Experience

 Professional

1.  Senior Research Fellow, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar,1986- 1991

2.  Scientist (Plant Biotechnology), RPRC, Department of Forest & Environ., Govt.  Odisha, Bhubaneswar. 1991 - 1999.

3.   Senior. Scientist (Plant Biotechnology), RPRC, Department of Forest & Environ., Govt.  Odisha, 1999 – 2009.

4.   Professor & Head  (Agril. Biotechnology), OUAT, Bhubaneswar 2009 - continue

5.  Visiting Fellow, University of East London, United Kingdom, 1996-97 Funded by  British Council, United Kingdom.

6.   Post-Doc Research under BOYSCAST fellowship to work at Chiba University, Japan, 1997-1998   funded by DST, Govt. of india

7.   Post-Doc Research at Delhi University under SERC Fellowship, Funded by DST, Government of India, New Delhi

8.  Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Science,       Katholieke University of Leuven, Belgium, 1999. (Funded by FAO-IAEA)

9.  Visiting Scientist (DBT-Overseas Award), Federal Research Centre for Ornamental and Plant Breeding, Arhensburg, Germany, 2004 funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. Of India, New Delhi, 

Academic

1.   Member, Board of Studies in Biotechnology/Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18.

2.   Member, Board of Studies in Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, 2017-18.

3.   Member, Board of Studies in Biotechnology, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, 2015-16.

4.   Member, Board of studies in M.Sc & M.Phil (Biotechnology), Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore, 2016-17, 2017-2018.

5.   Member, Board of Studies in Agriculture and Agri-Biotechnology, Berhampur University, Bhanja Vihar, Berhampur, 2017-18, 2018-19.

6.   Member, Board of Studies in M.Sc (Biotechnology), Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, 2018-19, 2019-20,2020-2021 & 2021-2022.

7.   Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India representative in the IBSC of ICAR- National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha  from 2021-2023.