On-Going projects:

1. Role of microorganisms on the productivity of the Bhitarkanika mangrove forest and potentiality of rhizosphere inhabiting bacteria in mangrove reforestation (CSIR, GoI)

2. Biotechnological approaches of plant associated microbes for improved plant productivity and ecosystem functioning in mangrove forest of Bhitarkanika, Odisha, India (DBT, GoI)

3. Biofilm developmental stages of marine bacteria and biofilm-EPS based bioremediation of toxic heavy metals from industrial wastewater (Science & Technology Department, Govt of Odisha)

4. Involvement of bacterial cytoskeleton in morphogenesis during biofilm development for xenobiotic degradation (BRNS, DAE, GoI)

Completed projects:

1. Studies on association between biofilm formation and quorum sensing autoinducer in potential marine bacteria for enhanced utilization in bioremediation (DBT-RGYI, GoI)

2. Molecular characterization and genetic analysis of biofilm forming mercury resistant marine bacteria for bioremediation (DBT, GoI)

3. Diversity and synthesis of immunoglobulin in the Indian Major Carps (NASF, ICAR)

4. Phototrophic biofilm based wastewater recycling for sustainable water usage in rubber latex coagulation (DBT-Twinning, GOI)

5. Understanding biofilm modulation and catabolic gene expression by quorum sensing autoinducers in marine bacteria for degradation of poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (DBT, GoI)

6. Taxonomy and diversity of culture-dependent and culture-independent heterotrophic bacteria of Bhitarkanika Mangrove Ecosystem (MoEFCC)

7. Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles from manglicolous fungi of Indian Sundarban and their application in sequestration of heavy metals from contaminated water (DBT, GOI)

8. Characterization of marine bacterial bio film for utilization in degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon (Science & Technology Department, Govt of Odisha)

9. Studies on impact and response of ecologically important bacteria towards environmental stressors of Bhitarkanika Mangrove ecosystem, Odisha (MoES, GoI)

10. Enhanced carbonate precipitation of ureolytic and nitrifying microbe treated rubber wastewater (Twinning, DBT, GoI)