1.     
Name:  Dr. Goutam Datta

2.      Email Id:   gdatta53@rediffmail.com

3.      Highest Qualification (PG onwards):   Ph.D. in Optometry

4.      Field of specialization:  Optometry

5.      Subject Teaching:   Optometry

6.      Work Experiences (No of Years):

a)      Teaching Experience:  16.6 years

b)     Research Experience:  14.6 years

c)      Industry Experience:    6.6 years

7.      Current research activities:  D. Sc in Optometry (Registered)

8.      Publication (best of five):

a)     Dr. Goutam Datta¹; Ankita Roy²; Satarupa Mohanta³; Pujayeeta Baidya⁴; Tanusree Rakshit⁵; ‘Prevalence of Asthenopia Among school Students in relation with Digital Devices in Tripura’; Bulletin For Technology And History Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7, 2024; (ISSN: 0391-6715) https://bthnl.com/volume-24-issue-7-2024/

b)     Dr. Goutam Datta¹; Ankita Roy²; ‘Digital Effects on Ocular Surface Among College Students of Tripura’; Technical Security Journal, Volume 24 Issue 7 2024, PP: 495-499; (ISSN: 1434-9728/2191-0073) DOI:22.8342.TSJ.2024.V24.7.01595

c)     Dr. Goutam Datta¹; Pujayeeta Baidya²; ‘Impact of dry eye symptoms among professional college students of Agartala’; Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics; Volume 34 ISSUE 7 2024, (ISSN: 1671-1793) DOI:20. 14118.jsee. 2024. V34I7.1839

d)    Dr. Goutam Datta¹; Tanusree Rakshit², Impact of Myopia among Professional Students of Agartala; COMPUTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; VOLUME 24 ISSUE 7 2024; (ISSN: 1000-1239) http://journalcrd.org/wp-content/uploads/40-CRDF.pdf

e)      Dr. Goutam Datta, Dipa Gupta, Puja Chakraborty, Antarika Saha, Papiya Das, ‘Pattern of refractive errors among primary school students in TTAADC’; Journal of Informetrics (ISSN 1875-5879) Volume 19 Issue 3, 2025, 303-306; https://journalinformetrics.com/volume-19-issue-3/

f)       Dr. Goutam Datta, Debanjay Debnath, Anamika Das, Parmita Mitra, Priyanka Sarkar, ‘Prevalence of Malnourished Students and their Visual Abnormalities in Rural Tripura’; IJFMR 250556100 (E-ISSN: 2582-2160) Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025; https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.56100

g)      Dr. Goutam Datta; Pooja Mandal; Puja Chakraborty; Dipa Gupta; ‘Prevalence and categories of pterygiums in rural area of Dhalai District in Tripura’; IJNRD | Volume 10, Issue 9 September 2025 | (ISSN: 2456-4184) c93 – c95, www.ijnrd.org

9.      Patent/ Projects/ Book Chapters (If Any)

a)      Dr. Goutam Datta, ‘Text Book of Visual Optics, for Optometry and Ophthalmology’; Current Books International, Kolkata; First Edition – March, 2017; ISBN: 978-93-85274-21-3

b)      Dr. Goutam Datta, ‘Essentials of Paediatric Optometry’; Current Books International, Kolkata; First Edition – March, 2018; ISBN: 978-93-85274-35-0

c)       Dr. Goutam Datta, ‘An Overview of Clinical Refraction’; Current Books International, Kolkata; First Edition – June, 2018; ISBN: 978-93-85274-36-7

d)      Dr. Goutam Datta, ‘Guide for Low Vision Care’; Taurean Publication, Kolkata; First Edition – January, 2020; ISBN-10‏: ‎ 8194075637 & ISBN-13: ‎ 978-81-94075-63-9

10.   Conference/ Seminar/ Symposium (Any five)

       i. National: 

a)     “Refractive errors in rural area in southern Tripura” presentation in ESO International Vision Science and Optometry Conference, EIVOC 2010 (12^th August 2010 to 14^th August 2010) at Sankara Nethralaya Chennai.

b)     “Pattern of refractive errors in rural Tripura” presentation in National Seminar on Current Trends in Clinical Research, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

c)      “Blindness pattern in tea garden workers at Tripura” presentation in ACOIN second national conference 2011 at Guwahati, Assam.

      ii. International:

a)      “Pattern of refractive errors in adults of rural Tripura” presentation in 9^th GA of IAPB at Hyderabad, India on 17^th to 20th, September 2012.

b)     “Prevalence and impact of ocular issues” presented in SRGBNC, Sanawad, and RFI at Madhya Pradesh, International conference on Recent trends of commerce arts, science, education, management and humanities in present scenario from 26^th to 27^th September 2022.

c)      “Risk factors and contributing factors” presented in MKES college of law – Mumbai, and RFI at Mumbai, International Multidisciplinary conference on Need of anthropogenic intervention in achieving sustainable development on 17^th July 2023.

11.   Professional attachment/ Membership (If any)

i) Nominated Member under section 3(3)(d)(i) from Tripura to National Council for Allied and Healthcare Profession (NCAHP); Government of Tripura

ii) Life Member of All Tripura Optometry Association (ATOA); Agartala, Tripura

iii) Life Member of Association of Community Ophthalmologist of India (ACOIN); West Bengal

iv) Life Member of Optometrist Association of India (OAI); West Bengal

12.   Projects Guided (No. of Students):

                            i.          Under Graduate: 197 No’s

                           ii.          Post Graduate: 08 No’s

                         iii.          Ph.D Scholar: Nil