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Dr. Anjan Sengupta

Designation: Associate Professor & Head
Qualification: M.Sc. (University of Kalyani, 1984), Ph.D. (BCKV, 1990)
Email: dranjansengupta@gmail.com / anjansengupta112@gmail.com
Specialization: Microbiology
Syllabus Taught:
Semester Hons. Programme
Sem-I
  • CC-T-01 (Biomolecules & Cell Biology) : Bioenergetics, Enzymes, The Cell
  • CC-T-02 (Plant Morphology &Anatomy) : Morphology of leaves, Morphology of in florescence, Morphology of flower, Morphology of fruits and seeds, Adaptive & Protective systems.
  • CC-P-02 (Practical)
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Sem-II
  • CC-T-03 (Diversity of Microbes & Algae) : Viruses, Xanthophyta and phaeophyta
  • CC-T-04 (Diversity of Fungi & PlantPathology) : Chytridiomycota & Zygomycota, Basidiomycota.
  • CC-P-03 (Practical)
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Sem-III
  • CC-T-06 (Diversity of Gymnosperms and Palaeobotany) : Progymnosperms and General account of Gymnosperms; Classification of Gymnosperms; Type studies of Gymnosperms.
  • CC-P-06 (Practical) : Gymnosperms & Palaeobotany.
  • CC-T-07 : Pollination and Fertilization.
  • SEC-T-01 (Biofertilizers): Unit- 1,2,4
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Sem-IV
  • CC-T-08 (Taxonomy of Angiosperms & Plant Systematics) : Diagnostic features, Systematic position, economically important plants.
  • CC-T-09 (Plant Ecology & Phytogeography) : Introduction, Soil, Water; Light, temperature, wind and fire, Biotic interactions, Ecosystem, Phytogeography.
  • CC-P-09 (Practical)
  • SEC-T-02 (Mushroom Culture) : Unit 1, 3 and 4
  • CC-T-04 (Plant Physiology & Metabolism) : Enzymes
  • SEC-T-02 (Mushroom Culture) : Introduction, Cultivation Technology, Storage& Nutrition.
Sem-V
  • CC-T-11 (Plant Physiology) : Seed Dormancy.
  • CC-T-12 (Plant Metabolism) : Lipid Metabolism, Nitrogen metabolism, Mechanism of Signal transduction.
  • CC-P-12 (Practical).
  • DSE-1 (Industrial and Environmental Microbiology) : Scope of microbes in industry and Environment, Microbial enzymes of Industrial interest and enzyme immobilization, Microbes & quality of environment, Microbes in agriculture & Remediation of contaminated soil.
  • DSE-1 (Practical) and DSE-2 (Practical).
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Sem-VI
  • CC-T-14 (Plant molecular biology & Biotechnology) : Plant tissue culture, Recombinant DNA technology.
  • DSE-T-03 (Coastal Biology) : Floral and faunal diversity, Microbial Ecology of coastal zone soil; Biology of mangroves, Coastal biology: - Process and impact, Food web - Development; Coastal zone agriculture and forestry.
  • DSE-P-04 (Dissertation / Project)
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Research Experience: 30 Years
Research Interest: Soil Microbiology, Soil -Plant -Microbe Interaction, Microbial and Ecology, V A Mycorrhizae
List of Publications:
Research :
  1. A. Sengupta, A. Roy Chowdhury and S. Chaudhuri. Nitrogen enrichment of straw compost associated with growth of Pleurotus mushrooms (2020). Pp 28-34, Life Science Leaflets. ISSN: 0976-1098.
  2. A. Sengupta, A. Roy Chowdhury and S. Chaudhuri. Ecology of Cellulose decomposition by microfungi in rhizosphere of mangrove plant community at the Ganges River estuary in India. International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences. (2018):7(3):17-24.
  3. A. Sengupta, A. Roy Chowdhury, B. Panja. Screening of efficient arbuscular mycorrhizal species for growth improvement of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit at coastal saline soil of West Bengal. Mycorrhiza News. (2018):29(4):2-6.
  4. A. Sengupta, A. Roy Chowdhury, C. Sengupta. Globalization and Peace Education in book entitled ‘Peace Education and Globalization’ (Ed. P. Adhikari and J. Mete), A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.(2018):1-4. ISBN:978-81-7024-818-3.
  5. A.Das and A. Sengupta, A critical study on the import anceofbiodiversity conservation towards availability of medicinal plants. Contemporary Global Environmental Issues and its Sustainable Management. (In Proceedings of the National Conference on Contemporary Global Environmental Issues and its Sustainable Management at Haringhata Mahavidyalaya, Nadia, Ed. D. K. Khan) (2017) : 268-276.
  6. D. Mondal, B.M. Panja, A. Sengupta, J. Saha and S. Chaudhuri. Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of plants grown on Kolkata municipal waste and sewage amendment agriculture soil. Journal of Inter Academicia. (2007):11(4):432-439.
  7. A. Sengupta, B.Panja,S.Chaudhuri. Inter species variation in mycorrhizal efficiency of AM fungus species isolates with respect to three different hosts in three different soils. Mycorrhiza News. (2006): 19:20-21.
  8. P.Roy, A. Sengupta, R.Chakraborty, C.Lahiri and W.Ghosh. Chemotaxis of Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans vis-à-visMineral -Microbe Interaction. Mineral Biotechnology. (In Proceedings of the National Seminar on Mineral Biotechnology, RRL, Bhubaneswar, Eds. L.B. Sukla and V.N. Misra). Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,(2002):43-57.
  9. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Arbuscular mycorrhizal relations of Mangrove plant community at the Ganges River estuary in India. Mycorrhiza. (2002): 12:169-174.
  10. P.M. Bhattacharjee, R. K.Saha, A. Sengupta, J.Saha, T.K. Ghosh and S. Chaudhuri. Use of fly ash in agriculture. The context of heavy metals accumulation in plant biomass. Journal of CAII. (2002): June202:1-10.
  11. P.M. Bhattacharjee, R. Saha, A. Goswami, B. Pradhan, A. Sengupta, J. Saha and S. Chaudhuri. Plant and Microbial Ecology of Coal Ash ponds in relation to ash recycling in Agriculture (in proceedings of the national seminar on Utilization of fly ash in agriculture. C. Ram, R.C. Tripathi, S.K.Jha, N.K. Srivastava and Gulab Singh) (2001):52-60.
  12. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Effect of dual inoculation of Rhizobium and Mycorrhiza on growth responses of Sesbania grandiflora L. in coastal saline sand dune soil. Indian Journal of Forestry. (1995):18(1):35-37.
  13. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Ecology of Microfungi in mangrove sediments at the Ganges River estuary in India. The Indian Forester. (1995):121(9):807-812.
  14. A. Sengupta and S.Chaudhuri. A typical root endophytic fungi of mangrove plant community of Sundarban and their possible significance as mycorrhiza. Journal of Mycopathological Research. (1994):32(1):29-39.
  15. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Studies on the physico -chemical properties of soil of the eco-successional stages of mangrove sediments in the Sundarban. Indian Journal of Botany.(1993):16(3):250-254.
  16. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri (1992). Investigation of soil water salinity of Sundarban by hydrological and physicochemical analysis. Indian Journal of Ecology.89-93.
  17. K.Banerjee and A. Sengupta. Nitrogen fixation by Bacterial-Algal association in some fresh water environments of West Bengal (India). Indian Journal of Microbiology. (1992):32(4):470-484.
  18. A. Sengupta and S.Chaudhuri. Ecology of heterotrophic dinitrogen fixation in the rhizosphere of mangrove plant community at the Ganges River estuary in India. Oecologia. (1991): 87:560-564.
  19. A. Sengupta and S.Chaudhuri. Association of nitrogen fixing bacteria with leaves of Avicennia officinalis L.- A tidal mangrove tree of Sundarban. Indian Journal of Microbiology. (1991):31(3):321-322.
  20. S. Chaudhuri and A. Sengupta. Ecology of phosphate solubilising microorganisms in mangrove sediments of Sundarban. In National Seminar on Conservation & Management of Mangrove Ecosystems with special reference to Sundarbans (1991):(Dec. 6-8, 1991). Organized by B.C.K.V. and Sundarban Biosphere Reserve.
  21. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM) in pioneer salt marsh plants of the Ganges River delta in West Bengal (India). Plant and Soil. (1991):122:111-113.
  22. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Halo tolerant Rhizobium strains from mangrove swamps of the Ganges River delta. Indian Journal of Microbiology .(1990):30(4):483-484.
  23. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Mycorrhizal relations of successional stages of mangrove vegetation at the Ganges River estuary in India. Current trends in Mycorrhizal Research (In proceedings of the National Conference on Mycorrhiza at HAU, Haryana, Eds. B. L. Jalali and H. Chand) (1990):7-9.
  24. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Occurrence of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in Suaeda maritime L.Dumart- Apioneer mangrove of the Chenopodiaceae. Current Science. (1989):58 (24):1372.
  25. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Self-purification of untreated metropolitan waste water of Calcutta under saline ecosystem. Indian Journal of Ecology.(1989):16(1):180-182.
  26. A. Sengupta and S. Chaudhuri. Do separate endophytes also have a mycorrhizal function for plants under stress? Mycorrhiza for Green Asia (Proceedings of the first Asian Conference on mycorrhizae. Eds. A.Mahadevan,N. Raman and K.Natarajan) C A Sin Botany. (1989):169-174.
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Level Paper presented Attended
International 03 --
National 03 10
State -- 08
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