Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
IIT Guwahati
PhD| Mechanobiology| NUS Singapore| GPA: 4.78/5 2014-2019
Thesis: Investigating dynamics of bile canaliculi under physiological conditions and obstructive cholestasis
M. Tech| Biomedical Engineering| IIT Bombay |GPA: 10/10 2012-2014
Thesis: Magnetic Nanocarriers for hyperthermia and cisplatin delivery for anticancer therapy
B. Tech| Biotechnology| NIT Jalandhar | GPA: 9.39/10 2008-2012
Assistant Professor| IIT Guwahati 2024-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow| University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States Of America 2019-2024
Research Assistant| Mechanobiology Institute, National University Of Singapore. 2019
2021 Early-Career Author Prize by American Journal of Physiology. Awarded for a unique perspective on bile canaliculi.
2019 BPS Travel Award (750 USD)
EMBO travel Award (500 Euro)
The Travel APOCB Award (1500 SGD)
Awarded EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Program Fellowship of 500 Euro
2014 Silver medal by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Awarded for securing Rank 1, Biomedical Engineering 2014 graduating class, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Dr. Gargi Vishnoi Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence at IIT Bombay
2013 Institute gold medal by MHRD minister, Sh. M. M. Pallam Raju. Awarded for securing Rank 1, 2012 graduating class, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
Qualified GATE (Biotechnology) in 2012 with All India rank 2 and was awarded MHRD Fellowship, M. Tech in IIT Bombay.
Qualified CSIR UGC NET in 2012 with All India Rank 5 and was offered Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Fellowship.
BT101-Introductory Biology (3-0-0-6). Jan 2025
Guest Lecturer, NUS Singapore. 2024
Guest lecturer, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (BME 220), Widener University. 2021 and 2022
Instructor, CEMB Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program. Organized 1-day session on microfabrication and micro-contact printing. 2022 and 2023.
Instructor, The Cell as a Machine (BE 576) course, UPENN. 2021 and 2022
Instructor, BGS orientation on experimental design, UPENN. 2021
Guest lecture, Tissue Engineering, DY Patil University. 2020
Guest lecture, Biophysical Measurements, DY Patil University. 2020
Teaching assistant, Integrative Approach To Understand Cell Functions (MB5104), NUS. 2017
Teaching assistant, The Cell as a Machine course (MB5101), MBI, NUS. 2015
Teaching assistant, Biology (BB101), IIT Bombay. 2013