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Dr. Asit Ghosh

Senior Professor & Assistant Director
Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University,
Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, INDIA
 

Brief Biography:


Name: ASIT RANJAN GHOSH

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 15.08.1961

Designation & Affiliation: Professor & Assistant Director

Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control

School of BioSciences & Technology

VIT University, Vellore-632014

 Postal Address :  As above

E-mail ID:  asitranjanghosh@vit.ac.in; asitranjan@gmail.com

 Qualifications (starting from University Level)

S.No.

Degree

Institution

Year

1.

M.Sc.

University of Calcutta

1985

2.

Ph.D.

University of Calcutta

1991

 

 

 

 

 4.9.      Employment Experience

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

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Organization

Position

Nature of job

From (Date)

To (date)

 

1.

Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control, VIT University, Vellore

Asst. Director

Research

12.02.2011

Till Date

 

2.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore

Professor

Research & Teaching

19-9-2008

Till Date

 

3.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore

Assistant Professor

Research

3-1-2005

18.09.2008

 

4.

Regional Medical Research Centre, (ICMR), Port Blair

Senior Research Officer          

Research

1-3-1999

21-6-2003

 

5.

Regional Medical Research Centre, (ICMR), Port Blair

Research Officer           

Research

1-3-1994

28-2-1999

 

6.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene & Public Health, Baltimore, USA

Visiting Research Associate

Research

28.11.91

27.2.1994

 

7.

Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan

COE Researcher & Professor

Research

22-6-2003

28.11.2004

                     

 List of Publications (for the last 4 years only)

10.1 Journal Publications

2012

  1. Ghosh Asit R. "Bacterial toxins and diarrhoea", In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey & SK Singh ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA.

2011

  1. Mythreyi N, Rathina Kumar S, Sriram K, Pavithra M, Ghosh Asit R.  Salt aggregation test and hemagglutination assay for understanding bacterial adherence. Journal of Pharmacy Research: 4(11), 4055-4056:2011.
  1. Siva R, Subha K, Bhakta D, Ghosh AR and S. Babu. Charactrization and enhanced production of prodigiosin from the spoiled coconut. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology : 166(1):187-196:2011.
  1. Khan Zaved Ahmed and Ghosh Asit Ranjan. Withaferin-A displays enhanced anxiolytic efficacy without tolerance in rats following sub chronic administration. African Journal of Biotechnology: 10(60): 12973-12978: 2011. (ISSN 1684-5315).
  1. Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Antioxidative potential of probiotic bacteria from Indian fermented food. International  Journal of Research in Ayurveda & Pharmacy, 2 (3), 983-986:2011(ISSN-2229-3566).
  1. Ghosh Asit R, Thanasekaran K & Roy S. Nalidixic acid resistant Shigella sonnei infection among dysenteric children in Port Blair. Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 3(4), 87-93, April, 2011 (ISSN 2141-2308).
  1. Khan Zaved Ahmed and Ghosh Asit Ranjan. Possible binding modes of Withaferin-A and its analogs in the active site of nNOS molecular docking studies. International Journal of Pharma and BioSciences: 2(3): B368-377: 2011. (ISSN 0975-6299).
  1. Shruthy VV , Pavithra M,  Gowri S & Ghosh Asit R* . Probiotic potentials among lactic acid bacteria isolated from curd. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 2(2), 602-609, 2011.(ISSN-2229-3566).
  1. Khan Z A & Ghosh A R. L-Arginine abolishes the anxiolytic-like effect of Withaferin A in the elevated plus-maze test in rats.African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5(2): 234-237: 2011.
  1. Vijayaragavan S, Vino S, Lokesh K R, Ghosh AR, Jayaraman G, Controlled release of methotrexate using alpha-lactalbumin microcapsules, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 3(1):39-44:2011. 
  1. Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Age related differences in stress-induces neurobehavioral patterns in rats modulated by Withaferin–A and other antioxidants. Journal of Pharmacy Research (JPR). 4(4): 1281-1284 : 2011.
  1. Ponnambalam AS, Deepthi RS, & Ghosh AR. Quality display and measurement of enzymatic activity of isolated cellulolytic bacteria. Biotechnology, Bioinformatics & Bioengineering, 1(1): 33-37, 2011.
  1. Satyanarayana VSV, Sivakumar A, & A R Ghosh. Synthesis, characterization of some new five membered heterocycles based on imidazole moiety and their applications on therapeutics. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 8(3),276-283:2011.
  1. Vino S, Lokesh KR, Vijayaraghavan S, Jayaraman G & Ghosh AR. pH responsive casein microparticles as a carrier for methotrexate. Intl Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences &  Research, 2 (2), 383-390 (ISSN:0975-8232):2011.

2010

  1. Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Study of the probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria isolated from a variety of indian fermented food. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3 (9), 2254-2257:2010
  1. Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Possible modulation of neurobehavioural patterns by anxiolytics drugs. International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research (IJPSR). 1(11): 457-464:2010.
  1. Gowri S & Ghosh AR. Pediococcus spp. – a potential probiotic isolated from Khadi (an Indian fermented food) and identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. African Journal of Food Science, 4(9): 597-602, September, 2010
  1. Satyanarayana VSV, Sivakumar A, & Asit Ranjan Ghosh. Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of some new Schiff base derivatives incorporating Imidazole moiety, their characterization and biological evaluation. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3(9): 2327-2331:2010
  1. Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Possible nitric oxide modulation in protective effects of Withaferin A against stress induced neurobehavioural changes. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 4(6): 490-495:2010.
  1. Khan ZA & Ghosh AR. Involvement of nNOS in the antidepressant-like effect of Withaferin-A in rats. Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biomedicinal Sciences,  7(7): 1-2:2010. (ISSN No 2230-7885.
  1. Roy S, Bhattacharya D, Thanasekaran, Ghosh AR, Manimunda SP, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Suunan AP, Vijayachari P. Emergence of flouroquinolone resistance in Shigella isolated from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 131: 720-722:2010. (1.870)
  1. Vino S, Saraswathi C, Vijayaraghavan S, Sajitha L, Jayaraman G & Ghosh AR. Formulation and characterization of propranolol HCl loaded casein microparticles. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3 (7), 1634-1636:2010.

 Conference Presentations

  1. Anuradha, R, Vidhya Parkavi A, Kavitha SM, Naveen Prasanth C, Gowri S, Babu S, Ghosh Asit Ranjan, Siva R, Imanuel Selvaraj S. 2011. Development of a CAPS assay for rapid diagnosis of food borne bacteria. World Congress on Biotechnology, Omics Publishing Group, Hyderabad, March 21-23, 2011.
  1. Pandey Ram, Bagad Mayur & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Viability and biological properties of Pediococcus spp. after formulation in effective delivery system [DFM56] [IM15]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
  1. Ghosh Budhaditya & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Purification and characterization of Pediocin from Pediococcus spp. GS4 [DFM03]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
  1. Dubey Vinay & Ghosh Asit R. 2011. Probiotic potential and surface active component like s-layer proteins (slps) in LAB isolates [DFM04]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
  1. Rathina Kumar S & Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Designing of single primer for Shigella species [MM06]. 52nd Annual Conference of AMI 2011 (Association of Microbiologists of India), Panjanb University, Chandigarh, India during November 3-6, 2011.
  1. Ghosh Asit Ranjan. 2011. Health impact of Probiotics-vision & opportunities. Organised by Yakult India Microbiota & Probiotic Science Foundation, during 10-11 December, 2011, Hotel Leela Kempinski, Mumbai, India
  1. Attended and participated as a Delegate in the XXXVI Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India (EMSI) & International Symposium on “Environmental Exposure to Mutagens and Carcinogens on Human Health”organized by SBST, VIT University, Vellore, India during 4-6th February, 2011.
  2. Attended and participated as a Delegate in the IXth Winter Symposium: Biology of Child Health Diseases, an International conference at CMC, Vellore, India during 6-8th January, 2011.
  1. Attended the International conference on “Fifty years of Discovery of Cholera Toxin: A tribute to SN De” organized by National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR) and Bose Institute (DBT), Kolkata, during October 25-27, 2009.
  1. Attended & presented a paper entitled, “ Cholera visits Nicobar Islands – a molecular insight into the first epidemic” in International Conference on Biotechnological Solutions for Environmental Sustainability (Icon-BSES) organized by School of BioScience & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during October 21-23, 2009. (Guest Lecture).
  1. 11.   Attended & presented a paper in the Xth Sir Dorabjii Tata Symposium on Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis, organized by Sir Dorabjii Tata Centre for Tropical Diseases, IISc Banglore on 10-12 March, 2009.
  1. Attended & participated in the Three Day National Workshop on, “Research paper writing”, organized by Academic Staff College, VIT University, Vellore, during 5-7th January, 2011.
  2. Attended & participated in the “KJ Memorial Seminar” and delivered lecture on, “Pathogenicity of Bacterial Diarrhoea & its Control”, organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, on 13th December, 2010.
  3. Attended & participated in the One Day Development Programme on, “Microbial Diagnostics, Public Health & Modeling in Health Sciences”, organized by Academic Staff College, & SBST, VIT University, Vellore, on 9th December, 2011.
  1. Attended & participated in the One Day National Workshop on, “Practical & Psychological Approaches to Language Learning”, organized by School of Social Sciences & Languages (English Division), VIT University, Vellore, on 4th December, 2010.
  1. Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Plant physiology chapter: Recent Trends in Plant Physiology & Crop Improvement” supported by Indian society for plant physiology, and organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, on 22nd  October, 2010.
  1. Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Genetic transformation and transgenic plants: concepts, applications and concerns” Supported by IAS, INSA & NAS and organized by School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during 7-9 September, 2010.
  1. Organized and participated, “PCR-RFLP based bacterial ribotyping”, School of Bio Sciences & Technology, VIT University, Vellore, during 3-5 September, 2010.
  1. Attended & participated the Lecture workshop on “Drug Discovery Research to Principle and Clinical Developments” organized by Centre for Bio-separation Technology (CBST), VIT University, Vellore, during 5-6 August, 2010.
  1. Attended & participated the “Faculty Developement Program on Enterpreneurship” Supported by NSTEDB, DBT & Enterpreneurship Development Institute of India and organized by VIT –TBI at VITUniversity, Vellore, during June 21-July 3, 2010.
  1. Ghosh AR, “Diarrhoea & Vaccine” in National level Conference on Vaccine Biotechnology, organized by Department of Biotechnology, SNR Sons College, Coimbatore, February 20, 2010. (Guest Lecture).
  1. Attended the “Faculty Developement Program” organized by School of Biotechnology, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, during June 29-July 1, 2009.

4.11.    Patents filed/granted with details: Nil

4.12.    Books published /Chapters contributed

Published: Ghosh Asit R. "Bacterial toxins and diarrhoea", In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey & SK Singh ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA.

Under publication:

Ghosh Asit R. "Nanotechnology in diagnosis of diseases”.  In: Microbial Toxins and Toxigenic Microbes, VD Pandey, SK Singh & AR Ghosh, ed, 2012; Studium Press LLC, USA. (3 June, 2011)

Ghosh Asit R. “Probiotics and Prebiotics in gastrointestinal infections”. In: Probiotics in Health, Chetana V, ed, 2012; India. (28 Nov, 2011)

 

Academic positions:


Professor & Assistant Director

Centre for Infectious Diseases & Control

School of BioSciences & Technology

VIT University, Vellore-632014

E-mail:asitranjan@yahoo.com/ asitranjan@gmail.com/ asitranjanghosh@vit.ac.in;
 

Research interests:


Medical Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Immunotechnology,  Biotechnology in general; with special emphasis on Bio-control of diarrhoea and colon carcinogenesis using synbiotics; E.coli-evolutionary aspects: Vaccine development, Immunodiagnostics, Molecular Epidemiology communicable diseases.

 

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