CURRICULUM VITAE

NILIMA DASH

M.Sc. Microbiology

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M: 797-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To be an example of success by dint of enjoying & implementing my skills on each bit of the work which I am expected to do. A goal oriented & hard working student with a quest & zeal to learn new technologies & undertake challenging multiple tasks.

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Enjoy the team spirit by communicating with all & accept every challenge, as I believe ‘for every problem there is a solution’. I do have ample desire to learn & update myself each time to produce the best.

AREAS OF INTEREST:

Microbiology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology

IT SKILLS:

MS Office, Internet under NIIT, Baripada

C-Programming under C-NET Computer Education, Baripada, Orissa.

EXPERIENCE:

I have done my dissertation work for 6 months in Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack from March to August’2007 on the topic “Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from the rice fields of Orissa”.

Worked as ‘Research Associate’ in Protein Lounge, Bhubaneswar from 11th January 2008 to 31st May 2008.

Worked as “Project Assistant” in Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar from 2nd June 2008 to 5th August 2009. I worked on the secondary mutations associated with chronic myeloid leukemia.

Worked as Senior Research Fellow in Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack from 6th August 2009 to 31st March 2012, 4th June 2013 to 31st March 2014 and from to 31st March 2016.

Registered for Ph. D. degree in Life Science in 2012 under Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and worked as Ph. D. scholar in National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack. Currently, I am writing my thesis and would submit it soon.

Presently working as Guest Faculty in the Department of Botany and Biotechnology in Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha since 4th March 2017.

EXAMS QUALIFIED:

GATE 2011 with 93.7 percentile

ICAR NET in 2014 with 59% marks

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

M.Sc in Microbiology in 2007 from Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar with 82% of marks.

B.Sc from M.P.C. (Autonomous) College, Baripada in 2005 securing 82.3% of marks in Zoology Honours with distinction.

+2 from M.P.C. College, Baripada in 2001 with 69.6% of marks.

10th from S.T. Anne’s Convent School, Baripada under I.C.S.E board in 1999 with 71.8% of marks.

PUBLICATIONS:

Presence of a new BCR-ABL kinase domain mutation, C330G in an imatinib naive patient with chronic myeloid leukemia: very low prevalence of BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia from eastern India. Kuila N, Dash N, Sahoo DP, Pattnayak NC, Biswas G, Chakraborty S. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Apr; 50(4):663-6.

Dash N and Dangar TK. Perspectives of phosphate solubilizing microbes for plant growth promotion, especially rice - A Review. IJBCRR, 2017; 18(3):1-16.

Dash N, Pahari A, Dangar TK. 2017. Functionalities of phosphate solubilizing bacteria of rice rhizosphere: techniques and perspectives. In: Recent Advances in Applied Microbiology. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Chapter 7: 151-163.

Dash N, Pahari A, Dangar TK. 2017. Functional characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria of coastal rice soils of Odisha, India. Oryza. 54(2): 208-219.

Published articles in the newspaper “The Common Times” on ‘Role of microbes in Agriculture’ and ‘Dengue- A menace’.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microbiology

Culturing of microorganisms in different media, plating techniques, preservation of microbial cultures, antibiotic sensitivity test, staining techniques

Molecular Biology

Plasmid and genomic DNA isolation from bacteria, RNA and genomic DNA isolation from whole blood, Reverse transcription, cDNA synthesis, Agarose gel electrophoresis, PCR, DNA purification, Cloning, DGGE

Protein Biochemistry

Protein isolation, SDS-PAGE, protein expression, Western blotting, isozyme analysis by native PAGE

Analytical methods

Colorimetry, Spectrophotometry, Chromatography (Thin layer and HPLC)

Bioinformatics

GenBank Searching: BLAST, Multiple sequence alignments, Tree building, Protein sequence analysis tools: ExPASy

Instruments handled:

Vortexer, Digital Electronic Balance, pH Meter, Electrophoretic units (PAGE and Agarose), Laminar air flow cabinet, Phase contrast microscope, Cooling incubator, Shaker, Water bath, Colorimeter, Microwave oven, Centrifuge, Gel Photodocumentation system, Autoclave, Digital colony counter, Anaerobic Gas Jar, Deep freeze, Thermal Cycler

SEMINARS:

Attended the seminar on “Trends in Microbiology” on 21st March, 2006 in Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.

Attended the IVth Annual Conference of Biotechnology Society of India, BIOTECH-2006 in CCMB, Hyderabad from 26th to 28th of Nov’2006.

Delivered talks on the topics ‘Bio-Diesel and its role in oil crisis’ and ‘Blood Coagulation’ in Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar in 2006.

Delivered a speech on ‘Bio-Diesel’ as Chief Speaker in Police High school, Baripada in 2007.

Attended the workshop on “Bio-diversity Register” organized by the Orissa Environmental Society in March’2008 in Bhubaneswar.

Attended the 35th Annual Meeting of the Indian Immunology Society organized by Institute of Life sciences in Bhubaneswar from 12th to 14th December 2008.

Attended the 28th Annual Convention of Indian Association for Cancer Research & International Symposium on Emerging Challenges and Approaches in Cancer Biology from 21st to 24th February 2009 in IISc, Bangalore.

Attended the National Seminar on ‘Trends in microbial bioremediation of contaminated soil’ on 24th-25th September 2011 in Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar.

Attended the Asian PGPR Annual Meeting on 5th December 2011 in University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and presented a poster on ‘Diversity of plant growth promoting Pseudomonas spp. of the coastal saline rice soils’.

Attended the 53rd Annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar in 2012 and presented a poster on ‘Diversity of phosphate solubilizing fungi in rice rhizosphere of coastal Orissa’.

Attended the 54th Annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) in Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana in 2013 and presented a poster on ‘Functional characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from coastal rice soils of Odisha’.

WORKSHOP/TRAINING:

Attended the Workshop-cum-Training on ‘Bioinformatics Application in Agricultural Sciences’ sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi on 14-16 December 2011.

Attended the short term training on ‘Microbial diversity and gene prospecting through Metagenomics’ from 16th January to 5th February 2013 sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in Kerela Agricultural University, Thrissur.

Participated in the training programme on ‘Analysis of design of experiments using SAS software’ organized by ICAR- Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha from 27-29 November 2014.

Participated in the training programme on ‘Application of SAS software for multivariate analysis’ organized by ICAR- Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha from 9-11 December 2014.

Participated in the workshop ‘Microbiology in the development of sustainable technologies’ on 26th July 2015 in Institute for Applied Environmental Biotechnology Innovation, Bhubaneswar.

PERSONAL PROFILE:

NAME: Nilima Dash

FATHER’S NAME: Mr. Arun Kumar Dash

MOTHER’S NAME: Mrs. Sanjukta Dash

DATE OF BIRTH: 02-05-1983 (35 years)

NATIONALITY: Indian

RELIGION: Hindu

GENDER: Female

MARITAL STATUS: Single

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: English, Hindi & Oriya

MEMBERSHIP:

Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) - Life member

Association of Rice Research Workers (ARRW) - Annual member

PERMANENT ADDRESS:

Nilima Dash

C/o- Arun Kumar Dash

At- Purnachandrapur, Po-Bhanjpur

Dist-Mayurbhanj

Baripada-757002

ODISHA

DECLARATION:

I do hereby declare that all the informations given above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Date: 22.05.17

Place: Cuttack Signature

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