• Congratulations Shahir for his opening first author paper at Marine Environmental Research (IF  3.0) New
  • Congratulations Soumya for bagging best presenter award in "International Conference Frontiers in Science: An Integrative Approach in Solving Global Challenges, 2025"  at Krishnagar Govt. College on 10th September 2025 New
  • Congratulations Sayantan his second first author paper at  at Science of The Total Environment (IF 8.00) New
  • MEL's third Ph.D. scholar Dr. Sritama Baag  bagged INSPIRE FACULTY FELLOWSHIP from DST.  All the best Sritama for your future New
  • Congratulations Sayantan his first author paper at Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology (IF 4.2) New
  • Congratulations Soumya his second paper at Marine Pollution Bulletin  (IF 5.3) 
  • Media coverage by leading Bengali daily Bartaman Patrika about MEL's recent research work on HMSC modelling of macrobenthic species from river Thakuran 
  • Congratulations Snigdha for her third and fourth papers at Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (IF 2.6) and Marine Pollution Bulletin (IF 5.3) respectively 
  • Media coverage by leading Bengali daily Bartaman Patrika about MEL's recent research work on sea snake  
  • Congratulations Debosmita and Shahir for global sea snake diversity and distribution paper at Marine Environmental Research (IF  3.0) 
  • Media coverage of MEL regarding SOE12 participation of Snigdha and Soumya at leading dailies Anandabazar Patrika, Times of India, The Telegraph, Bartaman Patrika
  • Snigdha and Soumya are going to participate 12th Indian Expedition to Southern Ocean/Antarctic Ocean. Bon Voyage 
  • Congratulations Soumya for bagging best presenter award at 7th Regional Science & Technology Congress 2025 at Presidency University, Kolkata 
  • Congratulations Sritama for her ninth paper at Oceanologia (IF 2.5
  • MEL's third Ph.D. scholar Dr. Sritama Baag has joined at Bose Institute, Kolkata as a DBT RA.  All the best Sritama for your future 
  • Congratulations Sayantan for bagging the best presentation award at 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management: Life below water" at Science city, Kolkata September 12-14, 2024 
  • The third student of MEL was awarded Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations Dr. Sritama Baag and wish you all the best for your future 
  • The third student Ms. Sritama Baag submitted her Ph.D. thesis 
  • Congratulations Snigdha for her second paper on polychaete DNA barcoding at CBM-Cahiers de Biologie Marine (IF 0.504)  
  • Media coverage by leading Bengali daily Bartaman Patrika about MEL's recent research work  
  • Congratulations Sritama for her eighth paper at Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C (IF 3.9)  
  • Congratulations Soumya and Shahir for their first paper at Deep-Sea Research Part I:  Oceanographic Research papers (IF 2.4)  
  • Congratulations to Dr. Sumit Mandal for his selection in Indian Arctic Expedition 2023. He will be at Ny-Alesund Research Station, Svalbard, Norway from 26th June to 24th July 2023 for his research work 
  • Media coverage by leading Bengali daily Bartaman Patrika about Dr. Sumit Mandal's upcoming visit to Arctic Expedition 
  • Congratulations Snigdha for her first paper at Continental Shelf Research (IF 2.629)  
  • MEL in association with Aquaphile and NSS, P.U. successfully organized Aquamania'23 on the occasion of World Ocean Day 8th June 2023. Got a huge response from students and scholars from West Bengal
  • Congratulations Sritama for her seventh paper at Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B (IF 2.495) 
  • Ahmed Shahir joined in Ph.D. program of Presidency University. Best wishes Shahir 
  • Congratulations Soumya for securing UGC JRF 
  • Congratulations Sritama for her sixth paper at Marine Environmental Research (IF: 3.737
  • Media coverage by three leading Bengali dailies Ei Samay, Bartaman Patrika, Hindustan Times Bangla, Prohor and Sukhobor about MEL's research work 
  • Congratulations Sritama for her fifth paper at Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF: 5.190) 
  • Congratulations Sritama for bagging Sudev Bhusan Ghosh Excellence Award for an outstanding presentation by the ZSK, Kolkata 
  • Biboshwan and Bhaskar joined as lab interns at MEL. Welcome both and have a great time at MEL 
  • Sayantan Mahapatra joined MEL as Ph.D. Research Scholar. Welcome Sayantan and have a fruitful research career at MEL 
  • Media coverage by two leading Bengali and English dailies Prohor and The Telegraph respectively about Aquamania '22 
  • MEL in association with Aquaphile successfully organized Aquamania'22 on the occasion of World Ocean Day 8th June 2022. Got a huge response from students and scholars 
  • MEL's second Ph.D. scholar Dr. Tanmoy Nandy has joined at National Institute of Oceanography, CSIR regional center Mumbai as a Project Associate.  All the best Tanmoy for your future  
  • MEL's first Ph.D. scholar Dr. Moumita Ghosh has joined at National Institute of Oceanography, CSIR as a Project Associate.  All the best Moumita for your future  
  • Ahmed Shahir joined MEL in December 2021. Welcome Shahir and have a fruitful research career at MEL  
  • Opinion of Dr. Sumit Mandal at Bengali and English daily Prohor and Times of India respectively about the recent catch of Alligator Gar in Diamond Harbour 
  • Media coverage by two leading Bengali dailies Prohor and Bongodorshon about Dr. Sumit Mandal's election as a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London 2021
  • Dr. Sumit Mandal has been elected as a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London 2021  
  • Soumya Subhra and Shubhajit joined MEL in October 2021. Welcome both and have a fruitful research career at MEL  
  • Congratulations Sritama for bagging the "YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD 2021" by International Benevolent Research Foundation (IBRF) 
  • Congratulations Sritama for her fourth paper at Science of The Total Environment (IF 7.963) 
  • Congratulations Sritama for bagging the best oral presentation award in OSICON 2021 
  • Congratulations Tanmoy Nandy for his fifth paper at Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences (IF 0.62
  • Media coverage by three leading Bengali and English dailies Prohor, Bartaman Patrika, and Times of India respectively about the new polychaete species discovery from Sundarban. 
  • The Second student of MEL was awarded Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations Dr. Tanmoy Nandy and wish you all the best for your future 
  • Delivered two virtual invited lectures on the occasion of World Environment Day 2021. One at School of Biotechnology, Presidency University and another panel discussion organized by Presidency University Students' Council and Presidency University Science Society 
  • Congratulations Moumita Ghosh for her sixth publication (April 2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science(IF 3.66
  • Congratulations Moumita Bhowmik for her paper at AGU Book Chapters 
  • The Second student Mr. Tanmoy Nandy submitted his Ph.D. thesis
  • The First student of MEL was awarded Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations Dr. Moumita Ghosh and wish you all the best for your future. 
  • New member to MEL family. Snigdha joined as JRF in February 2021. Welcome Snigdha and have a fruitful research career at MEL
  • Congratulations Tanmoy Nandy  and Sritama Baag for their publication at the Journal of Thermal Biology (January 2021) (IF 2.36
  • Congratulations Moumita Bhowmik  and Priya Ghoshal for their publication on new species of polychaete from Sundarban (January 2021) in European Journal of Taxonomy (IF 1.39
  • Again Media coverage by three leading Bengali dailies Ei Samay, Bartaman Patrika and Prohor about the research work done by MEL on the synergistic impact of elevated temperature and oil pollution on marine benthic fauna 
  • Media coverage by two leading Bengali dailies Prohor and Bartaman Patrika about the research work done by MEL on the combined impact of elevated temperature and pesticide on freshwater snail 
  • Congratulations Moumita Ghosh for her fifth publication (October 2020) in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (IF 4.87)
  • Congratulations Moumita Bhowmik for her first publication (October 2020) in Oceanologia (IF 2.19) 
  • Congratulations Sritama for her second publication (September 2020) in Chemosphere (IF 5.77
  • Media coverage by three leading Bengali dailies Prohor, Ei Samay and Bartaman Patrika about the recently concluded two days International Webinar organized by MEL in association with Aquaphile 
  • MEL in association with successfully organized two days International Webinar on 18-19 July 2020. Nationally and internationally acclaimed six eminent speakers gave lectures at this webinar. Two media houses covered the event. Thank you all for your help and support to make this event successful 
  • AQUAPHILE first organized a scientific lecture by Dr. Indranil Mukherjee from The Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic 
  • For aquatic life conservation and awareness, a public outreach group named 'AQUAPHILE' has been formed by the research scholars and students of MEL 
  • Correspondence published at Current Science on COVID 19 imposed lockdown effect on aquatic ecosystem 
  • Media coverage of MEL regarding SOE11 participation experience at one of the leading English daily The Hindu, Kochi Edition 
  • Congratulation Tanmoy for his third publication (March 2020) in Oceanologia (IF 2.19) 
  • Warm welcome by MEL members after my return back from SOE11
  • Presentation in front of Indian High Commissioner to Mauritius regarding SOE11 sediment sampling on 09.03.2020
  • Traveling to Mauritius- January 2020 to participate 11th Indian Expedition to Southern Ocean/Antarctic Ocean for 2 and half months.
  • Interview by Bengali news channel 24 ghanta regarding SOE11 participation 
  • Media coverage of MEL regarding SOE11 participation at two leading Bengali dailies Ei Samay and Bartaman Patrika
  • 2019 ended with sweet note. Congratulation Sritama for her first publication (December 2019) in Journal of Thermal Biology (IF: 2.36)
  • Delivered an invited talk at a Certificate Course under Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) on “People’s Biodiversity Register”, organized by ENVIS Resource Partner, University of Kalyani-November 2019
  • DST SERB funded project received November 2019
  • Priya, Poulami and Soumik joined MEL in September 2019. Welcome all
  • NCPOR funded project received in July 2019
  • Congratulations Moumita for her fourth publication (July 2019) in Regional Studies in Marine Science (IF: 1.4)
  • Delivered an invited talk at Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta at a one day seminar entitled ‘Emerging areas of Marine and Estuarine Research’ on March, 2019
  • Congratulations Moumita for her third publication (February 2019) in Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences (IF: 0.5)
  • Second in the year 2018. Paper accepted at Zootaxa. A new species of polychaete reported from Sundarbans and named as Ancistrosyllis matlaensis n. sp. 
  • Moumita Bhowmik joined lab- October 2018. Welcome Moumita
  • Congratulations Tanmoy for his second publication (September 2018) in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (IF 1.9)
  • Sritama Baag joined lab- July 2018. Welcome Sritama
  • Congratulations Moumita for her second publication (June 2018) in Ecological Indicators (IF: 4.4)
  • WBHESTB funded project received in March 2018
  • Soumya got Japanese Monbugakakusho Fellowship and all set to join Kyoto University in February 2018. All the best Soumya for your future endeavours         
  • Delivered an invited talk at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata entitled “Ecological Techniques used in field ecology” in a workshop titled “Modern approaches in Biodiversity studies Workshop-cum training program” on October 2017
  • Congratulation Tanmoy Nandy for his first publication (May 2017)
  • Sayantan joined lab as under graduate trainee in March 2017. Welcome Sayantan
  • MEL's first publication in July 2016 at Marine Biodiversity (IF 1.7). Congratulation Moumita Ghosh
  • Soumya joined as Project Assistant under MoES project in July 2016. Welcome Soumya
  • Lab received its first grant in April 2016 from MoES, Government of India   
  • Received Australian Government Endeavour Fellowship and joined University of Adelaide in April 2015
  • Moumita Ghosh joined lab in January 2014. Welcome Moumita
  • Tanmoy Nandy joined lab in August 2013. Welcome Tanmoy
  • Joined Presidency University in November 2012