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

81

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

62

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

90

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

23

RECENT JOB OFFERS

929

PUBLICATIONS

14

FACULTIES

1

PATENTS / COPYRIGHTS

10

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

85

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 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 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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85

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 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 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

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

Role of pseudouridine modification of the mRNAs of mitochondrial respiratory complex proteins in RNA metabolism and mitochondrial metabolic disorders

Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)

Deciphering the interplay between biofilm matrix component and small RNA in biofilm regulation and catabolic gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 for phenanthrene degradation

Department Of Biotechnology

Role of BAP1 co-mutation in FGFR2 fusion cholangiocarcinoma cells

Science & Technology Department, Govt of Odisha

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Events & Happenings

Head of the Department

Bismita Nayak Associate Professor

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

- Albert Einstein