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Faculty

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Prof. Ansuman Chattopadhyay,

Professor

Email: ansuman.chattopadhyay@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • Toxicology of fluoride, arsenic, chromium and nanoparticles (organ and genotoxicity;
    molecular mechanisms); Nrf2-Keap1 signaling pathway, changes in metal profiling; epigenetic regulation of DNA repair genes.

  • Screening of anticancer properties of fungal metabolites and nanoparticles. Investigation of detailed molecular mechanism responsible for cell death.​

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Prof. Dipak Kumar Mandal,

Professor

Email: dipakkumar.mandal@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • ​​Fish Biology

  • Fish reproduction

  • Fish olfaction

  • Fish nutrition

  • Aquatic Toxicology

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Prof. Samar Kumar Saha,

Professor, Head

Email: samarkumar.saha@visvabharati.ac.in​

Area of Research

  • Aquatic Parasitology

  • Fish Biology

  • Developmental Biology​​

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Prof. Larisha M Lyndem,

Professor

Email: larisham.lyndem@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • Anthelmintic screening of phytochemical compounds for drug development

  • Taxonomical identification of fish parasites.

  • Probiotics of indigenous and traditional sources for anthelmintic studies. â€‹

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Prof. Sudipta Maitra,

Professor

Email: smaitra3@gmail.com, s.maitra@visva-bharati.ac.in​

Area of Research

  • ​Molecular Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology in Fish

  • Endocrine Disruption and Metabolic Dysfunction

  • Gonadotropin regulation of the ovarian steroidogenic and IGF axis

  • IGF’s role in oocyte mitochondrial bioenergetics

  • The dynamics of diverse signaling strategies prior to the onset of oocyte maturation and ovulation in female zebrafish

  • Transgenerational effect of EDCs on zebrafish 

  • Neuroendocrine signalling

  • Reproductive and metabolic toxicology

  • Inflammatory cytokines and inflammasome signaling in macrophage polarization and the development of fatty liver disease in rodents

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Dr. Surjya Kumar Saikia,

Associate Professor

Email: surjya.saikia@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • Fish stress biology

  • Fish chemosensory biology

  • Aquatic Ecology

  • Feeding Ecology of fish

  • Biology of Small fresh water fishes

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Dr. Rakesh Kundu,

Assistant Professor

Email: rakesh.kundu@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • ​Fetuin-A mediated insulin secretory defects

  • ß-Cell inflammation, Islet Biology

  • CD36-TLR4, Lipid accumulation

  • Nrf2-Keap1 signaling

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Dr. Sutapa Mukherjee,

Assistant Professor

Email

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Area of Research

  • ​Biochemistry & Cellular Signaling

  • Endocrinology & Metabolism

  • Reproductive Physiology

  • Environmental Toxicology

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Dr. Vinod Kumar Chauhan,

Assistant Professor

Email: vinodkumar.chauhan@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • Insect Molecular Biology and Physiology

  • Integrated Pest Management

  • Invertebrate Pathology

  • Insect genomics and proteomics

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Dr. Sushil Kumar Sahu,

Assistant Professor

Email: sushilkumar.sahu@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • ​Infectious disease biology

  • Herpes virus replication and pathogenesis

  • Tumor virology 

  • Retroviral infection and vaccine

  • Antiviral drugs screening

  • Cell cycle, Apoptosis, Cellular metabolism

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Dr. Debarshi Sarkar,

Assistant Professor

Email: debarshi.sarkar@visva-bharati.ac.in

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Area of Research

  • Reproductive Endocrinology​

  • Reproductive Toxicology

  • Regulation of Spermatogenesis- Role of Neuropeptides

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Dr. Prajna Gayen,

Guest Faculty

Email: prajnagayen@gmail.com

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Area of Research

  • ​Molecular Parasitology

Non-Teaching Staff

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Sri Bharat Chandra Roy

Senior Assistant​​

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Sri Manindra Majhi

Laboratory Assistant​​

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Sri Suresh Murmu

Museum Assistant​​

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Sri Utpal Mahara

Laboratory Assistant​​

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Sri Shyamal Kr. Saha

Laboratory Assistant​​

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Sri Krishna Gupta

Multi-Tasking Staff​​

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Sri Abhijit Roy

Laboratory Assistant​​

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Smt. Kahkeshan Perween

Multi-Tasking Staff​​

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