Siba Prasad Adhikary
Professor
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Department
Centre for Biotechnology

Areas of Specialisation
Microbiology

Bioprocess Engineering

Contact Address
Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Biotechnology, Visva-Bharati
Siksha Bhavana, Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal

Email, landline & mobile phone no
E-mail: adhikarysp@visva-bharati.ac.in
Telefax: +91.3463.261101, Mobile:+91.9434010754

Research Areas
1.  Biofertilizers;
2.  Biodiversity and Bioprospecting of algae and cyanobacteria;
3.  Biodeterioration and conservation of monuments of cultural heritage;
4.  Mechanism of adaptation of cyanobacteria to desiccation and UV.

Awards and Honours
1. DAAD Fellowship award for post-doc work at Germany: 1982-82 and visiting assignments for 3 months each during 1996, 2001,2006.
2. JSPS Fellowship for post doc research at Japan: 1991-1992.
3. Indo-Italian collaborative research visits for 2 weeks each : 2006,2007
4. Slovak Govt. Scholarship for visit to Commenius University for 2 months: 2008.
5. Samanata Chandrasekhar Award in Life Science, 1999, By Orissa Bigyan Academy, Government of Orissa
6. U.G.C. Research award under IXth plan (1999)
7. Young Scientist Award by Indian Botanical Society, 1983
8. Fellow of Indian Botanical Society since 1998
9. Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS),2008
10. Dr. B.P. Pal National Environmental Award on Biodiversity by MOEF, Govt. India, 2009.

Representative publication (Maximum 5, in last 5 years)
1. Samad, L.K. and Adhikary, S.P. Diversity of micro-algae and cyanobacteria on building facades and monuments of India. Algae 23: 91-114, 2008. (Korean Journal of Phycology).
2. Rath,J. and Adhikary,S.P.: Response of the estuaine cyanobacterium Lyngbya astuarii to UV-B irradiation. J. Appl. Phycol. 19: 529-536, 2007 (Springer Verlag).
3. Adhikary,S.P. and Klug,G.: Detection of a gene for iron containing superoxide dismutase in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Tolypothrix byssoidea. Indian J Biotech. 6:118-120, 2007.
4. Chattopadhyay,A., Adhikari, S, Adhikary,S.P. and Ayyappan, S. Evaluation of Butachlor for control of submerged macrophytes along with its impact on biotic components of freshwater system. Iran J. Environ Health Sci. Engg. 3: 103-108, 2006
5. Tirkey,J. and Adhikary,S.P.: Cyanobacteria in the Biological soil crusts of India. Curr. Sci. 89:515-521, 2005.

Research Projects
1. “Molecular taxonomy of stress tolerant cyanobacteria and characterization of stress proteins and antioxidant defence systems in selected anhydrobiotes” sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
2. “Taxonomy capacity building project on Algae-AICOPTAX” sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India; Ongoing All India coordinated project at Utkal University under the PI transferred to Visva-Bharati from 2009-10.
3. Network project “Collection, characterization and screening of potential microalgae from West Bengal and Orissa coast, and pilot scale demonstration of Algal oil production” involving Dr. L.B. Shukla,IIMT, Bhubaneswar; Prof. S.P.Adhikary, Visva-Bharati, Dr, R,B,N, Prasad, IICT, Hyderabad and Dr. N. Deb, IAS, Kolkata sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.