Nikita Mahapatra

Assistant Professor

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.

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Tail regeneration
Journals/Conferences :
Mahapatra, N., Dutta, S.K., & Mahapatra, P.K. (2017). Acid Phosphatase and Vitamin A Induced Abnormal Tail Regeneration in Frog Tadpoles: an Immunohistochemical Study. PNAS, India, Sect B. Biol. Sci., DOI 10.1007/s40011-017-0860-1.
Mahapatra N., Dutta, S.K., Mohanty P. K., & Mahapatra, P.K. (2015). Effect of vitamin A on acid and alkaline phosphatase activities during tail regeneration in the tadpoles of the Asian toad. Int. J. Adv. Res.Biol. Sci., 2(4), 219.