DESCRIPTION :

Dr. Pravat Manjari Mishra is presently working as a Scientist in Environment and Sustainabilty Department. She received her M.Sc., M. Phil. and Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Utkal University. In 2006, she joined as Scientist in IMMT, Bhubaneswar. She significantly contributed to the project “Drugs from the Sea” sponsored by Ministry of Earth Sciences and successfully completed the project. She obtained her Ph.D. degree on the topic “Chemical investigation of selected sedentary fauna and flora of Orissa Coast” under Utkal University in 2011. Presently she is actively engaged in various projects of the laboratory as a leader and a member.

• Oct., 2009 to till date: Scientist ‘C’, CSIR-IMMT.
• Oct. 2006-Oct., 2009: Scientist ‘B’, CSIR-IMMT.

• Green synthesis of noble metals and metal oxide supported nanomaterials towards energy and environmental applications.
• Biospecific recovery of rare earth metals.

• Life member of Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association.
• Life member of Society for Materials Chemistry (LM-698).
• Awarded with Sri S. N. Mohanty Memorial environmental award-2015” in the 11th Annual Function of Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association on 8th February 2015.
• Awarded with Prof. R.C. Tripathy Young Scientist Award-2010 instituted by Orissa Chemical Society.
• Awarded with the Prof. R. K. Nanda award for best research paper presentation in 19th Annual conference of Orissa Chemical Society.
• Awarded as best student in N.A.C, High School, Paradeep for securing highest mark in 10th Board Exam.
• Life member of Orissa Chemical Society.

• Lipid composition and antibacterial screening of lipophilic extract of a marine sponge Haliclona sp. Collected from the Bay of Bengal (Orissa Coast).Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2011,23(10), 4321-4324.
• Isolation of a deoxy lupane triterpene carboxylic acid from Finlaysonia obovata, a latex exuding a mangrove plant”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A.Sree, Mallika Panigrahi, Bandita Dash and Susant Kumar Padhan. Fitoterapia,2010, 81, 977-981.
• Fatty acid profile, Volatiles & Antibacterial screening of lipids of the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schimdt) collected from the Bay of Bengal (OrissaCoast). Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, M. Acharya and A.P. Das. J. Serb.Chem. Soc., 2009, 74 (11), 1241-1248.
• Chemical investigation of lipids of the sponge Myrmekioderma Granulata(Esper) collected from Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, S. Baliarsingh. Chemistry of Natural compounds, 2009, 45(5), 621-624.
• Fatty acid profile, Volatiles and Antibacterial Screening of Lipids of the sponge Siphonodictyon coralliphagum collected from the Bay of Bengal (Orissa Coast). Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 21(6), 4429-4434.ULL.
• Chemical Investigation and antibacterial study of hexane extract of leaves of Finlaysonia obovata (A Mangove latex plant)”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A.
• Comparison of the antibacterial activity, volatiles and fatty acid composition of lipids of Phycopsis species collected at different locations from the Bay ofBengal (Orissa coast). Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree, J. Serb. Chem.Soc., 2009, 74(2), 133-139.
• Composition of the lipophilic extract from the sponge Axinella cartericollected from the Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast. Pravat ManjariMishra and A. Sree. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2008, 44(3), 282-286.
• Chemical investigation of Finlaysonia obovata: part-1 – a rare triterpene acid showing antibacterial activity against fish pathogens. Pravat ManjariMishra and A. Sree. Natural Products Research. 2008, 22(9), 801-807.
• Antibacterial Activity and GCMS analysis of the extract of leaves of Finalaysonia obovata (a mangrove plant). Pravat Manjari Mishra and A.Sree. A. Journal of plant Sciences. 2007, 6 (1): 168-172.
• Book Chapter:
• Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree and P. K. Panda. Fatty Acids of Marine Sponges. In: Se- Kwon Kim (Ed.). Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology.Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015, 851-868.
• Papers in Proceedings:
• Pravat Manjari Mishra and Sree A. (2008) Fatty acid analysis of lipids of the sponge Haliclona sp. collected from the Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast. In Menon N.N., Hatha A.A.M., Philip B., Saramma A.V. (Eds.) Proceedings of the national seminar on “Bioactive compounds from marine organisms”, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, pp. 14-18.
• A. Vimla, S. Mishra, S. Patnayak, S. Mohanty, A. Sree, M. Bapuji, C. C. Rath and Pravat Manjari Mishra (2002). A brief study on distribution and the importance of Marine microbes isolated from sedentary fauna off Orissa coast.In: Sree A., Rao Y. R., Nanda B., Misra V. N. (Eds.), Proceedings of the national seminar on “Utilisation of Bioresources”, NATCUB-2002, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, pp. 404-413.
• Papers Presented:
• Adsorption study of rare earth elements (Dy, Sm, Ho, and Gd) from aqueous solution using modified bark powder of Mangifera indica. Krishna Kumari Swain and Pravat Manjari Mishra. National seminar on “Science and Technology for Indegineous Delopment in India”, Indian Science Congress Association and KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 9-11 December, 2015, p219-220.
• Green synthesis of noble metal doped reduced graphene oxide composites and their applications towards photocatalytic hydrogen production and antibacterial studies. Pravat Manjari Mishra, Smita Pattanaik,Gautam Kumar Naik and Kulamani Parida. National workshop on “Development of nanomaterials for energy, environment and sustainability”, ITER, Bhubaneswar, 2-3 May,Bhubaneswar, 2015.
• Extraction of Praseodymium metal (Pr) using Arjuna terminalia and ?Mangifera indica bark powder. Krishna Kumari Swain, Pravat Manjari Mishra and B.S.Jena. National workshop on “Development of nanomaterials for energy,environment and sustainability”, ITER, Bhubaneswar, 2-3 May, Bhubaneswar,2015.
• Environmental applications of noble metal promoted mesoporous metal oxides prepared by green method. Pravat Manjari Mishra. 11 th Annual Function of Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumini Association and Seminar on “Role of chemistry towards Building Swachha Bharat”, Department of Chemistry, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 8 th February, 2015.
• Facile synthesis of magnetite in presence of biomolecules for enhanced photocatalytic activity for water decomposition and Cr (VI) reduction. Pravat Manjari Mishra, Gautam Kumar Nayak, aparajita Nayak and K.M. Parida. 28 th Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society & National Conference on “Recent Trends in Material Science”, Department of Chemistry, U.N. (auto) College of Sc. & Tech., Adaspur, Cuttack, 13-14 December, 2014, p-36.
• Green synthesis of Ag/TiO 2 by Averrhoa carambola and evaluation of theircatalytic activity on degradation of phenol. S. Sahoo, Pravat Manjari Mishra, G.K. Naik and K. M. Parida. International conference on frontiers in energy,environment, health and materials research (EEMR-2013), IMMT, Bhubaneswar, August 12 th -13 th , 2013, p-41.
• Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by Momordica charantia, optimization of the process parameters and evaluation of their catalytic activity on reduction of methyl orange in aqueous system. Pravat Manjari Mishra, K. B. Pani, G. K. Naik, N. Sahu and K. M. Parida. National seminar on “Traditional Knowledge and Practices for Sustainable Development”, IMMT, Bhubaneswar, 15 th April,2013, p-57.
• Synthesis of plant-mediated silver nanoparticles using Cinnamomum tamala leaf extract and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities. L. Sundaray, Pravat Manjari Mishra, S. Sahoo, N. Sahu, G. K. Naik, K. M. Parida. 26 th Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society & National Seminar on “Chemistry in Technology” Department of Chemistry, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 8-9 December, 2012, p-33.
• Study and comparison of fatty acid profile of three gorgonians collected from Bay of Bengal (Odisha Coast). Pravat Manjari Mishra, S. Baliarsingh, S. K. Padhan, A. Sree & M. Panigrahi. Silver Jubilee Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society & National Conference on Molecule, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Sambalpur, 24-26 December,2011, p-35.
• Study and comparison of fatty acid profile of eight marine sponges collected from Bay of Bengal (Odisha coast). Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree. National seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences”, Sambalpur University, Burla, February, 01-03, 2011, P-49.
• Chemical investigation of selected sedentary fauna and mangroves of Orissa coast. Pravat Manjari Mishra. 24th Annual conference of Orissa Chemical Society, Department of Chemistry, Apex institute of technology & Management, Bhubaneswar, December, 24-25, 2010, P-4.
• “Antimicrobial activity of algae extracts off Orissa-Andhra coast”.Madhusmita Acharya, A.P.Das, A. Sree, Pravat Manjari Mishra, S. Baliarsingh,B. Dash, and S.K. Padhan. 47 th Annual Conference of Association of microbiologists of India, Bharkatullah University, Bhopal, December 6-8, 2006,P-111.
• Bangal ki khadi (Odissa Tath) ke stanbaddha jibon abom unke sukhmajaibik sahacharion ki samudri jaib bibidhata ka anwensan abom sandhron”.A. Sree,Pravat Manjari Mishra, Sasmita Baliarsingh, Bandita.Dash, , Susanta.Padhan, Anurag Pratap Das and M.Acharya. Rajabhasa Hindi mein Sangosthi,December, 6-7, 2006.
• “Antimicrobial and chemical investigation of Finalaysonia obovata (a mangrove plant)”. Pravat Manjari Mishra and A Sree. Indo-US Conference on “New Bioactive molecules in Pharmaceutical research contribution of natural products.”, IICT, Hyderabad, November13-14, 2006, P-9.
• “Importance, Usefulness and Protection of the marine environment”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, B. Dash, S. Baliarsingh, S.K. Padhan, M. Acharya and A.P. Das, 9 th Regional Conference of Orissa Chemical Society,September, 17, 2006, P-41.
• Antibacterial and Chemical Investigation of Finlaysonia obovata (Mangrove Plant). Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree and Subhasree Choudhury. 19 th Annual conference of Orissa Chemical Society, December, 23-24, 2005,Department of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Burla, Orissa, p. 28-29.
• A brief study on distribution and the importance of Marine microbes isolatedfrom sedentary fauna off Orissa coast” is presented at a national conference on“Utilisation of Bioresources”, NATCUB-2002, Regional Research Laboratory,Bhubaneswar.
• Isolation and characterization of saturated hydrocarbons from leaves of a latex exuding mangrove plant. Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree. National conference on ‘Sustainable production and utilization of medicinal and aromatics plants: Current trends and future prospects’, Regional Plant Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, April, 8-9, 2010, p-27.
• “Fatty acid composition of lipids of two Phycopsis sp from same depth but at different locations collected from Bay of Bengal (Orissa coast)”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, S. Baliarsingh, B. Dash and S. Padhan. 21 st Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society, OEC, Bhubaneswar, December, 22-23,2007, P-57.
• “Antimicrobial screening and fatty acid analysis of lipids of the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa(Schimdt) collected from the Bay of Bengal of Orissa coast”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, M. Acharya and A. P. Das.International symposium on “New frontiers in Marine Natural Product Research (NFMNPR)”, NIO, Goa, Feb. 23-24, 2007, p-20.
• “Antimicrobial screening and fatty acid analysis of lipids the sponge Myrmekioderma granulata (Esper) collected from the Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast”. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, S. Baliarsingh, M. Acharya,A.P. Das, B. Dash, and S.K. Padhan. 20 th Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society, December, 16-17, 2006, P-26.
• Facile synthesis of nano-structured magnetite in presence of natural surfactant for enhanced photocatalytic activity for water decomposition and Cr (VI)reduction. Pravat Manjari Mishra, Gautam Kumar Naik, Aparajita Nayak,Kulamani Parida. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 299, 227-235.
• Biomimetic synthesis, characterization and formation mechanism of stable silver nanoparticles using Averrhoa carambola L. leaf extract. Pravat Manjari Mishra, Santosh Kumar Sahoo, Gautam Kumar Naik, Kulamani Parida. Materials Letters, 2015, 160, 566-571.
• Fatty acid profile and sterol composition of the marine sponge Petrosia testudinaria. Susant Kumar Padhan, Pravat Manjari Mishra, Sasmita Baliarsingh, Ayinampudi Sree and M. Panigrahi. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2015, 51 (2), 323-325.
• Finlaysonia obovata - A renewable resource of plant hydrocarbons. Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 2015, 34 (1), 265-268.
• Biomimetic synthesis of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of Cinnamomum tamala leaves: optimization of process variables. Pravat Manjari Mishra; Lipika Sundaray; Gautam Kumar Naik; K. M. Parida. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 2014, 6 (5), 409-414.
• Fatty acid profile, sterol composition of lipids and antibacterial study of a marine sponge Psammaplysilla purpurea (Carter) collected from Bay of Bengal (Odisha coast). Pravat Manjari Mishra, Susant Kumar Padhan,Ayinampudi Sree, Sasmita Baliarsingh and Prangya Paramita Mohanty.Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2014, 50(3), 520-523.
• Study and comparison of fatty acid profile of two gorgonians of the family Paramuriceidae Bayer. Pravat Manjari Mishra, Sasmita Baliarsingh Ayinampudi Sree, Susanta Kumar Padhan, and Prangya Paramita Mohanty.Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2014, 50(1), 114-116.
• Green synthesis of Au/TiO 2 for effective dye degradation in aqueous system.Gautam Kumar Naik, Pravat Manjari Mishra, Kulamani Parida. ChemicalEngineering Journal, 2013, 229 (1), pp. 492-497.
• Anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial activity of chalcone from DalbergiaSisso Roxb leaves. P. C. Behera, S. M. Verma, P. M. Kumar, N. B. Das,Pravat Manjari Mishra, S. Baliarsingh. American journal of Phytomedicinesand Clinical Therapeutics, 2013, 2, 186-194.
• Chemical investigation of lipids of a marine sponge Spirastrella vagabunda Pravat Manjari Mishra, Susanta Kumar Padhan, A. Sree, SasmitaBaliarsingh and Mallika Panigrahi. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2013,48(6), 1103-1105.
• Isolation of a lupane triterpene fatty acid ester with antibacterial activity from the leaves of Finlaysonia obovata. Pravat Manjari Mishra, A. Sree, Mallika Panigrahi. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2012,48 (1), 161-163.
• Fatty acid profile and sterol composition of the marine sponge Azorica pfeifferae. Susant Kumar Padhan, Pravat Manjari Mishra and A. Sree.Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 2012, 48(1), 122-125.