Department of Transfusion Medicine


Name : Dr.(Mrs.) K. Vasantha

Degree : M.Sc.,Ph.D. (Anthropology)

Designation : Scientist E

Email: vasanthak2007@yahoo.co.in

 Education:

Degree Univ. Subject Year
B.Sc. (Hons) Delhi University Anthropology 1970
M.Sc Delhi University Anthropology 1972
Ph.D Delhi University Anthropology 1989

Awards

  1. Dr. L H Hiranandani & Dr. A J Desai award for Poster presentation in the 23 rd Annual Conference of Bombay Haematology Group, February 1999.
  2. BGRC Oration award in the Annual Conference of Mumbai Haematology Group, March 2002.
  3. Princess of Wales Memorial Award by the British Blood Transfusion Society in 2007.
  4. Dr. M.B.Gharpure Memorial lecture award given by The Indian Association of Pathologists in April, 2008.

Fields of Interest : Blood Group Serology, Molecular Immunohaematology, Population Genetics

Publications : 65

Chapters in Books/Monographs: 3

International Journals: 12

National Journals : 25

International Abstracts: 15

National Abstracts: 10

Research Guide:

Ph.D in Applied Biology - University of Mumbai

Latest Publications

  1. Y.S.Iyer, K.Vasantha, V.Pujari, S.Jadhav & Dr.K.Ghosh, Murine monoclonal anti-H as typical reagent. Ind J Med Res. 2009, 129: 72-74

  2. S.R.Joshi, K.Vasantha, Y.S.Iyer, S.Kulkarni, S.Jadhav. Studies on the ABH – Iso -Agglutinins in serum, saliva and milk from mothers with “ Bombay” (Oh) phenotype. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science 2009, 3 (1): 3-5

  3. HW. Reesink , , CP. Engelfriet , , H. Schennach, , C. Gassner, , S. Wendel, , R. Fontao-Wendel, ,M.A De Brito, P. Sistonen, J. Matilainen, T. Peyrard, ,BN Pham, P. Rouger, PY. Le Pennec, , WA. Flegel, , I.Von Zabern, CK. Lin, , WC. Tsoi, I. Hoffer, K. Barotine-Toth, SR. Joshi, K.Vasantha, V. Yahalom, O. Asher, C. Levene, M.A. Villa, N Revelli, , N. Greppi, M. Marconi, Y. Tani, CC. Folman, N. De Haas, MMW. Koopman, E. Beckers, DS. Gounder, P. Flanagan, L. Wall, E. Aranburu Urtasun, H. Hustinx, C. Niederhauser, , E. Masscy, A.Gray, M.Needs, G.Daniels, T.Callaghan, C. Flickinger, , SJ. Nance, GM. Meny, Donors with a rare pheno (geno) type. Vox Sang 2008; 95: 236-253.

  4. S. Kulkarni, R Colah, A. Gorakshakar, S. Gupte, K. Vasantha, D. Mohanty and K Ghosh. Frequency of partial D in Western India. Transf Med 2008, 18: 91-96.

  5. S.S.Kulkarni, S.C. Gupte. K.Vasantha, D.Mohanty, K.Ghosh Varied distribution of RhD epitopes in the Indian population. The Nat Med J India 2007, 20: 169-171.

  6. Swati S.Kulkarni, K.Vasantha, Snehalata C. Gupte, Dipika Mohanty and Kanjaksha Ghosh. Potential of commercial anti-D reagents in the identification of partial D variants in Indian population. Ind J Med Research 2007, 125: 641-644

  7. Iyer YS, Vasantha K, Patwardhan MM, Jadhav S, Gupte SC, Mohanty D. Production of murine monoclonal anti-B. Ind J Med Research 2006, 123: 561-564.

  8. S. Kulkarni, D Mohanty, SC Gupte, K Vasantha, S Joshi. Flow cytometric quantification of antigen D sites on red blood cells of partial D and weak D variants in India. Transf Medicine 2006, 16:285-289.

  9. S. Kulkarni, D Mohanty, SC Gupte, K Vasantha, S Joshi. Flow cytometric quantification of antigen D sites on red blood cells of partial D and weak D variants in India. Transf Medicine 2006, 16:285-289.

  10. MK Das, SS Singh, T Adak, K. Vasantha and D Mohanty. The Duffy blood groups of Jarawas - The primitive and vanishing tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Trans Medicine 2005, 15:237-240