Mahua Gupta Choudhury has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) by NEHU on the thesis ‘Regulation and molecular characterization of different isoforms of nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production under environmental stress in the air breathing catfish, heteropneustes fossili’. She carried out her research under the supervision of Prof Saha from the Department of Zoology, NEHU. She is the daughter of Rajat Gupta Choudhury and Meera Gupta Choudhury, residents of Laban.