Current Academic Affiliation

  • PhD (Started in Dec 2021), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur


Educational Profile

  • 2018–2020 M.Sc. in Biochemistry at Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune (India)

  • 2015–2018 B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Botany at Hislop School of Biotechnology, Hislop College, RTM Nagpur University

  • 2014–2015 Senior Secondary Education Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur

  • 2012–2013 Higher Secondary Education Bishop Cotton School Sadar, Nagpur (India)


Research Projects

  • Master’s project entitled “In vitro and in silico studies of 6- aminoflavones as P-glycoprotein inhibitors on drug-resistant cell lines” at Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biotechnology and Division of Chemistry, Savitribai PhulePuneUniversity.

  • Undergraduate research project entitled “Isolation of Novel Quorum quenching AntimicrobialPeptide (AMP) from Environmental Rare Actinobacteria” at Hislop School of Biotechnology, Hislop college Nagpur.


Internships

▪ Winter internship on Symbiotic association of Fungi and Rare Actinobacteria at Hislop School of Biotechnology in Dec 2018 under Dr. Sunita Bundale, Dr. Nandita Nashikkar Dr. Avinash Upadhyay.

▪ Summer internship on Studying the Evolution of Chromosomal Segregation in Cryptococcus neoformans by overexpression and live-cell imaging of shugoshin under Prof. Kaustuv Sanyal, Molecular Mycology Lab (MML), Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU), Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced ScientificResearch (JNCASR), Bengaluru.

▪ Science Writer and Member of Production and Design team of Scintillate WoW Science team; Magazine of Science for Non-Scientific community at Science Media Center, IISERPune, and CFTRI-Mysore.


Honours and awards

▪ JNCASR SRF (Summer Research Fellowship) for working on “Intracellular localization of Shugoshin upon overexpression in pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans” under Prof. Kaustuv Sanyal, Molecular Mycology Lab, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

▪ CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) fellowship for being Departmental topper and First Rank holder in M.Sc. at Department of Chemistry, SPPU during the academic session2019-2020.

▪ CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) fellowship for merit in National level chemistry entrance examination conducted jointly by CSIR-NCL and Department of Chemistry, SPPU during the academic session 2018-2019.

▪ First prize in Inter-university Prof. H. J. Arnikar Lecture competition, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University.

▪ Subject topper in Botany, Chemistry, and Biotechnology during B.Sc.


Courses and Workshops

▪ Online coursework on flow cytometry, including basics, design and working, applications, experimental designing, and data analysis in Flowcytometry conducted by Flowcytometry

Solutions and supported by Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry.

▪ Workshop on Theory and Hands-on training in software and tools in learning Biostatistics; a user’s perspective at IISER-Pune.

▪ Workshop on Writing Science (WoW Science’19) for 13 days funded by Vigyan Prasar (Indian Science Wire) and DST-Govt. of India and organized by Science Media Center IISER-Pune.

▪ Workshop and training on Scientific Illustrations conducted by Dr. Ipsa Jain organized by IISER-Pune.

▪ GIAN-Global Initiative of Academic Network course work and workshop on Astrobiology and Science Communication conducted by Prof. Lewis Dartnell, University of Westminster London, UK (organized byIISER-Kolkata and MHRD Govt. of India).

▪ A Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India funded Workshop on Presentation and Effective Science Communication Skills in Academia conducted by Dr Pooja Sancheti, Faculty at IISER-Pune.

▪ GIAN-Global Initiative of Academic Network course work on Immunology and Vector Biology of Leishmaniasis conducted by Dr David Sacks, Chair laboratory of Parasitic Disease, NIAID, NIH, Maryland-USA (organized bySavitribai Phule Pune University and MHRD Govt. of India).

▪ Workshop on Effective and Active Teaching Techniques conducted by Prof. Rekha R. Srinivasan, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

▪ National level faculty development workshop on “Teaching and LearningBiology: Problem Solving Approach” conducted at the Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University.

▪ Merit for Make Intern Workshop on Understanding Complexities of Life from molecules to systems by Spring Fest-IIT KGP.

▪ Design Thinking Workshop at Design Innovation Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) 2019.

▪ GlobalEntrepreneurship Summit ’17 IIT-Kharagpur.

▪ Completed UGCSponsored Career OrientedCertificate Course in Floriculture.