Brief Biography:
Name: ASIT RANJAN GHOSH
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 15.08.1961
Designation & Affiliation: Professor & Assistant Director
Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control
School of BioSciences & Technology
VIT University, Vellore-632014
Postal Address : As above
E-mail ID: asitranjanghosh@vit.ac.in; asitranjan@gmail.com
Qualifications (starting from University Level)
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Degree
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Institution
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M.Sc.
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University of Calcutta
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1985
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Ph.D.
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University of Calcutta
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1991
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4.9. Employment Experience
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Organization
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Position
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Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control, VIT University, Vellore
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Asst. Director
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Research
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12.02.2011
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Till Date
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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore
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Professor
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Research & Teaching
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19-9-2008
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Till Date
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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore
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Assistant Professor
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Research
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3-1-2005
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18.09.2008
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Regional Medical Research Centre, (ICMR), Port Blair
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Senior Research Officer
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Research
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1-3-1999
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21-6-2003
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Regional Medical Research Centre, (ICMR), Port Blair
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Research Officer
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Research
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1-3-1994
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28-2-1999
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Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene & Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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Visiting Research Associate
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Research
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28.11.91
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27.2.1994
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Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
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COE Researcher & Professor
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Research
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22-6-2003
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28.11.2004
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List of Publications (for the last 4 years only)
10.1 Journal Publications
2012
- Ghosh Asit R. "Bacterial toxins and diarrhoea", In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey & SK Singh ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA.
2011
- Mythreyi N, Rathina Kumar S, Sriram K, Pavithra M, Ghosh Asit R. Salt aggregation test and hemagglutination assay for understanding bacterial adherence. Journal of Pharmacy Research: 4(11), 4055-4056:2011.
- Siva R, Subha K, Bhakta D, Ghosh AR and S. Babu. Charactrization and enhanced production of prodigiosin from the spoiled coconut. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology : 166(1):187-196:2011.
- Khan Zaved Ahmed and Ghosh Asit Ranjan. Withaferin-A displays enhanced anxiolytic efficacy without tolerance in rats following sub chronic administration. African Journal of Biotechnology: 10(60): 12973-12978: 2011. (ISSN 1684-5315).
- Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Antioxidative potential of probiotic bacteria from Indian fermented food. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda & Pharmacy, 2 (3), 983-986:2011(ISSN-2229-3566).
- Ghosh Asit R, Thanasekaran K & Roy S. Nalidixic acid resistant Shigella sonnei infection among dysenteric children in Port Blair. Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 3(4), 87-93, April, 2011 (ISSN 2141-2308).
- Khan Zaved Ahmed and Ghosh Asit Ranjan. Possible binding modes of Withaferin-A and its analogs in the active site of nNOS molecular docking studies. International Journal of Pharma and BioSciences: 2(3): B368-377: 2011. (ISSN 0975-6299).
- Shruthy VV , Pavithra M, Gowri S & Ghosh Asit R* . Probiotic potentials among lactic acid bacteria isolated from curd. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 2(2), 602-609, 2011.(ISSN-2229-3566).
- Khan Z A & Ghosh A R. L-Arginine abolishes the anxiolytic-like effect of Withaferin A in the elevated plus-maze test in rats.African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5(2): 234-237: 2011.
- Vijayaragavan S, Vino S, Lokesh K R, Ghosh AR, Jayaraman G, Controlled release of methotrexate using alpha-lactalbumin microcapsules, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 3(1):39-44:2011.
- Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Age related differences in stress-induces neurobehavioral patterns in rats modulated by Withaferin–A and other antioxidants. Journal of Pharmacy Research (JPR). 4(4): 1281-1284 : 2011.
- Ponnambalam AS, Deepthi RS, & Ghosh AR. Quality display and measurement of enzymatic activity of isolated cellulolytic bacteria. Biotechnology, Bioinformatics & Bioengineering, 1(1): 33-37, 2011.
- Satyanarayana VSV, Sivakumar A, & A R Ghosh. Synthesis, characterization of some new five membered heterocycles based on imidazole moiety and their applications on therapeutics. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 8(3),276-283:2011.
- Vino S, Lokesh KR, Vijayaraghavan S, Jayaraman G & Ghosh AR. pH responsive casein microparticles as a carrier for methotrexate. Intl Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, 2 (2), 383-390 (ISSN:0975-8232):2011.
2010
- Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Study of the probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria isolated from a variety of indian fermented food. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3 (9), 2254-2257:2010
- Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Possible modulation of neurobehavioural patterns by anxiolytics drugs. International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research (IJPSR). 1(11): 457-464:2010.
- Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Pediococcus spp. – a potential probiotic isolated from Khadi (an Indian fermented food) and identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. African Journal of Food Science, 4(9): 597-602, September, 2010
- Satyanarayana VSV, Sivakumar A, & Asit Ranjan Ghosh. Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of some new Schiff base derivatives incorporating Imidazole moiety, their characterization and biological evaluation. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3(9): 2327-2331:2010
- Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Possible nitric oxide modulation in protective effects of Withaferin A against stress induced neurobehavioural changes. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 4(6): 490-495:2010.
- Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Involvement of nNOS in the antidepressant-like effect of Withaferin-A in rats. Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biomedicinal Sciences, 7(7): 1-2:2010. (ISSN No 2230-7885.
- Roy S, Bhattacharya D, Thanasekaran, Ghosh AR, Manimunda SP, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Suunan AP, Vijayachari P. Emergence of flouroquinolone resistance in Shigella isolated from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 131: 720-722:2010. (1.870)
- Vino S, Saraswathi C, Vijayaraghavan S, Sajitha L, Jayaraman G & Ghosh AR. Formulation and characterization of propranolol HCl loaded casein microparticles. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3 (7), 1634-1636:2010.
Conference Presentations
- Anuradha, R, Vidhya Parkavi A, Kavitha SM, Naveen Prasanth C, Gowri S, Babu S, Ghosh Asit Ranjan, Siva R, Imanuel Selvaraj S. 2011. Development of a CAPS assay for rapid diagnosis of food borne bacteria. World Congress on Biotechnology, Omics Publishing Group, Hyderabad, March 21-23, 2011.
- Pandey Ram, Bagad Mayur & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Viability and biological properties of Pediococcus spp. after formulation in effective delivery system [DFM56] [IM15]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
- Ghosh Budhaditya & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Purification and characterization of Pediocin from Pediococcus spp. GS4 [DFM03]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
- Dubey Vinay & Ghosh Asit R. 2011. Probiotic potential and surface active component like s-layer proteins (slps) in LAB isolates [DFM04]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
- Rathina Kumar S & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Designing of single primer for Shigella species [MM06]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
- Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Health impact of Probiotics-vision & opportunities. Organised by Yakult India Microbiota & Probiotic Science Foundation, during 10-11 December, 2011, Hotel Leela Kempinski, Mumbai, India
- Attended and participated as a Delegate in the XXXVI Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India (EMSI) & International Symposium on “Environmental Exposure to Mutagens and Carcinogens on Human Health”organized by SBST, VIT University, Vellore, India during 4-6th February, 2011.
- Attended and participated as a Delegate in the IXth Winter Symposium: Biology of Child Health Diseases, an International conference at CMC, Vellore, India during 6-8th January, 2011.
- Attended the International conference on “Fifty years of Discovery of Cholera Toxin: A tribute to SN De” organized by National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR) and Bose Institute (DBT), Kolkata, during October 25-27, 2009.
- Attended & presented a paper entitled, “ Cholera visits Nicobar Islands – a molecular insight into the first epidemic” in International Conference on Biotechnological Solutions for Environmental Sustainability (Icon-BSES) organized by School of BioScience & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during October 21-23, 2009. (Guest Lecture).
- 11. Attended & presented a paper in the Xth Sir Dorabjii Tata Symposium on Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis, organized by Sir Dorabjii Tata Centre for Tropical Diseases, IISc Banglore on 10-12 March, 2009.
- Attended & participated in the Three Day National Workshop on, “Research paper writing”, organized by Academic Staff College, VIT University, Vellore, during 5-7th January, 2011.
- Attended & participated in the “KJ Memorial Seminar” and delivered lecture on, “Pathogenicity of Bacterial Diarrhoea & its Control”, organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, on 13th December, 2010.
- Attended & participated in the One Day Development Programme on, “Microbial Diagnostics, Public Health & Modeling in Health Sciences”, organized by Academic Staff College, & SBST, VIT University, Vellore, on 9th December, 2011.
- Attended & participated in the One Day National Workshop on, “Practical & Psychological Approaches to Language Learning”, organized by School of Social Sciences & Languages (English Division), VIT University, Vellore, on 4th December, 2010.
- Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Plant physiology chapter: Recent Trends in Plant Physiology & Crop Improvement” supported by Indian society for plant physiology, and organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, on 22nd October, 2010.
- Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Genetic transformation and transgenic plants: concepts, applications and concerns” Supported by IAS, INSA & NAS and organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during 7-9 September, 2010.
- Organized and participated, “PCR-RFLP based bacterial ribotyping”, School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during 3-5 September, 2010.
- Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Drug Discovery Research to Principle and Clinical Developments” organized by Centre for Bio-separation Technology (CBST), VIT University, Vellore, during 5-6 August, 2010.
- Attended & participated the “Faculty Developement Program on Enterpreneurship” Supported by NSTEDB, DBT & Enterpreneurship Development Institute of India and organized by VIT –TBI at VITUniversity, Vellore, during June 21-July 3, 2010.
- Ghosh AR, “Diarrhoea & Vaccine” in National level Conference on Vaccine Biotechnology, organized by Department of Biotechnology, SNR Sons College, Coimbatore, February 20, 2010. (Guest Lecture).
- Attended the “Faculty Developement Program” organized by School of Biotechnology, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, during June 29-July 1, 2009.
4.11. Patents filed/granted with details: Nil
4.12. Books published /Chapters contributed
Published: Ghosh Asit R. "Bacterial toxins and diarrhoea", In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey & SK Singh ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA.
Under publication:
Ghosh Asit R. "Nanotechnology in diagnosis of diseases”. In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey, SK Singh & AR Ghosh, ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA. (3 June, 2011)
Ghosh Asit R. “Probiotics and Prebiotics in gastrointestinal infections”. In: Probiotics in Health, Chetana V, ed, 2012; India. (28 Nov, 2011)
Academic positions:
Professor & Assistant Director
Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control
School of BioSciences & Technology
VIT University, Vellore-632014
Research interests:
Medical Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Immunotechnology, Biotechnology in general; with special emphasis on Bio-control of diarrhoea and colon carcinogenesis using synbiotics; E.coli-evolutionary aspects: Vaccine development, Immunodiagnostics, Molecular Epidemiology communicable diseases.
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