Ph.D. Scholar (August 2020-Present) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

III. State-of-the-Art Seminar completed on 25th November 2022.

• B.Tech in Biotechnology from NIT Durgapur, CGPA: 9.07/10 (July 2016 - June 2020)

• Class 12th from Kendriya Vidyalaya Ballygunge, Percentage:  94.8%, in 2016

• Class 10th from Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF Nagpur, CGPA: 10/10, in 2014

1. Mjunction Services Limited, Kolkata — Summer Intern (May - July 2019)

• I worked under the mentorship of Mr. Suman Mallik, Head- Enterprise Account Manager (SAIL) where I was assigned two projects, one based on Data Management and the other based on Stores Management.

2. Bose Institute, Kolkata — Winter Intern, December 2018

   • I worked under the supervision of Prof. Srimonti Sarkar, where I studied the role of ESCRT machinery in the formation of Multivesicular Bodies in a cell. 

3. Tata Medical Center, Kolkata — Summer Intern (June - July 2018)

   • I worked on a project titled “An option Appraisal & optional Selection of Spectrophotometer for appropriate Application” under the supervision of Dr. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Consultant Microbiologist.

1. Paul M, Kumar V, Joshi Y, Sharma A, Sivakumar S.  Optimizing Bioink formulation and 3D printing parameters for 3D Bioprinting artificial skin tissue. Poster presented at BioTEx 2023. International Conference on Biomedical Materials and Technology; 2023 Nov 29 - Dec 1; IIT Delhi.

2. Paul M, Sharma A, Sivakumar S. 3D Bioprinting artifical skin tissue. Poster presented at Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine MFCEM Inauguration and Research Symposium; 2023 Nov 6-7; IIT Kanpur.

1. Undergraduate Research Project titled "Correlation of the gut microbiota with fermented food uptake in Ethnic Population of West Bengal" under the supervision of Dr. Oindrilla Mukherjee, Assistant Professor at NIT Durgapur.

3D bioprinting, Biomaterial synthesis, Mammalian cell culture techniques, Optical Microscopy, Molecular & cell biology techniques. 

1. Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) through lateral entry from July 2022 to present at IIT Kanpur.

2. Qualified GATE-2020 in Biotechnology (BT) with an AIR-179.

3. Selected for UDAAN Project under CBSE and MHRD in November 2014.

4. Received Certificate of excellence & cash prize of Rs. 5000 from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for securing >90% marks in Class 10th & 12th board exam.

5. Stood 1st in the 8th Kolkata Regional Brain Bee hosted by University of Calcutta in 2015.

6. Stood 1st in the Regional Level Inter- KV Social Science Exhibition in 2014.

7. Qualified for National Level Participation in National Children Science Congress (NCSC) for two successive years (2013-2014)

1. Pre-conference workshop on "Recent Trends in Biofabrication and Personalized Medicine and Diagnostic", organized by BioTEx 2023 team from 27th-28th November 2023. 

2. Hands-on workshop on "3D Bioprinting", jointly organised by CellINK India & IISc Bangalore from 30th-31st May 2023.

3. International Workshop on "Advances in Designing and Manufacturing Technologies for Orthopaedic Biomaterials (ADMTOB 2023)", organised by Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology & BSBE Dept. of IIT Kanpur, from 13-14th March 2023.

4. 29th annual short virtual course on "Advances in Tissue engineering" conducted by Rice University, Houston, Texas (USA) from 10th-13th August 2022. 

5. Short online course on "CRISPR/Cas9 Crash Course for Beginners" completed on 19th December 2019 on the Udemy platform. 

6. Workshop on "Prospect of transition from academia to the health-sector industry" organised by the Department of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur & sponsored by TEQIP-III & NIT Durgapur on 6th December 2019. 

7. Hands-on training on the "Techniques of Molecular Biology" with the completion of a short-term project on the topic "Isolation of DNA from Medicinal plants & identification of their antimicrobial properties" at SHRM Biotechnologies PVT. LTD., Kolkata, from 4th December 2017 to 2nd January 2018. 

1. Member of the Election Committee, which was formed during the Hall Executive Committee Elections of GH1 Hall of residence, IIT Kanpur, for 2022-23.

2. PG Core Team Member at Counselling Service, IIT Kanpur (July 2021 -April 2022).

3. Co-founder of Mental healthcare startup, Mental Sphere from August 2020 - February 2022 (currently not operational).

4. Convenor at Entrepreneurship Development Cell, NIT Durgapur (July 2017- June 2020)

5. Volunteer at Medical camp, IQ city Durgapur, hosted by Operation smile from 23rd February to  1st March 2020.