Teaching Biology,Developing study materials scientifically in a lucid

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Kolkata, WB, 700031, India

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October 09, 2012

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Name : Dr. Soma Roy Chowdhury

Address: 114F/1A,Selimpur Road

Kolkata-700 031

Contact No: 098********; 91-33-241*****

Email: smvlh2@r.postjobfree.com;smvlh2@r.postjobfree.com

Date of Birth : 29.05.1961 Sex (M/F) :F

Nationality : Indian Marital Status :

Married

Education

| | |(XII) | |Biol,Phy, | |

| |Lady Brabourne |B.Sc. |1983 |Zoology Hons,Bot& |55% |

|1 |University of |M.Sc. |1985 |Zoology(Spl: |70% |

|2 |Chittaranjan |Ph.D. |1998 |Zoology(Oncology) | |

|No. |Place | | |

|2. | Cancer Foundation of |Research Associate |2006-2009 |

|3. |Chittaranjan National |Senior Investigator In|1998-2005 |

Professional Experience and Training: Actively associated with the

community based research projects related to Cancer control & Prevention,

coordinating multicentric studies in collaboration with national and

international agencies. Conducts training programmes and develop training &

study materials on health related issues, Conduct and coordinate

epidemiological surveys in the community, teaching health related issues in

the community with special emphasis on tobacco control among the students.

List of Ongoing & Completed projects :

. Development of a Civil Society Action model to implement smoke free

Rules in the district of Howrah in West Bengal, (2010-2012), Bloomberg

Initiative, USA

. International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project - (2010-13),

Healis Navi Mumbai, Waterloo University Canada

. Tobacco prevalence in urban/rural school children in WB (2006-07)

. Molecular Epidemiology of HPV types in India and Identification of HPV-

16 L1 & E6 variants (2005-08), DBT, Govt. Of India

. Distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical cancers in India and

correlation with the PreTect HPV Proofer E6/E7 mRNA test (2007-08),

Mellory University, St.John, Canada

. Prevalence of pre-malignant lesions of Cervical Cancer and presence of

High grade HPV infection among women living in Low and High Arsenic

areas in West Bengal, (2008-2011), DST, Govt. Of India

. Effectiveness and Safety of 2 versus 3 doses of HPV Vaccine in

preventing Cervical Cancer: An Indian Multi-centric Study in India

(2008-2013), IARC (WHO), France

As the Senior Investigator in the Department of Epidemiology &

Biostatistics at Chittaranjan National Cancer institute, Kolkata (1997-

2005) I was associated with the following Projects:

. Development of Population Based Cancer Registry in Kolkata since

1997 (funded by International Agencies on Research on Cancer, Lyon

;WHO)

. Development of Cancer Atlas in India supported by ICMR, WHO

. Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2000(GYTS) supported by WHO)

. Global School personnel survey 2000(GSPS) supported by WHO)

. Case Control Study on Risk factors of Lung and Laryngeal Cancer

patients(funded by International Agencies on Research on Cancer,

Lyon ;WHO)

Teaching Career: Beside the research activities I am actively associated

with class room teaching for Biology & health re1996 with renowned private

centres. Have good communication skill and believes in conceptual teaching

of the subjects through flowchart, schematic diagram, explanatory study

materials, regular evaluation and interactive sessions with the students.

Computer Knowledge: I am conversant with MS Word, Excel, Power point,

Internet usage.

Recent Publications:

Book: Author of an E book for Biology for CBSE & ISC Class12 with Tioli

software, Kolkata ;

Scientific Papers:

1. Radhakrishna M. Pillai, Janaki M. Babu, Vinoda T. Jissa, S. Lakshmi,

Shubhada V. Chiplunkar, M. Patkar, H. Tongaonkar, Krishnamurthy B.

Reddy, Kumar N. Chakka, M. Siddiqui, Soma Roychowdury, Priya Abraham,

Abraham Peedicayil,

M. Gnanamony, J. Subashini, T. S. Ram, Bindu Dey,Neeta Singh,Archana

Singh, S. K. Jain, R. S. Jayshree. Region-Wise Distribution of High-

Risk Human

Papillomavirus Types in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Cervix in

India.

Int J Gynecol Cancer (2010);20: 1046-1051

2. Pillai MR, Hariharan R, Babu JM, Lakshmi S, Chiplunkar SV, Patkar M,

Tongaonkar H, Dinshaw K, Jayshree RS, Reddy BK, Siddiqi M,

Roychowdhury S, Saha B, Gnanamony M, Peedicayil P, Subhashini J, Ram

TS, Dey B, Sharma C, Jain SK, Singh N. Molecular variants of HPV-16

associated with cervical cancer in Indian population. Int. J Cancer

(2009); 3,125(1): 91-103

3. Basu P, Roychowdhury S, Bafna U D, Chaudhury S, Sekhon R, Saranath

D,Biswas S, Gronn P, Silva I, Siddiqi M, Ratnam S. Human

papillomavirus genotype distribution in cervical cancer in India:

Results from a multi-center study. Asian Pac. Journal Cancer Prev

(2009). Jan-Mar;10910:27-34

4. Heck JE, Saptoka A, Gajalakshmi V, Roychowdhury S, Dixit RP, Jetly

DH, Brennan P, Bofetta P, Hashibe M. Dietary risk factors for

hypopharyngeal cancer in India. Cancer Causes Control (2008); 19:1329-

1327

5. Saptoka A, Gajalakshmi V, Jetly DH, Roychowdhury S, Dixit RP, Brennan

P, Hashibe M, Bofetta P. Indoor air pollution from solid fuel usage

and risk of Hypopharyngeal/ Laryngeal and Lung cancer: a multicentric

case control study from India. Int. Journal Epidemiology (2008); 37:

321-28

6. Saptoka A, Gajalakshmi V, Jetly DH, Roychowdhury S, Dixit RP,

Brennan P, Hashibe M, Bofetta M. Smokeless tobacco and increased risk

of hypopharyngeal/laryngeal cancers: a multicentric case control

study from India. Int. J Cancer (2007); 121: 1793-98

7. Roychowdhury S, Roychowdhury G, Sen U. Assessment of awareness level

on tobacco and smoking habit as a risk factor for cancer among lung

and laryngeal cancer patients in Kolkata. Asia Pac J Can Prev (2005);

6, 332-336

8. Sinha, D, Roychowdhury S. Tobacco control practices in 25 schools of

West Bengal, Indian Journal of Public Health (2005). Vol-48, 3,128-

131

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