Prof.  Partha P. Majumder  
Director, TCG-ISI Centre for Population Genomics,
Kolkata, 700091 India
Professor and Head
Human Genetics Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203  B.T. Road, Calcutta 700 108, INDIA
Telephone: +(91) (33) 2575-3209 (Office), 2575-3212 (Lab)]
Fax: +(91) (33) 2577 3049   E-mail: ppm@isical.ac.in 

Career History
Since 2007, Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.
Since 2004, Professor and Head, Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
1991-2004, Professor  and Head, Anthropology & Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
Since 2001, Honorary Director, TCG-ISI Centre for Population Genomic, Calcutta, India.
1987-1991, Associate Professor, Anthropology & Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.  
1990-1996, Genetics Consultant, Center for Education  &  Drug Abuse Research, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
1987-1989, Visiting Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh,U.S.A.
1983-1986, Lecturer Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
1982-1983, Research Instructor Center for Demographic & Population Genetics, University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A.
1980 -1982, Senior Research Associate, Center for Demographic & Population Genetics, University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A.

Education
Bachelor of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India (1974).
Master of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India (1975).
Ph.D. (Statistics), Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India (1982).
        
Awards and Honours
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research (2002).
Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award in Biotechnology (2001).
Ranbaxy Research Award in Applied Medical Sciences (2000).
New Millennium Science Medal (2000).
G.S. Randhawa Oration Award (1999).
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (Elected 2001).
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (Elected 1998).
Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (Elected 2006).
Elected Member, Human Genome Organization (HUGO)

Professional Recognition
Council Member, Indian National Science Academy (2006-2008).
Expert, Drafting Group of the International Declaration onHuman Genetic Data (2002-2003).
UNESCO, Elected Member (2000-2002).
Board of Directors, International Genetic Epidemiology Society, Elected Chair (2000-2002).
ELSI Committee, International Genetic Epidemiology Society, Member (1998- ).
National Bioethics Committee (India), Elected Member  of  Executive Committee (1993 - ).
International  Human  Genome Diversity,  Project of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO), Elected Member  of  Governing  Council (1993 - 1996).
Indian  Society  of  Human Genetics, Elected Member  of  Executive Committee (1992 - 1994).
International  Biometric Society, (Indian Region), Invited Organizer of a "State-of-the-Art" Session on "Genetic Polymorphisms" in the International Congress of Human Genetics, Rio de Janeiro (1996).
Member of Editorial Boards:  Annals of Human Genetics (2008-); Genome Research (2008- ); Sankhya - The Indian Journal of Statistics (2000-2002); Genetic Epidemiology (1997-2001); Human Biology (1995 - 1997),  Journal of Human  Ecology (1994 -  ); Indian Journal of Human  Genetics (1995 - ); Journal of Genetics (1996 - ); Annals of Human Biology (2001-2007);  Anthropological Science (2000- ); Journal of Biosciences and Corresponding Editor (2006- ); Resonance (1995 -1996).
Service to Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science & Technology, Indian Council of Medical Research, and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research as member of various Task Forces, Monitoring Committees and Review Boards.

Recent Publications
Majumder, P. P. 2009. Dissecting the genetics of cardiomyopathy in India: A tale of ten steps. J Biosci 34:1-3.

Mukherjee, S., N. Sarkar-Roy, D. K. Wagener, and P. P. Majumder. 2009. Signatures of natural selection are not uniform across genes of innate immune system, but purifying selection is the dominant signature. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:7073-7078.

Majumder, P. P. 2008. Genomic inferences on peopling of south Asia. Curr Opin Genet Dev 18:280-284.

Vimaleswaran, K. S., V. Radha, K. Ramya, H. N. Babu, N. Savitha, V. Roopa, D. Monalisa, R. Deepa, S. Ghosh, P. P. Majumder, M. R. Rao, and V. Mohan. 2008. A novel association of a polymorphism in the first intron of adiponectin gene with type 2 diabetes, obesity and hypoadiponectinemia in Asian Indians. Hum Genet 123:599-605.

Majumder, P.P and other authors from six CSIR institutes. 2008. INDIAN GENOME VARIATION CONSORTIUM Genetic landscape of the people of India: a canvas for disease gene exploration. Journal of Genetics 87: 3-20.

Majumder, P.P. 2008.  Peopling of India: Insights from Genetics. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0006236.pub2

Bairagya, B. B., P. Bhattacharya, S. K. Bhattacharya, B. Dey, U. Dey, T. Ghosh, S. Maiti, P. P. Majumder, K. Mishra, S. Mukherjee, S. Mukherjee, K. Narayanasamy, S. Poddar, N. S. Roy, P. Sengupta, S. Sharma, D. Sur, D. Sutradhar, and D. K. Wagener. 2008. Genetic variation and haplotype structures of innate immunity genes in eastern India. Infect Genet Evol 8:360-366.

Sarkar Roy, N., S. Farheen, N. Roy, S. Sengupta, and P. P. Majumder. 2008. Portability of tag SNPs across isolated population groups: an example from India. Ann Hum Genet 72:82-89.

Vijaya, M., S. Kanthimathi, C.R. Srikumari, P.G. Reddy, P.P. Majumder, and A. Ramesh. 2007. A Study on Telugu – Speaking Immigrants of Tamil Nadu, South India. Intermational Journal of Human Genetics 7: 303-306.

Kanthimathi, S., M. Vijaya, C.R. Srikumari, P.G. Reddy, P.P. Majumder and A. Ramesh. 2007. A genetic structure of the early immigrants (Mukkalathor) of Tamil Nadu as inferred from autosomal loci. Intermational Journal of Human Genetics 7: 167-173.

Sengupta, S., S. Farheen, N. Mukherjee, and P. P. Majumder. 2007. Patterns of nucleotide sequence variation in ICAM1 and TNF genes in twelve ethnic groups of India: roles of demographic history and natural selection. J Genet 86:225-239.

Ghosh, S., P. S. Rao, G. De, and P. P. Majumder. 2007. A nonparametric regression-based linkage scan of rheumatoid factor-IgM using sib-pair squared sums and differences. BMC Proc 1 Suppl 1:S99.

Biswas, N. K., B. Dey, and P. P. Majumder. 2007. Using HapMap data: a cautionary note. Eur J Hum Genet 15:246-249.

Radha, V., K. S. Vimaleswaran, S. Babu, R. Deepa, M. Anjana, S. Ghosh, P. P. Majumder, M. R. Rao, and V. Mohan. 2007. Lack of association between serum adiponectin levels and the Pro12Ala polymorphism in Asian Indians. Diabet Med 24:398-402.

Mukherjee, S., A. Saha, P. S. Kumar, G. R. Chandak, P. P. Majumder, and K. Ray. 2006. Remarkable variation in the informativeness of RFLP markers linked to hemophilia B locus in Indian population groups: implication in the strategy for carrier detection. Dis Markers 22:327-334.

Mukherjee, O., P. Meera, S. Ghosh, S. Kubendran, K. Kiran, K. R. Manjunath, M. N. Subhash, V. Benegal, S. K. Brahmachari, P. P. Majumder, and S. Jain. 2006. Evidence of linkage and association on 18p11.2 for psychosis. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 141B:868-873.

Chaki, M., M. Sengupta, A. Mukhopadhyay, I. Subba Rao, P. P. Majumder, M. Das, S. Samanta, and K. Ray. 2006. OCA1 in different ethnic groups of india is primarily due to founder mutations in the tyrosinase gene. Ann Hum Genet 70:623-630.

Sarkar, S., M. Das, B. Mukhopadhyay, C. S. Chakrabarti, and P. P. Majumder. 2006. High prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its correlates in two tribal populations of India and the impact of urbanization. Indian J Med Res 123:679-686.

Farheen, S., S. Sengupta, A. Santra, S. Pal, G. K. Dhali, M. Chakravorty, P. P. Majumder, and A. Chowdhury. 2006. Gilbert's syndrome: High frequency of the (TA)7 TAA allele in India and its interaction with a novel CAT insertion in promoter of the gene for bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene. World J Gastroenterol 12:2269-2275.

Sengupta, S., L. A. Zhivotovsky, R. King, S. Q. Mehdi, C. A. Edmonds, C. E. Chow, A. A. Lin, M. Mitra, S. K. Sil, A. Ramesh, M. V. Usha Rani, C. M. Thakur, L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, P. P. Majumder, and P. A. Underhill. 2006. Polarity and temporality of high-resolution y-chromosome distributions in India identify both indigenous and exogenous expansions and reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists. Am J Hum Genet 78:202-221.

Chakrabarti, S., K. Kaur, I. Kaur, A. K. Mandal, R. S. Parikh, R. Thomas, and P. P. Majumder. 2006. Globally, CYP1B1 mutations in primary congenital glaucoma are strongly structured by geographic and haplotype backgrounds. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:43-47.

Ramprasad, S., V. Radha, R. A. Mathias, P. P. Majumder, M. R. Rao, and M. Rema. 2007. Rage gene promoter polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy in a clinic-based population from South India. Eye 21:395-401.

Vimaleswaran, K. S., V. Radha, M. Anjana, R. Deepa, S. Ghosh, P. P. Majumder, M. R. Rao, and V. Mohan. 2006. Effect of polymorphisms in the PPARGC1A gene on body fat in Asian Indians. Int J Obes (Lond) 30:884-891.

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