Profile

Academic Details

Senior Scientist (April 2018 - continued): Working as Senior Scientist at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Ramalingaswami fellow (May 2016- April 2018): Ramalingaswami fellow at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Research Associate (2014- May 2016): In the laboratory of Dr. Hartmut Geiger at Department of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology- Stem Cell Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio -45229, USA

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2010- 2014): In the laboratory of Dr. Marie-Dominique Filippi at the Department of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology- Stem Cell Biology, CCHMC, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Ph.D. (2004-2009): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; under the supervision of Dr. Madhu Dikshit, Pharmacology Div, CDRI, India. Thesis: “Role of Nitric Oxide in Neutrophil Maturation and Function”.

M.Sc. (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2001-2003): under the supervision of Prof. V. K. Khanna, Genetics Dept, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, India. Thesis- Studies to develop Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, 1997-2000): C.C.S. University, Meerut, India.

Awards and Honors

  1. 2015 : Awarded Ramalingaswami fellowship, DBT, India

  2. 2015 : Awarded Ramanujan fellowship, SERB, DST, India

  3. 2015 : Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology

  4. 2013 : Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology

  5. 2011 : Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology

  6. 2009 : Awarded Travel Grant from Department of Biotechnology, India

  7. 2007 : Young Investigator Award, Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR-Asia)

  8. 2003 : National eligibility test for Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) by Council of

  9. Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India (December)

  10. 2003 : NET-JRF by CSIR, Govt. of India (June)

  11. 2003 : Graduate aptitude test (GATE), All India Rank=82

  12. 2001-2003 : Awarded DBT Scholarship during Master Programme