Nilanjana Banerjee
Dr, Research Scientist, Manovikas Kendra, Kolkat
Location: India
Consulting Services
Areas Of Interest
Professional Narrative
I am a Molecular Biology Professional working with human subjects for more than 15 years. My area includes environmental toxicology and carcinogenesis. Presently I am working on neurodevelopmental disorders in children ( mainly autism). My work also involves, active bench work, manuscript preperation and publication, grant submission and training manpower. I have more than 25 international Publications and about 15 conference presentations. I have been awarded with few national grants from India, to carry out my research work. More over I review papers submitted to international Journals like Respiratory medicine, Toxicology Reports and Scientific Reports. I have been the organising committeee member of the 19 th All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics at CSIR-IICB, Kolkata , India in 2019.
Employment
Education
Referees
David Polya, Professor, Environmental Geochemistry, University of Manchester M139PL.
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Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Department of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
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Publications
Grants,Awards and Certifications
Grants :
National level Projects awarded
- DST Woman Scientist (Department of Science and Technology, India) in June 2014 for 3 years. Successfully Completed with International publications.
- ICMR Ad hoc project entitled “A pilot study for identifying the role of chloride transporters and GABA receptors in Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Indo Caucasoid population of West Bengal” from 2021 for a period of 3 years.
Awards & Prizes :
Ø First class first, Gold Medalist in MTech at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2005.
Ø First Class Second in MSc at Calcutta University, Kolkata, India in 2002.
Ø Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), in Life Sciences, conducted by
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2005
Ø Qualified for National Eligibility Test lecturership (NET-LS) of Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR, Govt. of India) in 2005.
Ø Qualified for Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) of Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR, Govt. of India) in 2006.
Ø Qualified for Research Associateship (RA) of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR, Govt. of India) in 2011.
Ø Awarded DS Kothari PDF in August 2017 for 3 years
