
Dean (Academic), KKHSOU
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Dr. Ranjan Dutta Kalita joined the Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU) as Dean (Academic) on 19 th June, 2025. Prior to joining KKHSOU, he was serving the Assam Royal Global University (RGU) as Professor in the Department of Biotechnology under the Royal School of Biosciences (RSBSC). He has published about 18 research articles in peer reviewed in high impact journals and about 7 book chapters in books published by reputed international publishers. He also
guided one scholar for award of PhD degree and two more are pursuing their PhD under his guidance. He also guided several undergraduate and post graduate students for their dissertation and published one patent and submitted another design patent for grant. He has received two start up projects in his career.
He was the first Head, Department of Biotechnology at RGU and also served the RSBSC as its Coordinator for about six years. He was also a member of the Board of Management and Academic Council at the Assam Royal Global University (RGU) and also the Board of studies member of several departments. He is a life member of the Indian Science Congress and was a member of the Society for Ethno pharmacology, India. He was also a member of the Institution Animal Ethical Committee at RGU. He attended several national and international conferences and seminars and organized various workshops and a national conference. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Tezpur University and has experiences of working in University of Science and Technology Meghalaya
(USTM) and Gauhati University. At USTM, he received the best faculty award twice. He is also credited with the establishment of Central Sophisticated Instrumentation Laboratory at RGU. He has also acted as a reviewer of several journals and has been a recipient of various scholarships during his studies. He also guided several students for securing competitive summer fellowships provided by the Indian Science Academies.