The Deans

Professor Muni is a communication professional spearheading the Mass Communication School at Adamas University as the Associate Dean. Dr. Muni is a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Gondwana University, Maharastra and also holds degree of Master in Journalism and Mass Communication and BA (English Hons.). He has also qualified UGC- National Eligibility Test.

 Dr. Muni is a public speaker and a regular news panelist at national news channels like Republic TV, CNN News18, TN Navbharat, Mirror Now & Times Now as an educationist and analyst.

With an experience of more than 17 years, he has performed roles related to admission, placement, examination, accreditation, BOS, NAAC, and others. Manifesting his research acumen, he has published more than twenty research papers in UGC CARE and Scopus indexed journals and five research scholars have completed their PhD under his guidance. He intends to build a chain of Media Literacy Brigade throughout India to fight the menace of fake news and others.

Dr. Muni has coordinated and is resource person for a project awarded by National Council for Science and Technology Communication, DST, govt of India. He intends to bring out skilled industry ready media professionals through live projects, masterclass by industry leaders, symposium, conference, workshops, job fairs , film festivals, digital festivals and others.

A distinguished scholar with 14+ years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Rudra Prasad Saha joined Adamas University as the Officiating Dean and HoD of the School of Life Science and Biotechnology. Dr. Saha completed his comprehensive post-doctoral research on host-virus relationships at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and San Diego State University, USA, after earning his PhD in Biochemistry from Bose Institute (Jadavpur University), Kolkata.

Dr. Saha has published several research papers in high-impact international journals and presented his work in a number of national and international conferences around the world. His current research interests include protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions, metal homeostasis in bacteria and metallo-regulation of transcription, bacteriophage-host interactions and development of a phage-based gene therapy system.

Through his outstanding academic, leadership and interpersonal skills combined with his inimitable teaching style, Dr. Saha looks forward to encouraging a competitive spirit among Adamas University students. He hopes this will foster a positive and healthy campus atmosphere while also equipping the students with the right skills to meet future challenges. Potential research collaborators, research fellows, summer trainees and students are welcome to contact Dr. Saha.

With a purposeful career in the education space spanning over more than 20 years, Dr. Shauli Mukherjee has dedicated her life towards promotion of child-centric and activity-oriented education. A passionate educationist and a global thought leader with a background of setting up and leading new age K- 12 schools, Dr. Mukherjee had been the Founder Principal of Adamas World School and STEM World School, the first STEM school in West Bengal. Under her inspiring leadership, STEM World School has been ranked and awarded as the 2nd best International Day School in West Bengal by Education World. Dr. Mukherjee ardently believes that the purpose of meaningful education is to develop lifelong learners, creative thinkers and responsible global citizens who are confidently equipped to face the challenges of an uncertain and constantly unfolding future. All through her career in education, Dr. Mukherjee had actively contributed to and spearheaded the process of creating a personalized, engaging and stress-free curriculum for children of all age groups. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including NATIONAL QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARD, GEM OF INDIA AWARD, SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN AWARD, GURUPNISHAD SAMMAN, GURUVARYA SAMMAN, NATIONAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AWARD in the category of commitment to excellence in education, (to name a few), WORLD PEACE AWARD. She has also been awarded for being among INDIA’S TOP 50 WOMEN LEADERS IN THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY & TOP 20 REVOLUTIONARY EDUCATION LEADERS by the Academic Council of ULektz. She is associated with premiere educational organizations across India as well as globally in senior advisory capacity. She is also recognized among 99 WOMEN ACHIEVERS OF INDIA FOR THE YEAR 2021. As an internationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, she is regularly invited to numerous national and international conferences, universities, summits, conclaves and events to share her insights on the futuristic and transformative role of education. She is currently working as the Director of School of Education at Adamas University, Kolkata.

The School is being headed by Prof (Dr) Sandip Banerjee, who is an internationally renowned academician in the field of agriculture and allied sciences. He is very well connected and respected with the professionals of agri industry. Prof Banerjee was instrumental in initiating vocational education in the state of Sikkim and under his guidance the first organic certification program was started in the state of Sikkim. Contract farming started in the state of Sikkim under his leadership. Thereafter, he served with College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Ethiopia and was the principal and co investigator for several research projects with scientists from USAID, NORAD, ILRI, FAO to name a few. He has advised several students for their MSc and PhD research and has authored more than hundred research publications. Prof Banerjee is very popular among the students and also shares his experiences and teaches different courses for undergraduate and graduate students across several countries and enrolled in Agriculture allied sciences. Prof Banerjee is an alumni of GovindBallabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya and Wageningen UR ( The Netherlands).

Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mandal received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, MS and Ph.D degree from IIT. Currently he is working as Director Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Adamas University, Kolkata. He has more than two decades of teaching experience in reputed institution like DAIICT, Gandhinagar, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, CUTM, Bhubaneswar, Sharda University, Greater Noida and Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar. He served as Associate Dean, SOE and COE at KIIT University, an Institute of Eminence, HOD ECE and Dean Skill Integrations at CUTM, Associate Dean Research and Director, IQAC at Sharda University. He also served as Dean, Schools of Applied Sciences and Director IQAC at Birla Global University.

He has guided 6 PhD and 30 MTech Theses and also guiding several PhD Scholars. He has published more than 70 research papers in reputed international journals and conferences. His research interests include VLSI design, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications in VLSI and IoT applications.

Dr. Moumita Mukherjee is alumni of R K S M Sister Nivedita Girls’ School – Kolkata, Presidency College and Calcutta University. She received M.Sc. (Physics) with specialization in Electronics & Communication,  M.Tech. in Biomedical-Engineering and Ph.D. (Tech.) in Radio-Physics and Electronics (2009), University of Calcutta, India. She did her doctoral & post-doctoral studies under DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. She received ‘visiting scientist’ & PDF positions from INEX, Newcastle University, UK & Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Tridib Chakraborti was a Professor and Former-Head of the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.  He did his B.A, M.A, M. Phil and Ph.D from the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University. He is an expert of South, Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific Affairs, Indian Political Thought and Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies. He has written more than 61 book chapters published in various edited books on different topics related to Southeast and South Asia, Indian political thought and foreign policy, published by Routledge (London), Frontpage Publications (London), Malaysian Centre for Ethnic Studies, Selangor, Malaysia, Institute of South East Asian Studies Publications (Singapore), Concept Publisher, Shipra Publications, Pentagon Press, New Century Publications, Pearson, Knowledge World Publishers, Gyan, Monahar, Allied Publisher, RIS of New Delhi, etc. His has published 5 books, of which the latest one from Taylor and Francisis, Routledge, London, in February 2023. He has co-edited 9 books on International Relations and also wrote more than 73 scholarly articles in internationally and nationally referred and peer reviewed reputed journals. He travels abroad frequently to deliver lectures and attend huge number of International Seminars and Conferences, In 2015, he has been selected as a visiting Professor of ICCR Chair at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. He was the former Professor and Dean, School of Social Sciences, ADAMAS University, Barasat, West Bengal, Kolkata-700126 and currently joined as Emeritus Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Cultural Studies of the same University.

Prof. (Dr.) Bimal Kumar Sarkar graduated in physics at Jadavpur University, India and Electrical Engineering at Institute of Engineers (India). He did his Ph.D. from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India. He pursued postdoctoral fellowship at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan and UCLA, USA. Afterward, Prof. Sarkar has visited in research positions at NSYSU, Taiwan, Max Planck Institute, Germany, Czech Technical University, Brano University of Technology, Slovak Technical University, Slovak Academy of Science. He is awardee of the European SAIA Fellowship, PAEU Fellowship, Taiwan. He worked as Professor of Physics in VIT University. Prof. Sarkar has held the position at the level of Dean in Galgotias University, SR University earlier. At present, he is Professor of Physics and Dean at Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal with the activity in research and teaching. He is involved in the field of Computational Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics. He has been invited as Keynote Speaker, Invited Speaker to several National and International Conferences. He had more than 120 articles published in the international peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings.