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Dr Jatin Kalita

Dr Jatin Kalita

Designation : Scientist F

Education : Ph.D(Life Sciences)

ID. No.: 1110

Contact Details: +91 0376-2370121 extn 2341 Fax : +91 0376 2370011

Email id : jatinkalita@neist.res.in, kalitajk@yahoo.com

Research Interest

  • Post Harvest Management
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Entomotherapeutics
  • Ethnopharmacology

Projects

  • Bio-profiling and bio-prospecting microorganisms, plants and insects from North East Gene pool and their application potentials (Inhouse Project, CSIR-NEIST)
  • Integrated NextGen approaches in health, disease and environmental toxicity (INDEPTH) (CSIR Network Project)
  • Therapeutics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) and Related Respiratory Disorders (TREAT) (CSIR Network Project)
  • New initiatives to boost Agriculture Productivity Through Maximizing Pre & Post Harvest Yields (AGROPATHY) (CSIR Network Project)
  • Isolation and Characterization of Anti Fungal Peptides from Muga Silkworm Antheraea assamensis Helfer. (Twinning Project, Sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India).
  • Development of commercial bioformulation of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) using Coir pith as carrier (Project sponsored by CCRI, Coir Board, Min. of MSME, Govt. of India)
  • CSIR Knowledge Gateway & Open Source Private Cloud Infrastructure (KNOWGATE) (CSIR Network Project)
  • Techno-Economic Study of a few Technologies under Coir Board in North Eastern Region (Consultancy project)
  • Rural development through aromatic plants and mushroom and their processing in North east India (Project sponsered by CSIR)
  • Establishment of Rural Women Technology Park in CSIR-NEIST (Project sponsered by SEED, DST)
  • Jigyasa, setting up of Virtual Laboratory (Project sponsered by CSIR)
  • CSIR Multi-centric Genome Surveillance for Covid-19 (Project sponsered by CSIR)
  • Corona Sample Testing and Management (Project sponsered by CSIR)
  • Development of herbal fumigant formulation against stored grain insect pest (Project sponsered by DRDO)
  • Plant Diversity : Studying adaptation biology and understanding/exploiting medicinally important Plants for useful bioactives (SIMPLE) (CSIR Network Project)

Patents/Technologies

  • Improved Pulses Grain Storage Container (2010): Jatin Kalita, Pranab Ram Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Jyoti Bora & Mantu Bhuyan.
  • Fabrication of blue-fluorescent and non-toxic nanodiamonds (NDs) from atmospheric particulate matters. Inventor - Binoy K Saikia, Nazrul Islam, Tonkeswar Das, Jatin Kalita

Papers Published (List of 5 Most Significant Publications)

  • Dipanneeta Das Gupta, Richa Dhakal, Prachurjya Dutta, Rituparna Duarah, Jatin Kalita (2026) Upcycling of spent Samia ricini (Donovan) pupal exoskeleton: Extraction, characterization and bioactivity assessment of insect chitosan for potential fruit preservation application, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 347 (2026) 150725, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.150725
  • Richa Dhakal, Anjum Dihingia, Dipanneeta Das Gupta, Masoom Saikia, Sukanya Borthakur, Ravi Kumar Sahu, Ratul Saikia, Prachurjya Dutta, Jatin Kalita (2025) Nutritional potential of edible oil from Antheraea assamensis Helfer and Samia ricini Donovan: extraction, characterization, and applications in food and pharmaceuticals, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588 bja10314
  • R Dhakal, A Dihingia, P Dutta, J Kalita (2025) Sustainable Solutions From Silkworms: Antheraea assamensis Helfer Oil Regulates Oxidative Stress, Lipid Metabolism, and Liver Health—Navigating Future Food Challenges, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 69(22), e70232, https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.70232
  • Dhakal R, Kumar Sahu R, ….. Kalita J (2024) Recycling of protein rich silk industry waste for potential food and therapeutic application. Food Bioscience, 60, 104461.
  • Basumatary S, Pradip Adhikari P, Kumar Das A, …..Kalita J (2024) Antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic effects of fruit extract of Hodgsonia heteroclita (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson in diabetic mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 328, 118094.

Fellowship/Scholarship

  • National Merit Scholarship of Govt. of India during 1989-1996.
  • Merit Scholarship of Assam Agricultural University during 1996 – 1998.
  • Senior Research Fellowship of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) during 2000-2002 for pursuing Ph.D. Research.
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Agricultural Entomology conducted by Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board under ICAR in 2001.

Honours/Awards

  • Received the BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD for presentation of a research paper on National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Grain Processing Sector with Reference to North Eastern States held at AAU, Jorhat during 2005.
  • Received Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Fellowship Award, 2007 for offering best Services to Rural peoples in N.E. India given by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.
  • Recognized and selected as member of the Evaluation Committee under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) during 2006-2008.
  • Nominated by CSIR-NEIST to visit Thailand for exploring the area of Collaborative Research & study the feasibility of setting up of a CSIR-Centre in Thailand, during 18-28 February, 2013.
  • Invited to deliver a talk in International Conference on Agarwood, 2013 as Invited Speaker in MingDao University, Taiwan during 27-29 September, 2013.

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