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Swapan Kumar Datta
Datta at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Born
(1953-01-28) 28 January 1953 (age 71)
West Bengal, India
Alma mater
Presidency University University of Calcutta Cornell University
Known for
Genetic engineering of Indica Rice
Spouse(s)
Karabi Datta (Reader, University of Calcutta)
Scientific career
Fields
Agricultural science
Institutions
Visva Bharati University
Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay
Swapan Kumar Datta is a (Professor) of rice biotechnology who focuses on genetic engineering of Indica rice. Datta has demonstrated the development of genetically engineered Indica rice from protoplast derived from haploid embryogenic cell suspension culture.[1] Golden Indica Rice with enriched Provitamin A and Ferritin rice with high iron content were developed by his group with a vision to meet the challenges of malnutrition in developing countries.[2][3] Datta has been named as one among the top 25 Indian scientists from all fields of science by India Today.[4]
Currently,[when?] Datta is serving as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay, Bolpur, West Bengal.[5] Before taking the present responsibility, he was the Vice-Chancellor of the Visva-Bharati University (a Central University founded by the great Rabindranath Tagore), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Datta had served as Deputy Director General (DDG-Crop Science) in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. He was also 'Sir Rash Behari Ghosh Chair Professor' at the Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.[6]
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other composers including Ravi, Roshan, Khayyam and Datta Naik. Datta Naik also credited as N. Datta, a Goan, admired Sahir's poetry and their collaboration...
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female columnist, who is the winner of the civilian award Padma Shri in 2006 Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 September 1955), a senior editor at multiple major newspapers...
made his debut with a small role in film Aman (1967) starring Rajendra Kumar and Saira Banu. Shah became active in mainstream Bollywood cinema with the...
Atmadnyan diksha and advait vedanta as per guru shishya tradition of Shri Datta Padmanabh Peeth from Sadguru Brahmanandacharya Swami. Brahmeshanand Acharya...
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banned Kishore Kumar songs". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014. Dasgupta, Swapan (July 1985). "Sanjay...
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