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Name Dr. Gunjan Biswas
Designation Assistant Professor
Department Name BOTANY AND FORESTRY
Office Phone No +91 3222 298-352 / Centrex Extn. 352
Email ID gbiswas@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
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Educational Qualification              
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
Ph.D. (Sc) BotanyUNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA2012
Career Profile / Teaching Experience        
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University since 27 February,2014
Specialization/Research Area
Field of SpecializationResearch Area/ Areas of Interest
Applied Mycology
Profiling of fungi for different pharmacognostic parameters, Evaluation of different nutritional properties
Course/ Subject Taught 
Mycology and Plant Pathology
Publications in Journal / Book / Book Chapter / Magazines / Newspaper
International Publication
TitlePublished inPublished onPublished byRole 
The Effect of pH, Soil, Salinity and Organic Fertilizers on Seed Germination of Mung bean (Vigna Radiata)International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 9(11): 45-502019IJETAE Publishing House  Impact Factor:
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A Comprehensive Review on Food and Medicinal Prospects of Astraeus hygrometricusPharmacog J., 9(6):799-8062017Phcog.Net  Impact Factor:
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of some ethnomedicinal and medicinal plants of Paschim MedinipurAdvanced Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 1(1): 67-782017Midnapore College  Impact Factor:
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Successful Therapy of Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis with Astrakurkurone, a Triterpene Isolated from the Mushroom Astraeus hygrometricus, Involves the Induction of Protective Cell-Mediated Immunity and TLR9Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (5): 2696 – 27082016American Society for Microbiology  Impact Factor:
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Book Published
Title of the BookPublished byPublished onRoleDetails
Biotechnology and NatureKabitika2018Author of a chapter Indexing:
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Herbal Drugs: A Modern Approach To Understand Them BetterNew Central Book Agency2011Author of a chapter Indexing:
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Book Chapter Published
Ph. D. Thesis Guidence
Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar NameThesis TitleCo SupervisorStatusDate
Debashis KuilaEvaluation of efficacy of indigenous and introduced Arbuscular Micorrhizae (AM) with beneficial microbes on crop yield and maintaining sustainability in lateritic soilDr. Somdatta GhoshOngoing 
Bijoy MalAnalysis of food value and free radical scavenging activity of some non-conventional fruits of Lateritic West Bengal Ongoing 

Project Work



Completed Project Works
Project titleWorked asFunding AgencyAmount in Rs.Duration in yearsPeriod
Year to Year
Status
Natural and Bio-resource management in Jangalmahal areas of West BengalCoIUGC40050002 year20152017
Invited Lectures 
TitleOrganized byVenueDate
Pharmacognostic standardisation of a well known edible mushroomFaculty of ScienceVidyasagar University2017
Membership of Learned Society 
International College of Nutrition (ICN) Life Membership No: 2009-15
Association with Professional Bodies
Type of Professional ActivityPeriod
Co convener of the National Seminar on Medicinal Plants 2016, February, 16-17, 20162016 to 2016
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRoleHeld at and Organiser
National seminar on Interdisciplinary approach of Research in Medicinal Plants (IARMP-2019)2019Paper PresenterOrganized by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 12-13, 2019
National Seminar on Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science2018Paper PresenterOrganized by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 29-30, 2018
Short term training course on nanotechnology & related IPR issues entitled “An interdisciplinary approach in characterization and applications of nanostructured materials (IACANM-2018)”2018ParticipantOrganized by the University of Kalyani in association with DST-PURSE programme held at Kalyani. August 1-10, 2018
India International Science Festival 2018 Young Scientists’ Conference2018DelegateOrganized by the Government of India held at Lucknow. October 5-8, 2018
National Symposium on “Natural Resource Management-2017”2017Invited LectureOrganized by the Faculty of Science (UGC Innovative Research Project) Vidyasagar University held at Midnapore. March 15-16, 2017
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Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/WorkshopDateRole in the EventFunding Agency
National seminar on Interdisciplinary approach of Research in Medicinal Plants (IARMP-2019)2019ConvenerUGC and DST
National Seminar on Trends in Contemporary Research in Plant Science2018TreasurerSERB and UGC
National Symposium on “Natural Resource Management-2017”2017Executive MemberUGC
National Seminar on Medicinal Plants (NSMP- 2016)2016ConvenerUGC and DST
Awards
Award NameAwarded ByDate
Professor S. N. Banerjee Gold MedalIndian Mycological Society2007
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