ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Mopuri Brahmam Memorial Award by Odisha Botanical Society, 2026
• Best Teacher’s Award, Sambalpur University, Odisha, 2021
• Recipient, BOYSCAST Fellowship, Govt. of India, Department of Science and Technology, 2009-10
• Recipient, Sarojini G. Panigrahi Young Scientist Award, Orissa Botanical Society, 1997
• CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (JRF-NET), 2001
• Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2001
• National Merit Scholarship, Sambalpur University, 1992 to 1994
• ASRB National eligibility test for Assistant Professorship, 1998 & 2001
• Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), Life Sciences, 1996

PATENTS APPROVED:

1. Mucoadhesive Gargle Composition And A Method of Preparation Thereof. Amresh Kumar, Dr. Goutam Ghosh, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Naik, Dr. Goutam Rath, Department of Pharmaceutics, SOA University and Department of Pharmacognosy, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University, Application No. 201931046226, Date of Publish: 21.05.2021, Indian Patent Journal Issue: 21/2021
2. Novel Polyherbal Formulation for the Treatment and Management of Lymphatic Filariasis. Centre of excellence in Natural Products and Therapeutics, Sambalpur University, Inventors: Pradeep Kumar Naik, Swaraj Kumar Babu, Dibya Ranjan Sahoo, Sajna Sameekshya Hota, Prajna Parimita Mohanta, Praveen Kishore Sahu. Application No. 202331061973A, Publication Date: 06.10.2023, Indian Patent Office Journal No. 40/2023, Dated 06.10.2023
3. Naik PK, Sahu A, Pragyandipta P, Rath S, Sahoo DR, Nanda A, Kanhar S, Sahu D, Mishra PR (2023). Novel poly-herbal formulation for the treatment and management of Type-II diabetes mellitus. INDIAN Patent Application No. 202431000868 A. Patent Journal No: 04/2024, Dated: 26/01/2024.
4. Naik PK, Sharma P, Priyadarshini A, Rath Srichandan, Hota SS (2024). Development of novel complementary food from indigenous black rice. INDIAN Patent Application No. 202431008612 A. Patent Journal No. 07/2024, Dated: 16/02/2024

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Natural and value added product development for the therapeutic applications.
• Rational design and development of synthetic derivatives from natural lead (Noscapine) as potent tubulin-binding, less toxic, anti-cancer therapeutic agents.
• Natural products development for management of lymphatic filariasis, diabetics, malaria and bacterial infection.
• Assessment of genetic diversity of medicinal plants, phytochemical profiling of medicinal plants and product development for therapeutic application, DNA bar coding of plants and animal species.
• Protein modeling, computer aided molecules design, biological sequence analysis and clinical bioinformatics.