Past Members

Lab Alumni

Lab Alumni

Former M.Sc. students, researchers, dissertation scholars, and summer interns.

Research Scholars & M.Sc. Alumni

Nishtha Barnwal

Nishtha Barnwal

Aug 2025 – May 2026

Investigating a novel suppressor protein interacting with an adaptor protein in ubiquitination & cancer progression.

24N0126[at]iitb.ac.in
Jay Lakhara

Jay Lakhara

Aug 2025 – May 2026

Analyzing single-cell RNA-seq & proteomics datasets from breast cancer samples to study tumor microenvironments.

24N0098[at]iitb.ac.in
Manojit

Manojit

Aug 2025 – May 2026

Discovering biomarkers for breast cancer using cell-free DNA for early non-invasive diagnostics.

24N0118[at]iitb.ac.in
Dr. Akhilesh Maurya

Dr. Akhilesh Maurya

Mar 2023 – Jun 2025

Computer-aided drug design (CADD) & novel drug development against cancer targets.

Ph.D. IIIT Allahabad
K. Chandu Sai

K. Chandu Sai

Jan 2025 – May 2025

Molecular docking, dynamics simulations, and gene expression analysis.

Currently M.Tech at Vignan Univ.
Sushmita Negi

Sushmita Negi

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Molecular mechanisms of protein glycosylation in breast cancer progression.

Sayan Haldar

Sayan Haldar

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Role of RNA Binding Proteins (RBPs) on c-Myc regulation in breast cancer.

Azadeh Nahavandi Araghi

Azadeh N. Araghi

Apr 2024 – Aug 2024

Visiting Ph.D. scholar studying RBP interactions with breast cancer oncogenes.

Ph.D. Scholar, Autónoma Univ. of Madrid
Komal Waghmare

Komal Waghmare

Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Investigated glycosylation-related genes in breast cancer progression.

Project Staff at AIIMS New Delhi
Sayak Dhar

Sayak Dhar

Aug 2023 – May 2024

Single-cell and bulk RNA-seq end-to-end processing pipeline development.

Bioinformatics Engineer at Strand Life Sciences
Rakesh G.R

Rakesh G.R

Aug 2023 – May 2024

Functional analysis of novel metabolic genes in cancer.

Research Associate at Aurigene Oncology
Aswathi C.B

Aswathi C.B

Jun 2023 – Apr 2024

Bulk RNA-seq pathway analysis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC).

JRF at Cellogen Therapeutics
Samyukta Sundaram

Samyukta Sundaram

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023

Gene characterization in key cancer signaling pathways.

M.S. Student at Univ. of Arizona, USA
Mayank Ghogale

Mayank Ghogale

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023

Computational analysis & modeling of Single Cell Sequencing data.

M.S. Student at Boston University, USA
Shwetha S

Shwetha S

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023

Identification of novel cancer signaling genes via computational methods.

Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Madras

Dissertation Students

Prerna Dubey

Prerna Dubey

May 2025 – Present

Breast cancer tissue expression profiling of oncogenes using Immunohistochemistry (IHC).

prernadubey161@gmail.com
Shraddha Dubey

Shraddha Dubey

May 2025 – Present

Binding interaction studies between novel drug candidates and targeted oncogenes.

dubeyshraddha454@gmail.com

Summer Interns

2025 Cohort 8 Members
Bhanvi Kumar Varsha Aashish Lizanne Khushi Walia Ashna Kaushik Saumya Sharma Durga
2024 Cohort 10 Members
Dhruv Sharma Aayushi Shah BN Priyanjali Tanuja Sharma Maya Pooniya Shreya Verma Riya Pareek Priyanshu Sharma Rishi S. Bhadresvara Jas Chaudhary