RESUME OF DR. SUKLA DAS

*. Name : SUKLA DAS

2. Present Address (Corresponding address) : 7 Kalidas Dutta Lane

Kolkata-700 012

3. Designation : Scientist (volunteering position)

International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins

http://www.iibhb.org/

4. Date of Birth : 22nd December, 1959

5. Place of Birth : Kolkata

6. Phone Number : 91-033-******** / 91-988*******

7. E-mail Address : acsknp@r.postjobfree.com

8. Nationality : Indian

9. Academic Qualification :

Ph.D. (Agriculture) – University of Calcutta – 2008 – Genetics and Plant Breeding

M.Sc. (Agriculture) – University of Calcutta – 1983 – Genetics and Plant Breeding – 1st Class

B.Sc. (Hons.) – University of Calcutta – 1981 – Botany – 2nd Class

10. Scholarships Awarded :

(1) Junior Research Fellowship, Hindustan Lever Research Foundation during 1985 – 1988.

(2) Senior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Agricultural Research during 1998 – 2001.

11. Awards Received :

(1) Award in National Level Biotech Talent Search Examination (BTSE) in Kalam group – 2011.

12. Positions Held :

(1) Online writer of plant profiles in Horticulture Publications, Australia

(2) Research Assistant in Om Research Foundation.

(3) Departmental Head in Biology in Techno Teaching Info Solution Pvt. Ltd.

13. Interest Areas :

(1)Micropropagation or clonal propagation of elite medicinal and economical important plants for mass multiplication

(2)Raising hybrid variety of economical important crops through tissue culture techniques

(3)Commercialization of plant tissue culture raised plants

(4)Heavy metal analysis and removal of contaminant from industrial waste water

(5)Microbial molecular ecology of contaminated environments and relation to eutrophication

14. Research Experience : 10 years in the following areas

(1)Genetic architecture of the major yield components in sesame and the way they exercise their impact on seed yield/plant for the purpose of developing appropriate breeding / selection methodologies for an overall crop improvement.

(2)Genetic divergence on the basis of morphological characters and storage seed protein profile of sesame genotypes to assess whether genetic diversity has got any relation with geographical diversity.

(3)Identification of superior and genetically diverse genotypes of sesame with wider adaptation and high stability for seed and oil yield for the purpose of utilization in several cycles of hybridization and selection in different environments.

(4)Induction of chemosterility in sesame for the production of F1 hybrids on a commercial scale.

(5)Utilization of all possible and available natural resources to uplift the socio-economic status of the rural people of Bengal through sustainable agriculture and the development of scientific farming systems in the Bengal Basin with an eye towards further reduction of land due to global warming and its associated rise in sea level and increasing demand caused by growing populations.

(6)Examination of the environmental problems of the Bengal Basin, exploring solutions of the impact of pollutants and try to mitigate the problems of everyday life in the Bengal Basin.

(7)Development of the Bengal Basin as a self-sustaining, self-motivating, socially acceptable and viable unit of growth by adopting need-based location-specific agro-technologies.

15. List of Research Publications :

(1)Das, S. and Samanta, S. K. (1989) Heterosis for oil content of sesame. Proc. Nat. Sem. on Heterosis Breeding in self-pollinated plants, 12-13 March, 1988, pp. 124-125.

(2)Das, S. and Sen, S. (1989) Combining ability in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Expt. Genet. 5(1 & 2) : 33-38.

(3)Das, S. and Bhaumik, P. K. (1991) Polyploidy studies in chilli (Capsicum annum L.). Expt. Genet. 7(1 & 2) : 63-67.

(4)Das, S. (1991) Effect of season on growth and seed yield components in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Expt. Genet. 7(1 & 2) : 12-20.

(5)Das, S. and Dasgupta, T. (1997) In vitro callus induction and its maintenance in Sesamum indicum L. var. RT 4. Indian Bio. 29(2) : 21-24.

(6)Dasgupta, T., Banik, A. and Das, S. (1998) Combining ability in mungbean. Indian J. Pulses Res. 11(1) : 28-32.

(7)Dasgupta, T., Biswas, S. and Das, S. (1998) Character association of yield in chickpea. Indian Agric. 42(3) : 147-153.

(8)Das, S. and Dasgupta, T. (1999) Combining ability in sesame. Indian J. Genet. Pl. Breed. 59(1) : 69-75.

(9)Das, S. (2005) Impact of fertilizers and pesticides on environment and its possible mitigation through sustainable agriculture. Proc. 8th Internat. Symp. on Water Crisis, Impact of Toxics, Global Warming and Sea Level Rise in Bengal Basin, 16-18 December, 2005, pp. 44. (Abstract)

(10)Das, S. (2014) Water Crisis. Internat. J, Interdisciplin. Res. 1(4) : 109-112.

16. Significant Research Work :

(1)The clustering pattern of the sesame genotypes on the basis of morphological characters and storage seed protein demonstrated that geographical origin did not always influence the composition of the clusters and this suggested that it is not always necessary to choose genotypes from diverse geographical regions for hybridization.

(2)It was possible to differentiate the sesame genotypes on the basis of the intensity rankings of the bands at protein forms of lower molecular weight through densitometer analysis.

(3)The sesame genotypes N 8, RT 54 and SI 1585 were identified as promising on account of high stability for yield and / or yield components and high mean performance for capsules/plant, seed yield/plant and oil content.

(4)The gametocidal treatments of Ethrel and Maleic hydrazide in single and double combinations not only induced high degree of pollen sterility in sesame, but at the same time inflicted a high extent of damage to the female reproductive organs. These damaging effects on the female reproductive organs were further accentuated due to the increase in volume of gametocidal spray and shortening of application time interval.

(5)The sesame variety R 9 on account of its better mean performance and high regression coefficient values for yield and yield components was found to be a suitable donor which can be used with the traditional sesame varieties of West Bengal viz., B 67, B 14 and B 9 for development of short duration sesame varieties suitable for cultivation in different schedules of crop rotation, particularly in pre-khari f season.

(6)Profuse callus with active growth can be induced from hypocotyl and epicotyl explants of Sesamum indicum L. var RT 4 in SH medium supplemented with 2, 4-D and kinetin. The callus so induced can be successfully maintained in modified MS medium supplemented with NAA and kinetin along with casein hydrolysate as phenol adsorbent to overcome the accumulation of phenols.

17. Papers Presented in National / International Seminars :

(1)‘Heterosis for oil content of sesame’ in the Nat. Sem. on Heterosis Breeding in self-pollinated plants, Kalyani, West Bengal, India held from 12-13 March, 1988.

(2)‘Impact of fertilizers and pesticides on environment and its possible mitigation through sustainable agriculture’ in the 8th Internat. Symp. on Water Crisis, Impact of Toxics, Global Warming and Sea Level Rise in Bengal Basin, Kalyani, West Bengal, India held from 16-18 December, 2005.

18. Professional Skills :

(1)Agricultural science, genetics, plant breeding, biotechnology, environment and ecology

(2)Implementing extension education programs

(3)Assimilation and translation of scientific knowledge into novel applied research approaches

(4)Proposal writing

(5)Experimenting ability

(6)Data analysis and interpretation

(7)Report writing

(8)Presenting experimental results

(9)Information seeking and processing

(10)Literature searching / networking

19. Workshops Participated :

(1)‘Mathematical Models in Biology’ organized by Calcutta Mathematical Society of India from 19-24.February, 1990.

(2)‘Awareness Programme on Electron Microscopy for College Students’ organized by Electron Microscopic Society of India on 15 June, 2002.

(3)‘Lecture Course on Molecular Microbiology’ organized by Electron Microscopic Society of India from 27-31 January, 2003.

(4)‘History of Science’ organized by The Asiatic Society from 16-26 February, 2009.

(5)‘First Mentorship Workshop for Women Scientists’ organized by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India on 16 November, 2011.

(6)‘Technopreneurship Programme’ organized by Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute on 21 February, 2012.

(7)‘Introductory Bioinformatics, its Applications and Genome Analysis’ organized by Biomedical Informatics Centre, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases from 9-10 April, 2012.

(8)‘Food Security & Genetically Modified Crops’ organized by West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology and Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Calcutta University on 25 July, 2013.

20. Online Publications :

(1) http://www.healthmad.com/Mental-Health/Phobia.368337

(2) http://www.socyberty.com/Politics/Non-State-Actors-in-International-Politics.429477

(3) http://www.scienceray.com/technology/engineering/biotechnology-in-modern-agriculture

(4) http://www.stopmanufacturingus.com/2011/06/cry-for-revolution-in-indian-education.html

(5)http://www.stopmanufacturingus.com/index.php/section/smu-articles/informative/189-right-of-the-children-to-free-and-compulsory-education

(6)http://www.stopmanufacturingus.com/index.php/section/smu-articles/informative/181-indian-primary-education-set-up

(7)http://www.stopmanufacturingus.com/index.php/section/smu-articles/informative/178-industrial-vs-democratic-education-system

(8)http://www.edtechreview.in/index.php/news/news/data-statistics/165-hottest-educational-trends

21. Writing Books / Articles :

(1) Presently writing text book of Biology for High School students.

22. Translating Works :

Presently translating one historical novel from English to Bengali.

23. Association with Organizations :

(1)Associated with Univexcellence as a Subject Matter Expert Avdhan – a research based learning Science.

(2)Associated with Merittrac as a Subject Matter Expert.

(3)Associated with BeyondTeaching as a Content Writer.

(4)Associated with EdTechReview as an Online Writer.

24. Computer Knowledge :

MS Office, Internet, C Language, Photoshop, Pagemaker, HTML, DHTML and Visual Basic

25. Referees with Addresses :

(1)Prof. Rash Bihari Ghosh

Nobel Laureate Charles Townes Chair Professor of Water and Environmental Chemistry

International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins

California, USA

Phone: 1-510-***-****

Email: acsknp@r.postjobfree.com

(2)Prof. Aftab uz Zaman

Professor and Head

Agronomy Department

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Mohanpur, Nadia, India

Phone: 943-***-****

Email: acsknp@r.postjobfree.com

(3)Prof. Ranjit Kumar Sarkar

Khaira Professor of Agriculture

Institute of Agricultural Science

Department of Agronomy

University of Calcutta

Kolkata, India

Phone: 91-033-********, 943-***-**** (M)

Email: acsknp@r.postjobfree.com

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