International Commission on Occupational Health (As Ergonomist)
Physiological Society of India (Life Member)
Metropolitan (Bypass) Institute for Developmental Studies and Welfare (MIDSW) (Life Member)
Ergonomics Society of India (Life Member: L272)
Indian Science Congress Association
Nominee of Committee for the Purpose of Supervision and Control of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA)
Managing Editor International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health (IJOSH)
Consultant Editor of International Journal of Nursing Research and Practice (IJNRP)
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Total Experience:
13 Years in the field of Work Physiology & Occupational Ergonomics
Work Experience:
Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur as Associate Professor From 5-09-2016 to Till Date
Maitri Educational Society, Durg, India as Associate Professor, Physiology & Examination In-Charge From 06-2012 to 01-09-2016
Manipal College of Medical Sciences as Assistant Professor From 06-2009 to 25-09-2012
S. S. Institute of Medical Sciences & R C, Davangere, Karnataka as Assistant Professor From 03-2007 to 04-2009
J.J.M Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka as Tutor From 2004 to 02-2007
Education:
HABC Level 2, UK, 2015
IOSH Managing Safely, UK, 2015
NEBOSH IGC, UK, 2015
Ph.D. (Physiology, splz. In Ergonomics), University of Calcutta. January 2014
M.Sc. (Human Physiology, splz. In Ergonomics), University of Calcutta. 2004
B.Sc. (In Physiology),
Education:
Two Days Short Term Course on Bioinformatics and Its Application (26-27th Sep. 2003), IIT, Kharagpur.
Five Evening training Programme On Ergonomics, Occupational Health & Safety At Work (2004), Academic Staff College, University Of Calcutta & Indian Soc
Awards Information:
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.
Organizing Convener of Seminar on Ergonomics & Safety at Work at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. (13th & 14th November 2009)
Best research paper award at International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2009), Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, December 17-20, 2009.
Pepper selected for western development regional Dissemination Workshop on Research Findings by Nepal Health Research Council. (5th August 2011)
Research & Publication:
Tirthankar Ghosh and Somnath Gangopadhyay. A Study on Workstation Design related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Goldsmiths in West Bengal, India. Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE 2005), International Ergonomics Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, Edited by Debkumar Chakrabarti and Abhijit Das, Published by Allied Publishers Private Limited, 2006, pp 257-262. (India)
Jisnu Basu, Somnath 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. Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE 2005), International Ergonomics Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, Edited by Debkumar Chakrabarti and Abhijit Das, Published by Allied Publishers Private Limited, 2006, pp 518-525. (India)
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]
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]
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]
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]
Samrat Dev, Tarannum Ara, Tirthankar Ghosh, Tamal Das, Goutam Ghoshal, Banibrata Das and Somnath Gangopadhyay. Concept of metropoliton city students on the design of a safe school bus: A participatory ergonomics study. Proceedings of Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE 2007), International Ergonomics Conference, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Edited by L.P. Gite, C.R. Mehta, Nachiket Kotwaliwale and Joydeep Majumder, Published by Allied Publishers Private Limited, 2007, pp 12 - 18. (India).
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]
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).
Tirthankar Ghosh. Ergonomics an Essential practice for Daily life. Proceedings of Seminar on Ergonomics & Safety at Work, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal, 13th & 14th November 2009, pp 21-24. (Nepal)
Asis De and Tirthankar Ghosh. Ergonomic Risk Assessment for Hospital. Proceedings of Seminar on Ergonomics & Safety at Work, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal, 13th & 14th November 2009, pp 17-19. (Nepal)
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]
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]
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)
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]
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)
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]
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
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. Industrial Psychiatry Journal. Jul-Dec 2011.Vol 20.Issue 2, pp 124 – 130. [PMC3530282]
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]
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]
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)
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]
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)
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
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]
Tirthankar Ghosh. Editorial: Occupational Health Nursing: A New Panorama to Indian Nursing. International Journal of Nursing Research and Practice: Volume : 1 Issue : 2, December, 2014 pp1-2.
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)
