Dr. Nikita Mahapatra pursued her doctoral degree from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in Zoology where she studied the effects of vitamin A on regenerating tails of various tadpoles. Soon after her post-graduation, she joined as a JRF in a DST funded project of Prof. Pravati Mahapatra of Utkal University. During her research tenure, she presented her work at numerous conferences. She is currently employed as Assistant Professor (I) - Biological Sciences in School of Applied Sciences, KIIT, Deemed to be University.