Professor Dr. Jyoti Prakash Tamang
FNABS, FNAAS, FIAMS, FBRS

Officiating Vice-Chancellor 

Dean, School of Life Sciences

Professor, Department of Microbiology

Coordinator,  DAICENTER (DBT-AIST International Center for Translational and Environmental Research)    

Coordinator, Bioinformatics Centre-Sikkim University

School of Life Sciences

Sikkim University (national university)

6th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok 737102, Sikkim, INDIA

Mobile: +91-9832061073; Tel: +91-3592-251073 (office); E-mail: jyoti_tamang@hotmail.com; Website: www.cus.ac.in

Profile

Professor Dr. Jyoti Prakash Tamang is one of the pioneer researchers in microbiology of ethnic fermented foods and beverages of Asia for last 31 years focusing on next generation sequencing techniques, nutritional profiles, biochemistry, technological and heath-promoting benefits. He has a patent (Patent No: 253460) on kinema. He did PhD from North Bengal University, India in1992, Post-doctorate research at National Food Research Institute (Tsukuba, Japan) in 1995 and Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology (Karlsruhe, Germany) in 2002. He has more than 145 publications with cumulative impact factors of >130 and citation index of >2750 and h-index: 30 in SCOPUS, 2017); authored several books including Himalayan Fermented Foods: Microbiology, Nutrition, and Ethnic Values (CRC Press, New York 2010), Fermented Foods and Beverages of the World (CRC Press, 2010), Health Benefits of Fermented Foods and Beverages (CRC Press, 2015) and Ethnic Fermented Foods and Alcoholic Beverages of Asia (Springer, 2016). He earned national and international recognitions by awards and fellowship such as National Bioscience Award of Department of Biotechnology, and the United Nations University Women Association-Award, Japan. Prof. Tamang is teaching in food microbiology and food sciences for 31 years and guided/is guiding many Ph.D. students. At present Prof. Tamang is the Vice-Chancellor (officiating) and Dean, School of Life Sciences in Sikkim Central University.