INFORMATION SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

1.Name

Dr. Biswajit Mukherjee

2.Designation

Reader and Coordinator, Quality Improvement Programme (AICTE, Govt. of India), Pharmacy Nodal Cell (Jadavpur University)

3.Qualifications

M.Pharm., PhD, WBCS, FIC, FICS

4.Major subject area

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

5.Areas of specialization/expertise

Formulations development, Antisense Technology, Chemoprevention by gene manipulation and gene delivery

6.Research projects ongoing

Funding agency

Name of the project

Duration

Approx. grant

 

University Grants Commission

Effect of c.raf 1

    phosphorothioate

   antisense oligos

   in controlling of                hepatocarcinogenesis

in search of a new

 bio-technologically developed drug for

 liver cancer

3 years

8 lakhs

 

   Indian Council of Medical Research

Study of the potential

Of antisense IGF2

Phosphorothioate

Oligomers as a future

Drug for liver cancer

 

3 years

4.5 lakhs

 

State

 Government

Development and

Evaluation of

Niosomal Drug

Delivery System

    Containing an Antiviral

Drug Acyclovir

3 years

2.5 lakhs

 

 

 

 

 

7. Teaching experience

About 9 years

8. Positions held (last four)

Name of the post

Organization

Duration

 

 

Jr. Executive (Production)

Uttar Pradesh Drugs and Pharmaceutical Co.  Ltd. (Joint Enterprise of State And Central Govt.) Lucknow, India

1 year

 

 

Lecturer

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh

~6 years

 

 

Reader

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Working

 

 

Research Associate (CSIR, Govt. of India)

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

~2 years and 6 months

 

9. Awards

Name of the Award

Awarded by

Year

 

 

Dr. V. Ravichandran Research Award

Dr. V. Ravichandran Centre for Advance Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

2003-04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Selected recent publications (Last five years; maximum 10)

Name of the Journal

Year

Vol. No.

Pages

 

J. Pharm Sci.

2002

91

:2076-2089

 

Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm.

2003

29

:1-7

 

Toxicol Lett.

2004

30

: 1-9

 

Acarina

2004

12

: 49-56

 

Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm.

2005

59

: 475-483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Date of birth

 

11. Other academic distinctions

Former DAAD Fellow (Germany) and Ex-visiting Scientist, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Fellows and or Members of various professional bodies like: IPA, FICS,

   FIC,  IAPST, IPTA etc.

 

12. Contact details

Email

Mobile

Phone (R)

Fax/Phone (O)

 

[email protected]

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+91-33-24276026

+91-33-24146666-ext-2317 (Tel) +91-33-24146393/24146584 (Fax)

 

 

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