People

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

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.

Anam Ibrahim (Senior Research Fellow) (2020- ) Completed Pre-PhD synopsis

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: 

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  

Dr. Reena Nirban (Ph. D awarded in December 16th, 2025)

 (December 2019- December 2025) 

(M. Sc  in Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana)

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

Dr. Krishan Kumar (Ph. D awarded in February 13th, 2026)

 (December 2019- February 13th 2026) 

(M. Tech. in Bionanotechnology, IIT Roorkee)

Current Position: 

Dr. Stanzin Lzaod (Ph. D awarded in February 20th, 2026)

 (September 2020- February 20th 2026) 

(M. Sc. in Chemistry, IIT Delhi)

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