UGC sponsored National Conference on Environmental impacts on health: towards a better future was held during 27-28 March, 2015. The conference brought together scientists, doctors, researchers and academicians together to discuss the present problems of environment affecting human and ecosystem health. The conference was held in collaboration with Das Research Centre and Clinical Laboratory. The major benefit at the institutional level was sharing of scientific information and data on the relationship between environmental factors and health. Students through this conference came to know the alarming facts about environmental degradation on one hand and on the other got a view to keep away from polluting the environment further. Apart from development of knowledge in participating in the conference, students through their Poster Presentations got the opportunity to develop academic skill, leadership and scientific attitude. Since today’s students are tomorrow’s teachers and scientists and even policy makers, the conference was a success in imparting the knowledge of the environment into the young minds who will utilize it in their future activities in making the world a better place to live in.
The List of Presentations is given below:
| Sl.No. | Author | Title of the paper |
| 1. | Dr. Atanu Raha | Keynote Address
Impacts of Climate changes on health: |
| 2. | Dr. Manas Ranjan Ray | Health impact of air pollution with special reference to cancer risk. |
| Dr. Sankar Kumar Nath | Food and Cancer | |
| 4. | Dr. Parthiba Basu
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On landscapes, bees and birds |
| 5. | T. Roychowdhury, S. Koner,J. Samanta, N. Roychowdhury, A. Das, S. Roychowdhury
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Entry of arsenic in food chain: A further threat to Bengal delta |
| 6. | Smt. Saheli Mukherjee | Occupational Stress and Management |
| 7. | Prof. A Gomes | Nanotechnology : Hazards and Precautions of Working with Nanoparticles |
| 8. | Dr. Rita Saha | Solid Waste Management |
| 9. | Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury
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Damaging and beneficial effects of natural UV radiation on high altitude grown tea plants |
| 10. | Aniruddha Chatterjee and Urmi Chatterji
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Effects of inorganic arsenic on the rat uterus and development of a therapeutic strategy using all-trans retinoic acid |
| 11. | Sankar Narayan Sinha, Karabi Biswas and Dipak Paul
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Microbial Decolorization of Azo Dye Methyl Red by Bacillus sp. MR3 |
| 12. | Sourav Sikdar and Prakriti Ranjan Sarkar | Lung cancer and modern therapeutic approaches: A review |
| 13. | Goutam Brahma & Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee
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Threats to the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystems with special reference to Nypa fruticans Wurmb. and Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham |
| 14. | Munmun Laha and Dr. Sudip Kr. Das
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Removal of Chromium (VI) from Aqueous Solution using Peanut Shell as a Bio-Adsorbent in a Continuous Fixed Bed Adsorption Column |
| 15. | Sujoy Sarkar
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Inter-relationship between different water parameters with aquatic insect fauna in three different ponds at East Calcutta Wetland |
| 16. | Rita Paul
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A concise overview of some plant resources for healthy living (?) |
| 17. | Samar Halder
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Control of rabies through animal birth control program |
| 18. | Samita Kundu
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Endocrine disruptors: A review |
| 19. | Sonali Dey (Sengupta)
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Impact of indiscriminate use of pesticides on environment |
| 20. | Sunit Mitra and Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee | Exotic Asteraceae of West Bengal used in health care |
| 21. | Supatra Sen
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Seasonal Effect on Carotenoid Content: Antioxidants for Human Health |
| 22. | Pampa Chakraborty and Swati Gupta Bhattacharya
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Investigation on fungal spore exposure in the class rooms of a suburban higher secondary school of West Bengal with reference to respiratory allergy |
| 23. | Sanjib Saha
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Defence mechanisms of Crustacea against pathogenic and nonpathogenic infection |
| 24. | Madhushri Das Datta
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Sustainable use of natural resources for a healthy environment |
| 25. | Saikat Sarkar and Aparna Banerjee
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Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Ground Water: A Serious Threat to Human Health |
| 26. | Anamika Basu and Anasua Sarkar
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Interaction of pollen allergen with human antibody |
| 27. | Sudip Kumar Roy, Anshuman Saha and Sauris Panda
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Climate change and its impact on ecosystem health
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| 28. | Ananya Bar and J. Andrew | The Effects of Pongamia glabra and Syzygium aromaticum on Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae |
| 29. | Debjani Das (Ghosh) | Colonization of ants in Gorumara National Park region |
| 30. | Madan Chandra Karan
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The major pollutants of Sundarban areas and its potential health effects |
| 31. | Nilanjan Patra
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Climatic Shock, Community Capability and Childhood Malnutrition: Case Study from the Indian Sundarbans |
| 32. | Partha Pal
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Coliforms in water- A threat to human health |
| 33. | Prabal Giri and Churala Pal
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Ecotoxicological aspects of pharmaceuticals on aquatic environment |
| 34. | Shampa Sarkar
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Oribatid mites as indicators of soil ecosystem health |
| 35. | Kishor Sayd Mondal, Rashmita Saha, Khanthaychaa Namchoom, and Arnab Banerjee | Noise Pollution: a Menace of City Life |
| 36. | Shaoli Majumder | Physiological response of epiphytic lichen to the urban air pollutants of Kolkata |
| 37. | Abhijit Das | Arsenicosis and Death in a Gram Panchayet (Cluster of Villages) of Murshidabad District, One of the Nine Arsenic Affected Districts in West Bengal |
| 38. | Somnath Sau and Prithwiraj Byabartta | Copper (II) azo complexes : Copper (II)-bis naphthylazo imidazole/ benzimidazole/ pyridine Complexes: Synthesis and Spectroscopic study and Electrochemistry. |
| 39. | Priya Bhowmick, Shivani Swarup and Shaira Bano | Crisis of the Coral Reefs |
| 40. | Goutam Mahata | Biological treatment of industrial wastewater containing toxic and hazardous heavy metals and chemicals |
| 41. | I. Saha, P. P. Basu (Ray) and B. R. Maiti | Effect of Vehicular Exhaust on the adrenal and pineal gland of chicks |
| 42. | Jayeeta Banerjee and Sudip Kumar Das | Nickel and its Health Effects |
| 43. | Jnanojjal Chanda | Role of Green Chemistry to Control the Chemical Hazards |
| 44. | Mala Thapa | Nanoparticle Exposure and Its Impact on Environment and Human Health: A literature Review |
| 45. | Mitu De and Santi Ranjan Dey | Effect of the wastewater discharges from rice mills in Murshidabad on the ecosystem health of adjacent land and water bodies |
| 46. | Munmun Kundu | Occupational Health Hazards and Lifestyle Management |
| 47. | Prasenjit Sarkar | Ethnomedicinal Plants in Service of Rural Bengal |
| 48. | Saptarshi Chatterjee and Nilabja Sikdar | Environmental effect on cancer with special reference to the Gallbladder Cancer |
| 49. | Shreyashi Sarkar and Sudip kumar Das | Column studies on removal of Cr(VI) by rice husk ash |
| 50. | Sreejata Biswas, Pulak Lahiri and Satadal Das | Identification and Application of the Predominant Bacterium Extracted from Epigeic Earthworm Perionyx excavatus |
| 51. | Swati Sinha Babu | Impact of environmental degradation on health |
| 51. | Tandra Das | Effects of lanthanum on cell division and chromosomal aberration in Hordeeum vulgare |
| 52. | Tania Mitra and Sudip Kumar Das | Removal of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solution using blackberry leaves in continuous column mode |
| 53. | Taposh Kumar Paul | A study on the Environmental Costs of Prawn Culture in West Bengal |
| 54. | Mohsina Iqbal | Plants in Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution and Improving Human Health of its Inhabitants |
| 55. | Chittabrata Chakrabarti and Saumyabrata Chakrabarti | Environmental degradation: some susceptible issues of West Bengal |