Priyadarshini Mallick

Some Lesser Known Facts About Priyadarshini Mallick

• Priyadarshini Mallick is an Indian businessperson, teacher, and academician who is the daughter of Jyotipriya Mallick, an All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC). In October 2023, she gained significant attention when her father was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, and she was called in for questioning in connection to the West Bengal ration scam during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Following the completion of her formal education, Priyadarshini Mallick became an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at Ashutosh College, University of Calcutta.

  

• She later served as a coordinator of Ashutosh College’s BOOST (Biotechnology Based Opportunities Offered to Science and Technology Departments) program.

• Priyadarshini Mallick became a director of Gracious Innovative Private Limited (GIPL) and Sharda Films Private Limited on 16 November 2011. She left the directorship of GIPL on 22 November 2016.

• From October 2016 to April 2022, she served as the Head of the Microbiology Department.

• She has also held the position of a member of the governing body at Dhruba Chand Halder College in West Bengal.

• Mallick assumed the directorship of Shree Hanuman Realcon Private Limited (SHRPL) and Gracious Creation Private Limited (GCPL) on 10 June 2016 and held the directorial position until 22 November 2016.

• As an academician, Priyadarshini Mallick has written many research articles such as Degradation of Plastics Causing Pollution Using Bacteria for Improvement of Freshwater Fish Cultivation (2021), Exogenous Supplementation of N-acetylcysteine Can Reduce Hepatotoxicity Induced by Ascites Fluid (Cell-Free) Adsorbed Over Protein-A-Containing Staphylococcus aureus Cowan-I Without Compromising Its Antitumor Effect (2019), and Evaluating The Anti-Microbial Effect Of Eugenol Extracted From Ocimum Sanctum (2016).

• She took over the role of secretary for the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on 2 August 2023. Reportedly, she was given the appointment because of her father Jyotipriya Mallick’s influential stature in West Bengal. ^[4]The Indian Express

• Priyadarshini Mallick can proficiently speak five different languages.