CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : SATADAL DAS
Date of Birth: 20th January 1952
Residential Address: 76, Satyen Roy Road, Kolkata - 700 034, India.
Telephone No. : 91-33-24683336
Fax No. : 91-33-24620766
E-mail: drsatdas@hotmail.com
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married.
Academic qualifications:

*Passed all subjects in single chance with two college scholarships awarded for general proficiency in the annual examinations.
** J. N. Chowdhury Gold Medal for standing first in D.C.P.,1980 in School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta.
Awarded Anupama Mullick Research Scholarship in the Department of Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Calcutta, 1978.

Training :

Residential Rotating Housemanship Training, Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta, 1st May 1976 - 30th April 1977.

Resident House Physician, Department of General Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College & Chittaranjan Hospital, Calcutta, 1st May, 1977 - 31st May, 1978.

House Officer in Clinical Pathology, Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta, 1st June 1978 - 31st Jul 1978.

Specialized training on Synchron Autoanalysers, April 4 - 8, Nyon, Switzerland, Beckman Instruments Inc.; Course instructed by Dr. P. C. Reavey and Mr. Martin Rechsteiner, 1995.

Core group participant for needs assessment for satellite CME program as Indo Canadian Joint Venture, Calcutta, August 1995.

Training course on Internal quality audit for medical laboratories as per ISO 15189, 20-21 June 2006, Centre for Electronics Test Engineering, Kolkata, and an Institution under Indo-German Technical Co-operation, Government of India.

Training on Advance Real Time PCR Techniques, Theory and Hands on training at Roche Diagnostics Training Centre, Mumbai, 16-17 September, 2007.

Professional Experiences:

Present attachments:

Consultant Microbiologist, Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata

Guest Teacher, Division of Environmental Biology & Toxicology, Dept. of Zoology, Calcutta University.

Guest Teacher, M.Sc.(Genetic Engineering) course, Institute of Genetic Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology.

Important previous attachments:

Hon. Postgraduate Teacher at the Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, University College of Medicine, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 1986 - 1988.

Pathologist-incharge of Laboratory, Peerless Hospitex Hospital & Research Centre Limited, 360, Panchasayar, Kolkata - 700 094, 1st Jan 1994 - 30th Sept 1999.

Chief Pathologist, Behala Balananda Brahmachari Hospital, Kolkata, 1984-1988.
Guest Teacher, Thakurpukur Cancer Welfare & Research Centre, Kolkata

Research Experience :

Thesis:

Studies on the biological characteristics of mycobacteria and related species on silicate and some conventional media: Das, S. MD Thesis, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, 1983.

Published papers: 43

Effect of posture on blood pressure: Das, P. C. and Das, S. Indian Med. J. 66, 1972, 238 - 241.

Isolation of a Nocardia- like chemoautotroph from clinically proven multibacillary cases of leprosy : Chakrabarty, A. N. ; Das, S.; and Dastidar, S. G. Indian J. Experimental Biology, 24, 1986, 663 - 665.

Repeated isolation of a Nocardia-like chemoautotroph from 22 clinically proven multibacillary cases of leprosy : Chakrabarty A. N.; Das, S. and Dastidar, S. G. Presidential Oration, Proceedings of Xth National Congress, Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, Bangalore, 1986,1 - 6.

Studies on different blood groups in maturity onset diabetes : Ray, C.; Das, T.; Basak, K.; Samanta, S.; Maji, S. and Das, S. Medical Cosmos, Bhubaneswar, 1986, 39 - 40.

Repeated isolation of Nocardia like organisms from multibacillary cases of leprosy: Chakrabarty, A. N.; Dastidar, S. G.; Das, S.;Chowdhuri, S.K. Indian J. Leprosy. 59 : 3; 1987, 247 - 262.

In vitro Cultivation of a chemoautotrophic nocardioform bacterium from armadillo tissue infected with leprosy bacillus : Dastidar, S. G.; Das, S. and Chakrabarty, A. N. Indian J. Experimental Biology, 25, 1987, 427 - 428.

Basal cell carcinoma in pedigreed aged dogs - two case notes: De, D. K. and Das, S. Indian J. Vet. Surgery, 9(1),1988 , 59 -60.

Significance of culture granules of leprosy derived acid-fast chemoautotrophic nocardioform bacteria, Chakrabarty, A. N.; Das, S.; Pal, N. K. and Dastidar, S. G. Indian J. Experimental Biology, 26, 1988, 144 - 146.

Silicon ( Si ) utilization by chemoautotrophic nocardioform bacteria isolated from human and animal tissue infected with leprosy bacillus. Chakrabarty, A. N.; Das, S.; Mukherjee, K.; Dastidar, S. G.; Sen, D. K. Indian J. Experimental Biology, 26, 1988, 839 - 844.

Metabolism of fossil fuels by chemoautotrophic nocardioform bacteria from infectious leprosy tissues and its implications. Chakrabarty, A. N.; Das, D.;Bhattacharya, C. P.; Dastidar, S. G. Indian J. Experimental Biology, 26:11,1988, 845 - 847.

Research on Potency problem. Chatterjee, S. N.; Das, S.; Chakraborty, A. S.; Chakraborty, S. the Berlin J. on Research in Homoeopathy, 1:4(5), 1991, 279 -280.

Metabolism of silicon as a probable pathogenecity factor for Mycobacterium and Nocardia Sp. Das, S.; Mandal, S.; Chakrabarty A. N.; Dastidar, S. G. Indian J. Medical Research (A) 95,1992, 59 - 65.

“ Silicon utilization” - an important pathogenecity marker of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Das, S. The Japanese J. Clinical Pathology, 43( Supple.) , 1995, 261.

Occurrence of Campylobacter species in domestic animals and birds and its zoonotic importance. Chattopadhyay, U. K.; Pramanik, A. K.; Mitra, S. K.; Das, S.; Bhattacharya, P. K.; Pal, D. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 2:2, 1997, 6 - 8.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Primary and secondary prevalence patterns of salmonella serotypes in man. Das, S.; Chattopadhyay, U. K.; Bhattacharya, P. K. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 2:1, 1997, 18 - 24.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Incidence of Cryptosporidium infection in cattle and their handlers around Calcutta. Chattopadhyay, U. K.; Prasad, K. N.; Mazumder, A.; Das, S.; Pal, D. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 2:1, 1997,12 - 17.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Role of cryptosporidium in the etiology of diarrhoea in calves and their handlers. Chattopadhyay, U. K.; Bhattacharya, P. K.; Das, S. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 2:4, 1997,11 - 16.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Diminished growth of Streptococcus mutans on tooth surface in presence of titanium dioxide ( TiO2 ). Das, S.; Rudra, A. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 3:3, 1998,20 - 21.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

A study on the co-cultivation of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum like bacteria isolated from leprosy tissue and leprosy derived corynebacteria ( LDC ). Das, S. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 3:3, 1998, 22 - 25.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection. Bhattacharya, P. K.; Das, S.; Bhattacharya, R. K.; Dasgupta, A. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 3:2, 1998, 23 - 31.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection. Das, S. Allen’s Medical Journal.1:1, 1998, 14 - 16.

Fungal flora of healthy human conjunctivae in Calcutta. Das, S.; Banerjee, A.; Das, P. K. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 3:4, 1998, 10 - 13.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).
What if we deny “AIDS”? Das, S. Allen’s Medical Journal. 1:2, 1998, 16 - 19.

An ideal laboratory profile for maximum patient satisfaction. Panda, A.; Majumder, A.; Das, S. Bulletin R G Kar Medical College, 4:2, 1999, 20 - 29.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Neurobrucellosis presenting as acute meningoencephalitis. Banerjee, T. K.; Pal, A. K.; Das, S. Neurology India. 47:2, 1999, 160.

Role of silicon in modulating the internal morphology and growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Das, S. and Chattopadhyay, U.K. Indian J. Tuberculosis. 47: 2000, 87-91.

Destruction of mosquito larva by sodium metasilicate. Das, S. and Das, S. Bull RGKMC, 5:1, 2000, 7-11.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Salmonellosis is increasing throughout the world. Das, S. Allen’s Medical Journal, 2:1,1999,10-13.

Uric acid concentration and cholesterol level in blood: Is there any relation? Pahari D, Banerjee A, Ghosh C, Das S. Bull RGKMC, 4:4,1999,15-18.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Human Brucellosis in Calcutta, India. Das, S. European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, CD-ROM, Pharmacia, Istanbul, 2001.

Screening for Human T cell Leukaemia Virus Type I among myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis cases in and around Kolkata. Das S, Roy S. Bull RGKMC, 6:3, 2001, 11-13.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Anthrax. Das S. Bull RGKMC, 6:3, 2001,20-29.(Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Morphological changes of bacteria on routine culture media containing boiled okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus) aqueous extract. Sreemoyee Das and Satadal Das, Bull RGKMC, 2003,8:3,3-7. ISSN 0971-8001 (Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Serum lipoprotein electrophoresis of HIV infected persons in Kolkata, Papri Das, Satadal Das. Medimond S.r.l., Bologna, Italy, ISBN 88-7587-066-7, 2004. This is the first report of lipoprotein electrophoresis in HIV infected patients.

Studies on the production and purification of an antimicrobial compound and taxonomy of the producer isolated from the marine environment of the Sundarbans. M. Saha, D. Ghosh Jr., D. Ghosh, D. Garai, P. Jaisankar, K. K. Sarkar, P. K. Dutta, S. Das, T. Jha and J. Mukherjee. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 66:5, 2005, 497-505.

Allergic symptoms & blood IgE level associated with respiratory function impairments among workers exposed to storage grain dust. Chattopadhyay B. P., Kundu S., Mahata A., Alam J., Das S. and Roychowdhury A. Indian Biologist, 37(2), 2005, 25-30

Facilitation of seed germination using distinct resident bacteria from the gut of earthworm Metaphire posthuma. Biswas Sreejata, Lahiri P, Ghosh P, Dutta Anindita and Das S. Indian Agriculturist, 49(3&4),2005,233-237.

Minutes of Annual meeting of the OIE ad hoc Group on Non Tsetse Transmitted Animal Trypanosomoses, World Health Organisation for Animal Health H Q, 22 May 2005, Paris, France. “T. evansi infection in man” information submitted by Dr. Satadal Das, pp 10-11, presented by Dr. Louis Touratier, Secretary OIE ad hoc Group NTTAT.

Minutes of Annual meeting of the OIE ad hoc Group on Non Tsetse Transmitted Animal Trypanosomoses, World Health Organisation for Animal Health H Q, 21 May 2006, Paris, France. “T. evansi infection in humans: a new zoonosis?” information submitted by Dr. Satadal Das, pp 7-8, Annexure III, presented by Dr. Louis Touratier, Secretary OIE ad hoc Group NTTAT.

Malay Saha, Parasuraman Jaisankar, Satadal Das, Kalyan K. Sarkar, Soma Roy, Shila E. Besra, Joseph R. Vedasiromani, Debashish Ghosh, Barindra Sana and Joydeep Mukherjee. Production and Purification of a Bioactive Substance Inhibiting Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria and Human Leukemia Cells from a Salt-Tolerant Marine Actinobacterium sp. Isolated from the Bay of Bengal. Biotechnology Letters , 28(14), 2006, 1083-1088.

Bhaskar P. Chattopadhyay, Satadal Das, Atin Adhikari, Jane Alam. Exposure to varying concentration of fungal spores in grain storage godowns and its effect on the respiratory function status among the workers. Industrial Health, 2007, 45:3, 449-461.

B. P. Chattopadhyay, A. Mahata, S. Kundu, J. Alam, S. Das, A. Roychowdhury. A study on blood eosinophil level and ventilatory pulmonary function of the workers exposed to storage grain dust. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007, 11:1, 21-25.

Sreyashi Sarkar, Malay Saha, Debashis Roy, Parasuraman Jaisankar, Satadal Das, Lalita Gouri Roy, Ratan Gachhui, Tuhinadri Sen, Joydeep Mukherjee. Enhanced production of antimicrobial compounds by three salt-tolerant actinobacterial strains isolated from the Sundarbans in a niche-mimic bioreactor. Marine Biotechnology., 2008 in press. DOI : 10.1007/s10126-008-9090-0

Memberships:

President, National Space Society(USA)- Kolkata Chapter

Life Member, Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists.

Life Member, Indian Society of Haematology & Blood Transfusion.

Life Member, Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists.( Secretary, IAMM, WB Chapter)

Life Member, Hospital Infection Society of India(Secretary, Hospital Infection Society of India, WB Chapter)

Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association.

Life Member, Indian Public Health Association.

Life Member, International Union for Health Promotion & Education, France.

Life Member, Society for Prevention of AIDS, Mumbai.

Member, American Society for Microbiology

Member, European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Member, International Society of Infectious Diseases

Member, National Space Society,USA

Life Member, IMA College of General Practitioners, Indian Medical Association.

Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Presented papers at international conferences: 33
Symposium:
Lecture delivered at “Rutgers symposium on Lunar Settlements” on possible use of Silicon utilizing organisms on the Moon on 6th June 2007 at Rutgers University, USA. Full Paper and ppt presentation available at
lunarbase.rutgers.edu/papers/Das_paper.pdf

Sana Barindra, Ghosh Debashish, Saha Malay , Das Satadal, Jaisankar Parasuraman and Mukherjee Joydeep. First ever bioprospecting of the marine microorganisms of the Sundarbans: Purification and characterization of some industrially important enzymes and antimicrobial agents. International Symposium on New Fronties in Marine Natural Product Research (NFMNPR), National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India 23 - 24 february 2007.

Satadal Das. DNA DSB in microbial infections. Diagnosis and management of genetic disorders. 27-29 December 2007, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata.

Others:

Radio Broadcast in USA of an interview on newer antifungal agent , Radio for our world, New York, 2007.
Report of a lecture delivered at Rutgers symposium on Lunar Settlements at Rutgers University, 2007 published in Lunar Development Forum. Lunar Base Quarterly, 15:3, July 2007, USA.

Empanelled as a Ph. D. Supervisor for the subject Microbiology under the category Technology under West Bengal University of Technology ( 25.02.09/Regis/Ph.D./2008).

Report of an interview published in Modern Medicine, The World of Healthcare, Equipment & Technology, 2006, 2:3, monthly Magazine published from Mumbai, India, page 84.

Participated in cefoperazone in the treatment of serious bacterial infections in hospitalized patients. A prospective, open, non-comparative, multicenter study to evaluate clinical and microbiological efficacy and toleration and determine in vitro bacterial susceptibility and antibacterial MICs, Pfizer India Ltd., 1996.
A picture published in peerless hospital brochure 2007.

Expert of the project “ Study of airborne aerobic bacteria isolated from active hospital environment of Kolkata and their benzene degrading capabilities” by Debkishore Mitra & Sakya Sarkar, presented on 4th November 2006 at JB Centre of Excellence, 1300 Rajdanga Main Road, Kasba, Kolkata 700 107 - obtained second position among all presented project works.

External Guide, a project work on control of hospital cross infection by Dr. Debashis Sharma, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre , April -June, 2003.

Guide, Project work on Widal test in typhoid fever and study on antibodies in general population against some other Salmonella serotypes. Chaitali Laha Roy, B.Sc.(Biotechnology) student of P E S College, Bangalore, at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre , June 2005.

Guide, Project work on an ideal laboratory profile for maximum patient satisfaction. Abhijit Panda, Post Graduate Diploma of Hospital and Health Management, Birla Institute of Futuristic Study, Kolkata at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre , 10 June to 10 July 1999.

Collaborator of PhD thesis on Studies on behavioural, histopathological and biochemical changes following sub-total hysterectomy in post-pubertal mongrel bitches by Dipak Kumar De, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya , 1989.

Guide, Project work on Candida, by Paromita Sinha, A8-403, Sugam Park, 195 N S Road, Kol-103 at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre , April 2006 - September 2006.

Guide, project work on widal test in typhoid fever and study on antibodies in general population against some other Salmonella serotypes. By Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, M.Sc. (Microbiology) student of Allahabad Agricultural Institute ( Deemed University) at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre , June 2005.

Examiner, BHMS Examination, West Bengal University of Health Sciences & Calcutta University.

Examiner, B.Sc. (Hons) Nursing Examination, West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Examiner, M.Sc. Zoology Ecotoxicology paper, University of Calcutta

NASA will produce habitations on the Moon - report published in “Sukhi Grihakon” : a monthly magazine of the Newspaper Bartaaman. In this report works of Dr. Satadal Das has been given in relation to the Moon. August 2007, 8th Year, 4th issue. Pages 71-73.

Marine Antibiotic- report published in the Newspaper The Statesman, Kolkata, Monday 11 April, 2005 in the section Science down to earth feature service describing our works on new antibiotics from Actinomyces of Sundarbans- the largest mangrove forest in the world.

Faculty of DNB Family Medicine course, Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata.

Faculty of Dr. Bholanath Chakravarty memorial speciality & academy, Chowringhee Mansion, 30, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata.

Included in top 100 world's best scientists in 2008 by International Biographical Centre, St. Thomas' Place, ELY, CB7 4GG, Great Britain.

Man of the Year-1998: By American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA.

Biography: Das, Satadal. Eminent Personalities of 20th Century, International Biographical Research Academy Publications, India, 2000, 111.

Biography: Das Satadal. Asian/ American WHO'S WHO, 2nd volume, Rifacimento International, 2002, 188.

Biography: Das Satadal. Indo/ American WHO'S WHO, 3rd volume, F I Publications, 2002, 150.

Member, Board of studies, Hospital Administration course, West Bengal University of Technology.

Project Examiner (External), West Bengal University of Technology.

Vice President, Organising Committee, National Environment Summit 2003, 18-19 July, 2003 in collaboration with West Bengal Pollution Control Board.

Judge for the award session on Microbiology, Indian Assiciation of Pathologists & Microbiologists, West Bengal Chapter, XVI th Annual Conference, Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Kolkata, 24th September, 2006.

Assistant Editor, Bull RGKMC, A Peer Reviewed Journal, ISSN 0971-8001 (Indexed in Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus SR-S231173, INSDOC).

Contact Person of Das Research Centre, Kolkata, India - a Centre enlisted in the Inventory of HIV/AIDS Information Sources in the Asia Pacific Region, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDCP, UNESCO, WHO, World Bank.

Mentor,Overseas Summer training, Deborshi Roy, New York Medical College, Jan-Feb, 1997 at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata.

CME:

Management of HIV infection with available resources, AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific, New Delhi, 7-8 November, 1992.

CME program, First National Conference on AIDS, Society for Prevention of AIDS with the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra, March 27, 1992, Bambay, India.

CME-Advances in haematology, 38th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Haematology & Blood Transfusion, 18 December, 1997, N. R. S. Medical College, Calcutta.

CME program on expanding horizon of haematology, Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Calcutta, 14th June, 1998.

CME program, Hospital Infection Society - India, West Bengal Chapter, 17th July 2005, Indian Science Congress Auditorium, Kolkata.

CME program, Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Calcutta, 27-28 November, N. R. S. Medical College, Calcutta

Medical Council of India approved CME program on HIV/AIDS prevention & treatment awareness, National AIDS Control Organisation & Indian Medical Association, 3rd December, 2006 at Peerless Hospital & B. K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata.

Dr. R. N. Ghosh Memorial CME program, Indian Assiciation of Pathologists & Microbiologists, West Bengal Chapter and Cancer Centre Welfare Home and Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata, 5th September, 2004.