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Palak  Middha (Senior Research Fellow) (2018- ) Completed Pre-Ph. D Synopsis

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Biochemistry, Thapar University

Research Interest: Unravelling the role of ribonucleases in the regulation of small RNA expression in Deinococcus radiodurans

Reena (ICMR Senior Research Fellow) Through SIRe (Jointly with Dr. Krishna Kishore Inampudi, Dept. of Biophysics, AIIMS, India) (2019- ) Submitted Thesis

Previous qualification: M. Sc  in Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana

Research Interest: Regulation by Mycobacterial small RNAs under oxidative stress

Krishan Kumar (Senior Research Fellow)  (2019- ) Submitted Thesis

Previous qualification: M. Tech. in Bionanotechnology, IIT Roorkee

Research Interest: Regulation by Mycobacterial small RNAs at low pH

Ashama Begum (Senior Research Fellow) (2019- )

Previous qualification: M. Sc, Jamia Milia Islamia

Research Interest: Role of Ribonucleases in noncoding RNA expression in E. coli.

Stanzin Lzaod (Senior Research Fellow) (2020- ) Completed Pre-Ph. D Synopsis

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Chemistry, IIT Delhi

Research Interest: Extremophilic Laccase in biosensor development

Anam Ibrahim (Senior Research Fellow) (2020- )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University

Research Interest: Regulation by small RNAs in E. coli.

Pratyusha Thakur (Senior Research Fellow) (2020- )

Previous qualification: M. Sc. in Physiology, West Bengal State University

Research Interest: Mechanism od small RNAs in Escherichia coli

Nitin Kumar (Senior Research Fellow)  (Jointly with Prof. P. K. Chowdhury, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2020 - )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Chemistry, IIT Delhi

Research Interest: Effect of molecular crowding in DNA replication

Ashutosh Sharma (Senior Research Fellow ICMR Project)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2023 - )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana

Research Interest: Mechanism of Antimycobacterial resistance

Shilpi Singh (Senior Research Fellow)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2023 - ) (Co-supervised with Prof. Tarak Karmakar IIt Delhi)

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee

Research Interest: Understanding the mechanism of RNA-protein interaction

Jyoti Bhonsle (Junior Research Fellow CSIR)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2024 July - )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Chemistry, IIT Delhi

Research Interest: Regulation by small RNA DrsS in Deinococcus radiodurans.

Manjari Guha Roy (Junior Research Fellow CSIR)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2024 December - )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Research Interest: Small RNAs in antimycobacterial resistance

Pushpita Das (Junior Research Fellow DBT)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2025 July - )

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Microbiology, Kalyani University, West Bengal 

Research Interest: Small RNA-mediated gene regulation in M. tuberculosis

Shruti Kumari (Junior Research Fellow)  (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India) (2025 July - ).

Previous qualification: M. Sc in Chemistry, IIT Delhi.

Research Interest: Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli 

Kamlesh (IIT Delhi) 2025-till date 

Pragati (IIT Delhi) 2025-till date 

Dr. Amit Kumar Gupta (Ph. D awarded in June 20th, 2020) 

(Dec 2014 - Sept. 2020)

(M. Tech, West Bengal University of Technology) 

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Kathrin Muegge in the Center for Cancer Research, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA

Dr. Varsha Panwar (Ph. D Awarded in May 31st, 2023) 

(Dec 2017 -Dec 2022)

(M. Sc in Environmental Science, Indra Prastha University, Delhi)

Current Position: Indian Administrative Service

Dr. Namra  Siddiqui (Ph. D awarded in July 24th 2023) 

(July 2018- July 2023 ) 

(M. Sc in Biotechnology, J. N. U, New Delhi)

Current Position: Post doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Nils G. Walter in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Dr. Shiv Narayan Rai (Ph. D awarded in September 20th, 2024)

(July 2019- September 2024)

(M. Sc in Biosciences, Jamia Milia Islamia)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Saikat Boliar in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Buffalo, NY, USA

Dr. Bipasa Dey (Ph. D awarded in April 25th, 2025)

(December 2019- April 2025)

(M. Sc in Chemistry, Kirorimal College/University of Delhi)

Current Position: Research scientist under the supervision of Prof Amit Sharma, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi