Dr. Jogen Chandra Kalita

Dr. Jogen Chandra Kalita

About

Specialization:
Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Reproductive Biology

Qualification

Exam

Institution

Year

% of marks & Division

HSLC

Tezpur Govt HS School

1976

58.47% (II Div)

HS (PU) in Science

Darrang College, Tezpur, 

Gauhati University

1978

 

57.89% (II Div)

B. Sc. (Hons) in Zoology

Darrang College, Tezpur, 

Gauhati University

1981

1st Class 1st

Position

M Sc in Zoology

 

Gauhati University,

Guwahati, Assam

1983 (Exam held in 1986)

1st Class 1st Position With Gold Medal

Ph D in Physiology

King’s College London, University of London.

November 1998

Commonwealth Scholarship

Personal Interest

Social service, International collaboration, career counselling and listening to songs

Working Experience

Postdoc. Research Associateship

King’s College London

University of London

Jan. 1999 to Sept. 1999

Lever Hulme Trust, UK

Visiting Scientist Fellowship

King’s College London

University of London

Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 2006

Royal Society London & INSA, India

Commonwealth Fellowship

Brunel University London

Oct. 1st 2010 to March, 31st, 2011

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

 

Teaching Experiences:                         38 Years at Gauhati University

Research Experiences:                         40 Years (at State, National & International Level).

Number of PhD degree awarded: 32, Major Research Projects Conducted: 8, Patent: 1

Research Papers Published: 150, Citations: 3000+. Book Published: 20, Seminar/Conf/Symposium/Workshops Organised/Participated: 120. Conducted workshop about NAAC preparation and AAAA in more than 100 colleges/universities in Assam.  

Administrative Experiences:                           8 + Years

Dean of Faculty of Science

Gauhati University

09 Feb. 2023

30th  April 2024

HoD, Dept. of Zool

Gauhati University

01 May. 2021

30th  April 2024

Director, UGC-HRDC

Gauhati University

29th July, 2017

14th Sept. 2019

Director, CDC

Gauhati University

Nov. 2011

Nov. 2014

Chairman and Member of National & State Level Committees:

  • Working President of Gauhati University Alumni Association (GUAA)
  • Acted as the Chairperson of  NAAC peer team visiting colleges across the country,
  • Acted as the Chairperson of the UGC-Committee constituted for Swashhta Ranking of HEI in 2019 (IIT Guwahati, Assam Don Bosco University and Assam Science & Technology University),
  • Member of College NAAC Mentoring Committee, Govt. of Assam from 2022,
  • Member of the Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) from 2022,
  • Chairman  of Governing Body of Morigaon College (A), Morigan, Assam from 2021,
  • Chairman of Governing Body of Arya Vidyapeeth College (A) from 2023,
  • Chairman  of Governing Body of Govt. Model Degree College, Marigaon from 2025,
  • Chairman  of Governing Body of Sonapur College (A), Sonapur from 2026,  
  • Former Member of the Steering Committee of SLET Commission, NERO, Guwahati from 2026
  • Prof. In-Charge, International Relations Office, GU from 2018,
  • Former General Secretary  of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association (GUTA)
  • Former President of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association,
  • Former General Secretary, Zoological Society of Assam (ZSA),
  • Warden of University Hostels for more than 30 years.
  • Appointed as the Ombudsman of Girijananda Chowdhury University, Guwahati, in 2025.

 

Member of Academic Council, Executive Council and University Court etc:  

Gauhati University, Academic Council of KKHSOU, Guwahati, Academic Council of MSSV, Nagaon, Executive Council member and Court member of Gauhati University, Court member of Nagaon University, Nagaon

Member of Board of Studies of Zoology (UG/PG) of the following Universities/Collegess:

NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya, Mizoram University, Aizawl, RGU, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai, Assam, CBPBU, New Cooch Behar, West Bengal, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam, North Lakhimpur University, Nagaon University, Nagaon, Girija Nanda Choudhury University, Azara,

Mangaldai College (A), Guwahati, Acted as the Resource person in NAAC related Workshops in more than 200 colleges and conducted AAA in more than 100 hundred colleges in the State

Administrative Experience/Post(s) & Responsibilities held:

Sl.

No.

 

Post

 

Organization

From

To

 

 

1

Director, UGC-HRDC,

Gauhati University

(Additional Charge)

Gauhati University

28/07/2017

14/10/2019

2 years 2 months

 

2

Director, CDC,

Gauhati University

(Additional Charge)

Gauhati University

25/11/2011

25/11/2014

3 years

3

Dean

Gauhati University

09/02/2023

30/04/2024

1 year 2 months

4

Head of

Department

Dept. of Zoology, Gauhati University

01/05/2021

30/04/2024

3 years

5

Member of College NAAC Mentoring Team

Govt. of Assam,

11/02/2022

Till date

2 year 3 months

6

Member, Pollution Control Board Assam

Govt of Assam

 

22/12/2022

Till date

2 year 6  months

7

Member, High Power Expert Committee

Govt of Assam, Secondary Education

26/04/2022

Till date

2 year 6 months

8

 

Hostel Warden

 

Gauhati University

 

1992

 

2020

 

30  years

9

Observer SET,

SLET Commission (NE Region)

Last several years

 

 

10

Supervisor Joint CSIR-UGC NET Exam, 2017

Gauhati University

17/12/17

 

 

11

University Nominee as GB Member

D.K. Girls’ College

20/2/15

20/2/18

3 years

12

University Nominee as GB Member

Mangaldoi College, Mangaldoi

29/7/2011

29/7/2014

3 years

13

University Nominee as GB Member

LCB College, Guwahati

1/3/2016

1/3/2019

3 years

14

University Nominee as GB Member

PDDMC,

Dalgaon, Mangaldoi

 

 

 

15

University Nominee as GB Member

West Guwahati College of Education

 

 

 

16

University Nominee as GB Member

Puthimari College,

Soneswar, Kamrup

9/04/2009

9/04/2012

3 years

 

Position of Chairs:

Sl. No

Name of Chair

Name of  Agencies/ Departments  involved

Periods of holding the Chair

1

Chairperson of NAAC peer team visiting a College

NAAC, Bangalore

14-15 December 2023

2

President, Governing Body

AryaVidyapeeth College, (Autonomous), Guwahati

Dept of HE, Govt of Assam

5 years  (from 13/04/2023)

3

President, Governing Body

Morigaon College, Morigaon

Dept of HE, Govt of Assam

5 years (From 29/12/20)

4

Chairman of Selection Committee for selection of Assoc. professor in Zoology

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, New Cooch Behar

During  2019

5

Chairman of the Committee of Swashhta Ranking of IIT Guwahati, Assam Don Bosco University, and Assam Science & Technology University

UGC, New Delhi

One week during Sept. 2019

6

Chairman,

Academic Committee in connection with affiliating Dibrugarh HS Kanoi College, for PG course in Math and Anthropology

Assam Science & Technology University, Guwahati

10/20/20

7

President, Gauhati University Teachers Association

Gauhati University Teachers Association (GUTA), Gauhati University

One year, 2015-16

8

President, Election Tribunal

PGSU Elections of the Session 2023-24

Gauhati University

Gauhati University

Sept. 2023

9

Vice-President,

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya Memorial Trust, Guwahati

From 2022

10

Chairperson

Youth Outreach Programme G-20 Parliamentary Speakers Summit (P-20).

Seminar cum Youth Conclave on the main theme of Aspirational Youth: Democratic India and Common Future

Organized by Gauhati University

6th Oct. 2023

 

Research

Details of Research Projects conducted:

Sl. No.

Sponsor/

Organization

Nature of project

Duration of project

Amount (Rs)

1

UGC, New Delhi

Studies on Synergistic Effects of Common Dietary Phytoestrogens.

3 years

 

From 1/04/07 to 1/04/2010

Rs. 12.00 Lakhs

2

MOEF, Govt. of India

Studies on the Reproductive Health of Different Population Groups in and around Jagiroad paper Mill (Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd) and Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemical Ltd (BRPL) in Assam.

3 years

 

From 1/04/07 to 1/04/10

Rs. 14.00 Lakhs

3

UGC, New Delhi

An investigation on the effect of Phlogacanthusthyrisiflorus flower & Cleome gynandra leaf extracts in modulation of the entero-insular axis in the streptozotocininducedhyperglycaemic mice

3 years

From: 1/04/13 to 1/04/16

Rs. 16.00 lakhs

4

ASTEC, Govt. of Assam

Effects of tea drinking on fluoritic patients.

3 years

From 1/9/ 2012 to 1/9/2015

Rs. 6 Lakhs

5

DBT-NER-DDRC Health

Integrating herbal medicine of NER with contemporary approaches to develop therapeutic strategies for metabolic syndrome

3 years

 

From 1/09/16 to 01/09/19

Rs. 24.55 Cr

6

DBT, twining programme

Quest for cancer drugs: screening and bioassay guided phytochemical investigation of selected endemic plants of Eastern Himalaya

3 years

 

From 18/09/18 to 18/09/21

Rs. 1.2 Cr

7

University of East London, UK

Grants: GCRF

Development of novel antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

3 months

From 18/09/2018 to 18/12/2018

Rs. 42,000/-

8

DBT, Govt of India, New Delhi

Workshop and training programmefor Human Resource Development with the current trends of Bioinformatics on “Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Biometry” in the North Eastern region of India.

2 years

2022 to 2024

Rs. 28,00,000/-

 

Awards & Achievements

Honours/Awards &Fellowships for Outstanding Works:

Sl.

No.

 

Post/Assignment

Organization/University

Area of Assignment

Duration

In Years &Months

From(Date)

To

(Date)

1

Commonwealth Scholar, Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship, UK

King’s College London

PhD in Physiology

22/09/1995

24/11/1998

3 years 2 months

2

Lever Hume Trust, UK postdoctoral fellowship

King’s College London

Postdoctoral research in Physiology

1/01/1999

30/09/1999

9 months

3

INSA-Royal Society London Visiting Research Fellow

King’s College London

Postdoctoral research in Physiology

1/10/2006

31/12/2006

3 months

4

Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship

King’s College London

Postdoctoral research in Bioscience

1/10/2010

31/03/2011

6 months

 

 

SI.No.

Name of Award/Fellowship

etc

Elected

/Honorary Fellow

Awarded/

Conferred by

Year of

Award/Election

1

Special Achievements Award:

International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata, India, 2018

 

Honorary

International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata, India, 2018

 

2018

2

Hasan Sarif Ahmed Integration  Award

Honorary

DSH Kanoi College, Dibrugarh, India,

2021