M.Sc., Ph.D.

Cytogenetics, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Diversity, and Etnobotany

JRF in CSIR Project: Growth and Ontogeny of Plant Tissues in vitro (1987-1989)

CSIR JRF & SRF in ad hoc project: Use of Tissue Culture as a Tool for the Study of Cytological, Biochemical, and Molecular Events in Plant Cells and Tissues (1989-1994)

Supervised 4 P.G. dissertations of M.Sc. Environmental Science students, Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, at the Vivekananda College Centre.

Served as Head of the Dept. of Botany from 2009-20`12

1. Part-time teacher in Vivekananda College for Women
2. Lecturer in Botany from 1997-2000,
3. Senior lecturer in Botany 2000-2002
3. Reader in Botany 2002-2009
4. Associate Professor in Botany 2009-till date

Supervision of 4 P.G. dissertations of M.Sc. Environmental Science students, Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, at the Vivekananda College Centre.

Life Memeber of:

1.The All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics

2. Botanical Society of Bengal

3. East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy (TaxoClub)

Presented a poster entitled Some Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of the Indian Himalayan Region with Ethnomedicinal Use.at the National Seminar on Cultivation, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Medicinal Plants for Livelihood Improvement. Organised by the Dept. of Forestry, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Bonal Seminar on Biologigical Sciences in Human Welfare. Organised by the Dept. of Botany, Rishi Bankim Ch. College,, on 9th July, 2018.anga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Poondibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal , on 20-21 November, 2019.
Presented a poster entitled Use of Traditional Herbal Medicines in
Parts of North and South 24 Parganas at the UGC-IQAC sponsored Internati
Presented a Paper entitledTraditional Herbal Remedies Used by Rural Communities of Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas, West Bengal for Gastrointestinal (GI) Disorders. at the National Seminar on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Organised by the Mizoram University on 13-14th September, 2018.
































































































































































































Presented a poster in Rishi Bankim Ch. College

Rai S (2024) Some parasitic and carnivorous plants of the Indian Himalayan region with ethnomedicinal use. In: G. Sukhla, JA Bhat, AP Das, S Chakravarty (Eds) Bioprospecting of Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources: Sustainable Utilization and Restoration. Apple Academic Press. (In Press)

Rai S, Chaudhuri KN, and Majumdar S (2020), A note on the distribution of Balanophora polyandra Griff. (Balanophoraceae) in and around Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India. Pleione 14(2): 197-201.

Rai, S, Adhikari S, and Datta S (2019) Traditional herbal remedies used by rural communities of Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas, West Bengal for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. In: SK Tripathi, K Upadhyaya, and N Hegde (Eds) Medicinal Plants of India: Conservation and Sustainable Use. Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, pp 109-118.

Rai, S (2018) Traditional herbal cures practiced in some areas of North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal (India). International Journal of Current Research, 10(3), 66198-66203.

Rai, S, Sarkar S, and Banerjee (2015) Plant bioassay to study the toxic effect of some common agrochemicals. Bodhi Bijnan, 3(3), 107-113.
Rai, S., Das, A., Banerjee, S. and Ghosh, A. (2012). Algal Diversity at Amtala and Sarsuna, South 24 Parganas. Bodhi Bijnan, 2 (3), 140-146.
Edited a Book Changing Scenario in Biosciences: Basic and Applied (Eds. Sumita Jha. Prof. Dept. of Botany , University of Calcutta and Sutapa Rai, Senior Lecturer in Botany, Vivekananda college Thakurpukur) Published by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta,, July 2005.
Kumar. S and Roy, S.C. 1996. Cytolocal Changes leading to Loss of Differentiation in Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae). Bangladesh J. of Botany, 25 (2),165-170.
1. Kumar. S and Roy, S.C. 1992.Alteration of Sodium Azide during in vitro growth of Plant Cells and its Assay on Yeast System in Persspectives in Cytology and Genetics 7 ;345-353. (Eds. G.K.Manna and S.C.Roy).