Biotechnology

Activities

Students Activity

BIOMEET 2022

Biomeet 2.0 ", organized by the Department of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur on January 9, 2022 witnessed a great success with a myriad of cultural performances, alumni interactions and heart-warming memories shared by the departmental professors. The Department extends its warm gratitude to all the students, professors and alumni for their active participation. With a zeal to organize more such events in future and hope for continued support of its students, the Department would like to thank all the alumni members who were able to join the event and make it a grand success.

 

 

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Department Activity

Speakers Programme Start Date End Date
  1. Prof. Gagandeep Kang, CMC Vellore
  2. Prof. Monica J. Carson, University of California Riverside, School of Medicine
  3. Prof. Nicola Curtin, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, UK.
  4. Dr. Sharmila Mande, TCS Research & Innovation, Pune
  5. Prof. Mitali Chatterjee, Inst. of PG Med Education & Research, Kolkata
  6. Dr. Despina Moschou, The University of Bath. UK
  7. Dr. Ellora Sen, National Brain Research Centre, Guragaon
  8. Dr. Hina Mehta, George Mason University, Verginia, USA
  9. Dr. Debrupa Lahiri, IIT Roorkee
  10. Dr. Monidipa Ghosh, NIT Durgapur

International Conference on "Women's Leadership in Science and Technology"

30th October 2021 31stth  October 2021
  1. Dr. Arun Bandyopadhyay, IICB Kolkata
  2. Dr. Amit Awasthi, THSTI, Faridabad
  3. Dr. Prafullakumar B. Tailor, NII, Delhi
  4. Dr. Dipyaman Ganguly, IICB Kolkata

National Conference on "Philosophy of Immunology in Health Sciences" on

18th September 2021

 
  1. Prof. Jonathan Jones

    The Sainsbury Laboratory Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

  2. Dr. Maganti Sheshu Madhav
    Scientist, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
  3. Prof. Aardraa Kachroo
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, USA
  4. Prof. Naweed Naqvi
    Senior Scientist, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore
  5. Prof. Mark Banfield
    John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
  6. Dr. Jessie Fernandez
    University of Florida, USA
  7. Prof. Ashis K. Nandi
    School of Life Sciences, Jawharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
  8. Prof. Pradeep Kachroo
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, USA
  9. Prof. YulinJia
    Dale Bumpers National Research Center, USDA, USA
  10. Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz
    Laboratory of Prof. Nick Talbot The Sainsbury Laboratory Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
  11. Prof. Jin-Ring Xu
    Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
  12. Prof. Guo-liang Wang
    Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, USA
  13. Prof. Nick Talbot
    The Sainsbury Laboratory Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
  14. Ms. Atrayee Sarkar / Dr. Subhankar Roy-Barman
    Laboratory of Dr.Subhankar Roy-Barman, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
  15. Prof. Mark Farman
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, USA

An International Conference (Virtual) on

"Recent Advances in Molecular Plant - Pathogen Interactions"
(RAMPPI 2021)

6th September 2021 10th September 2021

Programmes Hosted by the Department

Speakers Programme Start Date End Date
Dr. Lingaraj Sahoo

DIAMOND JUBILEE SEMINAR SERIES celebration on Department of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur.

Tropic : Modern Perspectives on Life & Growth

2019-11-05 -
Dr. U.C. Banerjee

Professor and Head,Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Incharge Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of PharmaceuticalEducation & Research (NIPER)-Mohali

TEQIP III Sponsored Programme under Improvement in Student Learning on 'Advances in Bioprocess Technology'.

Tropic : Modern Perspectives on Life & Growth

2020-01-14 2020-01-14
Dr. Tapas Bose

NRS, Medical College, Kolkata

TEQIP III sponsored workshop Entitled "Biotechnology: The Road Ahead" (BIO-MEET 2020) under Diamond Jubilee Celebration Scheme.

2020-01-19 2020-01-19
Mr. Arijit Mukherjee

Senior HR Business Partner, BIOCON Ltd., Bangalore

TEQIP-III Industry-Institute-Interaction Programme on "Skills to Improve Employability in Biotechnology Sector"

2020-02-07 2020-02-07
Dr. Ranjan Sen

Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Transcription, CDFD, Inner Ring Road, Uppal, Hyderabad.

DIAMOND JUBILEE SEMINAR SERIES celebration on Department of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur.

Tropic : Bacterial transcription terminator, Rho, is a pleiotropic regulator of bacterial physiology and a potential therapeutic target.

2020-02-12 2020-02-12
Ms. Sumedha Chattopadhyay

Senior Research Scientist, In-vitro Pharmacology, TCG Lifesciences

TEQIP III sponsored Industry Institute Interaction (III) progamme on "Recent advances in drug development in industry"

Tropic : Enzymes as drug targets

2020-02-28 2020-02-28
Dr.Sandip Kumar Lahiri

Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Durgapur

An inspirational webinar on "How to Prepare Yourself for a Great Career"

2020-07-14 2020-07-14
Mr. Jaydeep Chatterjee

Senior Application Specialist, Du Pont, Thailand

An invited talk on the topic "Sustainable Beer Brewing Post Covid-19(with the help of Modern Biotechnology)"

2020-07-20 2020-07-20
Mr. Nikhil Gampa,

Co-Founder, Green Wave & Kanika Satnaliwala, Executive Director/Chief Strategy Officer, The LYNQ Group

An inspirational live webinar on "Amalgamation of Technology & Innovation of Sustainable Development"

2020-08-01 2020-08-01
Dr.Shourjya Sanyal

CEO, Think Biosolution Limited, NY, 14604, USA,

An inspirational webinar on "How to be Good at Failing"

2020-08-04 2020-08-04
Dr. Guru Vignesh

B.Tech. Biotechnology 2013

An invited alumni talk

2020-08-10 2020-08-10
Mr. Sombeet Sahu

Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics, Nkarta Therapeutics, Inc,

Inspiration webinar on "Applications on Genomics and Single Cell Bioinformatics in Immuno-oncology

2020-08-18 2020-08-18
Mr. Partivila Jagan Mohan

Head,R& D and Operations Suri Agro Fresh Limited, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India.

An invited alumni talk

Topic: Career Planning in Biotechnology

2020-08-23 2020-08-23
Dr.Swapan Kr. Ghosh

Associate Professor, Post Graduate Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara

An inspirational webinar on "Covid-19, from Research to Practice"

2020-08-27 2020-08-27
Revered Swami Ishatmananda - ji Maharaj

President-in-Charge,Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago,USA

An inspirational talk

Topic: Hold on yet a while; brave heart

2020-08-29 2020-08-29
Dr.Indranil Adhya

B.Tech. Biotechnology 2013

An invited alumni talk

2020-09-05 2020-09-05
Dr. Nitin Damle

Sr. Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company

An industry – institute-interaction

2020-09-19 2020-09-19
Dr. Rusha Chakraborty

Senior Research Investigator, Syngene International Limited

An inspirational talk

Topic: Biopharma Industry: Opportunity and Challenges

2020-09-26 2020-09-26
Prof. Nicholas J. Talbot

Executive Director The Sainsbury Laboratory Norwich Research Park United Kingdom

Dr. Yong-Hwan Lee

Professor/Director Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Center for Fungal Genetic Resources Seoul National University South Korea

Dr. Shen Qing

Fungal Pathobiology Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Singapore

Dr. Thomas Kroj

Group Leader CIRAD, France

Dr. Miriam Oses-Ruiz

The Sainsbury Laboratory Norwich Research Park United Kingdom

Dr. Richard A. Wilson

Department of Plant Pathology University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA

Dr. Martin Egan

Fungal Cell Biology Department of Plant Pathology University of Arakansas

Dr. Rajesh Patkar

Wellcome Trust / DBT Intermediate Fellow Division of Biological and Life Sciences Ahmedabad University Ahmedabad

Prof. Zonghua Wang

President, Minjiang University Professor, Fujian Agr. & Forestry Univ., Fuzhou

Prof. Ryohei Terauchi

Crop Evolution Lab Kyoto University Japan

International conference named "Current Advances in Rice Blast Research" (CARBR 2020)

2020-12-01 2020-12-05
Prof. Pinaki Sar, IIT Kharagpur DBT-supported M.Sc. Life Sciences lecture series Topic Title: Life in the deep dark biosphere 25th October,2024 25th October,2024
Prof. Gautam Basu, Former Prof. Bose Institute DBT-supported M.Sc. Life Sciences lecture series Topic Title: Artificial intelligence and its role in protein structure prediction revolution 28th October,2024 28th October,2024
Prof. Pallob Kundu Department of Biological Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata DBT-supported M.Sc. Life Sciences lecture series Topic Title: Regulatory Small RNA’s: Biogenesis and Biological impact 28th October,2024 28th October,2024