Ms. Riya Kar

Assistant Professor

Matriculation (W.B.B.S.E.) – 2013 – 83.29%
Higher Secondary (W.B.C.H.S.E.) – 2015 – 75.40%
B.Sc. in Nutrition, Vidyasagar University – 2018 – 67.13% (First Division)
M.Sc. in Nutrition & Dietetics, Vidyasagar University – 2020 – 85.67% (First Division)
B.Ed. in Life Science, The West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning & Administration – 2022 – 92.45% (First Division)

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Riya Kar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition, School of Paramedical Science, YBN University. She is an ICMR Junior Research Fellow and pursuing her Ph.D. in Nutrition at Vidyasagar
University, with research focused on marine fish oil and its role in obesity and metabolic disorders. A Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Nutrition & Dietetics, she also holds a B.Ed. in Life Science and has qualified
for the Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for her doctoral research. Her work has been published in high-impact journals including Adipocyte, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, and
Physiological Reports. She has received multiple Best Paper and Best Poster awards at national and international conferences, including the NSI Prize at ICMR-NIN, Hyderabad. Her research interests
include Nutrition Science, Dietetics, Molecular Biology, and Functional Foods.

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As 1 st author
1. Kar, R., Das, P., Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Kumar Das, T., Ghosh, K., & Pradhan, S. (2026b). Isolation,
characterisation and antimicrobial activities of marine topse (Polynemus paradiseus) fish oil: an
overview. Natural product research, 1–7. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2026.2625445 IF: 2.0
2. Kar, R., Das, P., Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Phoujdar, M., & Pradhan, S. (2026a). Mechanistic Insights Into
the Anti-Obesity Effects of Gondoic Acid: Regulation of AMPK Signalling and Obesity Related Gene
Expression in Obese Mice. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-025-05488-7
IF: 3.4.
3. Kar, R., Das, P., Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Phoujdar, M., Ghosh, K., & Pradhan, S. (2025). Anti-obese
potentiality of marine Topse (Polynemus paradiseus) fish oil by inhibiting the expression of SREBP-1c &
promoting β-oxidation of fat through upregulating PPAR-α. Adipocyte, 14(1), 2524640.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2025.2524640 IF: 3.4.
4. Kar, R., Panchali, T., Das, P., Dutta, A., Phoujdar, M., & Pradhan, S. (2024). Overview of the therapeutic
efficacy of marine fish oil in managing obesity and associated metabolic disorders. Physiological
reports, 12(19), e70019. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.70019 IF: 1.9

As co-author
1. Dutta, A., Kar, R., Das, P., Panchali, T., Phoujdar, M., Raut, S., … & Pradhan, S. (2026). Linoelaidic acid
exhibits antitumor activity towards MDA-MB-231 cancer cell-induced tumor mice model through
modulation of glutathione level and activation of Caspase family. Systems Ethnopharmacology and
Sustainable Bioresources, 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sesb.2026.100013
2. Das, P., Kar, R., Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Phoujdar, M., Ghosh, K., & Pradhan, S. (2025). Antiobesity
Efficacy of Marine Tapra Fish (Opisthopterus tardoore) Oil in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice by
Activating Lipolysis and Suppressing Adipose Inflammation. Molecular nutrition & food research,
e70341. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.70341 IF: 4.2
3. Das, P., Kar, R., Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Phoujdar, M., Ghosh, K., & Pradhan, S. (2025). Mechanistic
insights on effective ratio of Linoelaidic and Docosapentaenoic acid by modulating adipogenic and
inflammatory biomarkers in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abst.2025.11.005
4. Mangal, S., Jana, S., Dutta, A., Kar, R., Are, V., Pradhan, S., Biswas, S., Indu, R., & Ray, M. (2025).
Antiproliferative effect of Filopaludina bengalensis fluid inducing apoptosis-necroptosis synergy with
immunogenic remodelling in triple-negative breast cancer. Scientific reports, 15(1), 41864.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25810-x IF: 3.9
5. Panchali, T., Dutta, A., Das, P., Khatun, A., Kar, R., Mondal, S., Mondal, K. C., Chakrabarti, S., Ghosh,
K., & Pradhan, S. (2024). Amelioration of obesity induction by a high-fat diet and related inflammation

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Matriculation (W.B.B.S.E.) – 2013 – 83.29%
Higher Secondary (W.B.C.H.S.E.) – 2015 – 75.40%
B.Sc. in Nutrition, Vidyasagar University – 2018 – 67.13% (First Division)
M.Sc. in Nutrition & Dietetics, Vidyasagar University – 2020 – 85.67% (First Division)
B.Ed. in Life Science, The West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning & Administration – 2022 – 92.45% (First Division)

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