Research Interests
- Interested in exploring indigenous medicinal plant looking for its ex-situ conservation and genetic diversity in terms of polymorphism.
- Investigation of genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships of economically important plants of India with the aid of molecular cytogenetic tools.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Undergraduate course in Botany as per University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS and NEP)
- Postgraduate course in Botany as per University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS)
- Supervision of PG dissertation in the field of
morphotaxonomy, cytotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy
of plant taxons.
Publications
Book Chapters
- Ray S, Mukherjee S and Ghosh S (2021), Medicinal plants: a boom towards antiviral drug development in Sinha D eds. Hand Book of agriculture and plant sciences, ABS Books, Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-91002-25-1
- Mukherjee S, Ray S, Ghosh S and Sinha Ray
D (2020) Women and Nature interface in Voices beyond
silence: issues and insights, Bethune College
publication, (ISBN: 978-81-948279-2-4)
Articles in Journals
- Ghosh S, Ghosh B, Jha S (2015) Role of Exogenous Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Sources on Biomass and Colchicine Production in Non-transformed Root Cultures of Gloriosa superba. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 25(2): 247‐256. IF: 0.17ISSN 1818-8745
- Ghosh S, Das A, Ghorai A, Jha T.B. (2013) Comparative kayomorphology of edible Musa cultivars of West Bengal. Caryologia 66(3):243-250. IF: 0.632 ISSN 0008-7114 (Print), 2165-5391 (Online)
- Ghosh S, Das A, Ghorai A, Jha T.B. (2011), Meiotic studies in Musa L. cultivars. Chromosome Science 14: 33-38. ISSN: 1344-1051
- Ghosh S, Biswajit Ghosh, Sumita Jha (2008)Polymorphism in Gloriosa superba. , Plant Genetic Resources7(01): 9-15. IF: 0.728 ISSN: 1479-2621 EISSN: 1479-263X
- Ghosh S and Jha S (2007) Colchicine - an Overview for Plant Biotechnologists In: Bioactive molecules and Medicinal Plants (Eds. K.G. Ramawat and J.M. Merillon); Springer, Germany. Chapter 11: 215-232. ISBN: 978-3-540-74603-4
- Ghosh S, Ghosh B and Jha S (2007) In vitro tuberisation of Gloriosa superba L. on basal medium. Scientia Horticulturae 114: 220-223. IF: 1.105 ISSN: 0304-4238
- Ghosh S, Ghosh B and Jha S (2006) Aluminium chloride enhances colchicine production in root cultures of Gloriosa superba. Biotechnology Letters 28: 497-503. IF: 1.281 ISSN: 0141-5492 (print) 1573-6776 (web)
Conference Proceedings
- Ray S, Das A, Sarkar S, Chamling SF, Mitra S and Ghosh S (2020) Increased carbon footprint: a review in Proceedings of seminar on Environment: Issues for concern, pp 58-61, held on 24th Feb, 2020, Bethune College
- Ghosh S and Jha T B (2010) Medicinal plant and medicinal plant biotechnology in human welfare. Proceedings of the The All India Seminar on Recent Trends in Utilization of Plants in Human Welfare, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama.
Conference/ Seminar Paper Presentation Details
- Acted as a resource person in the workshops conducted by Department of Botany, Bethune College under DBT-STAR College Scheme - Workshop on Instrumentation to celebrate National Science Day 28th February, 2023'; Workshop on Lab Techniques on Phycology, Mycology, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, 6th-7th December, 2022; '7 day workshop in Research Techniques', 25.04.2022-02.05.2022; 'Workshop on Plant Genomic DNA Isolation 'on 15.12.2021 and 16.12.2021'and 'Virtual Workshop on Biostatistics' conducted by Department of Botany, Bethune College, under DBT-STAR College Scheme, 24th June, 2021
- Act as a Convener in 'Virtual Workshop on Herbarium Techniques' in collaboration with Central National Herbarium and ENVIS resource partner on Biodiversity, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, under DBT-STAR College Scheme, as a part of dated 23rd December, 2020.
- Act as Convener in an International Webinar on "Human Ailment: Basic Research and Clinical Implications", organized by the PG Department of Botany in collaboration with IQAC, Bethune College on 22nd August, 2020.
- Act as Convener in the Webinar on "Coastal areas of West Bengal: Botany and Beyond" organized by the PG Department of Botany in collaboration with IQAC, Bethune College on 18th July 2020.
- Participated in the Workshop on B.Sc. Syllabus organized by Probir Chatterjee Foundation in collaboration with CAS, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta from 4th to 6th March 2020.
- Awarded Best Poster Presentation Award on "Numerical
Taxonomy of Canna sp" in National Seminar on Advancement in Plant
Sciences: An Insight on 30th September 2019 organized by Botanical
Society of Bengal in collaboration with CAS, Department of Botany,
University of Calcutta..
Professional Affiliation
- Indian Science Congress (Life member)
Administrative Responsibility
- Member PGBOS Botany, CU (2023-till date)