Name of Scientists

  Dr. Joy Kumar Chakma

  Designation

  Senior Research Officer/ Scientist C (Medical).

  Date of Birth

  February 20, 1974

  Discipline

  Internal Medicine

  Address Office

  National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, P.B.NO.101
  Tajganj, Agra - 282001

  Address Residence

  127-Maruti City, Shamshabad Road, Agra 282001.

  Date of Joining

  February 27, 2001

  Date of Present Post

  February 26, 2006

  Department

  Clinical Division

  Research Experience

  8 years.

  Educational Qualification

  MBBS ( MAMC- Delhi University)

  Membership

  Indian Association of Leprologists

  Areas of Interest

  Leprosy, TB, HIV/ AIDS

1. 10th Round table conference on “Leprosy Elimination: Critical Issues” organized by the Ranbaxy Science Foundation at Agra on 28th September, 2002.
2. The Indo-US collaborated workshop on HIV/AIDS Behavioral Prevention Research, sponsored by ICMR, NACO & NIHM & co-sponsored by CJIL & OMD, conducted at CJIL & OMD, Agra from 22 - 24th January, 2003.
3. The Indian Association of Leprologist’s National workshop on “Diagnosis and Management of Leprosy in the context of integration of leprosy Programme with the general health services” conducted at Agra from 18 - 19th October, 2003.
4. The ICMR-WHO sponsored workshop on IPR & WTO issues conducted at CJIL & OMD, Agra form 22 - 23rd November, 2003.
5. Indo-French (ICMR-INSERM) workshop on tuberculosis conducted at CJIL & OMD, Agra from 12 - 14th December, 2003.
6. The 3rd convention of Society of Immunology & Immunopathology National Symposium on Cytokines & signal transduction held at CJIL & OMD, Agra from 13-14th February, 2004.
7. The XXIVth Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologist’s, held at Haldia Port City, Purba Mednipur, West Bengal from 27 - 29th February, 2004.
8. The 24th Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologist’s, held at NJIL & OMD, Agra from 12 – 14th November, 2005.
9. The 6th Joint Annual Conference of Indian Society for Malaria and other Communicable Diseases (ISMOCD) and Indian Association of Epidemiologist (IAE), held at NJIL & OMD , Agra from 11 -13th February, 2006.
10. The ICMR-WHO sponsored informal consultation on Rifampicin resistance in leprosy held at NJIL & OMD, Agra from 30th November to 1st December, 2006.
11. The Indian Association of Leprologist’s Mid Term Conference held at Kolkata from 26 -27th December, 2008.
12. The 27th Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologist’s, held at Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi from 2nd - 4th October, 2009.

1. 11th World Congress of Pediatric Dermatology, held at Bangkok, Thailand from 17th to 19th November, 2009.

1. Pulsed corticosteroids therapy in patients with chronic recurrent ENL: A pilot study. Anita Girdhar, J.K. Chakma & B.K. Girdhar. Indian J Lepr, Vol.74 (3) July-Sept. 2002.
2. Leprosy trend in Agra: Observations from data collected from a hospital and field. A. Kumar, V.S. Yadav, J.K. Chakma, Anita Girdhar & B.K. Girdhar. Indian J Lepr, Vol.78 (2) 2006.
3. Advances in the treatment of reactions in leprosy. B.K. Girdhar, Anita Girdhar & J.K. Chakma. Indian J Lepr, Vol.79 (2 &3) 2007.
4. Increased level of urinary nitric oxide metabolites in leprosy patients during Type 2 reactions decreased after antireactional therapy. Keshar K. Mohanty, Manisha Gupta, B.K. Girdhar, A. Girdhar, J.K. Chakma & U. Sengupta. Lepr Rev (2007) 78, 1-6.
5. Two microbiological relapses in a patient with lepromatous leprosy. J.K. Chakma, A. Girdhar, M. Natrajan, A. Kumar & B.K. Girdhar. Lepr Rev (2008).79:331-4.