Jhuma Ganguly

About

I am Dr. Jhuma Ganguly, currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India. My husband’s name is Dr. Dipesh Gangopadhyay (husband), and my son’s name is Samriddha Ganguly. During my school years in Durgapur, I was attracted to chemistry. I was fortunate to have wonderful academic ambiances in Durgapur Government College and subsequently in the Burdwan University (BSc and MSc). I pursued my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB-CSIR). After completing my Ph.D., I joined the West Bengal College Service as Lecturer in Chemistry and later I joined the Department of Chemistry in the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (the then Bengal Engineering and Science University) as an Assistant Professor in 2003 and working there since then. A major setback came in 2004, after the birth of my son, when I became seriously ill and doctors suspected Ovarian Cancer. I overcame that episode with the help and encouragement from my family and by some wonderful doctors including Dr. Shrabani Banerjee, who treated me well. My husband played an inspirational and supportive role to enable me to maintain a balance between my research carrier and family life.

Academic Qualifications

MSc, PhD (2003), IICB, Kolkata (Jadavpur University)
Research Associate at Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA (2009-2011)

Research Statement

Synthesis : Organic Synthesis, Sugar based synthesis (Colloidal, Hydrogels, Organogels) and their spectroscopic analysis.
Flurosencet Self-assembled and porous materials synthesis and application.
Glycobiology from natural resources (Algae, mushrooms, bacteria etc.)
Microencapsulation of Nanoparticles and applications

Latest Publications

2 Biswajit Jana, Shubhankar Ghorai, Yumnam Robinson Singh, Nira Parshi, Dipika Pan, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Arun Goyal, Jhuma Ganguly, Phenomenal performance of polysaccharide based microgel-nanocomposite template for distinctive binding of picric acid in aqueous medium and cancer cell recognition, 33, 101684, Materials Today Chemistry, 2023

3 Nira Parshi, Dipika Pan, Santu Maity, Ankita Das, Shubhankar Ghorai, Biswajit Jana, Ananya Barui, Jhuma Ganguly, Dual action of a distinctive colloidal 3-(Benzimidazole-2-yl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde grafted chitosan support for the continual detection ability for Hg (II) in aqueous environ and inherent emission-induced live cell imaging, 444, 114882, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023

4 Shubhankar Ghorai, Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Thilagam Ramasamy, Nira Parshi, Gnanamani Arumugam, Jhuma Ganguly, Evaluation of nanofibril chitosan@8-formyl-7-hydroxy-coumarin hydrogel having distinct auto-fluorescence efficiency: Structure–properties relation, improved antioxidant, and cellular imaging, 139, e52908, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022

5 Dipika Pan, Biswajit Jana, Jhuma Ganguly, Detection of o-nitro aniline by bovine serum albumin based self-fluorescent hydrogel via FRET process, 139, 52236, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022

6 Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Aroni Chatterjee, Nira Parshi, Shubhankar Ghorai, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Jhuma Ganguly, Chitosan@ 4, 6-Dihydroxyisophthalaldehyde Microgels with Hydrazine-Induced Fluorescence for Cell Imaging Applications, 4, 4208–4218, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022

7 Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Nira Parshi, Santu Maity, Siddhartha Das, Jhuma Ganguly, Insight of microencapsulation and fluorescence efficacy of chitosan based nanocomposite for photocatalytic performance, 282, 125982, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022

8 Subhadeep Biswas, Touhidur Rahaman, Pooja Gupta, Rumela Mitra, Smritikana Dutta, Evanylla Kharlyngdoh, Suman Guha, Jhuma Ganguly, Amita Pal, Malay Das, Cellulose and lignin profiling in seven, economically important bamboo species of India by anatomical, biochemical, FTIR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis, 158, 106362, Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022

10 Dipika Pan, Nira Parshi, Biswajit Jana, Kamalesh Prasad, Jhuma Ganguly, Optimization of the spontaneous adsorption of food colors from aqueous medium using functionalized Chitosan/Cinnamaldehyde hydrogel, 193, 758-767, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021

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Research Areas

Glycobiology [Natural sources; bacterial, algae, mushroom, plant]
Waste Water Treatment
Study on the suitable applications of synthesized materials for cell imaging, drug delivery, anti microbial coating
Synthesis of sugar based material (Hydrogel/Organogel/Colloidal ) and Their Spectroscopic analy

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Medicinal Chemistry 2 Synthetic Organic Chemistry 3 Synthetic strategy 4 Current Trends in Bio-organic Chemistry 5 III. Heteroaromatic compounds 6 Environmental Chemistry 7 II. Biomolecules (Carbohydrate, Protein, Nucleic acid, Polymer etc.) and their Spectroscopy

UG Courses

1 Basic and Advanced Organic Chemistry,

Publications

1 Shubhankar Ghorai, Biswajit Jana, Jhuma Ganguly, Network-supported and adaptable binding efficacy for flexible and multi-functionalized chitosan/phenolic carbaldehyde hydrogels, 253, 127004, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 2 Biswajit Jana, Shubhankar Ghorai, Yumnam Robinson Singh, Nira Parshi, Dipika Pan, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Arun Goyal, Jhuma Ganguly, Phenomenal performance of polysaccharide based microgel-nanocomposite template for distinctive binding of picric acid in aqueous medium and cancer cell recognition, 33, 101684, Materials Today Chemistry, 2023 3 Nira Parshi, Dipika Pan, Santu Maity, Ankita Das, Shubhankar Ghorai, Biswajit Jana, Ananya Barui, Jhuma Ganguly, Dual action of a distinctive colloidal 3-(Benzimidazole-2-yl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde grafted chitosan support for the continual detection ability for Hg (II) in aqueous environ and inherent emission-induced live cell imaging, 444, 114882, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023 4 Shubhankar Ghorai, Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Thilagam Ramasamy, Nira Parshi, Gnanamani Arumugam, Jhuma Ganguly, Evaluation of nanofibril chitosan@8-formyl-7-hydroxy-coumarin hydrogel having distinct auto-fluorescence efficiency: Structure–properties relation, improved antioxidant, and cellular imaging, 139, e52908, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022 5 Dipika Pan, Biswajit Jana, Jhuma Ganguly, Detection of o-nitro aniline by bovine serum albumin based self-fluorescent hydrogel via FRET process, 139, 52236, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022 6 Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Aroni Chatterjee, Nira Parshi, Shubhankar Ghorai, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Jhuma Ganguly, Chitosan@ 4, 6-Dihydroxyisophthalaldehyde Microgels with Hydrazine-Induced Fluorescence for Cell Imaging Applications, 4, 4208–4218, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022 7 Biswajit Jana, Dipika Pan, Nira Parshi, Santu Maity, Siddhartha Das, Jhuma Ganguly, Insight of microencapsulation and fluorescence efficacy of chitosan based nanocomposite for photocatalytic performance, 282, 125982, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022

9 Biswajit Jana, Aroni Chatterjee, Debsopan Roy, Shubhankar Ghorai, Dipika Pan, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Jhuma Ganguly, Chitosan/benzyloxy-benzaldehyde modified ZnO nano template having optimized and distinct antiviral potency to human cytomegalovirus, 278, 118965, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 10 Dipika Pan, Nira Parshi, Biswajit Jana, Kamalesh Prasad, Jhuma Ganguly, Optimization of the spontaneous adsorption of food colors from aqueous medium using functionalized Chitosan/Cinnamaldehyde hydrogel, 193, 758-767, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021 11 Nira Parshi, Dipika Pan, Biswaji Jana, Jhuma Ganguly, Interesting static quenching of fluorescent hydrogel caused by immobilization of Cd2+ ions within interstitial morphology, 331, 129419, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemica, 2021

12 Aabid Hussain, Sanhita Ghosh, Kamalika Roy, Supriya Nath, Biswajyoti Sarkar, Aritri Dutta, Priyankar Maji, Shibani Basu, Sharmistha Paul, Somaditya Dey, Kakuli Chakraborty, Bikramjit Raychaudhury, Krishnendu Acharya, Jhuma Ganguly, Chiranjib Pal, A mushroom derived ‘carbohydrate fraction’ reinstates host immunity and protects from Leishmania donovani infection, 43, e12806, Parasite Immunology, 2021

13 Dipika Pan, Santu Maity, Nira Parshi, Jhuma Ganguly, Remarkable solvent tunable aggregation caused quenching for fluorochromic chitosan based hydrogel, 322, 114565, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 14 Santu Maity,Nabanita Naskar,Biswajit Jana, Susanta Lahiri ,Jhuma Ganguly, Fabrication of thiophene-chitosan hydrogel-trap for efficient immobilization of mercury (II) from aqueous environs, 251, 116999, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 15 J. Biswas, P. Saha, Jhuma Ganguly Amal K. Paul, Production and characterization of a bioactive extracellular homopolysaccharide produced by Haloferax sp. BKW301, Journal of Basic Microbiology, 2020 16 A. Hussain, S. Ghosh, K. Roy, S. Nath, B. Sarkar, A. Dutta, P. Maji, S. Basu, S. Paul, S. Dey, K. Chakraborty, B. Raychaudhury, K. Acharya, Jhuma Ganguly Chiranjib Pal, A mushroom derived ‘carbohydrate?fraction’ reinstates host?immunity and protects from Leishmania donovani infection, Parasite Immunology, 2020

17 D.Pan, S. Maity, N. Parshi, Jhuma Ganguly, Remarkable solvent tunable Aggregation Caused Quenching for Fluorochromic Chitosan based Hydrogel, Journal of Molecular Liquids (Accepted on 11/10/2020), 2020

18 S.Maity, N. Naskar, B. Jana, S.Lahiri and J. Ganguly, Fabrication of thiophene-chitosan hydrogel-trap for efficient immobilization of mercury (II) from aqueous environs, Carbohydrate Polymer, 2020

19 B. Jana, S. Maity, A. Mondal and J. Ganguly, Synthesis of 9-ethyl-3-isothiacyanato Carbazole for Turn on Fluorescence for Rapid and Selective Detection of Cd2+ in Aqueous System, 222, 117128, Journal of Luminescence, 2020

20 N. Parshi, D. Pan, V. Dhavle, B. Jana , S. Maity , J. Ganguly, Fabrication of lightweight and reusable salicylaldehyde functionalized chitosan as adsorbent for dye removal and its mechanism, 141, 626–635, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,, 2019

21 S.Maity, N. Naskar, S.ahiri and J. Ganguly, Polysaccharide-derived hydrogel water filter for the rapid and selective removal of arsenic, 5, 1318–1327, Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2019

22 D. Pan and J. Ganguly, Assessment of chitosan based catalyst and their mode of action, 6, 106-138, Current Organocatalysis, 2019

23 S. Maity, K Aich,.C. Prodhan, K. Choudhuri, A. Paramanik, S. Das and J.Ganguly, Solvent Dependent Nanostructures Based on Active ?-Aggregation Induced Emission Enhancement of New Carbazole Derivatives of Triphenylacrylonitrile, Chemistry- A European journal,, 2019

24 S. Maity, A. Chatterjee, N. Chakraborty and J. Ganguly, Sugar-Based Self-Assembly of Hydrogel Nanotubes Manifesting ESIPT: Theoretical Insight and Application in Live Cell Imaging, 3 (23), 6575-6580, Chemistry Select, 2018

25 S. Maity , A. Chatterjee, N. Chakraborty and Jhuma Ganguly, A dynamic sugar based bio-inspired, self-healing hydrogel exhibiting ESIPT, 42, 5946-50, New J.Chem, 2018

26 S. Maity , N. Parshi , C. Prodhan , K. Chaudhuri, J. Ganguly, Characterization of a fluorescent hydrogel synthesized using chitosan, polyvinyl alcohol and 9-anthraldehyde for the selective detection and discrimination of trace Fe 3+ and Fe 2+ in water for live-cell imaging, 193, 119-128, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018

27 S. Basu, M. Ghosh , R. Kr. Bhunia , J. Ganguly and B. K Banik, Polysaccharides from Dolichos biforus Linn and Trachyspermum ammi Linn seeds: isolation, characterization and remarkable antimicrobial activity, 11, 118-121, Chemistry Central Journal, 2017

28 S. Basu, H. Sekhar Samanta & Jhuma Ganguly, Green synthesis and swelling behavior of Agnanocomposite semi-IPN hydrogels & its drug delivery using Dolichos biflorus Linn, Soft Materials, 2017, 2017

29 S. Basu, P. Maji, J. Ganguly, Rapid green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of seeds of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, 6, 01-05, Applied Nanoscience, 2016

30 S. Maity, A. Dutta, S. Lahiri, J. Ganguly, A dynamic chitosan-based self-healing hydrogel with tunable morphology and its application as an isolating agent, 6, 81060-68, RSC Adv, 2016

31 S. Basu, P. Maji, J. Ganguly, Rapid green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of seeds of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, 6, 1–5, Applied Nanoscience, 2016

32 J. Biswas, J. Ganguly, A. k. Paul, Partial characterization of an extracellular polysaccharide produced by a moderately halophilic bacterium Halomonas xianhensis SUR308 (GBIF-2015-0113),, 31, 735-44, Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research, 2015

33 S. Maity, A. Dutta, S. Lahiri, J. Ganguly, , Selective Separation of 152 Eu from a Mixture of 152 Eu and 137 Cs Using Chitosan Based Hydrogel, 5, 89338-45, RSC Advances, 2015

1 Jhuma Ganguly, Lecture and Poster: Sugar Based Gelators: A Smart Future, 10th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, DST and IIT, Kanpur from 24 to 27 May 2018 at Potsdam, Germany, 2019

2 Jhuma Ganguly, Invited Lecture: Microgels for Development of Functional Bio-inspired application, 106th Indian Science Congress 3rd to 7th January, 2019, LPU, Jalandhar, 2019

3 Jhuma Ganguly, Invited Lecture: Sugar support functional materials for Bio-inspired application, Indo-German workshop at University of Delhi, 5th and 6th April, 2019, 2019

4 Jhuma Ganguly, Short lecture: Gelators- a new perspective, Emerging Chemistry and Biology of Carbohydrates (ECBC-2017)” National Conference (CARBO-XXXII) jointly organized by the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kgp) and , 2018

5 Jhuma Ganguly, Invited lecture: Sugar inspired Nanomaterials, International Conference on "Nanomaterials: Initiatives and Applications”on 9-11 March, 2018 in the Institute of Engineering and School of Studies in Environmental Chemistry, Jiwaji University Gwali, 2018

6 Jhuma Ganguly, Sugar Analysis Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Workshop on “CHROMATOGRAPHY - an era from Tswett to 21st Century” Hands-on Training Programme on HPTLC, HPLC, GC-MS, HEAD SPACE-SPME-GCMS on 8th - 11th September, 2017, Calcutta University, 2017

7 Jhuma Ganguly, Invited Lecture: Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Sugar, Workshop on “CHROMATOGRAPHY - an era from Tswett to 21st Century” Hands-on Training Programme on HPTLC, HPLC, GC-MS, HEAD SPACE-SPME-GCMS on 8th - 11th September, 2017, Calcutta University, 2017

8 Jhuma Ganguly, Invited lecture: A Relook at the Gelators, Scientific conference to celebrate 70th anniversary of India-Russia diplomatic relations on October 26, 2017 at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER, Kolkata), 2017

1 S. Maity, A. Chatterjee and J. Ganguly, Stimuli responsive sugar-derived hydrogels: a modern approach in Cancer biology, Green Approaches in Medicinal Chemistry for Sustainable Drug Design (Elsvier)Acepted, , 2019

2 Priyankar Maji and Jhuma Ganguly, Mushroom: A magical medicinal food for all, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry (NOVA)Volume 02, Chapter 08, 343-50, , 2018

Patents

#	Patents	Year

Member

Mmember, purchases committee guidelines

Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society [F-8312 (LM)]

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Member Number: 31406008

Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)

Association Of Carbohydrate Chemists & Technologists (India)

Responsibilities

Head of Department, Chemistry, IIEST SHIBPUR

IPR Coordinator

Since October, 2019

Institute Innovation Cell

Member

Since August, 2019

Committee for Academic issues for !st Sem UG.

Member

Since January, 2019

Outreach Activitites

Convener, IPR Cell,

Since 2018

Projects

Microgel of sugar based heteroaromatic moieties: Synthesis, mechanism of gelation, antibacterial potency and computational study, Sponsored
Ongoing
New-generation multifunctional green nanocomposite coatings for the control of biodeterioration of cultural heritage, Sponsored
Ongoing
3. Developement of benign microgel templates for the control of deterioration metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, Sponsored
Ongoing
2. Isolation and characterization of metabolites &/or polysaccharides as anti-inflammatory mediators from wild and medicinal mushrooms used in ethnic medicine system:An investigation into NF ? B-MAPK-Cytokine regulation and its verification in induced edema in vivo., Sponsored
Completed
Structural elucidation and characterization of native polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in cultivable and edible mushroom along with synthesis of isolated oligosaccharides: Application as low cost immune-enhancer., Sponsored
Completed