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Name, Designation and Institution |
Area of Study |
U.S. Host Institution |
Duration of Grant and Start Date |
Dr. Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah
Professor
Department of Molecular Reproduction
Development and Genetics
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Biochemistry: Cell Biology (The importance of cyclic nucleotide signaling in the biology and pathogenesis
of M. tuberculosis) |
Weil Cornell Medical College
New York, NY |
5 months September 2011 |
Dr. Prajval Shastri
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Astrophysics (Active Galaxies: Radio-loudness and the Fanaroff-Riley Divide) |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
8 months January 2012 |
Dr. Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee
Scientist D
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Biochemistry (Cellular and molecular mechanisms of intestinal transport of water-soluble vitamins during enteric infection: Impact of malnutrition on diarrhea) |
University of California
Irvine, CA |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Ashok Chaudhury
Professor and Chairman
Department of Bio and Nano Technology
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology
Hisar, Haryana |
Molecular Biology - Biotechnology (Molecular Characterization of Circadian Clock Associated Transcription Factors in Rice) |
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC |
8 months August 2011 |
Dr. Goutam Dev Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Physics (Hydrogen and its isotopes at ultra high pressures) |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
5 months September 2011 |
Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik
Associate Professor
School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi |
Energy (Synthesis and characterization of nano-scale magneto-electric devices) |
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI |
8 months June 2011 |
Dr. Arindam Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor
Department of Zoology
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Cancer Immunology (Mitochondrial dysfunction autophagy cross talk in cancer) |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
3 months July 2011 |
Dr. Anitha Bhaskara Kurup
Associate Professor
School of Social Sciences
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Education (Loss of Trained Scientific Women Power: Experiences in India and the United States of America) |
University of California
Davis, CA |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Das
Associate Professor
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Tezpur University
Tezpur, Assam |
Book History (The American Baptist Missionaries and the Coming of the Book in Assam) |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
8 months October 2011 |
Dr. Veena Uday Joshi
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
University of Pune
Pune, Maharashtra |
Geomorphology (Evaluation of geomorphic and anthropogenic effects on the development of badlands) |
University of Denver
Denver, CO |
5 months August 2011 |
Dr. Suryanarayanan Trichur Subramanian
Director
Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology
Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda College Campus
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Biology- Mycology (Suitability of cellulases from fungal endophytes for production of ´´greener´´ biofuels) |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
6 months September 2011 |
Dr. Pallab Chaudhuri
Senior Scientist
Division of Bacteriology and Mycology
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Izatnagar, Bareilly
Uttar Pradesh |
Animal Biotechnology (Development of LPS defective gene knock-out mutant of Brucella abortus and the evaluation of its virulence and antigenic potential as vaccine candidate) |
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI |
5 months January 2012 |
Dr. Rajesh Jasvantrai Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
Soft Condensed Matter and Magnetic fluids (Magnetically Driven Colloidal Superstructures and their Dynamics) |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
8 months January 2012 |
Dr. Srinivasa Siva Rama Krishnarao Taduri
Head
Indian Statistical Institute
Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Mathematics (Banach-Stone theorems and algebraic reflexivity) |
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, IL |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Pratap Kumar Pati
Head
Department of Biotechnology
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar, Punjab |
Plant Biotechnology (Polyadenylation of stored messenger RNA during seed germination) |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
8 months August 2011 |
Dr. Gouranga Kar
Principal Scientist
Directorate of Water Management
Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Agriculture (Assessment of Agricultural productivity under Regional Climate Change and the development of GIS based decision rules for climate change adaptations through alternative crop and water management) |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
7 months August 2011 |
Dr. Birinchi Kumar Das
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Guahati University
Guwahati, Assam |
Chemistry (Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Raw Materials to Value-Added Products) |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Dalbir Singh Sogi
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar, Punjab |
Food Technology (Functional properties of mango cultivars marketed in the United States) |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
8 months January 2012 |
Dr. Santoshi Halder
Senior Lecturer
Department of Education
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Special Education (Investigating the influence of socio-cultural barriers on the rehabilitation of the women with physical disabilities) |
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN |
8 months August 2011 |
Dr. Siddharth Singh
Associate Professor
Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies
Faculty of Arts
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
Buddhist Studies (A Study of Social Engagement of Contemporary American Buddhists) |
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO |
8 months August 2011 |
Dr. Sushil Kumar Gupta
Professor
School of Studies in Chemistry
Jiwaji University
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
Chemical Science -Inorganic Chemistry (Structural Diversity and Metallomics of Schiff Base Complexes with d- f-Block Metals) |
Howard University
Washington D.C |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Chandra Babu Ranganathan
Professor
Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
Agriculture (Translational genomics for drought resistance improvement in crop plants) |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
8 months December 2011 |
Dr. Anup Saikia
Reader
Department of Geography
Gauhati University
Guwahati, Assam |
Geographical Information Systems (Multi-temporal vegetation health assessment of India and lessons from the United States) |
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN |
8 months September 2011 |
Dr. Bibhas Chandra Giri
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Jadavpur University
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Mathematics -Operations Research (Managing disruption risks in Supply Chain) |
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA |
8 months February 2012 |
