Dhruba Chand Halder College

Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization : Mycology and Plant Pathology
Designation : Assistant Professor

Name: Dr. Rupa Acharya
Designation: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Mycology and Plant Pathology
M.Sc. University of Calcutta, 1992
Ph.D Jadavpur University, 2002
Mobile number - 9831179103
Contact : rupaacharya69@yahoo.co.in

PRESENT POSITION

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Dhruba Chand Halder College, ( 2010 – Present)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

In College
TCS
Member of Hostel Sub Committee
Member of Routine subcommittee
Member of NSS Subcommittee
Outside College:

A ) Organized Awareness Programme on:
i) “Stress Management for betterment of life Students” Speaker – Dr. Subhrungshu Aditya on 18/5/2018 at Dhruba Chand Halder College
ii) “Food Habit and Cancer” Speaker – Dr. Sankar Nath on 3rd December, 2014 at Dhruba Chand Halder College

B) Seminar/ Conference/ Workshop Attended

Name of the seminar/Conference/ Symposia Workshop, etc.	Name of the sponsoring Agency	Place and Date
National Level Seminar on “Bioresource and Human Welfare”	Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata	20-21st January, 2011
State level Seminer on “ Mental Health and physical fitness: A key to peaceful life”	Dhruba Chand Halder College, Dakshin Barasat.	26th January, 2011
National Seminar on proteomics in Plant Science	Centre of Advanced Study dept of Botany, Calcutta University	9th March, 2012
Cryptogams: the key contributor of Ecosystem (Poster presentation: Disease Calendar: An important tool to restore ecosystem)	Phycology laboratory, dept of Botany, CAS	7/12/2012
Integration of MAPs on rural development and prosperity, 2013 Poster presentation: Disease Callendar of medicinal plants: A cost effective tool for proper disease management.	Medicinal and Arometic plats Association of India and ICAR At Anand Agriculture University	22nd – 23rd January, 2013
International symposium on the role of fungi and microbes in the 21st century – a global scenario	Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata	20-22nd February, 2014
Unit Modification and Clustering --- A Target towards Sustainability of Low- income Group Rural People of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal	DCHC , Dept of Economics
Green Audit: An important Impetus of Plant Science in the Present Day Scenario	Bidhan Nagar Govt. Coll, Dept of Botany	6/8/2016
Two Simple Additional Measures to Make Plant Sciences More Attractive to the Aspirants	Bidhan Nagar Govt. Coll, Dept of Botany	6/8/2016
Green Survey: A Prime Approach Towards Environmental Sustainability	Viswabhatari Universit, Dept of Botany	16/3/2017
Biocultivation – Turning Back to Past	Raidighi College	27/3/2018

Short term course on : Soft Skill Development and conflict management at Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan from 27/4/2016-4/5/2016

Delivered talk on:

‘Food security and GM Crop’ at Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, Sri Ramkrishna Ashram , Nimpith on 11/12/2013
‘ Food Health and Mind’ at Dhruba Chand Halder College on 26/11/2014

MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

Life member of Indian Science Congress Association
Life member of Indian Mycological Society
Life member of Botanical society of Bengal

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Research project carried out

Title of the Project	Name of the funding Agency	Duration	Remarks

Survey, identification and data bank preparation of fungal diseases of medicinal plants of coastal West Bengal	UGC, Ref. No. F. PSW-033/11-12 9 (ERO) dt. 8/8/2011	8/8/2011-7/8/2-13	Completed Successfully

Publications:
Paper:   i)   Nitric oxide functions as a signal in induced systemic resistance, Acharya ,K., Chandra, S., Chakraborty, N. and Acharya, R., Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection:44:14, 1335-1342, 2011
ii) Signaling role of nitric oxide in the induction of Plant defence by exogenous application of abiotic inducers. Acharya, K., Chakraborty, N., Dutta A. K.,Sarkar, S. and Acharya, R., Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Prot ection:44:15, 1501-1511, 2011.
iii) First Report of Fusarium semitectum Berkeley and Ravanel as a foliar pathogen of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn. In India. Proceedings in International symposium on role of fungi and microbs in the 21st century Global Scenario on 20-22nd Feb, 2014,
Abstract:

Disease Calendar: An important Tool to restore ecosystem. Acharya, R. In National Seminar on ‘Cryptogams – The Key contributors to Ecosystem. Organized by Phycology Laboratory, Department of Botany, CAS, University of Calcutta, Dt. 7/12/2012
Disease calendar of medicinal plants: A cost effective tool for proper disease management. Acharya, R., National Conference on Integration of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Rural development and Prosperity. Organized by Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India, at Anand, Gujrat on 22-23 January, 2013

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