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Dr. Surojit Sen Asstt. Professor, Mariani  College

Post: Mariani.Dist: Jorhat. Assam. PIN: 785634

Contact # +91 3771 242054 (R), +919435094183 (M)

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# Nationality :Indian

# Religion : Hinduism

# Caste   : General

# Marital Status   : Married

# Sex:  Male   #  Date of Birth : 12-09-1971

 Educational Qualification

• PhD (Bioinformatics) 2019 Dibrugarh University
• MBA Dibrugarh University 2009 Finance as Special Paper.
• M.Sc.(Life Sciences) Dibrugarh University 1997 Biochemistry as Special Paper.

 Teaching experience:

Working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology, Mariani College since 23^rd, January 1999.

Guest Faculty:

• Guest Lecturer in Kakojan College, Kakojan, Jorhat, Assam in the year 2015.
• Guest Lecturer in Debraj Roy College, Golaghat, Assam in the year 2016.

Research Experience:

Ph.D under the guidance of Dr. R.N.S. Yadav, Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.

Title of Ph.D research: “Characterization of SSR markers in euphorbiaceae family using bioinformatics tools”.

Competitive Exams: Cleared SLET (SET) for NE Region for Lecturership, September 2012, Certificate No. SLET/CERT/10^th/Sept/2012. Roll No. 1202320653

 Laboratory Work Proficiency:

• Recombinant DNA technology - DNA manipulation and cloning, DNA extraction and quantification, PCR analysis, DNA sequencing, cDNA synthesis, preparation and screening of genomic libraries, and other routine molecular biological techniques.
• RNA analysis - RNA extraction and quantification, Northern blot analysis.
• Protein analysis - Recombinant protein expression in bacteria and yeast, protein purification and characterization, enzyme/Bio-assays and Western blot analysis.

Field of Research Interest:

Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, Biological data mining.

Membership

Life Member of Indian Science Congress (L13902).

Computer Proficiency:

# Windows, Linux

# Graphics Software (Photoshop, CorelDraw)

# Office Software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)

# Language: C Language, HTML, Perl, R

Publications

Research Article:

            1. Sen S, Rathi S, Sahu J, Mandal S C, Ray S, Slama P, Roychoudhury  S.(2023). In Silico Mining and Characterization of High-Quality SNP/Indels in Some Agro-

                Economically Important Species Belonging to the Family Euphorbiaceae. Genes. 14, 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14020332

            2. Dutta A, Baruah A R, Gogoi B, Baruah A M, Sen S and Rathi S. (Nov 2022). Variations in Oxidative and Antioxidant Responses of Rice Plant to Arsenic       

               Contaminated  Areas of Assam. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 12(12): 96-101. doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121443. 

           3. Das S, Guha P, Nath  M, Das S,  Sen S,  Sahu  J,  Kopanska M,  Dutta  S,  Jamal Q M S, Kesari K K,  Sengupta P, Slama P and Roychoudhury S (2022) A Comparative                  Cross-Platform Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarker Genes for Evaluation of Teratozoospermia and Azoospermia. Genes 13, 1721 https://doi.org/10.3390/

                genes13101721.

           4. Manne H K, Dutta M, Sen R, Baishya S, Purkayastha M D, Baruah A R, Sen S, Paswan R & Rathi S. (2022). Nutritional, antinutritional and in vitro digestibility of     

          sprouted mung beans. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 53(7): 9113-9121.

          5. Longhvah T, Mangthya K, Subhash K, Sen S, and Rathi S. (2021). Comprehensive nutritional evaluation of popular rice varieties of Assam, Northeast India. Journal 

              of Food Composition and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103952.

         6. Kumar M H, Vaishnavi K, Sen S, and Rathi S. (2021). Effect of sprouting on the Physico-Chemical Properties of Mung Bean Seeds. International Journal of 

              Environment and Climate Change. 11(3): 108-114. DOI: 10.9734/IJECC/2021/v11i330381.

         7. Sen S, Dehury B, Sahu J, Rathi S and Yadav R N S. (Aug 2018). Mining and comparative survey of EST–SSR markers among members of Euphorbiaceae     

             family.  Molecular Biology Reports,45(4): 453-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4181-0

          8. Sen S, Dehury B, Sahu J, Rathi S and Yadav R N S. (2017). In silico mining and characterization of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) from Euphorbia esula expressed

               sequence tags (ESTs): A potential crop for biofuel. Plant Omics, 10(2): 53-63.

          9. Barman H and Sen S. (2011). Misinformation on the web: A review. The NEF Journal of Commerce and Management. 1(1): 9-18.

Book Chapter

1. Baishya S, Sen S and Rathi S. (2016) Biochemistry of Seed Germination. In: Advances in Seed Science and Technology. Edited by: Dr. P. S. Shukla and Dr. Birendra Prasad. Published by: Biotech Books, New Delhi. ISBN:978-81-7622-352-2
2. Rathi S, Baruah A R, Sen S and Baishya S. (2018) Principles and Practices of Mapping QTLs in Plants. In: Plant Biotechnology, Principles, Techniques, and Applications, Volume 1. Edited by: Bishun Deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Prasant Kumar, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui. Published by:  Apple Academic Press, USA. ISBN: 9781771885805
3. Sen S and Rathi S (2020) Mapping of resistance genes. In: Host-pathogen Interaction: A molecular approach. Edited by: Sangita sahni and Bishun Deo Prasad. Published by: Today and tomorrow’s Printers and publishers, New Delhi. ISBN: 10: 81-7019-695-X, 13: 9788170196952 pp. 117-127.
4. Sen S and Rathi S. (2020) Pyramiding and cloning of R genes. In: Host-pathogen Interaction: A molecular approach. Edited by: Sangita sahni and Bishun Deo Prasad. Published by: Today and tomorrow’s Printers and publishers, New Delhi. ISBN: 10: 81-7019-695-X, 13: 9788170196952 pp. 127-136.
5. Rathi S and Sen S. (2020) Marker-aided selection. In Host-pathogen Interaction: A molecular approach. Edited by: Sangita sahni and Bishun Deo Prasad. Published by: Today and tomorrow’s Printers and publishers, New Delhi. ISBN: 10: 81-7019-695-X, 13: 9788170196952 pp. 165-174.
6. Sen S and Rathi S. (2022). Bioinformatics Approaches to Improve and Enhance the Understanding of Plant-Microbe Interaction: A Review. In: Plant-Microbe Interactions: Harnessing Next Generation Molecular Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture. Editors: Jagajjit Sahu, Anukool Vaishnav, Harikesh Bahadur Singh. Published by:  CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, London, New York. pp: 101-112. ISBN 9780367774424 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367774448 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003171416 (ebook). DOI: 10.1201/ 978100.
7. Sangita Sahni, Bishun deo Prasad, Sunayana Rathi, Surojit Sen, Tushar Ranjan, Anand Kumar, Santosh Kumar and Tribhuwan Kumar. (2023). Biotechnological approaches in crop disease management . In: New frontiers In plant disease management: A molecular approach. Editors: Bishun deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Sunayana Rathi. Published by:  A K INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION 39/4-A, Rajinder Nagar, PO Babyal Ambala Cantt - 133001 (Haryana) pp: 1-10. ISBN 978-81-958899-1-4.
8. Meghna Choudhury, Surbhi Sahewalla, Sunayana Rathi, Surojit Sen*, Sangita Sahni and Bishun deo Prasad. (2023). Disease Resistance: Biochemical Mechanisms. In: New frontiers In plant disease management: A molecular approach. Editors: Bishun deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Sunayana Rathi. Published by:  A K INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION 39/4-A, Rajinder Nagar, PO Babyal Ambala Cantt - 133001 (Haryana) pp: 13-26. ISBN 978-81-958899-1-4.
9. Deena lyrisha Aranha, Bandana Choudhury, Sunayana Rathi, Surojit Sen*, Sangita Sahni and Bishun deo Prasad. (2023). Plant Disease Resilience through Molecular Genetics. In: New frontiers In plant disease management: A molecular approach. Editors: Bishun deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Sunayana Rathi. Published by: A K INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION 39/4-A, Rajinder Nagar, PO Babyal Ambala Cantt - 133001 (Haryana) pp: 47-63. ISBN 978-81-958899-1-4.
10. Bandana Choudhury, Deena lyrisha Aranha, Surojit Sen, Sunayana Rathi*, Sangita Sahni and Bishun deo Prasad. (2023). Improved Disease Resilience in Crops through Genetic Modification. In: New frontiers In plant disease management: A molecular approach. Editors: Bishun deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Sunayana Rathi. Published by:  A K INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION 39/4-A, Rajinder Nagar, PO Babyal Ambala Cantt - 133001 (Haryana) pp: 197-210. ISBN 978-81-958899-1-4.
11. Surbhi Sahewalla, Meghna Choudhury, Surojit Sen, Sunayana Rathi*, Sangita Sahni and Bishun deo Prasad. (2023). Engineering Plants with Disease Resilience. In: New frontiers in plant disease management: A molecular approach. Editors: Bishun deo Prasad, Sangita Sahni, Sunayana Rathi. Published by: A K INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION 39/4-A, Rajinder Nagar, PO Babyal Ambala Cantt - 133001 (Haryana) pp: 215-236. ISBN 978-81-958899-1-4.
12.  Abstract entitled “Assam’s Dolichos bean seed’s nutritional and antinutritional makeup.” Authors: Vaishnavi G Wuike, Meghna Choudhury, Bandana Choudhury, Surojit Sen and Sunayana Rathi, published in National Conference on Current Trends in Biological Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health under Climate Change & XV Convention of the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists held at University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh from 23-25 November, 2023. Page no.-74, Abstract no.- 7.

Seminars and Workshops Attended

• Attended a workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture & Life Science” held at AAU, Jorhat on 25^th April, 2008.
• Participated in the 96^th Indian Science Congress held on January 3-7, 2009 at NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya.
• Attended a training-cum-awareness program on “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer’s Rights” held at AAU, Jorhat on 25^th March, 2009.
• Participated in the National Seminar on “Biotechnology Research in Sustainable Development” held at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam from February 27-28, 2012.
• Participated in the DBT Sponsored Workshop on “Molecular Techniques in Biological Research” held at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam from March7-9, 2013.
• Participated in the DBT Sponsored Workshop III on “Biotechnology to nanotechnology for improvement in Agriculture” held at DBT AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam from February 6-9, 2013.
• Delivered a lecture on “Sequence Alignment” as invited speaker and participated in the hands-on training on “Insilico tools and techniques in Bioinformatics” in the National Workshop sponsored by UGC, held at Govt. Kamla Raja Girls Post Graduate (Autonomous) College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, from August 25-30, 2014.
• Attended ICAR sponsored Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in "Functional Genomics and Proteomics- Techniques and Tools for Crop Improvement" held at IARI, New Delhi from 12^th November to 2^nd December, 2014.
• Participated in the DBT sponsored Workshop VI on “Bioinformatics for gene discovery” held at DBT AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam from February 16-20, 2015.
• Attended DBT sponsored training course on “Gene cloning, Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology & Bioinformatics” held at Tata Memorial Centre, ACTREC, Navi Mumbai from July 13-24, 2015.
• Attended Winter School on “Soft computing methodologies in Bioinformatics” held at Department of Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam from December 4-8, 2015.
• Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Orientation Programme held at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India from 8^th Feb, 2016 to 6^th March, 2016 and obtained grade ‘A’.
• Delivered a lecture on “Climate Proofing through genetic engineering” as invited speaker in ICAR sponsored Winter School on “Abiotic and Heavy Metal Stress Management in Crop through Physiological, Phytoremediation and Proximate sensing approaches”, held at Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, from September 2-22, 2016.
• Delivered a lecture on “Role of plant heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones in the heat stress response” as invited speaker in ICAR sponsored Winter School on “Abiotic and Heavy Metal Stress Management in Crop through Physiological, Phytoremediation and Proximate sensing approaches”, held at Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, from September 2-22, 2016.
• Delivered a lecture on “Climate Proofing through Genomics and Biotechnology and gene discovery for tolerance to heat stresses, engineering stress tolerance” as invited speaker in ICAR sponsored Winter School on “Abiotic Stress: Advances, impact and prospects”, held at Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, from February 6-26, 2019.
• Delivered an oral presentation on “Quality parameters in higher education” in the National Seminar on Teaching, Learning & Evaluation sponsored by NAAC, Bangalore and organized by IQAC Mariani College, Mariani-785634, Assam, held from February 27-28, 2019
• Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course in Zoology held at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India from 18^th March, 2019 to 7^th April, 2019 and obtained grade ‘A’.
• Participated in BTISNET training on "Computational Approaches for Understanding Biomolecular Interactions" held at College of Veterinary Science, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati, 781022, Assam, India from February 17-20, 2020.
• Participated in National Webinar on "Fish Diversity of NE India: Its opportunity & Challenges " organized by Zoological Society of Assam, conducted on 10^th july 2020.
• Participated in DBT sponsored International Webinar series on "Twards Outcome- Based Agri-Biotech Education & Research: A Roadmap " conducted by DBT- NECAB, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Assam during June 2020.
• Participated in International Webinar on "Role of Biotechnology and bioinformatics during the era of COVID-19 " organized by Hans raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya jalandhar(Punjab) India, conducted on 7^th july 2020.
• Participated in International Webinar on " COVID-19, The Facts and Findings" organized by Department of Chemistry Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University Purlia India, conducted on 8^th june 2020.
• Participated in National Webinar on " Arsenic mitigation: a Nexus Approach" organized by Bihar Agricultural University Sabour, Bhagalpur India, conducted on 29^th May 2020.
• Participated in International Webinar on "The response of the DBT’s autonomous institutes to COVID-19, Part II" organized by Department of Biotechnology, Govt.of India. New Delhi, conducted on 10^th September 2020.
• Participated in 5 day e-Workshop on "Applied Statistics Using R Programming" organized by Research Smiths, conducted from 5^th Dec 2020 to 9^th Dec 2020.
• Participated in 10 days virtual workshop entitled "Application of bioinformatics tools in Agricultural Research" held during 20^th- 30^th September 2021 under Niche Area of Excellence Programme organized by Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar in collaboration with ICAR- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (ICAR-IASRI) New Delhi India.
• Participated in 3 days International Conference on "Biotechnological Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (BICRA-2022)" held during 7^th - 9^th January 2022 and delivered an oral presentation entitled “Mining and characterization of high quality SNP/Indels in Euphorbiaceae” organized by department of Agricultural Biotechnology & Molecular Biology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur-848125, Bihar, India.
• Presented a lead paper entitled “Plant Disease Management through Gene Pyramiding” in 3 days International Conference on "Biotechnological Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (BICRA-2022)" held during 7^th - 9^th January 2022 organized by Department of Agricultural Biotechnology & Molecular Biology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur-848125, Bihar, India.

• Acted as Rapporteurs in 3 days International Conference on "Biotechnological Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (BICRA-2022)" held during 7^th - 9^th January 2022 organized by Department of Agricultural Biotechnology & Molecular Biology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur-848125, Bihar, India.

• Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course in Biomedical held at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India from 16^th February, 2022 to 1^st March, 2022 and obtained grade ‘A’.
• Delivered a lecture on “Effect of pesticides on soil, water, birds, honey bees and other natural enemies of insect pests” as invited speaker in NAHEP sponsored short training on “Skill in Handling and Management of Agrochemicals and their impact on health and Environment after 75 years of Independence”, organized by Department of Entomology in collaboration with Department of Biochemistry & Agricultural Chemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, from February 8^th to 19^th, 2022.
• Attended Government Officials Training Program on “Cloud Computing” under “ Future Skills PRIME” programme organized by NIELIT Guwahati, held from 14^th March 2022, to 24^th March 2022.
• Participated in the online faculty Development Programme on “Higher education in 21^st Century organized by E & ICT Academy IIT Guwahati held from 13^th -19^th june 2022 in association with Mariani College and support from Skillgym Ltd. and obtained grade ‘B’.
• Acted as a Coordinator in the online faculty Development Programme on “Higher education in 21^st Century organized by E & ICT Academy IIT Guwahati held from 13^th -19^th june 2022 in association with Mariani College and support from Skillgym Ltd.
• Participated in a Training Course on “Machine learning using Python” organized by NIELIT Lucknow, held from 1^st november 2022, to 5^th January 2023 and obtained Grade ‘S’.
• Participated in a Two day training for Mentors of Standards Clubs organized by Bureau of Indian Standards, Guwahati held on 16^th and 17^th February 2023.