Dr. Rajani Kanta Mahapatra
Associate Professor
Dr. Mahapatra has more than 12 years of experience in teaching at the postgraduate and undergraduate level. He has completed his PhD in Computer-Aided Drug Design and his area of research is comparative genomics, molecular modeling and chemo-informatics. Besides this he also works on the development of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and their study using AI-ML concepts.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
M.Sc & PhD in Life Sciences from Sambalpur University
COURSE EXPERTISE
Computaional and Theoretical Biology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
AI/ML in Health informatics, Computer-Aided Drug Design
Administrative Responsibilities
Faculty in charge KSBT website, Members of examination committee.
Awards and Achievements
- SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship by DST, Govt. of India.
- Awarded travel grant (DBT/CTEP/02/201100924) from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India to participate in InCOB-2011 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Best oral presentation award for biological sciences in the national seminar held on the occasion of 22nd, 19th Odisha Bigyan ‘O’ Paribesh Congress (2021 & 2017) and 16th Odisha Bigyan Congress (2013).
Projects & Consultancies
- R and D Projects (Ongoing)
Development of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) registry and machine learning model for prediction of diabetic nephropathy using renal biomarkers and clinical data” sanctioned by ICMR. Amount: Rs. 21.71 lakhs. - Development of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) registry and AI (Artificial Intelligence) model for prediction of mortality in liver cirrhosis using hepatic biomarkers and clinical data” sanctioned by ANRF. Amount: Rs. 20.95 lakhs.
- A deep learning-based genome mining strategy for identification of biosynthetic/ chemotherapeutic gene clusters in the marine actinobacteria Salinispora and its validation study through data analytic approach” sanctioned by MoES. Amount: Rs. 11.88 lakhs.