UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL ACCREDITED BY NAAC WITH GRADE A ~ ;J!in[; :m;tm): :n;mofi REPO UNIVERSITY DF NDRTH BENGAL 2017-2018 P.O. NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY RAJA RAMMOHUNPUR, DIST. DARJEELING PIN - 734013, WEST BENGAL, INDIA www.nbu.ac.in Dr. Subires Bhattacharyya M.Sc., Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor University of North Bengal UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL Accredited by NAAC with Grade A Web site: http://www.nbu.ac.in. E-mail: nbuvc@nbu.ac.in ~l'Rr: ~ : ~ subires.bhattacharyya@qmail.com FOREWORD I am glad to know that the Annual Report of the University of North Bengal is going to come out for the year 2017-2018. The report gives us an opportunity for assessing where we are and understanding what we hope to achieve and the dreams that still remain unfulfilled. The report is a mark of cur sense of perfectibility. We are accountable only to ourselves. Best Regards, Place: Raja Rammohunpur Date: 8th April , 2021 ( >J>,~ Dr. Subires Bhattacharyya Vice-Chancellor P.O. North Bengal University, Raja Rammohunpur, Dt. Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Pin - 734 013 Phone: (0353) 2776 366 (0), (0353) 2776 308 (R), Fax: (0353) 2699 001 FROM THE DESK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER We, all from the Administrative branch of the University of North Bengal feel happy to welcome the annual reports 2017-2018, which is the showcase of the activities performed by the different Departments, Branches, and Centres of the University. The publication of the Annual Report is not just a statutory requirement but it is a step to acquaint the stakeholders of the University about the University programmes and activities. Since its inception in 1962, the University of North Bengal is a key Centre of Higher education in the northern region of the state of West Bengal with the mission to encourage and provide an environment for teaching, learning and research in various branches of curriculum related to higher education and to promote advancement and dissemination of knowledge to meet the growing needs of the society. The University has a pool of trained people as Alumni to cater to all sort of needs of the North Bengal region and beyond from teachers/trainer to teach in Schools, Colleges, or institutions as well as skilled manpower for Business Houses, Corporates and Industries. In this long journey with time, our University has diversified itself to new areas and established the department/Centre like Tea Science in the year 1995, Department of Management in the year 2003, High Energy and Cosmic Research Ray Centre in 1991, Centre for Women’s studies in the year 2000, Centre for studies in Local languages and Cultures in the year 2001, Centre for Floriculture & Agri-Business Management (COFAM) in the year 2005 and also offering special postgraduate courses like strategic and Area studies at Centre of Himalayan Studies from 2005 onwards which is established in the year 1978. Apart from that our University has a heritage Museum named Akshay Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum with the majority of the collection belonging to the period between the 8th century and 12th Century. There is a lot of scopes that these departments / Centre will develop a lot to provide new innovative courses. Depending upon the demand from society, our University has taken initiative in session 2017-2018 to open departments like Geology, Food Technology, Education, Sanskrit, and Pharmaceutical Technology which will offer PG courses, MPhil and Ph.D. in the related areas in the coming future. A report like these allows us to access core strength and give us the vision to plan our future course of action. Further, it also helps us to identify our weaknesses. I wish thanks to all the staff of the Office of the Development Officer like Sri Kalyan Ch. Singha, Debashree Pal (now transferred) to the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology), Prahllad Sarkar, Babulal Oraon, and Amit Dey (transferred to Registrar’s Branch) who worked as a complete team to collect the information. I like to thank all the staff of the university press and the Press Superintendent for extending their full cooperation in publishing this report. Dr. Tamal Sarkar Development Officer (In charge) OUR VICE CHANCELLORS & THEIR TENURE IN OFFICE 1. Professor B.N. Dasgupta 1st June, 1962 to 31st May, 1966 2. Professor A. C. Roy 1st June, 1966 to 31st May, 1970 3. Professor P. C. Mukherjee 1st June, 1970 to 7th November, 1974 4. Professor A. Dutta 8th Nov., 1974 to 18th April, 1977 5. Professor P. K. Ghosh 21st Nov., 1977 to 18th April, 1982 6. Professor S. N. Sen (Acting) 19th April, 1982 to 9th Sept., 1982 7. Professor D. B. Dutta 15th Sept., 1982 to 31st August, 1988 8. Professor K.N. Chatterjee 1st Sept., 1988 to 31st Dec., 1995 9. Professor R. G. Mukherjee 1st Jan., 1996 to 31st Dec., 1999 10. Professor P. K. Saha 1st Jan., 2000 to 31st Dec, 2007 11. Professor A. Basumajumdar 1st Jan., 2008 to 31stMarch,2012 12. Professor Samir Kumar Das 13. Professor Somnath Ghosh 14. Professor Subires Bhattacharyya 1st April., 2012 to 10th February, 2014 11th February, 2014 to 10th February, 2018 22nd February,2018 continue.. As on 31st March 2018 LIST OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2017-2018 (AS ON 31.03.2018) Compiled by Registrar Branch Sl. No. Name of the Officers Designation of the Officers 1. Dr. Dilip Kumar Sarkar Registrar 2. Dr. Subrata Sanyal Inspector of Colleges 3. Dr. Swapan Kumar Rakshit Deputy Registrar 4. Dr. Sukhendra Narayan Saha Audit& Accounts Officer 5. Dr. Minakshi Chakraborty Development Officer 6. Sri Brindaban Karmakar JT. Librarian 7. Dr. Nupur Das Secretary, Councils for Under Graduate Studies 8. Dr. Debasis Dutta Deputy Controller of Examinations 9. Sri Gautam Sarkar (Tech. Officer-II) 10. Dr. Arunava Bhadra Sr. Research Physicist 11. Sri Apurba Paul Documentation Officer 12. Dr. Biswajit Chatterjee Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor 13. Sri Subhrangsu Kr. Mistri Assistant Librarian 14. Sri Santanu Chanda Assistant Librarian 15. Sri Joydeep Biswas Assistant Controller of Examination 16. Sri Surajit Das Accounts Officer 17. Sri Kamala Kanta Ghosh Estate Officer 18. Sri Arindam Mukherjee Research Officer 19. Sri Manash Esh Information Scientist 20. Sri Tamal Sarkar Tech. Officer-I 21. Dr. Abhijit Deb Secretary, Faculty Council For P.G studies in Arts, Commerce &Law. CONTENTS CHAPTER – I GENERAL The University and its Mission … … … … … … … … … 1 Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Deans … … … … … … … … 2 The Notable Activities … … … … … … … … … … 2 Table – I, Enrolment of Students of UG Level … … … … … … … 6 Table – II, Enrolment of SC/ST Students of UG Level … … … … … … 6 Table – III, Enrolment of Students of PG Level … … … … … … … 7 Table – IV, Enrolment of SC/ST Students of PG Level … … … … … … 7 CHAPTER – II POST-GRADUATE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS: SCIENCE: Anthropology … … … … … … … … … … … 8 Bio-technology … … … … … … … … … … … 13 Botany & Bioinformatics Facility … … … … … … … … 17,22 Chemistry … … … … … … … … … … … 25 Computer Science & Application … … … … … … … … 35 Geography & Applied Geography … … … … … … … … 38 Mathematics … … … … … … … … … … … 48 Microbiology … … … … … … … … … … … 52 Physics … … … … … … … … … … … 54 Tea Science … … … … … … … … … … … 58 Zoology … … … … … … … … … … … 61 ARTS, COMMERCE & LAW: Bengali … … … … … … … … … … … 66 Commerce … … … … … … … … … … … 68 Economics … … … … … … … … … … … 71 English … … … … … … … … … … … 74 Hindi … … … … … … … … … … … 77 History … … … … … … … … … … … 80 Law … … … … … … … … … … … 83 Library & Information Science … … … … … … … … … 88 Lifelong Learning & Extension … … … … … … … … … 89 Management … … … … … … … … … … … 95 Mass Communication … … … … … … … … … … 97 Nepali … … … … … … … … … … … 98 Philosophy … … … … … … … … … … … 102 Political Science … … … … … … … … … … 110 Sociology … … … … … … … … … … … 113 CHAPTER – III RESEARCH CENTERS Centre for Himalayan Studies … … … … … … … … … 116 Centre for Women’s Studies … … … … … … … … … 119 High Energy & Cosmic Ray Research Centre … … … … … … … 124 Center of Floriculture & Agri-Business Management (COFAM) … … … … … 125 Centre for Studies in Local Languages and Cultures … … … … … … 132 CHAPTER – IV UGC SPONSORED CENTRES Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) … … … … … … … … 134 CHAPTER – V CENTRAL SERVICES Akshay Kumar Maitreya Museum … … … … … … … … 135 Computer Centre … … … … … … … … … … 136 Engineering Department … … … … … … … … … 138 University Library … … … … … … … … … … 139 University Science & Instrumentation Centre (USIC) … … … … … … 142 University Press … … … … … … … … … … 144 CHAPTER – VI SERVICES AND AMENITIES Basic Facilities for Women … … … … … … … … … 145 Centre for Differently Abled Persons … … … … … … … … 146 Day Care Centre … … … … … … … … … … 147 Coaching for SC/ST Students National Eligibility Test (NET) … … … … … 148 Remedial Coaching Scheme for P.G. SC/ST Students … … … … … … 152 Entry Into Services Scheme … … … … … … … … … 153 Health Centre … … … … … … … … … … … 154 Sports Board … … … … … … … … … … … 155 CHAPTER – VII DISTANCE EDUCATION Directorate of Distance Education … … … … … … … … 158 CHAPTER – VIII UGC Human Resource Development Centre… … … … … … … … 160 CHAPTER – IX GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Examinations Branch … … … … … … … … … … 161 Finance Department … … … … … … … … … … 164 Office of the Development Officer … … … … … … … … 179 Under-Graduate Council … … … … … … … … … 180 CHAPTER – X AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY Members of the Court … … … … … … … … … … 183 Members of the Executive Council … … … … … … … … 188 Members of the Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science … … … … … 190 Members of the Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Arts Commerce & law … … … 192 CHAPTER – XI NEW APPOINTMENTS, FAREWELL & OBITUARY New Appointments, Farewell & Obituary … … … … … … … 194 CHAPTER – XII CONVOCATION Forty-Seventh Annual Convocation … … … … … … … … 198 CHAPTER – XIII AFFILIATED COLLEGES Affiliated Colleges … … … … … … … … … … 209 CHAPTER – XIV JALPAIGURI CAMPUS Jalpaiguri Campus … … … … … … … … … … 213 1 GENERAL The University and its mission: The University of North Bengal was established by an Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962 with the mission “to encourage and provide for instruction for teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and course of study; to promote advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning and to extend higher education to meet the growing needs of society.” The University of North Bengal campus covers an area of nearly 331 acres of land at the foothills of high Himalaya in close proximity of vast plains around it with a fascinating glimpse of the Kanchenjunga peak, tea gardens and forest cover. The University of North Bengal has acquired 36.138 acres of land and has set up another campus at Jalpaiguri by the side of the campus of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College for widening the dimension and scope of Higher Education and Research in one more Centre for Higher Education through modern studies for spreading advancement of learning in various branches of Humanities, Science and Technology in order to reach the people of this region in a bigger way so that they can have better and easier access to Higher Education. The University of North Bengal, since its inception in 1962, has been fulfilling the objectives of imparting higher education and research to the people of this socio-economically backward area of the country. With the global advancement and requirements in the arena of higher education and research, the University has shouldered the responsibility of dissemination of knowledge by judicious expansion of its role in advanced, non-conventional, applied and job-oriented fields keeping the quality of education at par with global standards at low cost. The University has taken initiatives in qualitative growth by way of achieving excellence. The Departments are well-equipped with research programmes from various agencies and have received academic distinctions and recognitions. 2 Chancellor: As required under section 8(1) of the North Bengal University Act, the Governor, by virtue of his office, is the Chancellor of the University. Sri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal has been holding the office of the Chancellor of the University since July 24th, 2014. Vice-Chancellor: Professor (Dr.) Somnath Ghosh joined his office as Vice-Chancellor of University of North Bengal on 11 th February, 2014 and is continued in the office till 10 th February, 2018. After that Professor (Dr.) Subires Bhattacharyya joined his office as Vice-Chancellor of University of North Bengal on 22 nd February, 2018 and is continuing his office. Deans: Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science: Professor Subir Sarkar, Department of Geography and Applied Geography has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science with effect from 11.07.2016 and continued in the office till 18 th July, 2017. After that Professor Bikash Chandra Paul joined his office as Dean of the Faculty of Science with effect from 19.07.2017 and is continuing his Office. Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Arts, Commerce & Law: Professor Ghanashyam Nepal, Department of Nepali has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Commerce & Law with effect from 11.07.2016 and continued in the office till 18 th July, 2017. After that Professor Sanchari Roy Mukherjee joined her office as Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Commerce & Law with effect from 19.07.2017 and is continuing her Office. THE NOTABLE ACTIVITIES Academic Activities: The University has a host of programmes which enables it to invite scholars and researchers of Eminence from within India as well as from abroad to visit the University interact with students, teachers and researchers to add to the knowledge base of the University. The University’s mission is of social inclusion. The University has been finding out ways of tapping the resources and actualizing the region’s potential and taking initiatives for the benefit of the under privileged people of the region. Departments and Centres are involved in imparting knowledge and life skills. They are also instrumental in archiving and preserving folklore, language and culture of communities that have been facing the threat of extinction in our era of globalization. 30 Professors/Teachers of various Universities have visited different departments of our University and delivered lectures during this session. 10 Teachers visited foreign countries from UGC funds and 247 Teachers participated in National Conferences. Teachers/officers of various departments/Centres of the University have published more than 333 books and articles / papers / journals in refereed National and International Journals. 3 23 departments/Centres of the Arts, Commerce and Law faculty as well as of Science Faculty have organized 82 nos of Seminars and Workshops during this year 2017-2018. Total number of ongoing project in session 2017-2018 is 43. To encourage the students, the following scholarships have been given: i. Post-graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child. ii. Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder. iii. UGC-NET Junior Research Fellowship iv. UGC Basic Science & Research Fellowship. v. UGC Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship. In academic session 2017-2018, three new departments were established Geology, Pharmaceutical technology and Food Technology under faculty of PG Studies in Science and two new departments were established under faculty of PG Studies in Arts, Commerce and Law. But, no new colleges were established in academic session 2017-2018. 5 departments/Centres of the Arts, Commerce and Law faculty as well as of Science Faculty have received 5 nos of Awards during this year 2017-2018. Other Important Activities: The Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum of North Bengal University had celebrated the International Museum Day programme on the 18 th May, 2017 in the Museum. Scholars from different parts of India and some even from China, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Japan, Taiwan and other countries now visit the Museum. More than 7,400 visitors were come to the Museum. The Centre for Studies in Local Languages and Cultures has organized ten National and International Seminars cum Workshops, Cultural Programmes and Folk Festivals throughout the year. UGC Human Research Development Centre organized and conducted 04 Orientation Programmes for newly appointed College/University Teachers and 09 Refreshers Courses for serving Teachers in this region and 02 Short-term Courses for Officers, Principals and Non-teaching Staff. In this year 2017-2018 one number of renovation work and development work has been completed in the NBU main campus using UGC grant and started the “Proposed Creation of Laboratory in Chemistry, Physics & Geography” with the help of Executing Engineer, North Bengal Division, Social Sector, P.W.D using RUSA Fund Our University Library speaks volumes regarding the academic pursuits of our University. Total number of documents added in this year is 841. The total number of journal subscribed is 628, out of which 133 were International and 7 were online journals. The details of Library Statistics: Sl. No. Particulars 2017-2018 Total number of documents accessioned 300569 I Text Books 246035 II Reference Books 9014 III Rare Books 650 IV Bound Periodicals 38,745 V Theses 1,778 VI Non- Print Materials 1,049 VII Census 2350 VIII Reports 1794 IX Gazetters 180 X Detaties 201 4 The whole Campus encompassing all the academic & administrative buildings and the hostels are provided with 24X7 internet facility at several static points with fiber optic back bone network mounted at the Server Room of the Computer Centre. All the Research Scholars (Men and women) and PG hostels (Boys and Girls), are also covered under the Campus Wi-Fi facility. With the entire support from the RUSA fund, this Computer Centre of the University, had managed to host its state of art IBM cluster computing facility. The academic cross section with demand for high speed computing facility is benefitted with this. In the financial year 2017-2018, a centralized Liquid Nitrogen Plant (StirLITE Liquid Nitrogen Plant of Stirling Cryogenics, DH Industries BV, Netherlands) was installed at USIC. Using the installed plat, the USIC provided 1839.5 litres of Liquid Nitrogen to various department/research centre under the faculty of Science. The Scanning electron microscope (SEM) is now an indispensable tool in scientific research. Recently a SEM (JSM6510, Jeol) has been purchased with the financial assistance from RUSA. The installation of the instrument is still under process. In this year 2017-18 University Press has completed 220 indents and during these period University Press has earned Rs. 20,06,863.00/- 3635 number of Patients examined at the Health Centre and total earning from the services at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory were Rs 88,838/- from 4828 sample testing. Controller of Examination has to conduct 67 types of examinations annually, thereby, catering to around 1,46,740 students per year. The Department of Mathematics is co-ordinating the Mathematical Olympiads and related training programmes for high school students, Madhava Mathematics Competition for undergraduate students in affiliated colleges. Social Responsibilities: Beside teaching and research, we are not running behind in associating ourselves to cater to the social needs and responsibilities. The students of the department of Mathematics organized a Blood Donation Camp on 6 th April, 2017 where 213 units of blood have contributed. The Centre for Women’s Studies has organized one Refresher Courses (from 08.02.2018-to 28.02.2018), Two Short Term Courses (from 1 st -8 th September,2017 and from 12 th -19 th March, 2018), Two one training programme (16 th September and 20 th September), Celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 th March, 2018, organized two awareness programme (22 nd September, 2018 and 8 th February, 2018) on Legal issues and Women’s Health. The students of the Department of Mass Communication are making short films/ documentaries, preparing advertisements, house journals to mention a few. : Students’ Film Festival BIOSCOPE 2017 was organized. 4 PR campaigns were conducted which got huge media coverage. The three (5) member Athletics team participated in the 77 th All India Inter University Athletics Meet 2017-18 and achieved Silver Medal in the said National Level Competition by securing second position in 200m Sprint (Women) event for the University. The university team secured the 4 th Position in the All India Inter University Table Tennis (Women) Tournament 17-18 organized at. Dibrugarh University during 25 th to 27 th February, 2018 Many types of Crop have been planted in the year 2017-2018 by the Centre of Floriculture and Agri- Business Management (COFAM). The centre has also organized ten training programmes / awareness programmes in which 570 participants participated. 5 Publications reports of last three years in Scopus and Web of Science: ( AF-ID ( "University of North Bengal" 60000712 ) ) AND ( LIMIT- TO ( PUBYEAR , 2018 ) OR LIMIT-TO ( PUBYEAR , 2017 ) OR LIMIT- TO ( PUBYEAR , 2016 ) ) !f Scopus Ana lyze search resu lts Year ..J,, Doc-uments 1' 2018 164 2017 142 2016 163 356 results from Web of Science Core Collection for: Q. "University of North Bengal" or "North Bengal University" (Affiliation) Refined By: Publication Years: 2016 or 2017 or 2018 X Clear all Publication Years V □ 2018 137 □ 2017 102 □ 2016 117 6 TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES Year Male Female Total Enrolment 2017 -2018 20,626 24,625 45,251 SC/ST STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN UNDER-GRADUATE COLLEGES Year Male Female Total 2017 - 2018 9,269 10,927 20,196 ■ Male ■ Female ■ Total Enrolment ■ Male ■ Female ■ Tot;:i l 7 TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN REGULAR POST GRADUATE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS Year Male Female Total 2017 – 2018 557 857 1414 SC / ST STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN REGUALR POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS Year Male Female Total 2017 - 2018 234 319 553 ■ M ale ■ Fema le ■ Total ■ M ale ■ Female ■ Tota l 8 DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY 1. Name of the Department: Anthropology 2. Date of Establishment : 2001 3. Introduction of the department : The Department of Anthropology has M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in different fields of Anthropology. The academic programmes are so designed as to enable the students and scholars to acquire a good understanding of people, society and culture at the micro level. The special focus of the department is to examine and analyze the regional and local issues of greater anthropological significance. The department has an innovative plan to develop interdisciplinary interaction for strengthening its teaching and research programmes. Participatory approach and Lab to Land method has been adopted to develop the teaching and research activities of the department. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Jaydip Sen. Professor Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas, Associate Professor Dr. Pinak Tarafdar, Associate Professor 5. Name of Research Scholars : Amit Ghosh, Research Scholar Binu Dorjee, UGC-Senior Research Fellow, Chumu Sherpa, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Grace Leivon, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Manisha Thapa, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Mridusmita Goswami, Research Scholar, Pushpa Lata Tigga, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Riwaj Rai, Research Scholar, Sampriti Debnath, UGC-Junior Research Fellow, Saonli Roy, Research Fellow Susmita Roy, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Subhankar Roy, Senior Research Fellow, State/University Fellow, Sukanta Das, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, Suvendu Kundu, Research Scholar 6. Name of the Project Scholar : Riwaj Rai 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff : I. Narayan Das, Gr. C Permanent II. Sujit Kangsha Banik, Gr.-D, Casual Worker 8. Student Strength : Students Male Female Total 1st Sem- 04 09 13 2nd Sem 07 05 12 3rd Sem 04 09 13 4th Sem 03 07 10 9 9. Seminar/Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): Name of the Teacher Name of the Seminars/Conferences Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Prof. Jaydip Sen Nil Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas National Seminar on “Tribal Development in West Bengal” UGC sponsored National Seminar, “Man, Environment and Culture” International Conference on “Indigenous People, Human Security and Sustainable Development: Emerging Challenges in the Present Global Context” International Conference on “Indigenous People, Human Security and Sustainable Development: Emerging Challenges in the Present Global Context” Cultural Research Institute, Kolkata. Date: 15-16. 6.2017 Dept. of Anthropology, NBU. Date: 14.9. 2017 In Kolkate. Organized by Commission on Human Rights, IUAES, Dept. of Anthropology, WBSU, in collaboration with ICMR, ICHR, ASI. Date 19-21. 1.2018 In Kolkata. Organized by Commission on Human Rights, IUAES, Dept. of Anthropology, WBSU, in collaboration with ICMR, ICHR, ASI. Date 19-21. 1.2018 Invited Lecture “Development of Toto Tribe” Chaired the Technical Session III. Panel Convener and Chair Person of the Panel “Man and Environment: Issues and Challenges” “Depletion of Livelihood Resources and its consequences on a particularly vulnerable Tribal Group; Totos of Sub- Himalayan West Bengal”. Dr. Pinak Tarafdar National Seminar on Bio- Cultural Heritage of Eastern India: Theoria, Praxis and Poiesis Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta 28th to 29th March, 2018. Invited Lecture “Impact of Habitation Change on Traditional Healthcare Practices: an Application of Cross cultural comparison in Medical Anthropology” 10. Organized Seminars/Conferences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Title of the Seminar UGC-SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR 14TH September. 2017 “MAN, ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE” 11. Publications: Name of the Author Title, name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Professor Jaydip Sen Subcutaneous adiposity and nutritional status among children of Eastern-India. Prevalence of Undernutrition and Overweight or Obesity Among the Bengali Muslim Population of West Bengal, India. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 2018; 38(1):31-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v38i1.18750 Anthropol Open J. 2018;3(1):1-10. doi: 10.17140/ANTPOJ-3-115 10 Associations of Maternal Age, Pregnancy Order and Seasonal Variations in Low Birth Weight (LBW) in West Bengal, India. Socio-economic and demographic correlates of stunting and thinness among rural school- going children (aged 5-12 Years) of North Bengal, Eastern India. Socio-economic and demographic correlates of overweight and obesity: A study on the Karbi women of Assam, Northeast India. Cut-off point estimation of neck circumference to determine overweight and obesity among Asian Indian adults Use of upper arm anthropometry, upper arm muscle area-by-height (UAMAH) and mid- upper-arm-circumference (MUAC)-for- height as indicators of body composition and nutritional status among children. Factors affecting menopause among Rajbanshi women of North Bengal. Physical growth patterns and body composition of Rajbanshi adolescent boys of Eastern India. J Life Science. 2018;10(1): 1-9. doi: 11.258359/KRE-121 J Life Sciences, 2018; 10(1):29-46. doi: 1.258359/KRE-40 Anthropol Open J. 2017;2(2): 31-39. doi: 10.17140/ANTPOJ-2-111 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health. 2017; I14(2):12310-1 - 12310-9. doi: 10.2427/12310 Anthropological Review. 2017; 80:85-102. doi: 10.1515/anre-2017-0004 Human Biology Review. 2017;6(4):387-402. Human Biology Review. 2017; 6(3):263-283. Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas Incessant Induced Suicide, In Buddhadeb Chaudhuri and Sibir Biswas (Eds.) Anthropology and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium: 84 – 92. Rawat Publications, New Delhi. [ISBN- 978-81316-08388], (International Publications). Poverty and Crisis in Daily Life: A Study on Migrant People, In Buddhadeb Chaudhuri and Sibir Biswas (Eds.) Anthropology and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium:273 – 279. Rawat Publications, New Delhi. [ISBN- 978-81316-08388], (International Publications). Working Involvement of the Children and Consequences: A Study in an Unorganized SectorIn A.K. Singh and S.P. Singh (Eds.) Care and Protection of Marginalized Children in India. Serials Publications, New Delhi,(ISBN: 978-81-933190). Impacts of Barpeta Satra on the Socio- religious life of the People of Barpeta town 2017 2017 2017 2017 11 in the District of Barpeta, Assam.North Bengal, Anthropologist annually, 5: 1-12 [ISSN: 2320-8376] Child work and robbing of Child Rights: A study on Stone Crushing Community. North Bengal Anthropologist annually, 5: 13-19. [ISSN: 2320-8376] North Bengal Anthropologist annually, Vol:6, [ISSN: 2320-8376].[Managing Editor] Nittya and NaimittikaPrasnga (Daily and Occasional Prayer Services) of Barpeta Satra.North Bengal Anthropologist annually, Vol:6, [ISSN: 2320-8376]. Role and Status of the Totos in Family and Society. North Bengal Anthropologist annually,Vol.: 6 [ISSN: 2320-8376] 2017 2018 2018 2018 Dr. Pinak Tarafdar Culture of Health Seeking Behaviour: A Medical Anthropological Study on the Drukpas of Buxa Duar region of West Bengal, India [Monograph] Land Alienation and Indigenous Rights: The Toto Context In edited book Anthropology and Human Rights, Rawat Publications, New Delhi Worshipping of Goddess Rountuk for Well- being: An explorative study on traditional health care practices among the Rabhas of West Bengal, Tamang of Sikkim: Exploring the History and Origin through Oral Narrative 2017 2017 Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Vol. 52, 2017 Journal of the Department of Anthropology Vol.16-17, 2017 University of Calcutta 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Major Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Dr. Pinak Tarafdar Applications of Explanatory Models on Maternal and Child Health Care Practices: A Study among the Indigenous Forest Dwellers of North Bengal NBU 2017-18 Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority 13. Visiting Fellow: a. Visiting Fellow UGC :Nil. 12 b. Visiting Faculty (University Funded) as following: 2017-18 Sl. No Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration Name of the University 1 Dr. Kotra Rama Mohan Two days Dept. of Anthropology, Sikkim University, Gangtok. 2 Prof. Birinchi Midhi Three days Dept. of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam 13 DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 1. Name of the Department: BIOTECHNOLOGY 2. Date of Establishment: 2001 3. Introduction of the department: The Department of Biotechnology (Supported by DBT, GoI), promotes and facilitates faculty, research scholars and student research in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics to achieve goals of Biotechnology. The department provides technical support for research and a nucleus for interdisciplinary research and training initiatives, and prepares students and research scholars to work in modern research facilities at University of North Bengal. The Department of Biotechnology is committed to the values of: Pursuit of excellance, Academic and intectual freedom, Creativity and innovation, Diversity, coopration and communication and Accountability. The depatment has been capable to establish Biotechnology and Genomics-Proteomics-Metabolomics- Resistome research initiatives to provide students with outstanding research projects in supported programs. The department currently provides strong ties between researches in different DBT sponsored departments of the country.It has strengthen ties with the National Research Institutes, R&D Centres and other public Institutions and increased coopration in consortium programs and Interdisciplinary research. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor: Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Associate Professor: Dr. Shilpi Ghosh Assistant Professors Dr. Dipanwita Saha Dr. Anoop Kumar 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Ms Dipanwita Ghosh Mr. Tilak Saha Mr. Bhushan Gurung Ms. Deepika Mazumdar Ms. Khusboo Lepcha Mr. Vaskar Das, Ms. Vijeta Rai, CSIR-JRF Ms. Priyam Chettri Mr. Bipransh K Tiwari Mr. Vivek K Ranjan (DBT-BET, JRF) Mr. Subhanil Chakraborty (INSPIRE Fellow, DST) Ms. Priti Mangar (UGC-BSR) Ms. Smriti Pradhan (CSIR-JRF) Ms Anindita Chakraborty Mr Prasanta Bera Mr. Subhajit Sen Ms Arijita Basak 6. Name of the project scholars: Nil 7. Name of the Non –Teaching staff: (i) Mr. Biswajit Burman (ii) Mr. Raja Bauri (iii) Mr. Dipak Das 14 8. Student strength: 9. Seminar/Conference / workshop attended (outside the country & within country) Name of the teacher Name of the Seminar/Conference Venue & Date Title of Paper Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Microbiology in the New Millennium October 27 -29, 2017, Bose Institute, Kolkata. Phenome of a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain when environment offers scanty (?) nutrients to sustain life” Dr. Anoop Kumar 2nd Regional Science and Technology Congress, 2017 (Selected for 25th West Bengal State Science and Technology Congress, 2018 presentation) Venue:- Siliguri College, West Bengal Date:- 7th and 8th December, 2017 “Intracellular Response and Synergistic Effect of 5- Fluorouracil and Ammonium Chloride in Starvation Induced Autophagic Hepatic WRL-68 (Normal) & HUH-7 (Cancerous) Cell Lines” 25th West Bengal State Science and Technology Congress, '2018 Venue:- Science City, Kolkata Date:- 4th and 5th March, 2018 Intracellular Response and Synergistic Effect of 5- Fluorouracil and Ammonium Chloride in Starvation Induced Autophagic Hepatic WRL-68 (Normal) & HUH-7 (Cancerous) Cell Lines” 2nd Regional Science and Technology Congress, 2017 (Selected for 25th West Bengal State Science and Technology Congress, 2018 presentation) Venue:- Siliguri College, West Bengal Date:- 7th and 8th December, 2017 “Intracellular Response and Synergistic Effect of 5- Fluorouracil and Ammonium Chloride in Starvation Induced Autophagic Hepatic WRL-68 (Normal) & HUH-7 (Cancerous) Cell Lines” 10. Organized Seminars/Conferences/Workshop Name of the Seminar/Conference/workshop Date of the Seminar 1. One day workshop on Tissue Culture 2. Workshop on mushroom cultivation 3. Workshop on mushroom cultivation 4. Workshop on vermicompost 5. Hands on training on organic farming 6. Seminar on floriculture 7. Worshop on exotic vegetables and mushrooms 8. Seminar on Buttom mushroom 24-08-2017 2-09-2017 13-12-2017 15-12-2017 25-01-2018 09-02-2018 12-02-2018 16-02-2018 11. Publications: Name of author Name of Journal/book/volume Year of publication Dr. Dipanwita Saha Students Male Female Total Part I 1st Sem 2nd Sem Part II 3rd Sem 4th Sem Five (5) Four (4) Five (5) Four (4) Semester1/2: 10(Ten) Semester 3/4: 08 (Eight) I I 15 1. Chakraborty P., Das S., B. Saha, A. Karmakar,Saha D, Saha A.. Rose rosette virus: An emerging pathogen of garden roses in India 1. Australasian Plant Pathology, 46; 223-226. 2017 2. Das, S., Chakraborty, P., Mandal, P., Saha, D. and Saha, A. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene induction with benzothiadiazole elevates defence against Lasiodiplodiatheobromae in tea in India 1. Journal of Phytopathology 165: 11-12. 2017 3. Mandal H., Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha A., Sarkar T., Saha D. and Saha A Biocontrol of virulent Ralstoniasolanacearum isolates by an indigenous Bacillus cereus. Journal of Agricultural Technology. 13(1): 19-30. 2017 4. 2. Sarkar, T., Karmakar, A., Saha, A., Saha, A. and Saha, D 2018. In vitro bio-control of Fusariumequiseti infecting Trichosanthes dioica from sub-Himalayan, West Bengal. Annals of Plant Protection Sciences 26: 222-225 2018 5. 3. Sarkar, T.,P. Chakraborty, A. Karmakar, A. Saha and D. Saha. 2018. First Report of Ascochyta medicaginicola Causing Leaf Blight Disease of Pointed Gourd in India. Plant Disease102: 2657. 2018 Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty 1. Mahata D, Jana M, Jana A, Mukherjee A, Mondal N, Saha T, Sen S, Nando GB, Mukhopadhyay CK, Chakraborty R, Mandal SM. 2017. Lignin-graft- Polyoxazoline Conjugated Triazole a Novel Anti- Infective Ointment to Control Persistent Inflammation. Nature Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 12;7:46412. doi: 10.1038/srep46412. PMID: 28401944. 2017 2. Tiwary BK, Dutta S, Dey P, Hossain M, Kumar A, Bihani S, Nanda AK, Chaudhuri TK, Chakraborty R. 2017. Radical Scavenging Activities of Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. Petal Extracts and its hepato-protection in CCl4-intoxicated mice. BMC Complement Altern Med. 18;17(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1495 2017 3. Tiwary BK, Ghosh R, Moktan S, Ranjan VK, Dey P, Choudhury D,Dutta S, Deb D, Das AP, Chakraborty R. (2017). Prospective bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors from Indian medicinal Plant extracts. Lett Appl Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/lam.12748. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:28421612 2017 4. Chowdhury SK, Hore D, Mahanta SK, Adhikari B, Mukerjee M, Mukherjee S, Chakraborty R. 2017. Prevalence of Multi-drug resistant bacteria in Betel (Piper betel L.) leaf-washed water of the road side ‘Paan’ Stall in Northern West Bengal. Int. J. Sci. Res. 6: 196-200. 2017 5. Chakraborty S, Chakraborty R. 2017. Genesis of Personalized Medicine: Relevance of Ayurveda in the present millennium. J. Mol. Gen. Med. 11:3DOI: 10.4172/1747-0862.10002 2017 6. Mandal SM, Chakraborty S, Sahoo S, Pyne S, Ghosh S, Chakraborty R. 2018. Novel Compound from Flowers of Moringa oleifera Competently Active against Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-negative Bacilli. Infect Disord Drug Targets.. doi: 10.2174/187152651866618100 1124420. [Epub ahead of print] 2018 7. Chakraborty S, Chakraborty R. 2018. Prospects of Ayurveda in Neuromedicine. Acta Scientific Med. Sc. 2 (18): 63-69. 2018 8. Manna S, Ghosh M, Chakraborty R, Ghosh S, Mandal SM. 2018. A Review on Quantum Dots: Synthesis to In- silico Analysis as Next Generation Curr Drug Targets. 2018 Jul 31. Doi:10.2174/13894501196661 2018 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30277173 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30277173 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30277173 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062964 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062964 16 Antibacterial Agents. 80731142423. [Epub ahead of print] Dr. Shilpi Ghosh Ghosh S, Mukhopadhyay S, Sarkar M, Mandal A, Das V, Kumar A, Giri B., Biological evaluation of a halogenated triterpenoid, 2α-bromo- dihydrobetulinic acid as an inhibitor of human topoisomerase 2α and HeLa cell proliferation. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 268, 68-76 2017 Pal Roy M, Datta, S, Ghosh S. A novel extracellular low-temperature-active phytase from Bacillus aryabhattai RS1 with potential application in plant growth. Biotechnology Progress 33:633-641 2017 Dr. Anoop Kumar 1. Ghosh S, Mukhopadhyay S, Sarkar M, Mandal A, Das V, Kumar A, Giri B., Chemico-Biological Interactions, 268, 68-76 2017 2. Anukul Maji , Maidul Beg , Amit Kumar Mandal , Somnath Das , Pradeep K. Jha , Anoop Kumar , Shamila Sarwar, Maidul Hossain, Pinak Chakrabarti Journal of Molecular structure 2017 3. Pritam Guha, Biplab Roy, Prasant Nahak, Gourab Karmakar, Chien H. Chang, Alexey G. Bikov, Alexander B. Akentiev, Boris A. Noskov, Amit K. Mandal, Anoop Kumar, P.A. Hassan, V.K. Aswal, Takeshi Misono, Kanjiro Torigoe, Amiya K. Panda Colloids and Surfaces A,546,334-345 2018 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Major Project Title of the scheme project Sanctioned authority Dr. Dipanwita Saha Studies on occurrence and distribution of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes among Aeromonas species in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and their conjugational spread in other bacteria. UGC, New Delhi (P.I) Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Formulation of probiotics for major and minor carps DBT, Govt. of West Bengal (Co- PI) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062964 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ghosh%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mukhopadhyay%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sarkar%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mandal%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mandal%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Das%20V%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kumar%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ghosh%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mukhopadhyay%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sarkar%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mandal%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mandal%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Das%20V%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kumar%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28254521 17 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 1. Name of the Department: Department of Botany 2. Date of establishment: 1984 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Botany of North Bengal University was initiated in the summer of 1984. Since then the Department flourished tremendously with tireless efforts of faculties, staff and students. The Department has marked its golden presence by its remarkable achievements in shaping the scientific and academic pursuit of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Though, being a small University situated in a remote location with limited resources and infrastructure, our University as well as the Department is second to none when it comes to producing quality students, researchers and scientists. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate professor Assistant Professor Prof. Aniruddha Saha Prof. Arnab Sen Dr. Subhas Chandra Roy Dr. Palash Mandal Dr. Manoranjan Chowdhury 5. Name of the research scholars: a. Arnab Kumar Chakraborty b. Pallab Kar c. Indrani Sarar d. Saroja Chetri e. Mousikha Lala f. Reha Labar g. Mousumi Sarkar Saha h. Indrajit Singha i. Pankaj Shil j. Biswadip Ghosh 6. Name of the project scholars: a. Soumita Bhattacharjee b. Somit Dutta c. Sandipan Ghosh d. Swarup Das e. Supriyo Ghosh 7. Name of Non-teaching staff: Sumon Chatterjee, Sukanta Roy, Nayan Ranjan Ghosh, Shipen Chandra Barman, Dhiraj Chakraborty, Vivekananda Chowdhury, Atul Singha 8. Students’ strength: Students Male Female Total Part-I 1st Sem ---- --- ----- 2nd Sem 12 18 30 Part-II 3rd Sem -- ------- -------- 4th Sem 14 17 18 9. Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the country & Within the country): Name of teacher Title of Conference / Seminar Venue & date Title of the Paper presented Prof. A. Saha 2nd Regional Science and Technology Congress, West Bengal, 7-8 December, 2017 at Siliguri College, Siliguri. Detection of begomoviruses infecting tomato in sub-Himalayan West Bengal following PCR National Seminar on “Emerging Areas of Sericulture: Issues, Challenges and Industrial Application for Sustainable Development and Eco-Restoration”, 30th-31st January, 2018 at Department of Sericulture (Centre for applied biology), Raiganj University,West Bengal. Prevalence of begomoviruses in the cucumber field of sub- Himalayan West Bengal, India. Dr. Palash Mandal 2nd International Conference 2017, PharmSci 2017 Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur, 23-24 September 2017 Enhancement of therapeutic potential in Trigonella foenum-graecum L. by calcium and nitric oxide elicitation Dr. Palash Mandal IBC, 2017. XIX International Botanical Congress, Shenzhen China 23-29 July, 2017 at Shenzhen China. Role of Calcium and Nitric Oxide in Enhancement of Therapeutic Potential and Oxidative Stress Management in Trigonella foenum- graecum L.”. Dr. M. Chowdhury International Botanical Congress Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shenzhen, china. 23rd -29th July 2017 Aquatic and Semi aquatic angiosperms diversity, palynology and their conservation from the wetlands of sub-Himalayan 19 West Bengal, India Dr. M. Chowdhury XVII Annual Conference of IAAT & International Symposium on “ Plant Systematics: Priorities and Challenges 12th November 2017 Ultra-morphological study of Pollen grains of some aquatic semi aquatic plants Dr. M. Chowdhury National Symposium and Annual Meeting of EHSST BSI- Shillong, Meghalaya. 8th – 9th March 2018 ‘ Himalayan Plant Diversity: taxonomy, Conservation and Utilisation. 10. Organized Seminar/ Conferences (01-04-2017 to 31-03-2018) Name of the seminar/ conferences Date of the seminar/ conferences NIL Nil Nil 11. Publications: Sl. No. Name of the author(s) Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Prof. Arnab Sen Name of the Author Name of the book/ Journal /Volume Year of publication  Sarkar I, Tisa LS, Gtari M and Sen A J Basic Microbiol. . IF: 1.438 2017  Dutta S, P Dey, MRSaha, I Sarkar, R Sarkar, JA Mardi, J Barman, A Sen, TK Chaudhuria J Functional Foods IF: 3.144 2017  Pal S, I Sarkar, A Roy. PKDM Patra, KC Mondal and A Sen Genetica IF: 1.207 2017  Goyal AK, Middha S, Usha T, Sen A Biotech 7:120, IF: 1.361 2017  Gueddou A, Swansonb E, Ktari A, Nouioui I, Hezbri K, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Simpson S, Morris K, Thomas W. k, Sen A, Gtaria M, Tisa L GenomeA vol. 5 no. 15 e00174-17 2017  Rai, R., Swanson, E., Sarkar, I., Lama, D., Abebe- Aleke, F., Simpson, S., . & Sen, A GenomeA, 5(15), e00175-17. 2017  Ktari, A., Gueddou, A., Nouioui, I., Miotello, G., Sarkar, I., Ghodhbane-Gtari, F., ...Sen A & Gtari, M Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00720 IF: 4.076 2017 20 Prof. A. Saha  Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha B., Karmakar A., Saha D. and Saha A. (2017) Rose rosette virus: an emerging pathogen of garden roses in India. Australasian Plant Pathology 46(3): 223-226. (Thomson Reuters IF: 1.085) 2017  Das S., Chakraborty P., Mandal P., Saha D. and Saha A. (2017) Phenylalanine ammonia- lyase gene induction with benzothiadiazole elevates defence against Lasiodiplodia theobromae in tea in India. Journal of Phytopathology 165(11-12): 755-761. (Thomson Reuters IF: 0.853) 2017  Mandal H., Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha A., Sarkar T., Saha D. and Saha A. (2017) Biocontrol of virulent Ralstonia solanacearum isolates by an indigenous Bacillus cereus. International Journal of Agricultural Technology 13(1): 19-30. 2017 Dr. S. C. Roy  Prof. S.C. Roy Molecular breeding & genetic Resources of Tulaipanji Rice, Lambert, Germany. ISBN-978-3- 330-08978-5 2017 Dr. P. Mandal  Misra TK, Nanda AK, Mandal Palash, Saha A International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment. 8(1) 2017  Bhattacharya P, Jha S, Ghosh A, Mandal Palash International Journal of Medical and Applied Research, 4(2): 2017  Bhattacharya P, Jha S, Ghosh A, Mandal Palash Harvest, 2 2017  Roy P, Mandal Palash, Panda S World Scientific News. 90 2017  Gupta SK and Mandal Palash Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 10(5): 2017  Gupta SK, Islam N, Choudhuri C, Mandal Palash International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 9(5): 2017  Mukhia S, Mandal Palash, Singh DK, Singh D Journal of Pharmacy Research. 11(6) 2017  Subba A, Dutta B, Sahu RK, Mandal Palash Journal of Pharmacy Research. 11(4): 2017 Dr. M. Chowdhury  S.K. Basu & Monoranjan Chowdhury, Sujit Mondal, Anurag Choudhury Plant Archives, 17 (1) 2017  Dipanwita Debnath, Dibakar Choudhury, Monoranjan Chowdhury & A.P. Das Pleione 11 ( 1) 2017  Anurag Choudhury, R. Biswas, M. Chowdhury and A.P. Das Journal of Economic & Taxonomic Botany 40 ( 1-2) 2017  Sujit Mandal, S.K. Basu, & M. Chowdhury Phytotaxonomy 17 2017 21  Baisakhi Sarkar, Mridushree Basak, Monoranjan Chowdhury & A.P. das Plant Archives, 18 (1) 2018 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor) Sl. No. Major Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority PI & Co-PI 4 1. Establishment of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) for promotion of biology teaching through bioinformatics (BTBI) under BTISnet program DBT,Govt. of India Arnab Sen 5 2. A Bioinformatics perspective to impede the Tubercle bacillus (TB) devastation in West Bengal. DBT,WB Arnab Sen 3. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils in Tunisia and India using Frankia-Alnus symbiosis DST , GOVT OF INDIA Arnab Sen Inventorization of Sacred Groves in Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur Districts of West Bengal West Bengal Bio-Diversity Board [490 / 5K(Bio)- 6/2017 dated 29/06/2017 Dr. Palash mandal Sl. No. Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority PI & Co-PI 10 Improving the economics attributes of silkworm rearing by mulberry leaves elicitation with plant growth regulators North Bengal University [Ref. No. 114/R-2018 (SF-15) dated 08.01.2018] Dr. Palash mandal 11 Study of Diversity , ethno-botany and palynological study of some wild palms and their conservation from terai and Darjeeling hills’ Ref. No. 115/R-2018 ( SF-14) dt 08.01.2018 University Research Grant Dr. M. Chowdhury 22 13. Visiting Fellow: NIL 14. Any other information: Participation of Scholar: i)analysis by real-time PCR” organized by South Asian University, New Delhi, India (December 14- 16, 2017). ii) Das S.: Participated in International hands-on training on “Gene expression analysis by real- time PCR” organized by South Asian University, New Delhi, India (December 14-16, 2017). iii) Awards/ Honours received: Nil BIOINFORMATICS FACILITY Name of the Project Scholar, Project, Supervisor name, email address of the scholar, Category (General/OBC-A/OBC-B, SC/ST), Gender (F/M), Date of joining, Date of Registration (if Registered or write N/A) Name Project Supervisor name Category and Gender (F/M) Date of Joining Date of Registration (if Registered or write N/A) Pallab Kar Creation of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF)…..bioinformatics (BTBI) under BTISnet programme Prof. Arnab Sen General & Male 01/05/2014 01/06/2014 Sandipan Ghosh Creation of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF)…..bioinformatics (BTBI) under BTISnet programme Prof. Arnab Sen General & Male 10/04/2018 N/A Swarup Das Creation of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF)…..bioinformatics (BTBI) under BTISnet programme Prof. Arnab Sen SC & Male 19/11/2018 N/A Organized Seminar cum workshop: National Seminar cum workshop on bioinformatics organized by NBU-Bioinformatics facility dated: March, 2018. 23 Prof. Arnab Sen with participants during hands on training Number of Ph. D’s awarded Name of the PhD scholar Name of the Department Name of the guide/s Title of the thesis Ayan Roy Bioinformatics Facility (Jointly by Dept of Botany) Prof. Arnab Sen Riddles of human intestinal microflora- a bioinformatics perspective Seminar/Conferences /Webinar attended (Outside the Country &Within the Country): Name of the Teacher/Officer Name of the Seminars/Conferences Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Prof. Arnab Sen National Seminar: Current Trends in Plant & Microbial Research- 2017 Raiganj University & 23/03/2017 and 24/03/2017 Microbial diversity and environment- a bioinformatic perspective Publications: BIOiifiRisiilCS March 17-19, 2018 Theme: Microbial Diversity and Environment- a Bioinformatic Perspective Joint!J organized fry: Bioinformatics Centre• Department of Botany fflniber.sitp of ~ortb rsengal For more information visit: www.bicnbu.in 24 Title of paper Name of the author/s Name of journal Year of publication Amelioration of CCl4 induced liver injury in swiss albino mice by antioxidant rich leaf extract of Croton bonplandianus Baill. Dutta S, AK Chakraborty, P Dey, P Kar, P Guha, S Sen, A Kumar, A Sen, TK Chaudhuri PLOS One 2018 Stimulation of Murine Immune Response by Clerodendrum infortunatum Dutta S, A Chakraborty, P Kar, A Sen and TK Chaudhury Pharmacogn Mag 2018 Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium reveals evolutionary trends of M. avium complex Saha MS, S Pal, I Sarkar, A Roy, PKD Mohapatra and A Sen Genomics 2018 Comprehensive profiling of functional attributes, virulence potential and evolutionary dynamics in mycobacterial secretomes Roy A, Sen A, Chakraborty S and Sarkar I World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018 Acacia nilotica leaf improves insulin resistance and hyperglycemia associated acute hepatic injury and nephropathy by improving systemic antioxidant status in diabetic mice Saha MR, Dey P, Sarkar I, Sarker D, Haldar B, Chaudhuri TK, Sen A. Journal of Ethnopharma cology 2018 Biosynthetic energy cost of potentially highly expressed proteins vary with niche in selected actinobacteria. Sarkar I, Tisa LS, Gtari M and Sen A Journal of Basic Microbiol 2017 Differential interaction with O2 and N2 free- radicals, phytochemical fingerprinting and molecular docking reveals potent antioxidant activities of three major recreational foods of the Indian subcontinent Dutta S, P Dey, MRSaha,I Sarkar,R Sarkar,JA MardiJ Barman, A Sen, TK Chaudhuria J Functional Foods 2017 Comparative evolutionary genomics of Corynebacterium with special reference to codon and amino acid usage diversities Pal S, I Sarkar, A Roy. PKDM Patra, KC Mondal and A Sen Genetica 2017 Host plant compatibility shapes the proteogenome of Frankia coriariae. Ktari, A., Gueddou, A., Nouioui, I., Miotello, G., Sarkar, I., Ghodhbane-Gtari, F., ...Sen A & Gtari Frontiers in Microbiology , 2017 Research Projects (Major & Minor): Major Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority, Amount, Year of sanction and duration Creation of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) for promotion of biology teaching through bioinformatics (BTBI) under BTISnet program Sanctioned Authority: DBT, Govt of India. Amount: 25,07,400/- Year of sanction and duration: 01/04/2017; 3 years Awards received by Faculties:  Incentive awards for publications (2017) entitled "Stone-dwelling actinobacteria Blastococcus saxobsidens, Modestobacter marinus and Geodermatophilus obscurus proteogenomes", DBT, Govt. of India. 25 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 1. Name of the Department : Chemistry 2. Date of Establishment : 1963 Introduction of the Department : The Department of Chemistry has M. Sc. and Ph. D. Programmes. The academic programmers are so designed as to enable the students to acquire a good understanding of classical Chemistry as well as its latest developments. A good number of students qualify the NET examinations every year. The Department was selected by the UGC for Special Assistance Programme under Departmental Research Support category. The department has also received assistance from the Department of Science and Technology under its FIST programme under which major instruments, viz, one 300 MHz & one 400 MHz FTNMR machines have been installed. 3. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor B. Basu M. N. Roy P. Ghosh A. Misra P. Bandyopadhyay A. Majumder B. Sinha S. Das 4. Name of the Research Scholars: Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Designation Funding Agencies 01 Smt. Koyeli Das JRF UGC-RGNF 02 Mr. Bittu Saha JRF UGC-BSR 03 Smt. Gulmi Chakrabarty JRF UGC-BSR 04 Mr. Rabindra Nath Singha JRF UGC 05 Mr. Prasun Chowdhury JRF CSIR 06 Mr. Dibakar Roy JRF UGC 07 Mr. Pritam Guha SRF UGC-BSR 08 Mr. Biplab Roy SRF DST 09 Smt. Manoswita Homray JRF UGC 10 Smt. Tanushree Sutradhar JRF UGC-RGNF 11 Mr. Abhijit Sarkar JRF UGC 12 Mr. Rajendra Pradhan Teacher Fellow UGC 13 Mr. Dipu Kumar Misra JRF UGC-BSR 14 Mr. Kaushik Acharjee JRF UGC-BSR 15 Smt. Puja Basak JRF CSIR 16 Smt. Bijeta Mitra JRF CSIR 17 Mr. Biraj Kr. Barman JRF UGC-RGNF 18 Mr. Subhadeep Saha SRF UGC 19 Mr. Sujan Paul JRF UGC 20 Mr. Biswajit Datta SRF UGC 21 Smt. Siti Barman SRF UGC 22 Mr. Manoj Mazumder Teacher Fellow UGC 23 Miss Sultana Yasmin JRF UGC 24 Smt. Amrita Mitra SRF UGC-BSR 25 Smt. Ananya Das JRF UGC 26 Mr. Sankar Saha JRF UGC 27 Smt. Aditi Roy JRF UGC 28 Mr. Gourav Karmakar SRF DST 29 Mr. Raja Ghosh JRF UGC 30 Smt. Mitali Kundu JRF UGC-BSR 31 Md. Mossaraf Hossain SRF UGC-BSR 26 32 Miss Ananya Yesmin JRF UGC 33 Mr. Bhaskar Ganguly SRF UGC 34 Miss Suchandra Bhattacharya JRF CSIR 35 Mr. Amarjit Kamath JRF UGC 36 Mr. Binoy Chandra Saha JRF UGC 37 Mr. Sudip Sarkar JRF UGC 38 Smt. Seema Dwivedi JRF UGC 39 Mr. Kalipada Sarkar JRF UGC 40 Mr. Uttam Kumar Singha JRF UGC 41 Mr. Sourav Dey JRF UGC 42 Mr. Kanak Roy SRF UGC-RGNF 5. Name of the Project Scholars : Sl. No. Name of the Project Scholar (s) 1 Miss Madhurima Paulchowdhuri 2 Miss Prodipta Sarbadhikary 3 Mr. Biplab Rajbanshi 4 Mr. Sayantan Roy 6. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff : Name Designation S. K. Ghosh Record Keeper N. C. Barman Lab Attndt., Grade II G. C. Roy Lab Attndt., Grade II H. L. Tigga Sr. Peon A. Sharma Lab Attndt., Grade III Y.Mandal Lab Attndt., Grade III S. Roy Tech. Asstt., Grade I D. J. Roy Tech. Asstt., Grade I S. Mozumder Tech. Asstt., Grade I A. Sarkar Tech. Asstt., Grade I N. Paul Office Assistant (Contractual) 7. Students Strength Students Male Female Total Part - I 1st Sem. 33 17 50 2nd Sem. 29 20 49 Part - II 3rd Sem. 29 20 49 4th Sem. 28 17 45 8. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country) : 9. Seminar/ Conference attended: 10. 1. Plenary Lecture: January 11-12, 2017, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences 11. (NSACS-2017), Assam University, Silchar, Assam 12. 2. Invited Speaker: April 08, 2017, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 13. Seminar: Title: Carbon Nanomaterials: Background and Emerging Trends. 14. 3. Invited Speaker: March 16, 2017, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 15. Seminar: Title: Carbon-based Nanomaterials: Sustainable Scenarios. 16. 4. Invited Speaker: November 12, 2016, Gour College, Malda, WB: UGC-sponsored Seminar: Title: 17. Chemistry and Nanoscience: Perspective and Few Applications 27 18. Seminar/ Conference attended: 19. 1. Plenary Lecture: January 11-12, 2017, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences 20. (NSACS-2017), Assam University, Silchar, Assam 21. 2. Invited Speaker: April 08, 2017, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 22. Seminar: Title: Carbon Nanomaterials: Background and Emerging Trends. 23. 3. Invited Speaker: March 16, 2017, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 24. Seminar: Title: Carbon-based Nanomaterials: Sustainable Scenarios. 25. 4. Invited Speaker: November 12, 2016, Gour College, Malda, WB: UGC-sponsored Seminar: Title: 26. Chemistry and Nanoscience: Perspective and Few Applications 27. Seminar/ Conference attended: 28. 1. Plenary Lecture: January 11-12, 2017, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences 29. (NSACS-2017), Assam University, Silchar, Assam 30. 2. Invited Speaker: April 08, 2017, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 31. Seminar: Title: Carbon Nanomaterials: Background and Emerging Trends. 32. 3. Invited Speaker: March 16, 2017, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 33. Seminar: Title: Carbon-based Nanomaterials: Sustainable Scenarios. 34. 4. Invited Speaker: November 12, 2016, Gour College, Malda, WB: UGC-sponsored Seminar: Title: 35. Chemistry and Nanoscience: Perspective and Few Applications 36. Seminar/ Conference attended: 37. 1. Plenary Lecture: January 11-12, 2017, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences 38. (NSACS-2017), Assam University, Silchar, Assam 39. 2. Invited Speaker: April 08, 2017, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 40. Seminar: Title: Carbon Nanomaterials: Background and Emerging Trends. 41. 3. Invited Speaker: March 16, 2017, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, WB: UGC-sponsored 42. Seminar: Title: Carbon-based Nanomaterials: Sustainable Scenarios. 43. 4. Invited Speaker: November 12, 2016, Gour College, Malda, WB: UGC-sponsored Seminar: Title: 44. Chemistry and Nanoscience: Perspective and Few Applications Name of the teacher Name of the Seminars/ Conference Venue & Date Title of the paper Presented Prof. P. Ghosh Workshop jointly organized by Indian Chemical Society and CPBU, Coochbehar Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, Coochbeher, March 2018 One-day National Seminar Raiganj University November 2017 Prof. M. N. Roy National Seminar on Human Diseases Islampur College, Islampur Foundation of Gout Pain and its Remedial measures National Seminar on Hazardous materials Kalipada Ghosh Tarai Mahavidyalaya, Bagdogra Biodegradable and Non- biodegradable materials and their utilities International Conference: Fifth Global Conference in Chemistry London, UK Encapsulation of Vitamin B and C molecules into beta- Cyclodextrin molecule. International Conference on Rajshahi University, Plastics: Advantages and 28 Chemistry Bangladesh Disadvantages Prof. A. Misra CRSI NSC 21 CSIR-IICT: July 2017 Delivered Invited Lecture in “ACCIS 2017” Malaya University Kuala lumpur: August 2017 Delivered Lectures at Academy Lecture workshop Itachuna College, West Bengal in December 2017. Delivered Invited Lecture in “Asia Pacific Conference in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry” IIT Bombay December 2017. Delivered Bronze Medal Lecture in 22nd CRSI NSC Raipur, February 2018. Delivered Invited Lecture in “International Conference on Systems and Processes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology” Assam University, Silchar March, 2018. Dr. B. Sinha Science Academies Lecture Workshop on “Frontiers in Chemical and Material Sciences: Theory and Practice” 8-10th Feb 2018 organized by Department of Chemistry, N. B. U. 54th Annual Convention of Chemists 2017 (Nation Conference) Uka Tarsadia University, Surat during 23-25th Dec 2017 Workshop on Restructuring the Under-Graduate Syllabus Based on CBCS (Honours & General) organized by Council for Under-Graduate Studies in Arts, Science and Law & Board of Under-Graduate Studies in Chemistry, N. B. U on 30th Oct 2017 held in the conference Hall, N. B. U. Frontiers in Chemistry 2017- 18 Department of Chemistry, N. B. U on 14th Sep 2017. Dr. S. Das Oral Presentation (West Bengal Science Congress) Science City, Kolkata, 2017 “Synthesis of Biaryl ketones via C-S bond cleavage of Thiol-ester using Cu & Ag salt” 10. Organized Seminar/Conferences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Invited Lecture: Prof. Bimal Krishna Banik Vice President of Research and Education Development of Community Health Systems of South Texas (He was a tenured full Professor and first President’s Endowed Professor at the University of Texas-Pan American and an Assistant Professor of University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Title: “Search for Novel Anticancer Beta Lactams: Chemical Manipulations and Preclinical Studies” Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: 05.04.2017 Time: 03:45 P.M. Invited Lecture: Dr. Tanaya Bose, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Title: DNA/RNA: Next generation target of various diseases Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: 17.04.2017 Time: 04:00 P.M. Onwards 29 Invited Lecture: Dr. Debabrata Dey Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Title: Interaction of catioinic polymers with DNA and their possible role in GENE therapy research Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: 17.04.2017 Time: 04:00 P.M. Onwards Frontiers in Chemistry: 2017-18 Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: September 14, 2017 Bharat Ratna Professor C. N. R. Rao Endowment Lecture – 2017 by Prof. Sourav Pal Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: September 18, 2017 Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on Frontiers in Chemical and Material Sciences: Theory and Practice Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: February 8-10,2018 Invited Talk:Narayanasami Sathyamurthy Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: February 13,2018 Frontiers in Chemistry Funded by: UGC-SAP (DRS-III) Venue: Chemistry Gallery, Dept. of Chemistry, NBU Date: March 29,2018 11. Publication: Sl. No. Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication 1. P. Ghosh, K. Dey, M. Upa dhyay, T. Das, Multifunctional biodegradable lube oil additives: Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation, Petroleum Science and Technology.( Pet. Sci. Tech.) 2017, 35 (1), 66- 71. 2017 2. Mahua Upadhyay, Koushik Dey and Pranab Ghosh Acrylate – α – pinene copolymer as biodegrable multifunctional additives for lube oil,Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2017, 76, 303. 2017 3. Mahua Upadhyay, Debasish Kumar Saha and Pranab Ghosh Dodecylmethacrylate – behenyl acrylate copolymers as potential multifunctional additive for lubricating oil. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research., Accepted for publication. 2018, MS ID: JSIR/MS/2018/JSIR-9108 (04). 2018 4. Antara Sarkar, Jayanta Das and Pranab Ghosh, p-TsOH-Catalyzed one-pot transformation of di- and trihydroxy steroids towards diverse A/B-ring oxo- functionalization, New Jr. Chem.,(RSC Publications),2017,41, 9051-9060 ; DOI:10.1039/c 7nj01878a. 2017 5. Debasish Kumar Saha, Mahua Upadhyay and Pranab Ghosh Dodecylmethacrylate - olive oil copolymers as potential biodegradable pour point depressant for lubricating oil, Petroleum Science and Technology, 2017, 4, 1-7. 2017 6. Pranab Ghosh, Mainul Hoque &Gobinda Karmakar Castor oil as potential multifunctional additive in the formulation of eco-friendly lubricant. Polym. Bull. 2018, 75(2), 501- 514, DOI: 10.1007/s00289-017-2047-6. 2018 7. Sujit Ghosh, Kinkar Biswas, Suchandra Bhattacharya, Pranab Ghosh and Basudeb Basu, Effect of the ortho-hydroxy group of salicylaldehyde in the A3 coupling reaction: A metal-catalyst-free synthesis of propargylamine, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 552–557. doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.53 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2016.1248770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2016.1248770 30 8. Pranab Ghosh,Mainul Hoque, Gobinda Karmakar, and Malay Kr. Das Dodecyl methacrylate and vinyl acetate copolymers as viscosity modifier and pour point depressant for lubricating oil, International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, (Springer) 2017, 8(2): 197-205.DOI 10.1007/s40090-017-0119-y. 2017 9. Suchandra Bhattacharya, Pranab Ghosh, Basudeb Basu Graphene Oxide (GO): An Efficient Carbocatalyst for the Benign Synthesis of Functionalized 1,4-Benzothiazines, Tetrahedron Letters, 2017, 58(10),926-931. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.01.068. 2017 10. Pranab Ghosh, Mainul Hoque & Gobinda Karmakar Terpolymers based on sunflower oil/alkyl acrylate/styrene as sustainable lubricant additive, Polymer Bulletin. 2017,74, 2685-2700. [DOI 10.1007/s00289-016-1863-4]. 2017 11. Pranab Ghosh, Mainul Hoque, Gobinda Karmakar and Sultana Yeasmin Castor oil based multifunctional greener additives for lubricating oil,.Current Environmental Engineering (Bentham Science), 2017, 4(2), 197-206. 2017 12. Mahua Upadhyay, Sujit Talikdar & Pranab Ghosh β-Pinene – acrylate copolymer as a potential biodegradable multifunctional additives for lube oil, Petroleum Scienceand Technology, 2017, 35 (21), 2051-2058. 2017 13. M. N. Roy, Aditi Roy, Cage to cage study of ionic liquid and cyclic oligosaccharides to form inclusion complexes, RSC Advances, 2017. 2017 14. M. N. Roy, Aditi Roy, Exploration of inclusion complexes of probenecid with α and β-cyclodextrins: Enhancing the utility of the drug. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2017 2017 15. M. N. Roy, Biswajit Datta, Inclusion complexation of tetrabutylammonium iodide by cyclodextrins, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2017. 2017 16. M. N. Roy, Aditi Roy, Cage to cage study of ionic liquid and cyclic oligosaccharides to form inclusion complexes, RSC Advances, 2017. 2017 17. M. N. Roy, Subhadeep Saha, Probing supramolecular complexation of cetylpyridinium chloride with crown ethers, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2017. 2017 18. M. N. Roy, Subhadeep Saha, Mechanistic Investigation of Inclusion Complexes of a Sulfa Drug with α- And β-Cyclodextrins, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017. 2017 19. M. N. Roy, Subhadeep Saha, Exploration of complexes of 18-crown-6 with three similarly substituted imidazolium, pyridinium and pyrrolidinium ionic liquids. Chemical Physics Letters, 2017. 2017 20. M. N. Roy, Siti Barman, Preparation, characterization and binding behaviors of host- guest inclusion complexes of metoclopramide hydrochloride with α- and β-cyclodextrin molecules, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2017. 2017 21. M. N. Roy, Siti Barman, Investigation on Solvation Behavior of an Ionic Liquid (1- butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride) with the Manifestation of Ion Association Prevailing in Different Pure Solvent Systems, Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Sciences, 2017. 2017 22. M. N. Roy, Siti Barman, Interactions of an antifungal sulfa drug with diverse macrocyclic polyethers explaining mechanism, performance and physiognomies leading to formation of stable complexes, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017. 2017 23. M. N. Roy, Mitali Kundu, Supramolecular Assembly of Ionic Liquid with Cyclic Polyethers to Form Inclusion Complexes, Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Sciences, 2017. 2017 24. M. N. Roy, Mitali Kundu, Subsistence of inclusion complex via assembly of a drug into cyclic oligosaccharide: Its formation, mechanism, behaviour and importance, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and 2017 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Basudeb_Basu https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Basudeb_Basu 31 Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2017. 25. M. N. Roy, Mitali Kundu, Preparation, Interaction and Spectroscopic Characterization of Inclusion complex of a Cyclic Oligosaccharide with an Antidepressant Drug, Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic Chemistry, 2017. 2017 26. M. N. Roy, Mitali Kundu, Evidences for complexations of β-cyclodextrin with some amino acids by 1H NMR, surface tension, volumetric investigations and XRD, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017. 2017 27. M. N. Roy, Koyeli Das, Biplab Rajbanshi, Studies of Solvation behaviour of LiI prevailing in diverse solvent systems conductometrically and spectrometrically supported by ab-initio technique, Chemical Physics Letters, 2017. 2017 28. M. N. Roy, Kanak Roy Study on Host-Guest Inclusion Complexation of a Drug in Cucurbit [6]uril. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 2017. 2017 29. M. N. Roy, Kanak Roy, Inclusion of Tyrosine Derivatives with α-Cyclodextrin in Aqueous Medium of Various pH Conditions by Surface Tension, Conductance, UV-Vis and NMR Studies, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017. 2017 30. M. N. Roy, Koyeli Das, Assorted Interactions of Amino Acids Prevailing in Aqueous Vitamin C Solutions Probed by Physicochemical and Ab- Initio Contrivances, Chemical Physics Letters, 2017. 2017 31. M. N. Roy*, Mitali Kundu, Subhadeep Saha, Evidences for complexations of β-cyclodextrin with some amino acids by 1H NMR, surface tension, volumetric investigations and XRD, May 2017, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017. 2017 32. M. N. Roy*, Siti Barman, Biraj Kumar Barman, Preparation, characterization and binding behaviors of host- guest inclusion complexes of metoclopramide hydrochloride with α- and β-cyclodextrin molecules, Journal of Molecular Structure, Nov 2017. 2017 33. M. N. Roy, Koyeli Das, Conjoint beneficial impacts of lithium-ion along with aqueous vitamin in driven rechargeable batteries and also in neurotransmitter drugs, Journal of Advances in Chemical Sciences, 2017. 2017 34. M. N. Roy*, Siti Barman, Biraj Kumar Barman, Preparation, characterization and binding behaviors of host- guest inclusion complexes of metoclopramide hydrochloride with α- and β-cyclodextrin molecules, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2017 2017 35. M. Majumder, T. Goswami and A. Misra Multifunctional Magnetic Materials of Organic Origin for Biomedical Applications: A Theoretical Study, ChemistrySelect, 3, 933-939 (2018). 2018 36. S. Mandal, T. Goswami, G. H. Jana, A. Misra and P. K. Chattaraj A possible reason behind the initial formation of pentagonal dodecahedron cavities in sI-methane hydrate nucleation: A DFT study, Chem. Phys. Lett.619, 415-420 (2018). 2018 37. R. Kar, B. C. Paul and A. Misra, Unconventionalsuperconductivityin iron pnictides:Magnonmediated pairing, Physica C, 545, 18-25 (2018). 2018 38. A. K. Mondal, T. Goswami, A. Misra and S. Konar Probing the Effects of Ligand Field and Coordination Geometry on Magnetic Anisotropy of Pentacoordinate Cobalt(II) Single-Ion Magnets, Inorg. Chem.56, 6870−6878 (2017). 2017 39. T. Goswami, M. Homray, S. Paul, D. Bhattacharya and A. Misra, On Exo-cyclic Aromaticity, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (Communication) 19, 11744-11747 (2017). 2017 32 40. S. Sarkar, T. Goswami, D. Bhattacharya and A. Misra On the performance of generalized valence bond theory in predicting magnetic exchange coupling constant in organic diradicals: A comparison with Hartree-Fock theory, comp. theor. Chem.,1116, 220 (2017). 2017 41. A. Sarkar and B. Sinha, Books/Monographs: Host-guest interactions between a drug and cyclodextrin: Inclusion Complex Formation And Solution Behavior, 2017, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-6202010283. 2017 42. A. Sarkar and B. Sinha, Books/Monographs:Interactions between an anticancer agent and cyclodextrin: Inclusion Complex Formation And Solution Thermodynamics. 2017, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3330044425. 2017 43. A. Sarkar and B. Sinha, Books/Monographs:Interactions of an anti-diabetic drug in aqueous D-glucose solutions: Volumetric, viscometric and acoustic methods. 2018, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-61683-9. 2018 44. A. Das, D. K. Mishra, B. Sinha A Pd(II) complex of a β-cyclodextrin-based polydentate ligand: an efficient catalyst for the Suzuki reaction in aqueous media. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 70 (2017) 3035-3047 2017 45. D. Brahman, A. Kamath, D. K. Mishra, B. Sinha Solution Thermodynamics of N, N/- Ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)-diaquochromium(III) Chloride in Aqueous Dimethylsulphoxide. Journal of Solution Chemistry 46 (2017) 589-612. 2017 46. D. K. Mishra, A. Das, A. Kamath, B. Sinha Solution thermodynamics and taste behaviour of nicotinic acid in aqueous sodium gluconate solutions: A volumetric and rheological perspective. Journal of Molecular Liquids 230 (2017) 662-666. 2017 47. A. Sarkar, B. Sinha Volumetric, Acoustic and Transport Properties of Metformin Hydrochloride Drug in Aqueous D-Glucose Solutions at T = (298.15 –318.15) K. Journal of Solution Chemistry 46 (2017) 424-445. 2017 48. R. Pradhan, B. Sinha Thermophysical properties of the binary blends of cyclohexane with some esters. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 82 (2017) 189-202. 2017 49. M. Saha, S. Sengupta, B. Sinha, D. K. Mishra Assessment of Physico-Chemical Properties, Some Heavy Metals and Arsenic of River Teesta in Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India. Asian J. Research Chem.10 (2017) 1-6. 2017 50. A. Sarkar, H. Rahaman, U. K. Singha, B. Sinha Solute-solute and Solute-solvent Interactions of Paracetamol in Aqueous Solutions of β-cyclodextrin at Different Temperatures: A Volumetric and Viscometric Approach. Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science 5 (2017) 230-244. 2017 51. P. Ghosh, B. Ganguly, S. Das, Pd-NHC catalyzed Carbonylative Suzuki coupling reaction and its application towards the synthesis of biologically active 3-aroylquinolin-4-(1H)-one and acridone scaffolds, Appl. Organomet. Chem. 2017,DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4173. 2017 52. P. Ghosh, B. Ganguly, E. Perl, S. Das, A synthesis of biaryl ketones via C-S bond cleavage of thiol ester by a Cu/Ag salt; Tetrahedron Lett.2017, 58, 2751-2756. 2017 53. B. Kar, S. Bardhan, P. Ghosh, B. Ganguly, K. Kundu, S. Sarkar, B. K. Paul, S. Das, A Fast and Additive Free C–C Homo/Cross-Coupling Reaction in Reverse Micelle: An Understanding of Role of Surfactant, Water Content and Base on the Product Yield and Reaction Site, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 1079-1088. 2017 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601986/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601986/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601986/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601986/full 33 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Major Research Project Title of the Scheme / Project Sanctioned Authority Prof. M. N. Roy State UGC Research Project leading to Ph.D. Degree. University Grant Commissions, New Delhi UGC Project leading to Ph.D. Degree for NET Qualified Candidate University Grant Commissions, New Delhi UGC SAP DRS III Research Project (2013- 2018) University Grant Commissions, New Delhi UGC RGNF Research Project leading to Ph.D. Degree University Grant Commissions, New Delhi UGC RGNF(D) Research Project leading to Ph.D. Degree University Grant Commissions, New Delhi UGC-BSR Research Project leading to Ph.D. Degree University Grant Commissions, New Delhi Prof. A. Misra Theoretical Investigation of Optical, Transport and Magnetic Properties in Mesoscopic Systems DST-SERB Dr. S. Das Designing and synthesis of functionalized N- heterocycles (4-quinolone and imidazopyridine) and evaluation of their biocidal properties, Duration 3-years [August 2017-August 2020] (Status: Ongoing) SERB, New Delhi, Sanctioned amount 43.0 Lakhs INR. Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority 13. Visiting Fellow: Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration Prof. Tarun Kumar Sarkar Retired Professor Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Pin - 721 302 West Bengal, India Email:tksr@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in +91-3222-283330 (Office) 9830299267 (Mob). 10 Days (November 15-19 & 21-25, 2017) http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/chem/ http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/ mailto:tksr@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in 34 14. Any other information.  Prof. M. N. Roy: Prof. M. N. Roy Has Been Selected To Be Honored With CRSI Bronze Medal 2017” by Chemical Research Society of India. CHEMICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY OF INDIA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE – 560 012, INDIA Dr. Sourav Pal July 25, 2016 President Prof. Mahendra Nath Roy Dept. of Chemistry University of North Bengal P.O. North Bengal University, Raja Rammohanpur Darjeeling 734013 Sub: Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal Dear Prof Roy, I am delighted to inform you that you have been chosen to receive the CRSI Bronze Medal- 2017 in recognition of your contributions to research in chemistry. The medal will be presented to you either in the 20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-20) to be held at Gauhati University, Guwahati during February 3-5, 2017 or in the 21st CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-21), which will be held at Hyderabad, in the month of July 2017, as per mutual convenience. You will also be delivering your Bronze Medal lecture in the above meeting. We will send more information about these meetings soon. Kindly accept my congratulations. I appreciate receiving your response at the earliest. Look forward to hearing from you. With best wishes (Sourav Pal) Professor (HAG), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Former- Director, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008 &Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, & Distinguished Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Email: s.pal@ncl.res.in; spal@chem.iitb.ac.in; Phone: +91 22 2576 7195; Fax: +91 22 2572 3480  Prof. A. Misra: CRSI Bronze Medal 2018  Departmental Major Achievement:  Major Project: UGC-SAP (DRS-III) Amounting Rs. 75 Lakh, Program Coordinator: Prof. M. N. Roy  DST-FIST Program: Amounting Rs. 2.28 Crore, Program Coordinator: Prof. M. N. Roy 35 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & APPLICATION 1. Name of The Department : Computer Science and Application 2. Date of Establishment : 1988 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department started imparting instructions with the most modern curricula and syllabus to the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application Course in the year 1983 initially. Afterwards starts MCA Course in the year 1998. The Department is the oldest Department among all other Universities, which started imparting MCA Course in West Bengal. Presently the department is successfully running MCA & M.Sc. Computer Science Courses. The Department of Computer Science & Application has been one of the pioneering academic institutions for higher education, research, and innovation in key areas of computer science and application. The mission and vision of the department is to enabling excellences in the world of computer science and application through imparting higher education and research. Students of this department showed their potentiality in their respective services and placed in various reputed industries. ` The Department maintains an excellent teaching/learning and research environment with dedicated, qualified and dynamic faculties and well equipped laboratories. Apart from the teaching, faculties are very much active developing, guiding and conducting research oriented projects, articles related to Computer Science & Information Technology, books. The faculties also participated in various International and national Seminars, workshops, Symposiums and conferences of repute. Presently the Department is having Three Professors, five Assistant Professors and Seven Non-Teaching staffs constitute the faculty and non-teaching strength of the department. 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Swarup Das Dr. Sarad Sinha Dr. Ardhendu Mandal Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal Mr. Anil Tudu Mr. Mukta Majumder 5. Name of the Research Scholars : Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Designation 01. Debanil Chanda Research Scholar 02. Tanmoy Kanti Halder Research Scholar 03. Kanishka Sarkar Research Scholar 04. Gouravmoy Banerjee Research Scholar 05. Susreeti Sur Research Scholar 06. Payel Saha Research Scholar 07. Joydeb Ghosh Research Scholar 08. Dechen Doma Bhutia Research Scholar 09. Subhro Sarkar Univ. Fellowship 6. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff : Sl.No. Name Designation 1. Dr. Amal Kumar Saha Superintendent (Tech.) 2. Mr. Bibekanda Paul Superintendent (Tech.) 3. Mr. Uttam Ghosh Sr. Technical Assistant 4. Dr. Arghya Das Program Assistant 5. Mr. Tapan Chakraborty Jr. Record Supplier 6. Mr. Manabendra Sarkar Office Assistant (Offc. Asst-C) 36 7. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Jha Lab Attendant(Lab. Attdt-C) 7. Students Strength Students Semester Male Female Total MCA 1st Sem. 16 5 21 2nd Sem. - - - 3rd Sem. 9 2 11 4th Sem. - - - 5th Sem. 16 5 21 6th Sem. - - - M.Sc. Computer Science 1st Sem. 8 5 13 2nd Sem. - - - 3rd Sem. 3 8 11 4th Sem. - - - 8. Seminar /Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country) ***** Name of the Teacher Name of the Seminars/Conferences Venue & Date Title of the Paper Nii 9. Organized Seminar / Conferences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of Seminar Conference Nil 10. Publication: Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Dr. Ardhendu Mandal 1. S. Sarkar, A. Mandal and K. Sarkar, An Automated Skull- Stripping Method by Windowing the Histogram, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 5(3), 45-49, 2017. 2. Sarkar K., Mandal R. K., Mandal A., Sarkar S., Least Centre Distance Based MAXNET Architecture to Obtain Threshold for Brain Tumor Edema Segmentation From FLAIR MRI, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 5(2), 112-120, 2017. 3. R. K. Mandal, K. Sarkar, and A. Mandal, Clustering of MRI Images of Brain for the Detection of Brain Tumor Using Pixel Density Self Organizing Map (SOM), IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE), 19(6), 56-61, 2017. 2017 2017 2017 Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal 1. Dipanjan Moitra and Rakesh Kumar Mandal, “Review of Brain Tumor Detection using Pattern Recognition Techniques”, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, E- ISSN:23472693, Volume-5, Issue-3, 2017. 2. Payel Saha and Rakesh Kumar Mandal, “Detection of Dengue Disease Using Artificial Neural Networks”, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, E-ISSN:2347-2693, Volume5, Issue-3, 2017 3. Rakesh Kumar Mandal, “Least Centre Distance Based MAXNET Architecture to Obtain Threshold for Brain Tumor Edema Segmentation From FLAIR MRI”, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, E-ISSN:2347-2693, Volume5, Special Issue-2, 2017. 4. Dipanjan Moitra and Rakesh Kumar Mandal, “Segmentation Strategy of PET Brain Tumor Image”, Indian Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Vol. 08, Issue 05, 2017 2017 2017 2017 http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jce/papers/Vol19-issue6/Version-1/I1906015661.pdf http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jce/papers/Vol19-issue6/Version-1/I1906015661.pdf http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jce/papers/Vol19-issue6/Version-1/I1906015661.pdf 37 2017. 5. Dipanjan Moitra and Rakesh Kumar Mandal, “Clustering of MRI Images of Brain for the Detection of Brain Tumor using Pixel Density Self Organizing Map (SOM)”, IOSR-JCE, E- ISSN:2278-0661, Volume-19, Issue-06, 2017. Dr. Sharad Sinha 1. Springer Science+Business Media Singapore. 2. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 458, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2035-3_64. 2017 2017 Dr. Mukta Majumder 1. Mukta Majumder & Bidyut Das, “Factual open cloze question generation for assessment of learner’s knowledge”, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, Springer (IF1.922), SSCI & Scopus Indexed. 2. Mukta Majumder, Uttam Dolai and Arindam Bhattacharya, “An efficient novel single fault and its location detection technique using multiple droplets in a Digital Microfluidic Biochip”, 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO), IEEE, Coimbatore, India 3. Mukta Majumder, Rakesh Dutta and Biswapati Jana “Exploring the Semantic organization of Bangla words in the mental lexicon”, 7th International Conference on Advances in Computing & Communications, Procedia Computer Science, 115, Elsevier, Kochi, India. 4. Mukta Majumder, Rakesh Dutta and Biswapati Jana “Representing and Exploring the Semantic Organization of Bangla Word in the Mental Lexicon: Evidence from Cross-Modal Priming Experiments and Vector Space Model”, In Proceedings of ICCDC 2017, Communication, Devices, and Computing, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol 470. Springer, Haldia, India. 2017 2017 2017 2017 11. Research Projects Major Research Project Title of the Project Sanctioned Authority Design and Development of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Based Expert System to Diagnose Human Brain Tumor from CT scan and MRI Images”, UGC Assistance under Innovative Research Activities Scheme for Research Proposal, XII Plan. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ardhendu Mandal Co-Investigator : Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal Indian Languages Corpora Initiative (ILCI) – Phase II (Nepali), DeitY, Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India Dr. S Sinha Minor Research Project A Lie Detection Expert System based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) University of North Bengal. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mandal 12. Visiting Fellow: Mr. Pinak Guha Neogi 13. Any other Information (Award Received): 38 DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 1. Name of the Department: Geography and Applied Geography 2. Date of Establishment: 1962 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Geography and Applied Geography, North Bengal University was established in the year 1962 along with the establishment of the University. The Department offers teaching in the post graduate level (both at NBU Campus & Jalpaiguri Campus) and also offer M.Phil. and Ph. D programme. The new syllabus has been framed to incorporate the different fields of Geography from Geomorphology to Urban issues, Pedology, Population dynamics and Regional Planning and Development. Digital Cartography and Geographical Information System has been incorporated in the syllabus to equip the students to further their research interest. A substantial number of the faculties are participating in several consultative research works. The Department is continuing its programme of recording weather information daily since 2002.This programme was done in order to provide the society need based service. The new syllabus under CBCS System was introduced since the 2018-19. Special attention has given to the different emerging and application oriented aspects in the new syllabus under the semester system including Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing and Disaster Management. The Department at present offers Post Graduate student’s special courses in Applied Pedology, Cartography, Fluvial Geomorphology, Population Geography, and Urban Geography. The department is sponsored by UGC SAP-DRS II and has completed UGC SAP-DRS I successfully. At present, the Department is at the final year of the completion of Phase II. This department is enriched further with the Centre for Geo-Spatial Sciences which is attached to this Department of Geography and Applied Geography, North Bengal University. At present the department has 12 faculty members with expertise in the field of geo- informatics. The department caters to a huge peripheral hinterland from where large number of students and research scholars come to gain knowledge and research experience from the expertise of esteemed faculty members. The students from varied geographical regions comprising of the foothill as well as hilly terrain of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya in the north, alluvium hill shade of Brahmaputra valley of Assam in the east, undulating topographic variation formed by Gangetic depositional alluvium of Bihar and Jharkhand tract in the west and flat type topographical situation ranging from Gangetic delta to Jangalmahal of southern part of West Bengal come to this department. 4. Name of Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor 1. Dr. Subir Sarkar 2. Dr. Sushma Rohatgi 3. Dr. Deepak Kr. Mandal 4. Dr. Ranjan Roy 1. Dr. Suman Sao 2. Dr. Indira Lepcha (nee) Lama 1.Dr. Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya 2. Dr. Snehasish Saha 3. Mr. Arindam Basak 4. Dr. Indrajit Roy Chowdhury 5. Name of Research Scholars: i. Biswajit Das ii. Pronab Kr. Mandal iii. Abhisek Sarkar iv. Punama Sen v. Sarupa Sarkar vi. Pompi Sarkar vii. Rituparna Das viii. Dorjee Tshering Bhitia 6.Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7.Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Name Designation 1.Mr. Bhanu Basak Senior Assistant 39 2.Mr. Kalyan Roy Technical Assistant Grade I 3.Mr. Biman Bagchi Laboratory Attendant III 4.Mr Surja Das Laboratory Attendant II 5.Mr. Pawan Kumar Kampti Senior Peon 6.Mr. Sumit Bhowmick Junior Peon 8.Students strength: (in Main Campus) Students Semester Male Female Total Part I First Semester 27 29 56 Second Semester 22 29 51 Part II Third Semester 27 22 49 Fourth Semester 27 22 49 9. Seminars/workshops attended: PROF. SUBIR SARKAR No Seminar/Workshop/Conferences Date Sponsored by Organized 1 Acted as Resource Person in DST Govt. of India sponsored Workshop on “State SDIs and their applications” June 8-9, 2017 DST Govt. of India, KSCST Govt. of Karnataka IISC Bengaluru, 2 Acted as Resource Person in UGC Sponsored National Workshop on “Geography & Applied Geography”. Sept. 5-11, 2017 Dept. of Geography & Applied Geography, NBU NBU, Siliguri 3 Scientific Committee & National Committee member of the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology (ICG) INDIA, 2017 and Chairperson of Technical Session S22 Quantitative Geomorphology & Modeling. Nov. 6-11, 2017 ICG Held in VIGY