Sudha Bhattacharya was born on 7 March 1952 and is an Indian academic, scientist and a writer.
15 Facts About Sudha Bhattacharya
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Sudha Bhattacharya is recognized primarily for her in-depth study of Entamoeba histolytica, a parasitic protozoan that causes amoebiasis: Dr Bhattacharya's laboratory first detected Ribosomal RNA genes on Circular DNA, while studying the parasite, and discovered families of retrotransposons in the parasite genome.
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Sudha Bhattacharya's work has primarily been in the fields of Molecular Parasitology and Gene Regulation.
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Sudha Bhattacharya is a fellow at The National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science Academy.
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Sudha Bhattacharya attended University of Delhi where she graduated with a BSc.
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Sudha Bhattacharya completed her post-graduation in 1973 and then, in 1977, earned a Ph.
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Sudha Bhattacharya has conducted post-doctoral research on bacteriophage genetics at Stanford University, bacterial DNA replication at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and studied axenic cultivation at the National Institutes of Health.
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Sudha Bhattacharya joined JNU in 1986 as an Assistant Professor and set up her lab to study E histolytica.
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Sudha Bhattacharya has served on the academic committee of various boards affiliated to JNU.
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Dr Bhattacharya received global acclaim for her novel findings in the field of simple molecular biology of E Histolytica.
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Sudha Bhattacharya's lab found the existence of ribosomal RNA genes on round DNA, and located families of retrotransposons inside the parasite genome.
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Sudha Bhattacharya's lab applied the widespread insertion site polymorphism of retrotransposons to broaden a way for pressure typing of E Histolytica clinical isolates.
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Dr Sudha Bhattacharya has served in the Academic Committees of various JNU-affiliated Institutes such as CDRI, ICGEB to name few.
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Sudha Bhattacharya served as Dean, School of Environmental Sciences and played a major role in the all-round improvement of the academic programme.
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Sudha Bhattacharya has been a sectional committee member of the Animal and Plant Science committee of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and is currently nominated to its Council.