1. BSc in Botany, Nalbari College, Nalbari, 2006

2. MSc in Botany (Microbiology), Gauhati University, 2008

3. PhD: CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, Title: Genetic and Functional Diversity of Flourescent Pseudomonads Associated with Rhizosphere of Green Gram (Vigna radiata) in Jorhat District of Assam and Their Role in Water Stress Resistance , 2014

1. Sarma RK, Gohain A, Ahmed TH, Yadav A, Saikia R (2023) An environment‑benign approach of bamboo pulp bleaching using extracellular xylanase of strain Bacillus stratosphericus EB‑11 isolated from elephant dung. Folia Microbiologica doi.org/10.1007/s12223-022-01003-1.

2. Gohain A, Sarma RK*, Debnath R, Saikia J, Singh BP, Sarmah R, Saikia R (2019) Phylogenetic affiliation and antimicrobial effects of endophytic actinobacteria associated with medicinal plants: prevalence of polyketide synthase type II in antimicrobial strains. Folia Microbiologica 64(4):481-496.

3. Saikia J*, Sarma RK*, Dhandia R, Yadav A, Bharali R, Gupta VK, Saikia R (2018) Alleviation of drought stress in pulse crops with ACC deaminase producing rhizobacteria isolated from acidic soil of Northeast India. Scientific Reports, 8:3560 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21921-w.

4. Gohain A, Das R, Sarma RK, Pegu D, Saikia J, Yadav Y, Singh BP, Sarmah R, Saikia R (2018) Bio-Computational Analysis of Polyketide Synthase Type II Gene from Endophytic Streptomyces mutabilis Strain EAAG65 Associated with Roots of Emblica officinalis. BAOJ Bioinfo 2017 1: 2 1: 007.

5. Passari AK, Mishra VK, Singh G, Singh P, Kumar B, Gupta VK, Sarma RK, Saikia R, Donovan AO, Singh BP (2017) Insights into the functionality of endophytic actinobacteria with a focus on their biosynthetic potential and secondary metabolites production. Scientific Reports, 7: 11809 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12235-4.

6. Sarma RK, Gogoi A, Dehury B, Debnath R, Bora TC, Saikia R (2014) Community profiling of culturable fluorescent pseudomonads in the rhizosphere of green gram (Vigna radiata L.) PLoS ONE 9(10): e108378. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108378

7. Sarma RK, Saikia R (2014). Alleviation of drought stress effects in mung bean plant by stress tolerant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa GGRJ21. Plant and Soil, 377:111–126.

8. Hussain N, Gogoi A, Sarma RK, Sharma P, Barras A, Boukherroub R, Saikia R, Sengupta P, Das MR (2014) Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Decorated with Au Nanoparticles as an Effective Bactericide: Investigation of Biocompatibility and Leakage of Sugars and Proteins. ChemPlusChem, 79:1774-1784.

9. Fellahi O, Sarma RK, Das MR., Saikia R, Marcon L, Coffinier Y, Hadjersi T, Maamache M, Boukherroub R (2013) Antimicrobial effect of silicon nanowires decorated with silver and copper nanoparticles. Nanotechnology, 24-495101. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/24/49/495101.

10. Debnath R, Saikia R, Sarma RK, Yadav A, Bora TC, Handique PJ (2013) Psychrotolerant antifungal Streptomyces isolated from Tawang, India and the shift in chitinase gene family. Extremophiles, 17:1045-1059.

11. Das MR., Sarma RK, Borah SC, Kumari R, Saikia R, Deshmukh AB., Shelke MV, Sengupta P, Szunerits S, Boukherroub R (2013) The synthesis of citrate-modified silver nanoparticles in an aqueous suspension of graphene oxide nanosheets and their antibacterial activity. Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 105:128-136.

12. Kakati D, Sarma RK, Saikia R, Sarma JC, Baruah NC (2013) Rapid microwave assisted synthesis andantimicrobial bioevaluation of novel steroidal chalcones. Steroids, 78: 321– 326.

13. Sarma RK, Debnath R, Saikia R, Handique PJ, Bora TC (2012) Phylogenetic analysis of alkaline proteinase producing fluorescent pseudomonads associated with green gram (Vigna radiata L.) rhizosphere. Folia Microbiologica, 57:129–137.

14. Saikia R, Sarma RK, Yadav A, Bora TC (2011) Genetic and functional diversity among the antagonistic potential fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from tea rhizosphere. Current Microbiology, 62: 434-444.

15. Das MR, Sarma RK, Saikia R, Kale VS, Shelke MV, Sengupta P (2011) Synthesis of silver nanoparticles in an aqueous suspension of graphene oxide sheets and its antimicrobial activity. Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 83: 16-22.

16. Saikia R, Gogoi DK, Mazumder S, Yadav A, Sarma RK, Bora TC, Gogoi BK (2011) Brevibacillus laterosporus strain BPM3, a potential biocontrol agent isolated from a natural hot water spring of Assam, India. Microbiological Research, 16: 216-225.

17. Saikia R, Sarma RK, Debnath R, Bora TC (2011) Trends in Bacterial Diversity Study and its Prospects. Science and Culture, 77:451-455.

1. Sarma RK, Chaudhury K (2022) Microbial Prospects in Sediment Denitrification of Eutrophic Wetland Ecosystem. In: Core Microbiome: Improving crop quality and productivity, Parray et al. (eds), John Wiley and Sons. Pp 183-189.

2. Sarma RK, Saikia R, Talukdar NC (2017) Mitochondrial DNA Based Molecular Markers in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) Research. In: Molecular Markers and Mycology, Singh BP, Gupta VK (eds), Springer, pp 243-250.

3. Sarma RK, Debnath R, Yadav A, Handique PJ, Baruah AR, Saikia R (2014) Rhizosphere engineering of crop plants by bacterial ACC-deaminase under water stress. In: Trends in Soil Microbial Ecology. Singh, D.P., Singh, H.B. (eds). Studium Press LLC, USA. pp 352-365.

4. Debnath R, Sarma RK, Saikia R, Yadav A, Bora TC (2013) Metagenomics: A Hunting Expedition in Microbial Diversity. In: Molecular Biology of Bacteria. Gaur, R.K., Gautam, H.K. (eds). Nova Science Publishers, Inc, USA. pp 19-30.