Vijaygarh jyotish ray college

Affiliated Under University of Calcutta. Registered under 2f & 12B of UGC Act Under Graduate with Post Graduate Courses, Re-Accredited by NAAC (3rd Cycle) (Grade - A); Funded by RUSA; DBT-BOOST, Ranked in NIRF, AISHE

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About Me

Profile of Dr. Shilajit Barua, Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College Kolkata

Dr. Shilajit Barua, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, Kolkata, had research and teaching experience in Microbiology in general and Microbial Ecology in particular for about 15 years. He had carried out his Ph.D. in Agricultural Microbiology. He had published his findings in several peer-reviewed journals like the Indian Journal of Microbiology, Microbiological Research, Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, etc. His teaching arena includes virology, environmental microbiology, antimicrobials and chemotherapy, and industrial microbiology. Dr. Barua had completed three research projects funded by UGC, SERB, and UGC-DAE CSR. His current research interest includes heavy metal absorbing biofilm, community genomics of arsenic transforming populations in aquifers, and other aspects of applied microbiology. He had published eight (8) chapters in internationally and nationally published books and 16 publications in national and international journals. Currently, 5 research scholars are carrying out research work under the supervision of Dr. Barua, one of them has been already registered for PhD at University of Calcutta and further two of them (one being CSIR-JRF) qualified RET conducted by Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta and are about to get registered.  Till date 16 post graduate students had completed their summer internship projects under the guidance of Dr. Barua.

Professional Details

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Microbiology

Institution: Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, 8/2, Bejoygarh, Jadavpur, Kolkata: 700032

 

Additional Responsibilities: Associate NCC Officer

     Co-Ordinator, VJRC, Research and Guidance Cell, 

     Assistant Placement Officer, VJRC, Placement Cell.

Personal Details

Father’s Name: Sri Shibendu Barua 

Date of birth: 26th January 1982

Nationality: Indian

Religion: Buddhism

Category: Schedule Tribe

Hobby: Working in Computer, Music 

Language Known: English, Hindi, Bengali

Residential Address:

Present - 32/1, Aswini Dutta Road Ward 6 (10), New Barrackpore Kolkata 700131

Permanent - 3/1, Sabarna Para Road Barisha. Kolkata-700008 West Bengal, India

Mobile No: +91-9432166493

 

Email : shilajitj82@gmail.com; shilajit_barua@vjrc.ac.in

Education

Year

Institution

Board / University

Marks

1998
(10th )

Vivekananda Mission
School
(Joka)

Council For The Indian
School Certificate
Examination

80%
Science Group

 

Vivekananda Mission

Council For The Indian

 

2000

School

School Certificate

66.4%

(10+2)

(Joka)

Examination

 

 

Acharya Prafulla

 

57.5% in

2002-2003

Chandra College

University Of Calcutta

Microbiology

(B.Sc)

(New Barrackpore)

 

(Honours)

 

 

 

59%

2003-2005

University Of Calcutta

University Of Calcutta

(M.Sc

(M.Sc)

 

 

Microbiology)

2006- 2013

Department of

University Of Calcutta

Awarded

(Ph.D)

Microbiology