Utkal University

Sl.No.	Programmes	Number of seats
1	P.G.	20
2	Ph.D.	5

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3	Env Science Syllabus CBCS

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4	Env Science objectives
5	Ph.D.

Facilities

One ICT enabled Classroom earmarked for teaching.
One Seminar Library having approximately 300 nos. of Reference books for various branches of Environmental Sciences.
A laboratory earmarked for execution of daily experiments of practical classes of M.Sc. Environmental Sciences.
A provision of Field study/ Industrial tour to explore the Environmental aspects of the place.

Laboratory:
There is a well-equipped M.Sc. Practical Laboratory with facilities for Water analysis, Air sampling and analysis, Noise sampling and Microbial analysis of air and water. It contains;

Major Instrumental facilities

Respirable Dust Sampler (01)
Digital Weighing Balance (01)
Table Top High Speed Centrifuge (01)
Compound Microscope (05)
Bacteriological Incubator (01)
BOD Incubator (01)
Sound Level meter (01)
LCD Projectors with laptop computer (01)
Double Distillation Unit (01)
Autoclave (02)
Digital pH Meter (01)
Digital Conductivity Meter (01)
Water-bath (01)
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (01)
Electrophoretic Units (02)
Water bath (01)
Refrigerated Centrifuge (01)

Publications

Number of articles published during last five years

Year	National	International
2017	1	7
2018	2	8
2019	0	7
2020	4	21
2021	0	17

Details of publications are available under faculty profile:

Sl no	Title of paper	Name of author/s	Dept of teachers	Name of the journal	Year of publications	ISBN/ISSN number
1. 1	Assessment of air pollution tolerance index of some selected roadside plants of Bhubaneswar city of Odisha.	Acharya S., Jena, R.C. Das, S.J. Pradhan C. and Chand P.K.	Environmental Science	Journal of Environmental Biology	2017	0254-8704 (Print) 2394-0379 (Online)
2.	The role of coal technology in defining India’s climate change agents and other pollutants,	S. K. Sahu, T. Ohara, G Beig	Environmental Science	Environmental Research Letters (ERL)	2017	1748-9326
3.	Surface ozone characterization at Larsemann Hills and Maitri, Antarctica, ,	A. Kaushar, D. Trivedi, S. K. Sahu	Environmental Science	Science of the Total Environment	2017	1879-1026
4.	Physico-chemical characterization of total suspended particulate matter over two coastal stations of Antarctica and adjoining ocean	Ali, Kaushar; Trivedi, D. K.; Sahu, Saroj	Environmental Science	Atmospheric Environment	2017	1352-2310
5.	Extracellular production of Amylase and Protease by Penicillium purpurogenum BKS9.	Sethi, B.K, Dikshit, B., Sahoo, S.L, Pradhan, C., Sena, S. and Behera, B.C	Environmental Science	Bioengineering & Bioscience	2017	2332-0028
6.	Effect of P- Solubilizing Bacteria on Microbial Biomass P and Phosphatase Activity in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) Rhizosphere.	Pradhan,M., Pradhan, C. and Mohanty,S.	Environmental Science	International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences	2017	2319-7706
7.	Silver Nitrate Mediated Oxidative Stress Induced Genotoxicity of Allium cepa L.	Pradhan, C., Routray, D. and Das, A.B.	Environmental Science	Cytologia	2017	0011-4545
8.	Contribution of native phosphorous-solubilizing bacteria of acid soils on phosphorous acquisition in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.).	Pradhan, M., Sahoo,R.K, Pradhan, C., Tuteja, N and Mohanty,S.	Environmental Science	Protoplasma	2017	1615-6102
9.	Study of Biodegradation of Luffa Cylindrica/ Poly(lactic) Acid Composites.	Tripathy, S., Pradhan, C. and Parida, C.	Environmental Science	International Journal of Current Research and Review	2018	2231-2196
10.	Estimation of high resolution emissions from road transport in a megacity Delhi	V. Singh, S. K. Sahu, A. Kesarkar, A. Biswal	Environmental Science	Urban Climate	2018	2212-0955
11.	An in situ study of growth of Lemongrass Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W.Watson on varying concentration of Chromium (Cr+6) on soil and its bioaccumulation:Perspectives on phytoremediation potential and phytostabilisation of Chromium toxicity.	Patra, D., Pradhan, C. and Patra,H.K.	Environmental Science	Chemosphere	2018	0045-6535
12.	Soil microbial biomass phosphorous and phosphatase activity as influenced by application of p solubilizing bacteria in acid soil.	Pradhan, M., Lakra,P.B., Sahoo, R.K., Pradhan, C. and Mohanty, S.	Environmental Science	Multilogic in Science.	2018	ISSN 2277-7601
13.	Chromium phytoaccumulation and tolerance potential of Coffe Pod: Cassia tora (L.) Roxb. grown in chelate and fertilizer assisted soil.	Jena, P., Pradhan, C. and Patra, H.K.	Environmental Science	Annals of Plant sciences.	2018	ISSN: 2287-688X
14.	Ionic stress induced Cytotoxic Effect of Cadmium and Nickel Ions on Roots of Allium cepa L.	Gantayat, S., Mania, S., Pradhan, C. and Das, A.B.	Environmental Science	Cytologia	2018	ISSN:0011-4545
15.	Study on P solubilizing efficiencies of native PSB isolates from acid soils of Odisha.	Pradhan, M., Dhali,S., Lakra,P.B., Pradhan, C. and Mohanty, S.	Environmental Science	Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry	2018	E-ISSN: 2278-4136, P-ISSN: 2349-8234
16.	Chromium stress impact on Lemongrass grown in Over Burden Soil of Sukinda Chromite Ore Mine (Odisha), India.	Patra, D., Pradhan, C. and Patra,H.K	Environmental Science	Annals of Plant sciences	2018	ISSN: 2287-688X
17.	Larvicidal and Pupicidal activity of Clerodendrum philippinum Schauer Leaf Extracts against Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti.	Dhal, P., Rout, J.R., Dash, P.K., Panda, S., Pati P, Rath, C.C., Pradhan, C., Sahoo, S.L.	Environmental Science	Pharmacognosy Journal	2018	ISSN: 0975-3575
18.	Proteomic and genomic responses of plants to nutritional stress	Kerry,G.,, Mahapatra,G.P, Patra,S., Sahoo, S.L,Pradhan,C., Padhi, B.K.. and Rout,J.R	Environmental Science	Biometals	2018	ISSN 0966-0844
19. 2	Low dose cadmium (II) induced antifungal activity against blast disease in rice.	P. Jali, S. Acharya, G. Mahalik, A. B. Das and C. Pradhan	Environmental Science	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	2019	0885-5765
20.	Anatomy of the Winter 2017 Air Quality Emergency in Delhi,	G. Beig, S. Reka, N Parkhi, G. R. Carmichael, S. Singh, S. K. Sahu, S Maji, A. Radhod	Environmental Science	Science of the Total Environment	2019	1879-1026
21.	Biochemical, molecular, and elemental profiling of Withania somnifera L.with response to zinc stress.	Rout, J.R., Kerry, G., Panigrahi D., Sahoo, S.L, Pradhan, C.,Ram, S.S., Chakrobarty A., Mathummal S.	Environmental Science	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	2019	ISSN: 09441344
22.	Chromium bioaccumulation, oxidative stress metabolism and oil content in lemon grass Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W. Watson grown in chromium rich over burden soil of Sukinda-chromitemine, India.	Patra, D., Pradhan, C. and Patra,H.K	Environmental Science	Chemosphere	2019	ISSN : 0045-6535
23.	Chelate based Phytoremediation study for attenuation of Chromium toxicity stress using Lemongrass: Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W. Watson.	Patra, D., Pradhan, C. and Patra, H.K.	Environmental Science	International Journal of Phytoremediation	2019	ISSN:15497879
24.	Evaluating the variability, transport and periodicity of particulate matter over smart city Bhubaneswar, a tropical coastal station of eastern India.	Sahu, S.K., Tyagi,B., Pradhan, C. and Beig,G	Environmental Science	SN Applied Sciences	2019	2523-3971
25.	Vibriocidal activity of leaf and rhizome extract of Maranta arundinacea L.	Samal, P., Tripathy P., Das, R., Sahoo, S.L., Pradhan, C., Padhi, B.K and Rout, J.R.	Environmental Science	Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology	2019	ISSN : 2455-7005 and e-ISSN: 2347-212X
26. 3	Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-oxidative properties of different extracts of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza L..	S. Acharya, D.K. Patra, C. Pradhan and P.K. Mohapatra	Environmental Science	European Journal of Integrative Medicine	2020	1876-3820 (print); 1876-3839 (web)
27. 4	Nickel (II) modulated antifungal activity against Pyricularia oryzae Cav. in Oryza sativa L..	D. Jena, S. Acharya, D.K. Patra, S. Dhali and C. Pradhan	Environmental Science	Plant Archives	2020	2581-6063 (online) 0972-5210 (print)
28. 5	Chelator application improves the antioxidant defense activity, chromium uptake and oil content in lemon grass grown in chromium contaminated over burden dumps of mining area.	D.K. Patra, S. Acharya, C. Pradhan and H.K. Patra	Environmental Science	Plant Archives	2020	2581-6063 (online) 0972-5210 (print)
29. 6	AM fungi mediated bioaccumulation of hexavalent chromium in Brachiaria mutica-a mycorrhizal phytoremediation approach.	Kullu, B. Patra, D.K. Acharya, S. Pradhan, C. Patra, H.K.	Environmental Science	Chemosphere	2020	0045-6535
30. 7	Assessment of the Phytoremediation Potential of Zinnia elegans L. plant species for hexavalent chromium through pot experiment.	A. Panda, D.K. Patra, S. Acharya, C. Pradhan and H.K. Patra	Environmental Science	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2020	2352-1864
31. 8	Comparative Assessment of Phytoaccumulation Potential of Mustard and Wheat Grown in Nickel Contaminated Soil – A Phytoremediation Approach.	H.K. Patra, N. Pattanaik, D.K. Patra, S. Acharya and C. Pradhan	Environmental Science	Pollution research	2020	0257–8050
32. 9	Poaceae plants as potential phytoremediators of heavy metals and eco-restoration in contaminated mining sites.	Patra, D. K.; Acharya, S.; Pradhan, C.; Patra, H.K.	Environmental Science	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2020	2352-1864
33.	Mitigation of PM_2.5and Ozone Pollution in Delhi: A Sensitivity Study during the Pre-monsoon period,	Y. Chen, O. Wild, E. Ryan, S. K. Sahu, D. Lowe, S. Archer-Nicholls, Y. Wang, G. McFiggans, T. Ansari, V. Singh, R. S. Sokhi, A. Archibald, G. Beig	Environmental Science	Atmospheric Chemistry Physics (ACP)	2020	1680-7324
34.	COVID-19 and Environmental -Weather Markers: Unfolding Baseline Levels and Veracity of Linkages in Tropical India,	G. Beig, S. Bano, S. K. Sahu, V. Anand, N. Korhale, A. Rathod, R. Yadav, P. Mangaraj, B.S. Murthy, S. Singh, R. Shinde	Environmental Science	Environmental Research	2020	0013-9351
35.	Towards baseline air pollution under COVID-19: implication to chronic health and Policy Research for Delhi, India	G.Beig, P. George, S. K. Sahu, Aditi Rathod, Siddhartha Singh, Shruti Dole, B. S. Murthy, R. Latha1, Suvarna Tikle and Rajanikant Shinde	Environmental Science	Current Science	2020	0011-3891
36.	Objective evaluation of stubble emission of North India and quantifying its impact on air quality of Delhi,.	G. Beig, S. K. Sahu, V Singh, S Tikle, S B Sobhana, P Gargeva, K Ramkrishna, A Rathod, B S Murthy	Environmental Science	Science of the Total Environment	2020	1879-1026
37.	COVID-19 lockdown and air quality of SAFAR-India metro cities	R. Yadav, N. Korhale, V. Anand, A. Rathod, S. Bano, R. Shinde, R. Latha, S.K. Sahu, B.S. Murthy, Gufran Beig	Environmental Science	Urban Climate	2020	2212-0955
38.	Significant change in air quality parameters during the year 2020 over 1st smart city of India: Bhubaneswar	S. K. Sahu, B Tyagi, G. Beig, P. Mangaraj, C. Pradhan, S. Khuntia, V. Singh	Environmental Science	SN Applied Sciences	2020	2523-3971
39.	Spatial and temporal variations of air pollution over 41 cities of India during the COVID‑19 lockdown period,	K. P. Vadrevu, A. E aturu, S. Biswas, K. Lasko., S. K. Sahu, J. K. Garg & C. Justice	Environmental Science	Scientific reports	2020	2045-2322
40.	A study on efficient microbial biodegradation of cellulose based jute composite	Dey, A., Jali, P., Behera, A.K., Das,A.B and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Polymer Composite	2020	Print ISSN: 0272-8397, Online ISSN: 1548-0569
41.	Assessment of chromium toxicity, phytoremediation and tolerance potential of Sesbania sesban and Brachiaria mutica grown on chromite mine overburden dumps and garden soil.	Patra, D., Pradhan, C., Kumar,J.and Patra,H.K	Environmental Science	Chemosphere	2020	ISSN : 0045-6535
42.	Optimization of saccharifi cation prospective from starch of sweet potato roots through acid-enzyme hydrolysis: structural,chemical and elemental profi ling.	Jagatee,S., Priyadarsini,S, Pradhan,C. Sahoo,S.L.,Mohanty,R.C Ram,S.S, Sudarshan, MTeka,T.A, Jyoti R.R	Environmental Science	Acta Biologica Szegediensis	2020	ISSN:15884082
43.	Study on biodegradability and thermal behaviour of composites using poly lactic acid and gamma-irradiated fibres of Luffa cylindrica	Tripathy,S., Jali, P., Parida, C. and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Chemosphere	2020	ISSN : 0045-6535
44.	Phytoremediation potential of coffee pod (Cassia tora): An insitu approach for attenuation of chromium from overburdensoil of Sukinda Chromite Mine, India	Patra, D., GrahacharyA, A.,Pradhan, C., and Patra,H.K	Environmental Science	Environmental Progress Sustainable Energy	2020	ISSN : 1944-7442
45.	Augmenting in vitro shoot multiplication by growth Regulators and Photoperiod in Vigna mungo L.(Hepper.).	Singh, S.S., Pradhan, C., Swain, D. and Rout, G.	Environmental Science	Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology	2020	ISSN: 2457-1024
46.	Significant changes in air quality parameters during the year 2020 over 1^st smart city of India: Bhubaneswar.	Sahu, S.K., Tyagi, B.,Beig, G., Mangaraj, P., Pradhan,C, Khuntia, S. and Singh, V.	Environmental Science	SN Applied Sciences	2020	2523-3971
47.	Analysis on cytotoxicity and oxidative damage of iron nano-composite on Allium cepa L. root meristem.	Gantayat, S., Nayak, S.P., Badamali, S., Pradhan,C., and Das, A.B.	Environmental Science	Cytologia	2020	ISSN:0011-4545
48.	Toxic metal decontamination by phytoremediation approach: Concept, challenges, opportunities and future perspectives..	Patra, D., Pradhan, C. and Patra, H.K.	Environmental Science	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2020	ISSN: 2352-1864
49.	Control of stem-rot disease of rice caused by Sclerotium oryzae Catt and its cellular defense mechanism – a review	Ghosh, T., Pradhan, C, Das, A.B.	Environmental Science	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	2020	ISSN:0885-5765
50.	Biogas as an alternative to stubble burning in India	Satapathy, P. and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	2020	ISSN: 21906815, 21906823
51. 10	Quantitative Ecological Study of Rhizophoraceae Mangroves of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary Regions of Odisha Coast, India.	Acharya, S., Patra, D.K., Mahalik, G., Mohapatra, P.K.	Environmental Science	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences	2021	e-ISSN 2250-1746 Print ISSN 0369-8211
52.	On modelling growing menace of household emissions under COVID-19 in Indian metros	G. Beig, N. Korhale, A. Rathod, S. Maji, S. K. Sahu, S.Dole, R. Latha, B.S. Murthy	Environmental Science	Environmental Pollution	2021	0269-7491
53.	Avoiding high ozone pollution in Delhi, India	Y. Chen, G. Beig, S. Archer, Nicholls, W. Drysdale, J. Acton, D. Lowe, B. S. Nelson, J. D. Lee, L. Ran, Y. Wang, Z. Wu, S. K. Sahu, R. S. Sokhi, V. Singh, R. Gadi, C. N. Hewitt, E. Nemitz, A. Archibald, G. McFiggins and O. Wild	Environmental Science	Faraday Discuss	2021	1364-5498
54.	Establishing a link between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) zones and COVID-19 over India based on anthropogenic emission sources and air quality data	Saroj Kumar Sahu, Poonam Mangaraj, Gufran Beig, Bhisma Tyagi, Suvarna Tikle, V. Vinoj	Environmental Science	Urban Climate	2021	2212-0955
55.	India’s maiden air quality forecasting framework for megacities of divergent environments: the SAFAR-project,	Gufran Beig,, S. K. Sahu, V. Anandc, S. Bano, S. Maji, A. Rathod, N. Korhale, N. Parkhi, S. B. Sobhana, P. Mangaraj, and R. Srinivas	Environmental Science	Environmental Modelling and Software	2021	1364-8152
56.	Quantifying the High Resolution Seasonal Emission of Air Pollutants from Crop Residue Burning in India	Saroj Kumar Sahu, Poonam Mangaraj, Gufran Beig, Anuja Samal, Chinmay Pradhan, Swetaleena Dash, Bhisma Tyagi	Environmental Science	Environmental Pollution	2021	0269-7491
57.	Long-term change in aerosol characteristics over Indo-Gangetic Basin: How significant is the impact of emerging anthropogenic activities	Sunil Kumar, Amarendra Singh, Atul K. Srivastava, Saroj K. Sahu, Rakesh K. Hooda, Umesh C. Dumka, Virendra Pathak	Environmental Science	Urban Climate	2021	2212-0955
58.	Anomalous behavior of ozone under COVID-19 and explicit diagnosis of O3-NOx-VOCs mechanism,	A. Rathod, S. K. Sahu, S. Singh, G. Beig	Environmental Science	Heliyon	2021	2405-8440
59.	Role of meteorological regime in mitigating biomass induced extreme air pollution events, ,	G. Beig, S.K. Sahu, A. Rathod, S. Tikle, V. Singh, B.S. Sandeepan	Environmental Science	Urban Climate	2021	2212-0955
60.	Molecular characterization of size-segregated organic aerosols in the urban boundary layer in wintertime Beijing by FT-ICR MS	Chen, Ying; Beig, Gufran; Archer-Nicholls, Scott; Drysdale, Will; Acton, W. Joe F.; Lowe, Douglas; Nelson, Beth; Lee, James; Ran, Liang; Wang, Yu; Wu, Zhijun; Sahu, Saroj Kumar; Sokhi, Ranjeet S.; Singh, Vikas; Gadi, Ranu; Hewitt, C. Nicholas; Nemitz, Eiko; Archibald, Alex; McFiggans, Gordon; Wild, Oliver	Environmental Science	Faraday Discussions	2021	1364-5498
61.	Effect of enzymatic hydrolysis on structural, chemical and elemental properties of sweet potato flour	Jagatee, S., Rout, J.R, Behera, S., Ram, S.S., Sudarsan, M., Pradhan,C., Sahoo, S.L. and Mohanty, R.C.	Environmental Science	Waste and Biomass Valorization	2021	Print ISSN: 1877-2641
62.	Alleviating Cr (VI) stress in horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum var. Madhu) by native Cr-tolerant nodule endophytes isolated from contaminated site of Sukinda.	Dhali, S., Pradhan,M., Sahoo,R.,K., Mohanty, S. and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	2021	ISSN: 09441344
63.	The core set of sequence-tagged microsatellite sites markers between halophytic wild rice Oryza coarctata and Oryzasativa complex.	Dalai,D., Chakroborti, M, Mondal, T.K., Ray,S., Kar, M.K, Chakroborti, K., Pani,D.R, Sarkar,S., Bose, L.K., Behera,M., Chattopadhyay, K., Deepa, Vijayan, J., Dash,S.K., Pradhan, C., Patra, B.C., Marndi, B.C. (2021)	Environmental Science	Euphytica		ISSN :0014–2336 E ISSN: 1573-5060
64.	Forecasting oil spill movement through trajectory modelling: a case study from Bay of Bengal, India.	Pradhan,B., Das, M. and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Modeling Earth System and Environment	2021	ISSN : 2363-6203 (Print), E ISSN: 2363-6211
65.	Quantifying the high resolution seasonal emission of air pollutants from crop residue burning in India.	Sahu, S.K., Mangaraj, P., Beig,G., Samal, A., Pradhan, C., Dash, S. and Tyagi,B.	Environmental Science	Environmental Pollution	2021	ISSN :0269–7491
66.	Marine Oil Spills: Implications on Response Plan	Pradhan, B., Das, M.and Pradhan, C.	Environmental Science	Environment Asia	2021	ISSN 1906-1714, E ISSN: 2586-8861
67.	Industrially relevant pectinase production from Aspergillus parvisclerotigenus KX928754 using apple pomace as the promising substrate.	Satapathy,S., Soren,J.P, Mondal,K.C., Srivastava., S., Pradhan, C., Sahoo,S.L., Thatoi, H.N., and Rout,J.R.	Environmental Science	Journal of Taibah University for Science	2021	ISSN: 1658-3655

Research Projects

Sl. No.	Project title	Funding agency	Amount (Rs. in lakh)	Period	PI/Co-PI/ Coordinator
1.	Evaluation of bio degradability of bio-composite using PLA & natural fibers	DST, Govt. Of Odisha	8.01	2017-2021	Dr. C. Pradhan
2.	Operational, analysis & maintenance of MAPAN-AQMS station at Utkal University/ Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, (2016-21)	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES),	150	2016-21	Dr. S.K. Sahu
3.	Mathematical simulation of energy from agricultural waste.	UGC, New Delhi	21.72	2018-2020	Dr. S.K. Sahu
4.	Indo-Norway project entitle “Quantifying Impacts of South Asian Aerosols on Regional and Arctic Climate (QUISARC)”/2018-2020)	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES),	79.53	2018-2020	Dr. S.K. Sahu

Workshop/Seminar Details

The Department conducts seminar/conferences on regular basis to promote the research culture and update with latest development in specific area of research. Besides this the department also conducts Refresher courses/Faculty Development Programmes for College and University teachers at different period of time.

List of Seminar/Conferences/Refresher Course/FDP organized in Last Five Years:

Sl. No.	Date	Name of the Programme	Expert Member(s) Involved
1	05.06.2023	World Environment Day	Dr. Jayakrushna Panigrahi (President, Odisha Environmental Society)
2	25.08.2023	Special Invited Lecture (Parijatak Seminar)	Prof. Rajgopal Subramanium, University of Hyderabad
3	08.01.2024	EMBO-ISPP Global Lecture Series	Prof. Christian Fankhauser (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
4	30.03.2024	National Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Science for Sustainable Development	Prof. C.S.K. Mishra (Member, OPSC)
5	08.05.2024	World Thalassemia Day	Prof. Priyanka Samal (HOD, Clinical Haematology, RMRC)
6	13.02.2025	1st Golden Jubilee Lecture Series (Parijatak Seminar)	Prof. Lingaraj Sahoo (IIT Guwahati, Assam)
7	21.02.2025	2nd Golden Jubilee Lecture Series (Parijatak Seminar)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Swetansu Hota (Indiana University School of Medicine, USA)
8	03.03.2025	3rd Golden Jubilee Lecture Series (Parijatak Seminar)	Prof. Saroj Kanta Barik (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong)
9	26.03.2025 & 27.03.2025	National Seminar on “Plants and Microbes for Sustainable Environment”	Dr. Subrat K. Das, Adjunct Scientist, ILS – “Exploration of Microbial Resource in Bay of Bengal & their Biotechnical Application”
10	31.01.2026	Prof. Dinabandhu Mishra Memorial Lecture on “Photosynthesis, a Major Determinant of Biodiversity, Evolution and Climate Change”	Prof. B. C. Tripathy (Former Dean, Life Sciences, JNU & Former Vice-Chancellor, Ravenshaw University)
11	21.04.2026	Earth Day – 2026 Celebration: “Our Power, Our Planet – Youth for Nurturing the Green Earth”	Dr. Arun Kumar Rath (Retd. IAS, Former Union Education Secretary, Govt. of India) Dr. Chitaranjan Mishra (Former Senior Scientist) Prof. Madhumita Das (Former Vice-Chancellor, FM University)
12	05.06.2026	World Environment Day – 2026: “Inspired by Nature, For Climate, For Our Future”	Prof. Jaykrushna Panigrahi (Secretary, Orissa Environment Society)

Sl.	Name of the programme	Duration	No. of participants
1.	5th June 2017 World Environment Day Celebration (Bicycle Rally)	1 day	64
2.	5th June 2018 World Environment Day Celebration (Awareness Campaign)	1 day	81
3.	National Conference on Biotechnological Interventions for Environmental Stress management in Plants and Microbes on 20-21 January 2018	2 days	124
4.	5th June 2019 World Environment Day Celebration (Seminar)	1 day	68
5.	16th September 2020 Webinar on the occasion of Ozone Day Celebration	1 day	75
6.	International webinar on “Aeroallergen, Particulate Matter 2.5 Leading To Respiratory Ailments, Designing Devices For The Preventive Measures” 22^nd December 2021	1 day	69

Achievements

Students (NET/GATE)

Sl. No	Name of the student	Programme studied	Nature of Achievement	Year
1	Amit Kumar Sahoo	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF & GATE	2017
2	Akash Biswal	P.G.	UGC NET-AP	2017
3	Jayashree Maharana	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF	2017
4	Subhashree Dalai	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF	2017
5	Smaranika Mahapatra	P.G.	UGC NET-AP	2017
6	Shibani Hansdah	P.G.	UGC NET-AP	2018
7	Swati Rajgopal	P.G.	UGC NET-AP	2018
8	Monali Muduli	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF	2019
9	Tarini Prasad Sahoo	P.G.	UGC NET-AP	2019
10	Madhusmita Murmu	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF	2020
11	Roza Eliza	P.G.	UGC NET-JRF	2020
12	Bhagyalaxmi Khatua	UGC NET-JRF	2021
13	Suman Tarai	UGC NET-JRF	2022
14	Suman Tarai	Ph.D. Scholar, Berhampur University	2022
15	Biswajit Swain	Ph.D. Scholar, CSMCRI (JRF)	2022
16	Arunima Nanda	Ph.D. Scholar, Utkal University	2023
17	Malaya Mallik	Ph.D. Scholar, Utkal University	2023
18	Chandrodaya Swain	Ph.D. Scholar, Utkal University	2023
19	Sulagna Mohanty	GIS Course, Department of Geography, Utkal University	2024
20	Subhamaya Mohapatra	GIS Course, Department of Geography, Utkal University	2024
21	Sidharth Giri	GIS Course, Department of Geography, Utkal University	2024
22	Pratyasha Das	Ph.D. Scholar, IIT Kharagpur	2024
23	Pallavi Dehury	UGC NET-JRF	2025
24	Sam Senapati	UGC NET-JRF	2025
25	Manojit Mohanty	UGC NET-JRF	2025
26	Uzma Ilmi	UGC NET-JRF	2025
27	Shakti Satpathy	Ph.D. Scholar, KIIT University	2025

Students/Research Scholars (others)

Sl. No	Name of the student/ Research Scholar	Programme studied	Nature of Achievement	Year
1	Manobrata Satapathy	P.G.	Odisha Civil Services	2017
2	Satabdika Satpathy	P.G.	Delhi PCB	2018
3	Jyotishree Nath	P.G.	DST-Inspire	2018
4	Swetaleena Dash	P.G.	PhD entrance UU	2018
5	Anindita Das	P.G.	Forest Service	2018
6	Ratna Prava Sahu	P.G.	NCERT Bhopal	2019
7	Bishal Ranjan Nayak	P.G.	Odisha Mining Corporation	2019
8	Ankita Pattanayak	P.G.	ASO High Court	2020
9	Pallavi Sahoo	P.G.	PhD entrance UU	2020

Placement

1	Dr. Sanak Roy	2008–2010	Scientist, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
2	Swetapadma Dash	—	Manager, State Bank of India
3	Pritisha Panda	2012–2014	JSA, Odisha State Pollution Control Board
4	Soubhagyalaxmi Swain	—	JSA, Odisha State Pollution Control Board
5	Mr. Biswajit Mohanty	2014–2016	Manager, OHPCL, Odisha
6	Ratikanta Parida	—	Teacher, School and Mass Education, Odisha
7	Smaranika Mahapatra	2015–2017	Lecturer, Ravenshaw University
8	Manobrata Satapathy	—	DSP, IPS, Government of Odisha
9	Arpita Acharya	—	JSA, Odisha State Pollution Control Board
10	Bhagyalaxmi Satapathy	—	LA, Spectro Analytical Labs Limited, Bhubaneswar
11	Nibedita Badajena	—	JSA, Odisha State Pollution Control Board
12	Shibani Hansdah	2016–2018	Assistant Professor, FM University, Odisha
13	Satabdika Satpathy	—	EE, Delhi Pollution Control Board
14	Anindita Das	—	Junior Manager, OFDCL, Government of Odisha
15	Bishal Ranjan Nayak	2017–2019	Junior Assistant, OMC Ltd., Odisha
16	Priyanka Pati	—	Spectro Analytical Labs Limited
17	Tarini Prasad Sahoo	—	Project Assistant, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
18	K. Lipsa	—	CRO, Axis Bank Ltd., Bhubaneswar
19	Suman Rana	—	LA, Spectro Analytical Labs Limited
20	Sourav Kumar Rout	2018–2020	LA, M.Sc. Environmental Science, Utkal University
21	Pallavi Sahoo	—	Project Assistant, QUISARC Project
22	Amit Kumar Behera	2019–2021	OPSC, Taxation (2022)
23	Subhra Biswal	—	Guest Faculty
24	Tejaswinee Pradhan	2020–2022	Centre for Envotech and Management Consultancy
25	Juganta Bose	—	ICICI Bank, Jagatsinghpur
26	Rosalina Nayak	—	Vishay BCcomponents Beyschlag
27	Sudhakar Dehury	—	Janapada Nodal High School
28	Saurabh Kumar Bhoi	2020–2022	Junior Revenue Assistant, District Collector Office, Bolangir
29	Rashmita Sethi	—	Spacetex Infoways Pvt. Ltd.
30	Sonali Giri	—	Safety Professional, Tata Steel, Angul
31	Lipsarani Dash	2021–2023	Guest Faculty, Phulbani Autonomous College, Phulbani
32	Bansidhar Behera	—	Guest Faculty, Rajdhani College
33	Pujarani Nayak	2022–2024	Spectro Analytical Labs.
34	Dipika Patra	—	M.Tech, Environmental Engineering, Sambalpur University
35	Monalisa	—	Qualitech Labs.
36	Pragyan Nayak	—	Jupiter Business System
37	Subhashree Sethi	—	Teacher, St. Xavier’s School, Dumduma, Bhubaneswar
38	Diptirekha Mohanty	—	Spectro Analytical Labs.
39	Sulagna Mohanty	—	Centre for Envotech and Management Consultancy
40	Sidharth Giri	—	Areal Constructions & Geoindia Services
41	Subhrajyoti Nayak	2022–2024	Visiontek Consultancy
42	Priyaprabhat Kerketa	—	High School Teacher, Dasamanthapur, Koraput
43	Rachita Tarai	2023–2025	Concentrix, Bhubaneswar
44	Amit Bhoi	—	Odisha Mining Corporation
45	Subhashree Dalei	—	DEO, Wildlife, Chandaka

Students

Sl. No.	Name Of The Student	Year Of Admission	Expected Year Of Graduation	Name Of The Mentor
1	Biswajit Swain	2020	2022	Dr. Srinivas Acharya
2	Sonali Giri
3	Akankshya Swain
4	Bismaya Kumar Sahoo
5	Rosalina Nayak
6	Juganta Bose
7	Suman Kumar Tarai
8	Sunrut Pattnaik
9	Jayasmita Jayashree
10	Sushree Puja Priyadarsini
11	Saurabh Kumar Bhoi			Dr. Saroj Kumar Sahu
12	Tejaswinee Pradhan
13	Puspa Birua
14	Priyadarshini Behera
15	Sudhakar Dehuri
16	Rashmirekha Murmu
17	Bhagyalaxmi Singh
18	Rasmita Sethi
19	Karishma Nayak
20	Shreyashri Das
21	Pritam Ray	2021	2023	Dr. Srinivas Acharya
22	Sasmita Behera
23	Sonali Das
24	Bansidhar Behera
25	S S Dipa Samal
26	Arunima Nanda
27	Lipsarani Dash
28	Chandrodaya Swain
29	Lima Arpita Rani
30	Aishwariya Gupta
31	Subhalaxmi Behera			Dr. Saroj Kumar Sahu
32	Diptirani Sahoo
33	Braja Bibek Murmu
34	Malaya Malik
35	Sankar Marndi
36	Bandita Behera
37	Subhashree Jally
38	Sangeeta Majhi
39	Sabita Rani Marndi

BATCH 2025–2027

Sl. No.	Roll No.	Name of the Student	Gender
1	25ENVSC001	Arpita Das	Female
2	25ENVSC002	Rishita Dehury	Female
3	25ENVSC003	Sreeya Sahoo	Female
4	25ENVSC004	Shreya Sahoo	Female
5	25ENVSC005	Arun Kumar Sahoo	Male
6	25ENVSC006	Samikshya Das	Female
7	25ENVSC007	Aparajita Sahoo	Female
8	25ENVSC008	D Soman Rao	Male
9	25ENVSC009	Firoj Kumar Mallick	Male
10	25ENVSC010	Rochita Palaru	Female
11	25ENVSC011	Mitrabinda Niharika Karna	Female
12	25ENVSC012	Samir Hansdah	Male
13	25ENVSC013	Ashutosh Patra	Male
14	25ENVSC014	Alisha Naaz	Female
15	25ENVSC015	Bishal Pratik Jena	Male
16	25ENVSC016	Swasti Shikha Sahoo	Female
17	25ENVSC017	Monalisa Biswal	Female
18	25ENVSC018	Rima Panda	Female
19	25ENVSC019	Suchi Seleza	Female
20	25ENVSC020	Ankita Swain	Female

Alumni

The Alumni Association: Old Students Association, Department of Botany, Utkal University
Registration No.: 7140-108 of 1996-97
Annual Meet on statutory day on 2nd Sunday in the month of February every year
“Narendra Prativa Samman” award to all-rounder PG student
“Smt. Sarojini G. Panigrahi Memorial Award” to the 1st Rank holder PG student
Prof. P.C. Tripathy Memorial Seminar Presentation
Faculty Memorial Lecture Series: Prof. S. N. Pattnaik Memorial Lecture
Alumni Meet every year: 2nd Sunday of February
Publication of Newsletter “Sanjog”
Essay Competition among state-level UG & PG students
Quiz Competition among state-level PG students
Elocution Competition among state-level PG students
Motivational/Scientific Talks

Sl. No.	Name of the Alumni	Batch of Alumni	Designation and Official Address
1.	Dr. Bidut Kumar Patra	2000-02	Managing Director, Centre for Envotech Management and training Center (CEMC),
2.	SudhamayeeBeura	2000-02	HOD, Environmental Science, Raghunathjew College, Cuttack
3.	Dr. A. Giri	2000-02	Lecturer (contractual), Dept. of Environmental science, FM University, BBSR.
4.	Mrs. Sarita Mohanty	2002-04	Odisha Judicial Service, Govt. Of Odisha.
5.	Mrs. Anjali Machkundu	2002-04	Odisha Judicial Service, Govt. Of Odisha.
6.	Dr. Pradip Kumar Nayak	2003-05	SRF, P.G. Dept of Botany, Utkal University
7.	Dr. Pradipta K. Nanda	2004-06	ASS. Manager, Environment Hindalco, Aditya Birla group, Jharsuguda, Odisha
8.	Dr. Girija Shankar Mohanty	2004-06	Executive Environmental officer, Bhusan steel Ltd. ,Angul, Odisha
9.	Dr. Srinivas Acharya	2004-06	Lecturer (temporary), M.Sc in Environmental Science, P.G. Dept. of Botany, Utkal University. UGC-NET qualified.
10.	Dr. Debahuti Acharya	2004-06	Project Coordinator, RCDC, NGO (International), Saheednagar, Bhubaneswar
11.	Ms. Swapna Mohapatra	2004-06	Project Coordinator, Environmental Consultancy, Infocity Square, Patia, Bhubaneswar
12.	Dr. Priyanka Mohanty	2004-06	Lecturer (Contractual), SBM (Auto.) College, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha.
13.	Mrs. Pinky Mohanty	2004-06	Govt. Employee, Forest Department, Odisha.
14.	Mrs. SmrutirekhaSamal	2004-06	Teacher, OTET, Govt. of Odisha.
15.	Dr. Adyasha Bharati	2006-08	Post-Doctoral Fellow, U.S.A.
16.	Ms. Mitali Sahoo	2006-08	PhD Scholar, Pondicherry central university.
17.	Ms. Tezaswini dash	2006-08	GIS Professional, ORSAC, Bhubaneswar.
18.	Mrs. Soumyashree Pati	2007-09	DST-INSPIRE Fellow, Dept. of Botany, UU
19.	Mrs. Suchismita	2007-09	Research Associate, Directoriate of Water Management (DWM), Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar
20.	Mrs. NibeditaPrusty	2007-09	Teacher, Ekalabya Model Residential School, Jajpur.
21.	Ms. Sanghamitra Maharana	2007-09	PhD. Research Scholar, C.R.R.I., Cuttack.
22.	Ms. Mitali Sahoo	2007-09	Lab Chemist, CEMC, IRC Village, BBSR.
23.	Dr. Sanak Roy	2008-10	Post-DoctoralFellow, U.K. (PhD., IMMT). UGC-NET, CSIR-UGC-NET qualified.
24.	Mr. Hemant K. Barik	2008-10	Environmental Officer, Oil refinery Company, U.A.E.
25.	Sugyan Nayak	2011-13	Chief Environment Officer, Dhamara Port, Bhadrak, Odisha
26.	ManobrataSatapthy	2015-17	DSP, Odisha Police Service, Govt. of Odisha
27.	ShibaniHansdha	2016-18	Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, F.M. University, Balasore, Odisha

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