Priyajit Mandal
Research Associate
Priyajit Mondal has been pursuing his Ph.D. in Microbiology from The University of Burdwan since 2019. He worked as a Molecular Biologist in the Covid RT-PCR laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College, from July 2 to August 31, 2023. Following that, he served as a Research Assistant in the DHR-ICMR Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College, from May 3, 2023, to May 2, 2024.
Priyajit has qualified for the CSIR-UGC NET in Life Sciences three times, GATE in Life Sciences four times (with AIR-56 in 2017 and AIR-22 in 2018), WBSET in Life Sciences, and ICAR-NET in Agricultural Microbiology. He has authored nine research articles in internationally esteemed journals. He participated in three workshops, two regional science congresses, one state science congress, and 95 online courses and webinars. He has successfully completed a 4-credit online course on ‘Food Microbiology and Food Safety’ offered by the Central University of Haryana. He has expertise in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Virology.
In June 2024, Priyajit joined FTSI vertical of TCG CREST as a Research Associate-Microbiologist to apply his knowledge in exploring food science research. He is currently working on projects in the Microbiology and Food Technology segments.