About Me |
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Dr. Prasanta Kumar Choudhury is currently working as Assistant Professor and Head in the Department of Dairy Technology, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi Campus, 761211 Odisha. He obtained his Ph. D degree from the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal in the field of Dairy Microbiology. He has more than 7 years of experience in various capacities in different national and internationally funded research schemes. In addition to that, he has also published more than 25 research papers/reviews/book chapters in journals of national and international repute and more than 480 citations and an h-index of 10 to his credit. Most outstandingly for his contributions in anaerobic microbiology, he has received many awards for his presentations at various scientific forums. Recently he has received the Young Researcher Award from the Institute of Scholars Bangalore for his outstanding work on probiotic bacteria. Also, he is associated with the reviewer in the editorial board of Systems Microbiology and International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. He is a life member of the Probiotic Association of India and Institute of Scholars, Bangalore. His field of expertise is associated to probiotic functional foods and rumen microbiology. |
PhD research:
Metagenomic analysis of reductive acetogens and their impact in controlling ruminal methanogenesis in vitro.
Masters research:
Screening for ferulate decarboxylase and its exploitation for vanillin production
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1 | Best poster presentation | XI Biennial ANA conference |
2 | Best poster presentation | Asian Regional Conference on Goats |
3 | Best E-poster presentation | 46th Dairy Industry Conference on Dairying-Sufficiency to efficiency |
4 | Best oral presentation | National seminar on Small Ruminants: National scope on upscaling production to products value addition and their safety |
5 | Best poster presentation | National symposium on Microbial diversity and its application in health, agriculture and industry |
6 | Research Fellowship by ICAR for Doctoral Research | ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute |
7 | National Eligibility Test | ASRB Board, New Delhi |
8 | Selected as Review Editor in Systems Microbiology (IF: 4.235) | Systems Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology |
9 | InSc Young Researcher Award | Institutes of Scholars |
10 | Research Excellence Award-2021 | Institute of Researchers, Kerala |