Team

Mansi Sharma  (PhD student)
MSc- Zoology honors (molecular cytogenetics), Panjab University, Chandigarh
CSIR fellow (Jan 2022 to Dec 2022); Prime Minister Research fellow (from January 2023)
Email: mansi.21bmz0009@iitrpr.ac.in

https://sites.google.com/iitrpr.ac.in/mansisharma/home?authuser=0

Research area: Chemoresistance mechanisms in cancer. Novel chemosensitizers

Arpita Karmakar (PhD student)
M.Sc. (Biochemistry)  – University of Kalyani
Qualified GATE XL
Email: apita.21bmz0008@iitrpr.ac.in

Research: Selective small molecule inhibitors of RNA Polymerase I transcription. Drug discovery

Deepika Antil (PhD student)
M.Sc. Zoology , University of Delhi
DBT JRF Category-I Fellow (July 2022 – July 2023; Prime Minister Research fellow (from July 2023)
Email: deepika.22bmz0001@iitrpr.ac.in

Research area: Role and regulation of circular RNAs in cancer

Sanjay Kumar  (PhD student)
M.Sc. Genetics, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
CSIR NET JRF 2023 ( AIR 48)
Email: sanjay.24bmz0001@iitrpr.ac.in

Research area: Role of RNA Polymerase I transcription in cardiomyopathies, non-invasive markers for cardiomyopathies

Muzaffar Ali (PhD student)
M.Sc. Animal Biology & Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad
Qualified GATE XL 2024
Email: muzffar.24bmz0004@iitrpr.ac.in

Research area: Role of RNA Polymerase I transcription in cellular plasticity

Manisha Das (PhD student)
M.Tech. Biomedical Engineering (Silver medal),  IIT Ropar
GATE XL 2023
Email: 2023bmm1005@iitrpr.ac.in

Research area: Non-canonical functions of RNA Polymerase I transcriptional machinery

Former members

 

Postdoc

  • Dr. Sourav Chattopadhyay (currently, Chief Scientist, PopVax, Mumbai)

 

PhDs

  • Dr. Shashanka Shekhar Sarkar
  • Dr. Adeel Zafar (Co-Supervisor)
  • Dr. Sheetanshu Saproo
  • Dr. Sanjeev Saini (Co-Supervisor)

 

M.Tech Thesis

  • Ms. Manisha Das (2024 – 2025)
  • Mr. Akshat Jaiswal (2024 – 2025)
  • Mr. Amit Shakya (2023 – 2024, Co- PI)
  • Ms. Indira Kundu (2023 – 2024)
  • Ms. Shivani Varshney (20223-2024)
  • Ms. Nishtha Kashyap (2020-2022)
  • Mr. Ashrit (2020 – 2022, Co-PI)
  • Ms. Gouri Dass (2019-2021)
  • Ms. Ekta Gupta (2018- 2020)
  • Mr. Chingmei Konyak (2018- 2020)
  • Ms. Shubangi Nema (2017 – 2019, Co-PI)
  • Ms. Debasmita Mukherjee (2017- 2019)

 

Summer Interns

  • Karan Ramu
  • Iswareya Lakshimi
  • Mr. Arunachalam S
  • Mr. Kartik Bohra
  • Mr. Somak Nandi
  • Ms. Siya Gulati

 

Project Assistant

Ms. Aarzoo Charaya