Year of Establishment : 1996
Head of the Department : Prof. Sarbani Giri Research & Development activities
Currently the department has five Professors, three Associate Professors, six Assistant Professors and five technical staffs along with 84 students at P.G level and more than 100 numbers of Research Scholars both in Ph.D and M.Phil level. The faculty members are engaged in research activity in diverse fields as mammalian cell and molecular biology, health science, plant genomics research, computer aided drug designing, natural product, biodiversity, plant taxonomy study, toxicology and agricultural research. Four of the faculty members have been awarded by prestigious international fellowships during this period. The faculty members got training from renowned institutions like NIH, USA, Hiroshima University, RIBRM, Japan, Okayama University, Japan, UC Berkeley and UC Riverside USA and Chicago University, USA , Bradford University, UK. , Liverpool John Moores University, UK, University Pitsburg, and from some other renouned universities .All the faculty members are actively involved in research in their respective fields in collaboration with various national/international institutes.
During this period the faculty members of this department has published 01 books. The Faculty members have published papers in National Journals and in impacted International journals (Total Impact Factor of publication during 2013-2014 is 125) .The Department has organized workshops and symposium to disseminate the knowledge in biological Sciences.76 Ph.D. students have been registered in the department. 12 have been awarded, 8 submitted theses. 12 of our students have qualified UGC-SET and working as doctoral or post doctoral fellow in prestigious universities / institutions around the world. Our students got jobs in different universities/ institutes, colleges and other organizations.
Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics have been recognized as UGC-SAP department. This is the pioneer department in the University recognized under SAP in 2007.
Department of Life Science has been recognized under DST FIST Programme in 2008 for infrastructure development. Department has awarded with UGC SAP DRS-II in the year 2013 after successful completion of DRS-I.
Under the initiative of faculty members of Department of Life Science &
Bioinformatics, DBT, Govt. of India has established two institutional facilities like Bioinformatics Centre and Biotech Hub in the university and the university has identified these two facilities as independent institutional centres.
Department has received 22 Major Research Projects funds from funding agencies
The Department had the following teaching staff during the year:
Professors:G.D. Sharma,Devasish Kar, Sarbani Giri, M. Dutta Choudhury, S. K. Panda Associate Professors:A. Giri, M. Bawari,
Assistant Professors: S. Das, D. Bhattacharyyaa, A. D. Talukdar, A. Borah, H.K.Prasad, S. Roy Choudhury, Sanjeev Kumar
Courses offered: M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. by course work.
Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized: Sl.No. Details of
Programme organised
Date Name of the
Coordinator/convenor/
Organising secretory 1 Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury One day Symposium on Applied Molecular Genetics organized by Assam University , Biotech Hub, Assam University Silchar
20thMay 2013
2 Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury National Conference on
‘CONTEMPORARY BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCHES IN INDIA’ held at the Bioinformatics Centre (DBT-BIF), Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar 788 011. Assam
10thNovember, 2013.
3 Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury Organized problem Solving workshop on Molecular Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics Simulation as coordinator of Bioinformatics Centre, Assam University
22-24 Feb. 2014
4. Prof.S.Giri Biofuture-2014 One day Symposium. 27thMarch 2014 Sponsored Research Project:
Sl.no. Name of the Project Funding
agency Duration &
Name of the Project Investigator
Fundallocated to the project 1. Molecular characterisation of pathogens
associated with fish diseases in Assam DBT Prof.
Devashish kar 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014
23.48 Lakhs
2. Gene cloning & functional studies of HMA4 of Brassica junceca for metal tolerance.
UGC Prof. S. K.
Panda 2012- 2015
4.5 lakhs
3. Functional studies of a Group-4 LEA gene in Brassica juncea for abiotic stress tolerance.
CSIR Prof. S. K.
Panda 2011-14 21 lakhs 4. Functional Proteomics studies in North-
East Rice (Oryza sativa L.) for dehydration tolerance.
DBT Prof. S. K.
Panda 2012-15 94 lakhs 5. Cloning &Characterization of STOP1 DST – Prof. S. K. 5.5 lakhs
transcription factor from Cowpea & its
functional analysis. JSPS
(Internation al)
Panda 2012-14
6. Physiological and Molecular approaches to water stress tolerance and recovery in Rice : Role of Zn nanoparticles.
DBT(RGYI) Prof. S. K.
Panda 2013-16 45 lakhs
7. Molecular cloning and
functional……transcription factor gene DREB2A
DBT Prof. S. K.
Panda 3 years
82 lakhs
8. Characterisation of tight junction proteins and use of phytochemicals towards restoration of tight junctional complex disruption as a possible treatment against cancer
DBT Prof. S. Giri
3yrs 124.68 L
9. Characterization and Strategic transformation of peptides from amphibian skin secretions for therapeutic applications
DBT Dr. Anirudha
Giri3 yrs
82.07L
10. Phytochemical characterization
&bioactivity evaluation of
ethnomedicinal plants of southern Assam
UGC Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury 2011-2014
7.9 lakhs
11. Isolation, Identification,
Characterization and Bioactivity assay of anti-diabetic Drug leads from few selected Medicinal Plants of North East India. : Voyage for Cure of Diabetes
DBT Prof. M.Dutta
Choudhury 2011-2014
110 Lakhs
12. UGC-SAP( DRS-II) UGC Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury 72 lakhs 13. DBT sponsored Institutional Biotech
Hub. DBT Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury 39 lkhs 14. Bioinformatics center (DBT-BIF),
Assam University, Silchar DBT Prof. M. Dutta
Choudhury 75 Lakhs 15. Phytochemical profiling, bioactivity
analysis and in silico screening of some medicinally importan pteridophytes of Southern Assam
UGC Dr. A. D.
Talukdar 3 yr
10.15 lakhs
16. DBT-RGYI Research project DBT Dr. H. Prasad
3yr 35.15 lakhs
17. DBT-Twinning Project -2012 DBT Dr. H. Prasad
3yr 82.72 lakhs
18. DBT-Twinning Project 2012 DBT Dr. H. Prasad
3yr 84.08 lakhs
19. DBT research project DBT Dr. H. Prasad
3yr 69.95 lakhs
20. Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Brain function: Effect of Indigenous plant components of NE India.
DBT Dr A. Borah
3yr 82 lakhs
21. Effect of heavy metals & pesticides on male fertility & testicular carcinomain situ: Resveratrol, coenzyme Q10 targeting the therapeutic machinery of pre-cancerous cellular condition
DBT Dr. S.
Roychoudhury 3 yrs
41.22 Lakhs
22. “A study on the diversity of angiosperms in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam with special reference to assessment of rare,
endangered and threatened (RET) taxa”
UGC Dr. D.
Bhattacharyyaa 1.7.2011–
30.06.2014
9.84 Lakhs
23. Molecular mechanisms underlying neurotoxicity of L-DOPA induced endogenous molecules in parkinson’s disease
DBT Dr. A. Borah
3 years 40.00
Lakhs
Consultancy/Extension service:
Sl.No. Nature of Consultancy/Extension service provided Faculty involved 1 Regular extension services are conducted with the
fisherfolk in the wetlands and fishers notably Chatla Haor, Sone Beel, River Barak etc.
Prof. Devashish Kar
2 Student visit to SONBEEL for generating consciousness to save the biodiversity and environment.
Prof M. Dutta Choudhury , A.Das Talukdar ( Feb-2014)
3 Development of medicinal plants and
demonstration to Forest department and common people of the society.
Prof.M. Dutta Choudhury & Dr. A.
Das Talukdar 4 Environment Awarness Programme –at
chandighat tea Estate Dr. M.Bawari, Dr. S.Roychoudhury ( 2ndMarch 2014)
5 NET /SET Coaching All faculty Member
6 Field Trip for conservation of medicinal plants Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury , Dr.
A.Das Talukdar, Students Excellence:SLET-12