Hrudayanath Thatoi

Prof. (Dr) Hrudayanath Thatoi, is presently serving as Director, Industrial Biotechnology Research(CIBR), Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. Previously, Dr Thatoi has also served as Chairman, P.G. Council, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University (MSCBU), Baripada and as Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, MSCB University. While in MSCBU, Dr Thatoi has also discharged additional responsibilities as the Director, Human Resource Development...See more

Prof. (Dr) Hrudayanath Thatoi, is presently serving as Director, Industrial Biotechnology Research(CIBR), Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. Previously, Dr Thatoi has also served as Chairman, P.G. Council, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University (MSCBU), Baripada and as Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, MSCB University. While in MSCBU, Dr Thatoi has also discharged additional responsibilities as the Director, Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Director, Centre for Similipal Studies and Director Self Finance Courses, Prof-In-Charge, R&D and Library, Coordinator, IDP of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. Dr. Thatoi has also served as a Mangrove Biologist and Sr. Scientist in MS Swaminathan Research foundation, Chennai. Dr Thatoi obtained his M.Sc. M. Phil. and Ph.D. from Utkal University and serving as faculty of Biotechnology since 2004. The teaching and research interest of Dr. Thatoi includes molecular biology, industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology, and microbiology. Dr. Thatoi has implemented several research projects funded by UGC-DAE Govt. of India, DST Govt. of Odisha and Forest Department, Govt. of Odisha. Till date, Dr. Thatoi is credited with publication of 25 books including two textbooks and more than 326 research papers in national and international journals, proceedings of conferences and book chapters and awarded with two patents. He serves as member of several scientific societies and editorial boards of national and international journals. He is a recipient of Samanta Chandrasekhar Award by DST, Govt. of Odisha, Prof. Harihara Pattanaik Award for Environment Science by Orissa Botanical Society and Fellow of Society of Applied Biotechnology. So far, he has guided 20 Ph.D. scholars and a number of M. Tech, B. Tech and M.Phil. students for their thesis and dissertation works. He has visited Bangkok, Nepal and Malaysia to attend International Conferences on Biodiversity and Biotechnology. Dr. Thatoi is a Functional Area Expert in Ecology and Biodiversity being accredited by QCI, NABET, MoEF, Govt. of India. See less