Amit Ghosh

Biography

Amit Ghosh studied Physics (Hons) in St Xavier's College, Kolkata and earned both his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Calcutta. After his MSc he joined Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata and worked on the molecular biology of a SS-bacteriphage under the guidance of Professor RK Poddar. Subsequent to his PhD and after a brief stint as a Lecturer in BITS, Pilani, he moved, first to the University of Rochester and then to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in USA. At Rochester, in the Laboratory of Professor Jack Maniloff, he was first to report on the presence of Actin like proteins and absence of a major repair pathway in a microbe. In Madison, he worked with Professor Paul Kaesberg on RNA viruses. His work there led to the discovery of many unique features of the genome structure and the life cycle of such viruses. On returning to India and after a short period as a Pool Officer in SINP, Ghosh joined the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB). In 1990 he moved to the institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, as the Deputy Director. In 1998 he took over as the Director of IMTECH. After superannuation, Ghosh served as Director, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research (Puri Foundation for Education in India) at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.

Research Interest

Molecular Biology of Vibrio cholerae