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Dr. Bijayanta Sircar

Also known as: bzoodaa

Government of West Bengal, University of Gour Banga

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1794-0635
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 10 YEARS
RESEARCH PUBLICATION (SUMMARY SINCE 2016):
Number of Publications in International Journal 6
Number of Abstracts in Conference/Symposium 10
Total Number of Publications 14

ACADEMIC DEGREE:
M.Sc. in Zoology, B.Ed., M. Phil. in Zoology, Ph.D. in Science (Zoology)

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS:
1. GYTI Award: Awarded by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI), India (Order No.: BIRAC SRISTI PMU - 2016/0093 dated 4th May 2016).
Principle Investigator of the Project: Dr. Shyamapada Mandal, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Gour Banga, Malda.

2. Best Paper presentation: 3rd position in poster presentation [Title: ‘Mushroom: Medicinal Properties, Biological Activity and Chemistry’] in National Level Seminar on ‘Current Research in Biological and Biomedical Sciences’ 2016, Organized by Department of Zoology, University of Gour Banga, Malda.

3. Best article of the issue: Sircar, B., Mandal, M., Mondal, M.A., Mandal, S., Biosynthesis of Elaeocarpus foribundus Mediated Silver Nanoparticles with Broad Antibacterial Spectrum. Acta Scienti􀃒c Pharmaceut Sci 1(2) (2017), 59-67.

4. Best Oral presenter award: 3rd place award [Title: ‘Microbiome analysis of bacterial diversity and community structure in two different vegetable pickle samples using metagenomic approaches’] in International Conference on Integrated Approaches towards Sustainable Management of Environment for Safe Food, Nutrition and Improved Health, 2021, Organized by Department of Ecological Studies and International Centre for Ecological Engineering & Department of Food and Nutrition University of Kalyani.

5. Bharat Gaurav Puraskar: Awarded by KTK Outstanding Achievers and Education Foundation for Outstanding Achievements and Remarkable Contribution in The Field of Microbiology at New Delhi on 1st May 2022.

6. Best Performer award: Best Performer during the 15-day Virtual Internship program on "MD Simulation for Beginners", organized by NyBerMan Bioinformatics Europe, Paddenstoelenlaan 8, Utrecht 3451 PZ, Netherlands, January 2026.

Research Skills:
• Plant material extraction,
• Exploration of phytochemicals using Biochemical, UV-Vis Spectrophotometric analysis and Chromatography,
• In vitro bioactivity study of phytochemicals and combined chemotherapy,
• Bacteria isolations and identifications from different sources,
• Lectin protein isolation from plant materials using native PAGE and antibacterial activity of lectin protein.
• Statistical data analysis,
• Molecular phylogenetic and Metagenomic data analysis,
• Molecular docking - simulation study and In silico Pharmacophore modeling.


Other Details
Languages:
• Bengali (Mother's tongue),
• English, and
• Hindi.


PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP:
1. Participated as a technical team member in the Hands-on Training Workshop on Microbiological Tools and Techniques held at the Department of Zoology, University of Gour Banga, Malda, March 3-7, 2017.
2. Participated in the DNA Barcoding and Genetic Diversity Hands-on course held at the SN Bose Innovation Center, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India, September 17 – October 1, 2019.

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
1. Editorial Board Member, Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences (ISSN: 2581-5423), Hyderabad, Telangana-500072, India (Editorial board member Biography link: https://actascientific.com/editorial_popup-asps.php?editor_id=2476)

2. Life member: Microbiologist Society, India (MS No. LM-314, Link: http://microbiosociety.org/life-members/)

3. Life member, Asian Biological Research Foundation (ABRF), Prayagraj, India (Membership No. ABRF 200/2020)

4. Life member, BIOinformatics CLUb for Experimenting Scientists (BIOCLUES) Society, Hyderabad, District- Telangana, India,(Membership Id. Bio_LM_2023_012)


Computer Course:
CITA, DITA, and CDTP.

Computer Skills:
MS Office, Corel-Draw, Page-Maker, Adobe Photoshop, KyPlot, MEGA, FinchTV, Sequence Scanner, PyMOL, Discovery Studio, Chimera, Open Babel, Programing languages: VB, R, Python, etc.

Co-curricular Activity:
1. Recently created and developed a Facebook page “Scientific Biological Dogma” (www.facebook.com/sbdogma) single-handedly with the mission to share notes and current research-related news for competitive aspirants of Life Sciences (August 15, 2018 - present).
2. Social Life enlightening Bengali Literature Writing in the form of Poetry, Short stories, etc.

Employment

  • Government of West Bengal District Consultant - PH & CD
    2023 - Present
  • Government of West Bengal District Consultant - PH & CD
    2022 - 2023

Education

  • University of Gour Banga M. Phil
    2015 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (11)