Dr. ELSSA PANDIT

ELSSA PANDIT
  • Name : Dr. ELSSA PANDIT
  • Designation : Associate Professor
  • Qualification : PhD
  • Phone No. : 9437410444
  • E-Mail ID : elsambio(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Date of Birth : 26-05-1981
  • Date of Joining : 03-03-2020
  • Agricultural Biotechnology in broad and Molecular breeding, genomic selection, genome wide association mapping, QTL identification in specific
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Plant Biotechnology Biostatistics and Computer Applications Research Methodology
  • Guidance
  1. MPhil Guidance:
    Sl No  Name of the Scholar Year of award of Degree Topic of MPhil Thesis Summary of the Research Outcome(In 100 Words)
    1. Soumya Abhilipsa Satpathy 2022 Elucidation of marker trait-association for deeper rooting and P-uptake efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under seedling stage drought and P-deficiency stress
  2. PhD Guidance:
    Sl No  Name of the Scholar Year of award of Degree Registration No Name of the Co-guide if any Fellowship received if any during research Topic of PhD Thesis Summary of the Research Outcome(In 100 Words)
  1. International Publications:
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    4. SK Pradhan$, E Pandit$, S Pawar, A Pradhan, SR Das, H Pathak Genetic regulation of homeostasis, uptake, bio-fortification and efficiency enhancement of iron in rice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104066. 2019-20
    5. E Pandit, S Pawar, SR Barik, SP Mohanty, J Meher and SK Pradhan Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding for Improvement of Submergence Tolerance and Grain Yield in the Popular Rice Variety ‘Maudamani’. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071263. Vol-11, issue-7, 2020-21
    6. S Pawar*, E Pandit*, IC Mohanty, D Saha and SK Pradhan Population genetic structure and association mapping for iron toxicity tolerance in rice. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246232. Vol-16, issue-3, 2020-21
    7. S Sahoo, P Sanghamitra, N Nanda, S Pawar, E Pandit*, R Bastia, KC Muduli, SK Pradhan* Association of molecular markers with physio-biochemical traits related to seed vigour in rice. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00879-y Vol-26, issue-10, 2019-20
    8. SK Pradhan, SR Barik, DK Nayak, A Pradhan, E Pandit, P Nayak, SR Das, H Pathak Genetics, Molecular Mechanisms and Deployment of Bacterial Blight Resistance Genes in Rice. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1801559 Vol-39, issue-4, 2020-21
    9. SR Barik, E Pandit, SP Mohanty, DK Nayak, SK Pradhan Genetic mapping of physiological traits associated with terminal stage drought tolerance in rice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-00883-x 2019-20
    10. E Pandit, RK Panda, A Sahoo, DR Pani and SK Pradhan Genetic relationship and structure analyses of root growth angle for improvement of drought avoidance in early and mid early maturing rice genotypes Vol-27, issue-2, 2019-20
    11. SK Pradhan$, E Pandit$, S Pawar , R Naveenkumar , SR Barik, SP Mohanty, DK Nayak, SK Ghritlahre, DS Rao, JN eddy, SSC Patnaik Linkage disequilibrium mapping for grain Fe and Zn enhancing QTLs useful for nutrient dense rice breeding. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1186/S12870-020-2262-4 2019-20
    12. SR Barik, E Pandit, SK Pradhan, SP Mohanty, T Mohapatra Genetic mapping of morpho-physiological Traits involved during reproductive Stage drought tolerance in rice. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214979 Vol-14, issue-12, 2018-19
    13. SK Pradhan$, Elssa Pandit$, Sl Pawar, SY Baksh, A Mukherjee, and SP Mohanty Development of flash-flood tolerant and durable bacterial blight resistant versions of mega rice variety ‘Swarna’ through marker-assisted backcross breeding. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1038/S41598-019-49176-Z ISSN-ISSN 2045-2322 (online), 2018-19
    14. SK Pradhan$, E Pandit$, DK Nayak, L Behera and T Mohapatra Genes, pathways and transcription factors involved in seedling stage chilling stress tolerance in indica rice through RNA-Seq analysis. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1922-8 ISSN-ISSN1471-2229 UGC Group – A Web of Science, 2018-19
    15. SK Pradhan$, E Pandit$, S Pawar, B Bharati, K Chattopadhaya, S Singh, P Dash and JN Reddy Association mapping reveals multiple QTLs for grain protein content in rice useful for biofortification. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01556-w 2018-19
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    1. Presented/Published in proceedings:
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      2. Pyramiding of three QTLs Pup1, Dro1 and Dro2 for phosphorous uptake and deeper rooting in four popular rice varieties MTU1010, Lalat, Naveen and Satabdi. 1st National Gentics Congress. Organized by Indian society of gentics and plant breeding and IARI (Indian agricultural research institute).
      3. “Identification of novel transcripts and molecular mechanism of chilling stress response in rice via RNA-seq analysis” Indo-US conference on “Transcription, chromatin structure, DNA repair and genomic instability” organised by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore held on March 6-10, 2018, pg.138.
      4. “Genetic diversity and marker-trait association for Fe toxicity tolerance in rice” In 3rd ARRW International Symposium on “Frontiers of Rice Research for improving productivity, profitability and climate resilience”, February 6-9, 2018, Cuttack, India pp. 94-95.
      5. Response of digenic epistatic effect in QTL mapping for relative water content under reproductive stage drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) In 3rd ARRW International Symposium on “Frontiers of Rice Research for improving productivity, profitability and climate resilience”, February 6-9, 2018, Cuttack, India pp. 49-50.
      6. “Genome-wide association mapping of useful QTLs for grain Fe and Zn content in rice” In 3rd ARRW International Symposium on “Frontiers of Rice Research for improving productivity, profitability and climate resilience”, February 6-9, 2018, Cuttack, India pp. 90-91.
      7. “Association mapping for grain protein content in rice” In 3rd ARRW International Symposium on “Frontiers of Rice Research for improving productivity, profitability and climate resilience”, February 6-9, 2018, Cuttack, India pp. 91-92.
      8. “Marker- assisted validation for yield enhancing qtls in rice (Oryza sativa L.)” In 3rd ARRW International Symposium on “Frontiers of Rice Research for improving productivity, profitability and climate resilience”, February 6-9, 2018, Cuttack, India pp. 100-101.
      9. “Confirmation of donors and validation of molecular markers for seedling stage cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)” International Rice Symposium 2015 “Rice Science for global food and nutritional security” jointly organised by ICAR, IIRR, CRRI, IRRI and Society for advancement of Rice Research held on 18-20th Nov 2015.
      10. “Identification of donors and validation of high temperature stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by using microsatellite markers” International Rice Symposium 2015 “Rice Science for global food and nutritional security” jointly organised by ICAR, IIRR, CRRI, IRRI and Society for advancement of Rice Research held on 18-20th Nov 2015.
      11. “Development of high yield potential rice genotypes utilizing inter subspecific crosses and validation of molecular markers and yield QTLs for high grain yield” International Rice Symposium 2015 “Rice Science for global food and nutritional security” jointly organised by ICAR, IIRR, CRRI, IRRI and Society for advancement of Rice Research held on 18-20th Nov 2015.
      12. “Heterosis for yield and its related components in rice (Oryza sativa L.)” International Rice Symposium 2015 “Rice Science for global food and nutritional security” jointly organised by ICAR, IIRR, CRRI, IRRI and Society for advancement of Rice Research held on 18-20th Nov 2015.
      13. “Incorporation of bacterial blight resistance genes into lowland rice cultivar through marker-assisted backcross breeding” International Rice Symposium 2015 “Rice Science for global food and nutritional security” jointly organised by ICAR, IIRR, CRRI, IRRI and Society for advancement of Rice Research held on 18-20th Nov 2015.
      14. “Molecular Screening For Phosphate Utilization In Upland Rice Cultivars And Landraces” International conference on Frontiers in Biological Science organized by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, held on 22-24 January, 2015, pg
      15. “Molecular Marker Analysis For Phosphate Utilization And Deeper Rooting Traits In Upland Rice Cultivars And Landraces” National Conference of Plant Physiology (NCPP-2014) on “Frontiers of Plant Physiology Research: Food Security and environmental challenges” organized by Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, held on 23-25 November, 2014, pg
      16. “Donor identification and validation for seedling stage chilling stress tolerance in rice using molecular markers”, Abstracts of AZRA Silver jubilee International Conference on “Probing Biosciences for Food security and Environmental safety” organized by Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA) & CRRI, Cuttack, held on 16-18th February, 2014, pg 181.(Presenting author for Oral presentation).
      17. “Screening for submergence tolerance and elongation ability using phenotypic and molecular approach”, Abstracts of AZRA Silver jubilee International Conference on “Probing Biosciences for Food security and Environmental safety” organized by Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA) & CRRI, Cuttack, held on 16-18th February, 2014, pg 182.
      18. “Thermostable amylase activity of Bacillus subtilis strain isolated from the local hot spring Atri, Odisha, India” for poster presentation at 99th Indian Science Congress under New Biology (Including Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) section held on 3-7th January, 2012.
      19. “RAPD analysis of thermostable Bacillus strains isolated from hot spring of Taptapani, Odisha” Abstracts of Papers, 36th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society held on 28-29 December, 2011.
      20. “Molecular characterization of two thermostable amylase positive Bacillus strains by 16S rDNA analysis”, Published in National seminar on ‘Living systems in post genomic era’ organized by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha held on 20-21 December, 2011.
      21. “Optimization of amylase activity by seven thermostable Bacillus strains isolated from hot spring of Taptapani, Odisha, India”, Published in National seminar on ‘Living systems in post genomic era’ organized by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha held on 20-21 December, 2011.
      22. “Effect of Metal ions on growth and amylase activity of thermotolerant Bacillus sp.” Abstracts of Papers, 35th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “Plant resource assessment and conservation under changing environment” held on 29-30 December, 2010.
      23. “Understanding the role of amylase for growth of a thermostable bacteria by a molecular approach” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      24. “Study of fermenting ability of amylase producing thermostable Bacillus strains in different raw starches” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      25. “RAPD analysis of thermostable Bacillus strains” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      26. “Effect of metal salts on growth and amylase activity of thermotolerant bacteria” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      27. “Thermostable amylase production ability of certain Bacillus strains isolated from hot spring at Atri, Orissa, India” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      28. “Isolation and characterization of amylase producing bacterial strains from hot spring of Taptapani, Orissa” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 34th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “The present and future of Biodiversity conservation” held on 26-27 December, 2009.
      29. “Thermostable amylase production ability of certain Bacillus strains isolated from hot spring at Atri, Orissa, India”, 50th Annual conference of AMI (Association of Microbiologists of India) held on 15-18 December, 2009, Organised by National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
      30. “Effect of different nutrients and pH on colony growth and amylase production of strains isolated from hot springs at Atri” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 33rd Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society held on 10-11 January, 2009.
      31. “Effect of different carbon sources on colony character and growth of an amylase producing yeast strain isolated from BAKHARA” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 33rd Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society held on 10-11 January, 2009.
      32. “Characterization of soil and soil bacteria under oil sludge pollution” Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 33rd Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society and proceedings of National seminar on “Recent trends in monitoring and bioremediation of mine and industrial environment”, held on 10-11 January, 2009, sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi and DST Orissa, organized by North Orissa University, Baripada.
      33. “Effect of different carbon sources on colony character and growth of an amylase producing yeast strain isolated from BAKHARA” (Poster presentation) in International conference on “Emerging trends in biological sciences”, 24-25 Oct 2008, organized by KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
      34. “Effect of different nutrients and pH on colony growth and amylase production of strains isolated from hot springs at Atri” (Poster presentation) in International conference on “Emerging trends in biological sciences”, 24-25 Oct 2008, organized by KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
      35. “Effect of lubricant oil sludge on soil bacterial density”. Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 32nd Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society, 21-22 Dec 2007.
      36. “Isolation and characterization of amylase producing strains collected from hot spring at Atri”, Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 32nd Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society, 21-22 Dec 2007.
      37. “In vitro multiple shoot induction from callus of P. sativum L”. Plant Science Research, Abstracts of Papers, 32nd Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society, 21-22 Dec 2007.
      38. “In vitro multiplication of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don., A medicinal herb.” Published in National Seminar on Role of Biotechnology in medicinal plants, 28-29th July 2007, Organized by Department of Botany and Biotechnology, B. J. B. Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi.
      39. "Studies on DNA polymorphism and genetic diversity among rainfed lowland Rice genotypes" at National symposium on “Biotechnology for rural development” and Twenty-ninth Annual Conference, Orissa Botanical Society, December 18-19, 2004.
      40. "PCR based fingerprinting of rainfed lowland rice varieties" in National Symposium on "Recent Advances in Rice-based Farming System", 17-19 Nov 2004, organized by Association of Rice Research Workers, Central Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
  1. Edited Books :
  2. Text Books :
  3. Book Chapters :
    1. “Amylases from Thermophilic Bacteria: Industrial and Biotechnological Applications” In: Microbiology Application (Ed), Har Krishan Bhalla & Sons Publication, New Delhi (2013), pp 432-449. ISBN 978-81-905771-3-7.
    2. SK Pradhan, M Chakraborti, K Chakraborty, L Behera, J Meher, HN Subudhi, SK Mishra, E Pandit and JN Reddy (2018). Genetic Improvement of Rainfed Shallow-lowland Rice for Higher Yield and Climate Resilience, In Book Rice Research for enhancing productivity, profitability and climate resilience, pp.107-121.(ISBN: 81-88409-04-9)
    3. Arvind Kumar, Nitika Sandhu, Shailesh Yadav, S.K. Pradhan, A. Anandan, E. Pandit, A.Mahender and Tilathoo Ram (2017) Rice Varietal Development to Meet Future challenges. In Elsivier book, The Future Rice strategy for India (ISBN: 978-0-12-805374-4).
    4. E Pandit*, S Pawar, P Sanghamitra, SK Pradhan. “Molecular breeding for Iron bio-fortification in rice grain: recent progress & and future perspectives” In: Molecular breeding for Rice Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Quality. Ed. , John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  4. Research Books :
    1. RP Sah, E Pandit, SK Dash, A Anandan,and SK Pradhan (2016). Winter School Compendium on Molecular breeding with emphasis on developing climate resilience rice varieties from 2-22 Nov, 2016 held at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack.
    2. E Pandit, RP Sah,S Mohanty,S Sarkar, A Anandan,and SK Pradhan (2016).Laboratory Manual on Marker-assisted breeding for Winter school, Molecular breeding course, 2016, ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack
    3. SK Pradhan, L Das, E Pandit, SR Barik, AK Mukherjee, SK Mishra, H Pathak. Production technology for Rice variety CR Dhan 205
    4. SK Pradhan, L Das, BB Panda, E Pandit, DK Nayak, S Saha, SK Mishra, RK Behera, H Pathak. Production technology for Rice variety CR Dhan 409 (Pradhan Dhan)
    5. SK Pradhan, L Das, E Pandit, SR Barik, AK Mukherjee, SK Mishra, RK Behera, H Pathak. Production technology for Rice variety CR Dhan 506
  1. Workshops:
  2. Seminars:
    1. International Conference on “Probing Biosciences for Food security and Environmental safety” organized by Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA) & CRRI, Cuttack, held on 16-18th February, 2014 (Oral presentation)
    2. 99th Indian Science Congress and First Women Science Congress organized by KIIT University and NSER, Bhubaneswar, held on 3-7th January, 2012.
    3. National seminar on ‘Living systems in post genomic era’ organized by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha held on 20-21 December, 2011.
    4. National seminar on “Plant resource assessment and conservation under changing environment” and 35th Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society held on 29-30 December, 2010.
    5. International conference on “Emerging trends in Biological Sciences”, organized by KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar, October 24-25, 2008.
    6. National symposium and 32nd Annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society, December 21-22, 2007, Organized by College of Basic Science and Humanities, OUAT, Bhubaneswar.
    7. National Symposium on “Stem Cell Therapy – Hope or Hype”, sponsored by UGC, organized by S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, April 7, 2007.
    8. National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Plant Sciences: Morphology to Biotechnology”, sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and CSIR, New Delhi, Organized by Department of Botany, Ravenshaw Autonomous College, Cuttack, October 29-30, 2006
    9. Workshop on “Functional Genomics and Proteomics research”, 23-25 Nov. 2005 Organized by Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, DBT, Govt. of India.
    10. National Symposium on "Biotechnology for Rural Development" and Twenty-ninth Annual Conference, Orissa Botanical Society, December 18-19, 2004.
    11. National Symposium on "Recent Advances in Rice-based Farming System", 17-19 Nov 2004, organized by Association of Rice Research Workers, Central Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
    12. One day Educational Workshop on “Biotechnology and Scope in Small Scale Industry Sector”, 30th Sept. 2004, Organized by SISI, Govt. of India.
    13. International Conference on "Issue of Population stabilization & Development" organized by Council of Cultural Growth & Cultural Relations, The Universe, Maitri Sarani, Cuttack in collaboration with UNFPA, New Delhi & Population Foundation of India, New Delhi
    14. CME in Immunology organized by Regional Medical Research Center (ICMR), Bhubaneswar. Nov 26, 2002.
    15. National seminar on "Biodiversity, Environment and Food security: prospects and challenges" & 26th annual conference of Orissa Botanical Society organized by CRRI, Cuttack. Dec 21-22, 2001
    16. National seminar on "Biodiversity: Microbes to Man" organized by School of Life Science, Utkal University.
1. “Young Scientist Award 2018” in 7th International Conference on Agriculture, Horticulture and Plant Sciences organized by The Society of Tropical Agriculture, New Delhi.
2. Young Scientist Award (2017) for outstanding contribution in the field of Biotechnology by Society for Agriculture Innovation and Development (SAID), Ranchi, Uttarakhand, India.
3. Research Excellence Award 2019 by Institute of Scholars, an ISO9001:2015 certified Institute by International Accurate Certification, accredited by UASL.
4. Outstanding Achievement Award 2020 during 11th International conference on “Agriculture, Horticulture and Plant Sciences” held on 19th -20th Dec, 2020 organized by The society of Tropical Agriculture (Redg. No. S/1714/2017), New Delhi, India.
5. “Dr. Mahamaya Pattnaik Smriti Samman-2017 for contribution towards science and technology being a women scientist” during Annual function of Bigyan prachar samiti, Cuttack, Odisha on 10.12.2017.
6. “Best Researcher Award” for outstanding excellence and remarkable achievements in the field of Research and Publications presented by IRDP Group of journals, Chennai, India on 14th October 2017
7. “Indira Gandhi Gold Medal Award for outstanding individual achievement and distinguished service in Biotechnology research” during the occasion of 30th National seminar on “Individual achievements and National development” held on 19th Nov 2015 at Mahadeva Desai Auditorium, Gandhibhavan, Bengaluru, organized by Global Economic Progress & Research Association (GEPRA),Tamil Nadu.
8. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India under DBT-RA Program to carry out research at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore.
  1. Teaching: 10 years
    1. 7 years ay Ravenshaw University, Cuttack 3 years at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore
  2. Important Activities:
  3. Research Projects Undertaken:
  4. Invited Lectures:
    1. Title: Productive scientific writing for today’s high throughput demand. KK Wagh College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Nashik, Maharastra under Fulbright guest lecture scheme.
    2. Invited talk at 7th International conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (ABS 2021) Bohai University, China, 9-11 August 2021
    3. Invited Talk at 2nd Edition of World Congress on ‘Geology & Earth Science’ Japan 4-6 October 2021
  5. Administrative/Executive experience:
    1. Deputy Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, FMU
    2. Advisory Committee Member, IQAC, FMU
    3. Head, PG Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology
  6. Conference organized as Organizing Secretary:
    1. International Conference on "Research Frontiers and prospects in biosciences and biotechnology" held on 28-29th July 2020, Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, FM University
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