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Dr. Rajiv Dutta
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Department of Biological Sciences Lilly Hall, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1392
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| dr.rajivdutta@gmail.com Work: 1-765-494-6893 Home: 1-765-464-3521 Fax: 1-248-741-6195 |
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| Present Address and Contact: |
| | Amity Institute of Biotechnology
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Amity University Uttar Pradesh
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Viraj Khand-5, Gomti Nagar Scheme
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Phone: (W): 91-0522-2721931/32 Ext-248
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| | High quality research and teaching in Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences.
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| | | · | Research Highlight in Nature, 430, 416.
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| · | Discovered the ion channels in plant cell which resembles the ion channels found in heart muscles cell.
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| · | The two different cellular pressure hypothesized for plant cell, contemproary to systolic and diastolic.
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| | | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
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PhD -
Biotechnology, September 1999 |
Title of the thesis: The biophysical mechanism(s) of electrical stimulation on in vitro growth and differentiation in Populus deltoids and Nicotiana tabacum
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| | | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
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Other -
M.Tech. - Biotechnology & Engineering, January 1989 |
Title of Dissertation: Bioproduction of diosgenin through in vitro culture of Kallstroemia pubescens (G. DON) Dandy
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D.Sc. (h.c.), 1997 |
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| | | ICMR Center for Advanced Studies on Genetic Diseases, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow |
December 1986 - July 1987 |
Project Involved: Genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis of various genetic diseases in Human. Techniques: Leucocytes cell culture, chromosome banding and karyotyping.
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| | | National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow |
June 1989 - May 1991 |
Project Involved: Tissue culture of Shorea robusta and Populus deltoids: Development of technological know how
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| | | CSIR Complex (now called Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology), Palampur |
May 1991 - October 1993 |
Project Involved: Studies on the effect of weak electric current on growth and differentiation in tissue culture sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi under its Scheme for Young Scientists.
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| | | Birla Institute of Technology and Science , Pilani |
October 1993 - December 2000 |
| Lecturer (later Sr. Lecturer) |
Courses Taught: Biochemical Engineering, Cell & Tissue Culture Technology, Cell Biology, Biophysics, Genetic Engineering (Lab. Course) and General Biology.
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Research: Plant tissue culture and Biochemical Engineering Supervised: Seven Student for their First Degree Thesis.
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Sponsored Projects: Four Sponsored Research projects from University Grants Commission, Govt. of India and one sponsored project from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Rajasthan, India in the area of Plant Tissue Culture and Bioelectronics.
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| | | Nobel Foundation-DARA, Ardmore, OK |
January 1997 - December 2000 |
A joint research program on Bioelectrophysiology. BITS, Pilani, India, Nobel Foundation, USA and Institut für Biophysik, Universität Hannover, Germany. Research on patch clamp in various plant protoplasts.
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| | | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma |
January 2001 - January 2002 |
Electrophysiology research on vacoular membranes.
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Techniques: Patch-clamp whole cell and single channel recordings, learnt data aqusizition and analysis.
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Calcium and Potassium transport through vacuolar memebranes.
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| | | Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
February 2002 - Present |
Electrophysiological studies of various mechano-sensitive (stretch activated) ion channels. Specialized area of research Nanobiotechnology.
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| | | AMITY Institute of Biotechnology, Lucknow |
July 2005 - Present |
Teaching, Research and Administration
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| | | · | Receipiant of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Scholarship and Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India Fellowship.
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| · | Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
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| · | Elected Fellow of the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding.
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| · | Delivered ISCA Young Scientists Award Lecture 1992 and 1993.
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| · | Received Society of Bioscience Lecture Award-1996.
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| · | Received Young Scientist’s Award Gold Medal -1997 at the 35th World Congress of Natural Medicines, Tirupati.
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| · | Received Junior Chamber International -Outstanding Young Persons Award (Trophy)-1998.
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| · | Received Doctor of Science (h.c.) from IUCM, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| · | Visits abroad:- USA, Japan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, United Kingdom.
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| Membership to the professional bodies |
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2. National Academy of Sciences of India
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3. Indian Science Congress Association
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4. Indian Biophysical Society
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5. Indian Society for Technical Education
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6. Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Sciences.
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7. American Association for Advancement of Science
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8. SigmaXi-The Scientific Honor Society
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1. Dutta, Rajiv (1994) Computer optimization of relative growth of callus cultures of Poplar (Populus deltoids); Modern Trends in Biotechnology; 51-54;CREIID, BITS, Pilani.
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2. Dutta, Rajiv (1996) Electrically induction of growth, proliferation and differentiation: A novel in vitro approach; Bioelectromagnetism 17; 174-178.
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3. Dutta, Rajiv (1996) Electrical influence on the movement of certain PGRs; BEMS Letters 132; 2-4.
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4. Sharma, V.N. and Dutta, Rajiv (1996) Mass scale propagation of Rosa hybrida; Recent Advances in Biosciences; 211-212.
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5. Dutta, Rajiv (1997) Biotechnology in Environmental Management; Environmental Conservation with Sustainable Development (Edited by Dr. A. K. Sinha et al.) Chapter 5; 51-61; APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
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6. Dutta, Rajiv (1997) Bioelectric augmentation of growth and differentiation in Nicotiana tabacum: The physiological evidence to the phenomenon; The FASEB Journal 11(9) Suppl.; 1031.
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7. Dutta, Rajiv (1998) Analysis of electrical distribution in callus: A possible marker for differentiation; BEMS Letters 137; 210-214.
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8. Dutta, Rajiv (1998) Electrical influence on polar movement of certain phytohormones; Biotechnology in Agriculture and Environment (Eds. S.S. Marwaha et al.); 50-51; PSCST, Chandigarh
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9. Dutta, Rajiv (1999) Bioelectricity and Plants; Electromagnetic fields in biological system (Edited by Dr. M.H. Weisenseel) pp. 98-100; Alan R Liss, New York.
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10. Dutta, Rajiv (1999) Measurement of in vitro growth by image processing; Comp. Biol. Applications; 677-683.
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11. Dutta, Rajiv (2000) Electrical influence during growth and morphogenesis; BEMS Letters 140, 126-129.
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12. Dutta, Rajiv (2000) The electrical properties of plant membranes; Bioelectromagnetism 21(1), 63-66.
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13. Gupta, Amrita and Dutta, Rajiv (2000) Electrical control of gravitropic movement in Brassica; Bioelectromagnetism, 21(9), 51-54.
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14. Schoenknecht, Gerald, Spoormaker, Petra, Steinmeyer, Ralf, Bruggeman, Lioubov, Ache, Peter, Dutta, Rajiv, Reintanz, Godde, Hedrich, Rainer and Palme, Klaus (2002); KCO1 is a component of the slow-vacuolar (SV) ion channel; FEBS Letters 511, 28-32.
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15. Schonknecht, Gerald, Spoormaker, P, Steinmayer, R, Ache, P, Dutta, Rajiv, Reintanz, B, Godde, M, Hedrich, R and Palme, K; The vacuolar two-pore domain potassium channel KCO1; Plant Biology 2002.
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16. Dutta, Rajiv and Robinson, K.R. (2003) Identification of stretch-activated channels necessary for pollen germination and growth; Proc. ASCB, F07-F10.
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17. Dutta, Rajiv and Robinson, Kenneth R.; Identification and Characterization of Stretch-activated Ion Channels in Pollen Protoplasts; Plant Physiology (Vol. 135, No. 3, July 1, 2004)
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18. Mishra, A.K., Twari, S.N. and Dutta, Rajiv; Studies on the development of an electrical biosensor to detect the graft union success rate; MacMillan Advanced Research Series "Wireless Communications & Sensor Networks" (Editors Miwari, M.D. Tiwary U.S., Nandi G.C. and Radhakrishna) pp 3-8, 2006
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(b) Communicated to refereed journals:
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1. Dutta, Rajiv; Electrical control of growth in Nicotiana tabacum: The Cytomorphological evidence to the phenomenon; Plant Cell Reports.
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2. Chari, Jaya and Dutta, Rajiv; Modeling and simulation of tumbling bioreactor for Scenedesmus communis; Manuscript sent to Proceeding Part B National Academy of Sciences, India.
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3. Prathibha, N., Bhavin C. Shah, Sood, Neeru and Dutta, Rajiv; In vitro culture of Kallstromea pubescens: A newer source of diosgenin Manuscript under preparation for Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture.
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Roy, Utpal, Dutta, Rajiv and Das, A.K.; Genetic Engineering: A laboratory manual, Educational Development Division, BITS, Pilani 2000.
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Dutta, Rajiv (1998) Biochemical Engineering on CD
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| Principal Investigator of the Sponsored Projects |
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| | 1. Studies on the effect of magnetism on plants by Indian Association of College Going Scientists, Calcutta
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2. Studies on the effect of weak electric current on growth and differentiation in tissue culture by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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3.Electrical influence on physiological changes with organogenesis in tissue culture by the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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4. Studies on the electrical resistances of graft union in Rose by the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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5. Studies on the electrical coupling in root hairs by the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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6. Large scale cultivation of plant cells for production of medicinally important compounds by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
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7. Studies on the Biochemical response of electrical signaling in the reproductive system of Hibiscus rosa sinensis by the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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8. Tissue culture of Shorea robusta and Populus deltoids: Development of technological know how by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India
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| Examiner for Ph.D. Qualifying Examination of BITS |
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Courses: Cell and Tissue Culture Technology and Biochemical Engineering
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| Resourse Person for Training Program(s) |
| | 1. AICTE and BITS, Pilani sponsored workshop on Molecular Biology Techniques in Biotechnology during December 2000.
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2. DBT, CIMAP, Lucknow and NBRI, Lucknow sponsored workshop on Recent Advances in Plat Tissue Culture December 1999.
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| Reviewer of Peer Reviewed Journals |
| | 1. Proceedings Part-B; National Academy of Sciences, India.
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2. Reviewed papers for Current Sciences.
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3. Project Review Committee of DST Young Scientist's Projects.
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| Doctoral Thesis Supervised |
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