Lab members

Meenakshi Kandpal 

MSc Microbiology: (Kumaun University, India) 

Year of Joining and current status: August 2021, Prime Minister's Research Fellow-2022

Research area: Gut-Brain axis

Email ID: phd2101171014@iiti.ac.in 

Vaishali Saini

MSc Molecular and Human Genetics: (Banaras Hindu University, India) 

Year of Joining and current status: July 2022, Prime Minister's Research Fellow-2022 

Research area- Synaptic alterations and barrier compromises in the gut-brain axis: An outcome of gastric coinfections  

Email ID: phd2201171005@iiti.ac.in 

Pranit Bagde

MSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: (Pondicherry Central University, India) 

Year of Joining and current status: July 2022, UGC-SRF

Research area: Role of NRTK's in H. pylori and - EBV mediated gastric cancer progression.

Email ID: phd2201171007@iiti.ac.in

Pramesh Sinha

MSc Biotechnology: (Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyala, India) 

Year of Joining and current status: July 2023, UGC-JRF 

Email ID: phd2301171008@iiti.ac.in 

Nfor Gael Njini 

MSc Biochemistry: (University of Dschang Cameroon) 

Year of Joining and current status: Dec. 2023, TWAS-DBT 

Research area- Therapuetic implication of medicinal plants in H. pylori- mediated gut and brain dysfunction.

Email ID: phd2301271001@iiti.ac.in 

Arpit Verma

MSc Biotechnology: (Central University Of Rajasthan) 

Year of Joining and current status: Dec. 2023, TA-GATE

Research area- Post-COVID complications. 

Email ID: phd2301271003@iiti.ac.in 

Harshita Shrivastava

M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences: (Dr. BR Ambedkar centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi)

Year of Joining and current status: Aug. 2024, DBT-JRF

Research area- Gut-Immune-Brain axis in Parkinson's Disease.

Email ID: phd2401171006@iiti.ac.in 

Raunak Kumar

M.Sc. Zoology : (Banaras Hindu University, India)

Year of Joining and current status: May. 2025, UGC-JRF

Research Area - Prostate Cancer

Email ID: phd2501171003@iiti.ac.in 

Md Shahadab
MSc Medical Virology: (Jamia Hamdard)

Year of joining and current status- June,2025, DST-Inspire

Research Area-  Co-infection mediated Neurodegeneration

Email ID: phd2501171002@iiti.ac.in 

Srija  Mukerjee
MSc Biotechnology: (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India) 

Year of joining and current status- July, 2025, TA-GATE

Research Area-  Gut-lung axis and host-pathogen interaction.

Email ID: mscphd2303171020@iiti.ac.in 

Chaitali Vora
MSc Biotechnology: (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)
Year of joining and current status- July 2025, TA-GATE 

Research Area: Neuro-epigenetics 

Email ID: 

mscphd2303171002@iiti.ac.in 

Sakshi Subhash Kale
M.Sc. Medical Biotechnology

(Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujrat)

Year of joining and current status - July 2025, TA-GATE

Research Area- Gut-liver axis

Email ID - phd2501171020@iiti.ac.in

Priya Raghuvanshi

M.Sc. Biotechnology 

(Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida)

Year of Joining and current status - July, 2025, CSIR-JRF

Research Area-  Gut-thyroid axis

Email ID- phd2501171015@iiti.ac.in

Matru Prasad Mohanty

M.Sc. Zoology

(Berhampur University, Odisha)

Year of Joining and current status - January, 2026, CSIR- JRF

Email ID- phd2501271004@iiti.ac.in

Arjoo Tripathi

M.Sc. Microbiology

(Barkatullah University, M.P.)

Department - CRDT, IIT INDORE 

Year of Joining and current status-January, 2026, Industrial Sponsored SW Fellowship

Email ID- phd2501292002@iiti.ac.in

Sushmita
M.Sc. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

(North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya)

Year of joining and current status

-January 2026, TA-NET

Research Area- Comparative analysis of H. pylori gastric juice and biopsy isolates.

Email ID:- phd2501271007@iiti.ac.in 

Ankita  Choudhary
M.Sc Forensic science

               (Toxicology)

    Medicaps University Indore

Year of joining and current status:

                March 2026, JRF 

ANRF SAKSHAM PAIR Project

   Research Area- AMR ESKAPE Pathogens, Breast cancer and Phage-based therapeutics. 

  Email ID:- ankita.choudhary293@gmail.com

Rajat Kumar

MSc Biotechnology

 IIT Indore

 Research area: Therapeutics of AD & MS with an antiviral regimen.

Simran Samanta

M.Tech Biomedical Engineering

(Specialization: Biomedical Devices)

IIT Indore

Anshul Naukarkar

M.Tech Biomedical Engineering

(Specialization: Biomedical Devices)

IIT Indore

Krish Gupta

B.Tech Biotechnology

Bennett University, Noida

 Research area: Role of EBV in lung cancer.

Charu Sonkar

​Year of Joining: Dec 2016

Year of completion: Aug 2021

Research area: Role kinases in gastric cancer

Shweta Jakhmola

​Year of Joining: Dec 2016

Year of completion: April 2022

Research area: Role of EBV in Multiple Sclerosis

Deeksha Tiwari 

​Year of Joining July 2017

Year of completion: 2022

Research area: EBV and it's role in neurodegeneration (Alzheimer's disease)

Omkar Indari

​Year of Joining: July 2017

Year of completion: 2022

Research area: Malaria-EBV coinfection

Dharmendra Kashyap

Year of joining: Dec 2017

Year of completion: 2023

Research area: Co-infection of Helicobacter pylori and Epstein Barr virus in gastric cancer

Budhadev Baral 

Year of Joining: October 2018

Year of completion: 2024

Research area: SARS CoV-2 and host interaction and Co-infection of EBV and Helicobacter pylori in digestive tract cancer

Nidhi Varshney 

Year of Joining: July 2019

Year of completion: 2024

Research area: Helicobacter pylori - EBV coinfection

Email ID: phd1901171007@iiti.ac.in

Annu Rani 

M.Sc. Zoology (Banaras Hindu University, India)

Year of Joining and current status: January 2020, CSIR-SRF

Research area: Investigating the Epstein Barr virus-mediated perturbations and entry mechanism in brain cells: An insight into neuropathologies  

Email ID: phd1901271006@iiti.ac.in