Dr. Debasish Mohapatra has completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, and is currently serving as Guest Faculty in the Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. His doctoral thesis is based on the bioremediation of insecticide which mainly included organophosphate (malathion and parathion) insecticide using the fungus Aspergillus niger. His work focused on the selecting a common soil fungus which has the ability to degrade the selected pesticides and enhance its ability to degrade the pesticides by developing a tolerant strain from the wild type which has better degradation ability. The tolerant strain obtained was used to developed a fungal preparation with a suitable carrier for long time preservation and transport of the fungus to be applied in the agricultural field to enhance the degradation of the pesticide residue in the field condition. He has 9 research papers in national and international journals, and also has one patent applied. He has more than 12 national conference participation and attended 1 workshops/training programs.  He also got selected and successfully completed BCIL (Biotech Industrial Training Program) 2012 organised by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi. Received the Prof. B. P. Choudhury Memorial Award” for Best Oral Presentation, by Odisha Botanical Society in 2015 at 4O^th Annual Conference organized by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore. Got the Second Prize in Poster Competition during National Conference on Emerging Trends in Plant Science Research (ETPSR-2020) held at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.