Seemanti Ghosh
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: PhD “A study to optimize the production of colchicine from Gloriosa sp. using cell and tissue culture techniques”
Email id: seemantighosh@gmail.com
 
 
Profile:

Indian subcontinent is rich in biodiversity encompassing a wide spectrum of habitats from tropical rainforests to alpine vegetation and from temperate forests to coastal wetlands. It offers richest habitats for species diversity thus providing an excellent arena for exploring different techniques to understand the mechanisms of evolution and speciation. During my doctoral research I concentrated on an indigenous medicinal plant looking for its ex situ conservation and genetic diversity in terms of polymorphism. My current research interests include the investigation of genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships of economically important plants of India with the aid of molecular cytogenetic tools. Interest also lies in studying individual chromosomes, examine any reorganisation as well as correlate them with marker genes for understanding the relativeness of the different species or varieties or chemotypes.
Work is being done under research projects:
  • UGC sponsored Major Research Project DNA fingerprinting of Musa accessions available in West Bengal; 12.03.2009 - 3 years; amount sanctioned: Rupees 8 lakhs
     
  • DST sponsored SERC Fast Track Project Species-specific marker development in Gloriosa using molecular cytogenetic strategies 12.05.2010 - 3 years; amount sanctioned: Rupees 19 lakhs
Publications:
Research Paper in Refereed Journal:
  1. Seemanti Ghosh, Anusree Das, Animesh Ghorai and Timir baran Jha (2011) Meiotic studies in Musa L. cultivars Chromosome Science 14: 33-38.
     
  2. Seemanti Ghosh, Biswajit Ghosh, Sumita Jha (2008) Polymorphism in Gloriosa superba. Plant Genetic Resources 7(01): 9-15.
     
  3. Seemanti Ghosh and Sumita Jha (2007) Colchicine – an Overview for Plant Biotechnologists In: Bioactive molecules and Medicinal Plants (Eds. K.G. Ramawat and J.M. Merillon); Springer, Germany. Chapter 11: 215-232.
     
  4. Seemanti Ghosh, Biswajit Ghosh, Sumita Jha (2007) In vitro tuberisation of Gloriosa superba L. on basal medium. Scientia Horticulturae 114: 220–223.
     
  5. Seemanti Ghosh, Biswajit Ghosh & Sumita Jha (2006) Aluminium chloride enhances colchicine production in root cultures of Gloriosa superba. Biotechnology Letters 28: 497–503.
     
  6. Sumita Jha, Maumita Bandyopadhyay, Kuntal Narayan Chaudhuri, Seemanti Ghosh and Biswajit Ghosh (2005) Biotechnological approaches for the production of forskolin, withanolides, colchicine and tylophorine. Plant Genetic Resources 3(2); 101–115.
Proceedings:
  1. Seemanti Ghosh and Timir Baran Jha (2010) Medicinal plant and medicinal plant biotechnology in human welfare. Proceedings of the The All India Seminar on Recent Trends in Utilization of Plants in Human Welfare, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kolkata; pp 101-104.
     
  2. Seemanti Ghosh and Sumita Jha (2004) Colchicine accumulation in in vitro cultures of Gloriosa superba L.. In: Biotechnology for a better future, SAC Publications, Mangalore; pp 92-98.
Communicated:

Seemanti Ghosh, Anusree Das, Animesh Ghorai, Timir baran Jha Comparative kayomorphology of edible Musa cultivars of West Bengal. Caryologia
 
SYMPOSIUM/SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS
  1. Workshop on “Plant Biotechnology: Past, Present and Future” June, 2002, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, India.
     
  2. 11th All India Congress for Cytology and Genetics, October 28-30, 2002, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India.
    Oral presentation: Biotechnological approaches towards production of forskolin.
     
  3. 26th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association, January 15-17, 2004, Mangalore, India.
    Poster presentation: Colchicine accumulation in in vitro cultures of Gloriosa superba L.
     
  4. National Seminar on “Classical Cytogenetics and Modern Biotechnology”, January 24-25, 2005, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
     
  5. Workshop on “Modern techniques in Cytogenetics” March 16-22, 2005, Kolkata, West Bengal, India as resource person.
     
  6. Workshop on “Plant tissue culture and genetic transformation” March 30-April 07, 2006, Kolkata, West Bengal, India as Resource Person
     
  7. Seminar cum Workshop on “Theoretical Syllabus of Botany Honours and General Courses” February 21-23, 2008, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
     
  8. Short Term course on “Bioinformatics in Genomics and Proteomics” October 09- October 10, 2009, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
     
  9. 14th All India Congress for Cytology and Genetics, December 1-4, 2009, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

    Poster presentation: Cytological analysis of Musa accessions in West Bengal.
     
  10. National Symposium and 31st Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association, March 3-5, 2010, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
     
  11. National Symposium on Assessment and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources under changing Environment September 08-10, 2010, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.
    Oral presentation: Chromosomal database of available Musa cultivars in West Bengal.
     
  12. All India Seminar on Recent Trends in Utilization of Plants in Human Welfare December 24-25, 2010, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kolkata, Imdia.

    Paper Presentation: Medicinal plant and medicinal plant biotechnology in human welfare.
AWARDS:
  • National Scholarship, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, for the year 1995-96.
  • National Scholarship, Government of India, for the year 1998-99.
  • India.