JIVAN — Centre for Research in Biological Sciences

JIVAN (Jiva-Vijnan-Anweshan-Niketan) — Centre for Research in Biological Sciences in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan

JIVAN is a research initiative of the School of Biological Sciences of RKMVERI Deemed University, in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Sevapratishthan (a 93-year old 684-bedded General Hospital located in Kolkata), with an objective to create a synergy between practising as well as teaching medical doctors on the one hand and eminent biological scientists on the other hand to explore the emerging and fascinating areas in the fields medical and biological sciences. The following Six Working Groups have been formed to work out the details of the research, teaching-training, extension programmes that could be taken up under the overarching umbrella of JIVAN.

Reconstituted Working Groups under JIVAN Research Centre under the School of Biological Sciences

(Updated on 29 August 2025)

  1. Working Group on Microbiology
    • Dr Gautam Chatterjee (Narendrapur Campus—Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology)
    • Dr Dipak Manna (School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)
    • Dr Arnab Basu (School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)
    • Dr Pradeep Chakraborty (medical doctor from Seva Pratishthan-VIMS)
  2. Working Group on Cardiology & Metabolic Disorder
    • Dr Soumitra Kumar (medical doctor from Seva Pratishthan-VIMS)
    • Dr Kunal Sikder (Asst. Prof., RKMVERI)
    • Dr Ajitesh Roy (medical doctor from Seva Pratishthan-VIMS)
    • Dr Amit Kumar Mandal (doctor from Indian Inst of Sc. Education and Research, Kolkata)

    Read about Laboratory of Cardiology and Metabolic disorder

  3. Working Group on Oncology
    • Prof Subrata Banerjee (Head, Dept.of Biomedical science and technology, RKMVERI)
    • Prof Abhijit Chakrabarti (Professor, School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)
    • Dr H. Sudarshan (medical doctor-philanthropist engaged in public health)
    • Dr Pushkar Malakar (School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)
    • Brahmachari Somnath (School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)
  4. Working Group on Neuroscience
    • Dr Subhadip Paul (Asst. Professor, RKMVERI)
    • Dr Arindam Biswas (Research Associate and Teaching Asst., RKMVERI)
    • Dr. Tapas Kumar Banerjee, Head, Neurology, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata
  5. Working Group on Medical Statistics and Digital Data Analytics
    • Dr Nachiketa Chattopadhyay (Professor from Indian Stat. Inst. Kolkata)
    • Prof Probal Chaudhuri (Professor from Indian Stat. Inst. Kolkata)
    • Prof Debasis Sengupta (Professor from Indian Stat. Inst. Kolkata)
    • Dr Sarbani Palit (Professor from Indian Stat. Inst. Kolkata)
  6. Working Group on Human Genetics
    • Dr Arindam Biswas (Research Associate and Teaching Asst., RKMVERI)
    • Prof. Dr.Kartik Chandra Ghosh, MD, DM (Neuro) (NRS Medical College & Hospital)
    • Dr. Jasodhara Chaudhuri, MD; DM (Neuro) ( NRS Medical College & Hospital)
    • Dr. Joydeep Mukherjee, MD; DM (Neuro) (Bangur Institute of Neurosciences; Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata)
    • Brahmachari Somnath ( School of Biological Sciences, RKMVERI)

Report from the School of Biological Sciences released on 18 Nov 2021

 

Research Scholars of 2021-22 batch at JIVAN— Centre for Research in Biological Sciences