Faculty

Name of the Faculty	Dr. Sudeshna Mukherjee
Designation and Department	Assistant Professor II, Department Of Physiology and Allied Sciences Amity Institute of Health Allied Sciences
Academic qualification	B. Sc. (Physiology): University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India M. Sc. in Human Physiology (Specialization: Biochemistry): University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India Ph. D. : Thesis title: “Concerted Modulation Of Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory And Anti-Tumor Signalling Pathways In Cancer: Evaluation Of The Role Of Certain Dietary Polyphenols,”: University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India Post-doctorate: Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (SERB-NPDF), Kolkata, West Bengal, India Research Associate -1, DST-SERB funded project, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Specialization	System Physiology, Biochemistry, Cell signalling
Total work experience	>11 years
Details of best five publications	1. Mukherjee S, Gupta P, Ghosh S, Choudhury S, Das A, Ahir M, Adhikary A, Chattopadhyay S. Targeted tumor killing by pomegranate polyphenols: Pro-oxidant role of a classical antioxidant. J Nutr Biochem. 2023 May;115:109283. (Impact factor: 5.6) (ISSN Number: 0898-6568) 2. Mukherjee S, Ghosh S, Choudhury S, Gupta P, Adhikary A, Chattopadhyay S, Pomegranate polyphenols attenuate inflammation and hepatic damage in tumor bearing mice: Crucial role of NF-κB and Nrf2/GSH axis. J Nutr Biochem. 2021;97:108812. (Impact factor: 5.6) (ISSN Number: 0898-6568) 3. Ahir M, Bhattacharya S, Karmakar S, Mukhopadhyay A, Mukherjee S, Ghosh S, Chattopadhyay S, Patra P, Adhikary A. Tailored-CuO-Nanowire decorated with Folic acid mediated coupling of the mitochondrial ROS-generation and miR425-PTEN axis in furnishing potent anti-cancer activity in human triple negative breast carcinoma cells. Biomat. 2016; 76:115-32. (Impact factor: 12) (ISSN Number: 0142-9612) 4. Mukherjee S, Ghosh S, Das DK, Chakraborty P, Choudhury S, Gupta P, Adhikary A, Dey S, Chattopadhyay S. Gold-conjugated green tea nanoparticles for enhanced anti-tumor activities and hepatoprotection - synthesis, characterization and in vitro evaluation. J Nutr Biochem. 2015; 26:1283-97. (Impact factor: 5.6) (ISSN Number: 0955-2863) 5. Mukherjee S, Ghosh S, Choudhury S, Adhikary A, Manna K, Dey S, Sa G, Das T, Chattopadhyay S. Pomegranate reverses methotrexate-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in hepatocytes by modulating Nrf2-NF-κB pathways. J Nutr Biochem. 2013; 24:2040-50. (Impact factor: 5.6) (ISSN Number: 0955-2863)
Overall research summary	Article: 16
	h-index: 13
	Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fMeoRXUAAAAJ&hl=en
	Life Member: Indian National Science Congress, The Physiological Society of India
	Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5349-4882
Awards and honours (if any)	Awarded National Postdocutoral Fellowship by DST-SERB in 2017
Awards and honours (if any)	Certificate of Merit and Prasanta Kumar Ghosh Fellowship for the year 2007 from University of Calcutta for Securing Highest Marks in B.Sc (H) from C.U. amongst the admitted students in 2007

Name of the Faculty	Dr. Barsha Dassarma
Designation and Department	Assistant Professor, Department Of Physiology and Allied Sciences Amity Institute of Health Allied Sciences
Academic qualification	B. Sc. (Human Physiology): Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India M. Sc. in Human Physiology (Specialization: Microbiology & Immunology): Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India Ph. D.: Thesis title: “Studies On The Effects Of Some Antioxidants In Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4) Induced Hepatorenal Toxicity In Rats”: Dept. of Physiology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Post-doctorate: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Specialization	System Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology.
Total work experience	09 years 08 months
Details of best five publications	•Dassarma B, Tripathy S, Chabalala M, Matsabisa MG. Challenges in Establishing Vaccine Induced Herd Immunity through Age Specific Community Vaccinations. Aging and disease. 2022;13(1): 29-37. •Dassarma B, Tripathy S, Matsabisa M. Emergence of Ancient Convalescent plasma (CP) Therapy: to Manage COVID-19 Pandemic. Transfusion Clinique et Biologique. 2021;28:123- 127. •Tripathy S, Dassarma B, Roy S, Chabalala H, Matsabisa MG. A review on possible modes of actions of Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine: Repurposing against SAR-COV-2 (COVID 19) pandemic. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2020;56:106028. •Dassarma B, Nandi DK, Gangopadhyay S, Samanta S. Hepatoprotective effect of food preservatives (butylated hydroxyanisole, butyla huted hydroxytoluene) on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in rat. Toxicology reports. 2018;1;5:31-7. •Matsabisa MG, Bala A, Tripathy S, Digashu MM, Rautenbach F, Dassarma B, Erhabor JO, Braga FC, Mukherjee PK, Tang M, Kang Y. Study on South African Indigenous Teas—Antioxidant Potential, Nutritional Content, and Hypoxia-Induced Cyclooxygenase Inhibition on U87 MG Cell Line. Molecules. 2022 May 30;27(11):3505.
Overall research summary	Article: 14, Book Chapter:03, Book:01. Completed Research Project as PI: 01 (DST, India).
Awards and honours (if any)	•Received Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (Govt of India) under WOS- B (2015-16). •Awarded Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (Govt of India) under WOS- B (2013-14). •Received “Prof. Sacchidananda Banerjee Memorial Research Prize, 2017” (Young Scientists Award, 2017) from “The Physiological Society of India”. •Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship from University of the Free State, South Africa. •Awarded Travel Grant and Hospitality Grant by DST, Govt OF India for Training Program Only For DST Women Scientists on “Proteomics Approaches FOR Women Scientist in Life Sciences” in on March 2-6, 2017

Name of the Faculty	Dr. Kankana Das
Designation and Department	Assistant Professor-I, Department Of Physiology and Allied Sciences Amity Institute Of Health Allied Sciences
Academic qualification	B.Sc (Physiology); University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India M.Sc (Human Physiology) University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India PhD (Physiology) University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India Title: “Studies on the Dietary Effects of Structured Diacylglycerol Isomers of Various Kinds of Fatty Acids on the Lipid Profiles and Glucose Levels in Normal, Hypertensive and Diabetic Rats”
Specialization	Nutrition and Dietetics
Total work experience	5 years
Details of best five publications	➢Das K, Bhattacharya M, Ghosh M. A structured DAG enriched mustard oil system ameliorates hypercholesterolemia through modulation of AMPK and NF-κB signalling system. Pharma Nutrition. 2020 Dec 1;14: 100224. ➢Das, K., Kundu, A., Karmakar, S. and Ghosh, M., 2020. Novel structured diacylglycerol (DAG) rich oleo formulations activate the Nrf2 pathway and impedes NF-κB translocation to mitigate pre-clinical conditions of hypertension. Journal of Functional Foods, 64, p.103650. ➢Das, K. and Ghosh, M., 2019. Comparative qualitative assessment of DAG production from medium chain fatty acids mediated by enzymatic and chemical catalysts under individually optimized conditions. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 22, p.101422. ➢Das K and Ghosh M. Structured DAG oil ameliorates renal injury in streptozotocin- induced diabetic rats through inhibition of NF-<kappa>B and activation of Nrf2 pathway. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 100 (2017) 225-238. ➢Das DK, Sinha M, Khan A, Das K, Manna K, Dey S. Radiation protection by major tea polyphenol, Epicatechin. International Journal of Human Genetics. 2013 Mar 1;13(1):59- 64.
Overall research summary	Research articles: 8 H index: 4 Orchid ID: 0000-0003-1210-7107 Google scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YfJIxTwAAAAJ&hl=en
Awards and honours (if any)	1. Best research paper and oral presentation, Ideacon 2015 2. Best research paper "Shantinath Ghosh Memorial Award" by OTAI , 2022 3. ICMR Project - Senior Research Fellowship 4. Life member OTAI

Name of the Faculty	Dr. Sandhya Singh
Designation and Department	Assistant Professor III Department Of Physiology and Allied Sciences Amity Institute of Health Allied Sciences
Academic qualification	B. Sc. (Biosciences): Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi India M. Sc. (Biotechnology), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India Ph. D. : Thesis title: “ Wnt/Wingless Dysregulation in Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma: Comparison with Colorectal Carcinoma ”: Institute of Pathology, University Klinik, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Post-doctorate: Department of Dermatalogy, University Klinik, Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
Specialization	Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Bio- informatics, Stem cell Biology
Total work experience	18 years
Details of best five publications	Banik A, Sharma R, Chauhan A, Singh S. Cutting the umbilical cord: Cancer stem cell-targeted therapeutics. Life Sci. 2022 Jun 15;299:120502. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120502. Epub 2022 Mar 26. PMID: 35351466. Corresponding Author (Impact Factor - 6.78) Chauhan A, Islam AU, Prakash H, Singh S. Phytochemicals targeting NF-κB signaling: Potential anti-cancer interventions. J Pharm Anal. 2022 Jun;12(3):394-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Jul 6. Corresponding Author ( Impact Factor - 14.026) Nadella V, Singh S, Jain A, Jain M, Vasquez KM, Sharma A, Tanwar P, Rath GK, Prakash H. Low dose radiation primed iNOS + M1macrophages modulate angiogenic programming of tumor derived endothelium. Mol Carcinog. 2018 Nov;57(11):1664-1671. doi: 10.1002/mc.22879. Epub 2018 Aug 10. (Impact Factor - 4.8) Géraud C, Koch PS, Zierow J, Klapproth K, Busch K, Olsavszky V, Leibing T, Demory A, Ulbrich F, Diett M, Singh S, Sticht C, Breitkopf-Heinlein K, Richter K, Karppinen SM, Pihlajaniemi T, Arnold B, Rodewald HR, Augustin HG, Schledzewski K, Goerdt S. GATA4-dependent organ-specific endothelial differentiation controls liver development and embryonic hematopoiesis. J Clin Invest. 2017 Mar 1;127(3):1099-1114. doi: 10.1172/JCI90086. Epub 2017 Feb 20. (Impact Factor - 19.456) Singh S, Breuhahn K, Schirmacher P, Bläker H. Large-scale N-terminal deletions but not point mutations stabilize beta-catenin in small bowel carcinomas, suggesting divergent molecular pathways of small and large intestinal carcinogenesis. J Pathol. 2008 Jul;215(3):300-7. doi: 10.1002/path.2362. PMID: 18491352 (Impact Factor - 9.883)
Overall research summary	Article 16 Book Chapter 4 Book 1 Citations 591 h-index 12 i10 index 13 Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b2A96msAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Orcid ID : 0000-0002-0575-7462
Awards and honours (if any)	• Successfully completed extramural project funded from “Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology” on “Molecular characterization of cancer stem cell in colorectal cancer” submitted under Start Up Research Grant (Young Scientists) from Nov 2015 – Nov 2018. Sanctioned grant amount 40 Lakhs. • Selected for the scholarship by “Department of Biotechnology”, Govt of India for the course duration of “Advance Diploma in Bioinformatics”, University of Pune, 2001- 2002. • Qualified ICMR JRF Examination 2001 • Qualified CSIR-UGC NET Examination, 2004. • Reviewer for Journal of Inflammation Research, Current Cancer Drug Targets & Experimental Hematology & Oncology. • Served as “Coordinator” for the industrial project entitled “Evaluation of anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-asthmatic potential of Probiotics (12 Strains)” from March 2018 – March 2019 sanctioned from “Unique Biotech” Hyderabad, India.

Name of the Faculty	Dr. Satyajit Tripathy
Designation and Department	Assistant Professor II Department Of Physiology and Allied Sciences Amity Institute of Health Allied Sciences
Academic qualification	B. Sc. (Human Physiology): Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India M. Sc. in Human Physiology (Specialization: Microbiology & Immunology): Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India Ph. D. : Thesis title: “Antimalarial efficacy of chitosan nanoparticle conjugated chloroquine against Plasmodium berghei NK65 infection: A mechanistic study”: Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India Post-doctorate: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Specialization	System Physiology, Microbiology and Immunology, infection biology
Total work experience	>11 years
Details of best five publications	* Tripathy S, Das S, Chakraborty SP, Sahu SK, Pramanik P, Roy S. (2012). Synthesis, characterization of chitosan-tripolyphosphate conjugated chloroquine nanoparticle and its in vivo anti-malarial efficacy against rodent parasite: A dose and duration dependent approach. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 434 (1-2); 292-305. (Impact Factor: 5.8) 22. * Tripathy S, Chattopadhyay S, Dash SK, Sahoo SK, Roy Chowdhuri A, Das S, Majumder S, Roy S. 2015. Chi-tosan conjugated chloroquine: Proficient to protect the induction of liver apoptosis during malaria. Interna-tional Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 74: 585-600. (Impact factor: 8.2) *Tripathy S, Dassarma B, Roy S, Chabalala H, Matsabisa MG. 2020. A review on possible modes of actions of Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine: Repurposing against SAR-COV-2 (COVID 19) pandemic. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 22:106028. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106028 (Impact factor: 10.8) * Tripathy S, Rademan S, Matsabisa MG. 2019. Effects of silver nanoparticle from Dicoma anomala Sond. root extract on MCF-7 cancer cell line and NF54 parasite strain: An in vitro study. Biological Trace Element Re-search. 195(1):82-94. doi: 10.1007/s12011-019-01822-3. (Impact factor: 3.9) 15. Das, S., * Tripathy, S., Dash., S. K., Chattopadhayaya., S., Mandal., D, Hati., A.K., Roy, S. (2017). Progressive Increase in Point Mutations Associates Chloroquine Resistance: Even After Withdrawal of Chloroquine use in India. International Journal for Parasitology – Drugs and Drug Resistance. 7 (2017), 251-261. (Impact factor: 4)
Overall research summary	Article: 56 Book Chapter: 05 Book: 01 Citations: 2099 h-index: 23 i10-index: 40 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3YAj9FUAAAAJ&hl=en Scopus Author ID: 7202752919 Total Impact factor: 224.765
Awards and honours (if any)	ü Travel grant from International Society for Ethnopharmacology for Ethnopharmacology 2022, venue: Chinese Medical University, Taiwan from 28th May, 2022 to 31st May, 2022 ü Recognized for emerging as 1ST RUNNER-UP ORAL presenter at the recent Virtual ACP2021. Virtual 7th All Africa Congress on Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Nairobi, Kennya, On 15th to 17th September, 2021 ü Awarded ‘Medal of Merit’ for outstanding research presentation entitled “Employment of old options to control novel corona virus: Pros and Cons” during the UNESCO/UNITWIN NETWORK WEB SEMINAR-2020, from 6-7th August 2020. ü UFS travel grant to attend 19th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE-2019). Organized by Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany, June 12-14, 2019 (Declined) ü UFS travel grant to attend International society of Ethno pharmacology and Society for Ethno pharmacology, India Conference – 2018 (ISE-SFE 2018). Organized by University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. On 12th -15th January, 2018. ü The application was selected for the award of National Post-doctoral fellowship (NPDF) 2018,DST, Govt. of India (Declined) ü Selected and funded by the UFS to be a part of Science and Technology and innovation cooperation between South Africa and India in Durban, South Africa, on 06th October, 2017 ü Received Silver Medal from Vidyasagar University for scoring 2nd highest in M. Sc.