NIT Rourkela

About the Department

Life Science is the scientific study associated with living organisms including microorganisms, plants, animals and human beings. It encompass both basic and advanced fields of science such as zoology, botany, cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, environmental sciences, biophysics, bioinformatics, systems biology, biomedical technologies etc. The Department of Life Science at NIT Rourkela is envisioned to be a state-of-the-art department

78

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

59

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

85

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

23

RECENT JOB OFFERS

858

PUBLICATIONS

13

FACULTIES

1

PATENTS / COPYRIGHTS

9

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

81

Academic Programmes

Undergraduate
Integrated M.Sc. (5 Years)
Life Sciences
Admission Through
JoSAA / CSAB

Post-Graduate
M.Sc. (2 years)
Life Science
Admission Through
CCMN

Research
Ph.D.
Life Sciences
M.Tech.(Res)
Life Sciences
Admission Through
NITR Selection Procedure

Executive Programmes
Executive Ph.D.
Life Sciences
Admission Through
NITR Selection Procedure

Faculty

Bibekanand Mallick Associate Professor

Bijesh Kumar Biswal Associate Professor

Binod Bihari Sahu Associate Professor

Bismita Nayak Associate Professor

Gajanan Bhujangrao Kendre Assistant Professor Grade-II

Monalisa Mishra Associate Professor

Rohan Dhiman Associate Professor

Samir Kumar Patra Professor

Santosh Kumar Assistant Professor Grade-I

Srinivasan Muthuswamy Assistant Professor Grade-I

Sujit Kumar Bhutia Professor

Suman Jha Associate Professor

Surajit Das Professor

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Head of the Department

Bismita Nayak Associate Professor

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Life Science

Life Science

About the Department

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Academic Programmes

Undergraduate

Integrated M.Sc. (5 Years)

Admission Through

Post-Graduate

M.Sc. (2 years)

Admission Through

Research

Ph.D.

M.Tech.(Res)

Admission Through

Executive Programmes

Executive Ph.D.

Admission Through

Faculty

Bibekanand Mallick Associate Professor

Bijesh Kumar Biswal Associate Professor

Binod Bihari Sahu Associate Professor

Bismita Nayak Associate Professor

Gajanan Bhujangrao Kendre Assistant Professor Grade-II

Monalisa Mishra Associate Professor

Rohan Dhiman Associate Professor

Samir Kumar Patra Professor

Santosh Kumar Assistant Professor Grade-I

Srinivasan Muthuswamy Assistant Professor Grade-I

Sujit Kumar Bhutia Professor

Suman Jha Associate Professor

Surajit Das Professor

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Sponsored Projects

Enhancing broad spectrum disease resistance against rice blast by engineering orthologous nonhost resistance genes of Arabidopsis in rice.

Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)

To study and gain mechanistic insights into the regulation of Salmonella pathogenesis by endogenous CRISPR-Cas system.

DBT

Role of microorganisms on the productivity of the Bhitarakanika Mangrove Forest and potentiality of rhizosphere inhabiting bacteria in mangrove reforestation.

CSIR

Identification of novel autophagy modulators to augment host directed therapies again mycobacteria.

Science & Technology Department,Govt Of Odisha

Biotechnological approaches of plant associated microbes for improved plant productivity and ecosystem functioning in mangrove forest of Bhitarakanika, Odisha, India.

DBT

Deciphering MTP18 as an inner membrane mitophagy receptor in clearance of damaged mitochondria subdomains and its relevance in mitoptosis.

Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)

SNP mediated changes in the structure of VPS26A mRNA and its implication in the actiology of Diabetes.

ICMR

Biofilm developmental stages of marine bacteria and biofilm-EPS based bioremediation of toxic heavy metals from industrial wastewater.

Science & Technology Department,Govt Of Odisha

Involvement of bacterial cytoskeleton in morphogenesis during biofilm development for xenobiotic degradation.

BRNS

Analysis of role of MTP18-dependent mitophagy in oral carcinogenesis and its targeting to activate m.

BRNS

To delineate the survival strategy of mycobacteria through antigenic determinants by inhibiting autophagy via miRNA and its significance in host directed therapy.

DBT

Screening and identification of canonical mitophagy inducing phytochemicals from Bacopamonnieri to target NLRP3 inflammasome activation for oral cancer therapeutics.

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Autophagic degradation of PAX9 to maintain stemness in oral cancer stem cells

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

The role of Epitranscriptomic makers of glioma in oncogenesis and clinical outcome.

ICMR

Identification and molecular characterization of autophagy-inducing chemo preventive molecules from marine microorganisms to target oral squamous cell carcinoma.

DST,Odisha

Events & Happenings

Head of the Department

Bismita Nayak Associate Professor

The more I study science, the more I believe in God.

- Albert Einstein