Resume

•2018-2020: Integrated PhD Coursework | IISc Bengaluru

                                           8.50/10.00 CGPA

•2015-2018: B.Sc. Biotechnology | Fergusson College, Pune

                                                  78.05%

•2014-2015: Class XII | DPS R K Puram, New Delhi (CBSE Board)

                                                   95.80%

•2012-2013: Class X | Summer Valley School, Dehradun (ICSE Board)

                                                   95.40%

❖ PMRF Review 2023: Received the comment “Recommendation with Commendation” in the May 2023 review cycle

❖ PMRF Review 2022: Received the comment “Recommendation with Commendation” in the May 2022 review cycle

❖  Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF 2021) for pursuing doctoral research 

❖ JRF exam with an All India Rank of 45 in the combined CSIR-NET examination held in December 2018

❖ Joint Admission Test (JAM) organized by IIT-Bombay in 2018 with a rank of 57 (IIT-JAM Biotechnology) and 85 (IIT-JAM Biological Sciences) ❖ Jawaharlal Nehru University Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology held in December 2017 with an All India Rank of 15

❖ May’17-July’17: Summer Research Fellowship to carry out internship by Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

❖ 2013,2014: Scholar badges for academic performance received consecutively for two years| DPS RK Puram.

❖ 2013: Certificate of excellence, for securing highest marks in science in ICSE Examinations.

❖ National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai| May’17-Jul’17

“Studies to elucidate the effects of diet induced obesity on DNA methylation and its machinery in adult rat testis” under the guidance of Dr. Nafisa H Balasinor.

❖ Defence Research and Developmental Organisation, Ambernath| Apr’16-Jun’16

“Study on Molecular and Microbiological techniques” at Naval Materials and Research Laboratory (NMRL).

❖ Prof. KN Balaji, MCB IISc| 2019-present

Characterization of host immune responses post Cryptococcus neoformans infection and role of epigenetic modifiers in immune modulatory mechanisms employed by the opportunistic fungus.

Assisting in a project exploring the mechanisms of delayed wound healing post Candida albicans infection in a murine model.

❖ Dr. Mahavir Singh, MBU, IISc| Apr’19-May’19

Replication Protein A was purified inserting poly-histidine tags and affinity chromatography

❖ Prof. KN Balaji, MCB, IISc| Feb’19-Mar’19

Host immunological response post Candida albicans infection in murine peritoneal macrophages

❖ Dr. Srimonta Gayen, MRDG, IISc| Jan’19-Feb’19 

X-inactivation status in extra-embryonic endoderm cell lines from mouse blastocysts

❖ Network Analysis in Systems Biology| May2020

An online non-credit course authorized by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and offered through Coursera.

❖ Orientation Program on “Laboratory Animal Care and Use” | September 2019

Orientation program at the Central Animal Facility, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

❖ German Language Level 2 certification | 2016-2017

Symbiosis Institute of Foreign and Indian Languages (SIFIL).

❖ Participated in State level seminar on “Recent Advances in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Savitribai Phule Pune University (2018).

❖ 2018-2019: Member | Student Council, Fergusson College.

❖ 2014-2015: Vice President Biotechnology Club, DPS R.K. Puram.

❖ 2013: House Vice Captain, Summer Valley School, Dehradun.

❖Programming language: Basics of Java, R

❖ Techniques: Western Blotting, Real time-PCR, Fluorescence Microscopy, Animal Tissue Cell culture, Mice dissection/handling, FISH, Chromatography

❖ Analysis of RNA sequencing data

❖ Regulation of host immune responses in a host-pathogen interaction

❖ Genetic and molecular basis of the development of allergies and whether environmental factors as well as infections contribute to the manifestation of or host susceptibility to allergic reactions

• Biological Transactions: Molecules to Organisms (BTMO), IISc | Jan'23

Delivered an oral talk and presented a poster at the 2nd Internationa Conference, Biological Transactions: Molecules to Organisms (BTMO) held in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from 18th to 21st January 2023 at JN Tata Auditorium, IISc.

• PMRF Annual Symposium, IIT Madras | 17-18th Feb'23

Presented a poster at the annual symposium for Prime Minister's Research Fellow held in Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on 17th and 18th February 2023 at The Terrace, IITM. 

• Keystone Symposia: Immunometabolism: From Mechanisms to Pathways to Therapies, Ireland | March'24

Presented a poster at the Keystone Symposia meeting on Immunometabolism: From Mechanisms to Pathways to Therapies held from 18-21 March 2024 at INEC Killarney Convention Centre, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.