CURRENT MEMBERS
DR PRASHANT PAWAR
Assistant Professor,
PhD, Umea Plant Science Centre, Sweden, Umea
Post-doc, Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, USA, West lafayette
Fellowships and Grants
DST-INSPIRE Faculty (2018)
DBT- Energy Biosciences Overseas (2019, relinquished), SERB-SRG (2020)
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LAVI RASTOGI
PhD student
Lavi has completed her Masters in Botany from CCS University, Meerut and joined this lab in July 2019. She is working on identifying cell wall esterase and their role in plant cell wall synthesis, degradation and recycling.
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Achievements - UGC JRF 2018, ICAR NET 2018, GATE 2019
DEEPIKA SINGH
PhD student
Deepika has pursued her MSc in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Delhi, South Campus and joined this lab in Dec 2019. Her PhD work is focused on understanding the polysaccharide acetylation in Arabidopsis and Poplar. She is also studying the mechanism of dwarfism in xylan mutants.
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Achievements - GATE-2016, DBT JRF-2016, CSIR JRF-2016, 2017, 2019, ARS NET-2017.
RAJAN KUMAR SAH
PhD student
Rajan did his MSc in Botany from the University of Delhi and joined this lab in Nov 2020. Currently, he is acquiring plant molecular skills and working on various project in the lab. His primary interest is explore and employ plant cell wall modification strategies.
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Achievements - CSIR-NET 2019
APURVA GANGAL
Project-JRF
She hs completed her MSc from Teri School of Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology
BHAGWAT
PhD student
Bhagwat has completed his Masters in Biotechnology from GGV Bilaspur. After that he joined ICAR – NIBSM Raipur under the institute project from Nov 2019 to Aug 2021 and joined this lab in Sep 2021.
DR SHOUVIK DAS
Post-doctoral researcherÂ
MK Bhan Fellow
MK Bhan Fellow (2021)
NASI Young Scientist (2020)
INSA Young Scientist (2021)
Graduation:Visva Bharati University (2011)
Post Graduation: GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (2013)
Doctor of Philosophy: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, JNU (2019)
Post Doctoral Fellow: Indian Agriculture Research Institute (2021)
PAST MEMBERS
RAUNAK SHARMA
Project Student (Jan 2019-Jan 2020)
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Current position - PhD student at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
SANDEEP KALE
PhD student on collaboration (March - May 2019)
Current position - PhD student at SRTM University, Maharashtra, Nanded.
PRINCE SINGH
Research trainee (Jan - May 2020)
Current position - PhD student in Division of Biological Sciences at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
MANSI SRIVASTAV
Research trainee (Jan-May 2020)
Currently working as PhD student at Shiv Nadar University, Noida
REEMA SINGH
MSc Intern (March - Sept 2021)
She is pursuing MSc in Biotechnology from the School of Life Sciences, Dr B R Ambedkar University, Agra.
RAVI SHANKAR
MSc Intern (March - Sept 2021)
Currently working as a Quality Control Manager at Dharam Raj Products (Bisleri International Ptv Ltd Co-paker), Faridabad
RAHUL KUMAR
Project Student (August 2022 - Jan 2023)
Currently working at Meril Life Science (Vapi) as an assistant manager in R&D genomics lab
ANIKET CHAUDHARI
Project Student (Jan 2020- Feb 2022)
He is currently working as a Project Associate-II at IHBT, Palampur