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ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases

आई सी एम आर - राष्ट्रीय कॉलरा और आंत्र रोग संस्थान

Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
स्वास्थ्य अनुसंधान विभाग, स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
WHO Collaborating Centre For Research and Training On Diarrhoeal Diseases

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Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar

Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar

Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar, Director, ICMR-NIOH, temporarily attached to ICMR-NICED
Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar, a public health physician by training, currently working as Director, ICMR-NIOH but is attached to ICMR-NICED temporarily. Before taking the charge of ICMR-NIOH, he served ICMR-National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, in progressive and increasingly responsible positions such as Research Officer, Sr. Research Officer, Assistant Director, Deputy Director & Sr. Deputy Director. Additionally, he also looked after National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau, West Bengal Unit, as chief, since 2009 till 2015. He did his MBBS from Calcutta Medical College in August 1984 and MD (Public Health) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in June 1989. He has more than 33 years' of professional experience & expertise in control of all sorts of locally prevalent communicable as well as non-communicable diseases through community-based research, epidemiological surveillance, programme evaluation, capacity building etc. He successfully completed a number of community-based public health research projects on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, Malnutrition, Diabetes, Hypertension, Silicosis etc. He has published more than 65 original articles in various reputed national & international journals. In recognition of his work, he received the prestigious ICMR Award - `Dr. M. K. Seshadri Prize-2006' for his significant contribution in the field of HIV/AIDS. He had also been elected as member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) based on his professional achievements.
His present focus is to control silicosis, a much neglected & widely prevalent occupational disease in India and its co-morbidity such as silico-tuberculosis through early detection & necessary intervention. It appears that unless silicosis is controlled, tuberculosis will not be eliminated from India as we have a huge burden of silicosis in our country and silicotic subjects are vulnerable to pulmonary tuberculosis due to declined lung immunity. Considering above, his team has already explored an important biomarker (serum CC-16, a lung protein) for screening of silica dust exposed workers for early detection of silicosis in them. The said team along with scientists of ICMR-NIV (Mumbai Unit) also developed a point of care, affordable, semi-quantitative and user's friendly CC-16 kit for screening of dust exposed workers. Next, his team has developed a training materials on `Basic Occupational Health & Safety' to train the primary health care doctors of the entire country in collaboration with WHO, ILO & PHFI. The above-mentioned CC16 kit has already been commercialised and expected to be available in the market soon for mass use. This will help secondary prevention of both silicosis as well as silico-tuberculosis, if implemented properly in a programmatic mode with initiation of `National Silicosis Control Programme', the outline of which has already been structured by him. He and his team also developed a Point of Care, trans-dermal patch for detection of lead toxicity from the body sweat among lead industry workers. Regarding work on Covid 19 epidemic, some of his important works are study of transmission dynamics of Covid 19, developing guidelines on work place safety, development of face mask & disinfection chamber etc. Other important work initiated by him along with other collaborating partners includes `Artificial Intelligence' based development of X-ray reader for diagnosis of tuberculosis, silicosis and other lung pathology (ongoing project)
 

General Information
Name Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar
Designation Director, ICMR-NIOH
Date of joining ICMR 18 September 1989
Date of joining present post 19 December 2017
Discipline Public Health
Division  
Specialization  
Email Kamalesh.sarkar@gmail.com
Academic Qualification  
Graduation MBBS
Post Graduation MD (Public Health)
   

Profile

Research Experience

Dr. Sarkar has more than 33 years' of professional experience & expertise in control of all sorts of locally prevalent communicable as well as non-communicable diseases. He successfully completed a number of community-based public health research projects on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, Malnutrition, Diabetes, Hypertension, Silicosis, Lead toxicity, Musculoskeletal disorders etc. Recently his team has developed a Point of Care, trans-dermal patch for detection of lead toxicity from the body sweat among lead industry workers. Regarding work on Covid 19 epidemic, some of the important works were study of transmission dynamics of Covid 19, developing guidelines on work place safety focussing prevention & control of Covid 19 infection, development of face mask & disinfection chamber etc. Other important work initiated by him along with other collaborating partners includes `Artificial Intelligence' based development of X-ray reader for diagnosis of tuberculosis, silicosis and other lung diseases (ongoing work). He has published more than 65 original articles in various reputed national & international journals.

Research Interest

Present focus is to control silicosis, a much neglected & widely prevalent occupational disease in India and its co-morbidity such as silico-tuberculosis through early detection & necessary intervention. It appears that unless silicosis is controlled, tuberculosis will not be eliminated from India as we have a huge burden of silicosis in our country and silicotic subjects are 10 to 15 times more vulnerable to pulmonary tuberculosis due to declined lung immunity. Considering above, his team has already explored a biomarker (serum CC-16, a lung protein) for screening of silica dust exposed workers for early detection of silicosis/silico-tuberculosis in them.

Awards

  • @ Fogarty International Post-Doctoral Fellowship in HIV Epidemiology
  • @ WHO Fellowship in Neuro-epidemiology
  • @ ICMR-Dr. M.K. Seshadri Awards - Year 2006
     

Memberships

  • Member of Indian Public Health Association and
  • *Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences

Publications

2021

  1. Emeli Pal Chowdhury, Aditi Mumnun Sengupta, Bidisa Sarkar, Dharmendra Singh, Kamalesh Sarkar. Intra-familial transmission pattern of COVID-19 infection among the rural residents in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, during an epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 in India. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 30. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2021.267. Online ahead of print
  2. Shyam Sundar Nandi, Upendra P. Lambe, Kamalesh Sarkar, Sonali Sawant & Jagadish Deshpande. A rapid point of care CC16 kit for screening of occupational silica dust exposed workers for early detection of silicosis/ silico tuberculosis. Nature Scientific Report (2021) 11:23485 ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02392-y ).
  3. Kamalesh Sarkar. Targeted elimination of Tuberculosis in India by 2025 needs prior control of silicosis along with other tuberculosis control activities. Editorial; Journal of Undergraduate Medical Research. Volume 3; Issue 2, 2021
  4. Kamalesh Sarkar, Mahendra Bishnoi, Dhirendra Pratap Singh. Designing, fabrication and evaluation of a rapid, point of care and noninvasive system for the detection of lead (Pb2+). Biomedical Micro devices (2021) 23:56; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-021-00599-4
  5. Ghoshdastidar S, Sarkar K, Ghoshdastidar B. Merits and demerits of selective isolation of super spreaders: A mathematical modeling study based upon West Bengal (India) SARS COV 2 data. Indian J Community Med 2021;46(3):565-569. DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_817_20
  6. Sarkar K, Dhatrak S, Sarkar B, et al. Secondary prevention of silicosis and silico-tuberculosis by periodic screening of silica dust exposed workers using serum club cell protein 16 as a proxy marker. Health Sci Rep. 2021; 4: e373. DOi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.373
  7. Bidisa Sarkar and Kamalesh Sarkar. Control of an Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 by Assessing Transmissibility of Its Infected Cases in Absence of a Suitable Vaccine, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.96201. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/75182
  8. Mishra S, Sarkar K. Work related musculoskeletal disorders and associated risk factors among urban metropolitan hairdressers in India. J Occup Health. 2021;63:e12200. https://doi. org/10.1002/1348-9585.12200
  9. Nandi SS, Dhatrak SV, Sarkar K. Silicosis, progressive massive fibrosis and silico‑tuberculosis among workers with occupational exposure to silica dusts in sandstone mines of Rajasthan state: An urgent need for initiating national silicosis control programme in India. J Family Med Prim Care 2021; 10:686-91
  10. Dhirendra P. Singh, Avinash Pagdhune, Mahesh Sahu, Ankit Viramgami, Siva Perumal, Rakesh Balachandar & Kamalesh Sarkar. Viral load could be an important determinant for fomites based transmission of viral infections. J Family Med Prim Care 2021; 10:929-32

2020

  1. Sarkar B, Sarkar K, Sengupta P. COVID control strategy - Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? J Family Med Prim Care 2020; 9:5502 - 5.
  2. Kamalesh Sarkar, Jaideep Majumder, Sanjoy Kotadiya. Beyond COVID-19: Compendium on Return to Workplace Guide. First Edition, published by ICMR-NIOH; June, 2020.
  3. Emeli Paul Choudhury, Kamalesh Sarkar, Umesh Chandra Ojha. Indirect Cost of Treatment of Tuberculosis: Could It Be a Major Cause for Treatment Failure Leading to Emergence of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis? Journal of Comprehensive Health, Volume 8, Issue2, July-2020.
  4. Ankit Viramgami, Avinash Pagdhune, Kamalesh Sarkar, Rakesh Balachandar. Occupational Health and Safety Practices at Workplace during COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Comprehensive Health, Volume 8, Issue2, July-2020.
  5. Kuldip Upadhyay, Ankit Viramgami, Avinash Pagdhune, Rakesh Balachandar, Kamalesh Sarkar. Hematological and cardiovascular effects of chronic low level lead exposure: A study on e-waste recyclers. (Doi: /doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2020.09.009).
  6. Manoj V. Murhekar, Tarun Bhatnagar... Kamalesh Sarkar et al. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national sero-survey, May-June 2020 (DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3290_20) .
  7. Sarkar B, Sinha RN, Sarkar K. Initial viral load of a COVID-19-infected case indicated by its cycle threshold value of polymerase chain reaction could be used as a predictor of its transmissibility - An experience from Gujarat, India. Indian J Community Med 2020; 45:278-82 .
  8. Rajesh Sagar, Kamalesh Sarkar, Suresh Tanwar. Improving the Mental Health of Indian Workers: Safety Management India - a British Safety Council Publication, June 2020 ( www.britsafe.in ).
  9. Nibedita Naha, Jaseer C.J. Muhamed1, Avinash Pagdhune, Bidisa Sarkar & Kamalesh Sarkar. Club cell protein 16 as a biomarker for early detection of silicosis. Indian J Med Res Indian J Med Res 151, April 2020, pp 319-325. DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1799_18.

2019

  1. Kamalesh Sarkar "Preventing work-related disease" published by British Safety Council in Safety Management, Opinion section, September 2019 ( www.britsafe.in ).

2018

  1. Shyam Sundar Ganguly, Kamalesh Sarkar, Samir Al-Adawi and Abdul Aziz Al-Mahrezi Screening for dysglycaemia using anthropometric indices in an adult population in Oman. EMHJ; Vol.24, No.3 2018.

2016

  1. Sarkar B, Bhaumik K, Mukherjee A, Sarkar K (2016) School Children Exposed to Arsenic Contaminated Drinking Water in the Backdrop of Widespread Under-Nutrition in West Bengal, Eastern-India. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6:259. doi:10.4172/2161-1165.1000259.
  2. S. Kanungo, T. Mahapatra, K. Bhowmik, S. Mahapatra, J. Saha, and K. Sarkar. Diabetes Scenario in a Backward Rural District Population of India and Need for Restructuring of Health Care Delivery Services. Epidemiology 6 (2016):224.
  3. D. Pal, S. Kanungo, B. Bal, K. Bhowmik, T. Mahapatra, and K. Sarkar. Malnutrition Scenario among School Children in Eastern-India-an Epidemiological Study. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6 (2016) :228.

2015

  1. S. Kanungo, K. Bhowmik, T. Mahapatra, S. Mahapatra, U. K. Bhadra, K. Sarkar. Perceived Morbidity, Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Their Determinants in a Poor-Resource Setting: Observation from India. PLoS ONE 10(5) (2015) : e0125865. Pubmed

2014

  1. Kallol Saha, Rushna Firdaus, Aritra Biswas, Anirban Mukherjee, Kamalesh Sarkar, Sekhar Chakrabarti, Provash Chandra Sadhukhan. Transmission dynamics of hepatitis C virus among intra venous drug users in the border state of Manipur, India. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 24 (2014) 57-67. Pubmed

2013

  1. Manihar Singh.Y, Narendra Singh.R.K., Nirendra Singh., H,Lakhikanta A. Sekhar Chakrabati,Kamalesh Sarkar, Brajachand Singh Ng. Safe sex among married male IDUs in Manipur: across-sectional study. International Journal of Medical and Applied Sciences. Vol 2, Suppl 1,155 - 165 (2013)

2012

  1. Kristina Hillgren, Kamalesh Sarkar, StigElofsson& Sven Britton. Utbrettriskbeteende bland injektionsnarkomanerÖver 80 procent HCV-smittade - 7 procenthar HIV, visarförstabaslinjestudien.läkartidningen nr 25 2012 volym 109 (Published in Swedish language journal)
  2. Ranajoy Mullick, Satarupa Sengupta , Roni Sarkar , N. Nabakishore Singh , N. Brajachand Singh, Y. Manihar Singh, Kamalesh Sarkar and Sekhar Chakrabarti. 2012 Genotypic distribution of different variants of oncogenic Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) among the sexually active HIV-1 positive female population from Manipur, India. World Journal of AIDS.
  3. Roni R, Sarkar, Kamalesh Sarkar, ... Sekhar S Chakrabarti. 2012 Emergence of a unique recombinant form of HIV-1 from Manipur (India). J Clin Virol 55: 274-277
  4. Roni Sarkar, Kamalesh Sarkar, N. Brajachand Singh, Y. Manihar Singh, Sekhar Chakrabarti 2012 Near full-length genomic characterization of a HIV type 1 BC recombinant strain from Manipur, India. Virus Genes. 45: 201-206 Pubmed
  5. Kristina K Hillgren, Kamalesh Sarkar, ... 2012 Sven S Britton. Widespread risk behavior among injecting drug users. Over 80 percent HCV-infected--7 percent have HIV, as demonstrated by the first baseline study. Lakartidningen 109: 1221-1225 Pubmed

2011

  1. Sarkar K, R Pal, B Bal, B Saha, S Bhattacharya, S Sengupta, P P Majumder, S Chakraborti. 2011 Oncogenic HPV among HIV infected female population in West Bengal, India. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11: 72 Pubmed
  2. Sarkar R, R Pal, B Bal, R Mullick, S Sengupta, K Sarkar and S Chakrabarti. 2011 Genetic Characterization of HIV-1 Strains Among the Injecting Drug Users in Nagaland, India. The Open Virology Journal, 5: 54-60. Pubmed

2010

  1. Banerjee, Surajita., Kamalesh Sarkar, Soma Gupta, Prasanta Sinha Mahapatra, Siddhartha Gupta, Samudra Guha, Debasis Bandhopadhayay, Chaitry Ghosal, Suman Kalyan Paine, Rathindra Nath Dutta, Nibir Biswas and Basudev Bhattacharya. 2010. Multiplex PCR technique could be an alternative approach for early detection of leprosy among close contacts - a pilot study from India; BMC Infectious Diseases 10: 252 Pubmed
  2. Bhattacharjee, Subhajit., Sayantani Bhattacharjee, Baishali Bal, Reshmi Pal, Swapan Kumar Niyogi and Kamalesh Sarkar. 2010. Is Vibrio fluvialis emerging as a pathogen with epidemic potential in coastal region of Eastern India following cyclone `Aila'? J Health Popul Nutr 28: 311-317 Pubmed
  3. Bal, Baishali., Rupa Mitra, Aiyel H Mallick, Sekhar Chakraborti and Kamalesh Sarkar. 2010. Substance use, sexual abuse and HIV/STIs among street children of Kolkata city. Subst Use Misuse; 45: 1668-1682 Pubmed
  4. Sarkar, Kamalesh., Santa Sabuj Das, Baishali Bal, Reshmi Pal, P. Madhusudan and Sekhar Chakraborty 2010. HIV infection and host genetic mutation and among injecting drug users of north-eastern states of India. J Health Popul Nutr 28 : 330-336 Pubmed
  5. Mallick, R., S. Sengupta, K. Sarkar and S. Chakraborti. 2010 Molecular haracterisation of tat gene and long terminal repeat region of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 among injecting drug users of Manipur, India: Identification of BC recombinants. Virus Research; 147: 195-201. Pubmed

2009

  1. Sarkar, R., S. Sengupta, R. Mullick, N. Brajachand Singh, K. Sarkar and S. Chakraborti. 2009 Implementation of a Multiregion Hybridization Assay to Characterize HIV-1 Strains Detected among Injecting Drug Users in Manipur India. Intervirology. 52: 175-178. Pubmed

2008

  1. Sarkar, K., S. Chakraborti. 2008 Co-morbidities among injecting drug users with HIV in India - challenges in clinical management. Indian J. Med Res. 127: 431-433. Pubmed
  2. Sarkar, K., Setal Bhattacharya, 2008 Onchogenic Human Papilloma Virus and cervical pre-cancerous lesion in brothel-based sex workers of India. Journal of Infection & Public Health. 1: 121-128.
  3. Sarkar, K., B. Bal, Rita Mukherjee, Sekhar Chakraborty, Suman Saha, Arundhuti Ghosh and Scot Parsons. 2008 Sex-trafficking, violence, negotiating skill and HIV infection in brothel-based sex workers of eastern India, adjoining Nepal, Bhutan & Bangladesh. J. Health Popul Nutr. 26: 223-231. Pubmed
  4. Sarkar, K., R. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Niyogi and B. Bal. Epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in sex workers of West Bengal. (accepted in IJMR).

2007

  1. Bhanja, P., S. Sengupta, N. Yaima Singh, K. Sarkar, S. K. Bhattacharya and S. Chakraborty. 2007. Determination of Gag and Env subtypes of HIV-1 detected among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Manipur, India: Evidence for intersubtype recombination. Virus Research. 130: 310-314. Pubmed
  2. Bal, B., S. I. Ahmed, R. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Niyogi, A. Talukdar, N. Chakraborty and K. Sarkar. 2007. HIV Infection Among Transport Workers Operating Through Siliguri-Guwahati National Highway, India. J. Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care. 6: 56-60. Pubmed

2006

  1. Mullick, R., S. Sengupta, K. Sarkar, M. K. Saha and S. Chakraborty. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of env, gag and tat genes of HIV type 1 detected among the injecting drug users in West Bengal, India. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 22: 1293-9. Pubmed
  2. Sarkar, K., B. Bal, R. Mukherjee, M. K. Saha, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Niyogi and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2006. Young age is a risk factor for HIV among female sex workers - an experience from India. Journal of Infection. 53: 255-59. Pubmed
  3. Sarkar, K., B. Bal, R. Mukherjee, S. K. Niyogi, M. K. Saha and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2006. Epidemic of HIV coupled with HCV among injecting drug users of Himalayan West Bengal, eastern India, bordering Nepal, Bhutan & Bangladesh. Subst Use Misuse. 41: 341-52.

2005

  1. Sengupta, S., S. Jana, P. Roy, K. Sarkar, S. K. Bhattacharya and S. Chakrabarti. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of the p24-p7 region of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag gene to determine subtype distribution among female sex workers in Calcutta, India. J. Clin Microbiol. 43: 5787-91. Pubmed
  2. Sengupta, S., S. Jana, K. Sarkar, S. K. Bhattacharya and S. Chakraborty. 2005. Determination of Gag Subtypes of HIV Type1 detected among Female Sex Workers in Calcutta, India. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21: 806-809. Pubmed
  3. Sengupta, S., D. Khetwat, S. Jana, K. Sarkar, S. K. Bhattacharya and S. Chakraborty. 2005. Polymorphism of HIV-1 gag (p17) gene from female sex workers in Calcutta, India. Arch Virol. 150: 2117-2124.
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  4. Gangopadhyay, D. N., M. Chanda, K. Sarkar, S. K. Niyogi, S. Chakraborty, M. K. Saha, B. Manna, S. Jana, P. Ray and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2005. Detels R. Evaluation of Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Intervention Programs for Sex Workers in Calcutta, India. Sex Transm Dis. 32: 680-684. Pubmed
  5. Sarkar, K., B. Bal, R. Mukherjee, S. K. Niyogi, M. K. Saha and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2005. Epidemiology of HIV in brothel based sex workers of Kolkata city. J. health popul nutr. 23: 231-235. Pubmed
  6. Sarkar, K., B. Bal, R. Mukherjee, S. K. Niyogi, M. K. Saha and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2005. Cross-border HIV epidemic among IDUs of Himalayan West Bengal. Eur J. Epidemiol. 20: 373-374. Pubmed

2004

  1. Sarkar, K., S. Baraily, S. Dasgupta and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2004. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate may be an indicator for screening of tuberculosis patients for underlying HIV infection, particularly in resource-poor settings. J. health popul nutr. 22: 220-221. Pubmed
  2. Niyogi, S. K., and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 2004. An Outbreak of Bacillary Dysentery caused by Quinolone-resistant Shigella Dysenteriae Type-1 in a north-eastern state of India. J. health popul nutr. 22: 97. Pubmed
  3. Sarkar, K., D. N. Ganguly, B. Bal, M. K. Saha and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2004. Hepatitis-B Infection, Eastern India. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10: 1341-42. Pubmed

2003

  1. Bhattacharya, S. K., K. Sarkar, G. B. Nair, A. S. G. Faruque and David A. Sack. 2003. A regional alert of multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in South Asia. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 3: 751.
  2. Sarkar, K., 2003: Role of Oral Rehydration Therapy in Controlling Epidemic of Cholera and Watery Diarrhoea. J. Indian Med Assoc. 101: 377-78. Pubmed
  3. Sarkar, K., Setal Bhattacharya. 2003: Rapid spread of Hepatitis C and needle exchange programme in Kolkata, India. Lancet. 361: 1301-02. Pubmed
  4. Sarkar. K., Setal Bhattacharya. 2003. Shigella dysenteriae type 1 with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. Lancet. 361: 785-785. Pubmed

1997

  1. Sarkar, K., Setal Bhattacharya. 1997. Relationship of National Highway with intravenous drug abuse in rural Manipur, India : Indian Journal of Public Health. 41: 116-118. Pubmed

1996

  1. Panda, S., and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1996. Characterization of V3 Loop of HIV Type-I spreading rapidly among injecting drug users of Manipur India: A molecular epidemiological prospective. AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses. 12. Pubmed

1995

  1. Sarkar, S., S. Panda and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1995. `A cross sectional study on factors including HIV testing and counselling determining unsafe injecting practices among injecting drug users in Manipur'. Indian Journal of Public Health. 39: 86-92. Pubmed

1994

  1. Panda, S., G. Kamei and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1994. `Clinical features of HIV infection in drug users in Manipur; National Medical Journal of India. 7: 267-69. Pubmed
  2. Sarkar, K., S. Sarkar and B. C. Deb, Setal Bhattacharya. 1994. `HIV makes its way in the Bay of Bengal (Andaman & Nicober Island), India Journal of Infection. 29: 116-18. Pubmed
  3. Panda, S., S. Sarkar, B. K. Mandal and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1994. 'Epidemic of Herpes Zoster following HIV epidemic in Manipur'. Journal of Infection. 28: 167-173. Pubmed

1993

  1. Sarkar, S., N. Das, S. Panda, T. N. Naik and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1993. `Rapid spread of HIV among injecting drug users in North-Eastern States of India'. Bulletin of Narcotics. 45: 91-105. Pubmed

1990

  1. Gupta, D. N., and K. Sarkar, Setal Bhattacharya. 1990. `Report of an outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases caused by Cholera followed by Rota viral diarrhoea in Manipur'. Indian Journal of Public Health. 34: 62-65. Pubmed
  2. Sarkar, K., Setal Bhattacharya. 1990. 'Global Review on ORS': Indian Journal of Public Health. 34: 48-52. Pubmed

Book written

Written a book titled 'Public Health and Control of Diseases' published by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany