Nikesh G. Kotadiya is a faculty member of zoology at the M. G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad. His research revolves around planktons and water analysis.

• Determination of Water Quality Index and Suitability of a Rural Freshwater body in Ghuma Village, District Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Comparative study of phytoplankton diversity in two fresh water body of rural area of Ahmedabad.
• Plankton diversity and density in Ghuma lake, rural area of Ahmedabad.
• Correlation of plankton diversity and density with physico-chemical parameters in Ghuma lake, rural area of Ahmedabad.
• Correlation of Plankton Diversity and Density with Physico-Chemical Parameters in Godhavi Pond, Rural Area of Ahmedabad.

• Seasonal variation and analysis of plankton in Manipur lake rural area of Ahmedabad.

• An assessment of lake water quality index of Manipur lake of District Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

• Phytoplankton Diversity, Density and Palmer’s Pollution Index of Freshwater Lake, Rural Area of Ahmedabad.

• Awarded 'Prof. S.M. Shah Gold Medal’ in M.Sc. (Statistics), Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar for securing first position.
• Awarded VPM Golden Jubilee Fund Gold Medal for the completion of Ph.D.
• Awarded Hari Ohm Ashram Prerit Bhaikka Inter-University Smarak Trust Award for best research paper in Statistics 2006-2007 (Title: Design Based Horvitz Thompson Variance Estimation: p-weighted Ratio Type Estimator).

• Worked as a project consultant for the INFLIBNET Project “Development of Online Data Exploration Tool for ICSSR, New Delhi” at INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar during 2015-16.
• Provided consultancy services for the project “Commodity Prediction using R” for “Bombay Software” during July 2020.