School of Studies in Life Science
The
School
of
Life Sciences
is one of the important centers of study and research in the domain of
biological sciences in Chhattisgarh. It offers postgraduate degrees in
Bioscience, Microbiology and Biochemistry and attracts large number of
students from all corners of the country. It also offers Five-Year
Integrated M.Sc. Course in Bioscience and Microbiology. Its faculty
members receive research grants from various leading funding agencies
and guide number of students for their M.Phil. (Bioscience) and Ph.D.
degrees. It has facilities to carry out research work in various
branches of modern biology. It has been the recipient of grants under
DST-FIST and DRS-SAP schemes of DST and UGC, respectively.
Year of Establishment:
1977
The
School
of
Life Sciences
offers following PG and Research Courses:
|
Course
|
Year of Introduction
|
| M.Sc.
Bioscience |
1977 |
| M.Sc. Microbiology |
1991 |
| M.Sc. Biochemistry |
2004 |
| Five-year Integrated PG Course in Bioscience |
2007 |
| Five-year Integrated PG Course in Microbiology |
2007 |
| M.Phil. Bioscienc |
1987 – 1994, 2007 (reintroduced) |
| Ph.D. in Bioscience and allied subjects |
1977 |
| |
|
Refer Prospectus (hard copy or soft copy
published in http://www.prsu.ac.in)
of the current year for the courses and their details, such as duration,
specialization, number of seats available, course fees, project fees and
eligibility etc.
Admissions: Admissions for
all these courses are made in July every year. Course fee and eligibility
are as per the prospectus of the University and are subject to change from
time to time.
Faculty:
|
Name
|
Designation
|
Qualification
|
Specialization/Research
Areas
|
Contact |
| Dr.
Vibhuti Rai
|
Professor
|
M.Sc., PhD
|
Biochemistry,
Microbial
enzymes, Vanadium toxicity
|
drvrai@yahoo.co.in
|
| Dr.
Atanu Kumar Pati
|
Professor
& Head
|
M.Sc., Ph.D., Diploma in Chronobiology
(Paris) F.N.A.Sc. |
Chronobiology, Animal physiology & behavior,
and Biodiversity
|
akpati19@gmaill.com
|
| Dr. A.K. Gupta
|
Professor
|
M.Sc., Ph.D.
F.Z.S.
|
Parasitology & immunology
|
akguptarsu@hotmail.com
|
| Dr.S.C.Naithani |
Professor |
M.Sc., Ph.D. |
Germplasm conservation, Oxidative stress,
Seed biology |
naithanisc@yahoo.com
|
| Dr. S.K.Prasad
|
Professor
|
M.Sc., Ph.D.;MZSI
|
Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology
|
drskprasad2006@rediffmail.com
|
| Dr.
(Mrs.) A. Poddar
|
Reader
|
M.Sc.,
Ph.D.
|
Parasitology & Immunology
|
adinpod@yahoo.com
|
| Dr.
(Mrs.) Vijaya Koche
|
Reader
|
M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
|
Plant
tissue culture
|
vijaya@yahoo.co.in
|
| Dr. R.K. Pradhan |
Reader |
M.Sc., Ph.D. |
Biochemistry & Chronophysiology |
rkp299@gamil.com |
| Dr.(Mrs) Arti Parganiha |
Lecturer |
M.Sc., Ph.D. |
Chronobiology & Animal Physiology |
arti.parganiha@gmail.com |
| Dr. K.K. Sahu |
Lecturer |
M.Sc., Ph.D. |
Plant Physiology & Stress Biology |
kashav_91@rediffmail.com |
| Dr. (Ms.) Amiya Tirkey |
Lecturer |
M.Sc., Ph.D. |
Plant Pathology, Ethnobotany |
amia_tirkey@rediffmail.com
|
Infrastructure facilities:
| 1.
|
Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
|
1 |
| 2
|
Glass House
|
1
|
| 3.
|
Animal House
|
1
|
| 4.
|
Chronocubicles
|
2
|
| 5.
|
Net and Mesh
House
|
1 each
|
| 6
|
Fenced garden
area
|
11 acres
|
| 7.
|
Fenced forest area
|
5 acres
|
| 8.
|
Biomass Research field
|
15
hectares
|
| 9.
|
Central Instrumentation
|
1
|
| 10
|
Cold room
|
1
|
| 11
|
Actiwatch (AW64)
|
8
|
| 12
|
Vital view system
|
1
|
| 13
|
Green house
|
2
|
Research Projects:
|
Investigator |
Title of the Project Period |
Funding Agency |
| Head, SLS
|
1. Standardization of nursery technology, establishment of
germplasm bank and mass propagation studies for production of
planting material for fuel wood species, 1992-97
2. Adaptability,
productivity, selection and silvicultural studies including soil
fertility changes studies, 1992-97
3. Identification,
characterization, selection and response of efficient strains of
rhizobia and mycorrhiza on fuel wood species, 1992-97
4. R
& D studies on energy plantations, 1992-97
5. DST FIST 2001 -2005
6. DRS under special Assistance Progeam of UGC (Thrust Area: chronobiology) 2004-2007.
|
MNES
MNES
MNES
MNES
DST
UGC
|
| SM
Agarwal
|
1. Immune response and certain biochemical aspects of chiekens during experimental Ancylostomiasis. 1979-1982
2. Survey and pathophysiology of economically important fishes
parasitized by helminths, 1980-83
3. Pathophysiology and
immunology of parasitic diseases of vector snails and
fishes, 1986-90
|
CSIR
UGC
UGC
|
| SS
Ali
|
1.Studies on amino acid metabolizing enzymes of fungal
origin, 1990-93
2. Development of pleurotus mushroom
technology, 1990-93
3. Biochemical and organizational
difference between mezophilic and thermophilic actinomycetes, 1986-90
|
UGC
MPCST
CSIR
|
| ML
Naik
|
1. Limonological studies of river Kharoon with special reference
to eutrofication, 1988-89
2. Water quality of
Dandakaranya, 1994-96
3. Treatment and utilization of sullage
of Raipur city, 1990-93
|
MPCST
MOEF
MPCST
|
| V.
Rai
|
1. Vanadium toxicity in mammals, 1986-89
2. Biochemical
assessment of van date ion during diabetes in mammalian
system, 1991-96
|
MPCST
MPCST
|
| SK
Mishra
|
1. Evaluation of various rejuvenation techniques for micro propagation
of teak, 1997-2001
2. Aromatic and medicinal plant resource center, 2003-05
|
ICFRE
CGCST |
| AK.
Pati
|
1. Reproductive physiological and behavioral adjustment in a
cave fish: a study on retrogressive/constructive
evolution, 1987-89
2. Evaluation of repeated synchronizer
phase-shift effects on growth, circadian rhythm and
chronosensitivity to hormones in chickens, 1986-90
3. Impact
of regressive evolution of circadian behavior: A comparative study
of temporal organization in cave-adapted Nemacheilus evezardi and
its ancestors, 1995-99
4. Determination of phase angle
differences (Y) between the circadian locomotors
activity rhythm and
the zeitgeber in cave loach, Nemacheilus
evezardi, 2000-02
5. Circadian time structure of shift
workers: optimization of scheduling human
shift-work, 1992-
6. Biodiversity assessment and conservation
in Kotumsar cave, 1998-
7. Response
of circadian clock of cave-dwelling hypogean loach and its epigean
ancestor to nonphotic cues, 2001-2005 |
DST
CSIR
DST
UGC
Intra-Mural
Intra-Mural
UGC
|
| AK.
Gupta
|
1. Pathology and histochemistry of parasitic diseases of
fresh-water fishes, 1989-92
2. Bionomics and serological
studies on Bancroftian filariasis at Raipur, 1997-99
3. Bionomics of Malaria Vector in Raipur region of Chhattisgarh State 2002-2004
4. Larvicidal potential of some weed plants against vectors of Malaria and Filaria 2003-2006 |
MPCST
UGC
NMEP
CGCST
|
| A.
Poddar
|
1. Comparative physiological studies on two food fishes C.
batrachus & H. fossilis, 1997-99
2.
Survey and pathophysiology of plant diseases due to nematodes in
Chhattisgarh, 2006-2009
|
UGC
|
| GBKS.
Prasad
|
1. Development of antigen based diagnostic tests in
filariasis, 1991-93
|
DST
|
| N.
Gupta
|
1. Morphotaxonomic studies on the vesicular arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi, 1991-93
|
DST
|
| SC.
Naithani
|
1. Control of
viability in sal seeds: a physiological and biochemical
approach, 1991-94
2. Physiology & biochemistry of dieback
in sal (Shorea robusta) saplings, 1994-97
3. Aging in
Neem
seeds: Physiological and biochemical
approach, 1995-98
4. Lipid peroxidation associated membrane
perturbation during loss of viability in sal
seeds, 1998-01
5. Handling and storage of recalcitrant and
intermediate tropical forest tree seeds, 1999-02
6.
Germplasm conservation of endangered plants through cryogenic storage
biotechnology, 2006-09
7.
AOS signaling in regulation of defense enzymes during germination of neem
[Azadirachta indica] seed,
2006-09
8.
Vitrification-based crypreservation protocols & techniques for some
non-orthodox seeds of woody plants showing oxidative-stress induced
cryoinjury, 2007-10
|
MPCST
DST
UGC
CSIR
DANIDA
DFSC, IPGRI
DBT
DST
UGC
|
| V.
Koche
|
1. Studies on in vitro micro propagation of Terminalia arjuna, 1997-99
2. In vitro
propagation in Buchanania lanzan Spreng.: A tropical fruit
tree, 2004-07
|
UGC
DBT
|
| A. Parghania
|
1. Circadian
time structure of shift workers as a function of chronotype,
2002-2005 |
DST
|
| K.K.Sahu
|
1. Molecular markers for characterization of
dieback in sal (Shorea robusta) seedlings: Protein and antioxidant
enzyme profile, 2006-2008 |
CCOST
|
| Amiya Tirkey
|
2. Bibliography of Ethno botany of Chhattisgarh
state (
India)
|
Institute
of
Ethnobotany
,
Gwalior
|
| A.
Agrawal
|
1. Assessing the pest status of bagworms in Chhattisgarh region
of Madhya Pradesh, 1999-01 |
DST
|
| S.
Sinha |
1. Free
living aquatic protozoa of Chhattisgarh region, 2001-2004 |
DST
|
| |
|
|
Journals Published:
Name |
ISSN No. |
Editor's/Associate Editor's |
| Biome
|
0970-7581
|
SS
Ali/ML Naik, V Rai & SK Mishra
|
|
Journal of Parasitology and Applied
Animal Biology |
0971-2208 |
SM Agarwal/ AK Pati &
AK Gupta
|
Symposia/Conferences
Organized:
|
Name
of Activity
|
Convener/
Organizing Secretary
|
Date
& Year
|
|
National
|
|
1.
VII National Congress of Parasitology
|
SM Agarwal
|
December
26-28, 1986
|
|
2.
National Symposium on Recent Trends in
Biological Sciences
|
ML Naik
|
July
18-20, 1994
|
|
3.
DST Group Monitoring Workshop in Animal
Sciences
|
AK Pati
|
October
18-20, 1995
|
|
4.
Silver Jubilee Meetings of ESI &
National Symposium on Behavior
|
AK Pati
|
December
28-30, 1996
|
|
5.
National Seminar cum Workshop on
Assessment and Accreditation
|
AK Pati
|
June 7-8,
2002
|
|
6.
National Symposium on Innovations and
Prospects in Life Sciences
|
V
Rai
,
SK
Mishra
,
AK
Pati
|
December
14-16, 2002
|
|
7.
Second
SERC
School
in Chronobiology
|
AK Pati
|
October
8-19, 2003
|
|
8.
XV National Symposium on Chronobiology
|
AK Pati
|
October
20-21, 2003
|
|
9.
National Colloquium on Cave Organisms and
Adaptation
|
AK Pati
|
May 22-23,
2004
|
|
10.
National Symposium on Biodiversity:
Current Status and Prospects
|
V Rai
|
October
17-18, 2005
|
|
11.
Trends and Techniques in Chronobiology: A
Workshop
|
A
Parganiha
|
March
20-25, 2006
|
|
International
|
|
1.
International Symposium on Current Status
of Chronobiology
|
AK Pati
|
November
24-26, 1990
|
|
2.
Innovations in
Forest
Tree Seed Science and Nursery Technology
|
SC
Naithani
|
November
22-25, 1997
|
|
3.
XVII International Symposium on
Biospeleology
|
AK Pati
|
November
25-30, 2004
|
Research Collaborations
|
Name
of Institution
|
Agency
|
Type
of Collaboration
|
Duration/Year
|
|
1.
Hospital
Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
|
Under the auspices of ARTBC International,
Paris
|
Collaborative work
|
2007 - Ongoing
|
|
2.
School
of
Studies
in Chemistry, Pt. RSU,
Raipur
|
CSIR
ME & F
|
Collaborative work
|
3 months - 1992
1994-97
|
|
3.
Department of Zoology, BHU,
Varanasi
|
Mutual
|
Collaborative work
|
1999 - Ongoing
|
|
4.
School
of
Biochemistry
and Biotechnology,
Jiwaji
University
,
Gwalior
|
Mutual
|
Collaborative work
|
1996 - Ongoing
|
|
5.
University of Minnesota
,
USA
|
WHO
|
International Project on the BIOsphere and
the COSmos (BIOCOS)
|
2005 – Ongoing
|
|
6.
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre,
Lucknow
|
Mutual
|
Collaborative work
|
2001 – Ongoing
|
Prof. A.K. Pati, Head
School
of
Life Sciences
Pt.
Ravishankar
Shukla
University
Raipur
492 010,
Chhattisgarh
,
India
Phone: 91-771-2262631 (O) ; 9826654829 (Mob.)
Fax: 91-771-2262583
Email:
contactsls@prsu.ac.in
,
akpati@prsu.ac.in
, akpati19@gmaill.com
|
