Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D.
Designation : Assistant Professor
e-mail id : kaushik.sarkarku@gmail.com
Dr. Kaushik Sarkar (d.o.b. Dec. 23, 1984) is currently the Assistant Professor of the Department of Physiology, Krishnagar Govt. College. He received his Ph.D. degree (2014), M.Sc. degree (2007) and B.Sc. degree (2005) from Kalyani University respectively. Dr. Sarkar also qualified WBCSC SET 2015. He is actively involved in research work since 2008. He has participated in several international and national conferences and received IUPS 2013 Travel Award for attending the 37th World Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS 2013) held at Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2013. hain contamination with arsenic. Besides she involved in research with Diabetes with Pregnancy and Diabetes induced cell death and biomarker assessment in Psoriasis.
(1) Project Assistant:Dr. Sarkar previously served as a Project Fellow in a UGC sponsored Major Research Project (2009-2012).
(2)Publications
1. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Goutam Paul. 2015. Bisphenol A inhibits duodenal movement in vitro of rat through nitric oxide mediated soluble guanylyl cyclase and α-adrenergic signaling pathways. Journal of Applied Toxicology. Wiley & Sons. 36: 131-139. IF-2.982. ISSN: 1099-1263.
2 . Partha Pratim Nath, Kaushik Sarkar, Mukti Mondal, Goutam Paul. 2015. Metanil yellow impairs the estrous cycle physiology and ovarian folliculogenesis in female rats. Environmental Toxicology, Wiley & Sons. IF-3.197. Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/tox.22205. ISSN: 1522-7278.
3.Partha Pratim Nath, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Mukti Mondal, Kamalesh Das, Goutam Paul. 2015. Practice of using metanil yellow as food colour to process food in unorganized sector of West Bengal-A case study. International Food Research Journal, 22(4) ; 1424-1428. ISSN 19854668.
4.Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Partha P. Nath, Mukti Mondal, Goutam Paul. 2014. Bisphenol A inhibits the motor function of duodenal smooth muscle in rat. GSTF Journal of Advances in Medical Research (JAMR); 1(2); 34-38. ISSN 2345-7201.
5. Goutam Paul, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder. 2014. Bisphenol A depresses the duodenal and cardiac movement through nitric oxide mediated guanylyl cyclase pathway. GSTF Journal of Advances in Medical Research (JAMR); 1(2); 28-33. ISSN 2345-7201.
6. Mukti Mondal, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Partha P. Nath, Goutam Paul. 2014. Monosodium glutamate induces physiological stress by promoting and production of cardiovascular risk metabolites in rat. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res. 27(1), 328-331. IF 2.544. ISSN 0976-044X.
7. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Partha P. Nath, Mukti Mondal, Goutam Paul. 2014. Bisphenol A Induces Cardiac Risk By Producing Oxidative Stress Linked Ventricular Degeneration And Altering Lipid Metabolism. 1st Annual International Conference on Advanced Research: Physiology (ARP 2014), 21-22nd July, 2014, Singapore, Conference Proceeding. GSTF, page-62-64.
8. Kamalesh Das, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Partha P. Nath and Goutam Paul. 2014. Chlorpyrifos suppresses female reproductive function in rat. Int J Pharm Bio Sci. 5(1): (B) 810-818. IF 5.121. ISSN 0975-6299.
9. Suban Baskey, Mouri Ghosh, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar and Goutam Paul. 2014. Chlorpyrifos impairs haematological and hepatic tissue functions by producing oxidative stress. Int. J Pharm Bio Sci. 5(2): (B) 829-834. IF 5.121. ISSN 0975-6299.
10. Amit Ghati, Kaushik Sarkar, Goutam Paul. 2013. Isolation, Characterization and Molecular Identification of Esterolytic Thermophilic Bacteria from an Indian Hot Spring. Curr Res Microbiol Biotechnol. 1(4).196-202. ISSN: 2320-2246.
11.Amit Ghati, Kaushik Sarkar, Goutam Paul. 2013. Production and characterization of an alkalothermostable, organic solvent tolerant and surfactant tolerant esterase produced by a thermophilic bacterium geobacillus sp. Agp-04, isolated from bakreshwar hot spring, India. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences. 3(2). 156-162. IF 0.9801. ISSN:1338-5178.
12. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Partha P. Nath, Goutam Paul. 2013. Bisphenol A Inhibits Duodenal Movement in Rat by Increasing Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Decreasing Availability of Free Ca2+ in Smooth Muscle Cells. Int. J. Pharm. Bio. Sci. 4(2): (B) 679-688. IF 5.121. ISSN 0975-6299.
13. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Partha P. Nath, Goutam Paul. 2013. Inhibition of heart ventricular function of rat by Bisphenol A through oxidative stress induced injury of ventricular tissue. Int. J. Pharm. Bio. Sci. 4(2): (B) 811-820. IF 5.121. ISSN 0975-6299.
14. Partha Pratim Nath, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Goutam Paul. 2013. Development of a visible spectrophotometric method for the Quantitative determination of metanil yellow in different food samples. Int. J. Pharm. Bio. Sci. 4(2): (P) 685-692. IF 5.121. ISSN 0975-6299
15. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Goutam Paul. 2011. Bisphenol A inhibits the duodenal motility in a dose dependent manner in-vitro of rat by inducing the deposition of Ca2+ salts at the smooth muscle layer of duodenum. Journal of Environmental Physiology. 4(1,2).50-60. ISSN-0974-7036.
16. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Goutam Paul. 2010. Bisphenol A induced altered transaminase activity of serum and ventricular tissue along with some histological changes of cardiac myocytes. Journal of Environmental Physiology. 3(1,2). 44-56. ISSN-0974-7036.
1. Amit Ghati, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar and Goutam Paul (2011). Bacillus cereus strain AGP-03 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. GenBank: JN858965. National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD, 20894 USA.
2. Amit Ghati, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh and Goutam Paul (2011). Acinobacter sp. AGP-02 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. GenBank: JN639876. National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD, 20894 USA.
1. Goutam Paul, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder. Bisphenol A : A Probable Human Toxicant. 23rd West Bengal State Science & Technology Congress 2016, organized by Presidency University in association with Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of West Bengal and West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology. Feb. 28-29, 2016.
2 . Goutam Paul, Kaushik Sarkar. Bisphenol A promotes the relaxation and decrease the tonic tension of visceral smooth muscle of small intestine ex vivo of rat by augmenting the activity of nitrergic and adrenergic intrinsic motor neurons. National symposium on neuroscience 2015 on recent advances in neuroscience and its application on medical sciences, organized by Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. Nov. 13-14, 2015.
3. Partha Pratim Nath, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Goutam Paul. Metanil yellow impair the estrous cycle physiology in female rat. 1st Annual International Conference on Advanced Research: Physiology (ARP 2014), 21-22nd July, 2014, Singapore, Conference Proceeding. GSTF, page 25.
4. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Goutam Paul. Inhibition of duodenal movement in vitro of rat by Bisphenol A through nitric oxide mediated guanylyl cyclase and α-adrenergic pathways. 37th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Congress, organized by The Physiological Society, Birmingham, UK, 21st -26th July, 2013.
5. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar and Goutam Paul. Inhibition of The Ventricular Function of Rat By Bisphenol A. 37th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Congress, organized by The Physiological Society, Birmingham, UK, 21st-26th July, 2013.
6. Goutam Paul, Mouri Ghosh, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder. Modulation of cholinergic and nitric oxide signaling pathways at the local efferent regulation of small intestine of rat by acute exposure of inorganic pentavalent arsenical. 37th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Congress, organized by The Physiological Society, Birmingham, UK, 21st-26th July, 2013.
7. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh, Goutam Paul. Bisphenol A inhibits heart ventricular function in rat by producing oxidative stress and altering calcium homeostasis in ventricular myocytes. The XXIV Annual Conference of Physiological Society of India-“Physicon-2012”, organized by Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, AP, 12-14 Dec, 2012.
8. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Mouri Ghosh, Goutam Paul. Bisphenol A Inhibits Duodenal Motility in Rat by Increasing Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Decreasing Availability of Free Ca2+ in Smooth Muscle. The XXIV Annual Conference of Physiological Society of India-“Physicon-2012”, organized by Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, AP, 12-14 Dec, 2012.
9. Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Goutam Paul. Bisphenol A depresses the isolaited duodenal rhythmic contractions of rat by inducing the calcium salts deposition at the duodenal smooth muscle layer. State level seminar on “Advancement of biological science towards sustainable development”. Sponsored by UGC, Organized by Department of Zoology, Berhampore Girls’College in collaboration with West Bengal Bio-Diversity Board, Kolkata. Venue-Berhampore Girls’College, Murshidabad, March 29-30, 2012.
10. Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Goutam Paul. Bisphenol A exerts toxic effect on heart by increasing transminase activity and damaging cellular architecture of ventricular myocytes. State level seminar on “Advancement of biological science towards sustainable development”. Sponsored by UGC, Organized by Department of Zoology, Berhampore Girls’College in collaboration with West Bengal Bio-Diversity Board, Kolkata. Venue-Berhampore Girls’College, Murshidabad, March 29-30, 2012.
11. Mouri Ghosh, Amit Ghati, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Goutam Paul. Inorganic arsenic species (iAS) facilitates intestinal movement in vitro of rat through muscarinic and non-adrenergic-non-cholinergic pathway. State level seminar on “Advancement of biological science towards sustainable development”. Sponsored by UGC, Organized by Department of Zoology, Berhampore Girls’College in collaboration with West Bengal Bio-Diversity Board, Kolkata. Venue-Berhampore Girls’College, Murshidabad, March 29-30, 2012.
12. Amit Ghati, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh, Goutam Paul. Characterization of thermostable extracellular esterase produced by Acinetobacter sp. AGP-02, isolated from hot spring of Bakreshwar, West Bengal, India. 52nd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India. International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Development. Organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, AMI-2011, November 3-6, 2011.
13. Diptendu Sarkar, Amit Ghati, Mouri Ghosh, Kaushik Sarkar, Panchali Tarafder, Goutam Paul. Study on the production of extra-cellular polymeric substances by metal-resistane bacteria and biosorption of toxic metals by exo-polymer. World Congress on Biotechnology. March 21-23, 2011.
14. Amit Ghati, Tanusree Dutta, Panchali Tarafder, Kaushik Sarkar, Mouri Ghosh, Goutam Paul. Isolation and partial characterization of an antibacterial compound produced by the alkali tolerant Pseudomonas sp. AGP-01. 51st Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India. International Symposium on recent advances in cross-disciplinary microbiology: Avenues & challenges & International workshop on rRNA sequencing, phylogeny & next generation genome sequencing. Organized by Association of microbiologists of India, Ranchi Unit, Birla Institute of Technology, Mersa, ranchi, India, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, India. AMI-2010, December 14-17, 2010.
15. S. Chatterjee, K. Sarkar, P. Tarafder, S. Sahu and G. Paul. Heat waves decrease the work efficiency and deteriorate the health status of labourers employed in construction sectors: A case study to evaluate the impact of thermal extremes, a climatic variable on human health. International seminar-2010, Climate Change and Environmental Challenges of 21st Century. Organized by Insitute of Environmental Science (IES), University of Rajhsahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh. December 7-9, 2010.