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Associate Professor
Amrita Mishra
Associate Professor
Dr. Amrita Mishra obtained her PhD from Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Her research expertise spans bioprocess engineering, microbiology, environmental biotechnology, biomaterials. She has received…
Assistant Professor
Archana Ghatak
Assistant Professor
Dr. Archana Ghatak has fifteen years of experience in teaching Biochemistry, Enzymology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University. Alongside…
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Bhawna Gupta
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Dr. Bhawna Gupta earned her Ph.D. from IGIB and the Dept of Zoology, University of Delhi. During her postdoctoral research at the Centre for Biotechnology,…
Associate Professor
Birendra Kumar Bindhani
Associate Professor
Dr. Bindhani has more than 23 years of teaching experiences and more than 20 years of research experiences in the different fields of Life Sciences…
Associate Professor
Biswadeep Das
Associate Professor
Biswadeep is involved in academic and research activities of UG and PG students of Bioechnology in Recombinant DNA Technology, Molecular Biology, and Advanced Biotechnology along…
Assistant Professor
Debee Prasad Sahoo
Assistant Professor
Dr. Debee Prasad Sahoo received his Ph.D. in Life Science from Assam University, Silchar in 2016. He carried out his doctoral research work at Dept.…
Associate Professor
Dindyal Mandal
Associate Professor
Dr. Mandal has fourteen years of teaching and twenty five years of research experience. He earned his Ph. D (Chemistry) from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune,…
Assistant Professor
Dipanwita Deb
Assistant Professor
Dr. Dipanwita Deb obtained her Ph.D. in the area of Algal Biotechnology from the Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. After qualifying GATE,…
Associate Professor
Gargi Dey
Associate Professor
She is an accomplished researcher and teaching professional with postdoctoral experience in Germany and France, where she worked on yeast molecular biology, food-matrix interactions, and…
Professor & Director R&D
Gopal C. Kundu
Professor & Director R&D
Profile: Prof. Gopal C. Kundu joined as Scientist-D and then served as Director (i/c) at National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India from 2018-2019. Currently,…
Associate Professor
Gopal Chowdhary
Associate Professor
Gopal Chowdhary has obtained his master’s in Botany and M. Phil from the Department of Botany, University of Delhi. He has a Ph.D. in plant…
Assistant Professor
Gulab Chand Arya
Assistant Professor
Dr. Gulab Chand Arya is a plant molecular biologist specializing in plant-pathogen interactions. His Ph.D. research focused on G-protein subunits in Brassica juncea, revealing their…
Assistant Professor
Janeka Gartia
Assistant Professor
Dr. Janeka Gartia is a structural biologist with expertise in biomolecular NMR spectroscopy for characterizing biomolecules at atomic resolution. He earned his master's degree in…
Associate Professor
K Sony Reddy
Associate Professor
Dr. K. Sony Reddy is an Associate Professor at KIIT School of Biotechnology with over ten years of post-Ph.D. research and teaching experience in molecular…
Assistant Professor
Kumar Nikhil
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kumar Nikhil has 15+ years of research experience in Cancer biology. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India…
Associate Professor
Lopamudra Ray
Associate Professor
Dr. Lopamudra Ray is an Associate Professor at the School of Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, with expertise in Environmental and Industrial Microbiology. Her…
Associate Professor
Luna Goswami
Associate Professor
Dr. Luna Goswami has received her PhD degree from Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials (Degree awarded from Humboldt University, Department…
Lecturer
Madhuchhanda Mohanty
Lecturer
Currently serving as a Faculty Associate at KIIT University (since 2018), teaching Bioinformatics, Computer Science, and Programming. PhD in Biotechnology (Bioinformatics, 2023) with research focused…
Associate Professor
Mrunmay Kumar Giri
Associate Professor
Mrunmay Kumar Giri has 12 years of experience in teaching and research after his PhD. He holds a master’s degree in Biotechnology from the MS…
Professor & Director General R&D
Mrutyunjay Suar
Professor & Director General R&D
Dr. Suar's group work on Salmonella Typhimurium (STm) and Salmonella Enteritidis (SEn) infection biology in Streptomycin pre-treated mouse model especially looking at identification of new…
Associate Professor
Naresh Chandra Bal
Associate Professor
Naresh Chandra Bal has several major discoveries to his credit are sarcolipin as a basis of nonshivering thermogenesis in skeletal muscle, functional interplay between muscle…
Assistant Professor
Prabhat Kumar Rout
Assistant Professor
Dr. Prabhat Kumar Rout is an accomplished academician serving as Assistant Professor-II and NSS Programme Coordinator. With 21 years of teaching experience and 15 years…
Assistant Professor
Preeti
Assistant Professor
Dr. Preeti is an accomplished researcher and educator with over 11 years of experience in biochemistry and structural biology. She earned her PhD from IIT…
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Rahul Modak
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Dr. Rahul Modak obtained his MSc. in Biotechnology from IIT Bombay and PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from JNCASR, Bangalore, India. He had postdoctoral…
Associate Professor
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…
Assistant Professor
Ritesh Pattnaik
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ritesh Pattnaik is an accomplished researcher and academician with over a decade of experience in teaching and research in microbiology and environmental biotechnology. He…
Associate Professor
Sandeep Kumar Panda
Associate Professor
Dr Sandeep Kumar Panda is an expert in food microbiology whose career spans prestigious institutions, including ICAR, CSIR, IIT, and the University of Johannesburg. His…
Assistant Professor
Sanjukta Das
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sanjukta Das holds a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from IISc Bangalore, and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. Her research spans computational genomics,…
Assistant Professor
Santosh Kumar
Assistant Professor
Dr Kumar obtained his PhD (Biotechnology) degree from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. After a brief stint as Research Associate in Bose Institute, Kolkata, India he…
Assistant Professor
Sashikant Nayak
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sashikant Nayak has more than ten years of teaching experience and over thirteen years of research experience.
Associate Dean, Associate Professor II
Selvakumar Elangovan
Associate Dean, Associate Professor II
Dr. Selvakumar Elangovan is a cancer biologist with over 18 years of experience in cancer cell signaling, tumor suppression, and cancer stem cell biology. His…
Assistant Professor
Shampa M. Ghosh
Assistant Professor
Dr. Shampa M Ghosh heads the Drosophila lab at KIIT. Her research focuses on evolutionary developmental biology. She received her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre…
Associate Professor
Snehasish Mishra
Associate Professor
Dr. Mishra works at the School of Biotechnology, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Teaching the BTech, MTech, MSc and PhD students, he researches on environmental biotechnology,…
Assistant Professor
Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra
Assistant Professor
Dr. Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra is an Assistant Professor at the School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He holds degrees in Biotechnology and Molecular Biosciences with…
Professor & Director
Srinivas Patnaik
Professor & Director
Dr. Srinivas Patnaik earned his MSc in Biotechnology from Goa University and PhD in Molecular Oncology from the Institute of Life Sciences (BRIC–ILS), Bhubaneswar. With…
Assistant Professor
Subrat Kumar
Assistant Professor
Dr. Subrat Kumar is an Assistant Professor at School of Biotechnology. He holds an MSc degree in Microbiology from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology…
Scientist
Suresh K. Verma
Scientist
Dr. Suresh K. Verma, Scientist at KIIT School of Biotechnology, leads interdisciplinary research bridging materials science and biotechnology under the DBT-BUILDER project, Govt. of India.…
Senior Professor
Tapan Kumar Adhya
Senior Professor
Using tropical paddy as the model ecosystem, the entire focus of research by Prof. Adhya is on sustainable management of resource poor tropical soils to…
Associate Professor
Tithi Parija
Associate Professor
Dr. Tithi Parija began her academic career after completing her M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Zoology from Utkal University. She earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Oncology…
Professor, Associate Dean
Vishakha Raina
Professor, Associate Dean
Dr. Vishakha Raina is Professor, School of Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, Odisha, and Associate Dean (Academics, PG Program). She earned her Ph.D. in…
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