^Faculty Profile

Personal Details

Academic background: M. Sc. Ph. D.
Joined WBES on: 11/12/1989
Joined Bidhannagar College on: 01/03/2019
Number of Publications: 6 (Six)
Email: wbessks@gmail.com

Name of the Colleges served till date

1. Bengal Engineering College (1989-1993)
2. Presidency College (1996-2006)
3. Jhargram Raj College (2006-2010)
4. Barasat Govt. College (2010-2019)
5. Bidhannagar College (2019 till date)

Areas of Specialization

1. Physical Chemistry Special

Areas of Teaching

1. Physical Chemistry in Honours and M. Sc. Level
2. Chemistry in B. Sc. General Level

Areas of Research Interests

1. Protein Chemistry: Physicochemical characterization, sequencing, refolding
2. Lectin: Interaction
3. Adsorption: Metal- Ligand in aqueous medium

List of Publications (Journal/Proceedings)

1. Determination of the concentrations of oligosaccharides, complex type carbohydrates, and glycoproteins using the phenol-sulfuric acid method. Carbohydrate Research, 254 (1994) p 157-167
2. Investigation of Protein-Protein Noncovalent Interactions in Soybean Agglutinin by Electrospray Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 8 (1994) p 750-754
3. Surface Properties of Some Low Molecular Weight Proteins, J. Dispersion Science and Technology, 15 (1994) p 671-685
4. Properties and Stability of Trypsin Inhibitors from Momordica charantia Seeds. Trans. Bose Res. Inst., 57 (1994) p 5-16
5. Trypsin Inhibitors from Ridged Gourd ( Luffa acutangula Linn.) Seeds: Purification, Properties, and Amino Acid Sequences. Journal of Protein Chemistry, 15 (1996) p 177-184
6. Adsorption of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution by Synthetic Iron (III) – Aluminium (III) Mixed , Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 46 (2007) 5346-5356
7. Proceedings (Abstract) : 1. Characterizing Chemically Generated Peptide Sequencing Ladders by ESI, Proceedings of the 43rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Atlanta, Georgia, May 21-26, (1995) p 623
8. Proceedings (Abstract) :2. ESI-TOF-MS Studies of the Refolding and Assembly of Soybean Agglutinin, Proceedings of the 43rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Atlanta, Georgia, May 21-26, (1995) p 1259

List of Publications (Book/Chapter)

1. Book (Chapter): Study Material, Elective Chemistry Honours, ECH 09, Physical Chemistry –III, Dynamics of Chemical reactions and macromolecules, Block 2, Unit 9: Colloid and Macromolecule, p 22-60

List of Lectures in Seminar/Conferences

1. Educative and Interactive Lectures on Gyan-Vani F.M. Educational Channel run by NSOU , 4 lectures (2003)
2. Lab Course in Chemistry with Emphasis on Physicochemical Experiments, Seminar cum Workshop, November 29, Dept. of Chemistry, New Alipore College , Kolkata, as Resource person in Workshop.

On-going or Completed Research Projects

1. Minor Research Project in Science, U.G.C. Eastern Regional Office, Kolkata, Refolding studies on low molecular weight trypsin inhibitors, Dec. 2002-Dec. 2004 , Presidency College. (Completed)
2. Project (As Co-Investigator, Prin. Investigator: Dr. U. C. Ghosh, Presidency College) R and D Programme , Ministry of Water Resource, Govt. of India, Development of defluoridation media for contaminated ground water and its lab to field application, Dept. of Chemistry, Presidency College, August 2005 –August 2007 (Initial) (Completed)

Awards/Grants received

1. Grant for Minor Research Project, Presidency College Rs. 50000 (Rs. Fifty thousand)
2. Grant for Major Project under R and D Programme, (As Co-Investigator with P. Investigator Dr. U. C. Ghosh, Presidency College) Rs. 614000 (Rs. Six lakh fourteen thousand)

Member of Academic Bodies

1. Member of P. G. Board of Studies of Chemistry, C.U. 2002-2006
2. Member of the Syllabus Committee in Physical Chemistry, Under Graduate Syllabus in Chemistry (Honours), WBSU, from the Academic Session 2011-12.
3. Member of the Board of Studies (UG) for Chemistry , WBSU, 2012-2017