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Department Of Microbiology

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Email: sumita.mbg@nstu.edu.bd

Sumita Rani Saha

Sumita Rani Saha

Department of Microbiology

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Email: sumita.mbg@nstu.edu.bd

Sumita Rani Saha is a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at Noakhali Science and Technology University. She is involved in academic and research activities. Previously, she was part of a well known organization named icddr,b an international research facility from Bangladesh with a focus on food microbiology and antimicrobial resistance. The main research interest of her lab was to explore the factors that underpin the rapid emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. Sumita Rani Saha completed her graduate and postgraduate degrees in Microbiology at Noakhali Science and Technology University.

Degree Name Group/Major Subject Institute Country Passing Year
  • Masters
  • Bachelor
  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology
  • Noakhali Science and Technology University
  • Noakhali Science and Technology University
  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • 2018
  • 2016
Designation Duration Organization/ Institute
  • Lecturer
  • Research Assistant
  • January 2022– present
  • March 2018 – December 2021
  • Noakhali Science and Technology University; https://nstu.edu.bd/
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh(icddr,b) https://www.icddrb.org/
Current Research Projects Project title Role
  • Isolation, identification, and characterization of Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from poultry farms in the Noakhali region, Bangladesh. Research cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University.
  • Principal Investigator (July 2022-June 2023).
Role Institution Supervisor Project title
  • Research Assistant
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
  • Dr. Mohammed Aminul Islam, Dr. Mohammed Badrul Amin.
  • Identifying major sources of fecal pathogens in Bangladeshi aquaculture value chains and evaluating the effectiveness of various risk reduction strategies.
  • Perinatal transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance.
  • Transmission Dynamics of Multi-Drug Resistant Uropathogenic E. coli in Bangladesh.
  • Presence of multidrug resistant organisms and their genes conferring antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics in the outdoor poultry environment of Bangladesh with their temporospatial diversity.
  • Co-occurrence of heavy metal and antibiotic resistance in microorganisms due to arsenic contamination in water-insecure areas of Bangladesh.
Professional Membership
  • Graduate Microbiologists Association (GMA), Bangladesh
Selected Publications Conference paper
  • Amin MB, Talukdar PK, Asaduzzaman M, Roy S, Flatgard BM, Islam MR, Saha SR, et.al. Effects of chronic exposure to arsenic on the fecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli among people in rural Bangladesh. PLoS Pathogens. 2022 Dec 8;18(12)
  • Amin MB, Hoque KI, Roy S, Saha SR, et.al(2022) Identifying the Sources of Intestinal Colonization With Extended-Spectrum-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Healthy Infants in the Community. Front. Microbiol. 13:803043. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.803043.
  • Amin MB, Saha SR, Islam MR, Haider SA, Hossain MI, et.al.. High prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) among E. coli from aquatic environments in Bangladesh. 2021 Dec 29, Plos one.;16(12) :e0261970.
  • Asaduzzaman M, Hossain MI, Saha SR, Islam MR, Ahmed N, Islam MA. Quantification of airborne resistant organisms with temporal and spatial diversity in Bangladesh: Protocol for a cross-sectional study. JMIR Research Protocols. 2019 Dec 19;8(12):e14574.
  • “Occurrence and characterization of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli in Drinking Water samples from Rural Areas of Bangladesh”. Saha SR, Amin MB, Roy S, Hossain MI, Islam MA, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists Conference, abstract ID: 2018_025.
List of Awards
  • Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor Gold Medal Award from Faculty of Biological Science, Noakhali Science & Technology University for outstanding academic achievements in B. Sc. (Honors) and M. Sc Examination.
  • Got the National Science and Technology Scholarship 2016.
  • Got the University Grand Commission Scholarship 2017 based on my excellent performance in the B. Sc. (Honors) Examination.
  • Education Board. Scholarship based on the brilliant performance in the H.S.C. Examination.
Personal Information Contact No.
  • Name: Sumita Rani Saha; Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, NSTU
  • Email: sumita.mbg@nstu.edu.bd; Phone: +08801811554209