EDUCATION

• Master of Science (M.Sc) in Life Sciences (Zoology) Specialized in Biochemistry from Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University with 1^st Class 1^st position.
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Zoology from Madhabdev University with 1^st class 5^th position.

OTHER QUALIFICATION

• Joint CSIR-UGC NET (June 2021) qualified with AIR 61.
• GATE (XL)-2022 qualified. 
• SLET (NE) 2022 qualified with 7^th rank

PROJECTS

1. Seasonal variation of certain water physic-chemical properties of Dikrong River, Lakhimpur, Assam (July 2016 to June 2017).
2. Assessment of certain biochemical properties and proteolytic activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Ricinus communis and Clerodendrum colebrookianum and its effect on the blood coagulation cascade. (February 2019 to June 2019).

NATIONAL SEMINAR

• Participated in the UGC-sponsored national seminar on the topic “Bio-diversity degradation and its impact with special reference to North-East India” (18^th and 19^th February 2016)

WORKSHOPS AND INTERNSHIPS

• Participated on One Week National Workshop on “Statistical Analysis Using SPSS” organized by Department of Statistics Dibrugarh University. (21^st to 25^th March, 2022).

• Participated on workshop on “Patenting Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights” organized by Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, Dibrugarh University Sponsored by Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) Government of Assam, Guwahati. (29^th and 30^th March, 2022).

• Completed 45 days internship program from 15^th October, 2020 to 28^th November 2020 on “Online Internship Programme on Biodiversity Conservation” under the Assam State Biodiversity Board.

RESOURCE PERSON

• Served as a Resource Person in the “Student Enrichment Programme” organized by “Faculty Development Cell” of Duliajan College on 1^st November, 2021.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• NEC Merit scholarship holder for the year 2017-2019.

• Participated in the Workshop on “Sensitization on Biodiversity and climate change” sponsored by Assam Science Technology & Environmental Council.

          1^st position in Spot essay and extempore speech organized in the same occasion. (18^th March 2015)

• Participated in the Science popular talk organized by the Department of Chemical Science, Tezpur University (Association with Madhabdev College Science Forum), topic entitled “Mechanism of DNA repair: chemical stability for life”- based on the works of Nobel Laureats in chemistry 2015.

           2^nd position in the Report writing competition organized on the same occasion. (6^th February 2016)

• Participated in the orientation program on “Assam Bio-diversity Portal” organized by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in collaboration with the Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University. (24^th March, 2018).

ARTICLE

• Puja Sarmah & Trishnakhi Swargiari. A checklist of avifaunal diversity of Dibrugarh University campus, Assam, India. Research Journal of Agricultural Science. CARAS (Centre for Advanced Research in Agricultural Sciences). 2022. 13(4): 1067-1072. ISSN: 0976-1675 (P) ISSN: 2249-4538 (E) (UGC CARE).
• Puja Sarmah & Devid Kardong. Enzyme-producing gut bacteria of fish and its effect on fish health: a review. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology. 2022. 43(15):1-16. ISSN: 0256-971X (P). (WEB OF SCIENCE). 

• Puja Sarmah. Antioxidant defense against global warming mediated reactive oxygen species diseases. Louhittya A multidisciplinary Research Book. 2022. Pp. 97-106. ISBN- 978-81-947664-6-9.