Sukanta Kumar Nayak

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1. Fish health management by Vaccine, Immunostimulant, probiotics 2. Nanotechnology in fish disease management

Prof. Sukanta Kumar Nayak

Professor & H.O.D., Biotechnology

M.Sc.,Ph.D.(Utkal)

sukantanayak@rediffmail.com

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Prof. Sukanta Kumar Nayak is working as Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. He did his post graduation in Microbiology from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar and completed his Ph. D degree from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Prof. Nayak, a JSPS fellow successfully completed his post doctoral fellowship from Nihon University, Japan. Prof. Nayak has nearly 30 years of research and development and 12 years of Teaching experience and been associated with 10 projects and handled 04 research projects as Principal Investigator.
His thrust area of research is fish & shellfish health management. He has published more than 50 research papers in several high impact peer reviewed national and international journals, 50 popular articles, 05 conference proceedings, 10 book chapters and edited 1 book. Till date 03 Ph. D scholars, 10 M. Phil students and 50 M. Sc students have completed their thesis /dissertation research work under his supervision. His major research accomplishments include 2 patents from Govt. of India and 03 commercialized Technologies. One of research contributions on Attenuated vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila has been commercialized to Indian Immunologicals Limited Hyderabad, India. DOT ELISA Kit and Spot agglutination kit for fish and shellfish diseases are already marketed by Agarwal Trading Ltd., Raipur, India. A nano formulation named “Nanox: Anti-biofouling and wound healing” is on the process of commercialization.
Prof. Nayak is serving as a foreign external subject matter expert for evaluation of project proposal in the field of Aquaculture for countries like Croatia, Chile, France etc. He is an editorial board member of many national and international journals and a routine reviewer of several reputed high impacted scientific journals published by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, OMICS, Bentham Science, BioMed Central, MDPI etc.
Prof. Nayak has figured in the Top 2% scientists of World in the category of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier for Academic Year 2020, 2022 2023 & 2025. He has received many awards like DST Young Scientist from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, young researchers award for international research on epidemiology of zoonoses and training, Japan, Best Team Research Award of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India, India, Best Research Scholar, ICAR-CIFA, Government of India, India.

  • M. Sc (Microbiology), 1997 – OUAT, Bhubaneswar
  • Ph. D (Life Science), 2004 – Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

  • Professor, MSCB University (2022 – Till date)
  • Associate Professor, MSCB University (2019 – 2022)
  • Reader, MSCB University (2014 – 2019)

Books Edited (Count):

1

  • H.N. Thatoi and S.K. Nayak (Eds.). Biotechnology for Sustainable Utilization of Bioresources. Astral Publication, 2019.

Total Publications (Count):

13 (8 Journal Articles + 5 Book Chapters)

Journals:

  • Padhy, S.R., Bhattacharyya, P., Dash, P.K., Nayak, S.K., Baig, M.J., Swain, P., & Mohapatra, T. (2022). Soil Metagenome Revealed Contrasting Anammox Bacterial Diversity in Coastal Mangrove and Rice Ecology. Geomicrobiology Journal, 39(8), 659–668.
  • Padhy, S.R., Bhattacharyya, P., Dash, P.K., Nayak, S.K., Parida, S.P., Baig, M.J., & Mohapatra, T. (2022). Elucidation of Dominant Energy Metabolic Pathways of Methane, Sulphur and Nitrogen in Respect to Mangrove-Degradation for Climate Change Mitigation. Journal of Environmental Management, 303, 114151.
  • Nayak, S.K., Jahan, N., & Pattnaik, S. (2021). Effect of Parenteral Endotoxin Administration on the Immuno-Haematological Responses of Catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, 2, 10022.
  • Padhy, S.R., Bhattacharyya, P., Nayak, S.K., Dash, P.K., & Mohapatra, T. (2021). A Unique Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity Make Mangrove a Green Production System Compared to Rice in Wetland Ecology: A Metagenomic Approach. Science of the Total Environment, 781, 146713.
  • Nath, A., Nayak, S.K., Behera, M., & Lopamudra, M. (2021). Assessment of Immune Responses in Indian Major Carp, Labeo rohita, Against Multiple Antigenic Components of Three Bacterial Fish Pathogens. Aquaculture Research, 52(7), 3449–3459.
  • Nayak, S.K., Nanda, P.K., & Swain, P. (2021). In Vivo Immunostimulatory Effect of the Amoebocyte Lysate and Plasma of Asian Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus gigas, in a Piscine Model. Marine Life Science & Technology.
  • Nayak, S.K. (2021). Multifaceted Applications of Probiotic Bacillus Species in Aquaculture with Special Reference to Bacillus subtilis. Reviews in Aquaculture, 13(2), 862–906.
  • Nayak, S.K. (2020). Current Status of Aeromonas hydrophila Vaccine Development in Fish: An Indian Perspective. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 100, 283–299.

Book Chapters:

  • Tripathy, S., Lopamudra, M., Behera, M., & Nayak, S.K. (2025). Entomophagy and Entomotherapeutic Practices in India with Reference to Mayurbhanj District of Odisha. Astral Publication, pp. 205–217.
  • Nayak, S.K., & Nanda, P.K. (2021). Bioremediation: An Ecofriendly Technology for Sustainable Aquaculture. In H.N. Thatoi, S.K. Das, & S. Mohapatra (Eds.), Bioresource Utilization and Management: Applications in Therapeutics, Biofuels, Agriculture, and Environmental Science. Apple Academic Press Inc., USA, pp. 489–511.
  • Nayak, S.K., & Thatoi, H.N. (2021). Microbial Diversity of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha: An Update. In H.N. Thatoi & P.R. Debata (Eds.), Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Management. Astral International Pvt. Ltd., India, pp. 231–245.
  • Nanda, P.K., & Nayak, S.K. (2018). Concepts of Nutritional Immunity in Fish. In Aquaculture: Prospects and Potential, edited by P. Mishra and H.K. Nayak. Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 155–164.
  • Nayak, S.K., & Nakanishi, T. (2016). Development of Vaccines Against Nocardia in Fishes. In S. Thomas (Ed.), Vaccine Design: Methods and Protocols, Vol. 2: Vaccines for Veterinary Diseases. Springer, New York, pp. 193–201.

  • BT-103 (M.Sc.) – Microbiology, 12 Years
  • BT-104 (M.Sc.) – Biotechniques, 12 Years
  • BT-106 (M.Sc.) – IKS, 3 Years
  • BT-203 (M.Sc.) – Immunology, 12 Years
  • BT-303 (M.Sc.) – Animal Biotechnology, 12 Years
  • BT-401 (M.Sc.) – Industrial Biotechnology, 12 Years
  • BT-801 (Pre-Ph.D.) – Current and Applied Aspects of Biotechnology, 10 Years
  • BT-802 (Pre-Ph.D.) – Research Methodologies, 10 Years

  • Director, Centre for Distance and Online Education (25.07.2024 – Till Date)
  • Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (28.04.2026 – Till Date)

  • Top 2% Scientist of the World, Stanford University, USA (2020, 2021, 2023, 2025)

  • Annual Member, Association of Microbiologists of India
  • Life Member, Krushak Samaj
  • Annual Member, WWF India

  • Development of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccine Against Aeromonas hydrophila in Fish
    Funding Agency: UREF, MSCB University
    Amount: ₹2,00,000
    Duration: 2 years
    Status: Continuing
  • Evaluation of Natural Products from Similipal Biosphere Reserve for Identification of Bioactive Compounds
    Funding Agency: UREF, MSCB University
    Amount: Not specified
    Duration: 1 year
    Status: Completed
  • Strengthening Ecological Resilience of Bio-resources in Forest Ecosystems of Mayurbhanj, Odisha Using Geospatial Technology of Centre for Similipal Studies, MSCB University
    Funding Agency: UREF, MSCB University
    Amount: Not specified
    Duration: 1 year
    Status: Completed
  • Green Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Immunostimulatory and Antimicrobial Potential of Metal-Based Nanoparticles for Fish Health Management
    Funding Agency: DST, Odisha
    Amount: ₹8,47,000
    Duration: 3 years
    Status: Completed