Laboratory of Peptide & Amyloid Research
Prof. Bhubaneswar Mandal
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati, Assam, India, 781039
Contact:
Phone : +91 361 258 2319 (Office)
+91 361 258 4319 (Residence)
+91 995 717 1511 (Mobile)
Fax : +91 361 258 2349
E-mail: bmandal@iitg.ac.in
Professional Experience:
Aug 2019-Present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati.
Feb 2015-Aug 2019: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati.
Nov 2018-Jan 2019: Visiting Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM), Leeds University, UK.
Apr 2008- Feb 2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati.
Academic Details
2007-2008: Marie Curie Fellow, in the group of Prof. Herbert Waldmann and Prof. Hans-Dieter Arndt, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
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2002-2006: Doctoral studies in the group of Prof. Manfred Mutter, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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2000-2001: DES (Post-graduate Diploma), University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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1995-1997: M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.
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1992-1995: B.Sc. with honors in Chemistry, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.
Awards, Honours and Recognition
15. Overseas Associateship by DBT, Govt. of India, which allowed me to pursue part of my research in the Leeds University, UK, on type II diabetes management from 1st November 2018 to 31st January 2019
14. RASTRIYA GOURAV AWARD - 2017 conferred by the India International Friendship Society, received from Sri Bhishma Narain Singh, the Former Governor of Tamilnadu and Assam on 27th May 2017, in New Delhi.
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13. THE CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE for Outstanding Scientific Achievements, by IBC on 26th August, 2016.
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12. Industrial Green Chemistry World Award (IGCW - 2015) conferred by Dr. David Constable, Director, American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Round Table and Dr. John Warner, who is regarded as the Father of Green Chemistry, from the Industrial Green Chemistry Foundation on 4th Nov, 2015.
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11. Outstanding Faculty Award (VIFFA-2015) conferred by the Venus International Foundation, 5th July, 2015.
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10. DAE-Young Scientist Research Award 2008-2009, BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India.
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9. Marie-Curie fellowship for postdoctoral research, European commission, research and training network FP6, 2007.
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8. Fellowship for Ph.D. studies, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2002.
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7. Served as invited expert for setting research priorities against dementia by the World Health Organization, 2014.
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6. Selected for participation in the Nature Chemical Biology Reader Panel, 2010.
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5. Served as the invited expert for evaluating several multinational and national research project proposals and their progress.
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4. Invited reviewer for several articles in peer reviewed journals, e.g. PLOS ONE, Int J Pept Res Ther, RSC Adv, Org Bio Mol Chem, Org Lett, etc.
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3. Biography published in the 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2013. (VIP no. 36509520).
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2. Qualified GATE
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1. Received merit scholarship from class VIII to M.Sc.
Affiliations
Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, London. (Membership no. 516090)
Life member, Indian Peptide Society
Member, American Peptide Society, (Member ID #: 3290)
Member, European Peptide Society
Life member, Chemical Research Society of India
Courses taught
11. MC-511 Spectroscopic analysis (sharing) NIPER Guwahati, 2019
10. CH 427 Medicinal Chemistry. B. Tech. (CST) VII, 2015, 2017, 2019,
9. CH-617 Supramolecules: Concept and Application. (M.Sc.), 2018-2019.
8. CH-428 Drug Design & Development, B. Tech. (CST) VIII, 2011-2015, 2020
7. CH-223 Organic chemistry lab, B. Tech. (CST) III, Jan-May, 2012.
6. CH-623 Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules, Ph. D. elective, July-Dec, 2010.
5. CH-002 Pre-B.Tech. Jan-May, 2009, 2010 & 2013.
4. CH-425 Organic chemistry Lab, M.Sc. II & B. Tech. (CST) VIII, Jan-May, 2009.
3. CH-521 Modern techniques in Chemical Biology, B Tech (CST) VII, July
2. Dec, 2008 & M.Sc. III July-Dec, 2008-2011.
1. CH-110 Organic chemistry lab, B. Tech. (CST) I, July-Dec, 2008-11.
Conferences / Seminar
18. Served as a resource person in the refresher course conducted by the North Bengal University, Siliguri, on 28th-29th August, 2019
18. Served as a resource person in the refresher course conducted by the North Bengal University, Siliguri, on 28th-29th August, 2019
16. Invited lecture in the Conference on the Supramolecular Chemistry in Biology and Functional Materials, in IISER, Kolkata on 29th and 30th March, 2018
15. Plenary Lecture in the National Seminar on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (NSFCS-2018), Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, (TDB College), Raniganj, West Bengal, 5-6 April 2018.
14. Frontier in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2016), 8th-10th December 2016, IIT Guwahati
13. Invited Lecture in 402nd OMICS International Conference, Pharmaceutical Summit and Expo, Oct 08-10, 2015, New Delhi, India
12. 5th Indian Peptide Symposium, (IPS 5), 24th-25th September, 2015, JNCASR, Bangalore
11. 13th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-13), 14th-18th December, 2014, IISc, Bangalore. (Invited lecture in Chemistry of Living Systems Section, CLS-IL-4).
10. Frontier in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2014), 4th-6th December, 2014, IIT Guwahati, India, (Invited lecture and session chair).
10. Frontier in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2014), 4th-6th December, 2014, IIT Guwahati, India, (Invited lecture and session chair).
8. 4th Indian Peptide Symposium, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 21-22 February, 2013.
7. Young Scientist Research Awardee’s Meet, Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, November 26-28, 2012.
7. Young Scientist Research Awardee’s Meet, Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, November 26-28, 2012.
5. Seminar on Computer-Aided Drug Design, Nanotechnology Centre, IIT Guwahati, 18th May, 2009.
4. Delegation of the European commission to India, Grand Oberoi Hotel, Kolkata, on 8th July 2008.
3. Endocyte Plenary kick-off Meeting, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Split, Croatia, 11-13 May 2007.
2. Fall Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society, Zurich, Switzerland, October 2004.
1. 3rd International and 28th European Peptide Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2004.
Awards in mentorship
6. Ms. Sujan Kalita received the Best Poster Award, in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Science (ETCS -2020). February 13-15, 2020, organized by the Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, India.
5. Mr. Srinivasa Rao Manne received the Best Poster Award, in International Conference on Sophisticated Instruments in Modern Research (ICSIMR-2017), 30th June to 1st july, 2017, organized by the Central Instruments Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
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4. Mr. Ashim Paul received The Talent Search Contest on Innovative Research Ideas Leading to Enterpreneural Venture in Biotechnology and Allied Areas on 21st Nov - 2015.
3. Miss Sujan kalita received Rs. 10,000/- for being the finalist of the Samsung Innovation Award 2015 held on Oct 27, 2015 at IIT Guwahati.
2. Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Nadimpally got selected for CSIR-Nehru postdoctoral fellowship.
1. Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Nadimpally received the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards / Appreciations 2014.