🎓 Academic Background:
Ph.D. in Biosciences & Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Odisha (Thesis: “Metagenomic study in sediments of river Ganga to unravel microbiome and their putative function”). M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology. B.Sc. with Distinction, Utkal University.
🏆 Awards and Recognitions:
Best Oral Presentation Award at a national conference on “Changing course in Global Environment: Challenges and Solutions.” ICMR-Senior Research Fellow and Young Scientist Award for outstanding contributions in Fisheries and Life Sciences. Best Research Scholar Award at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute.
📚 Research Experience (8 Years):
Current role as ICMR-Senior Research Fellow at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University. Previous roles include Young Professional-II at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, contributing to projects on bioinformatics, computational biology, and fisheries.
🧰 Expertise in Tools and Techniques:
Proficient in bioinformatics tools like CLC Genomics Workbench, MG-RAST, MEGAN, GROMACS, and others. Expertise in next-generation sequence data analysis, phylogenetics, comparative genomics, molecular docking, and structure-based drug design.
🌐 Conference Presentations:
Presented at international conferences on topics such as sediment metagenomics, functional gene annotation, and structural insights into GTP binding mechanisms. Received awards for best oral and poster presentations.
👨🏫 Teaching and Training:
Served as a resource person in workshops and delivered invited lectures to postgraduate students on bioinformatics.
👨🔬 Reviewer for International Journals:
Contributed as a reviewer for journals including Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Frontiers in Genetics, and Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling.
👨💻 Technical Skills:
Operating systems: Windows, Ubuntu, Linux Mint. Languages: C, C++, PHP. Database: MySQL. Web Technology: HTML.
Professional Profiles: