Year of Establishment : 1998
History of the department : The S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences was founded in 1998 in the University College of Medicine, University of Calcutta with the donation from Dr. Sachindra Nath Pradhan, a renowned medical Scientist of USA. The Centre has three chaired Professor posts - (1) S. N. Pradhan Professor of Neuroscience, (2) Sikta Pradhan Professor of Neuroscience and (3) Nagendranath Das Professor of Neurophysiology. The Nagendranath Das Professor post was created with the donation from Dr. Ashis K. Mandal and Mrs. Mina R. MandaI of California. In August 2000, the Centre was formally inaugurated by the Governor of West Bengal. In 2006, the 150th Anniversary Year of Calcutta University, Dr. S. N. Pradhan donated again 75,000 US dollar for the construction of a new floor for S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences covering 17,000 sq. ft at the Ballygunge Science College campus (5th Floor). The Centre offers M. Sc. Neuroscience a 2 year degree course from the year 2007. This is the only Institution in the entire eastern India who offers M. Sc. degree course in Neuroscience. The Centre has received fund from UGC Innovative Programme under emerging area for teaching and research in Neuroscience for five years (2007-2012). The Centre has a total of three UGC approved faculty posts – One Associate Professor posts and Two Assistant Professor posts. The Centre also runs Ph.D. program in Neuroscience since 2008.
Since 2008 the Centre also conducts Kolkata Regional Brain Bee – a Neuroscience quiz for XIth grade school students for awareness in Neuroscience at the school level. In 2016 the Centre conducted National Brain Bee, where students from 15 different States of India attended the programme. The National champion will participate in the International quiz contest The Centre train summer students of other University/Institute to give exposure in Neuroscience
Special award/ recognition from UGC or related statutory body : The Centre has received fund from UGC- Innovative Programme under emerging area for teaching and research in Neuroscience for five years (2007-2012) and two posts, reader and lecturer.
| Name | Designation | Area of Specialisation | Email/Phone number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay [Profile] |
Director (in-charge) | [email protected] | |
| Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui [Profile] |
Assistant Professor & Head (acting) | CNS Regeneration & Regenerative Medicine; Neurodegenerative disease models using transgenesis & genome editing. | [email protected] [email protected] +91 9433641766 |
Visiting faculty members : Guest teachers from various Institute and Hospitals of Kolkata teaches our M. Sc. Neuroscience course. A few names are mentioned below
| Name | Institute attached with | Period of appointment |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Atanu Biswas | Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Prof. Biman Kanti Ray | Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Souvik Dubey | Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Prof. Asis Kumar Ghosal | IPGMER, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Dr. Subhas C. Biswas | IICB, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Prof. Alok Ghosh Chowdhury, | Vidyasagar College, CU, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Arindam Biswas | National Neuroscience Centre, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Ashima Bhattacharyya | Amity University, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Rupanjan Mukhopadhyay | City College, CU, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Amitabha Pal | City College, CU, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Somaditya Mukherjee | IICB, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Dr. Dipwanita Sadhukhan | National Neuroscience Centre, Kolkata | Year wise |
| Programme | Level of study | Eligibility | Intake capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.Sc. | Postgraduate | B. Sc., MBBS, B Tech. | 16 |
| Ph.D. | Postgraduate | M.Sc., M.Tech. with NET/SLET/RET qualifications |
| Name | Research topic | Name of the Supervisor | Date of registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arunibha Ghosh | Molecular study of dopaminergic pathway genes in pathogenesis of parkinson’s disease among patients of eastern India | Prof. Jharna Ray | 4819/Ph. D. (Sc) Proceed/2014, Date: 15th July, 2014 |
| Arunima Bhaduri | Studies on molecular basis of Parkinson’s disease to understand the role of potential genetic and environmental factors | Prof. Jharna Ray | 7271/Ph.D. (Sc.)Proceed/2015, Date : 7th December 2015 |
| Prosenjit Pal | PD Pathogenesis: Factors involved in Dopaminergic Neuronal Transmission and Mitochondrial Integrity | Prof. Jharna Ray | 4821/Ph.D.(Sc.)Proceed/2014, Date: 15th July, 2014 |
| Rinchen D Sherpa | Functional Implications of Gaseous Neurotransmitters During Zebrafish Retina Regeneration. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 07051/Ph.D.(Sc.) Proceed/2023, Date:22nd September 2023 |
| Rishi Das | Cognitive enhancing function of medicinal plants – an electrophysiological, behavioural and biochemical study | Prof. Jharna Ray | 0599/Ph.D.(Sc.)Proceed/2016, Date : 22nd January 2016 |
| Samudra Gupta | Studies on Injury-induced Epigenetic Regulations Responsible For Zebrafish Spinal Cord Regeneration. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 07014/Ph.D.(Sc.) Proceed/2023, Date:22nd September 2023 |
| Shubhrajit Roy | Studies on molecular basis of Wilson disease | Prof. Jharna Ray & Prof. Kunal Ray | 3482/Ph.D.(Sc) Proceed/2015, Date: 25th May 2015 |
| Project title | Funding agency | Principal investigator | Duration | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncovering the key regulators of heart regeneration in zebrafish and their potential application in regenerative medicine. | DBT, Govt. of India. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 2019 to 2024 | 42.5 lakhs |
| Understanding the mechanism of glial-bridge formation during axonal regeneration in zebrafish spinal cord. | UGC, Govt. of India. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 2022 to 2024 | 10 lakhs |
| Decoding the acute pro-regenerative responses after traumatic brain injury (TBI) for its future implications in regenerative medicine. | DRDO, Govt. of India. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 2023 to 2026 | 60.5 lakhs |
| Unravelling the epigenetic regulation responsible for regenerative neurogenesis and axonal regrowth after spinal cord injury in zebrafish. | SERB, Govt. of India. | Dr. Subhra Prakash Hui | 2023 to 2026 | 40.8 lakhs |
| Title of the programme | Principle collaborator of the department | Name and address of the collaborating institution | Principal collaborator of the collaborating institution | Duration of the programme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigating the genetic etiology and pathophysiology of Moyamoya disease in India and its implications in future medicine. | Dr. Subhra Prakashu Hui | Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata | Prof. Biman Kanti Ray | Since 2021 |
| Unravelling the molecular pathogenesis of congenital cognitive impairment among individual with Down syndrome. | Dr. Subhra Prakashu Hui | Dept. of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata | Dr. Sujay Ghosh | Since 2021 |
| Epigenetic regulation during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish. | Dr. Subhra Prakashu Hui | Dept. of Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata | Dr. Sukla Ghosh | Since 2020 |
| Investigating the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease Dementia and establishment of zebrafish genetic model. | Dr. Subhra Prakashu Hui | National Neuroscience Centre, Kolkata | Dr. Arindam Biswas | Since 2020 |
| Name of the equipment | Brief description | Funding agency |
|---|---|---|
| PCR machine | Genetics and Mol Biol work | CSIR, UGC-Innovative Programme |
| Gel-doc, BioRad | DNA, RNA, Protein studies | UGC-Innovative Programme |
| Spectrophotometer, Jasco | Absorbance measurement | UGC-XI Plan |
| Fluroscence Spectrophotometer, Jasco | Fluorometric analysis | MoES, GOI |
| Laminar Flow Biocontainment [Klenzaids Model] | For Cell culture study | MoES, GOI |
| Clean Air Work Station [Klenzaids Model] | For Bacterial study | MoES, GOI |
| Trinocular Microscope | Cell biology/histological work | MoES, GOI |
| Eyela Low Temperature Incubator shaker | Microbial /recombinant DNA work | MoES, GOI |
| Transblot SD Semi-Dry Electrophoretic Transfer Cell [BioRad] | Proteomics /immunological work | MoES, GOI |
| Inverted tissue culture trinocular microscope with digital camera [Leica] | Cell biology | MoES, GOI |
| iMark Microplate Absorbance Reader with software [BioRad] | Proteomics/immunological work | MoES, GOI |
| Milli Q water | All kind of wet lab experiments | UGC XI Plan |
| Tissue culture facility | For Cell culture study | DST-PURSE |
| HPLC | Proteomics study | MoES, GOI |
| Cold Centifuge | DNA, RNA, Protein studies | MoES, GOI |
| CO2 Incubator | For Cell culture study |
Campus : Taraknath Palit Campus
Address for communication : S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences (5th Floor), University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata - 700019, West Bengal, India
