Subhransu Sekhar Behera
Subhransu is working on the production of chitosan from the chitin waste using Streptomyces griseoincarnatus RB7AG and its various applications as coating material, plant growth promotion, biofilm inhibition etc.
He has cracked Joint CSIR-UGC NET 2022 as well as DBT-JRF Cat-II
Seemon Giri
Seemon is working on the process optimization and production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from the Streptomyces strain BG2AG and its environmental applications.
He is also working on the exploration of the diversity of seaweeds in Chilika Lake, Odisha (Funded by ICSSR).
Zahra Parwez
Zahra is working on the optimization and purification of the Lipase enzyme from the Streptomyces strain BG6AG. She is also analysing the molecular docking pattern of different substrates with the enzyme.
Smaranika Pradhan
Smaranika is working on the optimization and purification of the pectinase enzyme from the Streptomyces strain HB7AG.
Sourav Ranjan Parida
Sourav is working on the screening of different Streptomyces strains (Isolated from the Chilika Lake, Odisha, India) that help in the production of glucosamine from the chitin waste.
Dr. Seid Mohammed defended his Ph.D. thesis in the year 2020. He was working on the recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from Bacillus sp. BPPI-14 and Bacillus sp. BPPI-19 isolated from plastic waste landfill
Dr. Himadri Tanaya Behera defended her Ph.D. thesis in the year 2022. She was working on Genome sequencing of the antifungal producing novel chitinolytic Streptomyces chilikensis RC1830 and its use in bioconversion of chitin to N-acetylated chitooligosaccharides for biological applications.
Dr. Suchismita Nivedita defended her thesis in the year 2025. She was working on Development of a novel Streptomyces consortium: Its formulation strategies and application for enhanced resilience in rice (Oryza sativa var. Swarna) against biotic and abiotic stresses.
Dr. Gupteswar Rath defended his thesis in the year 2025. He was working on “Isolation, Characterization, and Genome Sequencing of L- Asparaginase Producing Marine Streptomyces sp. HB2AG: Biotechnological Potential of Enzymes and Metabolites”
