Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-208016.
Phone: 91-512-259-2142 (office) Fax: 0512-259-4010
Email: singhappu@iitk.ac.in
Graduate students (PhDs & M-Tech)
Mansi completed her M.Sc in Zoology from the University of Delhi in July 2021. After qualifying for CSIR- JRF, she joined BSBE, IIT Kanpur in August 2021.
Email: mansis21(@)iitk.ac.in
Sristi Nanda
MTech Student
Sristi has completed her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in July, 2021. After qualifying DBT-JRF , she joined BSBE,IIT Kanpur in January,2022.
Email: sristin21(@(iitk.ac.in
Ankur Chattopadhyay
Graduate Student
Ankur has completed his master's (M.Sc.) in Biology from IISER Thiruvananthapuram in July, 2024. He has joined the BSBE, IIT Kanpur in January, 2025 as an Institute fellow (MHRD).
Email: ankurc24(@)iitk.ac.in
Vikesh Kumar
Graduate Student
Vikesh has completed his master's (M.Sc.) in Zoology from Banaras Hindu University in June, 2023. After qualifying for CSIR-JRF, he joined the BSBE, IIT Kanpur in January, 2025.
Email: vikeshk24(@)iitk.ac.in
Nishtha Varshney
Graduate Student
Nishtha has completed her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in July, 2025. After qualifying DBT-JRF , she joined BSBE,IIT Kanpur in July ,2025.
Email: nvarshney25(@)iitk.ac.in
Rohit Chettri
Graduate Student
Rohit completed his Master’s degree (M.Pharm) in Pharmacology from Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka, in November 2024. He joined the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur, in January 2026 as an Institute Fellow (MHRD).
Email: rohitchettri25@iitk.ac.in
Post-docs & Project associates
Dr. Ankit Maurya
Research associate
Dr. Ankit completed his PhD from the Department of Biophysics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, in June 2024. He joined the Department of BSBE as a Research Associate in November 2025.
Dr. Daniel Tuikhang Koren
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Daniel completed his PhD in Biophysics from the University of Delhi, in 2023. He has been appointed as an Institute Post Doctoral Fellow (IPDF) in The Singh Lab since May 2026.
Saumya Porwal
Project Associate
Saumya completed her Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur in August 2024. She joined the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur, in January 2026 as a Project Technical Support III.
Past PhDs, Post Docs & M-Tech students
Dr. Santoshi Nayak
Dr. Santoshi has worked as a PostDoc in The Singh Lab
Dr. Siddharth N. R.
Dr. Siddharth has worked as a PostDoc in The Singh Lab
Dr. K V Nageswar
Nageswar has worked as a Graduate student in The Singh Lab. He has succesfully defended his PhD thesis in May, 2026.
Nazifa Salman
Nazifa has worked as an MTech student in The Singh Lab
Adil Raja
Adil has worked as an MTech student in The Singh Lab.
Prabir Tiwari
Prabir has worked as an MTech student in The Singh Lab
Dr. Muhammad Zohib
Dr. Zohib has worked as a PostDoc in The Singh Lab
Past Project associates
Bhawna Sharma
Bhawna worked as a Project Associate in The Singh Lab
Pradeep Singh
Pradeep has worked as a Project Associate in The Singh Lab.
Ankush Sachan
Ankush has worked as a Project Associate in The Singh Lab.
Beauty Kumari
Beauty has worked as a Dissertation trainee in The Singh Lab.
