Dr. Indrani Chandra

Name:                          Dr. Indrani Chandra

Designation:                Assistant Professor (Teacher-in-Charge)                                 

Address:                           Dept. of Biotechnology, BU.,Golapbag,Burdwan,713104

Date of joining :          02-01-2014

Mail id: ichandra@biotech.buruniv.ac.in

Education Qualification:

M.Sc(Botany), B.Ed., Ph.D

M.Sc.in Botany: Burdwan University

Area of Specialization in M.Sc: Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding

B.Ed. in Science: Institute of Education for Women (P.G.), Chandernagore

 Ph.D. in Botany: Burdwan University, 2001 under the supervision of Prof. P. Bhanja

Title of Thesis: Tissue Culture and Cytology of Coccinia grandis(L.)Voigt  and Flacourtia jangomas(Lour.) Raeusch

Award obtained                  : 1)National Scholarship at B.Sc.

                                                      2) GATE,1990 (obtained UGC JRF)

Research Experience:      16 years (Approx.)

No. of Publication:           42 (including Full Papers and Abstracts)

Full paper:                        22 in National and International Journals; Books

Abstract:                       22 in National Seminars

Teaching Experience:      17.5 years (Approx.) [7.5Years at 3 colleges as Part-time Lecturer + 10 Years(Approx.) at Dept. of Biotechnology,B.U.]

Teaching at Different Colleges:

a) Raniganj Girls’ College

b) Hooghly Mohsin College

c) Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya

d) Cyber Research and Training college

Area of Teaching: Cell Biology, and Plant Biotechnology

Area of Research: Plant Tissue Culture, Cytology and Molecular Biology

No. of Current Research Scholar: 4

Ph.D. awarded: 2

No. of  Project Fellow: 1

Additional Information:  

a) One Refresher Course (UGC) in Biological Science, 2014

b) One Orientation Programme, 2017

Research Project (ongoing): DSTBT (BT/ST/P/S&T/2G-30/2017)-Cultivation of disease-free Fragaria vesca through plant tissue culture and study of its bioactive compounds.

List of Publication

Papers published in National/ International Journals:

1. Indrani Chandra and P.Bhanja. Study of organogenesis in vitro from callus tissue of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch through Scanning Electron Microscopy. Current Science, 83(4): 476-479,2002, Peer Reviewed,  ISSN No.0011-3891, Impact Factor -0.897

2. J Das, I Chandra and P Roy. In vitro regeneration of hairy root of Brassica nigra in response to different PGRs. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 9(5): 271-275, 2010, ISSN No.1682-3974

3. Indrani Chandra and Sutapa Patra. Optimization of NaCl tolerance on in vitro shoot multiplication of Brassica juncea (L.) Plant Cell Biology and Molecular Biology , 13,(1&2) : 35-40,2012, ISSN No.0972-2025

4. Indrani Chandra and P Bhanja. Karyomophological Study of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.)Raeusch.International Journal of Research in Plant Science,2(4):74-75,2012, Peer Reviwed, ISSN No.2249-9717

5. Indrani Chandra and P.Bhanja. In vitro Shoot Multiplication of Flacourtiajangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.Annals of Plant Sciences,02(03): 92-95,2013,Peer Reviewed, ISSN No.2287-688X,Impact Factor(Index Copernicus) - 2.5

6. Indrani Chandra, Priyanka Singh, Arijit Bhattacharya, Priya singh, Sana Javed and Autashi Singh Mahapatra.In vitro callus induction, regeneration and micropropagation of Solanum lycopersicum. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (2013). 2(12):192-197, ISSN: 2319-7706, Impact Factor-1.594.

7. Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Aparna Banerjee and Indrani Chandra. Hemidesmus indicus:A Rich Source of Herbal Medicine. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, 2015,3(4):1000e155,ISSN:2167-0412

8. Mousumi Chatterjee, Indrani Chandra, Sabyasachi Chatterjee (2015). Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr. – An Ethnopharmacologicaly valuable plant (Review Paper). International Journal of Herbo Medica. 2 (1):26-27.

9. Chatterjee S, Bhakat M, Keshri JP, Chandra I (2015). Medicinal Plants: Old wine in a new bottle (Editorial article). Med Aromat Plants. 4(3): http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0412.1000e160. [IF-2.02]

10.  Budhaditya Ghosh, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Indrani Chandra (2015). Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-gracumL.) and its necessity (A Review paper). Fire Journal of Engineering and Technology. 1(1):60-67.

11.  Sultana KW, Chatterjee S, Roy A and Chandra I (2015). An overview on Ethnopharmacological and Phytochemical properties of Thunbergia sp. [Review paper]. Medicinal and Aromatic plants. 4:5 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0412.1000217. [IF-2.02]

12.  Chandra I, Sarkar S, Ganguly U and Ghosh B. Effects of heavy metal chromium (VI) on root tip of Allium cepa L. and it’s cytological study through compound and fluorescence microscope. Int. J. of Green & Herbal Chemistry, 2016, 5(1) A: 010-013. ISSN: 2278-3229.

13.  Sen S, Chandra I, Khatun A, Chatterjee S and Das S. Agrohomeopathy: An emerging field of agriculture for higher crop productivity and protection of plants against various stress conditions. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2018, 5(4):52-56, ISSN: 2349-5138.

14.  Das P and Chandra I. Isolation, molecular cloning and characterization of pyk10 promoter region from Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), 2018, 5(11): 461-464, ISSN: 2349-5162.

15.  Das P and Chandra I. Identification and characterization of nuclear matrix attachment regions in the ADP-Glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit gene isolated from Shorghum bicolour. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews 2019,6(1): 534-539, ISSN: 2349-5138.

16.  KW Sultana, I Chandra, A Roy. Callus induction and indirect regeneration of Thunbergia coccinea Wall. Plant Physiology Reports. 2020, 25(1):58-64.

17. S Das, KW Sultana, I Chandra. In vitro micropropagation of Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench and identification of endogenous auxin through HPLC. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020.

18. S Chakravarty, KW Sultana, S Das, I Chandra. Phytochemical Analysis of Secondary Metabolites and Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity of Centella asiatica (L.) by UV-Vis Spectroscopy. Current Biotechnology 2019, 9(2), 120-126

19.  S Das, KW Sultana, I Chandra Isolation and Characterization of a Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Acinetobacter sp. SuKIC24 From in vitro-Grown Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench. Current Microbiology. 2021, 1-9

20. S Das, KW Sultana, I Chandra Adventitious rhizogenesis of B. polystachyon (L.) Moench callus and HPLC analysis of phenolic acids. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 2021, 1-8.

21.  KW Sultana, S Das, A Roy, I Chandra Efficient micropropagation of Thunbergia coccinea Wall. and genetic homogeneity assessment through RAPD and ISSR markers. Scientific Reports (Nature). 2022

23. Sumanta Das, Kaniz Wahida Sultana, Indrani Chandra, Characterization of polyphenols by RP-HPLC in Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench with their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, South African Journal of Botany, Volume 151, Part A, 2022, Pages 926-940, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.11.016.

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Book/Chapters Published

1. Indrani Chandra and P. Bhanja. Micropropagation of Plants through Tissue culture, Coccinia grandis.A Case Study. In Contemporary Thoughts in Plant Sciences, Ed. By P.K.Pal.pp.133-136, Academic Staff College, B.U., April, 1996.

2. Indrani Chandra. Aloe vera – An important Medicinal Plant, PETALS, (ISSN-2321-5070) Pub. by Dept. of Botany, B.U.,2013.

3. Indrani Chandra, Sumanta Das and Sabyasachi Chatterjee. The Importance of Medicinal Plants in Drug Discovery. A short review. Biochemistry and Thereapeutic uses of Medicinal Plants. Published by Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. 2017.

4. Indrani Chandra, Kaniz Wahida Sultana and Sabyasachi Chatterjee. A short review on Biochemistry. Biochemistry and Thereapeutic uses of Medicinal Plants. Published by Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2017.

5. Indrani Chandra. Rice biotechnology: A consistent technology to feed the world. Newsletter on Rice Biotechnology. Envis resource partner on environmental biotechnology by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate, Govt. of India (2019).

Papers/Abstracts Published in Seminars/Conferences

1. Indrani Chandra and P.Bhanja.  Micromorphogenetic Responses of callus tissues of Coccinia grandis and Flacourtia jangomas to Plant Growth Regulators.NationalConferences on Recent Trends of Researches in Microbiology and Plant Physiology in India,Sept.26-27,1997,Dept. of Botany, SAP(UGC),The University of Burdwan.

2. Indrani Chandra and P.Bhanja. Micropropagation of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch NationalConference on Plant,Microbes and Enviornment, March11-12,2000,Dept. of Botany, SAP(UGC),The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.

3. Indrani Chandra and P. Bhanja. Study of karyomorphological behaviour of in vitro grown callus tissue of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt, National Conference on Plant Microbes and Environment, Issues & Challenges, March 11-12, 2004, Dept. of Botany, SAP (UGC), The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.

4. Indrani Chandra and P. Bhanja. Study of regeneration behavior from different explants of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt, National Conference on Current Researches in Plants and Microbial Sciences, Nov.26-27, 2005. Dept. of Botany, SAP (UGC), The University of Burdwan.

5. Indrani Chandra and P.Bhanja. Study of in vitro regeneration of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt by using SEM as well as Fluorescence microscope. National Seminar on Medicinal Plants: Aspects & Prospects, March 15-16, 2008, UGC, CAS, Dept. of Botany, The University of Burdwan.

6. Indrani Chandra, Sandip Mukherjee, Sudip Mondal and Somenath Mukherjee. Standardization of plant growth regulator for the micropropagation of Centella asiatica- A Panacea drug. National Seminar on Medicinal Plants: Aspects & Prospects, March 15-16, 2008, Dept. of Botany, UGC, CAS, The University of Burdwan.

7. Ramanuj Banerjee, Rakesh Chatterjee and Indrani Chandra. Effect of various organic addenda on callus growth of Daucas carota and estimation of chlorophyll-A from it. National Seminar on Medicinal Plants:  Aspects & Prospects, March 15-16, 2008, Dept. of Botany, UGC, CAS, The University of Burdwan.

8. Indrani Chandra. Direct shoot multiplication  in Flacourtia jangomonas (Lour.) Raeusch UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Plants, Microbes and Forestry Research for Sustainable Development. March 28-29, 2008, Dept. of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.

9. Jayita Das, Indrani Chandra and Pranab Roy. Effect of different inic concentration on shoot multiplication of Enhydra fluctuans. National Symposium on Plant Cell Tissue and organ culture. The Present Scenario & XXXI Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association (India), 3-5th March, 2010, CAS, Dept. of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

10. Jayita Das, Indrani Chandra and Pranab Roy. A comparative study of in vitro shoot multiplication of Brassicaseae. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Biotechnology, March 11-12th, 2010. Dept. of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan.

11. Ishita Chatterjee, Priyanka Debnath, Samrat Ghosh, Parthasarathi Mishra and Indrani Chandra. A comparative study of protein profiles between undifferentiated and differentiated callus of Daucas carota. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Biotechnology, March 11-12th, 2010. Dept. of Biotechnology,The University of Burdwan.

12. Jayita Das, Indrani Chandra and Pranab Roy. In vitro Micropropagation of Enhydra fluctuans (Lour). Golden Jubilee Symposium on Contemporary Trends in Plant and Microbial Sciences. March 19-20th, 2010, Dept. of Botany, UGC, CAS, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.

13. Jayita Das, Indrani Chandra and Pranab Roy. A Comparative study on different Morphological responses of in vitro grown Brassica nigra and Brassica juncea and their protein profiles, 28th Feb-1st March, 2009, 16th W.B. State Science & Technology Congress, p.562. The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.

14. Budhaditya Ghosh and Indrani Chandra Micropropagation of Flacourtia indica DST sponsored National Seminar on New Horizons in Biotechnology,30-31 Aug.,2013,HIT,Midnapur,ISBN No. 978-81-927768-0-4.

15. Indrani Chandra , Soumyadip Dutta, Rifat Nawaj Ul Islam, Shilpi Mishra, Joydeep Chakraborty , Arindam Sarkar. In vitro propagation of Mentha spicata L. XXIth W.B. State Science and Technology, 20-21 Feb., 2014, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan.

16. Indrani Chandra and Deepjyoti Das. Study of Regeneration Potential in Bacopa monnieri (L.) International Symposium on Genetic Analysis: Translational and developmental.  22-24 Nov.2014, Dept. of Zoology, B.U., Burdwan.

17. Aparna Banerjee, Mousumi Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chatterjee and Indrani Chandra. Study of callus induction and antimicrobial activities of Hemidesmus indicus R.BR. National Seminar on ”Oppertunities in Medicinal Plant Research” Nov.29-30,2014, J.U. Kolkata

18.  Mousumi Chatterjee, Aparna Banerjee, Indrani Chandra and Sabyasachi Chatterjee.  In vitro shoot multiplication and study of antimicrobial properties of Flacourtia indica (BURM.F) MERR National Seminar on ”Oppertunities in Medicinal Plant Research”Nov.29-30,2014, J.U. Kolkata

19.  S. Rajpoot,S. Rani,P.Mukherjee, I Chandra and S. Chatterjee Isolation and Characterization of Arsenic Resistant Microorganism from Raghunathganj block of Murshidabad District, W. B., International  Conference on Mother Earth, Dec 10-12,2014, Dept. of Enviornmental Science, B.U. ,Burdwan.

20.  B Ghosh, I Chandra and S Chatterjee. In vitro propagation of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. National symposium on Modern approaches of Biotechnology in Globalization. March 18th 2016, Department of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan.

21.  M Chatterjee, I Chandra and S Chatterjee. In vitro shoot multiplication and micropropagation of Enhydra fluctuans Lour. An important medicinal plant. National symposium on Modern approaches of Biotechnology in Globalization. March 18th 2016, Department of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan.

22.  Indrani Chandra, Rakhi and Kaniz Wahaida Sultana.Study of Somatic embryogenesis in Hygrophila spinosaT.Anders.Two days National Seminar on “Advent of Biotechnology in Life Processes(NSABLP 2018),March 22-23,2018,Dept. of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan.