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Professor Subrata Kumar Dey, Ph.D., vice-chancellor, Swami Vivekananda University, West Bengal, India, has been associated with teaching and research for more than four decades and had visited different countries as an invited speaker to deliver lectures. He was a professor of biotechnology at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, India, and was director of the School of Biotechnology and Biological

Sciences, West Bengal, India. His laboratory had long been involved in research on the molecular genetics of Down syndrome, congenital heart disease and Alzheimer disease. He published more than a hundred research papers, edited several books on Down syndrome and had completed eleven research projects. Several students obtained Ph.D. under his supervision. Along with teaching and research, Professor Dey handled a number of administrative assignments successfully and had made dedicated and innovative approaches with great integrity. His major administrative roles were director of Centre for Genetic Studies and pro-vice-chancellor and vice-chancellor, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, India.

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