Dr. Pranab Goswami, M.Sc.
(G.U.), M.S. (BITS, Pilani), PhD (NEIST CSIR Jorhat)
Professional Track:
1991-2002 : Scientist
(finally Scientist-E1) at North East Institute of Science &
Technology, Jorhat,India (Under CSIR, Govt. of India).
1996-1997 : BOYSCAST
Fellow at University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
2002-2004 : Assistant
Professor, IIT Guwahati.
2004-2009 : Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati
2004-2006 : (Founder) Head, Central Instrument Facility Centre, IIT
Guwahati
2006-2009 : Head, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati
2009 onwards : Professor, Department of Biosciences and
Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati
2012-2014 : Chairman, Institute
Library Committee, IIT Guwahati
2015 (December)onwards: HAG Professor,
2014-April
2017: Head, Centre for Energy, IIT Guwahati
2020-2022: Member, BOG, IIT
Guwahati
AWARDS
v
Under
faculty exchange scheme, SERB-University Alberta awarded Visiting Professorship
at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada for the period of 30th September to
19th October, 2019.
v Recipient of NET (National Eligibility Test)
Certificate (Passed the JRF examination of UGC) for the Junior Research
Fellowship of the University Grant Commission, Govt. of India.
v
Recipient
of Junior Research Fellowship of CSIR (Passed the JRF examination of
CSIR) Govt. of India.
v Recipient of BOYSCAST (Better Opportunity for Young
Scientist in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology) Overseas Fellowship (long
term) of DST, Govt. of India at the University of Massachusetts,
Boston, USA.
v Recipient of high level diploma on Science &
Technology by Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS), Pilani,
for successful completion of the advanced training programme jointly
organized by BITS, Pilani and CSIR, N.Delhi.
v Outstanding Reviewer Award for Contribution to the
quality of the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands), June 2015.
v Elsevier, UK awarded full sponsorship to attend
Editor's conference held at Beijing, China during 22-25th October 2015.
v Outstanding Reviewer Award for Contribution to the
quality of the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands), January 2018.
v
Outstanding
Reviewer Award from Elsevier for Contribution to the quality of the
journal, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B: Biology in
recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal, August
2018.
DISTINCTIONS
CHAIRMAN/MEMBER OF
COMMITTEES
v
Chairman/Member
of committees, Member, BOG, IIT Guwahati (2020-2022).
v
Nominated
by the Director General, CSIR India as Member of Management Council of Regional
Research Laboratory (Now known as NEIST) Jorhat for a period of 3 years (1998-
2000).
v
Nominated
by the Vice-Chancellor, Tezpur University as member of the board of
post graduate studies in the Department of
Electronics, Tezpur University for a period of 3 years from
24.04.2004.
v
Nominated
by the Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University (AAU) as External Expert
to the Advisory Committee for the Department of Biotechnology, AAU in the year
2006.
v
Member,
faculty selection committees (IIT Guwahati for dept. Biotechnology) for the
years:2006, 2007 and 2008.
v
Member
of selection committee, IIT Guwahati, for Jr.Technical Superintendent
2008.
v
Member,
Selection committee for Scientific Officer Grade II in CIF,IIT Guwahati
for 2008.
v
Chairman
of the project Review and Steering Group meeting on the project. A pilot study
to generate microbial database matching landscape ecology at
NEHU, Shillong during 2008-2009.Nominated by the Department of
Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology,
India.
v
Expert
member, Standing Selection committee for Faculty recruitment, IASST, Guwahati,
2009.
v
Expert,
Technical Evaluation committee, ICAR, Nagaland, 2012.
v
Member, Programme advisory
Committee, IASST, Guwahati, 2011.
v
Member,
Steering Committee for Professor application, Nagaland University, 2011.
v
Expert
member of the selection committee (18.03.2013) for the RA position at IASST,
Guwahati.
v
Expert,
Selection committee (02.12.2013) for Scientist and Technical Officer,
TRA, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat.
v
Member
of the selection committee (11.02.2014) for the post of Library Information
Officer at IIT Guwahati.
v
Member
of the selection committee (12.12.2014) for the post of
Technical Superintendent,IIT Guwahati.
v
Member
of the selection committee (18.11.2014) for the post of
Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow.
v
Expert
member of the selection committee (28.10.2014) for the selection of faculty
members in the Department of Food Processing Technology in Central Institute of
Technology (CIT), Kokrajhar.
v
Member
of internal screening committee meeting (23.06.2014) for scrutinizing
applications of the Academic Staff for upgradation under MFCS at IASST,
Guwahati.
v
Member
of the expert committee constituted for 3 years (2014-2016) by Department of
Biotechnology, Govt. of India for evaluating projects between India and another
country in the area of Biotechnology.
v
Member
of the selection committee (14.02.2014) for the post of Assistant Librarian,
IIT Guwahati.
v
Co-Chaired
Screening committee meeting on February 10th 2016 to review project proposal of
DBT India under a programme 2015-2016 in the area of Basic and Modern
Biotechnology.
v
Member,
faculty (Professor) selection committee meeting held on 23rd February 2016 at
IASST, Guwahati.
v
Member,
screening committee meeting for promotion of faculty held on 23rd February 2016
at IASST, Guwahati.
v
Served
as an expert (special invitee) in project review committee meeting of DBT,
India on Basic and Modern biotechnology in NER during 27th - 28th April, 2016.
v
Serving
as a member of Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) of IASST, Guwahati for 2017 to
2020.
v
External
expert of Research Review Committee of Assam down town University (2018-2021).
v
Directorˈs nominee for the Institute Academic Disciplinary
Committee (IADC) for 2018 to 2020.
v
Member,
Steering committee of DBT, India for human resource development (period
2019-2022).
EDITOR/REVIEWER
v
Editorial
board member of Biosensors Journal, and Journal of Biofuels and
Bioenergy.
v
Served
previously as Editorial board member: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (BAB) (Elsevier, ISSN:
1878-8181), Official journal of the International Society
of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB).
v
Invited
reviewer of Journals: Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Biochemical
Engineering Journal, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, Applied
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology, Bioresource Technology, Bioelectrochemistry,Journal
of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Journal of Applied
Electrochemistry, Sensors, Electrochimica Acta, FEBS
Letter, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, ACS Applied
Materials & Interfaces, Bioprocess and Biosystems
Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Physics etc.
v
Invited
Reviewer of project proposals from DBT, India, CSIR India, DST India,
MNRE, India etc.
INVITED LECTURES
v
Delivered invited lecture on "Bioelectronics of
Bioelectrodes Involved in Amperometric and Biofuelcell Biosensors" in ONE
DAY WEBINAR ON MICRO/ NANO ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SENSORS [MiNaDS 2021]
organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur
University, India on FEBRUARY 27, 2021.
v
Delivered invited lecture on "BIOFUELCELL. An
Emerging Biosensing Device for Healthcare Applications " in Online Faculty
Development Program on Sensors Technology organized by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Punjab Technical University, India on FEBRUARY 24, 2021.
v
Delivered invited lecture on BIOFUELCELL. A Smart
Sensing Device for Advance Healthcare Applications in webinar: RECENT ADVANCES
IN ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY, organized by ASTU on 10th Sept,2020 (Thursday)
from 11am.
v
Delivered key note lecture on Application of advance
materials for efficient signal transduction in electrochemical biosensors in
One Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Advanced Materials
(Fabrication, Characterisation and Applications)" during 25th July, 2020
at School of Mechanical Engineering. KIIT Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar.
v
Invited lecture "BIOFUELCELL: A Smart Sensing
Device for Advance Healthcare Applications” on 17th September2020 Organized by
GEMS ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, Kerala.
v
Delivered key note lecture on DEVELOPING 3G
BIO-ELECTRODE FOR BIOSENSOR AND BIOFUELCELL APPLICATIONS on 29th November,
2019 in the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNAN)
Organized by VIT, Vellore- 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
v
Delivered an invited talk on Bio-fuelcell: An Emerging
Green Technology for Biosensors and Bioremediation Applications on
18th December, 2018 under TEQIP-III Sponsored Short-Term Course on Green
Technology for Sustainable Development (17- 21st December, 2018) Organized By
Chemical Engineering Department, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati-781013
v
Delivered an invited talk on ˈBio-fuelcellˈ
on 14th December, 2018 at Dept. of Electronics & Communication
Engineering, Tezpur University.
v
Delivered an invited talk on FRONTIER IN
BIOSENSOR RESEARCH in the seminar, Trends in Biochemical Research, organized by
Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, on March 27, 2018.
v
Delivered talk on Biosensors as Resource Person in
Finishing School, on Trends in Food and Biotechnology
at Tezpur University during 19th -24th March 2018.
v
Delivered a lecture on Biofuel cell in the department
of Biotechnology, NIT Raipur, on 22 January, 2018.
v
Delivered an invited lecture on Biofuel cell in a
national conference on Non-Conventional Energy: Harvesting Technology and
Its Challenges" (NEQIP), held at Assam Engineering College, Guwahati
during 10-11 November, 2017.
v
Delivered an invited lecture on Biofuel cell
in refresher course 'Nano Science & Nano Technologyˈ held during
22nd March -11th April, 2017 at UGC Human Resource Development
Center, Gauhati University, Guwahati.
v
Invited talk: Pranab Goswami: Topic:
Development of DNA aptamers against human heart type fatty acid binding protein
for early detection of acute myocardial infarction, 2nd World
Congress on Bio Summit & Molecular Biology Expo, October 10-12, 2016 Dubai,
UAE. ScientificTracksAbstracts: J Biotechnol Biomater,DOI:
10.4172/2155-952X.C1.061
v
Delivered invited lectures as resource person on (1) Introduction to
Biosensors and (2) Developing aptamers as biorecognition element for
diagnostics in GIAN programme on "Biosensing Principles and
Technologies" on June 23, 2016 at Tezpur University, Assam,
India.
v
Delivered invited lecture on Biosensors in NEQIP on ˶Advance
Materials for Engineering˶ organized by Chemical Engineering
Department, Assam Engineering college (Assam), on April 26, 2016.
v
Delivered invited lecture on Biofuel cell in NEQIP
organized by Electrical Engineering Department, Assam
Engineering college (Assam), on March 10, 2016.
v
Delivered invited lecture on 'Biosensors - as an
Effective Tool for Disease Diagnosis' as resource person in a Short-term
Training programme ˶Nucleic
acid Amplification Techniques in Life Science Research˶ organized by the State Biotech Hub(Assam),
College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara,
Guwahati from January 05-09, 2016 under the sponsorship of Department of
Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
v
Delivered invited lecture on Biosensor and enzymatic
biofuelcell: Emerging topics in healthcare and biomedical engineering, in the
Institutional Biotech Hub at Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University,
on 14th February 2015.
v
Delivered key note lecture on Enzymatic Biofuel Cell
for Micro Scale Electronic Devices in the IITG-Kyoto Institute of Technology
(KIT) Joint Symposium on Biobased Materials, 20January, 2015 at IIT Guwahati.
v
Delivered talk on ˶Biosensors
for clinical applications˶
in ˶Recent Advances
in Biotechnological Research in North East India: Challenges and Prospects˶ from November 27-29,
2014 organized by Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur
University.
v
Delivered key note lecture on Frontier in Biosensor
Research in the National Workshop on BIOSENSORS & NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 14th-15th
March, 2014 held at JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendulla, Andhra
Pradesh 516390 on 14 March 2014 [press release: The Hindu].
v
Delivered invited lecture on Biotechnology: Recent
advances and Future Prospects on 23rd August 2014 in University of Science and
Technology, Meghalaya.
v
Delivered invited lecture on ˶Microbial enzymes and their applications for
developing biosensors and biofuelcell˶
in the work shop on ˶Faculty
training and motivation and adoption of school and colleges by CSIR lab˶ on 22nd March 2013
held at St. Edmund College, Shillong.
v
Delivered invited lecture on ˶Enzymatic Biofuelcell˶ in the International Seminar and
Workshop on Energy, Sustainability and Development (ISWESD-2012) with special
focus on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology held
in Sibsagar College, Jaysagar, Assam, during 12-14th October,
2012.
v
Delivered key note lecture on Biofuel cell in Tezpur
University under the national workshop on ˶The advances in Applied Microbiology and
Bioprocess Engineering˶
during August 23, 2012.
v
Delivered invited lecture on ˶Advances in biosensor research: Nano-materials as
electroactive matrix for developing enzyme-based biosensors˶ in Post ISCB 31 January 2012 IASST.
v
Delivered Prof.A. C. Dutta memorial lecture at
Department of Botany, Cotton College, Guwahati on the topic ˶Advances in Biosensors
Research˶ on 28th
January 2011.
v
Talk on ˶Application
potential of large catalase from Aspergillus terreus MTCC 6324
for bioelectronic devices delivered at International Conference on
Molecular and Functional Catalysis, Singapore, 11-15 July 2010.
v
Delivered lecture as resource person on ˶Biosensors and its
applications in healthcare˶
in a short term training course in life science for senior faculty of
university and colleges during 5th October 2010 in Academic Staff
college, Gauhati University, India.
v
Delivered invited lecture on ˶Application potential of large catalase
from Aspergillus terreus MTCC 6324
for bioelectronic devices in the International Conference on
Molecular and Functional Catalysis, Singapore, 11-15 July 2010.
v
Delivered lecture as Resource Person in the National
workshop on "Microbial Diversity Database" held in North East Hill
University (NEHU) on 30 Oct 2009.
v
Delivered lecture as Guest of Honour at the
National seminar on Biodiversity-Exploration, conservation and utilization of
Plant Resources with special reference to North east India, by North East
Biotechnological Consortium Limited (NEBC), an R&D unit of ERD Foundation,
Assam. Held on 18 December 2007 at IIE, Khanapara.
v
Delivered Foundation day talk at Institute of advance
Studies in Science &Technology (IASST), Guwahati, 3rd Nov. 2006. Title: How
to live longer?-A thought of Biochemists.
v
Delivered invited talk on ˶Mechanism of uptake of n-alkanes by
microorganisms˶ at
Environmental, Coastal & Ocean Science Prog., University of
Massachusetts Boston on November 20, 1997.
TEACHING
v
Courses taken in
undergraduate (B.Tech.) Level:
Biochemistry Theory, Biochemistry Laboratory, Bioseparation Engineering,
Biocatalysis, Frontier in Biotechnology, Modern Biology.
v Courses developed and offered in M.Tech. & Ph.D. Levels:
Enzymology: The course has been formulated for offering advance concept on the
subject to the post graduate students with an aim to enrich their
knowledge and motivate them for pursuing enzymology related research.
Biosensors: The course helps final year undergraduate (BTech) and post graduate
students (MTech and PhD) to acquire knowledge starting from the basic
understanding on the subject to the advance concept on this ever-evolving field
biosensors.