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 : Designed Sugar-based materials, Colloidal, Hydrogels, Organogels and their spectroscopic analysis.
Glycobiology from natural resources (Algae, mushrooms, bacteria etc.)
Microencapsulation of Nanoparticles and applications
Fabrication of carbohydrates into film, nanofibre, gel, molecular assembly will be a challenging and growing research area. Self-assembled and porous materials with distinguished fluorescence activities, excellent adsorption capacities are at the centre of my current study. The elementary and essential self-assembly and self-healing mechanism are trying to establish among the materials functionalities. The utilization of natural resources in real field application is a target of my research.

Latest Publications

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

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

8 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

9 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

10 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

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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 analysis

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 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 2 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

6 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

7 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

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

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 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

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

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

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