Head Department of Zoology (UG & PG) from 2006 to 2020 June. VU BOS member, member of the Governing body of the college.



Degree

University / College

Year of Passing / Year Of Completion / Award

B.A./ B.Sc

 Burdwan University

 1982

M.A / M.Sc

Visva Bharati, Santiniketan

1985

M.Phil

 

 

PhD

 Visva Bharati, Santiniketan

 1991

D.Sc (Honorary) International Agency for Standards and Ratings 2023


Teaching: Ecology, Entomology, Environmental Science

Research: Soil ecotoxicology, Nutritional ecology, Soil microbiology.



Entomology & Ecology



M.Phil / PhD Thesis Guidance

Name Of The

Scholar

Degree

Broad Area

Co-Supervisor

Status:

Ongoing /Submitted /Awarded

Year if Awarded

 

Rupa Dasgupta

PhD

Ecotoxicology

Professor  A. Kaviraj

 

Awarded

2012

Sk. Asraful Haque

 

PhD

Ecotoxicology

NIL

Awarded

2015

Sayantani Pattanayak

 

PhD

Nutritional Ecology

Prof. S.K.Chakraborty

Awarded

2016

Monalisha Sinha

 

PhD

Aquatic Pollution

NIL

Awarded

2016

Somanka Sanyal

PhD

Ecotoxicology

Professor  A. Kaviraj

 

Awarded

2018

Sujoy Mondal

 

PhD

Ecotoxicology

Professor J. Kundu, V.U

Submitted

2020

Rupa Dasgupta

M.Phil

Ecotoxicology

NIL

Awarded

2006

Moumita Chakravorty

M.Phil

Ecotoxicology

NIL

Awarded

2008

Sibani Chaudhuri

M.Phil

Ecotoxicology

Nil

Awarded

2008

Atanu Dey

( NET & SET)

PhD

Ecotoxicology

Prof. S.K.De

Awarded

 

Paramita Jana ( NET, SET, GATE)

PhD

Ecotoxicology

Professor J. Kundu,

Ongoing

 

Indranil Bhattacharjee

PhD

Entomology

NIL

Awarded

 

Anuradha Dab

PhD

Aquatic toxicology

NIL

Awarded

 



 

Seminars/ Conferences/Webinars/Workshops [Last 10 years]:

Seminars/Conferences/Webinars/Workshops Attended

Title

Authors

Year

Poster/ Oral / Paper

Organizer

Organized at

Biodiversity & Sustainable Energy Development

P.P. Chakravorty

2012

Oral

OMICS Publishing Group, USA.

Hyderabad

International Symposium on Molecular Signalling

P.P. Chakravorty

2013

Invited speaker

Visva Bharati ( A Central University)

Santiniketan

International Conference on Environment and Ecology

P.P. Chakravorty

2015

Oral

Foundation for Science & Environment and and Indian Institute of Ecology Kolkata and Environment

New Delhi

Defaunation and Conservation

P.P. Chakravorty

2017

Invited speaker

S.S. Mahavidyalaya

Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change

P.P. Chakravorty

2019

Invited speaker

GAVIN publication

ROME, ITALY

National Seminar on Biodiversity and its Conservation

P.P. Chakravorty

2020

Invited speaker

Ramananda College

Bishnupur

7th International Conference on Environment and Ecology P.P. Chakravorty 2021 Plenary speaker Kolkata India
World Conference on Agriculture, Aquaculture and Food Science P.P. Chakravorty 2022 Keynote speaker Bangkok Thailand

Seminars/ Conferences/Webinars/Workshops Organised

Title

Year

Convener /Organizing Secretary   / Treasurer /Member

Organizer

Organized at

UGC sponsored National seminar on Biotechnology and Eco-restoration

2017

Convener

Department of Zoology

Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College

 International E-conference on Environment and Sustainability

2020

Organizing Secretary

PG Department of Zoology

Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College

CSIR sponsored International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change 2023 Organizing Secretary Centre for Natural and Applied Sciences Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College


Title

Authors

Journal

SCI indexed

Year

Impact factor

(Thomson reuters)

UGC Referred

YES

 

NO

 

YES

NO

Protective effect of aqueous extract       of Terminalia arjuna on dehydrating induced oxidative stress and uremia in male rat .

Das, K., Chakravorty, P.P.,Ghosh,D.  And Nandi,D.N.

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.

Yes

 

2010

1.250

yes

 

Studies on relative toxicities of six insecticides on epigeic earthworm, Perionyx excavates.

Dasgupta, R.,Chakravorty,P. P. and Kaviraj,A.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

yes

 

2010

1.707

Yes

 

Effect of Two Herbicides on Xenylla welchi ( Hexapoda : Collembola) Under Laboratory Conditions.

Haque,A, Dasgupta, R. and Chakravorty, P.P.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Yes

 

2011

1.707

Yes

 

Susceptibility of epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida to agricultural application of six insecticides.

Dasgupta, R., Chakravorty, P.P. and Kaviraj, A

Chemosphere

Yes

 

2011

5.778

Yes

 

Effects of carbaryl,     chlorpyrifos and endosulfan on growth , reproduction and respiration of tropical epigeic earthworm, Perionyx excavates ( Perrier).

Dasgupta, R, Chakravorty,P.P. and Kaviraj,A.

Environmental Science and Health

Yes

 

2012

1.697

Yes

 

Ecotoxicological risk assessment of three insecticides using an epigeic earthworm .

Kaviraj, A. , Dasgupta, R., and Chakravorty,P.P.

Environmental Science and Technology

Yes

 

2012

ISBN : 9780976885351

Yes

 

Colonization and feeding preferenceof perionyx excavates, an     epigeic earthworms with respect to nutrient and antinutrient content of of different leaf litters under controlled laboratory conditions.

Chakravorty,P.P.

Ecosyst Ecogr

Yes

 

2012

7625.SI.002 29

Yes

 

Degradation of leaf litter of five tree species by Perionyx excavates with relation to their nutrient and antinutrient content.

Pattanayak, S., Dasgupta, R., Chakravorty,P.P., and Chakraborty,S.K.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Yes

 

2014

ISSN: 2328-563X

Yes

 

). Impact of industrial effluent in water quality and benthic macro invertebrate diversity in fresh water ponds in Midnapore district of West Bengal, India.

Chakravorty,P.P.,Sinha, M. And Chakraborty, S.K.

JEZS

Yes

 

2014

5.48

Yes

 

Changes in Growth Rate and Activities of α Amylase and Cellulase of P. Excavates, an Epigeic Earthworm in Decomposing Leaf Litter of Five Tree Species.

Pattanayak, S., Dasgupta,R., Chakravorty,P.P., Chakraborty, S.K.

The IJST

Yes

 

2014

0.981

Yes

 

Comparative toxicity studies of four pesticides on the epigeic earthworm Perionys excavates in two different soil media.

Sanyal, S., Dasgupta, R., Kaviraj, A. and Chakravorty, P.P.

Pollution Research

Yes

 

2015

0.13

 

Yes

 

Effect of industrial effluents from Iron and Steel company on benthic macroinvertebrate communities of fresh water ponds in India.

Sinha, M., Chakraborty,S.K. and Chakravorty,P.P.

The IJST

Yes

 

2015

0.981

Yes

 

Effect of herbicides on Cyphoderus javanus ( Hexapoda: Collembola) under laboratory conditions.

Chakravorty,P.P., Haque, A., Sanyal,S. And Dasgupta,R.

JEZS

Yes

 

2015

5.48

Yes

 

Chronic toxicity of cypermethrin, a pyrethroid insecticide to epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida .

Dasgupta,R., Sanyal, S. And Chakravorty,P.P.

International Journal of Current Research

Yes

 

2015

7.766

Yes

 

Effect of selected fungicides on cellulase activity of epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida (Oligochaeta).

Mondal, S., Kundu, J.K. and Chakravorty,P.P.

JEZS

Yes

 

2016

5.48

Yes

 

Effect of herbicides on digestive enzyme activity of epigeic indigenous earthworm Perionyx excavates( Oligochaeta)

Sanyal, S., Chakravorty, P.P. and Kaviraj, A

IJCR

Yes

 

2016

7.766

Yes

 

conservation of the pigmy hog in India.

Chakravorty, P.P. and Sanyal, S

Defaunation and Conservation

Yes

 

2017

ISBN No. 978-93-85248-79-5

 

No

Response of enzyme biomarker and life history parameters of epigeic earthworm Perionyx excavates  exposed to organophosphate pesticide.

Sanyal,S., Kaviraj, A and Chakravorty,P.P.

JEZS

Yes

 

2017

5.48

Yes

 

) Influence of nature in controlling filarial transmission: A study in slums of Burdwan.

Bhattacharya, I, Mondal, B. And Chakravorty,P.P.

IJMR

Yes

 

2020

ISSN No. 2348-5906

 

Yes

 

Response of life history and enzyme Biomarkers in oligochaete earthworm due to synthetic pyrethroid contamination : An ecotoxicological study.

Sanyal, S. and Chakravorty, P.P.

IRJMS

Yes

 

2020

ISSN : 2582-631x

Yes

 

Relative toxicity of Lead and Nickel on some enzymatic biomarkers in epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) Dey, A., Chakravorty, P. P., & De, S. K.  Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences Yes   2020 0.876 Yes  
Synergistic Effect of Lead and Nickel on Metallothinein Response in Epigeic Earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) Dey, A., Chakravorty, P. P., & De, S. K Environment and Ecology Yes   2020 1.14 Yes  
Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacteria from Organs of Sewage Fed Farm Fishes  Deb A,  Bhattacharjee I, Mandal B, , Das T, Chakravorty P Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications Yes   2020 5.90 Yes  
Modelling of surface water Quality Parameters from Damodar River at Slag Disposal Site : A case study Deb A,  Bhattacharjee I, Mandal B, , Das T, Chakravorty P International Journal of Ecology and Development Yes   2021 0.493 Yes  
Evaluation of mosquito larvicidal activity of Azolla pinnata leaf extracts against the filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus Bhattacharjee, I., Mandal, B., & Chakravorty, P. P.  Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources Yes   2022 0.8 Yes  
Assessment of Antibacterial potentiality of Claria ternatea against some pathogenic bacteria Deb. A., Bhattacharjee.I., Das. T. and Chakravorty,P.P.  International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences  Yes   2023 2.284 Yes  
Pesticide Soil Pollution : An Overview about Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Remediation Technologies Shit. P. Bhattacharjee .I, Chakravorty.P.P.,Jana.H. and Sakai.Y.  Current World Environment     2023 0.113 Yes  


Title (Book / Book chapters)

Role (Author / editor)

Name of the Book

Year

Published by

ISBN.

NO-

A guidebook on Entrepreneurship Development in Ornamental Fishery

P.P. Chakravorty

A guidebook on Entrepreneurship Development in Ornamental Fishery

2010

The Department of Zoology & Career Advancement Centre

 

Collembola and herbicides : an Indian perspective.

P.P. Chakravorty

Collembola and herbicides : an Indian perspective.

2016

LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany

ISBN No. 978-3-659-95903-5

Forestry in India- An Overview P.P. Chakravorty Forestry in India- An Overview 2021 IP Innovative Publisher, New Delhi  


     Project Title

Funding Agency

Amount In Rs

Duration

(From—

To—)

Status(Ongoing / Complete)

Bioassay of insecticide pollution---soil

microarthropods.

UGC

50,000/-

 

2007-2009

Completed

Ecotoxicological & Biochemical --- Epigeic earthworm fauna.

UGC

75,000/-

 

2010-2012

Completed

Studies on the usefulness of some-- pollution in agro ecosystem

UGC

9,86,000/-

 

2014-2016

Completed

Studies on the role of selected ---ecosystems

DST W.B.

5,00000

2018-2019

Completed

Assessing the solid Waste Handling System in MidnaporeMunicipality A step towards better management Role DST W.B. 14,25000 2018-2021 Completed


Head Department of Zoology (UG & PG) from 2006 to 2020 June. VU BOS member, member of the Governing body of the college. 

Member of the Governing body of the college from April,  2019 to  March,2022.



1. Life Member Society of Soil Biology & Ecology, Bangalore.

2.Life Member National Environmental science academy, New Delhi

3. Life Member Physiological society of India, Kolkata

4. Life Member Zoological society of India, Kolkata.

5. Member Society for Conservation of Biology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

6. Member of ISEIS ( International Society for Environmental Information sciences), Canada.

7. Life Member The Academy of Environmental Biology, ITRC, Lucknow.

8. Member International Society of Tropical Ecology, JNU

9.  Member of Royal Society of Biology, London, UK

10.  Member of Working Group of NETSOB (International Network on Soil Biodiversity) under FAO UNO

11. Member of Working Group of INSOP ( International Network on Soil Pollution) under FAO UNO

12. GEO BON Member

13. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH DR. YUJI SAKAI, ENVIRONMENTAL REMIDIATION & RESTORATION ENGINEERING LAB., KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY, TOKYO, JAPAN ON SOIL REMEDIATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, RESTORATION ECOLOGY, Date of commence: 31/09/21

14. Member of The National Academy of Sciences, India 5, Lajpatrai Road, Prayagraj in Animal Sciences

 



1. JRF & SRF of CSIR, New Delhi ( 1987 to March 1991)

2. Young Scientist Awards from the DST, New Delhi, 1991

3.  Scientists Pool scheme from the CSIR, New Delhi, 1994

4.  Distinguished Scientist Award in the field of  Ecotioxicology from National Environmental     Science Academy, New Delhi, 2008

5. Reviewer in many Research Journals of International Standard like International Journal of Fisheries & Aquaculture; International Research Journal of Agricultural Science & Soil Science, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

6. Environmentalist Award in the field of Ecology from National Environmental     Science Academy, New Delhi, 2013

7. Fellow of the Zoological Society, Kolkata 2014

8. Fellow of National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi

9. Fellow of the International Congress of Entomology and Zoology Studies, New Delhi, 2014.

10. Member of Editorial Board – Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies.

11. Member of Editorial Board - Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Science and Education Publishing, USA

12. "Associate Editor" of "International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies

13. Associate Editor of International Journal of Zoological Studies.

14. Associate Editor of International Journal of Entomology Research.

15. Fellow of IASR

16. Reviewer of Springer Journal

17. Fellow Membership, GARNET

18. Fellow Member of RsquareL 2022

 19. SAS Eminent Fellow Member