08.30 h – 09.30 h

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Registration

09.30 h – 11.00 h

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Inaugural Function

11.00 h – 11.20 h

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Refreshment

11.20 h – 12.30 h

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Hall – I

Oration Lectures

Chairperson:   Prof. B. N. Koley & Dr. P. K. Banerjee

Prof. S. C. Mahalanobis Memorial Oration

Speaker:         Prof. Michal Horowitz (Israel)

Prof. P. B. Sen Memorial Oration

Speaker:         Prof. Ajay Kumar Chatterjee (Kolkata)

Prof. A. K. Mukherjee Memorial Oration

Speaker:         Prof. K. K. Deepak (New Delhi)

12.30 h – 13.45 h

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Hall – I

Symposium – I:         

Human Physiology - as Social Science and its significant attributes from social perspective

Chairperson:   Prof. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay

Speakers:

Prof. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Kolkata)

Prof. Bithi Sircar (Kolkata)

Mr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (Kolkata)

Mr. Arunava Ghosh (Kolkata)

13.45 h – 14.30 h

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Lunch

14.30 h – 15.00 h

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Hall – I

Oration Lecture

Smt. Suva Mukherjee Memorial Oration

Chairperson:   Dr. Samaresh Chaudhuri

Speaker :       

Prof. Dipak Kumar Sarkar (USA)

15.00 h – 16.15 h

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Hall – I

Interactive Session on the Theme of the PSI,2006:

The importance of Human Physiology as a basic life science subject has never been truly assessed in India

Chairperson:   Prof. Ajay Kumar Chatterjee

Panelists:

Dr. Shyamal Das Dupta

Prof. Kusal Kumar Das

Mr. Debdut Ghoshthakur

16.15 h - 16.30 h

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Tea

16.30 h – 17.45 h

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Physics Gallery (1^st Floor)

Poster Presentations

Chairpersons:  Prof. Arun Ray and Dr. Shashi B. Singh

Papers:

Evaluation of Food Intake Pattern in Nurses Working in Rotating Shift in health Care Units.

Manimala Dey, Subhashis Sahu and Goutam Paul (PP-1)

Changes in Physiological and Psycho-physiological Parameters of Nurses Working in Rotating Shift

Mousumi Sahu, Subhashis Sahu and Goutam Paul (PP-2)

A Study on the Work Related Health Disorders of Hand Pulled Rickshaw Pullers of Kolkata.

Tarannum Ara and Somnath Gangopadhyay (PP-3)

Effect of Adrenaline on Rhythmicity of Posterior  Caval  Vein  of  Frog.

Dipanwita  Ghose,  P  Panneer   Selvam,  J  Prakasa  Rao (PP-4)

Phosphate Transport by the Everted Intestinal and Gallbladder Sacs of the Frog.

Sareesh N.N, and J  Prakasa  Rao (PP-5)

Evaluation of the Effects of Ergonomic Interventions on a Lifting Task of Construction Workers and a Study of the Safety Aspects.

Abhijit Sen,  Devashish Sen and Alak K Syamal (PP-6)

Evaluation of Occupational and Physiological Stresses of Female Workers

Engaged in Post Harvesting Jobs.

Soudeep K. Sau, Madhumita Harh, Sujaya De, Sumanta Banerjee and Prakash C. Dhara (PP-7)

Effect of Water Extract of Marsilea Quadrifolia on the Spontaneous Electrical Activity of Rats’ Brain.

N. Mandal, M. Sarkar, U. Chakraborty and T.K. Ghosh (PP-8)

A Comparative Study of Lipid Profile and Blood Pressure in The Patients Suffering from Acute Myocardial Infarction and Angina Pectoris.

Priyanka Mondal, Saradindu Bera and  Sujata Choudhury (Maiti) (PP-9)

Electrophysiological Appraisal of Cognitive Disturbances Due to Sleep Deprivation.

Abhirup Chatterjee, Koushik Ray, Usha Panjwani, Lalan Thakur and Jag Pervesh Anand (PP-10)

The Antiseizure Property of Aqueous Extract of Spinacia oleracea Leaves in PTZ Induced Experimental Epileptic Rat Model.

Sutapa Das and Debjani Guha (PP-11)

Prevention of Gastric Mucosal Injury by Aqueous Extract of Ripe Fruit Pulp of Aegle marmelos.

Purnima Singh and Debjani Guha (PP-12)

Role of Antioxidants (L – Ascorbic Acid and α  - Tocopherol)  on Blood Glucose Level in Nickel Treated Rats.

Amrita Das Gupta, Salim A. Dhundasi, Ashok M. Patil,  Swastika N. Das, Jeevan G. Ambekar, and Kusal K. Das (PP-13)

An Ergonomic Study on the Visual Display Terminal (VDT) Workstations in Different Banks.

Debojyoti Bhattacharyya, Alak Kr. Syamal and Devasish Sen (PP-14)

Effect of Allium cepa (onion) on blood glucose level and lipid profile in alloxan induced diabetic rats.

Piyal Mukherjee and Anjan Biswas (PP-15)

Antioxidants ( α-tocopherol & L-ascorbic acid)in recovery of arsenic induced changes in male rat gonads and prostate.

Arindam Bose  and Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay (PP-16)

Studies on A Vancomycin Resistant Clinical Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus.

Debjani Taraphdar  and Manjusri Bal (PP-17)

An Ergonomic Study for Designing A Carpenter’s Plant – A Pilot Study.

Subarna Ghosh, Devashish Sen, Aloke Kumar Syamal (PP-18)

A study on the liver function enzymes and antioxidant defense status of workers of a tea processing unit exposed to higher than threshold level of industrial noise

Sandip Mukherjee,  Subhra Chattopadhyay , Alak Kumar Syamal,  Devashish Sen,  Dolan Das  and Chandan Mitra (PP-19)

Working Postures of Tea Pluckers and its Interrelationship with Their Plucking Efficiency

Subhra Chattopadhyay, Sandip Mukherjee, Alak K. Syamal, Devashish Sen and Chandan Mitra (PP-20)

A Study of Back Extensor and Flexor Muscle Strength of College Students’ Age Group 20–25 Years

U. Dhar, C. Savanur, S. Ghosh, R. Salve and Amitabha De (PP-21)

A Study of Classroom Factors Influencing the Performance in School Children

C.S. Savanur, U. Dhar, S. Ghosh, S. Wani, R. Salve and Amitabha De (PP-22)

Aerobic Fitness Levels of Young Indian Adults Revisited

S. Ghosh, Suman Mukhopadhyay, V. Sudharani, C. Savanur C. U. Dhar U. and Amitabha De (PP-23)

17.45 h – 18.15 h

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Tea

18.15h – 20.15 h

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Cultural Programme

20.15 h – 21.15 h

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Dinner