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1987- |
1990 |
Bachelor in Science (B. Sc.) |
Chemistry (Honors) |
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |
First class First position |
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1990- |
1992 |
Master in Science (M. Sc.) |
Biochemistry |
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |
First class First position |
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1993- |
1998 |
Ph.D. |
Ph.D. in Science |
Department of Biochemistry, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan University, India |
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2017 |
D. Sc |
Biotechnology |
University of Calcutta , Kolkata, India |
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2009- |
Till date |
Professor |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, India |
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2011- |
2012 |
Visiting Scientist |
School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, USA |
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2006- |
2009 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, India |
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2004- |
2005 |
Reader |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, India |
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2002- |
2003 |
Sabbatical Visitor |
Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA |
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2001- |
2004 |
Senior Lecturer |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, India |
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1997- |
2001 |
Lecturer |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, India |
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1994- |
1997 |
Senior Research Fellow (UGC-CSIR NET) |
Department of Biochemistry, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, India |
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1993- |
1994 |
Junior Research Fellow (UGC-CSIR NET) |
Department of Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India |
Dean, Research and Development, Tezpur University, April 2016-till date
Chairman, Animal Ethical Committee, Tezpur University, April 2016-till date
Vice-Chairman, Ethical Committee, Tezpur University, April 2016-till date
Chairman, Biosafety Committee, Tezpur University, April 2016-till date
Member, Examination Committee, Tezpur University, 2016-2019.
Member, Grievance Redressal Committee, Tezpur University, 2016-till date
Member, T & PC Committee, Tezpur University, 2016-till date
Member, T & PC Committee, Dept. of MBBT, Tezpur University, 2016-2017
Chairman, Republic and Independence Day celebration committee, Tezpur University, 2015
Member, Inspire Teacher Network, Tezpur University
Head and Coordinator, DBT Nodal Center for Medical Colleges and Biomedical Research Institutes of North-East India (An Establishment of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India), 2009-till date
Head, ONGC-Centre for Petroleum Biotechnology, Tezpur University, 2008-2011; 2014-2017
Member, Academic Council, Tezpur University, 2008-till date
Member, Research Committee, Tezpur University, 2011-till date
Past Coordinator, UGC-SAP (DRS-I), Dept. of MBBT, Tezpur University, 2009-2014
Ex-Head, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, 2008-2011
Past Member, Expert committee for Development of Vision Document in Healthcares for North Eastern-Region of India, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
Past Member, Expert Committee to Examine New Proposals and Monitor Performance of Ongoing Programmes Supported by DBT under Star College Scheme, Govt. of India (2011-2014)
Ex-Warden, Charaideo Mens' Hostel, Tezpur University, 2007-2009
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Professional Recognition/Honors/Awards/ Academic Achievements |
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1990 |
Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.) cash prize recipient for securing first class first position in B. Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) Examination |
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1991 |
Qualified the UGC-CSIR NET for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for lectureship in Life Sciences in Colleges and Universities of India |
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1992 |
B. H.U. Gold Medal for securing first class first position in M. Sc examination |
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1995 |
Certificate of Honor awarded by the Association of Medical Biochemists of India |
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1995 |
Young Scientist Gold Medal awarded by Zoological Society of India |
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1997 |
Young Scientist Gold Medal awarded by Physiological Society of India |
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1999 |
Young Scientist Award recipient in Medical and Veterinary Sciences section of Indian Science Congress Association |
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2001 |
BOYSCAST Fellowship (2002-2003) from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for advance research and training at USA |
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2007 |
International Travel Award from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India for presenting papers in an International conference at Seville, Spain |
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2008 |
Sectional Chairman, International CME & Conference on Snakes, Venom and Snakebite, Angamaly, Kerala |
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2008 |
Best Research Worker Award of Tezpur University |
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2009 |
Sectional Chairman, 54th Technical Meeting of Assam Science Society, Tezpur University |
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2009 |
Sectional Chairman, International Symposium on Environmental Pollution, Ecology and Human Health, S.V. University, Tirupati |
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2009 |
Co-Chairman, National Symposium on “Recent advances in snake venom research and snakebite therapy: national and International Perspectives”, Tezpur University |
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2010 |
Dr. J. N. Baruah Memorial Science Award, 2010 in Biological Sciences by Assam Science Society, India |
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2010 |
Co-Chairman, National Conference on “Animal, Microbial, and Plant Toxins & Snakebite Management” held at IICB, Kolkata and KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata |
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2010 |
Sectional Committee Member (2011-2012), New Biology section, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata |
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2011 |
DBT-CREST (Cutting Edge Research Enhancement and Scientific Training Award) 2010-11 from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for advance training in the field of proteomics and drug discovery at UNC, USA |
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2011 |
Member, Star College Scheme, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2011-2014) |
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2012 |
Sectional Co-Chairman and Member of the Scientific Organization committee 17th World Congress on Venoms and Toxins organized by International Society on Toxinology, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
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2013 |
Unit of Excellence Award (2013) in NER of India by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India |
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2014 |
Session Co-Chairman, Society of Biological Chemists (India) meeting of NE chapter, February 22, 2014 at North-East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR), Jorhat |
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2014 |
“National Bioscience Award for career Development-2013” by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India |
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2014 |
“Sreenivasaya Memorial Award-2014” for outstanding contribution in Biochemistry and allied sciences by the Society of Biological Chemists (India), held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, December, 2014 |
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2015 |
Cama Memorial Travel Grant for presenting a paper in the 18th World Congress of International Society on Toxinology, Oxford, UK from Society of Biological Chemists (India), Bangalore |
| 2015 |
“International Travel Grant” for presenting a paper in the 18th World Congress of International Society on Toxinology, Oxford, UK awarded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. |
| 2015 |
Sectional Co-Chairman, TSICON 2015, 5th National Conference of Toxinological Society of India, organized by Little Flower Hospital, Cochin. |
| 2015 |
Sectional Chairman, Recent Developments in Medical Biotechnology and Structure Based Drug Designing [RDMBSBDD-2015] organized by IIT, Guwahati. |
| 2016 |
Sectional Committee Member, Medical (including Physiology) Section, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (2016-2017) |
| 2016 |
Chairman, National seminar on “Snake Venom Research and Snakebite Therapy: National and International Perspectives (SnakSymp2016)”, 22 to 24 November, 2016, Tezpur University. |
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2017 |
Sectional Co-Chairman, New Biology Section, 104th Indian Science Congress, S. V. University, Tirupati, 3-7 January, 2017 |
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2017 |
Sectional Committee Member, New Biology Section, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (2017-2018) |
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2018 |
Awarded Doctor of Science (D. Sc.) in Biotechnology by Calcutta University |
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2018 |
“Certificate of Appreciation” by Tezpur University in recognition and appreciation of academic achievements |
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2018 |
Received “Visitor’s Award for Research in Basic and Applied Sceinces-2018” from honorable President of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 2 May, 2018 |
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2018 |
Awarded “Tata Innovation Fellowship (2017-18)” by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India |
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2018 |
Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), United Kingdom |
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Invited Speaker in National and International Conferences/Resource person in Workshops/ training courses |
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1999 |
Invited speaker, Medical and Veterinary Science section of 86th session of Indian Science Congress, Chennai |
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2000 |
Invited speaker, Medical and Veterinary Science section of 87th session of Indian Science Congress, Pune |
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2002 |
Invited speaker, Physiology section of 89th session of Indian Science Congress, Lucknow |
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2003 |
Resource person, Recent Trends in Malaria Research, Organized by Defense Research Laboratory, Tezpur |
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2005 |
Resource person, Short Term Course on Bioelectronics, a refresher course organized by Department of Electronics, School of Engineering, Tezpur University |
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2008 |
Invited speaker, International CME & Conference on Snakes, Venom and Snakebite, Organized by Little Flower Hospital and Research Center, Angamaly, Kerala |
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2008 |
Resource person, Short term training course in Bioinformatics, Organized by the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur |
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2009 |
Invited speaker, New Biology section of 96th session of Indian Science Congress, Shillong |
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2009 |
Invited speaker and Sectional Chairman, International Symposium on Environmental Pollution, Ecology and Human Health, S. V. University, Tirupati |
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2009 |
Invited speaker, 78th annual meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), Pune |
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2009 |
Invited speaker, INSA Platinum Jubilee International Symposium on Research in Molecular Medicine Based on Natural Resources and Traditional Knowledge, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune |
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2009 |
Invited speaker, International Conference on Integrative & Personalized Medicine and 42nd Annual Conference of IPS held at Calcutta Medical College Hospital, Department of Pharmacology, Kolkata |
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2009 |
Invited speaker, National Symposium on “Recent advances in Snake Venom Research and Snakebite Therapy: National and International Perspectives”, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University |
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2010 |
Resource person in DBT, Govt. of India sponsored workshop-“Advance Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology”, at Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
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2010 |
Invited speaker, National conference on “Animal, Microbial, Plant Toxins & Snakebite Management” held at IICB, Kolkata and KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata |
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2010 |
Resource person, INSPIRE programme of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Tezpur University |
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2011 |
Invited speaker, New Biology section of 98th session of Indian Science Congress, held at S.R.M. University Chennai |
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2011 |
Resource person, Short Term Course on "Tools for Bioresource Conservation" organized by Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
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2012 |
Invited speaker and member of the International Scientific Advisory committee, 17th World Congress of International Society of Toxinology and Venom Week 2012, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
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2012 |
Invited speaker and Resource person, National Conference on Recent Developments in Health, Hygeine and Environment, organized by Defense Research Laboratory, Tezpur |
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2012 |
Invited speaker, 2nd National Conference on Toxinological Society of India, Organized by Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Mysore and Karnataka State Open University, Mysore |
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2013 |
Invited speaker, Medical Science Section of 100th session of Indian Science Congress held at Calcutta University, Kolkata |
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2013 |
Resource person, Snake bite study - "Protocol Development Workshop" organized by Christian Medical College, Vellore |
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2013 |
Invited speaker, UGC-SAP National Seminar on Recent Advances in Microbial Biotechnology and Molecular Evolution, Tezpur University |
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2013 |
Resource person and Chief guest, Training Programme on Biomedical Waste Management, Pollution Control Board, held at Tezpur |
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2013 |
Resource person, INSPIRE programme of DST, Govt. of India, Tezpur University |
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2014 |
Invited speaker, SBC (I) meeting of NE chapter, NEIST, Jorhat |
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2014 |
Invited speaker and Sectional chairperson, National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Biotechnological Research in NE India: Challenges and Prospects”, Tezpur University, Tezpur |
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2014 |
Resource person and Organizing secretary, workshop on “Molecular Biological and Analytical Techniques in Petroleum Biotechnology”, ONGC-Center for Petroleum Biotechnology, Tezpur University |
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2014 |
Invited speaker, 83rd Annual meeting of SBC (I) KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa |
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2015 |
Resource person, Workshop on Research Methodology, Tezpur Medical College and Hospital, April, 2015 |
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2015 |
Invited speaker, Institute of Advance Studies in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati |
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2015 |
Invited Speaker, 18th World Congress of International Society on Toxinology, Oxford, UK from 25-30 September |
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2015 |
Invited Speaker, TSICON-15, 5th National Conference on Toxinological Society of India, Organized by Little Flower Hospital, Cochin 21-22 November |
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2015 |
Invited Speaker, “Recent Developments in Medical Biotechnology and Structure Based Drug Designing [RDMBSBDD-2015] organized by IIT, Guwahati, 6-7 December |
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2016 |
Invited Speaker, Medical and Physiology Section of 103rd Indian Science Congress, Mysore University, Mysore 3-7 January |
| 2016 |
Chief guest, Hands on training in Molecular Biology organized by Dept. of Pathology, Agartala Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, 15-17 April, 2016 |
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2016 |
Invited Speaker, DBT Biotech Hib, Department of Zoology, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati, 4 November, 2016 |
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2016 |
Invited Speaker, “Recent Advances in Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy: National and International Perspectives” SnakSymp2016, Organized by the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology & Toxinological Society of India, Tezpur University, 22-24 November |
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2017 |
Invited Speaker, New Biology Section of 103rd Indian Science Congress, S. V University, Tirupati, 3-7 January |
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2017 |
Invited speaker, National Seminar on “Petroleum Biotechnology and Bioenergy”, Organized by ONGC-CPBT, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology & Department of Energy, Tezpur University, 3-4 March, 2017 |
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2017 |
Invited speaker, 3rd International Conference on Translational Research: Application in Human Health and Agriculture. Organized by Indian Society of Translational Research, Amity University, Kolkata, 22-25 September, 2017 |
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2017 |
Resource Person, DBT New Delhi sponsored “Stake-holder’s meeting to evolve a comprehensive cancer research programme in NER”, Organized by IIT Guwahati, 26-27 October, 2017 at Guwahati. |
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2017 |
Resource Person, DBT Biotech Hub sponsored Workshop on “Basic Tools and Techniques in Molecular Biology and its Applications”, organized by Department of Biotechnology, Darrang College, Tezpur, 1-3 November, 2017 |
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2017 |
Resource Person, Continuing Education Programme (CEP), Defense Research Laboratory, Solmara, Tezpur, 8 November, 2017 |
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2017 |
Invited Speaker, One day workshop on Translational Research on Natural Products for Therapeutic Uses, IASST, Guwahati, 21 November, 2017 |
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2017 |
Invited Speaker, SnakSymp: National Seminar on Snake Venom Research and Snake-bite Therapy, CCMB, Hyderabad, 30 November-3 December, 2017 |
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2018 |
Invited Speaker, Trends in Biochemical and Biomedical Research: Advances and Challenges, Department of Biochemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 13-15, 2018 |
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2018 |
Invited speaker, National Conference on Drug Discovery from Natural Products and their Traditional Uses, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, March 23-24, 2018 |
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2018 |
Invited Speaker, National Conference on Recent Advances on Applied Biological Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 4-5 May, 2018 |
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2018 |
Invited Speaker and Resource Person, Induction Training for Faculties at Tezpur University, Teaching Learning Center, Tezpur University, 25 June, 2018 |
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Member of the Editorial Board, Reviewer of Journals and Books |
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1. |
Editorial Board Member | Nature Scientific Reports |
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2. |
Editorial Board Member |
American Journal of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Columbia International Publishing (CIP)
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3. |
Senior Associate Editor |
Journal of Venom Research, published from University of Strathclyde, UK |
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4. |
Section Editor |
Handbook on Toxinology, Volume Snake venom, Springer publication |
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Editorial Board member (past) |
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Mumbai |
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1. |
Life member |
Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata. |
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2. |
Life member |
Physiological Society of India, Kolkata |
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3. |
Life member |
Society of Biological Chemists (India), Bangalore |
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4. |
Life member |
National Academy of Sciences (India), Allahabad |
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5. |
Life member |
Association of Microbiologists of India |
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6. |
Life member |
Toxinological Society of India, Kolkata |
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7. |
Annual member |
Assam Science Society, Guwahati |
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8. |
Life member | Proteomics Society of India |
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Past member |
International Society on Toxinology, U. K. |
| 10 | Life member | Indian Society for Translational Research. |