Department of Marine Science University of Calcutta

Hi I am interested in having information about Marine Science Department as well as the courses it offers and also the thrust areas of research conducted by the Marine Science Department?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Marine Science Department was set up in the year 1983 according to the UGC rules and UNESCO design took after by other conspicuous World Universities.

The department has gained advanced types of gear like GC, AAS, DOC Analyzers, Vivracorer with particle chromatography, Cascade Impactor, Phase differentiating magnifying lens, Marine algal culture hatcheries and so forth.

A few understudies got position in a few places in India, for example, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa; Vizag; CMSRI – Bhabnagar; NIOT-Madras; Anna University and so on and abroad, for example, USA, Czechoslovakia, Japan, German; Australia and so on.,

Academic

Faculty members:
Name
Designation
Area of specialization
Email
Phone number

Dr. Santosh Kumar Sarkar
Professor ( in Extension Service)
Marine & Estuarine ecology
sarkar.santosh@gmail.com
09831242492

Dr Tarun Kumar De
Professor
Marine Microbiology, Plankton Ecology and Mangove biodiversity.
tarunde@yahoo.co.in; detarun@gmail.com
9432249136

Dr Sandip Mukhopadhyay
Associate Professor
Marine Bio-geo-chemistry
skm.caluniv@gmail.com
9433806845

Courses

Programme
Level of study
Eligibility
Intake capacity

M.Sc.
Master Degree
B.Sc Hons in Bioscience with chemistry as pass subject or chemisty Hons or physics Hons
24 +1

Ph.D
Doctorate
M.Sc in Marine sc or equivalent with NET/RET Qualified
24

Thrust areas in teaching and research of the academic department :

Coastal Zone Management, coastal accretion-erosion processes and shoreline changes with reference to sea level rise.
Dynamics of marine and fluvial processes and coastal geomorphology and sedimentology.
Biodiversity of mangrove ecosystem, physiological ecology of phytoplankton and zooplankton, primary productivity.
Coastal pollution, Bioaccumulation and Biomagnifications of pollutants in marine/estuarine food chain.
Aquaculture and fisheries management;
Marine microbiology.
Effects of changes of external forces on boundary condition on eutrophication;
Characterization of humic substances by synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy and their interaction with heavy metals.
Exchange of green house gases between atmosphere and Sunderban Biosphere; Nitrogen fixing by cyanobacteria and othe microorganisms.
Biogeochemical cycle of elements in the estuarine environments
Biogeochemistry of trace gases and nutrients in the estuarine environments.
Decadal changes in Mesozooplankton
Spatial distribution of phytoplankton, microzooplankton
Phytoremediation in mangrove plants
Heavy metal and trace metal in estuarine sediment
Dissolved trace metals in estuarine water
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediment and air
Eutrophication and algal bloom

Teaching Support:

Department regularly organize field work and during that time environmental awareness programme for the local people is also organized.
During the field trip students are trained for environmental analysis in then onboard laboratory.


Contact

Campus:
Taraknath Palit Sikshaprangan (Ballygunge Science College)
Address for communication : Department of Marine Science, Calcutta University, 7th Floor, Ballygunge Science College; 35, B.C. Road, Kolkata-700019