Current Members

Principal Investigator

Shankar Prasad Kanaujia

Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)
M.Tech. (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad)
M.Sc. (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
B.Sc. (Banaras Hindu University Varanasi)

Phone: +91 361 258 2228
Email: spkanaujia@iitg.ac.in

Ph.D. Students

Sayan Saha (ssaha341@iitg.ac.in)

M. Sc. (Microbiology), Pondicherry University

Research Interests: Structure and Function of Ribosome Biogenesis and Antibiotic Resistance.

Pratik Das Gupta (prati176106022@iitg.ac.in)

M. Sc. (Microbiology), Pondicherry University

Research Interests: ABC transporters and AMPs resistance.

Kalyan Ghosh (kalyan_ghosh@iitg.ac.in)

M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, M.P.

Research Interests: ABC transporters and AMPs resistance.

Ritu Tripathi (ritutripathi@iitg.ac.in)

M. Sc. (Biotechnology), University of Allahabad, U.P.

Research Interests: Mechanism of Lipid Asymmetry Maintenance.

Arpana Gupta (arpana_gupta@iitg.ac.in)

M. Sc. (Botany), Banaras Hindu Universtiy, U.P.

Research Interests: Mechanism of Archaeal Protein Translation Initiation.

Kushal Bora
(kushalbora.rs.bce21@itbhu.ac.in)
(Joint PhD Programme with IIT BHU - Home Institute IIT BHU)

M. Sc. (Biochemistry), KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgoan

Research Interests: Structural and Biochemical Studies of Drug Targets.

Navneeth Sriram (s.navneeth@iitg.ac.in)

M. Tech. (Biotechnology), NIT Jalandhar, Punjab

Research Interests: Mechanism of Mammalian Cell Entry Proteins.

Shimpy Nigam (n.shimpy@iitg.ac.in)

M. Tech. (Biotechnology), IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Research Interests: Mechanism of Lipid Asymmetry Maintenance.

Aditi Dey (aditidey@iitg.ac.in)

M. Sc. (Life Science), Central University of South Bihar, Bihar

Research Interests: Ribosome Biogenesis and Antibiotic Resistance.

Project Assistants

M.Tech. Students

Ankit (ankit6006@iitg.ac.in)

B.Tech. (Biotechnology), Guru AngadDev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Research Interests: Protein dynamics.

B.Tech. Students

Deepak (deepak200106025@iitg.ac.in)

B.Tech. (Biosciences and Bioengineering), IIT Guwahati

Research Interests: Protein Translation Initiation.

Trainees

Former Members

Ph.D. Students

Dr. Prerana Gogoi
Prerana joined our laboratory in December 2012 as the first Ph.D. student.

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA in the Prof. Vera Moiseenkova-Bell Laboratory.

Dr. Monika Chandravanshi
Monika joined our laboratory in December 2013 as a Ph.D. student.

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at NIH, National Cancer Institute, USA , in the Prof. Kylie J. Walters Laboratory.

Dr. Suraj Kumar Mandal
Suraj joined our laboratory in July 2014 as the Ph.D. student.

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA , in the Prof. Edward Yu Laboratory.

Dr. Angshu Dutta
Angshu joined our laboratory in July 2016 as the Ph.D. student.

Current Position:

Project Assistants

Preeti Sarkar
Preeti worked as JRF under a DBT-funded project during March 2013 to March 2014.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Suraj Kumar Mandal
Suraj worked as JRF under a DST-funded project during October 2013 to July 2014.

Current Position: Post-doctoral studies at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA.

Arunabh Sharma
Arunabh worked as JRF during February to May 2015.

Current Position: PhD in Germany.

Akash Deep Biswas
Akash worked as Junior Research Fellow in our laboratory during July 2015 to January 2016.

Current Position: Higher education.

Rahi Adhikari
Rahi worked as JRF during July 2017 to January 2018.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Prerana Mordina
Prerana worked as JRF during June 2017 to July 2018.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Smriti Tapan Dolai
Smriti worked as JRF during June 2018 to May 2019

Current Position: Higher studies.

Reshama Samanta
Reshama worked as JRF during June 2018 to March 2020

Current Position: Higher studies.

M.Tech. Students

Shalinee Jha
Shalinee completed her M.Tech. Project during July 2013 to April 2014.

Current Position: Senior Scientist at Novartis, Austria.

Ambuj Srivastava
Ambuj completed his M.Tech. thesis in our laboratory during July 2014 to June 2015

Current Position: Post-doctoral studies at UC San Diego, USA.

Kanchan Chauhan
Kanchan completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2015 to June 2016

Current Position: Higher studies.

Tarini Devi Sahu
Tarini completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2016 to May 2017

Current Position: Public Services.

Arpita Sachan
Arpita completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2017 to May 2018

Current Position: Higher studies.

Pratap Narayan Roy
Pratap completed his M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2018 to July 2019

Current Position: Higher studies.

Shreya LB
Shreya completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2019 to May 2020

Current Position: PhD at University of Bristol

Sakshi Chauhan
Sakshi completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2020 to May 2021

Current Position: Industry.

Ankita Jingar
Ankita completed her M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2021 to May 2022

Current Position: Industry.

Smit Patel
Smit completed his M.Tech. dissertation in our laboratory during July 2022 to June 2023

Current Position: Ph.D. at University College Dublin, Ireland.

B.Tech. Students

Ujjwal Nandan
Ujjwal completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2012 to April 2014.

Current Position: Industry

Vatshank Chaturvedi
Vatshank completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2013 to April 2014.

Current Position: PhD at University of Michigan

Mehul Garg
Mehul completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2013 to April 2014.

Current Position: Higher Studies

Swapnil Chauhan
Swapnil completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2014 to April 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Ayush Singhal
Ayush completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2014 to April 2015.

Current Position: Industry

Shivam Chandak
Shivam completed his B.Tech. Project during July 2014 to April 2015.

Current Position: Industry

Adarsh Sharma
Adarsh completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2015 - May 2016.

Current Position: Industry.

Alakesh
Alakesh completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2015 - May 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Gaurav Jumde
Gaurav completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2015 - May 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Sandesh Arya
Sandesh completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2015 - May 2016.

Current Position: Industry.

Ankit Kumar Sinha
Ankit completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2016 - May 2017.

Current Position: Industry.

Anjaney Sharma
Anjaney completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2018 - May 2019.

Current Position: Industry.

Hemant Kumar
Hemant completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2018 - May 2019.

Current Position: Higher studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Namrata Gupta
Namrata completed her BTP in our laboratory during July 2019 - May 2020.

Current Position: Industry.

Prashant Kumar
Prashant completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2019 - May 2020.

Current Position: Industry.

Krishan Kant
Krishan Kant completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2020 - May 2021.

Current Position: Industry.

Rahul Saroha
Rahul completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2020 - May 2021.

Current Position: Industry.

Tejasvi Singh Tomar
Tejasvi completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2021 - May 2022.

Current Position: Google India.

Shreya Sajal
Shreya completed her BTP in our laboratory during July 2022 - May 2023.

Current Position: Industry.

Kabilan M
Kabilan completed his BTP in our laboratory during July 2022 - May 2023.

Current Position: Industry.

Trainees

Shrayanti Goswami
Shrayanti worked as summer trainee during May 2014 to June 2014.

Current Position: Industry.

Bhagyashree Deka
Bhagyashree worked as summer trainee during June 2014 to July 2014.

Current Position: Ph.D. at IIT Guwahati.

Ayush Khare
Ayush worked as trainee during January 2014 to April 2014.

Current Position: Industry.

Abhay Sharma
Abhay worked as trainee during January 2014 to July 2014.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Akeshwar Jha
Akeshwar worked as summer trainee during June 2014 to July 2014.

Current Position: Industry.

Akshay Kumar
Akshay worked as trainee during July 2014 to January 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Manjunath
Manjunath worked as trainee during July 2014 to January 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Aashiyana A Hussain
Aashiyana worked as summer intern during June 2015 to July 2015.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Amartya Mandal
Amartya worked as trainee during July 2014 to July 2015.

Current Position: Higher studies at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Adarsh Sharma
Adarsh worked as a trainee during January 2014 to June 2015

Current Position: Industry.

Gaurav Jumde
Gaurav worked as a trainee during April 2014 to June 2015.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Sandesh Arya
Sandesh worked as a trainee during July 2014 to June 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Angshu Dutta
Angshu completed his summer internship during July 2015 to September 2015.

Current Position: Joined our laboratory for PhD.

Anand Kumar
Anand completed his winter internship during December 06 to 30, 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Srija Gupta
Srija completed her winter internship during December 06 to 30, 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Tushar Dubey
Tushar worked as a trainee during July 2014 to December 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Ankit Kumar Sinha
Ankit worked as a trainee during July 2014 to December 2015.

Current Position: Industry.

Deepak Singh
Deepak worked as a trainee during May to July, 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Rahi Adhikari
Rahi worked as a trainee during May to July, 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Arbin Basak
Arbin worked as a trainee during May to July, 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Aniket Bhattacharyya
Ankit worked as a trainee during June 2016 to July 2016.

Current Position: Higher studies at South Asian University, India.

Prerna Kothari
Prerna worked as a trainee during June to July 2017.

Current Position: Higher studies at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA.

Ajeet Singh Chauhan
Ajeet worked as a trainee during February to March 2018.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Anjaney Sharma
Anjaney worked as a trainee during May 2017 to April 2018.

Current Position: Industry.

Hemant Kumar
Hemant worked as a trainee during July 2017 to April 2018.

Current Position: Higher studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Prema Mondal
Prema worked as a trainee during May to July 2018.

Current Position: Higher studies.

Sisir Kant Tripathy
Sisir worked as a trainee for his M.Sc. project dissertation during January 2020 to June 2020

Current Position: Higher studies.

Satya Gopal Nayak
Satya worked as a trainee for his M.Sc. project dissertation during January 2020 to June 2020

Current Position: Higher studies.

Kavya Vinil
Kavya worked as a trainee during June 2022 to July 2022

Current Position: Pursuing M.Sc.

Arnab Choudhary
Arnab worked as a trainee during October 2022 to May 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati.

Gautam Kumar
Gautam worked as a trainee during October 2022 to May 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati.

Aman Singh
Aman worked as a trainee during February 2023 to May 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati.

Sanjay Chhaba
Sanjay worked as a trainee during February 2023 to May 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati.

Bharat Sharma
Bharat Sharma worked a trainee during May to July 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at IIT Kharagpur.

Jaya Simha Varma
Jaya Simha worked a trainee during May to July 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing B.Tech. at NIT Warangal.

Jahnabi Goswami
Jahnabi Goswami worked as a summer intern in our laboratory from June to July 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing Int. M.Sc. at Tezpur University.

Dylan Ayekpam
Dylan worked as a summer intern in our laboratory from July to August 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing M.Sc. (Biotechnology) at Manipur University.

Dipankar Das
Dipankar worked as a winter intern in our laboratory in the month of December 2023.

Current Position: Pursuing BS-MS at IISER Behrampur.