Anthropology Department
M.sc in Anthropology, UGC NET
Date of joining the college: 01-08-2015
Research Interests: Tribal Communities and their development, Health and Nutritional Status of Tribal people, Gut microbiome and its diversity in urban and rural context, Tradition of Bengali Adda and Public Sphere.
Publications:
a) Five Papers of International Publication
1. Sayak Ganguli, Somosree Pal, Kaustav Das, Rajat Banerjee, Subrata Sankar Bagchi. “Gut microbial data set of a foraging tribe from rural West Bengal- insights into unadulterated and transitional microbial abundance”. Data in brief, Elsevier,2019.
2. Kaustav Das, Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Somosree Pal, Sayak Ganguli, Koel Mukherjee. “Use of neck circumference as a predictor to assess undernutrition : a study among the adult Sabar males of West Bengal, India”.Human Biology, 2019.
3. Kaustav Das, Koel Mukherjee, Sayak Ganguli, Somosree Pal, Subrata Sankar Bagchi. “Age related variations in Anthropometry, Body composition and Nutritional status among the Adult Kheria Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India”. Collegium Anthropologicum, 2020.
4. Kaustav Das, Koel Mukherjee, Sayak Ganguli, Somosree Pal, Subrata Sankar Bagchi. “The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India”. International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 2021.
5. Abhishikta Ghosh Roy, Nabanita Goswamy, Mandrima Biswas, Monimekhala Dasgupta, Somosree Pal. Study on the diet and health status of the working population of the Birhor, PVTG of Purulia. Cell & Cellular Life Sciences Journal. 2022. Vol 7, Issue 2. ISSN: 2578-4811.
b) Two papers of National Publication
1. Kaustav Das, Koel Mukherjee, Mahua Chanak, Somosree Pal, Sayak Ganguli, Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Kaushik Bose. “Co-existence of high levels of Undernutrition and Hypertension among Sabar males of Purulia, west Bengal, India : A Paradox”. International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research, 2019.
2. Kaustav Das, Koel Mukherjee, Mahua Chanak, Somosree Pal, Sayak Ganguli, Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Kaushik Bose. “Age Trends in Under-Nutrition among Sabar Males of Purulia, West Bengal, India”. Journal of Human Ecology, 2020.
c) Chapter in a Book
1. Subhoshmita Mondal, Sohini Gupta, Meesha Singh, Somosree Pal, Kaustav Das, Mahashweta Mitra Ghosh, Subrata Bagchi, Sayak Ganguli. 2021. A Pipeline for Assessment of Pathogenic Load in the Environment using Microbiome Analysis. In M.Nath, D.Bhatt, P.Bhargava, D.K.Choudhary (Ed.).
Microbial Metatranscriptomics Belowground (pp. 493-510). Springer Verlag, Singapore. ISBN : 978-981-15-9757-2
Seminars Presented:
1. Presented a seminar at 104th Indian Science Congress, S.V.University, Tirupati dated 3rd to 7th January, 2017. Seminar Topic : “Adda : A Public Culture in Kolkata”.
2. Presented a seminar at APC College : International Seminar on Recent Trends in Science towards Sustainable Development, dated 7th Aug, 2018; Seminar Topic : “A phylum level profiling of urban gut microbiome”.
3. Presented a seminar at The Biome Computational Biology for Mankind : Seminar on a segment entitled ‘Nubile Minds’ of 4th Summer School in Computational Biology, dated 18th to 24th August, 2018; Seminar Topic : “Exploring the Gut Microbiome of Tribal Population of West Bengal”.
4. Presented a seminar at Vijaygarh Jyotish Roy College : National Seminar on Microbes in Our Life, dated 7th May, 2019;Seminar Topic: “Profiling of urban gut microbiomes for understanding the effect of diet”.
5. Presented poster at St. Xavier’s College : National Seminar Frontiers in Biological Science (FIBS), Chapter III, dated 21st & 22nd September, 2019; Topic : “ Profiling of tribal gut microbiome : Bhutias of Lepchakha”; and awarded with 3rd Position.
6. Participated at International Symposium on Environment and Climate Crises organised by Department of Environmental Studies, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in collaboration with The Blue Patch and The Biome dated 20th December, 2019.
Awards/ Achievements:
1. Dr. Kamal Krishna Raha Book Prize for securing Highest Marks in Anthropology Honours in the B.Sc Examination, 2011 under University of Calcutta.
2. Gold Medalist for securing Highest marks in Anthropology Honours in the M.Sc Examination, 2013 under the University of Calcutta.
3. Awarded 3rd Position in Poster Presentation at at St. Xavier’s College : National Seminar Frontiers in Biological Science (FIBS), Chapter III, dated 21st & 22nd September, 2019.
Seminars and Webinars Attended:
1. Attended the Webinar on ‘Towards A Pandemic Shift in Ethnography Amidst the Pandemic’, jointly organised by the Department of Anthropology and the IQAC, New Alipore College, dated 6th July, 2020, presented by Dr. Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Chair Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta.
2. Attended the National Webinar on ‘Gender and Dance’, organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Narasinha Dutt College, dated 24th July, 2020, presented by Dr. Urmimala Sarkar Munshi, Asst. Prof., School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
3. Attended the State Level Webinar on ‘Oral Traditions in the Eastern Himalayas’, organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Narasinha Dutt College, dated 27th July, 2020, presented by Prof. Shradhanjali Tamang, Asst. Prof., Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.