Surojit Das
Vidyasagar University, Tata Medical Center, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
About
Dr. Surojit Das studied Microbiology at the University of Calcutta in India. He earned his PhD from the bacteriology division of the ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (NIRBI), Kolkata, India (formerly, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases). Following that, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Dept of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India. Dr. Das joined as the Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science & Management at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, WB, India in Dec, 2018. He availed the fellowship from the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Okayama University, to attend the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Sakura Exchange Program in Science) in Japan in Sep, 2015. He was awarded the India Biosecurity Fellowship from the U.S. Department of State, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, in 2024. He has been selected as the Future Leaders Mentorship Fellowship (FLMF) mentor from the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) in 2025. He is serving as the member secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Vidyasagar University, following the DBT guidelines. He has completed research projects funded by national funding agencies. He has published more than 35 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is engaged as a member and reviewer of several learned societies, including the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Elsevier, Frontiers, Springer Nature, BioMed Central, and the Microbiology Society. He is the associate editor of the International Journal of Advanced Medicine Sciences and Technology, published by Lattice Science Publication (LSP).
Employment
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Vidyasagar University Assistant Professor2018 - Present
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Tata Medical Center Scientific Officer2017 - 2018
Education
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National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases Ph.D.2011 - 2018
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (23)
- Parallel evolutionary trajectories of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 and ST307 pandemic clones: a systematic review Save
- Colistin susceptibility among Enterobacterales isolates recovered from humans and food-producing animals in West Bengal, India: Molecular epidemiological study of mcr-1 Save
- Two case reports of biliary stent infections by extensively drug-resistant Escherichia coli carrying blaNDM-5 at a tertiary-care hospital in West Bengal, India Save
- Revealing the comprehensive genomic landscapes of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei isolates from cutaneous and soft tissue infections in hospitals of Kolkata and Malda, West Bengal, India Save
- Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli Causing Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Suburban Area in West Bengal, India: Dispersal of Multidrug-Resistant Epidemic ST131 Clone Carrying CTX-M-1 Save
- Evaluation of a novel SYBR Green real-time PCR assay for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex: an accurate and fast molecular tool for public health Save
- Drug-resistant Pantoea agglomerans Causing Bacteremia at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kolkata, India: First Report of Carbapenem Resistance Mediated by OXA-181 Save
- β-lactamase and Plasmid-mediated Quinolone Resistance Determinants Among Proteus spp. Isolates at a Tertiary-care Hospital in Kolkata, India Save
- Situation Report on mcr-Carrying Colistin-Resistant Clones of Enterobacterales: A Global Update Through Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces Save
- Customized molecular diagnostics of bacterial bloodstream infections for carbapenem resistance: A convenient and affordable approach Save