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Religion: Hinduism
Nationality: Indian
Doctorate in Zoology with 15 yrs. experience in PG Teaching & with 19 yrs experience in Research
Key Skills: Teaching and Research in the area of Environmental Physiology, Nutritional
Physiology, Lipid Biochemistry, Membrane Adaptability (both teaching and
research) Comparative Anatomy of Non Chordates and Chordates & Developmental
Biology (teaching)
Education
Ph.D. (Zoology): From Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, 731235, West Bengal, India in the
year of 1987.
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology: with Botany and Chemistry as supplemented subject from University
of Calcutta, Calcutta, West Bengal, India in the year of 1979.
Summary of Skills and Experience
Languages known: Can read, write & speak English, Hindi & Bengali
Academic
Educational Qualification:
Obtained Ph.D. degree in Zoology from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, 731235, West
Bengal, India in the year of 1987.
Completed Post Graduated Course (M.Sc.) in Life Science (Zoology) with specialization in
Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry from Visva Bharati University in the
year of 1982.
Completed Under Graduated Course ( B.Sc. Hons.) in Zoology with Botany and Chemistry as
supplemented subject from University of Calcutta, Calcutta, West Bengal, India in
the year of 1979.
Professional career up to date in chronological order
b) Reader in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Goa University, Goa, w.e.f. August 1998.
c) Lecturer in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Goa University, Goa w.e.f. February 1993.
Received Young Scientist Research Project Award of DST, Govt. of India in 1994.
Received UNESCO fellowship for One year International Training Course in Hungary
on“Selected Topics of Modern Biology” in 1987.
Teaching
Courses offered:
Research
Area of Research:
Research Training:
c) Project title : Efficiency of alpha linoleic acid metabolism in Indian fresh water fishes.
Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Duration: 1994-1996.
Grant: Rs. 2,65,100/- ( no salary grant).
e) Project title: Marine bacteria as a source of linolenic acid for the farmed animals
Funding agency: Department of Ocean Development
Duration: 1999- 2003.
Grant : Rs. 14, 85,000/- (including the salary for one student).
i) Project title: Membrane lipid bilayer and osmoregulation : A study with gill
epithelial cells of mud crab, Scylla serrata.
Funding agency: University Grants Commission.
Duration: 2008 -
Grants : Rs. 7,45,000/- (including the salary for one student).
1) Role of capsulate and foliate fat body in thermal adaptation of the cockroach, Periplanata
americana (L) : Part I. Changes in the total lipid content and iodine number.
Roy R., Das A. B. (1985) Indian J. Exp. Biol. 23:497-499.
2) Endogenous nitrogen excretion of an Indian air breathing teleost, Channa punctatus (Bloch).
Roy R. and Das A. B. (1986) Indian J. Exp. Biol. 24:132-133.
3) Season specific effects of starvation on the rates of oxygen consumption and ammonia - N
excretion in Channa punctatus (Bloch).
Roy R. and Das A. B. (1987) Indian J. Com. Anim. Physiol. 5:34-39.
7) The effect of thermal adaptation on the level of nitrogenous excretion of Channa punctatus.
Roy R.and Das A. B. (1990) J. therm. Biol. 15: 251-254
10) Homeoviscous adaptation of different membranes in the brain of an air breathing Indian
teleost , Channa punctatus during seasonal variation of environmental temperature.
Roy R., Ghosh D. and Das A. B. (1992) J. therm. Biol. 17 : 209-215.
12) Rapid temperature induced changes in physicochemical properties of fish, Cyprinus carpio,
erythrocyte subcellular membranes.
Roy R. and Farkas T. (1997) Proc. Indian natn.sci. Acad. B63 : 437-446.
13) Seasonal dynamics of tissue levels of total protein, free amino acid and ribonucleic
acid in an Indian air breathing teleost, Channa punctatus.
Das A. B. and Roy R. (1995) Acta Biologica Hungarica 48 : 135-144.
14) Regulation of membrane lipid bilayer structure during seasonal variation: A study with the
brain membranes of Clarias batrachus.
Roy R., Das A. B. and Ghosh D. (1997) Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1323 : 65-74.
15) Fatty acid composition of the ingested food only slightly affects physicochemical properties
of liver total Phospholipid and plasma membranes in cold adapted freshwater fish.
Roy R. Fodor E., Kitajka K. and Farkas T. (1999) Fish Physiol. Biochem. 20 : 1-11.
16) Screening of bacteria from sediments of coastal ecosystem, as potential source of alpha
linolenic acid.
Pujari S., Roy R. and Bhosle S. ( 2004) Indian J. Marine Sci. 33:243-247.
Regulation of membrane lipid bilayer in salinity adaptation: A study with the gill epithelial cell
membranes of Oreochromis nilotica
Shivkamat P. and Roy R. ( 2005) Comp. Biochem. Physiol B. 142:28-36.
19) Lipid metabolism of growing bird, Gallus domesticus during post hatching
Development.
Pujari S. and Roy R. (2007) Proc. Indian natn. Acad. Sci. B 73:37- 42.
20) Effect of dietary oil on the health of the growing birds, Gallus domesticus.
Pujari S, and Roy R ( 2007) Indian J Comp. Anim. Physiol. 25:12-18.
21) Role of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid on the growth of poultry birds, Gallus
domesticus ( Broiler strain).
Roy R, Singh S and Pujari S ( 2008) Int. J. Poult. Sci. 7:360-367.
22) Diets rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with amelioration of D-
Galactosamine induced hepatitis in mice.
Pujari P D and Roy R (2010) Rec. Res. Sci. Tech. 2: 69-77.
Articles in Book:
1) Marine Bacteria as source of essential fatty acid : Its application in poultry feed.
Pujari S and Roy R (2007) In: Diversity and Life Processes from Ocean and Land.
Desai P V and Roy R (eds), Goa University, Goa. Pp. 23-35.
Additional Information
vi) Organized National level seminars in the area of Modern Zoology, Comparative Animal
Physiology.