L., Gurung, D. B., Wangchuk, K., Dorji, R., Subedi, R., Zangmo, T., & Dorji, P. (2023). First record of Macrognathus aral (Bloch & Schneider , 1801) from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 26(12), 708–714. https://doi.org/10.47853/FAS.2023.e63
- Sagar, L., Jambay, Gyeltshen, N., Ghalley, B. B., Younten, S., Gyeltshen, N., Subedi, R., & Dorji, R. (2022). Ecology of Persian Walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Western Bhutan. International Journal of Environment, 11(2), 1–22. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.883.2659&rep=rep1&type
- Ghalley, B. B., Dalstrom, S., Sagar, L., & Gurung, M. M. (2022). A new Early Flowering Spotted Chiloschista (Aeridinae) from Bhutan. Lankesteriana, 22(2), 117–122.https://doi.org/ 15517/lank.v22i2.51751