Tushar K Dey

To work in a challenging environment and integrate my knowledge, capabilities and technical skills in the process of learning and exploring science and achieving goals in line with the contemporary research.

• 2015, American Society of Microbiology (Membership No. 57357204)
• 2015, Society for Bio-safety, India

• Doctorate fellow, Uppsala University, 2019-01-01, 2024-05-01
• Consultant, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, 2016-01-01, 2018-01-01, Assessment of Antimicrobial Residues and Resistance in Dairy Animals in India
• JRF/SRF, DBT Antimicrobial Resistance project, Shillong, 2012-01-01, 2016-01-01, Molecular characterization and Epidemiological Modelling of Antimicrobial Resistance at the interface of Human- Plant-Pathogen continuum under DBT twining Programme for NE
• Research Assistant, Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Meghalaya, 2012-01-01, 2013-01-01
• Instructor, Society of Information Technology and Development, Shillong, 2010-01-01, 2011-01-01
• Project Assistant, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR RC NEH, Shillong, 2010-01-01, 2010-01-01, Network Project on Phytopthora, Ralstonia and Fusarium diseases of Horticultural and field crops
• Metrological Data Observer, Division of Engineering, ICAR RC NEH, Shillong, 2008-01-01, 2009-01-01
• Part time Accounting & Tally, Dunn Auto Agency, Indian Oil Corporation, Shillong, 2006-01-01, 2009-01-01

• 2022, Received special recognition award at the 3-minutes research pitching contest, held at ILRI Nairobi, Kenya
• 2019, Selected for oral pitch by ILRI CapDev Grand Challenges, held at Nairobi, Kenya
• 2015, Best oral Presentation award “Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Kaempferia galanga characterization and antibacterial properties against food borne pathogens and resistant bacteria”; R.K.Sanjukta, J.B.Dutta, A.Sen, I.Shakuntala, S.Ghatak, K.Puro, Samir Das, Surmani H, RK Mandakini, Tushar K Dey; National Seminar on Sustainable Hill Agriculture in Changing Climate’ 5-7 Dec, 2015, Agartala, India
• 2013, Second prize in Quiz competition during the occasion of “Vigilance Awareness Week” conducted at ICAR RC NEH, Meghalaya, India
• 2013, Third prize in Group Discussion during the occasion of “Vigilance Awareness Week” conducted at ICAR RC NEH, Meghalaya, India
• 2000, Silver Medal by Avantika International Talent Search Essay Competition from New Delhi, India

• 2021, The 6th Food Safety And Zoonoses Symposium For Asia Pacific Current Update On Emerging Pandemic Diseases And Food System, Thailand Chiang Mai
• 2020, PROFICIENCY TEST FOR ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST (PTAST) 2020, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• 2020, The 6th World One Health Congress 2020, Edinburgh, UK
• 2019, Project Impact Pathways Training, ILRI campus Nairobi, Kenya
• 2019, Epidemiology Studies Training, ILRI campus Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 2019, Social Science Summer School, NDRI, Southern Regional Station, Bangalore, India
• 2019, Hands on training on Next Generation Sequencing, Analysis & its Application (Genomics, Transcriptome and Transposons), TDU, Bengaluru, India
• 2018, Introduction to Analytical Veterinary Epidemiology Training, ICAR- NIVEDI Bangalore, Karnataka
• 2018, Meeting on integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Bangalore, Karnataka
• 2017, Laboratory Based Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Health and Veterinary Sectors, Bangalore, Karnataka
• 2016, General Management Training, IIM Shillong
• 2016, Metabolomics Data Analysis using R Workshop, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya
• 2016, Ideation cum Capacity Building Workshop on Opportunities and Risks of Mountain Farming in Changing Climate, ICAR RC for NEHR, Umiam, Meghalaya
• 2016, Bio-analytical LC-MS/MS (API 4000 Q-Trap) Training, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow
• 2015, Organic Farming for Sustainable Hill Agriculture Training, ICAR RC for NEHR, Umiam, Meghalaya
• 2015, Disease mapping using QGIS Workshop, Veterinary College Khanapara, Assam
• 2015, Bio-safety Awareness Programme and Workshop, ICAR RC for NEHR, Umiam, Meghalaya
• 2014, Capacity Building in Effective Management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Biotechnology Workshop, Meghalaya
• 2013, Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and its Application in Biological Sciences Training, ICAR RC for NEHR, Umiam, Meghalaya
• 2013, Application of Real-Time PCR in Diagnostic Microbiology and Role of Automation in Diagnostic Microbiology Training, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong
• 2012, Studies on Lactic Acid bacteria Research Oriented Training, Division of Animal Health ICAR RC, Umiam, Shillong
• 2012, Basic Biotechnological Techniques Training, St. Edmunds College, Shillong
• 2011, Plant Tissue Culture Training, Bio Resource Development Centre, Shillong
• 2010, National Seminar on Non Renewable Energy Sources, Shillong
• 2008, National Seminar on Toxicity of Chemicals and Their Hazards with Special Reference to Heavy Metals, Shillong

• 2023, Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci from the Dairy Value Chain in Two Indian States, Pathogens, 12, 2, 1–17, Dey, T. K., Shome, B. R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Goyal, N. K., Lundkvist, Å., Deka, R. P., Shome, R., Venugopal, N., Grace, D., Sharma, G., Rahman, H., & Lindahl, J. F.
• 2023, Analyses of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase, Metallo-β-Lactamase, and AmpC-β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae from the Dairy Value Chain in India, Antibiotics, 12, 9, 1-19, Dey, T.K., Lindahl, J.F., Lundkvist, Å., Grace, D., Deka, R.P., Shome, R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Goyal, N.K., Sharma, G., & Shome, B.R.
• 2023, Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Pathogens Isolated from Traditionally Fermented Foods, In Relation to Food Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance in Tribal Hill Areas of Northeast India, Journal of Food Quality, 2023, 1-12, Dey, T. K., Lindahl, J. F., Sanjukta, R., Arun Prince Milton, A., Das, S., Kannan, P., Lundkvist, Å., Sen, A., & Ghatak, S.
• 2022, Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Approaches to Raise Awareness About Antimicrobial Resistance in Farmers and Veterinarians of India, Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 1–14, Sharma, G., Mutua, F., Deka, R. P., Shome, R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Shome, B. R., Lindahl, J., & Tushar Kumar Dey
• 2022, Antibiotic use, knowledge, and practices of milk vendors in India’s informal dairy value chain, Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 6, 1-10, Sharma, G., Leahy, E., Deka, R. P., Shome, B. R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Dey, T. K., Goyal, N. K., Lundkvist, Å., Grace, D., & Lindahl, J. F.
• 2021, Understanding antibiotic usage on small-scale dairy farms in the Indian states of Assam and Haryana using a mixed-methods approach—outcomes and challenges, Antibiotics, 10, 9, Kumar, N., Sharma, G., Leahy, E., Shome, B. R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Deka, R. P., Shome, R., Dey, T. K., & Lindahl, J. F.
• 2020, Development and Validation of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Concomitant Detection of Genus Staphylococcus and Clinically Relevant Methicillin Resistance Determinants, Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, 8, 5, 1–6, Venugopal Nimita, Feroze Ganaie, Susweta Mitra, Rituparna Tewari, Tushar K. Dey, Rakshith Ojha, and others
• 2020, A qualitative study on antibiotic use and animal health management in smallholder dairy farms of four regions of India, Infection Ecology and Epidemiology, 10, 1, 1–14, Sharma, G., Mutua, F., Deka, R. P., Shome, R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Shome, B. R., Lindahl, J., & Tushar Kumar Dey
• 2016, Molecular characterization and computational modelling of new delhi Metallo-b-lactamase-5 from an E. coli isolate (KOEC3) of bovine origin, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 56, 2, 182-189, D. Purkait, A. Ahuja, U. Bhattacharjee, A. Singha, K. Rhetso, T. K. Dey, S. Das, R. K. Sanjukta, K. Puro, I. Shakuntala, A. Sen, A. Banerjee, I. Sharma, R. S. Bhatta, M. Mawlong, C. Guha, N. R. Pradhan and S. Ghatak
• 2013, Detection of metallo-beta-lactamse and extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in E.coli isolated from mastitic milk sample, Emerging Infectious Diseases, S.Ghatak, A.Singha, A.Sen, C.Guha, A.Ahuja, U.Bhattacharjee, S.Das, N.R. Pradhan, K.Puro, C.Jana, T. K. Dey, A.Das, I.Shakuntala, U.Biswas and P.N. Jana
• 2013, Incidence of putative virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance in Aeromonas caviae isolated from livestock in northeast India, Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 26, 1, 13-21, K.L. Prashant, S.Ghatak, A.Kumar, K.N.Bhilegaonkar, S.Dandapat, A.Sen, I.Shakuntala, K.Puro, S.Das, K.Pegu, A.Karam, A.Ahuja, U.Bhattacharjee, L. Minakshi Singha, T. K. Dey, A.Chakraborty and A.Dutta

• 2021, JAIZAW000000000, Salmonella enterica CVM 43780
• 2021, JAIZAV000000000, Salmonella enterica CVM 43780
• 2021, JAIZAU000000000, Salmonella enterica CVM 43780
• 2021, JAIZAT000000000, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona
• 2021, JAIZAS000000000, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium
• 2021, JAJAGK000000000, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium
• 2021, JAIZAR000000000, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona
• 2021, JAFEJN000000000, Staphylococcus aureus
• 2021, JAFEJO000000000, Staphylococcus aureus
• 2021, JAFELN000000000, Escherichia coli
• 2020, JABXHL000000000, Staphylococcus pseudoxylosis-mecC

• Father's Name: Mr. Pranab Kumar Dey
• Mother's Name: Mrs. Smriti Dey
• Date of Birth: 05/28/86
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married