Prof. Surajit Das, FAMSc, FRSB

Work & Education

06/2025- till date: Head, Career Development Centre (CDC), NIT Rourkela, Odisha

3/2023 - till date : Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha

7/2020- 7/2023 : Head, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkela, Odisha

2/2018 - 3/2023  : Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha

7/2009 - 2/2018   : Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha

3/2008 - 7/2009    : Lecturer, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University U.P, Noida 

5/2008 - 10/2008  : Postdoctoral Fellow, National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability, University of Tasmania, Australia 

2003-2008               : Ph.D. in Marine Biology (Microbiology), Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India 

2001 - 2003             : M.Sc. (First Rank) in Coastal Aquaculture, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

1997 - 2000             : B.Sc. Industrial Fish & Fisheries, Zoology & Chemistry, Asutosh College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India 

Awards & Fellowships

2026 : Fellow, Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) in 2026 (Membership# P0171068).

2025 : Fellow, Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc).

2026 : Scientific Excellence Award in the “Global Summit on Blue Economy” held at Loka Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, organized by   Bhubaneswr City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation (BCKIC) and Govt of Odisha from 13-14 March, 2026.

2009 : Junior Scientist Award in Environmental Microbiology from the Association of Microbiologists of India in

2008 : Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Australian Government  to undertake Postdoctoral research programme in Australia.

2007 : Junior Scientist award by the Board of International Awards of National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, India.

2003 : Ramasamy Padayatchiar Endowment Merit Award by Government of Tamil Nadu from Annamalai University. 

Honor/Memberships

Member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), South Asia.

IUCN nominated expert (observer) on ‘Synthetic Biology’ of Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) set up by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Associate Editor, iMeta journal. http://www.imeta.science/editor.html  

Academic Editor of PLOS One.

Associate Editor of BMC Microbiology in “Ecological and Evolutionary Microbiology” section.

Editorial Board member (Environmental Biotechnology) of QScience Connect (ISSN: 2223-506X).

Editorial Advisory Board member of Nusantara Bioscience journal (ISSN 2087-3948).

Life member (L-18910) of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata.

Life member (474-2009) of the Association of Microbiologists of India.

Life member (LM-029-10) of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai, India .

Life member (L/M- 1052) of the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, India .

Member of the Association of the Tropical Biology and Conservation, (ATBC Member #1004151).