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Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

Kasturi Mukhopadhyay
Kasturi Mukhopadhyay
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
109 B
Off. Phone
011-26704307
Residence
011-45695796, 09871955700
Email
kasturim@mail.jnu.ac.in , kasturi26@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D. (1996): Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.
Post M.Sc. Associateship (Biosciences) 1988: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India.
M. Sc. (Chemistry)1986 (held in 1987): Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Environmental Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agent Discovery and Development, Bioaerosol

Experience

University Faculty
Oct 2012 - till date: Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Oct 2006 - Oct 2012: Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, India.

 Postdoctoral Research (1996-2006)
 2003-2006, LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, California, U.S.A.
 2000-2003, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
 1996-1997, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Awards & Honours

Senior Research Fellow: Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India.
Senior Research Associate: Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India.
Senior Research Associate: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, California, U.S.A.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Research Projects

  1. “Interaction of Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone with Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanism of Bactericidal Activity”, Indian Council of Medical Research. 2008-2011.
  2. “Adaptive Responses of Staphylococcus aureus to Host Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides. Department of Biotechnology. 2009-2012.
  3. “Structure Activity Relationship of Alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone: Mechanism of Staphylocidal Activity”. Indian Council of Medical Research. 2012-2015.
  4. “Determination of Microbial load in the Urban Aerosols of Delhi with Special Reference to Selected Pathogenic Microorganisms”. UPEII scheme, JNU. 2014-2019, India.
  5. Palmitoylated α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (-MSH) based peptidomimetics against biofilm embedded Staphylococcus aureus” DST-SERB, India. Nov 2017-Jan 2021.
  6. “Reviving the Abandoned Antibiotics using Analogues of Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” Department of Biotechnology, India (Oct 2018 to Oct 2021).
International Collaboration/Consultancy

1.    Arnold S. Bayer, LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, California, U.S.A.
2.    Dhananjay Yadav, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Sana Mumtaz, Swastik Behera, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, “Lipidated Short Analogue of α‑Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Exerts Bactericidal Activity against the Stationary Phase of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Inhibits Biofilm Formation”. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 28425−284405.
  2. Himani Kumari, Trina Chakraborty, Madhuri singh*, Maneet Kumar Chakrawarti, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, “Prevalence and Antibiogram of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci in Bioaerosols from Different Indoors of a University in India”. BMC Microbiology, 2020, 20:211.
  3. Maneet Kumar Chakrawarti, Madhuri Singh, Vijay Pal Yadav, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*. “Temporal Dynamics of Air Bacterial Communities in a University Health Centre Using Illumina MiSeq Sequencing”. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020, 20: 966–980: Special Session on Better Air Quality in Asia (I)
  4. Gagandeep, Prince Kumar, Shamseer Kulangara Kandia, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*. Diwan S. Rawat*, “Synthesis of Novel Monocarbonyl Curcuminoids, Evaluation of Their Efficacy against MRSA, Including Ex vivo Infection Model and Their Mechanistic Studies.” European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 195: 112276
  5. Jyotsna Singh, Sana Mumtaz, Seema Joshi and Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, “In Vitro and Ex Vivo Efficacy of Novel Trp-Arg Rich Analogue of α-MSH Against Staphylococcus aureus”. ACS Omega, 2020, 5: 3258−3270.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Prince Kumar, Shamseer Kulangara, Kandi, Sunny Manohar, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, Diwan S. Rawat*. “Monocarbonyl curcuminoids with improved stability as antibacterial agents against Staphylococcus aureus and their mechanistic studies” ACS Omega, 2019, 4 (1): 675-687.
  2. Aftab Hossain Mondal, Dhananjay Yadav, Sayani Mitra, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, “Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Culture Supernatant of Shewanella sp. ARY1 and Their Antibacterial Activity”. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2020, 15: 8295–8310.
  3. Tanmoy Saha, Prince Kumar, Nayim Sepay, Durba Ganguly, Kanchan Tiwari, Kasturi Mukhopadhyay*, Saurabh Das*, “Multi-targeting antibacterial activity of a synthesized Mn2+ complex of Curcumin on a Gram-positive and a Gram-negative bacterial strains”. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 16342−16357.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.