Myself ‘Abanikanta Bhadra’ was born on 9th February, 1983 in the village of Anuapada, Kendrapada district. I was grown up in a joint family of thirty members. I completed my primary school education in our village Anuapada U.G.U.P. School. Then, I migrated to nearest Balia High School from where I passed my tenth class Annual High School Certificate Examination with first class first division in 1998. I completed my I.Sc. (1998-2000) and B.Sc. Botany Honours with distinction (2000-2003) from Stewart Science college, Cuttack. Then Ravenshaw College (Autonomous) and now Ravenshaw University was the institute where I have been nurtured and trained during my post Graduation career in Botany with specialization in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology during 2003-2005. I worked as Tissue culture laboratory assistant in the Department of Botany Ravenshaw University (2005-2007); Project Assistant-II in a Government of Odisha sponsored project on Biodiversity Characterization of a protected forest area of Gandhamardan hill range, Orissa and documentation of medicinally important species (2008) and Naturalist cum Biodiversity specialist in Satkosia Wildlife Division (2009). I did my M.Phil. in Environmental Science from Sambalpur University (2010). I started my Ph.D. research work effective from 23rd August, 2011, submitted Ph.D. thesis on 21.08.2020 and awarded Ph.D. effective from 20.07.2022. Ph.D. works has covered plant diversity, drainage basin morphometry, geobotany, pedology and edaphology.

UN Sustainable development Goals where I have contributed

Goal No. 03 Good Health and Well-being

Goal No. 04 Quality Education

Goal No. 13 Climate Action

Goal No. 15 Life on Land

Life Membership of Professional Societies

1. Botanist Association of Ravenshaw College (BARC).

2. Odisha Bigyan Academy (OBA). Membership No. 436

3. Odisha Environmental Society (OES). Membership No. 535

4.  Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT).

5. Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA). Membership No. L20994

6. Orissa Botanical Society (OBS).

7. Orissa Environmental Consciousness Society (OECS).

8. Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS). L-6228

9. Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG). ISG-L-2397

10. Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS). LM-1979

Number of Papers Published

Eighteen research papers published and one accepted with 7342 reads, 140.3 Research interest score, 121 citations, 6 h-index and 4 i10-index till date.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=7Hf2OvcAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abanikanta-Bhadra

Extracurricular interests

1. Tourism activities.

2. Active participation in Red Cross and St. John Ambulance service camps and activities.

3. Organizing First Aid training and service camps in mass congregations.

4. Promoting blood donation as noble job in life.                    

5. Gardening and flower shows.