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Post Doctoral Fellow, Emory National Primate Research Center, USA
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
2015-2022
9.29 on a scale of 10
(Ranjan Kumar Memorial Award for best socially relevant project by any graduating student of any department)
M.Sc in Biotechnology School of biotechnology Banaras Hindu University
9.28 on a scale of 10
B.Sc. in Biotechnology
University Rank 1
Cotton College
Publications
1. Baruah N, Ahamad N, Maiti S, Howlader DR, Bhaumik U, Patil V, Chakrabarti M, Koley H and Katti DS. Development of a self-adjuvanting, cross-protective, stable intranasal recombinant-vaccine for shigellosis. ACS Infectious Diseases 2021 Nov 4;7(12):3182-96.
2. Baruah N, Halder P, Koley H and Katti DS. A stable recombinant Invasion plasmid antigen C (IpaC)-based single dose nanovaccine for shigellosis. Molecular Pharmaceutics 2022 19, 11, 3884–93
3. Baruah N, Ahamad N, Halder P, Koley H and Katti DS. Development of multi-faceted biomimetic nanovaccines against drug resistant Shigella. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21, 34
4. Ahamad N, Baruah N, Halder P, Koley H and Katti DS. Oral nanovaccine for shigellosis: a scalable platform technology. Under submission (co-first author).
5. Baruah N, Das Manoj. Modhuxuleng, a common North-east Indian herb in routine hepatic health: a preliminary study in a murine model, under review.
6. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Ahamad N, Maisha N, Lavik E, Katti DS. A non-invasive nanoparticle-based sustained dual-drug delivery system as an eyedrop for endophthalmitis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2021 Sep 5;606:120900.
7. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Dinabandhu A. Drug Delivery Systems for Infectious Eye Diseases: Advancements and Prospects. Journal of Nanotheranostics. 2024 Oct 6;5(4):133-66.
8. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Dinabandhu A. Nanomedicine in Ophthalmology: From Bench to Bedside, 2024, Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Dec 16;13(24):7651.
9. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Dinabandhu A. Engineering Neuro-Glial-Vascular Interfaces: Advances and Prospects for Regenerative Medicine, under review.
10. Palit P, Chowdhury FT, Baruah N, Sarkar B, Mou SN, Kamal M, Siddiqua TJ, Noor Z, Ahmed T. A comprehensive computational investigation into the conserved virulent proteins of Shigella sp unveils potential siRNA candidates as a new therapeutic strategy against shigellosis. Molecules 2022 Mar 17;27(6):1936.
11. Koley H, Bhaumik U, Baruah N, Mitra S, Maiti S, Nag D, Barman S, Sinha R, Howlader DR, Mukherjee P, Halder P. A story of Shigella vaccine development in ICMR-NICED involving multidimensional approaches. Indian Journal of Physiology and Allied Sciences. 2023 Jun 28;75(02):58-75.
12. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Manthripragada P., Dinabandhu A. Chapter-24 Safety assessment for nanomedicines and nanovaccines, Editor(s): Tuan Anh Nguyen, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Devesh U. Kapoor, Two Sides of Nanovaccines and Nanomedicines in Cancer Treatments, Academic Press, 2026, Pages 411-442, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-44579-8.00002-3.
13. Mahaling B, Baruah N, Manthripragada P., Dinabandhu A. Chapter-19 Nanomedicines and nanovaccines manufacturing, Editor(s): Tuan Anh Nguyen, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Devesh U. Kapoor, Two Sides of Nanovaccines and Nanomedicines in Cancer Treatments, Academic Press, 2026, Pages 327-354, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/edited-volume/abs/pii/B9780443445798000230.
+2 research articles and +1 review article (corresponding author) under preparation.
Patents:
1. Katti DS, Ahamad N, Baruah N. A simple and cost-effective protein purification system and method thereof. 201811006361, 2018, Indian patent granted- 518605.
2. Katti DS, Baruah N, Ahamad N. A highly-stable therapeutic protein antigen having vaccine application against shigellosis, and a simple and cost-effective method for preparing the same. 201911026648, 2019, Indian Patent granted- 455359
3. Katti DS, Baruah N. A single-dose nanovaccine for shigellosis and process for synthesis thereof. 202111008181, 2021, Indian Patent.
4. Katti DS, Baruah N. A Shigella nanovaccine and process for synthesis thereof. 202111046357, 2021, Indian Patent granted-433684.
5. Katti DS, Baruah N, Ahamad N. Oral biomimetic nanovaccine for shigellosis. 202511109620, 2025.
Fellowships, Awards and Performance in entrance tests
Tezpur University Entrance Examination 2013.
All India Rank -1
University of Hyderabad M.Sc. Entrance Examinations, 2013.
All India Rank -1
Pondicherry University M.Sc. Entrance Examinations, 2013.
All India Rank -9
Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2013
Qualified
CEEB 2013 (Combined Entrance examination for Biotechnology)
All India Rank-24
Joint Graduate Entrance Examination for Biology and Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, 2015
Qualified for IISER PhD entrances
Biotechnology Eligibility Test
All India Rank- 211
GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Biotechnology
All India Rank- 184
IIT Guwahati PhD entrance
Rank 4
BioTERM, IIT Kanpur, India, 2019
International Best Poster award
Travel award (Japan), 2019
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Life membership
SBAOI
BIO-Remedi, IIT Guwahati, India, 2022
Bajpai-Saha Student award
NE-SLET, 2023
Top 30
Ranjan Kumar Memorial Award for best socially relevant project by any graduating student of any department
IIT Kanpur Convocation 2023
Gandhian Young Technological Innovation, GYTI 2023
GYTI Appreciation (More for less for many Frugal Innovation)
Felicitations by Bishwa Hindu Parishad (2024), Nabajagaran Sangha (2022) and at Book Fair Guwahati, 2026
Other achievements
Invited as a young speaker for the Annual gathering of Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha in 2006 to deliver a 30 min speech on “Religion, Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva and Today’s Youth.”
First rank in Inter-Guwahati Recitation Competition held in Rabindra Bhawan in 2004.
First rank in Bishnu Prasad Rabha Memorial Drawing competition, 2003 (Dhirenpara club).
First rank in All Assam Poem Recitation (English) competition (Bodo Sahitya Sabha, 2008).
First rank in extempore speech and quiz competition organized by Milanjyoti Sangha on the occasion of Bohag Bihu in 2008.
5 years training in Basic Fine Arts, Trained in Bharatnatyam and Satriya classical dance forms.
Trained in Percussion instrument- Tabla.
Secretary of the Society for Young Literary Minds for 1 year (2010).
Managed and edited departmental wall-magazine from 2011-2012, Cotton College.
Member of the organizing committee of Departmental Week, Cotton College.
Involved in several poem collections (Amazon.in).
Organized return/rescue of people stuck in West Bengal to Assam in May, 2020 (mid-pandemic).
Invited as a speaker for a womencentric event- Naari Tumi Xoudamini, at Bookfair, Guwahati, 2026.
Theses
Ph.D. Development of a conserved protein-based vaccine and vaccine delivery systems for shigellosis.
Prof. Dhirendra S. Katti,
IIT Kanpur
M.Sc. In silico identification and PCR based verification of fungal elicitor responsive element (W-box) in Dof gene family of Cajanus cajan.
Prof. Emeritus B.D. Singh, Banaras Hindu University.
B.Sc. Evaluation of hepatoprotective and cytotoxic activities of the ethanolic leaf extract of Polygonum chinense L. (Best Thesis).
Dr. Manoj K. Das,
Cotton College.
Experience
After Thesis Submission
ICMR Project Scientist (Collaboration with Primary HealthTech- medical device start up)
IIT Guwahati+Primary HealthTech, 2022 (5 months) [Industrial experience]
After Defense
Guest Faculty- Immunology, Cell Biology
Tezpur University, Assam, India, 2023 (3 months) [Teaching experience]
After Convocation
Post doctoral Fellow- Vaccine testing (~2 years 5 months)
Emory National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, USA
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University
Reviewer Experience
Scientific Reports, npj Vaccines, Molecular Biology Reports, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, Discover Chemistry, Frontiers in Immunology.
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