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Prem Raj Pushpakaran

2026-04-28T12:40:38Z

172.69.131.220: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮

{{Infobox scientist
|honorific_prefix = Professor
|name = Prem raj Pushpakaran
|image = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg
|image_size = 247px
|field = Physiology
|work_institution = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University
|alma_mater = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Kochi]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]
| citizenship = [[Indian]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]
| influences = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| doctoral_advisor =
| website =
| known_for = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks
| awards = (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who's Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref>{{rs|date=June 2016}}
}}

'''Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran''' (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name=Chronology>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3
|title=Detailed Chronology
|first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran
|publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut
|access-date=20 Mar 2026
}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/
|title=CUSAT Alumni
|publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]
|access-date=30 July 2009
}}</ref> and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF
|title=Registered Alumni
|publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]
|access-date=30 July 2010
}}</ref> prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=Medvane>
{{cite web
|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran
|title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus
|work=Academic
|publisher=Microsoft
|access-date=20 Nov 2010
}}</ref> His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

== Awards and Honors ==
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.<ref name=Medvane/> Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.<ref name=Chronology/> In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for ''Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)'',<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board
|title=Associate Editor
|work=Genomics
|publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)
|access-date=30 Apr 2020
}}</ref> and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517
|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran
|work=Scitable
|access-date=30 Aug 2021
}}</ref>

== Selected Bibliography ==
* {{cite journal
|first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran
|last2=Srivastava|first2=S
|last3=Srivastava|first3=BS
|last4=Srivastava|first4=R
|title=Protection by live ''Mycobacterium habana'' vaccine against ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' H37Rv challenge in mice
|journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research
|pmid=14604301
|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p
|date=April 2003
|volume=117|pages=139-145
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Abedrapo|first2=M
|last3=Chen|first3=A
|last4=Mozumder|first4=M
|first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran
|last6=Alkhoury|first6=F
|last7=Zhang|first7=W
|last8=Fleming|first8=E
|last9=Hodin|first9=RA
|title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes
|journal=BioTechniques
|pmid=14682048
|url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
|date=December 2003
|volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Zhang|first2=W
|last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran
|last5=Abedrapo|first5=M
|last6=Mozumder|first6=M
|last7=Fleming|first7=E
|last8=Siddique|first8=A
|title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element
|url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true
|journal=Molecular Endocrinology
|date=August 2004
|volume=18|pages=1941–1962
|first4=PremRaj|issue=8
|doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351
|pmid=15143152
|last9=Henderson
|first9=JW
|last10=Hodin
|first10=RA
}}
* {{cite journal
|first1=F|last1=Alkhoury
|first2=PR|last2=Malo
|first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran
|first4=E|last4=Zhang
|first5=R|last5=Fleming
|title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells
|volume=199
|date=September 2004
|page=10
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053
|journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3
|doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003
|last6=Mozumder
|first6=Moushumi
|last7=Hodin
|first7=Richard
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo
|first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran
|first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin
|title=A 'Swinging Cradle' model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor
|journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|date=18 November 2005
|volume=337|pages=490–497
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2
|doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080
|pmid=16198314
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, 'Gastroenterology', "Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression"]
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pushpakaran, Prof. PremRaj}}

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Prem Raj Pushpakaran

2026-04-28T12:40:11Z

{{Infobox scientist
|honorific_prefix = Professor
|name = Prem raj Pushpakaran
|image = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg
|image_size = 248px
|field = Physiology
|work_institution = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University
|alma_mater = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Kochi]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]
| citizenship = [[Indian]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]
| influences = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| doctoral_advisor =
| website =
| known_for = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks
| awards = (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who's Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref>{{rs|date=June 2016}}
}}

'''Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran''' (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name=Chronology>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3
|title=Detailed Chronology
|first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran
|publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut
|access-date=20 Mar 2026
}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/
|title=CUSAT Alumni
|publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]
|access-date=30 July 2009
}}</ref> and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF
|title=Registered Alumni
|publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]
|access-date=30 July 2010
}}</ref> prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=Medvane>
{{cite web
|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran
|title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus
|work=Academic
|publisher=Microsoft
|access-date=20 Nov 2010
}}</ref> His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

== Awards and Honors ==
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.<ref name=Medvane/> Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.<ref name=Chronology/> In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for ''Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)'',<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board
|title=Associate Editor
|work=Genomics
|publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)
|access-date=30 Apr 2020
}}</ref> and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517
|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran
|work=Scitable
|access-date=30 Aug 2021
}}</ref>

== Selected Bibliography ==
* {{cite journal
|first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran
|last2=Srivastava|first2=S
|last3=Srivastava|first3=BS
|last4=Srivastava|first4=R
|title=Protection by live ''Mycobacterium habana'' vaccine against ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' H37Rv challenge in mice
|journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research
|pmid=14604301
|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p
|date=April 2003
|volume=117|pages=139-145
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Abedrapo|first2=M
|last3=Chen|first3=A
|last4=Mozumder|first4=M
|first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran
|last6=Alkhoury|first6=F
|last7=Zhang|first7=W
|last8=Fleming|first8=E
|last9=Hodin|first9=RA
|title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes
|journal=BioTechniques
|pmid=14682048
|url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
|date=December 2003
|volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Zhang|first2=W
|last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran
|last5=Abedrapo|first5=M
|last6=Mozumder|first6=M
|last7=Fleming|first7=E
|last8=Siddique|first8=A
|title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element
|url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true
|journal=Molecular Endocrinology
|date=August 2004
|volume=18|pages=1941–1962
|first4=PremRaj|issue=8
|doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351
|pmid=15143152
|last9=Henderson
|first9=JW
|last10=Hodin
|first10=RA
}}
* {{cite journal
|first1=F|last1=Alkhoury
|first2=PR|last2=Malo
|first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran
|first4=E|last4=Zhang
|first5=R|last5=Fleming
|title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells
|volume=199
|date=September 2004
|page=10
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053
|journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3
|doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003
|last6=Mozumder
|first6=Moushumi
|last7=Hodin
|first7=Richard
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo
|first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran
|first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin
|title=A 'Swinging Cradle' model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor
|journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|date=18 November 2005
|volume=337|pages=490–497
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2
|doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080
|pmid=16198314
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, 'Gastroenterology', "Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression"]
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pushpakaran, Prof. PremRaj}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]
[[Category:Indian academics]]
[[Category:Indian academic biography stubs]]
[[Category:Indian people stubs]]
[[Category:Indian educators]]
[[Category:Indian scientist stubs]]
[[Category:kerala stubs]]

Prem Raj Pushpakaran

2026-04-28T08:48:10Z

{{Infobox scientist
|honorific_prefix = Professor
|name = Prem raj Pushpakaran
|image = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg
|image_size = 249px
|field = Physiology
|work_institution = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University
|alma_mater = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Kochi]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]
| citizenship = [[Indian]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]
| influences = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| doctoral_advisor =
| website =
| known_for = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks
| awards = (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who's Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref> (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}</ref>{{rs|date=June 2016}}
}}

'''Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran''' (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name=Chronology>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3
|title=Detailed Chronology
|first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran
|publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut
|access-date=20 Mar 2026
}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/
|title=CUSAT Alumni
|publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]
|access-date=30 July 2010
}}</ref> and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF
|title=Registered Alumni
|publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]
|access-date=30 July 2010
}}</ref> prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=Medvane>
{{cite web
|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran
|title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus
|work=Academic
|publisher=Microsoft
|access-date=20 Nov 2010
}}</ref> His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

== Awards and Honors ==
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.<ref name=Medvane/> Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.<ref name=Chronology/> In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for ''Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)'',<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board
|title=Associate Editor
|work=Genomics
|publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)
|access-date=30 Apr 2020
}}</ref> and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517
|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran
|work=Scitable
|access-date=30 Aug 2021
}}</ref>

== Selected Bibliography ==
* {{cite journal
|first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran
|last2=Srivastava|first2=S
|last3=Srivastava|first3=BS
|last4=Srivastava|first4=R
|title=Protection by live ''Mycobacterium habana'' vaccine against ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' H37Rv challenge in mice
|journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research
|pmid=14604301
|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p
|date=April 2003
|volume=117|pages=139-145
}}
* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Abedrapo|first2=M
|last3=Chen|first3=A
|last4=Mozumder|first4=M
|first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran
|last6=Alkhoury|first6=F
|last7=Zhang|first7=W
|last8=Fleming|first8=E
|last9=Hodin|first9=RA
|title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes
|journal=BioTechniques
|pmid=14682048
|url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
|date=December 2003
|volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6
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* {{cite journal
|last1=Malo|first1=MS
|last2=Zhang|first2=W
|last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran
|last5=Abedrapo|first5=M
|last6=Mozumder|first6=M
|last7=Fleming|first7=E
|last8=Siddique|first8=A
|title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element
|url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true
|journal=Molecular Endocrinology
|date=August 2004
|volume=18|pages=1941–1962
|first4=PremRaj|issue=8
|doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351
|pmid=15143152
|last9=Henderson
|first9=JW
|last10=Hodin
|first10=RA
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* {{cite journal
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|first2=PR|last2=Malo
|first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran
|first4=E|last4=Zhang
|first5=R|last5=Fleming
|title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells
|volume=199
|date=September 2004
|page=10
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053
|journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3
|doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003
|last6=Mozumder
|first6=Moushumi
|last7=Hodin
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* {{cite journal
|last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo
|first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran
|first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin
|title=A 'Swinging Cradle' model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor
|journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|date=18 November 2005
|volume=337|pages=490–497
|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2
|doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080
|pmid=16198314
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, 'Gastroenterology', "Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression"]
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]

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Basanta Kumar De

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1897|03|09}}
| birth_place = [[Balasore]], [[Orissa]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1975|08|31|1897|03|09}} ({{lang-bn|৭৯}})
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Civil Servant
| years_active = 1921-1952
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| spouse = Pramila Dey ({{lang-bn|প্রমিলা দে}}) (née Gupta) ({{lang-bn|গুপ্ত}})
| children = 1
}}

'''Basanta Kumar Dey''' ({{lang-bn|'''বসন্ত কুমার দে (দেব সরকার)'''}}) (9 March, 1897 - 31 August, 1975) ({{lang-bn|২৭ ফাল্গুন, ১৩০৩ - ১৪ ভাদ্র, ১৩৮২}}) was a senior officer of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway|BNR]].<ref name="districtgazetteers">[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156392?loggedin=true&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Irfan Habib, "Professor Barun De (1932-2013)" in ''Proceedings of the Indian History Congress'', Volume 73, 2012, pp. 1553-1555]</ref><ref name="frontline1"/>

==Early Life and education==
Dey, who was a member of a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family of Calcutta, was the third son of [[Brajendranath De|Brajendranath Dey]] and Nagendranandini De (née Bose).<ref name="awomanofindia">Gurusaday Dutt, 'A Woman of India: Being the Life of Saroj Nalini (Founder of Women's Institute Movement in India' (with a foreword by Rabindranath Tagore), (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941)</ref><ref name="সরোজনলিনী">রাজীব কুন্ডু, 'সরোজনলিনী: সংখিপ্ত জীবনি', (অবভাস, কলকাতা, ২০১৪) (Rajib Kundu, 'Saroj Nalini: Shankhipta Jibani', Ababhash, Kolkata, 2014),</ref> He completed his school education at [[Hare School|Hare School, Calcutta]] and college education at Presidency College, Calcutta, where he did his B.A. (Hons.) in English. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read English for one year. At Cambridge his moral tutor was James Drummond Anderson, [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]].<ref name="britishmuseum">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG120680;J.D. Anderson joined the ICS in 1873 and served in various districts of the old Bengal Presidency, serving in Assam, Chittagong, and the Districs of Sylhet and Kachar. At the time of his retirement he was the Deputy Commissioner of Darrang District. He took early retirement, in 1900, and joined the University of Cambridge as Lecturer in Bengali.</ref> Later, he was admitted to The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.<ref name="southasiansattheinnsofcourt"> Online list entitled 'South Asians at the Inns of Court -Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compiled by Renu Paul, in consultation with Mitra Sharafi. (Source: H.A.C. Sturgess, ed., Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple: From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944' (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949) volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-1944), p.82 at https://docplayer.net></ref> His son was [[Barun De|Barun Dey]].<ref name="frontline1">[https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/historian-and-administrator/article4995294.ece Aniruddha Ray, "Historian and Administrator", 'Frontline', 2013] Retrieved 2015-03-03</ref><ref name="districtgazetteers"/>

==Career==
Dey was recruited through an interview into the Commercial Department of the BNR in London in 1921 and reported to the agent of the railway company in Bombay upon his return to India the same year.<ref name="bdeletterfromloudenstreet"> Letter from Brajendranath De on 9th September, 1921 from 22, Louden Street, Calcutta to his son-in-law, Gurusaday Dutt, then living in London. Letter, from G.S. Dutt archive, is with his (Dutt's) grandson, Devsaday Dutt.</ref><ref name="oralhistory"/> His first posting was as assistant traffic superintendent in Kharagpur.<ref name="reminiscencesofanindianmemberoftheindiancivilservice"> Brajendranath De, 'Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service', Calcutta, 1925-1929, pp.416-417. Memoir manuscript in the custody of Barun Dey's library.</ref> In that capacity, he later played an important role in the building of the BNR Hotel in Puri.

In 1931, he was tasked with the responsibility of carrying out the survey work for laying of the tracks from Raipur to Vishakhapatnam and Sonepur to Balangir. Through the 1930s he served as district commercial officer in Kharagpore (Bengal), Waltair (Hyderabad),<ref name="20,theatreroadletter">Letter from Brajendranath Dey of 20, Theatre Road, Calcutta to Paresh Chandra Datta and Sarasi Nalini Datta, then living in England, dated 26th March, 1931. Letter in the custody of Barun De's library.</ref> Nainpur (CP & Berar) and Adra (Behar).<ref name="oralhistory">[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/atbohp/Barun%2BDe%3Fdesktop%3Dtrue%26macroName%3Dattachments&ved=2ahUKEwiykozQoIH1AhUVxDgGHaIvCykQFnoECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw083H797WHC9n5MOfE8i6xG Text of Barun De's interview given to Kris Manjapra for Tufts University Oral History Archive, 2009]</ref> While he was in Adra for a second time between 1939 and 1942, he was given the responsibility of managing the transportation of Congress workers and leaders attending the Ramgarh Session of the Indian National Congress of 1941. In this connection, he had to visit M.K. Gandhi there.<ref name="oralhistory"/>

In the 1940s, he served as regional controller of railway priorities under the Railway Board and then as traffic superintendent general. During the Second World War years, he was commissioned as a major in the Commercial Department of the BNR under the Defence of India Rules and Act.<ref name="memorandum">Memorandum dated 7th July 1947 and signed by the commercial traffic manager of the BNR granting honorary ranks noted each under the War Department Notification to Ex: Defence of India Commissioned Officers of the same railway company. Memorandum in the custody of Barun Dey's library.</ref> In 1950, he was appointed as commercial traffic manager.<ref name="ctm">Initially, at the time of its establishment the BNR had an Agent and Traffic Manager running its affairs. Over time the post of Agent was replaced with General Manager who was to be assisted by the Traffic Manager. By the 1940s the post of Traffic Manager was changed to Commercial Traffic Manager due to its additional commercial responsibilities. This designation remained in force until 31 December 1952. From 1 January 1953, when the BNR joined the Eastern Railways, the post of Commercial Traffic Manager was divided into the twin posts of Chief Commercial Manager and Chief Operations Manager. Dey's successor to this post, J.N. Das, joined as the Chief Commercial Manager of the Eastern Railways. From 1 January 1955 the BNR wing of the Eastern Railways came out to form the South Eastern Railways. Now the post of Chief Commercial Manager has been redesignated as Principle Chief Commercial Manager of the South Eastern Railways.</ref> In the last two years of his career, he attended meetings chaired by the then chief minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Ray.

Dey retired from active service at the end of 1952.

==Post-retirement==

After retirement, he was offered membership of the Railway Recruitment Board in Gorakhpur, which he declined. He took the initiative to publish large segments of his father, Brajendranath Dey's, memoir in the ''[[Calcutta Review]]'', on the occasion of the latter's birth centenary in 1952. As an original Trustee of the Estate of the late Gurusaday Dutt, he recommended as well as contributed to the formation of the [[Gurusaday Museum]],<ref name="gurusadaymuseum">[https://www.museumsofindia.org Gurusaday Museum]</ref> which is now under the Bratachari Society.

In 1968, he was elected a member<ref name="hareschoolcalcutta">Notice dated 12th March 1968, signed by M. Pradhan, Hony. General Secretary of the Organising Committee of Hare School, Calcutta. Notice
in the custody of Barun Dey's library.</ref> of the Organising Committee of the 150th Foundation Anniversary Celebration of his alma mater, Hare School, Calcutta and chairman<ref name="homeschoolcalcuttabrochuresubcommittee">Minutes of the Meeting of the Brochure Sub-Committee held at Hare School at 4-30 P.M. on Friday, the 22nd March, 1968. Agenda papers in the custody of Barun Dey's library.</ref> of the Brochure Sub-Committee of the Organising Committee responsible for the publication of all materials related to the foundation day celebration.

==Legacy==

Approximately 2, 000 photographs of Dey's family, held by him, have been given, on loan, to the photographic archive of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta in 2001 by the think tank's first director and Dey's son, [[Barun De|Barun Dey]].<ref name="epw1">[http://thankstoepw.blogspot.in/2013/09/barun-de-situating-eminent-historian.html "Situating an Eminent Historian Eminently" - Sabyasachi Bhattacharya] Retrieved 2015-03-21.</ref> After the archive was shifted to the newly established Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre
of the CSSSC in 2009, the photographs were deposited there.<ref name="jsrchr"> Brochure entitled Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, 2009), p. 7</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[https://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in South Eastern Railway]
*[https://www.museumsofindia.org Gurusaday Museum]

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