Curriculum Vitae

BHASWATI SENGUPTA

Personal Information

Name : Bhaswati Sengupta

Sex : Female
Date of Birth : 14/09/1987 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Nationality : Indian
Phone No. : +917376147197, +917755047753
E mail address: bhaswati@iitk.ac.in,
bhaswati1487@gmail.com

Academic Details
 

1. B.Sc (Chemistry) (2006-2009): Department of Chemistry, Presidency College

(Calcutta University).

2. M.Sc (Chemistry) (2009-2011): Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of

Technology, Guwahati.

3. PhD (2011 onwards): Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,

Kanpur.

Skills and Proficiencies

1. Languages Known: Fortran

2.  Software’s: Microsoft Office, ChemDraw, Gauss View, Pymol, Sparky, Chemical
Kinetics Simulator, Any Windows based software, Igor Pro, Origin Pro, LabVIEW
  

3.  Operating Systems: Windows (98,2000,XP,Vista,7)

4. Instruments operated : FT-IR spectrometer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer,

Spectrofluorometer, Polarimeter, Confocal Microscopic set-up, Time Correlated Single
Photon Counting Instrument, high-speed centrifuge, pH meter, Conductometer, sonicator.

Academic Achievements and Extracurricular Activities

1. Always secured positions among top 3 students in class.

2. Organiser of ChemiQuiz in Presidency College.

3. Qualified Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.
(JAM).

4. Organized and actively participated in several cultural programs.

5. Received INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR SINGLE GIRL

CHILD.

6. Qualified CSIR NET (National Eligibility Test) and GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test
in Engineering).

7. Participated in several quiz competitions.

Projects

1. Summer project under the supervision of Dr. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay, Department of

Chemistry, Calcutta University on Proton NMR of Sucrose: What to do with the
overlapping peaks.

2. 4th semester project on Resorcinol stabilized ZnO Quantum Dots for Chemical
Catalysis under the supervision of Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay, Department of Chemistry,
IIT Guwahati.
  

Seminars and Presentations

1. Presented on “Cryptand and its Applications” as a part of coursework during M.

Sc. In Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
2. Delivered seminar on “Enzyme Kinetics” as a part of coursework during M. Sc. In
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
3. Delivered a seminar on “Delayed Fluorescence and it’s Applications” as a part of
coursework during M. Sc. In Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
4. Delivered seminar on “Click Chemistry" as a part of coursework during M. Sc. In
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
5. Presented on “Control and imaging of O(1D2) precession” as a part of coursework
in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
6. Presented poster entitled “Photoinduced trans-cis Isomerisation of (E)-ethyl 3-(1H-
indole-3-yl)acrylate” in FCS-2012 conference in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.
7. Delivered Graduate Seminar on “Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy” as a part
of coursework in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
8. Presented poster entitled “Dynamics of Structural Fluctuations in Native,
Intermediate and Denatured State of Domain-I of Human Serum Albumin studied by
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay” in FCS-
2013 conference in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
9. Presented poster entitled “Conformational Fluctuation Dynamics of Human
Serum Albumin: Effect of Denaturation and Confinement” in Chemfest-2014 in Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
10. Presented poster entitled “Conformational Fluctuation Dynamics of Human
Serum Albumin: Effect of Denaturation and Confinement” in ASUD-2014 in Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
11. Presented poster entitled “Apprising the Detail Modes of Binding and its
Temperature Dependence by Bulk and Single Molecular Level Fluorescence, MD
Simulation: Supramolecular Interaction between Coumarin 152 and Human Serum
Albumin Revisited” in NSRP-2015 in IIT Kanpur
  

Publications

1. Femtosecond dynamics of photoinduced cis-trans isomerization of ethyl-3-(1H-

indole-3-yl)acrylate. Sengupta, B.; Mukherjee, P; Das, S; Rafiq, S.; Gupta, S.; Dethe, D. H.;
Sen, P. Chemical Physics Letters 2015, 638, 3137.
2. Conformational Fluctuation Dynamics of Domain I of Human Serum Albumin in the
Course of Chemically and Thermally Induced Unfolding Using Fluorescence Correlation
Spectroscopy. Yadav, R; Sengupta, B.; Sen, P. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2014, 118,
5428−5438.
3. A New Blue Fluorescent Marker for Specific and Facile Labeling of Reactive
Tyrosine Residue of Proteins. Sengupta, B.; Acharyaa, A; Sen, P. Submitted Journal of
Physical Chemistry B
4. Startling Temperature Effect on Proteins when Confined: Single Molecular Level
Behaviour of Human Serum Albumin in Reverse Micelle. Sengupta, B.; Yadav, R; Sen, P.
Submitted Journal of Physical Chemistry B
5. Effect of Sucrose on Chemically and Thermally Induced Unfolding Of Domain-I of
Human Serum Albumin: Solvation Dynamics and Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay Kinetics
Study. Yadav, R.; Sengupta, B.; Sen, P. Submitted Journal of Physical Chemistry B
6. Spectroscopic Investigation of Zno Nanoparticle Size and Shape Controlled by Using
EtOH-BzOH Binary Solvent Mixture. Gupta, S.; Mukherjee, P.; Sengupta, B.; Sen, P.
manuscript under preparation.
7. Turn-on Sensing of Cu2+ and Hg2+ using a Ferrocene-based Ligand. Chakraborty, A.;
Sengupta, B.; Sen, P.; Chandrasekhar, V. manuscript under preparation.
8. Detail Modes of Binding Assessed by Bulk and Single Molecular Level Fluorescence,
MD Simulation and its Temperature Dependence: Coumarin 152 with Human Serum
Albumin Revisited. Yadav, R; Sengupta, B.; Sen, P. Manuscript under preparation.
9. Dynamical Behaviour over Picosecond-Microsecond Regime of Synergistic
Methanol-Chloroform Binary Solvent Mixture. Gupta, S.; Sengupta, B.; Mukherjee, P; Sen,
P.manuscript under preparation.
10. Mapping the Complete Pathway of Domain Specific Double Denaturation of Human
Serum Albumin: A Spectroscopic Study. Sengupta, B.; Acharyya, A.; Yadav, R; Sen,
P.manuscript under preparation.
  

Patents

1. Indian patent: New Blue Fluorescent Marker for Facile Tagging of Tyrosine, 2015

Conferences

1. FCS 2012, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.

2. FCS 2013, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
3. ICCCS 2013, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
4. DCCBS 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
5. Chemfest 2014, in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
6. ASUD 2014, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
7. FCS 2014, Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, Bhopal. 
8. NSRP 2015, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. 
 

Contact Details

Current Address: Permanent Address:

Department of Chemistry 22 (14), ‘A’ Lane Main Road

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Kalianibas, Barrackpore

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016 Kolkata 700122, West Bengal

India India

E-mail: bhaswati1487@gmail.com, bhaswati@iitk.ac.in

Phone Number: +917376147197, +917755047753