Scholar & staff

Name: Dr. PAYEL CHOUDHURY (CSIR-RA)

Qualification: M. Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Agartala, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from NIT Agartala, currently pursuing Post Doctorate in Department of Bio engineering, NIT Agartala.

Area of Interest: Design , and characteristics of Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

Email: payell.moon12@gmail.com 

Name: RAMESH SHARMA  (JRF& PhD Scholar)

Qualification: B.Tech in Food technology from Assam University (first class), M.Tech Food technology from Assam University (first class), and will submit  Ph.D thesis at NIT Agartala 30th June 2023.

Area of Interest: Design phycobiloproteins (PBPs) production platform frommicroalgae

Email: rameshdawari156@gmail.com , Contact: 7602163617

Name: PRADIP SARKAR (JRF & PhD Scholar)

Qualification: B. Tech in Bio Engineering from NIT Agartala, M Tech in Biotechnology from NIT Rourkela, currently pursuing PhD in Department of Bio engineering, NIT Agartala.

Area of Interest: Algal lipids and carbohydrate,  Algal Biofuel, Biochar preparation and adsorption of dyes using biochar, Algal biorefinary

Email: pradip1074@gmail.com; Contact: 7005284658

Name: - SHUBHANKAR DEBNATH (PA & PhD Scholar)

Education qualification: - B.Tech in Food technology from Assam University (first class), M.Tech in chemical and polymer engineering from Tripura  University (first class), pursuing Ph.D. from NIT Agartala.

Areas of Interest: Design exopolysaccharides (EPS) production platform frommicroalgae

Email: debnath6552@gmail.com ; Contact: 8837364625    

Name: - Megha Sikdar (PhD Scholar)

Education qualification: - B..Sc  (First Class) and, M..Sc (First Class) in Life sciences from Presidency University (first class), pursuing Ph.D. from NIT Agartala.

Areas of Interest: Bioproductis/ Drugs from microbial sources

Email: meghamukulsikder@gmail.com   

Name: - Somen Debnath (PhD Scholar)

Education qualification: - B..Sc in Biotechnology from North Orissa University (first class), M..Sc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from Tripura  University (first class), pursuing Ph.D. from NIT Agartala.

Areas of Interest: Metabolic engineering for bioproducts

Email: somendebnath7@gmail.com ; Contact: 8014924969    

Name: - Sujan Das (PhD Scholar)

Education qualification: - B..Sc in Human Physiology from MBB College (first class), M..Sc in Microbiology from Tripura  University (first class), pursuing Ph.D. from NIT Agartala.

Areas of Interest: Bioproducts from Microbial platform

Email: sujandas888sd@gmail.com  ; Contact: 9366234302    

Name: - PANKAJ RANJAN MOHAPATRA  (JRF)

Education qualification: - M.Sc in BIOTECHNOLOGY (FIRST CLASS), B.Sc IN BOTANY (FIRST CLASS HONS)

Areas of Interest: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS), MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIAL & FUNGAL CULTURE, BACTERIAL TRANSFORMATION), PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, MOLECULAR DOCKING & SIMULATION

Email: P.R.MAHAPATRA9@GMAIL.COM ; Contact: 8837364625    

Name: - Debasrita Saha (PA)

Education qualification: - B.Sc in Human Physiology from Holy Cross, M.Sc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from Tripura University (FIRST CLASS HONS)

Areas of Interest: Computational Biology, Working with strains and finding ways to make them economically feasible, Insilico method of drug discovery

Email: debasrita.1997@gmail

PhD completed

Name: - Dr. UMA SHANKAR PRASAD UDAY (Assistant Professor, Brainware University, Kolkata)

Education qualification: - M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and completed PhD from NIT Agartala in 2017 

Areas of Interest: Xylanase production

Email: iamumabiotech@gmail.com  

Name: - Dr. SUDHANSU SANDHIBIGRAHA  

Education qualification: - M.Tech in Civil Engineering from NT Agartala, and completed PhD from NIT Agartala in 2021 

Areas of Interest: Biodegradation of 4-Chlorophenol (4-CP)

Email: ssandhibigraha@gmail.com   

Name: Dr. PAYEL CHOUDHURY (CSIR-RA, at Department of Bioengineering, NIT Agartala)

Qualification: M. Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Agartala, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2021.

Area of Interest: Performance analysis of Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

Email: payell.moon12@gmail.com 

Name: Dr. R M MAHTO  (Assistant Professor, Vishweshawr Singh Janta College Rajnagar, Madhubani)

Qualification: M. Sc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Tezpur University, and cracked UGC-JRF. He did his PhD in Biotechnology from Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana in 2021.

Area of Interest: Random mutagenesis approach for enhanced production of pectinase

Email: rambalak85@gmail.com  

Name: Dr. RIA MAJUMDAR (Assistant Professor (Research) at Poornima University )

Qualification: B.Tech, and M.Tech in Civil Engineering from NIT Agartala, and did her PhD in Civil Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2023.

Area of Interest: Preparation of Nanocellulose and its application as biocomposite

Email: majumdarria439@gmail.com   

Name: Dr. TANIA PAUL

Qualification: M.Sc in Biotechnology from Ravenshaw University, Odisha, and did her PhD in Chemical Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2023.

Area of Interest:  Prodigiosin production

Email: taniapaul1991a@gmail.com      

Name: Dr. PRASHANT BHARDWAJ (Assistant Professor, NIT Agartala)

Qualification: M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from NIT Agartala (first class), and did his Ph.D. from IIT Dhanbad 0n 2023

Area of Interest: Pathway Analysis of marker proteins involved in Cancer based on Multiple Biological Networks

Email:  prashant.cse@nita.ac.in  , Contact: 9774272101

Name: DR. PINKU CHANDRA NATH  (Assistant Professor,The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya )

Qualification: B.Tech in Food Technology from Assam University (first class), M.Tech Food technology from Assam University (first class), and did  Ph.D ( 1st PhD from Department of Bioengineering), from NIT Agartala on 8th Feb, 2024

Area of Interest: Design phycoerythrin (C-PE) production platform frommicroalgae

Email: nathpinku005@gmail.com , Contact: 7005928423

Name: - BISWAJIT SARKAR (JRF)

Education qualification: - B.Tech in chemical engineering from NIT Agartala (first class), M.Tech in chemical and polymer engineering from Tripura  University (first class).

Areas of Interest: Single-cell protein blue-green algae, Soil Amendment (using manure or biochar), Ideal Reactor Design and Distillation,  Pump, Drying, Heat Exchanger. Management (In A Startup Company)

Email:  Sarkarbiswa92@gmail.com;                                   

Name: - TANIYA DEBNATH (PA)

Education qualification: - B.Tech in Bioengineering from NIT Agartala (first class) 

Areas of Interest: Design natural colour production platform frommicroalgae

Email: taniya87949@gmail.com