Research Activities:

Qualification: M.Sc.,Ph.D
Designation: Assistant Professor
e-mail id: basulic@rediffmail.com

Master’s Degree : University of NorthBengal,1995 Ph.D (Science): Burdwan University, Specialization: Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Research Area: Polytene Chromosomes of Chironomids. Previous Colleges served: Jhargram Raj College

Research Activities:

(1) Projects Completed/ Continuing:

Research Projects Completed

Title of the Project Funding Agency Amount sanctioned Duration
Assessment of Environmental Stress through Study on Polytene Chromosomes of Chironomid larvae in Aquatic habitats UGC Minor Project PSW-070/11-12 Rs.1,87,000/- 2 years

II. Research Guidance: nil

III. Publication (till date):

1. Estimation of the duration of meiosis and spermiogenesis in Varanas bengalensis (Abstract), IXth All India congress of Cytology and Genetics, Chandigarh (1996).

2. A study on the spermatogonial cell population of Varanus bengalensis (Abstract), IX th All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics, Chandigarh (1996).

3. A study on the chromosome polymorphism in larval salivary gland cells of Chironomus sp. (abstract), National Symposium pf Developmental Biology, Bhubaneshwar (1997).

4. Organization of polytene chromosome and related physiological activity in Chironomus sp. (Abstract), Ind. J. Physiol. & Allied Sci. 51 (4 Suppl.) : 11 (1997).

5. A study on the semineferous epithelium of the reptile, Varanus bengalensis, In Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics (Ed. G. K. Manna and S. Roy, Published by AICCG, Vol. 9 : 413-416 (1998).

6. Estimation of the duration of meiosis and spermiogenesis in lizard, Varanus bengalensis, in Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics (Ed. G. K. Manna and S. Roy, Published by AICCG, Vol. 9 : 423-428 (1998).

7. Morphological variation of the polytene chromosome in different cells of the salivary glands of Chironomus striatipennis. Trans. Zool. Soc. India, 2(2) : 64 – 67 (1998).

8. A comparative treatise on he polytene chromosomes from larvae of natural habitats and laboratory culture, Trans. Zool. Soc. India, 2(2) : 30 – 32 (1998).

9. A technique for permanent squash preparation, Trans. Zool. Soc. India.

10. Behavior of sex chromosomes in pachytene spermatocytes of XXY individual, Proceedings of Xth AICCG, P. 86 (1999).

11. Fusion of the chromosome arms in Kiefferulus barbatitaris : a mode to the speciation in Chironomids. Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P. 87 – 88 (1999).

12. A study on the polytene chromosome formation of Chironomus striatipennis : Chironomus Newsletter of Chirinomid Research (1999) 12 : 17 (North Ireland).

13. Polytene chromosome features in Kiefferulus calligaster with a light on chromosome evolution in Chironomids, Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P.88 (1999).

14. Cytogenetic study of a human male with dicentric Y chromosome. Proc. Of Xth AICCG, P. 89 (1999).

15. Polytene chromosome organization elucidating evolution of the species of Chironomus. Proc. of the UGC sponsored Symposium on Current Trends in Zoological research, P. 4 – 6 (2007).

16. A study on the polytene chromosome polymorphism in Chironomus circumdatus. Proc. of the UGC sponsored Symposium on Current Trends in Zoological research, P. 7 – 9 (2007).

17. Cytological characterization of Kiefferulus calligaster through study of their polytene chromosome. Proc. of the National Symposium on Dimension of Animal Sciences (Researches and Human need), P. 36 (2009).

18. An assessment on the divergence of Chironomus stratipennis Kieffer from Chironomus thummi piger based on the study of their polytene chromosome features. Proc. of Golden Jubilee International Seminar Researches in Zoology (Basic & Applied). Page 13 (2010).