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'''Debi Prasad Sarkar''' (born 15 January 1958) is an Indian [[Biochemist]], [[Immunologist]] and [[Virologist]]. He was the Head of Biochemistry Department and Dean FIAS, at the University of Delhi South Campus and served as the Director of IISER Mohali from 2017 to 2019.  He then resumed his Professorship and subsequently promoted to the post of "Senior Professor of Biochemistry" with effect from 18th July, 2018 at the parent institute, University of Delhi. <ref name="Burma2011">{{cite book|author=D. P. Burma|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA184|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=184–}}</ref><ref name="GuptaKumar2006">{{cite book|author1=Ameeta Gupta|author2=Ashish Kumar|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC&pg=PA210|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0607-9|pages=210–}}</ref> Serving as Joint Director, DSSEED, IoE, University of Delhi. He is renowned for his researches on [[Sendai virus]] and developing reconstituted [[viral envelope]]s.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=35 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile - Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sarkar,_Prof._Debi_Prasad | title=Fellow profile - Sarkar | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI fellows |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |date=2016 |access-date=8 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> and [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P11-1556 | title=Indian fellow - Sarkar | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian Science Awards, in 1998, for his contributions to Biological Sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=201 | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Received Excellence Teacher Award on service by the University of Delhi (99th Foundation Day Celebration of the University of Delhi on 11th September, 2021).  
'''Debi Prasad Sarkar''' (born 15 January 1958) is an Indian [[biochemist]], [[immunologist]] and [[virologist]]. Currently Prof Sarkar has been appointed (from 9th July 2024) as a Guest Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences and Engineering, [[IIT Gandhinagar]], Palaj, Gujarat. Before joining  [[ IIT Gandhinagar]], he worked as a Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana.  He was the head of biochemistry department and dean FIAS, at the [[University of Delhi]] South Campus and served as the [[Director (education)|Director]] of [[IISER Mohali]] from 2017 to 2019.  He then resumed his professorship and subsequently promoted to the post of senior professor of biochemistry, with effect from 18 July 2019 at the parent institute, University of Delhi. <ref name="Burma2011">{{cite book|author=D. P. Burma|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA184|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=184–}}</ref><ref name="GuptaKumar2006">{{cite book|author1=Ameeta Gupta|author2=Ashish Kumar|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC&pg=PA210|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0607-9|pages=210–}}</ref> Serving as joint director, DSSEED, IoE, University of Delhi. On the scientific front, he is renowned for his researches on [[Sendai virus]] and developing reconstituted [[viral envelope]]s.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=35 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile - Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sarkar,_Prof._Debi_Prasad | title=Fellow profile - Sarkar | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI fellows |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |date=2016 |access-date=8 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> and [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P11-1556 | title=Indian fellow - Sarkar | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=11 October 2016 | archive-date=18 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018215811/http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P11-1556 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian Science Awards, in 1998, for his contributions to Biological Sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=201 | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Received Excellence Teacher Award on service by the University of Delhi (99th Foundation Day Celebration of the University of Delhi on 11 September 2021).


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Debi Prasad Sarkar, born on 15 January 1958, graduated (Honors) in Chemistry in 1978 and obtained a Master's degree in Biochemistry in 1980 (secured highest marks and awarded BHU Gold Medal), both from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="University Faculty Details Page">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/2015/Biochem/Oct2015_Biochem_Debi.pdf | title=University Faculty Details Page | publisher=University of Delhi | date=2016 | access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> His career started as a Senior Research Fellow at the [[University of Delhi|Biochemistry Department of University of Delhi]] South Campus in 1985, working on ''Liposomes as immunomodulators and drug delivery using Liposomes'' and he secured a PhD degree for his thesis, ''Immunogenicity of carbohydrate determinants mediated through Liposomes: Liposome-mediated drug delivery'' from the [[University of Delhi|Calcutta University]]  in 1986. His post-doctoral studies were at the [[National Cancer Institute]] of the [[National Institutes of Health]] where he spent two years (1986–88) as visiting fellow and returned to Delhi University to take up the position of a Lecturer of Biochemistry (1988). He stayed at the University for the rest of his academic career, holding various positions as the Senior Lecturer (1993–96) and Reader (1996–2002), to superannuate as a Senior Professor in 2023.<ref name="University Faculty Details Page" />
Debi Prasad Sarkar, born on 15 January 1958, graduated (Honors) in Chemistry in 1978 and obtained a master's degree in biochemistry in 1980 (secured highest marks and awarded BHU Gold Medal), both from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="University Faculty Details Page">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/2015/Biochem/Oct2015_Biochem_Debi.pdf | title=University Faculty Details Page | publisher=University of Delhi | date=2016 | access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> His career started as a senior research fellow at the [[University of Delhi|Biochemistry Department of University of Delhi]] South Campus in 1985, working on ''Liposomes as immunomodulators and drug delivery using Liposomes'' and he secured a PhD degree for his thesis, ''Immunogenicity of carbohydrate determinants mediated through Liposomes: Liposome-mediated drug delivery'' from the [[University of Delhi|Calcutta University]]  in 1986. His post-doctoral studies were at the [[National Cancer Institute]] of the [[National Institutes of Health]] where he spent two years (1986–88) as visiting fellow and returned to Delhi University to take up the position of a lecturer of Biochemistry (1988). He stayed at the university for the rest of his academic career, holding various positions as the senior lecturer (1993–96) and reader (1996–2002), superannuated as a senior professor in January 2023.<ref name="University Faculty Details Page" />


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
Sarkar's researches on [[Sendai virus]] is known to have resulted in the development of reconstituted [[viral envelope]]s containing only the [[fusion protein]]<ref name="Burma2011 (2)">{{cite book|author=D. P. Burma|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA146|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=146–}}</ref> and this is reported to have assisted in a more efficient gene delivery in therapeutic use.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with [[Vijay Kumar (molecular biologist)|Vijay Kumar]], he demonstrated for the first time that [[HBx]] protein stimulated [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase|Mitogen-activated]] [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase#Signaling cascades|signaling cascades]] in [[in vivo|living animals]].<ref name="BurmaChakravorty2011">{{cite book|author1=D. P. Burma|author2=Maharani Chakravorty|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA146|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=146–}}</ref> He continued his researches while working as an academic and holds patents for his inventions.<ref name="Patent portfolio">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/research/Intellectual%20Property%20Rights/03052016_DU%20PATENT%20PORTFOLIO-app%20updated.pdf | title=Patent portfolio | publisher=Delhi University | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> Some of the inventions have resulted in [[Patent Cooperation Treaty|Patent Cooperation Treaties]] (PCT) earning royalties for the university. He has also participated in clinical trials on behalf of the university, including a preclinical study with a [[Gunn rat]] model, in collaboration with [[National Research Development Corporation]] and [[AECOM]].<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar" /> He has published his research findings in a number of articles<ref name="Publications Authored by Debi Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Debi+Sarkar | title=Publications Authored by Debi Sarkar | publisher=PubFacts | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see Selected bibliography section}} and has delivered featured lectures on his work.<ref name="Distinguished Lecture Series">{{cite journal | url=http://www.cdriindia.org/Newsletters/English%20April-September%202012.pdf | title=Distinguished Lecture Series | journal=CSRI-CDRI Newsletter | date=April 2012 | volume=4 | issue=1 | pages=17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730192853/http://cdriindia.org/Newsletters/English%20April-September%202012.pdf | archive-date=30 July 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has also delivered several award orations including the Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Lecture of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2011<ref name="Memorial Lecture Awardees 2011">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Lecture%20Awards%202011.htm | title=Memorial Lecture Awardees 2011 | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> and the Platinum Jubilee Lecture at the 102nd edition of the [[Indian Science Congress]] in 2015.<ref name="The Magic Touch of Biology">{{cite journal | url=http://archive.mu.ac.in/ISC102%20BULLETIN.pdf | title=The Magic Touch of Biology | journal=Indian Science Congress Bulletin | date=January 2015 | pages=15 of 35}}</ref>
Sarkar's researches on [[Sendai virus]] is known to have resulted in the development of reconstituted [[viral envelope]]s containing only the [[fusion protein]]<ref name="Burma2011 (2)">{{cite book|author=D. P. Burma|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA146|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=146–}}</ref> and this is reported to have assisted in a more efficient gene delivery in therapeutic use.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with [[Vijay Kumar (molecular biologist)|Vijay Kumar]], he demonstrated for the first time that [[HBx]] protein stimulated [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase|Mitogen-activated]] [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase#Signaling cascades|signaling cascades]] in [[in vivo|living animals]].<ref name="BurmaChakravorty2011">{{cite book|author1=D. P. Burma|author2=Maharani Chakravorty|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA146|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=146–}}</ref> He continued his researches while working as an academic and holds patents for his inventions.<ref name="Patent portfolio">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/research/Intellectual%20Property%20Rights/03052016_DU%20PATENT%20PORTFOLIO-app%20updated.pdf | title=Patent portfolio | publisher=Delhi University | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> Some of the inventions have resulted in [[Patent Cooperation Treaty|Patent Cooperation Treaties]] (PCT) earning royalties for the university. He has also participated in clinical trials on behalf of the university, including a preclinical study with a [[Gunn rat]] model, in collaboration with [[National Research Development Corporation]] and [[AECOM]].<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar" /> He has published his research findings in a number of articles<ref name="Publications Authored by Debi Sarkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Debi+Sarkar | title=Publications Authored by Debi Sarkar | publisher=PubFacts | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see Selected bibliography section}} and has delivered featured lectures on his work.<ref name="Distinguished Lecture Series">{{cite journal | url=http://www.cdriindia.org/Newsletters/English%20April-September%202012.pdf | title=Distinguished Lecture Series | journal=CSRI-CDRI Newsletter | date=April 2012 | volume=4 | issue=1 | pages=17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730192853/http://cdriindia.org/Newsletters/English%20April-September%202012.pdf | archive-date=30 July 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has also delivered several award orations including the Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Lecture of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2011<ref name="Memorial Lecture Awardees 2011">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Lecture%20Awards%202011.htm | title=Memorial Lecture Awardees 2011 | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016 | archive-date=22 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122153347/http://www.nasi.org.in/Lecture%20Awards%202011.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Platinum Jubilee Lecture at the 102nd edition of the [[Indian Science Congress]] in 2015.<ref name="The Magic Touch of Biology">{{cite journal | url=http://archive.mu.ac.in/ISC102%20BULLETIN.pdf | title=The Magic Touch of Biology | journal=Indian Science Congress Bulletin | date=January 2015 | pages=15 of 35}}</ref>


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1998.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees" /> He received the M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) in 2005<ref name="M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/smaward.html | title=M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award | publisher=Society of Biological Chemists (India) | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship in 2010.<ref name="Department of Biochemistry">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=inter-disciplinary-and-applied-sciences1 | title=Department of Biochemistry | publisher=Delhi University | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as their fellow in 1996 and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] followed suit in 2007 and 2011 respectively.<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar" /> Received "Excellence Award for Teachers in service  in University of Delhi" on 11th September, 2021 in a function to celebrate 99th Foundation Day of University of Delhi from the Chief Guests Shri Amit Khare, Secretary, MoE, GOI and Shri Imtiaz Ali, renowned film Director and Producer.
The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1998.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees" /> He received the M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) in 2005<ref name="M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/smaward.html | title=M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award | publisher=Society of Biological Chemists (India) | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016 | archive-date=10 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010214336/http://www.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/smaward.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship in 2010.<ref name="Department of Biochemistry">{{cite web | url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=inter-disciplinary-and-applied-sciences1 | title=Department of Biochemistry | publisher=Delhi University | date=2016 | access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as their fellow in 1996 and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] followed suit in 2007 and 2011 respectively.<ref name="Indian fellow - Sarkar" /> Received "Excellence Award for Teachers in service  in University of Delhi" on 11 September 2021 in a function to celebrate 99th Foundation Day of University of Delhi from the Chief Guests Shri Amit Khare, Secretary, MoE, GOI and Shri Imtiaz Ali, renowned film director and producer.


== Selected bibliography ==
== Selected bibliography ==
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* {{cite book|title=Membrane Fusion Technique|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9LyXYS8IREC&pg=PA42|date=July 1993|publisher=Gulf Professional Publishing|isbn=978-0-12-182122-7|pages=42–}}
* {{cite book|title=Membrane Fusion Technique|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9LyXYS8IREC&pg=PA42|date=July 1993|publisher=Gulf Professional Publishing|isbn=978-0-12-182122-7|pages=42–}}
* {{cite journal | title=Dilation of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion pore revealed by the kinetics of individual cell-cell fusion events. |author1=Robert Blumenthal |author2=Debi P Sarkar |author3=Stewart Durell |author4=Daniel E Howard |author5=Stephen J Morris | journal=Journal of Cell Biology | date=October 1996 | volume=135 | issue=1 | pages=63–71 | doi=10.1083/jcb.135.1.63|pmid=8858163 | pmc=2121025 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Dilation of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion pore revealed by the kinetics of individual cell-cell fusion events. |author1=Robert Blumenthal |author2=Debi P Sarkar |author3=Stewart Durell |author4=Daniel E Howard |author5=Stephen J Morris | journal=Journal of Cell Biology | date=October 1996 | volume=135 | issue=1 | pages=63–71 | doi=10.1083/jcb.135.1.63|pmid=8858163 | pmc=2121025 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Novel gene delivery to liver cells using engineered virosomes |author1=Komal Ramani |author2=Roop S Bora |author3=Mukesh Kumar |author4=Sandeep K Tyagi |author5=Debi P Sarkar | journal=FEBS Letters | date=March 1997 | volume=404 | issue=2–3 | pages=164–168 | doi=10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00120-8|pmid=9119056 | doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Novel gene delivery to liver cells using engineered virosomes |author1=Komal Ramani |author2=Roop S Bora |author3=Mukesh Kumar |author4=Sandeep K Tyagi |author5=Debi P Sarkar | journal=FEBS Letters | date=March 1997 | volume=404 | issue=2–3 | pages=164–168 | doi=10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00120-8|pmid=9119056 | doi-access= |bibcode=1997FEBSL.404..164R }}
* {{cite journal | title=Targeted cytosolic delivery of hydrogel nanoparticles into HepG2 cells through engineered Sendai viral envelopes |author1=Siddhartha S Jana |author2=Dhruba J Bharali |author3=Prashant Mani |author4=Amarnath Maitra |author5=Chhitar M Gupta |author6=Debi P Sarkar | journal=FEBS Letters | date=March 2002 | volume=515 | issue=1–3 | pages=184–188 | doi=10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02467-5|pmid=11943218 | doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Targeted cytosolic delivery of hydrogel nanoparticles into HepG2 cells through engineered Sendai viral envelopes |author1=Siddhartha S Jana |author2=Dhruba J Bharali |author3=Prashant Mani |author4=Amarnath Maitra |author5=Chhitar M Gupta |author6=Debi P Sarkar | journal=FEBS Letters | date=March 2002 | volume=515 | issue=1–3 | pages=184–188 | doi=10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02467-5|pmid=11943218 | doi-access= |bibcode=2002FEBSL.515..184J }}
* {{cite journal | title=Targeted Gene Delivery by Virosomes |author1=Debi P Sarkar |author2=Komal Ramani |author3=Sandeep K Tyagi | journal=Liposome Methods and Protocols | year=2002 | pages=163–173}}
* {{cite journal | title=Targeted Gene Delivery by Virosomes |author1=Debi P Sarkar |author2=Komal Ramani |author3=Sandeep K Tyagi | journal=Liposome Methods and Protocols | year=2002 | pages=163–173}}
* {{cite journal | title=Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and human papillomavirus-mediated cervical cancer in Indian women |author1=Indu Kohaar |author2=Showket Hussain |author3=Nisha Thakur |author4=Pratibha Tiwari |author5=Vilas Nasare |author6=Swaraj Batra |author7=Veena Singh |author8=Suresh Bhambani |author9=Bhudev C Das |author10=Debi P Sarkar |author11=Mausumi Bharadwaj | journal=Human Immunology | date=April 2009 | volume=70 | issue=4 | pages=222–229 | doi=10.1016/j.humimm.2009.01.003|pmid=19272325 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and human papillomavirus-mediated cervical cancer in Indian women |author1=Indu Kohaar |author2=Showket Hussain |author3=Nisha Thakur |author4=Pratibha Tiwari |author5=Vilas Nasare |author6=Swaraj Batra |author7=Veena Singh |author8=Suresh Bhambani |author9=Bhudev C Das |author10=Debi P Sarkar |author11=Mausumi Bharadwaj | journal=Human Immunology | date=April 2009 | volume=70 | issue=4 | pages=222–229 | doi=10.1016/j.humimm.2009.01.003|pmid=19272325 }}
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Debi Prasad Sarkar
Born (1958-01-15) 15 January 1958 (age 68)
India
Alma mater
Known forDevelopment of reconstituted Sendai viral envelopes
Awards1998 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
2005 SBC M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Debi Prasad Sarkar (born 15 January 1958) is an Indian biochemist, immunologist and virologist. Currently Prof Sarkar has been appointed (from 9th July 2024) as a Guest Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences and Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat. Before joining IIT Gandhinagar, he worked as a Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana. He was the head of biochemistry department and dean FIAS, at the University of Delhi South Campus and served as the Director of IISER Mohali from 2017 to 2019. He then resumed his professorship and subsequently promoted to the post of senior professor of biochemistry, with effect from 18 July 2019 at the parent institute, University of Delhi. [1][2] Serving as joint director, DSSEED, IoE, University of Delhi. On the scientific front, he is renowned for his researches on Sendai virus and developing reconstituted viral envelopes.[3] He is an elected fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences,[4] National Academy of Sciences, India[5] and Indian National Science Academy.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian Science Awards, in 1998, for his contributions to Biological Sciences.[7] Received Excellence Teacher Award on service by the University of Delhi (99th Foundation Day Celebration of the University of Delhi on 11 September 2021).

Biography[edit | edit source]

Debi Prasad Sarkar, born on 15 January 1958, graduated (Honors) in Chemistry in 1978 and obtained a master's degree in biochemistry in 1980 (secured highest marks and awarded BHU Gold Medal), both from Banaras Hindu University.[8] His career started as a senior research fellow at the Biochemistry Department of University of Delhi South Campus in 1985, working on Liposomes as immunomodulators and drug delivery using Liposomes and he secured a PhD degree for his thesis, Immunogenicity of carbohydrate determinants mediated through Liposomes: Liposome-mediated drug delivery from the Calcutta University in 1986. His post-doctoral studies were at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health where he spent two years (1986–88) as visiting fellow and returned to Delhi University to take up the position of a lecturer of Biochemistry (1988). He stayed at the university for the rest of his academic career, holding various positions as the senior lecturer (1993–96) and reader (1996–2002), superannuated as a senior professor in January 2023.[8]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

Sarkar's researches on Sendai virus is known to have resulted in the development of reconstituted viral envelopes containing only the fusion protein[9] and this is reported to have assisted in a more efficient gene delivery in therapeutic use.[10] Along with Vijay Kumar, he demonstrated for the first time that HBx protein stimulated Mitogen-activated signaling cascades in living animals.[11] He continued his researches while working as an academic and holds patents for his inventions.[12] Some of the inventions have resulted in Patent Cooperation Treaties (PCT) earning royalties for the university. He has also participated in clinical trials on behalf of the university, including a preclinical study with a Gunn rat model, in collaboration with National Research Development Corporation and AECOM.[6] He has published his research findings in a number of articles[13][note 1] and has delivered featured lectures on his work.[14] He has also delivered several award orations including the Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Lecture of the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2011[15] and the Platinum Jubilee Lecture at the 102nd edition of the Indian Science Congress in 2015.[16]

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1998.[7] He received the M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) in 2005[17] and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship in 2010.[18] The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as their fellow in 1996 and the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy followed suit in 2007 and 2011 respectively.[6] Received "Excellence Award for Teachers in service in University of Delhi" on 11 September 2021 in a function to celebrate 99th Foundation Day of University of Delhi from the Chief Guests Shri Amit Khare, Secretary, MoE, GOI and Shri Imtiaz Ali, renowned film director and producer.

Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Debi P Sarkar; Stephen J Morris; Ofer Eidelman; Joshua Zimmerberg; Robert Blumenthal (July 1989). "Initial stages of influenza hemagglutinin-induced cell fusion monitored simultaneously by two fluorescent events: cytoplasmic continuity and lipid mixing". Journal of Cell Biology. 109 (1): 113–122. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.277.6857. doi:10.1083/jcb.109.1.113. PMC 2115478. PMID 2745545.
  • Membrane Fusion Technique. Gulf Professional Publishing. July 1993. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-0-12-182122-7.
  • Robert Blumenthal; Debi P Sarkar; Stewart Durell; Daniel E Howard; Stephen J Morris (October 1996). "Dilation of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion pore revealed by the kinetics of individual cell-cell fusion events". Journal of Cell Biology. 135 (1): 63–71. doi:10.1083/jcb.135.1.63. PMC 2121025. PMID 8858163.
  • Komal Ramani; Roop S Bora; Mukesh Kumar; Sandeep K Tyagi; Debi P Sarkar (March 1997). "Novel gene delivery to liver cells using engineered virosomes". FEBS Letters. 404 (2–3): 164–168. Bibcode:1997FEBSL.404..164R. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00120-8. PMID 9119056.
  • Siddhartha S Jana; Dhruba J Bharali; Prashant Mani; Amarnath Maitra; Chhitar M Gupta; Debi P Sarkar (March 2002). "Targeted cytosolic delivery of hydrogel nanoparticles into HepG2 cells through engineered Sendai viral envelopes". FEBS Letters. 515 (1–3): 184–188. Bibcode:2002FEBSL.515..184J. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02467-5. PMID 11943218.
  • Debi P Sarkar; Komal Ramani; Sandeep K Tyagi (2002). "Targeted Gene Delivery by Virosomes". Liposome Methods and Protocols: 163–173.
  • Indu Kohaar; Showket Hussain; Nisha Thakur; Pratibha Tiwari; Vilas Nasare; Swaraj Batra; Veena Singh; Suresh Bhambani; Bhudev C Das; Debi P Sarkar; Mausumi Bharadwaj (April 2009). "Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and human papillomavirus-mediated cervical cancer in Indian women". Human Immunology. 70 (4): 222–229. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2009.01.003. PMID 19272325.
  • Sunandini Chandra; Raju Kalaivani; Manoj Kumar; Narayanaswamy Srinivasan; Debi P. Sarkar (October 2017). "Sendai virus recruits cellular villin to remodel actin cytoskeleton during fusion with hepatocytes". Mol. Biol. Cell. 28 (26): 3801–3814. doi:10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0400. PMC 5739296. PMID 29074568.

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Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Please see Selected bibliography section

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ D. P. Burma (2011). From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry. Pearson Education India. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-81-317-3220-5.
  2. ↑ Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar (1 January 2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9.
  3. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fellow profile - Sarkar". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Indian fellow - Sarkar". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "University Faculty Details Page" (PDF). University of Delhi. 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ↑ D. P. Burma (2011). From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry. Pearson Education India. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-81-317-3220-5.
  10. ↑ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. ↑ D. P. Burma; Maharani Chakravorty (2011). From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry. Pearson Education India. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-81-317-3220-5.
  12. ↑ "Patent portfolio" (PDF). Delhi University. 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Publications Authored by Debi Sarkar". Author profile. PubFacts. 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Distinguished Lecture Series" (PDF). CSRI-CDRI Newsletter. 4 (1): 17. April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Memorial Lecture Awardees 2011". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Magic Touch of Biology" (PDF). Indian Science Congress Bulletin: 15 of 35. January 2015.
  17. ↑ "M. Sreenivasaya Memorial Award". Society of Biological Chemists (India). 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Department of Biochemistry". Delhi University. 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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