Academic qualifications:

Positions held/ holding:

1. Worked for 13 years in the R & D Division of a Public Sector Undertaking of All India repute
2. Now working in the Department of Chemical Technology, University of Calcutta for 20 years, presently as Professor.

Research interests:

• Microbiology
• Pharmaceutical Formulation

Research guidance :

• Number of researchers awarded M. Tech : 11
• Number of researchers pursuing Ph.D : …Awarded – 4, Pursuing - 6

Select list of publications:

Journals:

• Das D., Ara T., Datta S., Mukherjee A. "New water resistant biomaterial biocide film based on guar gum" - Bioresource Technology 102: 5878 – 5883, 2011.
• Sahoo S., Dutta S., Biswas D., Banik Choudhary R., Biosurfactant Production from nParaffins by an Air Isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa OCD1, J. Oleo Science, Vol.59, No.11 p 601-605 (2010).
• De A., Sana S., Datta S., Mukherjee A., “ Protective efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid nanoparticles in animal model of inflammatory bowel disease” J. Microencapsul., online., 2014, 1464-5246.
• De A., Datta S., Mukherjee A. “Quantitative analysis of Glycyrrhizic acid from a polyherbal preparation using liquid chromatographic technique” J.Adv. Pharm. Tech. Res. Vol 3 No. 4, Pg 210-215, 2012.