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Prof. (Dr.) Tirthankar Ghosh

Prof. (Dr.) Tirthankar Ghosh

- Dean, Faculty of Health and Wellness, Sri Sri University


- Chairman of Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Health & Wellness, Sri Sri University

-Chairman of Board of Studies, Faculty of Health & Wellness Member of Academic Council, Sri Sri University

-Jt. Member Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee,

-SSU Director, Sri Sri Centre for Performance and Safety in Sports International

-Board of Director of International Association of Physical Education and Sports Coordinator, Physical Education Foundation of India (Odisha Chapter)

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tirthankar.g[at]srisriuniversity.edu.in

Qualification

  • MSc (Human Physiology)
  • MPH
  • PhD (Physiology & Ergonomics)

What subject you teach at SSU ?

Physiology, Research Methodology, Ethics, Public Health

Awards

  • National Scholarship (Certificate of Merit) For the Year 2002 for Securing High Position in the B.Sc (Hons.) Examination.
  • Scholarship for Attending Five Evening training Programme on Ergonomics, Occupational Health & Safety at Work (2004), Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta & Indian Society of Ergonomics, Calcutta.
  • Scholarship for Attending Workshop On Ergonomics Methodology and The International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2005) At Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on 9th – 12th Dec 2005.
  • Best research paper award at International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2009), Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, In-dia, December 17-20, 2009.
  • Best Medical Faculty award at Maitri College of Dentistry (2015—16 Academic Year), Durg, Chhattisgarh.
  • VEDANT EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE AWARD 2020 (national repute), Vedant Foundation, Rajkot, India.
  • AWARD OF EXCELEMNCE IN RESEARCH 2020 (In Physiology), Novel Research Academy, Puducherry , India.
  • INDIAN GLORY AWARDS 2023, Innovative Professor of the Year
  • Prof. S.R. Maitra Memorial Oration Award 2024 by the Physiological Society of India.

Interests

Physiology Ergonomics Sports Physiology Public health Occupational Health Disorders Management Work Stress Management Intervention Design

Other Accomplishments

  • NEBOSH IGC, 2015 (UK)
  • IOSH Managing Safely, 2015 (UK)
  •  HABC Level 2 Fire Safety, 2015 (UK)
  • Integrated Management System: Internal Auditor Training (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015, 45001:2018) 2020
  • Environmental Management Systems Auditor (EMS-ISO 14001:2015), 2020

Publications:

1. Tirthankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay. A Study on Work-Related Disorders of Blacksmiths involved in
Surgical Instrument Industry of West Bengal.Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of Indian Association
of Biomedical Scientists, Kolkata, November 25-27, 2005 pp 127
2. Tirthankar Ghosh and S.Gangopadhyay. A study on work related musculoskeletal disorders among the sand
core making workers of West Bengal. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Physiological Society
of India (PHYSICON 2005), Gulbarga, Karnataka, December 1- 3, 2005, pp 82.
3. Tirthankar Ghosh and S.Gangopadhyay. A Study on Workstation Design related Musculoskeletal Disorders of
the Goldsmiths in West Bengal, India. Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2005), Indi-
an Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, December 10-12, 2005, pp 124.
4. Jisnu Basu, S.Gangopadhyay, Tirthankar Ghosh, Goutam Ghoshal and Tamal Das. A Study on Work-Stress
and Factors of Dissatisfaction of the Blacksmiths Resulting due to the Difference in Technology Level with the
Upper Links of the Production Chain in Surgical Instrument Industry of West Bengal. Proceedings of Internation-
al Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2005), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, December 10-12,
2005, pp 110.
5. Tirthankar Ghosh. A Study on Work-Related Disorders of goldsmiths of India. Proceedings of 19th Annual Con-
ference of the Physiological Society of India, Faridabad, Haryana, December, 2007
6. Samrat Dev, Tarannum Ara, Tirthankar Ghosh, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gan-
gopadhyay. Concept of metropoliton city students on the design of a safe school bus: A participatory ergonom-
ics study. Proceedings of Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE 2007), International Ergonom-
ics Conference, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India, December 10-12, 2007 pp 58.
7. Tirthankar Ghosh, Work-related upper body musculoskeletal disorders of the goldsmiths in India. 10th Annual
Applied Ergonomics Conference: Celebrating the Past – Shaping the Future; Dallas, TX; United States; 12
March 2007 through 15 March 2007, 6 p.
8. Tirthankar Ghosh, Shashikala G V, Somnath Gangopadhyay, V J Arunkumar. Prevalence of Respiratory Symp-
toms and Respiratory disorders among workers exposed to the Rice Mills at Karnataka, India. Proceedings of
20th Annual Conference of the Physiological Society of India at Agartala, Tripura, December 2008, pp 32 -33
9. Shashikala G V, Tirthankar Ghosh, Shivakumar H. Wound-healing activity of Catharanthus roseus leaf extracts
on Wistar rats. Proceedings of 20th Annual Conference of the Physiological Society of India at Agartala, Tripura,
December 2008, pp 30-31
10. Tirthankar Ghosh and S. Gangopadhyay. Effect of an ergonomic intervention on muscle fatigue and respiratory
stress of goldsmith‘s during blowing pipe activity in India. Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference
(HWWE 2009), Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta,Kolkata, India, December 17-20, 2009.
11. Tirthankar Ghosh and S. Gangopadhyay. Implementation of Ergonomic Intervention: A Systemic Approach on
Hand Muscle Fatigue and Productivity of Carpenters. Proceedings of 22nd Annual Conference of the Physiologi-
cal Society of India and 2nd Biennial Conference of South Asian Association of Physiologist at Bangalore, Kar-
nataka, December 2010, pp 231-232
12. Tarun kanti Sen & Tirthankar Ghosh. A Comparative study of Physical Fitness Index and Predicted Maximum
Aerobic Capacity among the Srilankan Female Students and Nepali Female Students. Proceedings of 22nd An-
nual Conference of the Physiological Society of India and 2nd Biennial Conference of South Asian Association
of Physiologist at Bangalore, Karnataka, December 2010, pp 224-225
13. Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay. An Ergonomics study on the effect of different work-
ing postures of the brick field workers of West Bengal, India. 8th International Conference on Prevention of Work
-related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Busan (Korea), 7th – 11th July 2013, Pp- 437.
14. Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay and Banibrata Das. Facial muscle fatigue and respiratory disorders:
prevalent among goldsmiths due to blowing pipe activity. 8th International Conference on Prevention of Work-
related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Busan (Korea), 7th– 11th July 2013, Pp- 506.
15. Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay. Improved occupational safety and health by an ergonomic handle
design for ironing clothes activity in India. 25th Annual National Conference of the Physiological Society of India.
Physicon-2013, Narketpally, AP, India, 9th – 11th December 2013, Pp- 130 -131.
16. Tirthankar Ghosh. Occupational Respiratory Disorders & Ergonomic Intervention. National Conference on Occu-
pational Respiratory Disorders (NCORD 2017) , RIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 21st & 22nd April 2017, pp 37 –
40.
17. Tirthankar Ghosh . Ergonomic Intervention Improves in Productivity, Health and Safety of Unorganized Sectors
at India. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2019
18. Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay, Banibrata Das. Effect of Ergonomic Intervention on Health and
Safety of Informal workers at India. ICOH Abstracts. Indian J Occup Environ Med 2020;24, Suppl S1:3-20

Journals

1. Original Article: S. Gangopadhyay, T. Das, G. Ghoshal and T Ghosh. Work organization in sand core manufacturing for health and productivity. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, (2006) 36:10. 915-920. (USA) [doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2006.06.011]

2. Original Article: Tirthankar Ghosh and Sangita Barman. Respiratory Problems of The Workers Engaged In Zarda Making Industry In Kolkata, India. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE), (2007) vol.13, No.1, pp 91-96. (Poland) [PMID : 17362662]

3. Original Article: S. Gangopadhyay, T Ghosh, T. Das, G. Ghoshal and B.Das. Prevalence of Upper Limb Musculo Skeletal Disorders among the Brass Metal Workers in West Bengal, India. International Journal of Industrial Health, (2007) Vol. 45(2), pp 365 – 370 (Japan). [PMID : 17485885}

4. Original Article: Somnath Gangopadhyay, Tirthankar Ghosh, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal and Banibrata Das. Impact of Injuries on Work Performance among the Surgical Blacksmiths of West Bengal. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion (2007), Vol. 14(2), pp 85 – 92. (UK) [PMID : 17510844

5. Original Article: Somnath Gangopadhyay, Banibrata Das, Goutam Ghoshal, Tamal Das,Tirthankar Ghosh, Ramjyoti Ganguly and Kshinangsu Samanto. The prevalence of musculo skeletal disorder (MSD) among the prawn seed collectors of Sunderbans. Journal of Human Ergology, 2008 Dec; 37(2):83-90. (Tokyo, Japan). [PMID : 19227195]

6. Original Article: Somnath Gangopadhyay, Banibrata Das, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal, Tirthankar Ghosh, Tarannum Ara, Samrat Dev. Ergonomics study on Musculoskeletal Disorders among female agricultural workers of West Bengal, India. Ergonomics SA, 2009, 21 (1): 11 – 22 (South Africa).

7. Original Article: Somnath Gangopadhyay, Tirthankar Ghosh, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal and Banibrata Das. Effect of Working Posture on Occurrence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among the Sand Core Making Workers of West Bengal, Central European Journal of Public Health. 2010; 18 (1): 44–48 (Prague, Czech Republic). [PMID : 20586229]

8. Original Article: Somnath Gangopadhyay, Banibrata Das, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal, Tirthankar Ghosh. An Ergonomic Study on Posture Related Discomfort and Occupational Related Disorders among Stone Cutters of West Bengal, India. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE), (2010) Vol. 16, No. 1, pp 85 – 95. (Poland) [PMID: 20331920]

9. Original Article: Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay. A Comparative Study of Physical Fitness Index (PFI) and Predicted Maximum Aerobic Capacity (VO2 Max) Among the Different Groups of Female Students In West Bengal, India. International Journal of Applied Sports Science, (2010) Vol. 22, No. 1/30. June 13-23(Korea)

10. Original Article: Tirthankar Ghosh, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gangopadhyay. Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder: An Occupational Disorder of the Goldsmiths in India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, (2010) Vol. 35, Issue 2, April, pp 320 – 324 (India).[PMID:20922116]

11. Original Article: Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh. Assessment of Ergonomical and Occupational Health Related Problems among VDT Workers of West Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 1 (2010) 26-31 (DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v1i2.2992)

12. Original Article: Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate among Child Labourers in West Bengal, India. Indian Pediatrics, Volume 48 June 17, 2011. 487 -488. (India). [PMID:21743117]

13. Original Article: Tirthankar Ghosh, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gangopadhyay. A Comparative Ergonomic Study of Work-Related Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorder among the Unskilled and Skilled Surgical Blacksmiths in West Bengal, India. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, (2011) vol 15(3). 133 – 138 (India).[PMID:22412291]

14. Original Article: Tirthankar Ghosh, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gangopadhyay. ‘A Study on Factors of Dissatisfaction and Stress of the Blacksmiths Resulting due to the Organizational Culture in Surgical Instrument Industry of India.’ Industrial Psychiatry. Jul-Dec 2011.Vol 20.Issue 2, pp 124 – 130. [PMC3530282]

15. Original Article: Tirthankar Ghosh and S. Gangopadhyay. Effect of an ergonomic intervention on muscle fatigue and respiratory stress of goldsmith’s during blowing pipe activity in India. Work. 2012. 1;43(4):427-35. (USA). [PMID: 22976167]

16. Original Article Banibrata Das, Tirihankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay .Assessment of Ergonomic and Occupational Health Related Problem Among the Female Prawn Seed Collectors of Sunderban, West Bengal, India. JOSE. 2012, Vol. 18, No. 4: pp 3 – 12. (Poland) [PMID: 23294657]

17. Original Article :Jaita Mondal, Tirthankar Ghosh, Sandhya Shrestha, Anita Gurung, Poonam Gurung, Sophiya Lama, Shirak Ashriti Malla. Delayed Onset of Puberty among Nepali Adolescents. International Journal of Nursing Care, January-June., 2013, Vol.1, No. 1; 30 -32 (DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/j.2320-8651.1.1.007)

18. Original Article Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay. Child Work in Agriculture in West Bengal, India: Assessment of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Occupational Health Problems. Journal of Occupational Health (Japan), 2013; 55 (4) 244-258 [PMID: 23748207]

19. Original Article Banibrata Das, Tirthankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay. Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorder and Occupational Health Problem among Groundnut Farmers of West Bengal, India. Journal of Human Ergology (Tokyo) Vol. 42: 1-12, 2013

20. Editorial Tirthankar Ghosh, Editorial: Occupational Health and Hazards among Health Care Workers. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health. Vol 3, No 1 (2013) 1- 4. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v3i1.9096)

21. Original Article Tirthankar Ghosh, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gangopadhyay. Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms and Disorders among Rice Mill Workers in Karnataka, India: Environ Health Prev Med. 2014 May;19(3):226-33.. [PMID: 24609959 / PMCID: PMC4019758]

22. Original Article Jaita Mondal Ghosh, Tirthankar Ghosh. NSI: Knowledge & Practice among Healthcare Workers. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; 2015, Volume : 6, Issue : 3 pp 4 -8. (DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2015.00128.X)

23. Original Article Tirthankar Ghosh. Assessment of Postural effect on Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Back Muscle Fatigue among the Goldsmiths of India. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Vol 5 No 2 (2015) 16 – 22. (http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v5i2.17958)

24. Editorial Tirthankar Ghosh, Occupational Respiratory Disorders & Ergonomic Intervention in Indian Unorganized Sector. International Journal of Nursing Research and Practice; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016July—December) 1 -4