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International Agency for Standards and Ratings honors Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi with Molecular Taxonomy Research Award-2015 in Threatened Taxa for great scientific contribution
23 April, 2015, India, USA NEWS CORP
Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi, given the rock star fame in Threatened Taxa, as declared among World’s 500 Most Influential Taxonomists for Year 2015 on Earth. In a worldwide meritorious competition, Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi grabbed the world’s prestigious Molecular Taxonomy Research Award-2015 in Threatened Taxa. Representing the great legacy of India, Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi established the matter of proud to civilians of India. International Media is now seriously looking towards India, since Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi made a remarkable historical achievement. Taxonomists are ensured that under the leadership of Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi, millions of emerging intellectuals would be benefited and inspired around the world.Dr.(Mrs.) Harshata Pal is Research Associate, under the project entitled ‘Centre for Advanced Research in DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics of Medicinal Potential in Plants from Eastern and North Eastern India’ sponsored by ICMR. Currently she is working as Principal Investigator in DBT Bio-CARe Programme for Women Scientists (Topic: “Molecular and biochemical characterization of pigment enhancing mutant genes (hp,dg,ogc) and introgression of these genes with the fruit shelf-life enhancing mutant gene rin in respective dihomozygote condition to develop breeding line with extended shelf-life and elevated pigments in the fruit of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum)”) implemented in BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal form 14th November, 2013. She worked at Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India from 1st July, 2010 to 14th November, 2012. She has Teaching Experience for the Post Graduate Students of Agricultural Biotechnology at IRDM (Intigrated Rural Development and Management) Faculty Centre, Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103 and for the course ABT 201 (Biotechnology in Horticulture,Medicinal Plants and Food Processing) during the academic period of February 2012 to August 2012. She is recipient of University Gold Medal for securing highest Overall Grade Point Average in B.Sc. (Hort.) Hons. and qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lecturership/Assistant Professorship held in February, 2006, organized by the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ICAR), recognized by the UGC/CSIR in the professional subject “Horticulture-Fruit Science”, recipient of University Merit Scholarships during the period of both B.Sc. (Hort) Hons. and M.Sc. (Hort) and recipient of University Merit Scholarships for Ph.D. programme. She has performed research work on “Varietal suitability and effect of storage environments on the quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) for chip making” for partial fulfillment of M.Sc. (Hort.) and conducted research work on “Evaluation of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) germplasms for some physico-chemical traits, nutritional facts and storage perspectives” for partial fulfillment of Ph.D. programme.
Shekhar Ghosh is Technical Specialist at National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani. He has been Project Fellow at Bose Institute, Kolkata, India from 1st July, 2010 to 31st May, 2013 and Project Associate in Bioinformatics at Subhasree Biotech, Kolkata, India. He did B.Sc in Life Science (Zoology Hons.) marks from University of Calcutta in 2005 and M.Sc.(Tech) in Bioinformatics with from West Bengal University of Technology in 2009. He has basic knowledge in Probability, Discrete Mathematics, Information Theory, Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics, Optimization, Machine Learning & Computational Intelligence.
Dr. Sen-Mandi Swati is Senior Professor Emeritus Scientist (ICMR) at Bose Institute (Main Campus), A.P.C.Road, Kolkata, India. She is interested in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology Research. She has done Ph. D from Cambridge University, U.K. She has awarded with Gold Medal and Silver Medal of Calcutta University for Class I, 1st rank in M.Sc. (Botany 1970), State Scholarship (Government of West Bengal) for undertaking Ph.D programme in Agricultural Research Council Unit of Developmental Botany, Cambridge University, U. K., 1972-1975. Gulbenkian Studentship, Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K, supplementing State Scholarship amount for carrying out Ph.D programme at Cambridge University, UK., 1972- 1975, Fulbright Senior Visiting Fellow at Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, USA, Oct. 1985-March 1986, Visiting Scientist (Research Fellow 3) at International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER) in International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, May, 1990 – April, 1991, National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, Visiting Scientist at the Department of Agronomy, Ohio State University, USA 1991., Visiting Scientist on a research collaboration programme at Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, U.K. March 1994, Sponsored by British Council. Nominated Representative for India in the International Society of Seed science, 1999. Rockefeller Foundation Residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Centre, Italy, to work on a manuscript entitled “Seed Quality and Seedling vigour for sustainable Agriculture: New prospects by molecular screening”, Feb-March, 2001 and DAAD Fellowship for Study and Research at Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany, Oct – Dec. 2001.
Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi from India made a historical victory over the international competition and won Molecular Taxonomy Research Award-2015 in Threatened Taxa. Their research was highlighted in international media and gathered a large worldwide attention in scientific circles while it appeared in world's most read journal 'The Journal for Threatened Taxa'. In their report on Molecular Authentication of Endangered Medicinal Plant Panax assamicus and Panax bipinnatifidus from North-East India by Species Specific AFLP Marker they mention that Panax assamicus R. N. Banerjee and Panax bipinnatifidus Seem are two most important endangered species rarely found in North-East India. Due to overexploitation this medicinally valuable plant, it is under the threat of extinction in North-East India. Therefore, molecular documentation of few accessions of Panax assamicus and Panax bipinnatifidus from different locations in Meghalay and Arunachal Pradesh was carried out to develop species specific Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) marker in automated DNA sequencer. Unique set of common alleles generated from electropherogram in AFLP analysis, depending on primer pairs viz. EcoRI-ACA*/MSeI-CTA, EcoRIAAG*/MSeICTC, EcoRI-ACG*/ MSeI-CTG and EcoRI-AGC*/MSeI-CAA, for different accessions of same species are regarded as species specific molecular markers. Both the species Panax assamicus and Panax bipinnatifidus showed 85.25% and 94.55% polymorphism, respectively. The similarity coefficient matrix reflected genetic relatedness among Panax landraces of two species. Cluster I is comprised of four land races of Panax bipinnatifidus and Cluster II is consisted four land races of Panax assamicus in the dendogram, depicting the significance of molecular taxonomy over classical taxonomy to resolute taxonomic complexity of Panax species in NE India. Along with the information on molecular authentication to resist adulteration of these two endangered species the recent research also provides species specific DNA marker relating to catalogue these plant genetic resources. Under their leadership the research area is surely likely to expand beyond the horizons. It will be worthy to explore the further potential under their legacy. Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi as valuable intellectuals for the India offer exclusive opportunities for scholars around the world. One of the most attractive weightage for India is to have the awardees for promotion of the concerned scientific discipline for the benefit of its civilians. Thus India which has excellent track record to produce brain storming intellectuals, has offered a new extension in terms of Harshata Pal, Shekhar Ghosh and Swati Sen Mandi to world.
Molecular characterization represented in this report would authentically distinguish Panax bipinnatifidus and Panax assamicus and thereby in addition to resolving associated taxonomic confusion with these species in NE India, the significance of this study stems from the fact that it provides an authentication tool to detect adulterants in the crude drug preparations and to maintain the quality standard in the herbal drug industry. Again, this study also provides species specific molecular marker along with the distinct AFLP fingerprinting pattern for two species and and the phylogenetic tree with two clusters for supporting the sovereignty right and development of passport data.
Experiment has been carried out by Dr. Harshata Pal and Sekhar Ghosh, manuscript has been written by Dr. Harshata Pal and edited and checked by Prof. Swati Sen Mandi. You can share this News URL on Facebook or your Social Media Site/ blog. USA NEW SCORP If you have a news you can Submit your News in Comment box> Join us as Journalist > News Content purchase > Corrections > Copyright > Place a Classified Ad > Sell Your Home > Sell Your Business > Commercial Real Estate Ads > Advertise with us > Recruitment & Career Ads > Franchising > Advertise Locally > Contact us > plojindexing@gmail.com
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