Dr. Karan Kumar - Mentoring

Mentoring & Teaching

Internships & Trainings

Trainings to students and budding researchers across India and Abroad

Roles and Duties

Teaching activities at various schools/colleges and Instrument handling

NPTEL-NPTEL TAship

Doubt-solving sessions and guidance and for enrolled learners of NPTEL MOOCs

Research Guidance and Mentoring

Supervised 3 Undergraduate students for their Final Year Project, 2 Graduate (Masters) students, and 2 Graduate (Masters) research intern in genomics, transcriptomics, and genome-scale modeling at RWTH Aachen University (2024 – Present).
Organized & Mentored – Winter Internship in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (2022–23, Hybrid) – Trained 15 graduate/postgraduate students in GSM reconstruction, anaerobic fermentation, docking, MD simulations; outcome: 2 journal papers & 5 book chapters.
PMRF Teaching Assistant – NPTEL Course: Biochemistry (NOC23-CY30), IIT Kharagpur (Jan–Apr 2023, Prof. Swagata Dasgupta). Conducted weekly 2-hr sessions, problem-solving, and career mentoring.
Organized & Mentored – Virtual Internship in Mathematical Biology (2022, Online) – Trained 9 graduate/postgraduate students in GSMs, docking, life-cycle assessment; outcome: 1 journal paper.
PMRF Teaching Assistant – NPTEL Course: Fundamentals of Protein Chemistry (NOC22-BT62), IIT Kharagpur (Jul–Oct 2022, Prof. Swagata Dasgupta). Conducted weekly 1-hr live mentoring and Q&A sessions.
Guest Faculty – Analytical Chemistry I, North Gauhati College, Assam (Feb–Jun 2021). Delivered lectures and practicals for UG students; designed assignments and provided career guidance.
Organized & Mentored – Winter Internship in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (2021, Online) – Trained 6 graduate/postgraduate students in comparative modeling, docking, and MD; outcome: 1 preprint & Best Oral Presentation award.
Doctoral Mentorship – IIT Guwahati (2018–23) – Mentored 4 UG/PG trainees in enzyme kinetics, fermentation, pangenomics, and metabolic modeling.

Internships/Trainings to budding researchers & students

About Previous Interns

Winter INternship in BIOinformatics and Computational Biology- 2022 (WINBIOCB' 22)

🌬️ Winter Internship in BIOinformatics and Computational Biology - 2022 (WINBIOCB' 22)

📆 Internship Period: December 10th, 2022 to April 24th, 2023

🌐 Mode: Hybrid (Online and Offline)

📊 Applications Received: 250+

👥 Selected Candidates: 86

🏆 Trainees Certified: 15

👥 Role: Trainer/Organizer/Host

🎓 Mentors: Mr. Karan Kumar, Dr. Shivani Gupta, and Dr. Durgesh Kumar

🧑‍🏫 Supervisor: Prof. V.S. Moholkar, PhD, CEng, FIChemE, FRSC

💡 Skills Taught: Genome-scale metabolic models, Anaerobic culture handling and fermentation techniques, Molecular docking and Molecular dynamics simulations, Product analysis using HPLC and GC

Shraddha M. Jadhav

Poulami Mukherjee

Anjli Tanwar

Sagnik Mitra

Zaid Shekhani

Surati Kumari

Anisha Handique

M. Nithiya Kruthi

Akanksha Aggarwal

Disha Mukherjee

Tanvi Thakur

Divya Kaushal

Shrivatsa Hegde

Kartavya Mathur

Rashi Sharma

Virtual INternship in Mathematical Biology: Modelling and SIMulations - 2022 (VIMBIOSIM'22)

🧮 Virtual Internship in Mathematical Biology: Modelling and Simulations - 2022 (VIMBIOSIM'22)

📆 Internship Period: February 1st to May 31st, 2022

🌐 Mode: Virtual (Online)

📊 Applications Received: 180+

👥 Selected Candidates: 45

🏆 Trainees Certified: 9

👥 Role: Trainer/Organizer/Host

🎓 Mentors: Mr. Karan Kumar and Dr. Durgesh Kumar

🧑‍🏫 Supervisor: Prof. V.S. Moholkar, PhD, CEng, FIChemE, FRSC

💡 Skills Taught: Computational biology techniques in Molecular docking, Comparative genome analysis, Genome-scale metabolic models, Life cycle assessment analysis