The Department of Microbiology at Bidhannagar College was started in January , 2002 , headed by Dr. Anup Kumar Guin and two other faculty members- Dr. Arabindo Das and Dr. Subhas Chandra Jana. B.sc (Hons.) was introduced in 2002 and M.Sc was introduced in 2004 under the affiliation of Calcutta University. Microbiology Department is one of the most progressive department of Bidhannagar College and flourished rapidly within a short span of time. Initiatives were taken to pursue summer projects of Post Graduate students in this department which was started from 2007 onwards. Faculties attempted to bring Research projects from different funding agencies. Amount of more than 95 lakhs so far have been granted as Minor projects / Major projects from various funding agencies to the different faculties in this department. Subsequently Ph.D programme was started from 2008 onwards. One student has been awarded Ph.D from this department under the guidance of Dr. S.C Jana and two registered students are doing their Ph.D work under the supervision of Dr. S.C Jana. Our alumni are very strong and most of the students are pursuing Ph.D and Post Doctoral work in different reputed laboratories in India and abroad. Our students got Max Plank Scholarship, KVPY fellowship and ranked top in various national eligibility tests like NET, GATE, ICMR and national tests conducted by JNU,TIFR etc.
At present our faculty strength is nine plus one (part time), out of which six are holders of Ph.D degree and three are pursuing their Ph.D work. Three faculties have also done their Post Doctoral work in India and abroad. Total publications of our faculties in last five years is 35 in peer reviewed National/ International Journals.
Our laboratory is well equipped with several sophisticated instruments like PCR- Thermal Cycler, FACS, CO2 Incubator, UV Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu) , ELISA Reader etc.
Name : DR. ABUL KALAM
Designation : Associate Professor & HoD.
Qualification :
M.Sc. Botany, Microbiology (Special
Specialization :
Pesticide Microbiology, Environment
Research Interest :
Pesticide Microbiology, Pesticide
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Name : DR. SANDIP BANDOPADHYAY
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc. (Microbiology), Ph.D. (Biotechnology)
Specialization :
Microbial Biotechnology
Research Interest :
Microbial Biotechnology, Industrial
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Name : DR. SOURAV PAKRASHI
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D.
Specialization :
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology,
Research Interest :
Environmental Microbiology, Toxicology,
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Name : DR. SUDIPTA CHAKRABORTY
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization :
Cell biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry,
Research Interest :
Antimicrobial and anti biofilm
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Name : PARAMA DAS GUPTA
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc.
Specialization :
Environmental Microbiology
Research Interest :
Environmental Microbiology
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Name : DR. RINI ROY
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization :
Biochemistry
Research Interest :
Biochemistry, Neuro biochemistry,
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Name : DR. SANDIP MISRA
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization :
Microbiology
Research Interest :
Genomic Instability, Cancer, DNA
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Name : DR. UPAL DAS GHOSH
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification :
M.Sc in Microbiology, Ph.D in Biotechnology
Specialization :
Molecular Biology & Microbial genetics,
Research Interest :
Bioinformatics & Computer aided
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List of Ex-Students and Their Current Positions Dept. of Microbiology, Bidhannagar Govt. College, Salt Lake, Kolkata
| Sl. No. | Name of the Student | Present position | UG/PG Student with pass out year | Central Govt./ State Govt./SSC/Bank related service /Pvt. Sector/ Academic/ Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhijit Podder | Scientist | PG,2007 | Research, DBT, Central Govt. |
| 2 | Sagar Lahiri | Post Doc Fellow, univ. of michigan USA | PG,2007 | Research |
| 3 | Shiladitya Cattopadhyay | Post Doc Fellow, Israel | PG,2007 | Research |
| 4 | Subhsis Barik | Post Doc Fellow, USA | PG,2007 | Research |
| 5 | Madhushree Chatterjee | Asst. Professor,UEM | PG,2007 | Academic, Pvt. Sector |
| 6 | Tirtha Khara | Executive QC Officer, Days Medical | PG,2007 | Pvt. Sector |
| 7 | Nabanita Biswas | Accountant, IAA | PG,2007 | Central Govt. |
| 8 | Anirban Mukherjee | Asst. Prof. (contract, Gurudas College) | PG,2007 | Academic |
| 9 | Sangeeta Saha | Food Analyst, FCI | PG,2008 | Pvt. Sector |
| 10 | Surojit Das | SRF, NICED | PG,2008 | Research |
| 11 | Sourav Dutta | SRF, Bose Institute | PG,2008 | Research |
| 12 | Prasun Trivedi | Asst. Professor, Don Bosco university | PG,2008 | Academic |
| 13 | Saikat Majumder | Post Doc Fellow | PG,2008 | Research |
| 14 | Shreya Sengupta | SRF, Bose Institute | PG,2008 | Research |
| 15 | Sumon Mondal | Employee at Allhabad Bank | PG,2008 | Bank related service |
| 16 | Ria Halder | Deputy Manager HDFC | PG,2008 | Bank related service |
| 17 | Soma Mitra | Post Doc Fellow, Japan | PG,2008 | Research |
| 18 | Deep Chatterjee | SRF, Germany (MaxPlank Scholar) | PG,2008 | Research |
| 19 | Sandhimita Mondal Rana | Asst. Prof. TECHNO UNIVERSITY | PG,2008 | Academic, Pvt. Sector |
| 20 | Arnab Ganguli | SRF, Calcutta University | PG,2008 | Research |
| 21 | Debashis Dutta | SRF, IICB | PG,2009 | Research |
| 22 | Shibali Das | SRF, Bose Institute | PG,2009 | Research |
| 23 | Payel Ghosh | UGC-JRF, Panihati Mahavidyalya | PG,2009 | Research |
| 24 | Sk. Irshad Ali | SRF, NICED | PG,2009 | Research |
| 25 | Mohana Majumder | Hygiene officer, TAJ BENGAL | PG,2010 | Pvt. Sector |
| 26 | Avishek Sengupta | Employee, Indian Postal Service | PG,2010 | Central Govt. |
| 27 | Rahul Bhowmick | Research Fellow, NICED | PG,2010 | Research |
| 28 | Amit Ghosh | SRF, Calcutta University | PG,2010 | Research |
| 29 | Bidisha Paul Chowdhury | SRF, Bose Institute | PG,2010 | Research |
| 30 | Malay Mondal | SRF, Bidhannagar College | PG,2010 | Research |
| 31 | Biprajit Sarkar | SI, WBPS | PG,2010 | State Govt. |
| 32 | Priya Mondal | Research Fellow, IICB | PG,2010 | Research |
| 33 | Soma Ghosh | SRF, IIT-KGP | PG,2011 | Research |
| 34 | Aparna Das | Food Analyst, FCI | PG,2011 | Pvt. Sector |
| 35 | Sneha Chakraborty | Medical Business Associate | PG,2011 | Pvt. Sector |
| 36 | Olivia Guha | Asst. Manager (Indian Overseas Bank) | PG,2011 | Bank related service |
| 37 | Tanupriyo Roy Chowdhury | Faculty, IRIS World School, Hyderabad | PG,2011 | Pvt. Sector |
| 38 | Ishita Roy Chowdhury | Employee, East India Pharmaceuticals | PG,2011 | Pvt. Sector |
| 39 | Suchetana Banerjee | JRF, Calcutta University | PG,2011 | Research |
| 40 | Shreya Das | Employee, Capgemini Ind. Ltd. | PG,2011 | Pvt. Sector |
| 41 | Subhradeb Roy | Research Fellow, ISI, Kolkata | PG,2012 | Research |
| 42 | Arpan Kahali | Employee at Ministry of Communication and Information Technology | PG,2012 | Central Govt. |
| 43 | Pratisruti Dutta | School Teacher | PG,2013 | State Govt. |
| 44 | Anasua Chakraborty | SI, WBPS | PG,2013 | State Govt. |
| 45 | Rakesh Sarkar | NET Qualified (AIR- 04) | PG,2013 | Research |
| 46 | Rajat Sarkar | Microbiologist, QC | PG,2013 | Pvt. Sector |
| 47 | Arnab Paul | Employee at Banking Service | PG,2013 | Bank related service |
| 48 | Avishek Mukherjee | Area Sales Manager | PG,2013 | Pvt. Sector |
| 49 | Jayjit Mondal | JRF, Bidhannagar College | PG,2013 | Research |
| 50 | Nilanjan Paul | Journalist, The Telegraph | PG,2013 | Pvt. Sector |
| 51 | Sakshi Shaw | School Teacher | PG,2014 | Central Govt. |
| 52 | Anita Shaw | School Teacher | PG,2014 | Pvt. Sector |
| 53 | Devlina Sengupta | Project Asst., Panihati College | PG,2014 | Research |
| 54 | Tushar Banerjee | Junior Officer, Cipla Ltd. | PG,2015 | Pvt. Sector |
| 55 | Nirmalya Chowdhury | QC officer, Elque Seafood and Co. | PG,2015 | Pvt. Sector |
| 56 | Tanmoy Dutta | QC officer, Elque Seafood and Co. | PG,2015 | Pvt. Sector |
| 57 | Moitri Roy | Senior Associate Scientist, Millipore Sign Ltd., USA | UG, 2010 | Pvt. Sector |
| 58 | Sohini Basu | Research Fellow, NICED | UG, 2012 | Research |
| 59 | Abhirup Mukherjee | SRF, IIT-KGP | UG, 2010 | Research |
| 60 | Sudipta Chatterjee | SRF, IPGMER | UG, 2010 | Research |
| 61 | Madhumita Chakladar | JRF, IISER Pune | UG, 2012 | Research |
| 62 | Afsana Naaz | JRF, IIT-Bombay | UG, 2012 | Research |
| 63 | Ankita Paul | Research Felow, IIT-Bombay | UG, 2011 | Research |
| 64 | Arunima Seal | JRF, Ludwig-Maximilians Univ., Germany | UG 2011 | Research |
| 65 | Anwesha Chakraborty | Consultant Microbiologist | UG 2013 | Pvt. Sector |
| 66 | Raktima Maity | JRF, IISc. Bangalore | UG 2013 | Research |
| 67 | Toshali Banerjee | TIFR, JAM (AIR-03) | UG 2015 | Research |
