NAAC departmental presentation.

1. Welcome
Department of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
(Estd. 1990)
Tripura University (A Central University)
NAAC Peer Team Members
Mission
To provide excellent knowledge in Molecular biology and Bioinformatics with an
emphasis on problem solving and experimental learning that might power the
students in the field of biological research.
Vision
Empowering educational experiences for all students and transforming society via
breakthrough in science, pertaining to the living world.

2. Performance PhD and PG students (2015-2021)
1. NET/SLET/GATE Qualified – 05
2. PG Students are well placed (>40%)
 Working as Laboratory Technicians, Hospital Projects and Civil services.
 Engaged in Research and Development in various Government and semi-Government sectors.
 In teaching at school, colleges and Universities.
3. PhD Students got Jobs in International and Nationally Repute Institutes (100%)
Performance of Faculty (2015-2021)
 Members of Editorial Boards of Scientific Journals - 02
 Individual Extra-Mural Grants > Rs 200 lakhs
 Total Number of Grants Received - 08
 Publications in SCI Journals – 37 (Citation – 1426, H index- 24)
 Patent - 03 applied
 MOU – 01
 Represent India as Future Leaders of Science in 13th Annual Meeting of Science and
Technology in Society forum (STS forum)in Kyoto, Japan, in October 2016.
 Member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (2016-2021)
https://inyas.in/alumni/
Salient features of the Department

3. Teaching Staff
Sanctioned posts – 05 (Filled up - 01)
Professor – 0, Associate Professor – 0,
Assistant Professor – 01; Guest Faculty - 02
Faculties obtained Ph.D.
Other Universities = 03
Demographic distribution of Teachers
Faculties from
Tripura = 02
Outside Tripura = 01
Dr. Surajit Bhattacharjee Dr. Payel Guha Dr. Biraj Sarkar
(HOD i/c)
6
From
Tripura
Outside
Tripura

4. Support Staff
Sl.
No.
Name of The Staff and Designation
1. Mrs. Aparna Chakraborty
MTS
2. Mrs. Prishka Debbarma,
Laboratory Assistant
3. Mrs. Arati Ghosh
MRW (Group D)
Staff Profile:

5. PROGRAMMES OFFERED
I. M.Sc. In Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics (Total Intake – 30)
II. Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics (Total Intake Depend
on Positions available under Specific Faculty)
Course details at Departmental website:
https://tripurauniv.ac.in/Page/departmentsDetailsHome/11-program
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6. M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Syllabus
Status
Syllabus was framed under CBCS scheme in 2015 and updated in 2017,
2018, 2020
Type Number Semester Remarks
Core 10 I - IV To be selected all
Elective (Compulsory) 01 I Computer soft skill-II
Elective
(By choice)
01 I Must opt from other departments.
Elective
(In Stream)
6 I - IV Must opt one paper in each semester.
Project work ------ IV Students can opt depending on their interest
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Syllabus included Skill Development Courses for the development of
Employability of the students
1. Laboratory based Practicals (Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics)
2. Project work
3. Immunology , Bacteriology and Genetics based hands on Experiments,
4. Bioinformatics based training.

7. Details of Students data from 2015-2021
0
50
100
150
200
250
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Demand
Intake capacity
Total admission
Course Demand
Year
Number
of
students
Students Progress Report (Year wise)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Total admission
Passed out
Employment
Number
of
students
Year
42%
58%
Boys
Girls
Boys
Gender wise distribution of students
(2015-2021)
Girls
Tripura
Outside of Tripura
Demographic distribution of
students (2015-2021)
Tripura

8. Details of current Research Scholars
Name of Scholars Title of the thesis Name of
Supervisor
Mr. Shukdeb
Acharjee (ICMR
SRF Fellow)
Involvement of IL-18 and TNF-alpha in the development of
osteoporosis in subjects with osteoarthritis (OA) and
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with special emphasis on
associated metabolic markers
Dr. Surajit
Bhattacharjee
Mrs. Sanghamitra
Goswami (RET
fellow)
Antimicrobial and antibiofilm efficacy of phytochemicals
through biocompatible hydrogel and nanogel formulation
Dr. Surajit
Bhattacharjee
Dr. Chandan Ray
Barman (RET
fellow)
Repurposing Gabapentin and Pregabalin as anti proliferative
and antibacterial agents
Dr. Surajit
Bhattacharjee
Mr. Suman Paul
(RET fellow)
Development of a new strategy to attenuate the Vibrio
cholerae biofilm formation by targeting its morphological,
Biochemical and Biophysical properties.
Dr. Surajit
Bhattacharjee
Mr. Subhankar
Deb (DBT JRF)
Neo-therapeutic strategy for Tuberculosis with the
combination of conventional antibiotics and natural flavone
compounds that inhibit biofilm
Dr. Surajit
Bhattacharjee
Year wise data 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Sanctioned strength 00 01 00 02 01 01
Application received 00 09 00 10 06 05
No. of students admitted 00 01 00 02 01 01
No. of Ph.D awarded 00 00 01 02 00 00
No. of Ph.D awardees got
employed
00 00 01 02 00 00

9. Faculty profile
Dr. Payel Guha joined as
a Guest faculty in the
Department of Molecular
Biology and
Bioinformatics, Tripura
University in 2021. She is
completed her Ph.D from
Kalyani University. She
got DST Inspire award.
Her area of research
interest is Cell signalling,
Endocrinology, and
Cancer Biology. She
published 12 research
articles in various
international journals. Her
total citation till date is 52
and H-index-5
https://www.scopus.com/a
uthid/detail.uri?authorId=5
7147112100
Dr. Biraj Sarkar joined as
a Guest faculty in the
Department of Molecular
Biology and
Bioinformatics, Tripura
University in 2022. He
has completed his Ph.D
degree from Calcutta
University. His area of
research interest is
Isolation and
characterization of novel
actinomycetes. Novel
antibiotic production by
actinomycetes. He has
published more than 5
research paper in various
international journals. His
total citation is 30 and H-
index 2.
https://www.scopus.com/a
uthid/detail.uri?authorId=
Dr. Surajit Bhattacharjee joined as a
Assistant Professor in the department of
molecular Biology and Bioinformatics,
Tripura University in 2011. His area of
research interest includes Host Pathogen
interaction and Immunoresponse. He has
received research grants from several
national funding agencies like ICMR,
DBT, DST-SERB, BIRAC. He has
reviewed research papers from several
internationally peer-reviewed journals. He
is also associate editor of BMC
Microbiology. He has published more
than 70 research articles in various
international journals. His total citation till
date is more than 3000 and h-index is 24.
Under his supervision, 3 students have
completed their Ph.D. 4 students are
currently pursuing PhD research under
his guidance.

10. Sl. No Name of The Project Funding agency Fund received Duration Current status
1 “Role of TLR mediated Genomic Instability patterns in
response to chronic infection of
Tuberculosis and Host- pathogen interaction.” DBT
Grant (INR) - 37 Lakhs
3 years Completed
2 "Interaction of IL-18 and TNF-alpha in the modulation of
Osteoprotegerin (OPG) in Subjects with Osteoarthritis,
Rheumatoid Arthritis (in both Sexes) and Osteoporosis in
Post-
Menopausal Women."
ICMR
Grant (INR) - 20 Lakhs
2 years Completed
3 “Dectin 1 and Toll Like Receptors (TLR) at the interface of
Beta Glucan and macrophage
interaction: A mechanistic study of immunomodulatory
activity of B-glucan using
leishmaniasis as an immunosuppressive disease model.” ICMR
Grant (INR) - 33 Lakhs
3 years Completed
4 “Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Leishmania infection:
Spatio-temporal Regulation of TLR
expression and function.” DST (SERB)
Grant (INR) - 63 Lakhs
3 years Completed
5 “Neo-therapeutic strategy for Tuberculosis with the
combination of conventional antibiotics
and natural flavone compounds that inhibits biofilm." DBT
Grant (INR)-
45 Lakhs 3 years Ongoing
6 Exploring the synergistic role of IL-18 and TNF-alpha in
the development hyperphosphatemia and progressive
bone in rheumatoid arthritis patients. ICMR (SRF)
Grants (INR)- 13.86850
Lakhs 3 years Ongoing
Departmental Project funds under Dr. Surajit Bhattacharjee

11. Departmental infrastructure
1 Departmental Library (104 books)
2 Bioinformatics laboratory with Internet Facility
3 Class Rooms (total 3, one ICT)
4 Research laboratories (4 facilities)
5 WiFi enabled department
Departmental Activities
Department organized several hands on workshops on Bioinformatics
Several talks on advanced topics of Molecular biology

12. Collaboration with different institutes
1. Dr. Biplab Sarkar
Principal Scientist, Nano Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Agricultural
Biotechnology, ICAR, Ranchi, Jharkhand
2. Dr. Birendra Banerjee
InDNA, Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. NABL Accredited, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
3. Prof. Subrata Majumdar
Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata.
4. Prof. Debasis Manna
Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati.
5. Dr. Saumya Raychaudhuri
IMTECH CSIR Chandigarh.
6. Dr. Prasun Tribedi
Department of Biotechnology, Neotia University, West Bengal.

13. Departmental Activities
IUIS -2019 Beijing STS- Forum-2016 , Kyoto (Japan)
Bioinformatics Laboratory ICT lecture Hall Molecular Biology Laboratory
Lecture by visiting Post Doct. fellow Students participates in National Workshop
Intra departmental poster competition

14. Departmental Alumni profile
PG students got employment
Ph.D scholars completed their Ph.D degree

15.  Creating and disseminating new knowledge about the molecular basis of life through basic
biomolecular and bioinformatics science research as well as cross-disciplinary research into the
myriad molecular mechanisms underlying life processes and disease,
 To provide high-quality Molecular biology and Bioinformatics education with an emphasis on
problem solving and experiential learning;
 To provide our students with caring, individualized guidance that will help them succeed in
their chosen careers and in life.
 To create cutting-edge instructional resources for quality education.
 To conduct major original research into the various molecular mechanisms underlying health
and illness, to develop commercially viable technologies that directly benefit society.
 To develop marketable technologies that benefit society, and to provide transformative
hands-on training for post-graduate students, Ph.D. students, and post-doctoral fellows.
 To offer leadership and consultancy services to our professional communities.
 To build public understanding of the living world through educational outreach programs for
students of all ages.
Major goals of the Department