Lab Alumni
PhD students
Mukul Rawat
Completed in 2020,
Postdoc at Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK.
Abhishek Kanyal
Completed in 2021,
Postdoc at Radboud University, Netherlands.
Bhagyashree Deshmukh
Completed in 2024,
Postdoc at Seattle Children's Hospital, USA.
Rashim Malhotra
Completed in 2025,
Postdoc at NIMR, New Delhi.
Mamtharani DV
Completed in 2026,
Postdoc at LMU, Munich.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Tanwee Das, 2023
Currently INSPIRE Faculty at National Institute of Virology, Pune
Neha Sharma, 2026
Int-PhD/BS-MS Thesis students
Bruhad Dave, 2021
Dilsha Farheen, 2021
Shantanu Hutke, 2023
Kalyan Ghadage, 2023
Nirav Saharey, 2024
Project Assistants
Riya Ahmed, 2024-2026, Tezpur University, Assam
Anjani Rao, 2019-2021, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Vandana M, 2018-2019, Amrita University, Kerala
Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe, 2018, University of Pune
Sunil Nahata, 2016-2018, ME Biotech, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
Pratima Gurung, 2014-2016, Tezpur University, Assam
Bhagyashree Joshi, 2012-2014, IBB, University of Pune.
M.Sc. Dissertation
Nupur Pal, 2026, Techno India University, Kolkata
Sonali Sawant, 2023, Fergusson College, Pune
Sarthak Joshi, 2021, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai
Saakshi Champaneria, 2019, MSU, Baroda
Astha Chandodwala, 2018, MSU, Baroda
Shivani Joshi, 2017, MSU, Baroda
Kalpshree Gogte, 2018, DY Patil University, Pune
Ratnal Belapurkar, 2016, Devi Ahilya University, Indore
Binithamol K Polakkattil (M.Phil Project, 2013), University of Kerala
Bhagyashree Joshi, 2013, IBB, University of Pune
IISER Int. Ph. D. Rotation
Rajnish Kumar, 2025
Sudipto Singha, 2024
Suraj Biswas, 2024
Rohini Chatterjee, 2024
Nikkita Verma, 2024
Devika Kizhakoot, 2023
Priyojit Das, 2023
Pulikt, 2023
Kushankar Pandit, 2022
Aman Kumar Yadav, 2021
AL Unnimaya, 2021
Purva, 2021
Srijan Das, 2021
Sayantan Banerjee, 2019
Mohit Mantri, 2019
Sucharita Sen, 2019
Ashish Srivastava , 2019
Shikha Singh, 2018
Punita Bathla, 2016
Nilam Malankar, 2015
Swati Sharma, 2014
IISER BS-MS students
Rida Shahnawaz Khan, 2026
Om Kekan, 2026
Sowmya Gajapaga, 2026
Niranjana Vinod, 2025
Sahil Jadhav, 2025
Suhani Bhattacharyya, 2025
Somdatta Naskar, 2024
Sukanya Bhat, 2024
Nandana A S, 2023
Shreya Mehra, 2023
Varuni Nagesh, 2023
Manas Raikar, 2023
Kunal Agale, 2023
Sakshi Kharche, 2023
Merrin Vincent, 2022
Salima Shiju, 2022
Arsh Shrikant Chavan, 2021
Kalyan Ghadage, 2021
M. Sarath, 2021
Lakshmi Sriram, 2021
Vasudha Kishoraher, 2021
Sharvani Shintre, 2019
Samarendra Pani, 2019
Dimple Adiwal, 2019
Feba Chacko, 2018
Prachi Shinde, 2017
Sameer Jagirdar, 2016
Athira D.P., 2015
IASc Summer students/Trainees
Roshini SA, (IASc Summer Student, 2025), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
Meenaloshini G (IASc Summer Student, 2025), Saveetha University
Swapnil Suradkar (IASc Summer Student, 2023), Aurangabad
Yuvashankar Jayaprakash (IASc Summer Student, 2019), Bangalore University
Hari Priya Saripalli (IASc, Summer Student, 2018), Andhra University
Deepa J (IASc, Summer Student, 2017), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Shivani Joshi (Summer Student, 2017), MSU, Baroda
Shweta Rajopadhye (Project Trainee, 2017) MSc University of Leicester
Vijay Sundar (Project Trainee, 2017), Anna University, Chennai
Saikat De (IASc, Summer Student, 2016), Visva Bharati (Central University), Santiniketan
Madhvi Bhosale (Project Trainee, 2016), MSU, Baroda
Achala Apte (IASc, Summer Student, 2015), Madurai Kamraj University
Jaimin Bhatt (Summer Student, 2015), MSU, Baroda
Pradnya Surve (Project Trainee, 2014), Microbiology Department, University of Pune
Millind Shah (Summer Student, 2014), MSU, Baroda