Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph.D. (Sc) Botany	UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA	2012

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
Studies on the Medicinal properties of Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morg.

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University since 27 February,2014

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Applied Mycology
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Profiling of fungi for different pharmacognostic parameters, Evaluation of different nutritional properties

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Mycology and Plant Pathology

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Details
The Effect of pH, Soil, Salinity and Organic Fertilizers on Seed Germination of Mung bean (Vigna Radiata)	International	International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 9(11): 45-50	Jan, 2019	IJETAE Publishing House	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A Comprehensive Review on Food and Medicinal Prospects of Astraeus hygrometricus	International	Pharmacog J., 9(6):799-806	Jan, 2017	Phcog.Net	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of some ethnomedicinal and medicinal plants of Paschim Medinipur	International	Advanced Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 1(1): 67-78	Jan, 2017	Midnapore College	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Successful Therapy of Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis with Astrakurkurone, a Triterpene Isolated from the Mushroom Astraeus hygrometricus, Involves the Induction of Protective Cell-Mediated Immunity and TLR9	International	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (5): 2696 – 2708	Jan, 2016	American Society for Microbiology	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Biotechnology and Nature	Kabitika	Jan, 2018	Author of a chapter	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Herbal Drugs: A Modern Approach To Understand Them Better	New Central Book Agency	Jan, 2011	Author of a chapter	Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Name of the Co Supervisor	Status	Date
Debashis Kuila	Evaluation of efficacy of indigenous and introduced Arbuscular Micorrhizae (AM) with beneficial microbes on crop yield and maintaining sustainability in lateritic soil	Dr. Somdatta Ghosh	Ongoing
Bijoy Mal	Analysis of food value and free radical scavenging activity of some non-conventional fruits of Lateritic West Bengal		Ongoing

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
CoI	UGC	4005000	2 years	2015-2017	Complete

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Pharmacognostic standardisation of a well known edible mushroom	Faculty of Science	Vidyasagar University	Jan, 2017

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
International College of Nutrition (ICN) Life Membership No: 2009-15

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Co convener of the National Seminar on Medicinal Plants 2016, February, 16-17, 2016	2016 to 2016

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
National seminar on Interdisciplinary approach of Research in Medicinal Plants (IARMP-2019)	Jan, 2019	Paper Presenter	Organized by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 12-13, 2019
National Seminar on Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science	Jan, 2018	Paper Presenter	Organized by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 29-30, 2018
Short term training course on nanotechnology & related IPR issues entitled “An interdisciplinary approach in characterization and applications of nanostructured materials (IACANM-2018)”	Jan, 2018	Participant	Organized by the University of Kalyani in association with DST-PURSE programme held at Kalyani. August 1-10, 2018
India International Science Festival 2018 Young Scientists’ Conference	Jan, 2018	Delegate	Organized by the Government of India held at Lucknow. October 5-8, 2018
National Symposium on “Natural Resource Management-2017”	Jan, 2017	Invited Lecture	Organized by the Faculty of Science (UGC Innovative Research Project) Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 15-16, 2017
Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on “Chemistry and Biology Interface”	Jan, 2016	Participant	Organized by Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. April 21-22, 2016
National Seminar on “Genomics: Molecular to Ecosystem Level”	Jan, 2016	Participant	Organized by The Asiatic Society held at Kolkata. December 9, 2016
International Conference on “The Green Planet- Past, Present and Future”	Jan, 2016	Paper Presenter	Organized by CAS VII, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta in collaboration with Probir Chatterjee Research Foundation & Botanical Survey of India held at Kolkata. December 21-23, 2016
UGC Sponsored Two-Day National Workshop on “Application and Deployment of e-Learning Platform in University: Moodle”	Jan, 2016	Participant	Organized by Computer Centre, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 9-10, 2016

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
National seminar on Interdisciplinary approach of Research in Medicinal Plants (IARMP-2019)	Jan, 2019	Convener	UGC and DST
National Seminar on Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science	Jan, 2018	Treasurer	SERB and UGC
National Symposium on “Natural Resource Management-2017”	Jan, 2017	Executive Member	UGC
National Seminar on Medicinal Plants (NSMP- 2016)	Jan, 2016	Convener	UGC and DST

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
Professor S. N. Banerjee Gold Medal	Indian Mycological Society	Jan, 2007

Dr. Gunjan Biswas