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GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY BRANCH) VIGYAN CHETANA BHAVAN SALT LAKE, KOLKATA-700064
LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Affiliation Sl No Name of PI Subject Area Project Title (Institution & Deptt)
Asst. Prof. St. Xavier's College, Kolkata Identification of major pathogenic in hospital effluents using metagenomic screening and 1 Dr. Mahashweta Mitra Ghosh Agriculture Deptt: Post Graduate Deptt. of design of potent inhibitors using virtual screening of medicinal plant library against them Microbiology Associate Professor Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Lab to Land Transfer of Technology in Sericulture and its Socio- Economic Impact on Tribal 2 Dr. Sudeshna Biswas Agriculture Mahavidyalaya Villages of Purulia district in West Bengal Deptt: Sociology Assistant Professor Plant medicinal potentiality estimation and standardization from Blue green Algae Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda 3 Dr. Harisankar dey Agriculture (Cyanobacteria fixing Nitrogen in agriculture field) extract coupled with their biodiversity in Centenary College 24- Parganas (n), West Bengal. Deptt: Botany
Associate Professor The study of field nature of yellow stem bore insect [Scirpophage (tryoryza) incertulas 4 Dr. Biplob Kumar Modak Sidho Kanho University , Purulia Agriculture (Walker)] of paddy and its ecofriendly biocontrol by entomopathogenic fungi and evaluation Deptt: Zoology of paddy plant growth promotion (PGP) of the selected biocontrol fungus in West Bengal.
Assistant Professor Dr. Sudipa Saha Comparative studies on biochemical and physicochemical characteristics of lens α-crystallin 5 St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) Agriculture from habitat-specific fish Deptt: Biotechnology Study of two important medicinal plants namely Ocimum sanctum and Rouvilfia sarprntina, Assistant Professor Dr Kingsuk Das in respect to their major fungal diseases, evaluation of crop loss, qualitative and quantitative 6 Serampore College Agriculture changes of bioactive componds and ecofriendly (biocontrol) mamanement of the major fungal Deptt: Botany disease
Asst. Prof., Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya, Dr. Saroj Kumar Ghosh Cyclical changes of sensory and non-sensory cells lining the olfactory epithelium in relation to 7 University of Burdwan Agriculture reproductive function of freshwater catfish, Clupisoma garua (Hamilon, 1822) Deptt: Zoology
Associate Prof., Bidhan Chandra Krishi Dr. Benukar Biswas Climate resilient rice cultivation technology for higher water productivity at eastern Indo- 8 Viswavidyalaya Agriculture Gangetic plain Deptt: Agronomy
Dr. Rambilash Mallick Head, Institute of Agricultural Science Macro benefits on plant and animals from micro-nutrient Zinc and Iron on rabi hybrid maize 9 Agriculture Deptt: Agronomy and summer greengram in Gangetic alluvial soils of West Bengal
Dr. Joydeep Mukherjee Associate Prof., Jadavpur University Production of organic fertilizer by utilizing slaughterhouse wastes and its application for the 10 Agriculture Deptt: School of Environmental Studies cultivation of potato and vegetables
"Exploring the gut microbiome of tribal population of West Bengal to identify the diversity of Bangabasi College the microflora and possibly identify uniquely conserved immunologically important genes" 11 Dr Subrata Sankar Bagchi Agriculture Deptt:Anthropology modified to "Exploring the gut microbiome of tribal population of West Bengal to identify the diversity of the microflora, uniquely conserved genes and specific diet practices"
St.Xaviers College (Autonomous) Deciphering the biochemical and molecular mechanism of melatonin action during 12 Dr Aryadeep Roy Choudhury Agriculture Deptt: Biological Science arsenicmediated stress in indica rice varieties
Associate Professor & Head Green synthesise of Gold Nanoparticles by using the bark extracts of Terminaliaarjuna and its 13 Dr Dilip Kumar Nandi Raja Narendralal Khan Women's college Agriculture Reno-protective effect on experimentally induced rats: A translational study for health Deptt:Physiology promotion
Asst. Prof., Bidhan Chandra Krishi Exploitation of native microbial inoculants for biotic and abiotic stress management under 14 Subrata Dutta Viswavidyalaya Agriculture vegetable based cropping system on different agro-ecological regions of West Bengal Deptt: Plant Pathology
Asst. Prof., Bhairab Ganguly College Biological Waste Derived Nano-hydroxyapatite for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from 15 Dr. Debabrata Bhadra Agriculture Deptt: Physics Rural Polluted Water
Prof., IIT, Kharagpur Histochemical localization, extraction and chemical analysis of floral wax and absolute in 16 Dr. Adinpunya Mitra Agriculture Deptt: Agriculture & Food Engineering Polianthes tuberosa L. cultivars aiming at value-addition in tuberose floriculture
Assistant Professor Complete characterization of arsenic removal bacteria brevundimonas aurantiaca PFABI for 17 Dr. Rajib Bandopadhyay The University of Burdwan Agriculture bioremediation for Burdwan sistrict through molecular biology and bioinformatics Deptt: Botany approaches Associate Professor Exploring the use of plant as galactagogues by tribal population of purulia and West 18 Dr. Surjyo Jyoti Biswas Sidho-kanho-birsha University Agriculture Midnapore district and their validation Deptt: Zoology Associate Professor Development of SNP and miRNA based functional markers for abiotic stress (drought salinity 19 Dr. Narottam Dey Visav-Bharati Agriculture and submergence) tolerance amoung selected West Bengal rice land races Deptt: Biotechnology Associate Professor Improving the productivity in sericulture by oligopeptides and plant growth regulator (PGR) 20 Dr. Palash Mandal University of North Bengal Agriculture Based post Harvest Elicitation of Mulberry Leaves Deptt: Botany
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Associate Professor Phytochemical screening of some members of Cyperaceae with special reference to carex for 21 Dr. Asok Ghosh The University of Burdwan Agriculture taxonomic and pharmacological purposes Deptt: Botany Studies on chronic exposure to arsenic toxicity through food chain and drinking water with Jadavpur University 22 Dr. Tarit Roy Chowdhury Agriculture respect to rice grain contamination in selected sites of West Bengaland search for mitigation Deptt: School of Environmental Studies options. Asst. Prof., University of Burdwan Environmental Geochemistry and Water Quality Modelling of Saheb Bandh Lake, Purulia, 23 Dr. Srimanta Gupta Agriculture Deptt: Environmental Science West Bengal: An Approach Towards Lake Restoration Ananda Chandra College (University of Animal and Fishery Study of Impacts of Human Interferences on the Biodiversity and Functions of Five Important 24 Ass Prof. Tanmay Dutta North Bengal) sciences Wetlands of North Bengal Deptt: Zoology Assistant Professor. Animal and Fishery Physiological response of three native fish species from Indian Sundarban Under different 25 Dr. Adity Sarbajna Surendranath College sciences metal toxicity: An approach to determine extent of species specific toxicity Deptt: Zoology Associate Professor Animal and Fishery Studies on the silkworm (Bombyx mori L) Nourishment level at Larval Periods and the Growth 26 Dr. Dipak Kumar Som Maulana Azad College. sciences thereafter with immune power Deptt: Zoology Associate Professor Animal and Fishery Potential role of Gelatinase in oocyte developmental processes and ovulation in fresh water 27 Dr. Kousik Pramanick Presidency University sciences teleost, Anabas testudineus Deptt: Life Sciences Associate Professor Animal and Fishery Studies on the role of selected species of epigeic earthworms in restoration of pesticides 28 Dr. Partha Pratim Chakravorty Raja N.L. Khan Women's College sciences pollution in the agro ecosystems. Deptt: Zoology Professor Animal and Fishery Germplasm Resource mapping and conservation of marine fisheries resources of West Bengal 29 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Patra Vidyasagar University sciences Coast to Promote Socioeconomic upliftment of Fisherfolk through Geoinformatics. Deptt: Zoology Associate Professor West Bengal University of Animal & Animal and Fishery Strategic Dietary fortification with synthesize nano-minerals for better Health and 30 Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee Fishery Sciences sciences environment friendly poultry production Deptt: Animal Nutrition
Associate Professor University of Kalyani Animal and Fishery Development of Novel Pollutant Detoxifying Probiotic-Fish Feed uing Metagenomic marker 31 Dr Jatindra Nath Bhakta Deptt:Ecological Studies & International sciences Probiotic and regional Prebiotic Food Bio-resource Centre for Ecological Engineering
Associate Professor Animal and Fishery Molecular dissection on the protective ability of vitamin E and C against induced reproductive 32 Dr Prabir Kr Mukhopadhyay Presidency University sciences disorders in adult female rats Deptt:Life Science
Asst. Prof., Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya Animal and Fishery Assessment of the Status and Diversity of Anguilliformes (Eel) over West Bengal Coast and 33 Dipanjan Ray Deptt: Zoology sciences Making the Significant Data Bank and Report for Future Planning
Ecological Dwindling due to the Sprawling of Shrimp Farming at the Khejuri Fluvio-Marine Asst. Prof., Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya Animal and Fishery 34 Mr. Rabin Das Landscape over Midnapore Coastal Tract: A Spatio-temporal Assessment and Micro-level Deptt: Geography sciences Planning for Its Management Lecturer, Asutosh College Animal and Fishery Tracking population level responses against Azadirachtin based contaminant to 35 Dr. Bidisha Sen (Maitra) Deptt: Zoology sciences agroecosystem by biomonitoring tools Asst. Prof., University of Kalyani Animal and Fishery Scarab beetles of Dooars, West Bengal, India with special emphasis on identification of their 36 Dr. Subhankar Kumar Sarkar Deptt: Zoology sciences potential bioresource value Asst. Prof., Rammohan College Animal and Fishery Development of Digital key for Neuroptera (Insecta) associated with Aphids 37 Dr. Santi Ranjan Dey Deptt: Zoology sciences (Homoptera:Aphididae) of West Bengal: A Numerical Taxonomic Approach Studies on the Morphological, Molecular Diversity, kdr resistance status and Biological Associate Prof., Serampore College Animal and Fishery 38 Dr. Pranab Kumar Banerjee Control of Aedes mosquitoes in the Different Districts (Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Deptt: Zoology sciences Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly) of West Bengal
"Digestibility of prepared floating type pellet food for Indian Major Carps using snail meat as a Asst. Prof., Bidhan Chandra Krishi Animal and Fishery substitution of fish meal" modified to "Comparison of different type of feed with snail mixed 39 Anupa Biswas Viswavidyalaya sciences as animal protein supplementin the diet of carp fingerlings- A study of growth performance of Deptt: Animal Science carp fingerlings culture in tribal fisher folk area of Purulia for their enonomic uplifting"
Asst. Prof., Rammohan College Animal and Fishery Study on calcium carbide generated acetylene mediated alteration in pulmonary tissues and 40 Dr. Kaustav Dutta Chowdhury Deptt: Zoology sciences its protection by Hexadecanoic acid , ethyl ester-an in vivo study
Associate Prof., University of Calcutta Animal and Fishery Herbal Tea Approach for Anemia Prevention by Kulekhara (Hygrophila spinosa) - 41 Dr. Roshnara Mishra Deptt: Physiology sciences Preparation, Evaluation and Modification
Asst. Prof., Krishnagar Government Animal and Fishery 42 Dr. Sutapa Sanyal College Bacteriocins: Novel and Highly Potent Biopreservative in Fishing Industry sciences Deptt: Zoology
Asst. Prof., Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya Animal and Fishery Ecobiological Studies on Indigenous Mosquito Larvivorous Fishes and Evaluation of their Bio- 43 Dr. Priti Ranjan Pahari Deptt: Zoology sciences control Potentiality in Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal
Developing Physiological, Cellular and Molecular Markers to understand Survival Strategy Asst. Prof., Netaji Nagar Day College Animal and Fishery 44 Dr. Krishna Gangopadhyay and Pattern Diversity for Fishes along Altitudinal Gradient in Foothills of the Eastern Deptt: Zoology sciences Himalayas
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Associate Professor Animal and Fishery Exploring the antioxidative efficacy of oleic acid against phenylhdrazine induced oxidative 45 Dr Aindrila Chattopadhyay Vidyasagar College sciences stree mediated damage to goat red blood cells: a molecular approach Deptt: Physiology Asst. Prof., Cooch Behar Panchanan Animal and Fishery Efficacy of Bioactive compounds isolated from the medicinal plants used by Rajbansi 46 Hadida Yasmin Barma University sciences Community of Coochbehar for immunotherapeutic approaches Deptt: Zoology Bagnan College Animal and Fishery 47 Dr Dipanwita Das Assessment of mosquito diversity of rural and urban Howrah, West Bengal, india Deptt: Zoology sciences IIT (KGP) Deptt: Rajiv Gandhi Scool Of Intellectual 48 Dr. Manchikanti Padmavati Biological Sciences Evaluation Of Basella species for its antioxidant potentiial and nutraceutical development Property Law
Assistant Professor Metagenomic Analyses for understanding the soil-plant continuum by exploring the Sister Nibedita Govt. General degree 49 Dr. Paramita Nandy (Da a) Biological Sciences rhizospheric and root endophytic microflora of Heritiera fomes and Nypa fruticans from College for Girls indian Sunderbans Deptt: Botany Professor, Molecular assesment of mycorrhizal association of Clerodendron indicum (L.) O. Kuntze 50 Dr. Vivekananda Mandal University of Gour Banga Biological Sciences (Verbinaceae) a high valued threatened medicinal plant for its conservation in natural Deptt. Botany enviroment Assistant Professor Diversity, distribution and novelty of helminths and their fish hosts in west Bengal: Applying 51 Dr Anirban Ash The University Of Burdwan Biological Sciences the tools of molecular systematics Deptt: Zoology Prof., Govt. College of Engineering & Studies on species Diversity and Community Dynamics of Plankters thriving in Waste Water in 52 Dr. Sanjoy Chakraborty Leather Technology (GCELT) Biological Sciences View of Bio Remediation of Composite Tannery Effluent Treatment Tanks of Calcutta Leather Deptt: Leather Technology Complex Prof., University of Burdwan Assesments of the Protein & Lipid Profiles of Commonly Occurring Algal Biomass in South 53 Jai Prakash Keshri Biological Sciences Deptt: Botany Bengal for its Commercial Potentials Associate Prof., Dinbandhu Andrews Surveillance of Bacterial Contamination in Drinking Water of South 24 Parganas, West 54 Dr. Swapna Mukherjee College Biological Sciences Bengal Deptt: Microbiology Asst. Prof., Balurghat College Biological Diversity of Forest Fungi and Their role in Human life in The District of Dakshin 55 Dr. Gouri Das Biological Sciences Deptt: Botany Dinajpur "Screening diatoms of india sundarbans for flavour-enhancing compounds and exploring University of Kalyani 56 Dr. Neera sen Sarkar Biological Sciences associated intellectual property rights" modified to "Screening diatoms of Indian Deptt: Botany Sundarbans for flavour-enhancing compounds" Assistant Professor Exploring bee flora through melissopalynological study and quality assessment of noneys in 57 Sudha Gupta University of Kalyani Biological Sciences quest of beekeeping potential for soci-economic development in Uttar Dinajpur district of Deptt: Botany West Bengal, India Associate Professor Farm-made Aquafeeds using non-conventional plant feedstuffs: Nutrient evaluation & Bio- 58 Dr. Koushik Ghosh The University of Burdwan Biological Sciences processing for formulation of carp diets Deptt: Zoology Associate Professor Evaluation of Anticancer and Antioxidant Potentiality of different lichens available in North 59 Dr. Santanu Paul University of Calcutta Biological Sciences Bengal Deptt:Botany Assistant Professor University Of Calcutta Dissecting the molecular mechanism of Nacetylglucosamine utilization in Candida albicans 60 Dr Swagata Ghosh Deptt:Molecular Biology and Biotechnology for targeted drug therapy Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Mesoporous silica based micro/nano materials for targeted drug delivery: Implications in 61 Dr Sumit Kr. Hira University Of Burdwan Biotechnology drug resistant cancer cell lines Deptt:Zoology
Prof., Jadavpur University Development of functional biopolymer-based matrices for delivery of healing agents in chronic 62 Parimal Karmakar Biotechnology Deptt: Life science & Biotechnology wound
Asst. Prof., Ananda Mohan College T cell polarization and their pathophysiological relevance in murine model of snake venom 63 Raghwendra Mishra Biotechnology Deptt: Physiology induced acute kidney injury
Asst. Prof., Jagannath Kishor College Pharmacological evaluation of the spider (Nephila sp.) venom collected from the Purulia 64 Dr. Partha Pra m Saha Biotechnology Deptt: Zoology district of West Bengal
Associate Prof., IIT, Kharagpur Formulation of mycofumigation technique using endophytic fungus Geotrichum candium 65 Dr. Mrinal Kumar Mai Biotechnology Deptt: Biotechnology PF005 for improving storage facility of food grans in state warehouse Asstt. Prof. Cultivation of disease free Fragaria vesca through plant tissue culture and study of its 66 Dr. Indrani Chandra The University of Burdwan Biotechnology bioactive compounds Deptt: Biotechnology Associate Professor 67 Dr. Gaurab Gangopadhyay Bose Institute Biotechnology Development of transgenic pineapple over-expressing AcSERK to Combat fungal Pathogens Deptt: Biology CWTT (Govt. approved) Ameliorating effect of flavonoid antixidant on Drosophila against low radiation-induced 68 Dalia Mukhopadhyay Asutosh College Biotechnology damage Deptt: Zoology
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Assistant Professor. 69 Prof. Satadal Das RRI, CCRH,Kolkata Biotechnology Mangrove Plants: A solution to bacterial, fungal and cancerous growth. Deptt: Virology Asstt.Prof. Angiotensin II blockers in the amelioration of makle germ cell degradation and the molecular 70 Dr. Shampa Sarkar Biswas Presidency University Biotechnology mechanism behind it. Deptt: Life Sciences Associate Prof., National Institute of Synthesis and characterization of Cis-platin based Pt/Pd(II) complexes: Their kinetics, 71 Dr. Sankar Chandra Moi Technology Biotechnology mechanism, DNA binding property and theoretical study Deptt: Chemistry
RKM Vivekananda Centenary College Metal Immobilized Inorganic Porous Solid Matrices: Syntheses, Characterizations and 72 Dr. Buddhadeb Du a Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry Applications as Green Heterogeneous Catalysts
Assistant Professor Synthesis of Carbohydrate-Derived Conformationally Constrained Carbocyclic and Ramakrishna Mission Residential College 73 Dr. Joykrishna Maity Chemical Sciences Heterocyclic Ring Containing cis-β-Amino carboxylic Acids and Evaluation of Biological (Autonomous) Properties Deptt: Chemistry Professor Fluorescence Probing of Relaxation Dynamics at Interfaces and their Role in Biomolecular 74 Prof. Ranjan Das West Bengal State University Chemical Sciences Recognition Deptt: Chemistry Principal Metal nanoparticles as recyclable catalysts for degradation of organochemical based 75 Prof. Deb Kumar Mukherjee Ramsaday College Chemical Sciences pesticides Deptt: Chemistry Professor Studies on regioselective protection and deprotection of carbohydrates, stereoselective 76 Prof. Rina Ghosh Jadavpur University Chemical Sciences glycosylation reaction and bacterial antigen related oligosaccharide synthesis Deptt: Chemistry Associate Professor Hypervalent iodine mediated construction of valuable heterocyclic scaffolds: computational 77 Dr. Nirbhik Cha erjee Kanchrapara College Chemical Sciences styudy, scopes and applications. Deptt: Chemistry Assistant Professor Deptt: Chemistry Wet Chemical Synthesis of Non-Iron Based Hierarchical Magnetic Nanostructures: An 78 Dr Sougata Sarkar Chemical Sciences Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Intriguing Platform for Heterogeneous catalysis and Water Purification Centenary College Lecturer in Chemistry, 79 Dr. Suprakash Roy Arambagh, Govt. Polytechnic College, Chemical Sciences Active Site Modeling of Copper-Proteins Chemestry & Bio-Chemistry Arambagh, Hooghly Associate Prof., National Institute of Search for effective corrosion inhibitors based on benzothiazole derivatives: combined 80 Dr. Dipankar Sukul Technology Chemical Sciences experimental and theoretical approach to establish structure-reactivity relationship Deptt: Chemistry Prof., Presidency University 81 Bijan Das Chemical Sciences Biopolymer-Surfactant Interaction: Experiment & Modeling Deptt: Chemistry
Associate Prof., Jadavpur University 82 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Roy Deptt: School of Water Resources Chemical Sciences Study to Develop Appropriate Methods for Safe Disposal of Arsenic-Rich Sludge Engineering
Asst. Prof., Panchakot Mahavidyalaya, Surface-Modified Ferrite Nanoparticles: A Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalyst for Various 83 Dr. Tanmay Cha opadhyay Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry Organic Transformations
Asst. Prof., Bhairab Ganguly College Studies on the Coordination Chemistry of 3d transition metal complexes supported by 84 Avijit Sarkar Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry multidentate ligands
Asst. Prof., Seth Anandram Jaipuria Exploring the chelating behaviour of 2-(2'-Pyridyl) imidazole based ligands towards the 85 Nilasish Pal College Chemical Sciences construction of Metal Organic Framework Deptt: Chemistry Asst. Prof., M.U.C. women's College, 86 Dr. Piyali Ghosh Burdwan Chemical Sciences Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Deptt: Chemistry Asst. Prof., Bidhannagar College 87 Dr. Shubhankar Samanta Chemical Sciences Synthetic studies towards biologically active pyrrole fused heterocyclic compounds Deptt: Chemistry Asst. Prof., Bethune College Study of some transition metal complexes with new pincer ligands: Synthesis, characterization 88 Dr. Paramita Majumder Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry and reactivity Asst. Prof., Jadavpur University Synthetic strategies for the design of porous coordination polymers for preferred adsorption 89 Debajyo Ghoshal Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry of different gases Assistant Professor Transparent polyimide hybrid films with high Tg and low CTE prepared through controlled 90 Dr. Pradip Kumar Tapaswi Narasinha Dutt College Chemical Sciences refractive index and their applications for flexible substrated Deptt: Chemistry
Asst. Prof., Presidency University Mixed Metal Oxide Incorporated Functionalized Graphene Oxide: Synthensis, Characterization 91 Sasikumar Palani Chemical Sciences Deptt: Chemistry and Application to Heavy-metal Contaminated Water Treatment
Earth Sciences IPGME & R, 92 Dr. Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay Including GIS Technology in Prevention of Genital Cancer with HPV Vaccine in Rural Sector Deptt : Obstetrics and Gynecology Geoinformatics
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Professor Earth Sciences Understanding kthe controls on sedimentary sequence development of gondwana successions: 93 Joydip Mukhopadhyay Presidency University, Kolkata, Including case studies from the eastern India coal fields Deptt: Geology Geoinformatics Assistant Professor. Earth Sciences Tectonic evolution of North Purulia Shear Zone in an area around Ishwardanga, Purulia, West 94 Dr. Gautam Kumar Deb Presidency University Including Bengal, wih special emphasis on origin of aplitic veins. Deptt: Geology Geoinformatics Associate Professor Earth Sciences 95 Supriyo Kumar Das Presidency University Including Biogenic natural gas potential in Bengal Basin: An organic geochmical approach deptt: Geology Geoinformatics
Assistant Professor IIT, Kharagpur Earth Sciences Planning Smart cities: urban dynamics and surface temperature extraction using 96 Dr. Bharath Haridas Aithal Deptt: Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Including Hyperspectral remote sensing data Infrastructure Design and Management Geoinformatics
Earth Sciences Asst. Prof., Presidency University Changing Urban Landscape and Its Impact on Water Resources: A Case Study of Kolkata 97 Dr. Suranjana Banerji including Deptt: Geography Municipal Corporation Area Geoinformatics Earth Sciences Implementing eco-geomorphological mitigation methods for alleviating riverbank erosion Asst. Prof., Presidency University 98 Dr. Priyank Pravin Patel including and flood hazard in the Lower Silai River Corridor in Paschim Medinipur District of West Deptt: Geography Geoinformatics Bengal Assistant Professor and Head Of the Earth Sciences Department Spatio-temporal assesment of air quality and its health effect using geoinformatices:case 99 Dr Punarbasu Chaudhuri Including University Of calcutta study from Kolkata Geoinformatics Deptt:Enviromental Science Scientist, ICAR-Central Research Institute Earth Sciences for Jute & Allied Fibres Assessment of vulnerability of jute production to climate change and its mitigation strategies 100 Dr. Dhananjay Barman Including Deptt: Agriculture Research and development using remote sensing and GIS in West Bengal Geoinformatics Education Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Engineering Science Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces for Enzymeless Electrochemical Sensing of Serotonin 101 Dr. Nillohit Mukherjee and Technology, Shibpur. Physical Sciences and Dopamine. Deptt: Centre of Excellence for Green Energy and Sensor Systems Reader, Behala College Designing crystalline host materials to encapsulate water clusters in nano-spaces and their 102 Dr. A sh Dipankar Jana Physical Sciences Deptt: Physics utilization as proton wires Assistant Professor 103 Anirban Bose Serampore College Physical Sciences Determination and Study of Pair Correlation Function in Weakly Correlated plasma Deptt: Physics University of Burdwan, Microstructural, Magnetic, Dielectric and Optical Properties of Some Diluted Magnetic 104 Dr. Pabitra Kumar Chakrabarti Physical Sciences Deptt : Physics Systems Assistant Professor Ab-initio Investigations on the Structural Aspects of Few-Body Atomic Systems under Spatial 105 Sukhamoy Bha acharyya Acharya Prafulla Chandra College Physical Sciences Confinement deptt: Physics Associate Professor 106 Dr. Ratna Koley Presidency University Physical Sciences Primordial Magnetic Fields and Their Imprints on Successive phases of Evolution Deptt: Physics Associate Professor Lab on Chips for Trace Detections of Arsenic, Melamine, Heavy Ions and in one Click 107 Joydeep Chowdhury Jadavpur University Physical Sciences Diagnostic Applications Using Sers Deptt: Physics
Associate Professor Electron loss processes induced by bare ion impact on biological target molecules and other 108 Dr. Malay Purkait Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Physical Sciences molecules. Deptt: physics
Associate Professor Numerical Study of Exchange of angular momentum in interaction of optical vortex beams 109 Pradip Kumar Mondal Egra Sarada Shashi Bhusan College Physical Sciences with molecules Deptt: Physics Associate Professor Study of Griffiths phase and magnetocaloric behavior around magnetic phase transition in 110 Dr. Sudipta Pal University of Kalyani Physical Sciences some electron doped manganites Deptt: physics Assistant Professor Study of coherent nonlinear resonances in Zeeman sublevels of hyperfine structure of Rb 111 Dr Md. Mabud Hossain Aliah University Physical Sciences atoms using pump-probe laser spectroscopy:Theory and Experiment Deptt:Physics Assistant Professor Study on Optoelectronic Properties Of Mixed haldie Hybrid Perovskite Material Synthesized by 112 Dr Sachindra Nath Das Jadavpur university Physical Sciences Mechanochemical Method Deptt: Instrumentation Science Asst. Prof., Midnapore College Preparation and Characterization of Nanoscale Multiferroic Materials for the enhancement of 113 Makhanlal Nanda Goswami Physical Sciences Deptt: Physics both electric and magnetic polarization in the same matrix Asst. Prof., Ananda Mohan College Physical characterization and application of green-synthesized plastic magnets and its 114 Dr. Arijit Ghosh Physical Sciences Deptt: Physics nanocomposites
Associate Prof., Jadavpur University Study on QGP and its Properties Using Correlation and Fluctuation Phenomena in Ultra- 115 Mitali Mondal Physical Sciences Deptt: Physics relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
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Asst. Prof., Jadavpur University 116 Dr. Kaustuv Das Physical Sciences Study of zinc oxide thin films as gas sensor under high relative humidity Deptt: Physics Associate Professor 117 Dr. Jayanta Sen Taki Government College Mathematics Applications of fuzzy logics on Classical Linear Algebra and Extended Many-Valued Algebra. Deptt: Mathematics Associate Professor Some radiation and scattering problems in the theory of Water waves and associated 118 Soumen De University of Calcutta Mathematics mathematical techniques Deptt: Applied Mathematics Assistant Professor 119 Dr Ritabrata Biswas The University Of Burdwan Mathematics Modern day Universe with Late Time Acceleration: Effect on Several Astrophysical Phenomena Deptt:Mathematics
Associate Prof., Vidyasagar University 120 Dr. Sukumar Mondal Mathematics Algorithmic Approach on Some Special Graphs in the Scenario of Real Life Problem Deptt: Mathematics
Associate Prof., Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University Studies on Some Reliability Optimization Problems in Fuzzy and Intuitionistic Fuzzy 121 Dr. Sanat Kumar Mahato Mathematics Deptt: Mathematics Environments via Soft Computing Techniques
Asst. Prof., Women's Christian College 122 Dr. Bishwambhar Roy Mathematics Unification and generalization of topological concepts and some of its applications Deptt: Mathematics
Asst. Prof., Presidency University Energy and Allied 123 Rabindra Nath Gayen Development of nanostructured composite photo-electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells Deptt: Physics Sciences Prof., Kalyani Government Engineering Energy and Allied 124 Shib Sankar Saha College Development of Cost-Effective, Efficient and Compact SPV System for Rural Application Sciences Deptt: Electrical Engineering Associate Prof., National Institute of Energy and Allied Prospects and study of floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platforms for wind energy 125 Dr. Atul Krishna Banik Technology Durgapur Sciences harnessing Deptt: Civil Engineering Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Engineering and Safe disposal of fluoride rich sludge through encapsulation in cement stabilized blocks using 126 Dr. Asit Kumar Batabyal Mechanical Engineering Research Technology the low cost geomaterials Institute Professor Indian Institute of Engineering Science Engineering and 127 Dr. Ambarish Ghosh Prediction of construction induced vibration and Development of Mitigation Strategy and Technology, Shibpur Technology Deptt: Civil Engineering Associate Prof Engineering and 128 Dr. Kaushik Das Sharma University of Calcutta Devlopment of Energy Efficient Intelligent Building Architecture Based on User Activity. Technology Deptt: Applied Physics
Asstt. Prof. Engineering and Design of light weight and Cost effective PUF-Enabled Secure Architecture for Authentication 129 Dr. Bibhash Sen NIT, Durgapur. Technology and FPGA based Applications. Deptt: Computer Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor. Engineering and Developing ICT-based kiosks for post-disaster situational indormation management using 130 Dr. Subrata Nandi NIT, Durgapur. Technology opportunistic networkin framework Deptt: Computer Science and Engineering
Professor. Engineering and 131 Partha Bha acharya Jadavpur University Sound Transmission Modelling in underground railway system. Technology Deptt: Civil engineering Associate Professor Jadavpur University Engineering and Fermentative production of microbial Asparaginase enzyme and its application to high 132 Dr. Sunita Adhikari (Neepramanik) Deptt: Food Technology & Biochemical Technology temperature processed Foods for Acrylamide mitigation Engineering Associate Professor Jadavpur University. Engineering and 133 Dr. Runu Banerjee Roy Deptt: Instrumentation and Electronics Qualitative assessment of India tea by developing specific electrodes of an electronic tongue Technology Engineering
Assistant Professor Indian Institute Of Engineering Science Engineering And Wireless Sensor Network Based Safety Measures To Curb Drowning And Accidents In Water 134 Dr Indrajit Banerjee And Technology Technology bodies Deptt: Information Technology Professor Jadavpur University Cost effective and manpower efficient Real-Time Implementation of RFID Based Survelliance Engineering And 135 Subir Kumar Sarkar Deptt:Electronics and Telecommunication System for Poultry Based Industry in Rural/Urban region to solve the aviaqn influenza/ bird Technology Engineering flu problem
Prof., IIT, Kharagpur, Engineering and 136 Santanu Cha opadhyay Deptt: Electronics and Eclectrical Developing Design-for-Security Techniques in Integrated Circuits via Logic Encryption Technology Communication Engineering
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Prof., Jadavpur University Engineering and 137 Rajib Dey Deptt: Metallurgical & Material Design of nanocarriers for sustained release of conventional analgesic drugs Technology Engineering Associate Prof., Jalpaiguri Government Engineering and Heat Transfer Enhancement of inside finned tube flow boiling of environmental-friendly 138 Dr. Arijit Kundu Engineering College Technology refrigerants. Deptt: Mechanical Engineering Asst. Prof., Jalpaiguri Government Engineering and Performance Evaluation of Sand/Stone Column in Clay under Varying Loading and Different 139 Dr. Arghadeep Biswas Engineering College Technology Combinations of Configurations Deptt: Civil Engineering Asst. Prof., Government College of Engineering and 140 Pinaki Mukherjee Engineering & Ceramic Technology Design optimization of broadband microstrip antenna Technology Deptt: ECE Asst. Prof., Kalyani Government Engineering and Survey, surveillance of most important diseases of paddy, potato and mustard plant using 141 Satyendra Nath Mandal Engineering college Technology Quad copter drones (UAV) through Image Processing and advisory services Deptt: Information Technology Principal, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering and Green supply chain performance measurement: a comparative study of manufacturing 142 Dr. Amitava Ray Engineering College Technology organizations in West-Bengal Deptt: Mechanical Engineering
Associate Prof., Jadavpur University Engineering and 143 Sarbani Roy Participatory and Real Time Pollution Monitoring System for Smart City Deptt: Computer Science and Engineering Technology
Associate Prof., Jadavpur University Engineering and 144 Palash Kumar Kundu Development of cardiovascular Waveform Simulator for training of medical Professionals Deptt: Electrical Engineering Technology
Assistant Professor, Stage-III University Of Calcutta Engineering and Cytomorphic Cmos Circuit Modelling and Ultra-Low Power Design of P53 Protien Pathway for 145 Dr Soma Barman Deptt: Institute of Radio Physics & Technology Synthetic Biology Applications Electronics
Lecturer (Contractual Whole Time Environment, Teacher, Govt, Approved Post) Assesment of Ground Water Pollution with Special reference to Salt Water instruction in The 146 Chandrani Du a Ecology and Climate Asutosh College, University Of Calcutta Basanti Block, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal Change Deptt:Enviromental Science
Environment, Visva-Bharati, Impact of Sulphate on Microbial Population Dynamics and Carbon Cycling due to Sea Water 147 Dr. Bomba Dam Ecology and Climate Deptt - Botany Intrusion in Mangrove Ecosystem: A future Global Warming Scenario Change Environment, Jadavpur University Profiling indoor air borne mycoflora of kolkata and their control by using mangrove plant 148 Ass Prof. Subarna Bha acharyya Ecology and Climate Deptt: School of Environmental Studies extracts Change Asstt. Prof. Environment, Emerging Contaminants and their accumulation in ecosystem of lower stretch of Hooghly 149 Dr. Sandip Mondal NIT Ecology and Climate River Deptt: EES Change Assistant Professor Environment, Water quality assessment of river Ganga and Indentification of bacterial population from Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranth 150 Dr. Swa Roy Gangopadhyay Ecology and Climate different stations in the southern districts of West Bengal (Nadia, North & South 24 Parganas, College Change Kolkata, Howrah , East Midnapore and Hooghly) Deptt: Microbiology Environment, Prof., Visva Bharati Study of distribution pattern of various moss species in Darjeeling and adjoining areas with 151 Dr. Samit Ray Ecology and Climate Deptt: Botany special emphasis on macro and micromorphological variations and their in situ conservation Change Asst. Prof., Presidency University Environment, Studies on Butterfly Diversity and Abundance in Southern West Bengal Covering Lateritic Belt, 152 Souryadeep Mukherjee Deptt: Life Sciences Ecology and Climate Lower Gangetic Plain and Coastal and Mangrove Regions with Emphasis on Ecological and Change Biochemical Interactions Asst. Prof., Presidency University Environment, Effect of global warming on physiological responses of some commercially important aquatic 153 Dr. Sumit Mandal Deptt: Life Sciences Ecology and Climate shellfishes of West Bengal Change DST INSPIRE Faculty, University of Environment, An eco-physiological approach towards the consequences of salinity, temperature stress on 154 Dr. Sourav Paul Calcutta Ecology and Climate commercial fish species of Indian Sundarbans Deptt: Zoology Change Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Environment, Mechanical Engineering Research Deployment of Community Level Water Purification Plants for Removal of Iron from 155 Dr. Biswajit Ruj Ecology and Climate Institute Groundwater in Iron Affected Rural/Tribal Villages for Supply of Safe Drinking Water Change Deptt: Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor. Medical Sciences Identification and development of bio-active natural and synthetic small molecules to prevent 156 Samik Bindu Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University including Public pulmonary fibrosis Deptt: Zoology Health
Assistant Professor Medical Sciences In silico Structural and Functional investigations of HIV Accessory Proteins from different 157 Dr. Kalyan Giri Presidency University including Public geographical regions and subtypes Deptt: Life Sciences Health
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LIST OF APPROVED R&D PROJECTS (2017-18)
Medical Sciences Asst. Prof., Behala College Rapid identification of pathogens employing biosynthesized metal nanoparticles as SERS 158 Dr. Ujjal Kumar Sur including Public Deptt: Chemistry active substrate Health
Assistant Professor Medical Sciences IIEST, Shibpur 159 Dr. Chitrangada Das Mukhopadhyay including Public Induction of local hyperthermia to treat brain cancer using electromagnetic field Deptt: Centre for Healthcar Science and Health Technology
Assistant Professor. Medical Sciences 160 Dr. Bhaswa Bandyopadhyay School of Tropical Medicine Including Public Seroprevalence and Molecular characterization of Scrub Typhus in the State of West Bengal Deptt: Microbiology Health
Scientist E (Deputy Director) Medical Sciences National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Coupling virus-host interaction to host subcellular quantitative proteomics: An unbiased 161 Mamta Chawla-Sarkar Including Public Diseases untegrated approach to decipher host determinants for rotaviral infection. Health Deptt: Virology
Course Director Medical Sciences A Development of a Computer - Based Medical Decision Support System for Low Back pain 162 Dr. Subrata Goswami ESI Institute of Pain Management , Including Public Management Deptt: Pain Management Unit Health
Medical Sciences Presidency University Investigating the cell death mechanism activated by theophylline in triple negative breast 163 Dr Ranjana Pal Including Public Deptt: Life Science cancer Health
Medical Sciences Detailed Screening, Documentation & Evaluation of Scientifically proved & unproved Principal of the Calcutta Homeopathic 164 Dr Rajat Cho opadhyay Including Public homoeopathic drugs along with their therapeutic values prepared from medicinal 7 aromatic Medical College And Hospital Health plants from loganacae family
PI & HOD Medical Sciences Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic An open randomized trial in pre-diabetes evaluating efficacy of add-on plant extracts used in 165 Dr Shubhamoy Ghosh Including Public Medical College & Hospital homeopathy as mother tinctures Health Deptt:Pathology & Microbiology
Associate Professor Medical Sciences Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Virological response to Tenofovir in a real-world chronic hepatitis B population from Eastern 166 Dr Kausik Das Including Public Education & Research India and its correlation to HBV genotype, subgenotype and quasispecies structure Health Deptt:Hepatology
Associate Prof., NRS Medical College Medical Sciences Progression of chronic kidney disease from acute kidney injury following snake envenomation- 167 Dr. Pinaki Mukhopadhyay Deptt: Nephrology including Public markers for risk stratification Health
Medical Sciences Prof., IPGME&R 168 Dr. Diptendra Kumar Sarkar including Public Role of COX-2 inhibitor in the treatment of metastatic Breast Cancer Deptt: General Surgery Health
Medical Sciences Prof., Medical College Kolkata An Electrophysiological Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease Using Spatial 169 Dr. Arnab Sengupta including Public Deptt: Physiology Vectorcardiography Health
Scientist "E"(Deputy Director-Medical), Medical Sciences Regional Occupational Health Centre, Association of chronic environmental organophosphorus pesticide exposure with 170 Dr. Amit Chakrabar including Public Eastern neurodegenerative disease: Case control study in rural West Bengal Health Deptt: Toxicology & Industrial Hygiene
Prof., Jadavpur University Medical Sciences Deptt: Pharmaceutical Technology, Fabrication and Characterization of Natural Polysaccharide Based Bioerodible Localized 171 Amalesh Samanta including Public Division of Microbiology and Spongy Scaffold: A Potential Role in Augmenting Wound Healing Health Biotechnology
Asst. Prof., Sister Nibedita Govt. General Medical Sciences Evaluation of effect of chronic exposure to air pollution on respiratory health and oxidative 172 Dr. Atanu Saha Degree College for Girls including Public damage among the traffic cops in West Bengal: A multicenter, meteorological matrix-based Deptt: Physiology Health evaluation
Medical Sciences Asst. Prof., IPGME&R, 173 Dr. Rana Bha acharjee, including Public Novel Biomakers for prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Deptt: Endocrinology and Metabolism Health
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