Team PCDB




Team Leader

Prof. Sourav Datta

Email: sdatta@iiserb.ac.in

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Awards, Honours & Fellowships

Courses

Rahul Puthan Valappil

(PhD Scholar, CSIR SRF)
Email: rahulp@iiserb.ac.inTwitter: @rahulpvnewland
Academic details:
BS-MS (Biological Sciences), IISER Bhopal (2012-2017)
Works and Interests:

Rahul has done his Masters' dissertation in the PCDB lab and then joined as a PhD fellow (Aug'17). He is currently exploring the role of BBX proteins in the regulation of flowering and phytohormone-mediated developmental responses.
He likes photography and is ready for a drive anytime. He plays badminton and chess the most. 

Debojyoti Kar

(PhD Scholar, CSIR SRF)
Email: dkar@iiserb.ac.inTwitter: @debojyoti_kar19
Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Biotechnology, Institute of Genetic Engineering (2012-2015)
M.Sc Agricultural Biotechnology, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur, WB (2015-2017) 
Trainee at CSIR- IICB, Kolkata
Works and interests:

Deb is currently involved in understanding the role of light in abiotic stress tolerance.
He likes photography and listening to fusion songs. He plays badminton, basketball and cricket. 

Arpan Mukherjee

(PhD Scholar, CSIR SRF)
Email: arpan19@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @AMukhejee
Academic details:
B.Sc (Botany) from DA College under University of Calcutta 
M.Sc (Botany) from Department of Botany, University of Calcutta.
Works and interests:

Arpan joined the PCDB family in August 2019.
He loves cooking and cricket is his favourite game.

Shubhi Dwivedi

(PhD Scholar, CSIR SRF)
Email: shubhi19@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @sdwivedi26
Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, Banaras Hindu University
M.Sc Botany, Banaras Hindu University
Works and interests:

Shubhi joined the PCDB family in August 2019.
She has a huge love for plants and music.

Ajar Pradhan

(PhD Scholar, PMRF Fellow)
Email: ajar19@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @pradhan_ajar
Academic details:
B.Sc Botany, BJB Autonomous college, Utkal University (2017)
M.Sc Botany, Utkal University (2019)
JRF at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack.
Works and interests:

Ajar joined the PCDB lab in December 2019.
He loves travelling the most (bike riding) apart from studying and doing research. 

Kavuri Venkateswara Rao

(PhD Scholar, DBT SRF)
Email: kavuri20@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @KavuriVenkates5
Academic details:
B.Sc(Biotechnology),Government Autonomous College, Adi Kavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram 
M.Sc (Plant Biology and Biotechnology)  University of Hyderabad
Works and interests:

Venky joined the PCDB lab in December 2020.

Shikha Suyal

(PhD Scholar, DST-Inspire fellow)
Email: shikhasuyal@iiserb.ac.inTwitter: @suyalshikha5

Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, (2016-2019)
M.Sc Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Gold Medalist, (2019-2021 )
Qualified IIT JAM (BT and BL) 2019, GATE AIR339 (2021), ICAR ASRB NET 2021
Works and interests:

Shikha joined the PCDB lab in January 2022.
I like traveling, reading books and making new friends.

Neha Singh

(PhD Scholar, DBT JRF)
Email: neha23@iiserb.ac.in 


Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, Banaras Hindu University
M.Sc Botany, Banaras Hindu University

Works and interests:

Neha joined the PCDB lab in Agust 2023. She loves crafting, drawing  apart from doing science and also she enjoys listening music.

Pallabi Saha

(PhD Scholar, Institute JRF)
Email: pallabi23@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @PallabiS1906

Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, MUC Women's college Burdwan
M.Sc Botany, Kalyani University


Works and interests:

Pallabi joined the PCDB lab in December 2023. She loves reading short story books, and also she enjoys listening music.

Pranab Santara

(PhD Scholar, Institute JRF)
Email: pranab23@iiserb.ac.in Twitter: @Pranbio

Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College
M.Sc Botany, West Bengal State University

Works and interests:

Pranab joined the PCDB lab in December 2023. He loves to explore new places, and also he enjoys detective stories and movies,  music. He likes cooking too.

Anagha Sasidharan

(PhD Scholar, DBT JRF)
Email: anagha24@iiserb.ac.inTwitter: @ANAGHA_SASIDHAR


Academic details:
BS-MS (Biological Sciences), IISER Bhopal (2017-2022) 


Works and interests:

Anagha joined the PCDB lab in August 2024. She loves listening to music and people. 

Dipali

(PhD Scholar, DBT JRF)
Email: dipali24@iiserb.ac.in



Academic details:
B.Sc (H) Botany, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur 
M.Sc Botany, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur 
Works and interests:

Dipali joined the PCDB lab in August 2024. She loves reading books, and also, she enjoys cooking.

Umesh Zadoo

(PhD Scholar, CSIR-UGC-JRF)
Email: umeshz24@iiserb.ac.in

Academic details:
BS-MS Central University of Jammu (2019-2024)



Works and interests:

Umesh joined the PCDB lab in January 2025. He likes to explore new places, play chess and watch historical documentaries, reading Urdu, and he also enjoys poetry.

Arnab Bose

(BS-MS)
Email: arnab20@iiserb.ac.in

Academic details:  

BS-MS : IISER Bhopal (2020-Present) 

Works and interests:

In addition to his passion for science, he enjoys cooking (especially baking). hiking, swimming, and reading. He also has a strong interest in music, watching movies, and playing badminton.


Devika D Raj 

(BS-MS)
Email: devikad20@iiserb.ac.in

Academic details:

BS-MS : IISER Bhopal (2020-Present)


Works and interests:
Aside from science, she likes reading books, listening to music and podcasts on various subjects.

Somdatta Roy 

(BS-MS)
Email:  somdattaroy@students.iisertirupati.ac.in


Academic details:
BS-MS : IISER Tirupati (2020-Present)
Works and interests:
She loves to cook & eat.

Swagatam Das

(BS-MS)
Email:  swagatam20@iiserb.ac.in


Academic details:
BS-MS : IISER Bhopal (2020-Present)
Works and interests:
Other than science he is interested in travelling, watching sports and listening to music. He also has deep interest in geography, geopolitics, Indian and world economy, aviation, railway and policy.

Mukesh Ahirwar

(Lab Assistant)

Arabidopsis thaliana

(Model Organism)

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