B.Sc (Microbiology) from the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta, 2009

M.Sc (Biotechnology) from the Presidency College, University of Calcutta, 2011

Ph.D from the Department of Neurovirology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 2018

Program Coordinator, Department of Neurovirology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore (May 2017- June 2019)

Scientist C, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (June 2019- March 2021)

Virus-host interaction

Virus-vector competence

Arboviruses

Medical microbiology

Biotechnology for sustainable development

Ghosh A, Desai A, Ravi V, Gayathri N, Tyagi BK. Chikungunya virus interacts with heat shock cognate 70 protein to facilitate its entry into mosquito cell line. Intervirology. 2017; 60(6):247- 262. doi: 10.1159/000489308. Epub 2018 Jun 28

Ghosh A, Alladi PA, Gayathri N, Ravi V, Desai A. The time course analysis of morphological changes induced by Chikungunya virus replication in mammalian and mosquito cells. Acta Virologica 2018;62(4):360-373. doi: 10.4149/av_2018_403

Ghosh A, Mullapudi T, Bomanna S, Tyagi BK, Ravi V, Desai A. Understanding the mechanism of chikungunya virus-vector competence in three species of mosquitoes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2019; doi: 10.1111/mve.12376