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Dr. Nalinikanta Choudhury

Dr. Nalinikanta Choudhury
Scientist
Fish Genetics & Biotechnology Division
PhD (Bioinformatics)/MSc (Bioinformatics),

Research Interests

  • Genomics
  • Metagenomics
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)
  • Transcriptomics
  • Biological Pathways and Network Analysis
  • NGS Data Analysis
  • Variant Calling
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Machine Learning, Deep Learning & AI
  • Statistical Programming (Python, R, Bash, SAS, SPSS)

  • Choudhury N.K, Sahu.,Rao ; , A.R., Rout, A.K., Behera, B.K (2023) An Improved Machine Learning-Based Approach to Assess the Microbial Diversity in Major North Indian River Ecosystems. Genes. 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14051082. (Impact Factor = 4.141, NAAS rating = 10.141)
  • Choudhury,N.K., Saurav, S., Kumar, R. R., & Budhlakoti, N. (2017)
  • Choudhury, N.K., Sahu, T.K., Rao, A.R., & Behera, B.K. (2023)A metagenomic insight into the assessment of microbial diversity in the river Ganga at locations for sustainable development, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 18(2), 365-371. (NAAS rating = 5.67)
  • Upadhyay, P. K., Dey, A., Singh, V. K., Dwivedi, B. S., Singh, R. K., Rajanna, G.A, Singh, T., Babu, S., Rathore, S. S., Shekhawat, K., Kumar, P., Choudhury, N.K., Budhlakoti, N., Mishra, D. C., Rai, A., & Shukla, G. (2024) Changes in microbial community structure and yield responses with the use of nano‑fertilizers of nitrogen and zinc in wheat–maize system. Scientific Reports, 14, 1100. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48951-3. (Impact factor = 4.99, NAAS rating = 10.99).
  • Sahu, T.K., Meher, P.K., Choudhury, N.K., & Rao, A.R. (2022) A comparative analysis of amino acid encoding schemes for predicting flexible length linear B-cell epitopes. Brief Bioinform. 2022 Aug 23:bbac356. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbac356. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35998895. (Impact Factor = 13.99, NAAS rating = 19.99)
  • Meher, P. K., Sahu, T. K., Raghunandan, K., Gahoi, S., Choudhury, N.K., & Rao, A. R. (2019) HRGPred: Prediction of herbicide-resistant genes with k-mer nucleotide compositional features and support vector machine. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-16. (Impact Factor = 4.99, NAAS rating = 10.99).
  • Das, S., Mohanty, S., Panda, D., Mishra, B., Choudhury, N. K., Jena, R. K., and Behera, L. (2025). Identification of low-light-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes based on agro-morphological traits, combined stress tolerance and stability index. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 85(01), 13-25. (Impact Factor = 1.0, NAAS rating = 7.0)
  • Jena, R. K., Anbazhagan, P., Oviya, R., Yesu Raja, I., Ramamoorthy, V., Theradimani, M., &Choudhury, N. K. (2025). Assessment of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) resistance to powdery mildew under natural conditions. The Nucleus, 1-16. (Impact factor = 2.6, NAAS rating = 8.6).
  • Mohanty, S., Das, S., Panda, D., Choudhury, N. K., Mishra, B., Jena, R. K., & Behera, L. (2025). Identification of Novel Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes Associated with Grain Yield and Related Traits Under Low-Light Stress Conditions in Rice. Biomolecules, 15, 1388. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15101388. (Impact factor = 4.80, NAAS rating = 10.80).
  • Upadhyay, P. K., Dey, A., Singh, V. K., Dwivedi, B. S., Singh, R. K., Rajanna, G. A., Choudhury, N.K.,Budhlakoti, N., Mishra, D. C., Rai, A., & Shukla, G. (2025). Unravelling Nano Fertilisers' Influence on Soil Microbial Communities in Mustard‐Pearl Millet Cropping Systems. Land Degradation & Development. (Impact factor = 3.70, NAAS rating = 9.70)

    • Other Publication

    • Choudhury, N. K., Kumar, P., Budhlakothi, N., Mishra, D. C., Faruquee, S. K. & Ajit. Bioinformatics Tools for Crop Breeding Research, Modern Crop Breeding, Brillion Publishing, India, ISBN number- 978-81-19238-83-5, 2023.
    • Choudhury, N. K., & Udgata, A. A novel BLAST-based assembly pipeline for highly polymorphic metagenomic data, Contemporary Advances in Agricultural Statistics and Informatics, Parmar Publication, ISBN number- 978-93-921932-1-5, 2022.
    • Udgata, A. & Choudhury, N. K., Spatial Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Contemporary Advances in Agricultural Statistics and Informatics, Parmar Publication, ISBN number- 978-93-921932-1-5, 2022..
    • Choudhury, N. K., & Marwaha, S. An in-silico study on synteny between cattle and buffalo genome, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN number- 978-620-4-95628-2, 2022..
    • Choudhury, N. K., & Ahmed, B., A modern approach to pairwise genome comparison using synteny mapping. Just Agriculture, 1(10), e-ISSN: 2582-8223.
    • Ahmed, B., & Choudhury, N. K. Variant Calling Identification in Biological Data. Just Agriculture, 1(10), e-ISSN: 2582-8223.

Achievements

  • Significant achievements in research & development.
  • Ranjan Kumar Jena, Nalinikanta Choudhury, Baneeta Mishra, Swagatika Das, Abinash Mishra, Nitishkumar Jena, Sriram K, Solar-Powered Drone for Multi-Crop Agriculture. (Design no.- 441916-001, Serial No.: 193031).