Purvita Chowdhury

A highly motivated and resourceful professional with a thorough understanding of the scientific research community and its evolving needs. With over 10 years experience in government experimental research setup, demonstrating exceptional workload management and organizational abilities. Reliable team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

• Shokeen K, Chowdhury P, Kumar S, 2022, Recent Development in Detection Systems for Human Viral Pathogens from Clinical Samples with Special Reference to Biosensors., Dutta G, Next-Generation Nanobiosensor Devices for Point-Of-Care Diagnostics, 978-981-19-7130-3, Springer Singapore
• Khan SA, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Choudhury P, Shah A, 2019, Japanese encephalitis., Indian Council of Medical Research
• Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Chowdhury P, Choudhury P, 2019, West Nile., Indian Council of Medical Research
• Gogoi B, Hussain A, Chowdhury P, Mukhopadhyay R, Dasgupta S, Buragohain AK, 2018, Protective Effect of Scoparia dulcis leaf extract against Free Fatty Acid induced Oxidative Stress in skeletal muscle cells., S.K. Borthakur, A. Bawri, N Nath, Recent Advances in Botanical Research in North East India, 978 93 86302 52 6, Eastern Book House Publication

• 2012, Cleared Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Life sciences.
• 2012, Cleared State Level Eligibility Test (SLET), North East Region in Life Science organized by SLET Commission, NE Region, India.
• 2020, Received International Travel grant for Non-ICMR scientist from Indian Council of Medical Research, India.
• 2021, Received National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) from DST-SERB, India.
• 2024, Trained on Medical Laboratory System and Internal audit as per ISO 15189:2022 from Quality Council of India.

• Chutia B, Dutta PP, Saikia L, Chowdhury P, Borah M, Barhoi D, Kumar R, Borah SN, Borah D, Manhar AK, Mandal M, Gogoi B., 2024, Exploring the anti-diabetic activity of potential probiotic bacteria isolated from traditional fermented beverage., World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, accepted
• Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Shah A, Medhi H, Choudhury P, Chowdhury P, Ghosh P., 2024, Persistence of West Nile Virus circulation in North-East region of India: A prospective facility-based study spanning over a decade., Journal of Vector borne diseases, 10.4103/JVBD.JVBD_168_23
• Chowdhury P, Bhattacharya S, Gogoi B, Veeranna RP, Kumar S., 2022, An Update on complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination., Vaccines, 10, 10, 1639, 10.3390/vaccines10101639
• Gogoi N, Chowdhury P, Goswami A K, Das A, Chetia D, Gogoi B., 2022, Integrated computational approach towards repurposing of antimalarial drug against SARS-CoV-2 main protease., Structural Chemistry, 10.1007/s11224-022-01916-0
• Gogoi B, Chowdhury P, Goswami N, Gogoi N, Naiya T, Chetia P, Mahanta S, Chetia D, Tanti B, Borah P, Handique P J., 2021, Identification of potential plant-based inhibitor against viral proteases of SARS-CoV-2 through molecular docking, MM-PBSA binding energy calculations and molecular dynamics simulation., Molecular Diversity, 10.1007/s11030-021-10211-9
• Gogoi N, Chowdhury P, Goswami A K, Das A, Chetia D, Gogoi B., 2021, Computational guided identification of a citrus flavonoid as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 main protease., Molecular Diversity, 10.1007/s11030-020-10150-x
• Chowdhury P, Baidya S, Paul D, Debbarma P, Kalita B, Karmakar S., 2021, Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices among Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) towards COVID-19: a descriptive cross-sectional study in Tripura, India., MedRxiv, 10.1101/2021.02.17.21251725
• Mahanta S, Chowdhury P, Gogoi N, Goswami N, Borah D, Kumar R, Chetia D, Borah P, Buragohain AK, Gogoi B., 2020, Potential anti-viral activity of approved repurposed drug against main protease of SARS-CoV-2: an in silico based approach., Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-10, 10.1080/07391102.2020.1768902
• Chowdhury P, Baidya S, Paul D, Kalita B, Saikia G, Karmakar S, Paul S., 2020, A comparative study on knowledge and practice against malaria among accredited social health activists (ASHAs) of low and high endemic regions of Tripura, Northeast India., Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 9, 5, 2420-2425
• Chowdhury P, Baidya S, Saikia G, Paul D, Karmakar S, Kalita B., 2020, Distribution and breeding habitats of Aedes: Implications for risk of potential arboviral outbreaks in urban Tripura, India., International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.986
• Baidya S, Paul D, Chowdhury P., 2020, COVID-19: An Epidemiological Puzzle., AIJR Preprints, 2020-07-02
• Paul D, Baidya S, Chowdhury P, Karmakar S, Kalita B., 2020, Association of body mass index with selected risk factors among the ethnic population of Tripura- a cross sectional study., Indian Journal of Applied Research, 10.36106/ijar/5808218
• Baidya S, Debbarma S, Paul D, Chowdhury P, Kalita BK, Karmakar S., 2020, Facility based retrospective infant death study in a tertiary care hospital of Tripura., International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 7, 7, 2574-2579
• Baidya S, Reang T, Chowdhury P, Paul D., 2020, Exploring the institutional sustainability of adolescent reproductive and sexual health program in Tripura., International Journal of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7, 1, 164-169
• Chowdhury P and Khan SA., 2019, Differential Expression Levels of Inflammatory Chemokines and TLRs in Patients Suffering from Mild and Severe Japanese Encephalitis., Viral Immunology, 32, 1, 10.1089/vim.2018.0103
• Chowdhury P and Khan SA., 2017, Significance of CCL2, CCL5 and CCR2 polymorphisms for adverse prognosis of Japanese encephalitis from an endemic population of India., Scientific Reports, 7, 13716, 10.1038/s41598-017-14091-8
• Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Choudhury P, Dutta P., 2017, Detection of West Nile Virus in six mosquito species in synchrony with seroconversion among sentinel chicken in India., Parasites & Vectors, 10, 13, 10.1186/s13071-016-1948-9
• Khan SA, Kakati S, Dutta P, Chowdhury P, Borah J, Topno R, Jadhav SM, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Gupte MD., 2016, Immunogenicity and safety of a single dose of live attenuated JE vaccine SA14-14-2 in adults., Indian Journal of Medical Research, 144, 6, 886–892
• Mahanta S, Chowdhury P, Nahar S, Tanti B, Handique PJ., 2016, Discovery of natural inhibitors targeting 2 - transenoyl acyl carrier protein reductase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by structure based drug designing., Annals of Plant Science, 5, 9, 1417-1423
• Khan SA, Dutta P, Topno R, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J., 2015, Chikungunya outbreak in Garo Hills, Meghalaya: an epidemiological perspective., Indian Journal of Medical Research, 141, 591-597
• Dutta P, Khan SA, Topno R, Chowdhury P, Baishya M, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J., 2013, Genetic Diversity and Gene Structure of Mitochondrial region of Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) - the major malaria vector of North east India., Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 7, 12, 952-5