BIO DATA OF DR.TRIVENI KRISHNAN

Dr.Triveni Krishnan, M.Sc.,Ph.d., Assistant Director .

Date of Birth:  2nd April, 1956, joined NICED, Kolkata on  27th May, 1988.

Age : 50 years.

Her field of specialization is molecular virology and electron microscopy, especially of enteric viruses such as rotavirus, adenovirus, astrovirus, Netwalk virus and Sapporo virus. She has published twelve papers and also participated in International Congress of Virology meetings help in Glasgow, Jerusalem and Sydney. Her affiliations include life membership of Society of Biological Chemists (India) and Electron Microscope Society of India and Membership of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists, Indian Science Congress and Society of General Microbiology,UK.

Dr.Krishnan was a visiting researcher under the Indo-UK collaborative research project "ROLE OF ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION IN ROTAVIRUS INFECTION" to the laboratory of dr.Ulrich Desselberger, consultant Virologist and Director of Public Health Laboratory Services (PHLS), Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK for one year during 1992-1993. She also visited the laboratories of Dr.Alan Curry, Principal Electron Microscopes, PHLS at Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK and Dr.David Brown, Director of PHLS at Colin Dale, London, UK respectively.

Dr Krishnan was a visiting researcher under the Japan International Coopration Agency (JICA) research Project on "PREVENTION OF EMERGING DIARRHOEAL DISEASES" to the laboratory of Dr Shuji Nakata, Assistant Professor,Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan for tan months during 2000-2001. She also visited Prof Osamu Nakagomi at Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine to acquire the skill of genogrouping of rotaviruses and Prof Hiroshi Ushijima, Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo to Honor his invitation and discuss about the newly emerging trends in rotaviral infections from India.

Academic qualifications:

Bachelor of Science 1976
[Botany Honours] Bethune College, University of Calcutta

Master of Science 1979
[Botany, Spl. paper Microbiology] University College of Science, University of Calcutta.

Ph.D[Sc] 1984 University of Calcutta.
[Thesis was submitted in 1982 and awarded in First chance]

Career history:

1. Technical Officer [Virology] National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, 1988 - 1999

2. Senior Research Officer [Virology] National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, 1999 - 2004

3. Assistant Director [Virology] National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, 2004 till date

Training abroad:

1. Visited the laboratory of Dr Ulrich Desselberger, Consultant Virologist, Public Health Laboratory Services at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge from August 1992 to August 1993 under the Indo-UK Technical Cooperation Training Programme, in course of the Indo –UK collaborative Research Project “Role of zoonotic transmission in rotavirus infection”, to study molecular epidemiology of human rotavirus strains showing unusual long electropherotype and subgroup I nature.

2. Visited the laboratory of Dr Shuji Nakata, Asst. Professor, Department of Pediatrics as counterpart, and Prof Nishibuchi Kobayashi, Department of Hygiene, to learn molecular techniques such as reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and sequencing for the detection and characterization of astroviruses and human caliciviruses from 29, August 2000 to 25, June 2001 during Individual Training Course in Virology at Sapporo Medical University organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency under the International Cooperation Program of the Government

3. Visited the laboratory of Prof Osamu Nakagomi, in Department of Microbiology, Akita University to learn molecular techniques for genogrouping of rotaviruses in March 2001 during Individual Training Course in Virology at Sapporo Medical University organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency under the International Cooperation Program of the Government.

List of research presentations in international conferences and meetings: [presenting author]:

1. Triveni Krishnan, T. N. Naik, A. Curry, S.K. Bhattacharya, P. Dutta, D. Dutta and S.C. Pal. Oral presentation. Electron microscopic detection of diarrhoeagenic viruses from infants and children in eastern India, presented in the Indo-UK Workshop On Diarrhoeal Diseases, from 9th to 13th January, 1989, held at National Institute Of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, in Calcutta, India, and published as Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Workshop On Diarrhoeal Diseases, pages 12-21.

2. Triveni Krishnan and A.K. Chandra. Oral presentation. Effect of protease from Aeromonas hydrophila on extracellular a-amylase production by Bacillus licheniformis CUMC 305, presented in the International Conference On Structure And Functions Of Biomembranes from 28th November to 2nd December 1989, held at Bose Institute, in Calcutta, India.

3. Desselberger U, Triveni Krishnan, T.N. Naik, B. Burke and S. Shen. Rotavirus of long electropherotype, subgroup I and serotype 2 causing a gastroenteritis outbreak in children, presented at the Fourth International Symposium On Double Stranded RNA Viruses, from 12th to 16th December 1992, held at Scottsdale Princess Resort, Scottsdale, in Arizona, USA.

4. Triveni Krishnan, T.N. Naik, B. Burke, S. Shen and U. Desselberger. Poster presentation. Zoonotic transmission of rotaviruses? Analysis of isolates from Manipur, India", presented at the Cambridge University, Department Of Pathology Symposium VII from 14th to 15th December 1992, held at Pathology Main Building, Downing Site, in Cambridge, UK.

5. Triveni Krishnan, B. Burke, S. Shen, T.N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Oral presentation. Characterization of rotavirus from a gastroenteritis outbreak in Manipur, India, presented at Research Report, Division Of Virology, Department Of Pathology, University Of Cambridge on 9th February 1993, held at Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, UK.

6. Triveni Krishnan, B. Burke, S. Shen, T.N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Oral presentation. Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses in Manipur, presented at the 125th Meeting Of Society For General Microbiology, from 13th to 16th April 1993, held at University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology, in Manchester, UK.

7. Triveni Krishnan, B. Burke, S. Shen, T. N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Poster presentation. Epidemiological and molecular studies of rotaviruses in Manipur, India, presented at the IX International Congress Of Virology from 8th to 13th August 1993, held in Glasgow, UK.

8. Triveni Krishnan, T. N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Poster presentation. Detection of genome variations - emergence of novel human rotavirus?, presented at the 16th International Congress Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology from 19th to 22nd September 1994, held in New Delhi, India.

9. Triveni Krishnan, T.N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Oral presentation. Molecular analysis of rotaviruses from Manipur, India, presented in the International Symposium On Trends In Microbiology from 5th to 8th December 1995, held at Bose Institute, in Calcutta, India.

10. Triveni Krishnan, T. N. Naik and U. Desselberger. Poster presentation. Rotaviruses from Manipur India: analysis by electropherotype , subgroup and serotype, presented at the X International Congress Of Virology from 11th to 16th August 1996, held in Jerusalem, Israel.

11. Triveni Krishnan, A. Sen, J. Sinha Choudhury, S. Das, T. N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya. Poster presentation. Detection of rotavirus infections among adults and older children in Calcutta, India, presented at the XI International Congress Of Virology from 9th to 13th August 1999, held at Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, in Sydney, Australia.

12. T.N. Naik, N. Kobayashi, A. Sen ,Y. Kusuhara, T. Krishnan, S.K. Bhattacharya, K. Taniguchi, M. Alam Md., T Urasawa and S. Urasawa. Sequence analysis of Group B human rotavirus detected in Calcutta, India presented at Thirty Fourth Joint Viral Diseases Panels Meeting [Working Conference On Viral Diseases], Japan-US Cooperative Medical Science Program from 20th to 22nd July 2000, held at Inuyama City, Japan

13. Triveni. Krishnan. Participated as an observer in the 48th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society For Virology, held at Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, from 12th - 14th, October 2000.

14. Das. S, A. Sen, T. Krishnan, S. K. Bhattacharya and T.N. Naik [2000] Poster presentation. Molecular characterization of a naturally occurring human Group A rotavirus mutant, presented at the 5th International Conference On Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases held at Hyderabad, India from 12th to 16th November 2000.

15. Uma G, S. Nakata , A. Sen, T. Krishnan, S.K. Bhattacharya, S. Chiba, and T.N. Naik [2000] Poster presentation. Molecular evidence for the association of human caliciviruses with infantile diarrhoea in India, presented at the Fifth International Conference On Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases held at Hyderabad, India from 12th to 16th November 2000.

16. Triveni Krishnan. Delivered a lecture Rotaviruses - an overview of their puzzling diversity over the past 25 years, organized by Prof. O. Nakagomi in the Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan on 5th March 2001.

17. Triveni Krishnan. Delivered a lecture Analysis of genome profiles and molecular characterization of the subgroup and serotype nature of rotaviruses from Calcutta and Manipur”, organized by Prof. O. Nakagomi in the Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan on 9th March 2001.

18. Triveni Krishnan. Delivered a lecture Electron microscopic studies of some diarrhoeagenic viruses and newly emerging trends in rotaviral infections from Calcutta, India”, organized by Prof. Hiroshi Ushijima in the Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan on 13th March 2001.

19. Triveni Krishnan. Delivered a lecture Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infections in eastern India, organized by Prof. H. Kida, Dean, under Japanese Society For Virology, Hokkaido Branch, in the Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan on 22nd June, 2001.

20. S. Das, A. Sen, T. Krishnan, S. K. Bhattacharya and T. N. Naik. Poster presentation. Genomic diversity of Group A rotavirus infection in eastern India”, presented at the 9th Asian Conference On Diarrhoeal Diseases & Nutrition from September 28th-30th, 2001 held at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, India

21. Triveni Krishnan, S. Nakata, Y. Sakai, M. Tatsumi, N. Kobayashi , K. Numata-Kinoshita , T. N. Naik , S. K. Bhattacharya and S. Chiba. Poster presentation. Detection and molecular typing of human astrovirus presented at the XII International Congress of Virology between 27, July to 1, August, 2002 held at Le Palais des Congres de Paris, Paris, France. IUMS Scholarship was awarded to Triveni Krishnan towards free registration and participation in the XII ICV.

22. Rittwika Bhattacharya, S Paul, Ganesh C. Sahoo, T. N. Naik, Utpala Mitra, P. Dutta, D Dutta, and Krishnan T, Poster presentation Detection of new viruses in faecal specimens from acute diarrhoeic children and adults in Kolkata, India” presented at the 10th Congress of Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists from December 7-11, 2003 held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

23. Rittwika Bhattacharya, S. Nakata, N. Kobayashi, T.N. Naik and Triveni Krishnan, Poster presentation. Detection of human astrovirus type 8 in Kolkata, India.” 10th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition between December 7th-9th, 2003 held at China Bangladesh Friendship Centre, Sher –a- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

24. Triveni Krishnan, Rittwika Bhattacharya, Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, Mukti Kant Nayak, T.N. Naik, S.K. Bhattacharya. Poster presentation. Molecular characterization of astrovirus causing acute watery diarrhoea among adults and children in Kolkata, India, at XIII International Congress of Virology.[ICV] San Francisco, California, USA. Moscone Convention Center. July 23rd-28th, 2005.

25. Rittwika Bhattacharya*, Ganesh C. Sahoo*, Mukti K. Nayak,T.N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya, Triveni Krishnan. Oral presentaion. Detection and molecular characterization of human picobirnavirus in Kolkata, India at XIII International Congress of Virology.[ICV] San Francisco, California, USA. Moscone Convention Center. July 23rd-28th, 2005. * IUMS Travel grant was awarded to Rittwika Bhattacharya and Ganesh Chandra Sahoo for participation in the XIII ICV.

26. Ganesh C. Sahoo*, Rittwika Bhattacharya*, Mukti K. Nayak,T.N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya, Triveni Krishnan. Poster presentation. Functional diversity of NSP4 protein of Rotaviruses, at XIII International Congress of Virology.[ICV] San Francisco, California, USA. Moscone Convention Center. July 23rd-28th, 2005. * IUMS Travel grant was awarded to Rittwika Bhattacharya and Ganesh Chandra Sahoo for participation in the XIII ICV.

27. Ganesh C. Sahoo*, Rittwika Bhattacharya*, Mukti K. Nayak,T.N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya, Triveni Krishnan. Poster presentation. Molecular diversity of NSP4 gene among rotaviruses from eastern India, at XIII International Congress of Virology.[ICV] San Francisco, California, USA. Moscone Convention Center. July 23rd-28th, 2005* IUMS Travel grant was awarded to Rittwika Bhattacharya and Ganesh Chandra Sahoo for participation in the XIII ICV.

28. Mukti K. Nayak, Rittwika Bhattacharya*, Ganesh C. Sahoo*, T.N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya, Triveni Krishnan. Poster presentation. Molecular Diversity among Sapoviruses from eastern India, at XIII International Congress of Virology.[ICV], San Francisco, California, USA. Moscone Convention Center. July 23rd-28th, 20

Review article:

T. N. Naik* and Triveni Krishnan. “Rotavirus vaccine: current status and future prospects.” Review article in special issue on diarrhoeal diseases of Indian Journal of Medical Research 104:76-85, 1996 (ICMR, INDIA).

Book Chapter:

1. Triveni Krishnan, A.K. Adhikari, T. Krishnan, R. Roychowdhury and D.K. Subbakrishna. Reference range for natural killer cell activity in Indian adults. Proceedings of the data analysis workshop for the medical sciences, applied statistics, surveys and computing division, Indian Statistical Institute, pages 33-56, 1985.

2. Triveni Krishnan, T. N. Naik, A. Curry, S.K. Bhattacharya, P. Dutta, D. Dutta and S.C. Pal. Electron microscopic detection of diarrhoeagenic viruses from infants and children in eastern India. Proceedings of the Indo-UK workshop on diarrhoeal diseases, National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, pages 12-21. 1989.

3. Triveni Krishnan. An Overview On Virology published in Prabandhamala 2002 [Lectures on Microbiology] Sponsored by University Grants Commission, as proceedings of the Seminar on “Impact of Research On Microbial World On The Economy Of The Developing Countries”, held at Lady Brabourne College , Kolkata during 27th-29th November 2002 [Published by Dr Gopa Dutta, Principal, Lady Brabourne College; Edited by Dr Aditi Nag Chaudhuri In-Charge Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata; Printed by Media, Kolkata 700029.]

4. Triveni Krishnan. Role of environmental factors in etiology of viral infections and their control measures in the book entitled Perspectives in Environmental Health: Vector and Waterborne Diseases edited by Dr Aniruddha Mukherjee and Dr Amit Krishna De, published from Originals, an imprint of Low Price Publications, New Delhi and distributed by D.K. Publishers Distributors (P) Ltd, 4834/24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi 110002. Pages 159 to 177. [2005]

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