Faculty Credentials

Agronomy+ Agroforestry
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Sudhanshu Mishra rr	Ph. D (Agronomy)	Professor	Principal Investigator
				All India Coordinated Research Project on Weed Control, OUAT, Bhubaneswar
				Worked as state Coordinator in National Invasive Weed Surveillance Project for three years (2008-2010) and felicitated by the Directorate of Weed Science Research, Jabalpur (ICAR) for successful implementation of NIWS Project in the State.
2	Ms. Nirmala Patel	M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy	Assistant Professor	Qualified “ICAR- NET”
3	Mr. Sidharth Priyatam	M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy	Assistant Professor	Qualified “ICAR- NET”
4	Ms Sanjana Tripathy	M.Sc. (Agronomy)	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR NET
5	Ms. Ananya Mohanty	M.Sc. (Agronomy)	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR NET
6	Ms. Rashmiprava Maharana	M.Sc. (Forestry)	Assistant Professor	Awarded ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (NTS) at Al-India level for M.Sc. degree program.
				Secured 2nd position in Quiz Competition on “Agroforestry” organized on Agricultural Education Day.
				Awarded NCC ‘B’ Certificate and ‘C’ Certificate with Grade ‘B’.
				Runners-up trophy with team in the national level BOTANY FEST, 2018 held in Waghai Botanical Garden, Waghai.
7				Qualified ICAR-NET
8	Mrs. Sucharita Panda Asst. Professor	M.Sc. (Forestry)	Assistant Professor	Awarded ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (NTS) at All India level for M.Sc. degree program
				Qualified ICAR-NET

Agricultural Economics + Basic Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Sadanand Sahu	Ph. D. Economics	Associate Professor	Awarded as the first Ph. D. Scholar in Economics, July-2011, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha
2	Dr. Biplab Rath	Ph. D. Math	Associate Professor	Certified with Short term course on Differential Equation by IIT GUWAHATI
3	Mr. Subhrajyoti Mishra	M. Sc. (Ag.) Agril. Eco.	Assistant Professor	Awarded MOOC CERTIFICATE-on “Designing E learning Content”
				Qualified ICAR-PG NTS Exam – 2017
				Managing Editor, Sabujeema International multidisciplinary e-magazine.
				Recognized with Innovation ambassador training “Foundation level” by MoE’s Innovation cell & AICTE
4	Mr. Subrat Kumar Mahapatra	M.Sc. (Ag.) Agri. Statistics	Assistant Professor	Kalp- Young Scientist Award in 4th National Annual Conference on Advance Tools &Techniques in Agriculture, Horticulture, Environmental & Biotechnological Sciences in Current Era, Mathura.
				Young Scientists Award in International scientists Award on Engineering, Science & Medicine.
				Best Thesis Award in National Conference on Recent Trends & New Frontires in Biotechnology, Agriculture, Science & Environment.
				MOOC CERTIFICATE- Information Handling Skills For Teaching, Learning & Research
				Associate Editor -Global Journal of Research in Agriculture & Life Science.
				Coordinator of 20 days international webinar conducted by IRRI, Phillipines
				Reviewer –
				Springer Nature.
				International Journal of research & Innovation in applied science
				Net Journal of Agriculture Science
				Asian Journal of Agriculture Extension, Economics & Sociology

Agricultural Extension and Communication + Sociology and Psychology, English
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Manoranjan Mohapatra	Ph. D. (Agri. Extension Education)	Professor	Best Extension Scientist of OUAT award on 24.08. 2013
				Best Performer in the field award on 26.01.2015
2	Ms. Mita Meher	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Agri. Extension Education)	Assistant Professor	University Gold Medal in M.Sc (Ag).
				Lingaraj Mishra Gold Medal in M.Sc (Ag) from OUAT.
				PG Research Award in AIAAS-2020 by ENRF (Ek Nayi Rah Foundation)
				UGC-NET certificate in 2018 & 2019
				Best oral presentation award in PRAGATI
				Second in ‘VIVECHAN’ in national institute of agricultural marketing (NIAM), Jaipur
				MOOC CERTIFICATE in –
				Psychology of Learning
				Designing E learning Content
				Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education
				e-Extension
				Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification
				Employment Generation among Rural Youth through Agri – entrepreneurship
				Psychometric scale construction techniques: basic to advance.
				Certificate of Appreciation by SSU Innovation in collaboration with startup Odisha for coordinating boot camp for students.
3	Ms. Sushree Purabi Panigrahi	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Agri. Extension Education)	Assistant Professor	UGC-NET certified in 2018
				Qualified ASRB-NET-2021.
				PG Research Award in AIAAS-2020 by ENRF (Ek Nayi Rah Foundation)
				MOOC CERTIFICATE in –
				Desinging E learning Content
				Fundamental of Agricultural Extension Education
				Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification
				Employment Generation among Rural Youth through Agripreneurship
				e-Extension
				Certificate of Appreciation by SSU Innovation in collaboration with startup Odisha for coordinating boot camp for students.
4	Dr. Anmol Panda	Ph.D (Agri. Extension Education)	Assistant Professor	Qualified for ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2015 (AIR Rank 16).
				Qualified for ICAR- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in 2017 (AIR Rank 2)
				Qualified ICAR-National Eligibility Test conducted by ASRB in 2018.
				Qualified UGC-National Eligibility Test (adult education/Non formal Education/andragogy /Continuing education) in 2018.
				Best poster presentation award in International Conference on Recent Advances in Agriculture, Engineering and Biotechnology for Food Security by Mahima Research Foundation, Varanasi, 24-25 September 2021.
5	Ms. Barsha Das	M.A (English)	Assistant Professor	Rastra Bhasha Sastri Awardee, 2013.
				Rastra Bhasha Prabin Awardee, 2014.

Entomology
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Hara Prasad Misra	Ph. D. Entomology	Professor	University Gold Medal for securing 1st position in 1st Class in M. Sc. (Ag.), Entomology at O.U.A.T.
				Gold Medal for outstanding academic career during Ph.D. studies at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
				Awarded with “Farmers’ Friend Award – 2015” by Odisha Krushak Mancha, Odisha.
				Received both ICAR Junior and Senior fellowships for pursuing Masters and Ph.D. degrees.
2	Ms. Sangita Limma	M.Sc. (Ag.) Entomology	Assistant Professor	Editorial board membership in “Just Agriculture” e-Magazine
3	Ms. Soumya Sthithapragyan	M.Sc. (Ag.) Entomology	Assistant Professor	Awarded with ICAR NTS UG Scholarship.
				Awarded with ICAR NTS PG JRF in Agricultural Entomology
				Awarded the ICAR SRF scholarship with AIR 19.
				Qualified ASRB-NET of agricultural entomology discipline in NET(1)-2018.
				Awards received
				Awarded with Shri Malla Jagannadham Memorial Prize at 58th Kisan Mela, RARS Anakapalle.
				Awarded with Mani Mannar Memorial Gold Medal at 50th Annual Convocation ANGRAU ,Naira for securing the highest CGPA in the subjects of Genetics and Plant Breeding and Plant Pathology.
				Awarded with The Srikakulam District Industrial And Commercial Exhibition Society Gold medal at 50th Annual Convocation ,Angrau ,Naira for securing the highest CGPA in the subject of Entomology.
				Awarded with the Sri Kinjarapu Yarranaidu Award of Gold Medal at 50th Annual Convocation ,Angrau ,Naira for securing the highest OGPA.
				Awarded with India Star Golden Award 2020 in the field of Education.
				Awarded Young Scientist award by VDGOOD PROFESSIONAL 2021
4	Dr. Ritesh Mishra	Ph.D. Entomology	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR-NET-2018
				ICAR-National Talent Scholarship during M. Sc. (Ag)- 2015

Genetics and Plant Breeding + (Seed Science and Technology)
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Mamata Behera	Ph.D. PBG	Assistant Professor	Awarded with “Biju Patnaik Research Fellowship” for Ph. D. research work.
2	Mrs. Darshana Patra	M.Sc. (Ag) PBG	Assistant Professor	ICAR NET (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
				GATE Life Sciences 2019.
				Best Poster Presentation Awards in International Conference ICPDB NISER and OBPC KIIT.
3	Dr. Smrutishree Sahoo	MSc. (Ag) PBG	Assistant Professor	Qualified and awarded with the certificate of merit for the examination “URANIUM talent search Examination” held in 2008.
				ICAR-JRF rank 149 in Plant science.
				Topped in GPB department of in Master’s degree.
				Qualified ICAR-NET- 2018 and 2021 in Genetics and Plant Breeding.
				Got 1st rank in GBPUAT state entrance exam for Ph.D.
				Student Excellence Award 2021 by College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.

Horticulture + (Food Science and Technology)
Sl No	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Mrs. Gangotri Mishra	M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR- NET 2017
				University Gold Medallist
2	Dr. Swosti Debapriya Behera	Ph.D. (Horticulture)	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR-NET2018
				Gold Medalist in M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture
				Research Excellence Award-2020
				Indian Glory Award for Innovative Research (2021)
3	Mrs. Priyanka Sahu	M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture	Assistant Professor	Innovative Article Award 2020, in Agriculture & Food: e-Newsletter.
				Dr. Banyal Memorial Best paper award 2016, Society For Advancement of Human And Nature (SADHANA)
4	K. Raja Babu	M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture	Assistant Professor	ASRB- NET -2018 in Floriculture and Landscape Architecture
5	Veera Usha Rani	M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture	Assistant Professor	ASRB- NET -2018 (Vegetable Science)

Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry+ (Microbiology, Agrometeorology, Environmental science
Sl No	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Mr. Kshirod Chandra Sahoo	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Soil Sc. and Agril. Chemistry)	Assistant Professor	Qualified ICAR-NET- 2018
2	Dr. Rajeswari Das	Ph.D (Soil Sc. and Agril. Chemistry)	Assistant Professor	University Gold Medal for securing 1st position in 1st Class in M. Sc. (Ag.), Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry at O.U.A.T.
				Awarded with ICAR Senior Research Fellowship [ICAR-JRF/SRF(PGS)], 2018.
				Awarded with Young Scientist award at International Conference on Food and Agriculture organized by Endling Conferences.
				Awarded with Young Microbiologist Award in International Conference on Agriculture, Allied and Applied Sciences (ICAAAS-2018) organized by Ek Nayi Rah Foundation (ENRF) Etawah, UP, India.
				Awarded with Best MSc. Thesis Award on the Research from Green Agri Professional Society (GAPS) at 3rd National conference on, (PRAGATI-2019).
				Awarded with Best Oral Presentation Award in “International Conference on Food and Agriculture”, organized by Endling Conferences.
				MOOC CERTIFICATE in-
				International online short course on “Precision Agriculture: A Technology for Income Augmentation and Entrepreneurship Development” 2020
				“Satellite Photogrammetry and it’s Application” 2020 from 29th June to 3rd July at IIRS outreach network centre, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar.
				“Remote Sensing of Land Degradation” 2020 from 1st to 7th December at IIRS outreach network centre, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar organized by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
3	Ms. Debasmita Das	M.Sc. (Ag.) Agro-meteorology	Assistant Professor	Awarded certificate in workshop on Smart Horticulture, 2017 organized by Smart Agri Post, Bhubaneswar.
				Awarded certificate in three days Online International students and faculty development programme on “Innovation Food Processing Technologies. Value addition, Food Safety and Security””, organized by Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya.
				Awarded certificate in online training programme on “Post-harvest Management and Value Addition in Horticultural Crops for Budding Startups”, organized by College Of Horticulture And Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.

Plant Pathology
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Kailash Behari Mohapatra	Ph. D. (Plant Pathology)	Professor	Awarded with “Kalinga Ratna Prativa Samman” by star Odisha, Cuttack for contribution in Mushroom, 2012.
				Felicitated by “Krushak Sambad”, Cuttack for popularization of mushroom in the State, 2012.
				Award of excellence for “Best Entrepreneurship Promoter” in the field of Mushroom Production by OUAT, 2015.
				Award of excellence for best Agril. Scientist by “Chalachitra Jagat”, 2016.
2	Ms. Sandhyarani Nanda	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Plant Pathology)	Assistant Professor	MOOC CERTIFICATE in-
				Integrated pest management
				Desinging E learning Content
				Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification
3	Ms. Tensirani Pradhan	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Plant Pathology)	Assistant Professor	MOOC CERTIFICATE in-
				Application of Geoinformatics in Ecological Studies
				Editor in magazine Agriculture & Food: e-Newsletter.
4	Mr. S. Pavan Kumar	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Plant Pathology)	Assistant Professor	Qualified “ICAR- NET
				Selected for ICAR-National Talent Scholarship (NTS) during M.Sc (Ag)
5	Mr. Prateek Ranjan Behera	M.Sc. (Ag.) (Plant Pathology)	Assistant Professor	ICAR-NET qualified in 2018
				Selected for ICAR-National Talent Scholarship (NTS) during M.Sc. (Ag)
				Selected for ICAR-SRF during Ph.D.
				Best article award for “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): A Boon to Sustainable Agriculture”

Animal Sciences including Fisheries, Dairy Sciences and Poultry
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. Bishu Charan Sabar	B.VSc.	Assistant Professor	Field experience of 5 years in livestock & Poultry.

Agricultural Engineering + (Farm Management)
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Mr. Abhinab Mishra	M. Tech (Agri. Engg.)	Associate Professor	Qualified ICAR-NET – 2018 (Farm Machinery & Power Engg.)
				Recognized by WHO on their official website for Research paper “Disinfectants and Sprayers for Prevention of COVID-19 Pandemic in India” 2021 published by European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine.
				Best innovative article award by Sabujeema International Multidisciplinary e-Magazine in May, 2021.
				MOOC Certificate on
				“Application of Geoinformatics in Ecological Studies” conducted by IIRS, during 13-07-20 to 24-7-20.
				Editorial board membership in Sabujeema International Multidisciplinary e-Magazine.
				Awarded M. Tech. student project scholarship 2012-13 from Department of Science and Technology, Rajasthan.
2	Dr. Deepak Kumar	Ph.D. (Agri. Engineering)	Assistant Professor	Vice Chancellors Gold Medal Award at JAU
				Qualified ICAR-NET-2021.
				MOOC CERTIFICATE-
				Employment Generation among Rural Youth through Agripreneurship.
				Integrated Pest Management

Bio-Chemistry & Crop Physiology
Sl. No.	Name of the faculty	Highest Qualification	Designation	Honours and awards
1	Dr. A.B. Das	Ph.D., D.Sc. Emeritus Professor (CSIR)	Professor	Former Head, Botany & Director, Self Finance Courses, UU
				Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award -2007, Orissa Bigyan Academy
				Prof. Hiralalat Chakroborty Award -1999, Indian Science Congress
				Dr. Mupuri Braham Memorial Award – 2018, Orissa Botanical Society
				Post Doctoral Fellow – Liverpool University, UK – 1998
				Visiting Scientist – Leiden University, The Netherlands -1998
				RI-LAT International Fellow- ICAR Rothamstad, UK – 1999
				Visiting Fellow – Queen Mary College, London -1999
				Matsumae International Fellow – Sapporo University, Japan – 2000
				Visiting Scientist – Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, UK – 2010
				DBT Overseas Fellow – IEB, Czech Republic -2005
				DBT Overseas Fellow – University of Leicester, U.K. -2010
2	Dr. Rinny Swain	Ph.D. Agricultural Biotechnology	Associate Professor	GATE (2014)-BT qualified with 89% percentile
				2016: ICAR-NET conducted by ASRB qualified with 62%
				University Gold medal (1^st Rank holder) Merit certificate in M.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology
				‘National Talent Scholarship’ by ICAR in B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture
				Merit Scholarship (Studentship) by ‘Department of Biotechnology’ in M.Sc. (Agri.)
				‘INSPIRE Fellowship’ award in Ph.D. by DST (Department of Science and Technology)
				Best poster award – NCPP-2014
				Best oral presentation award – BSUB-2017
				Best poster award – ISCA-2017
				Best oral presentation award – RTMB-2018
				Mentor in AICTE National Level Chhatra Vishwakarma Award 2020

GANDHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, GUNUPUR

B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture

Faculty Credentials