Biological and Life Sciences
The Biological and Life Sciences division began in 2012 with a vision to nurture science, knowledge and innovation among highly motivated graduate students and researchers looking to break new ground in their chosen specialisations. We currently offer a five-year integrated Masters (IMS) in Life Sciences, as well as a PhD programme. Our existing faculty focus on bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, nanotechnology, stem cell biology and related areas.
The division aims to enrich human and environmental health through rigorous research and teaching, enabling both students and faculty to envision and develop rewarding careers. Our distinctive pedagogy is intended to deliver a broad-based, liberal scientific education that encourages the spirit of inquiry, multi-disciplinary research, and new kinds of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Academics
Programmes
Please click the links below for more information on the division’s educational programmes.
Integrated Master of Science in Life Sciences
PhD in Life Sciences
Admissions
Please click the links below for more information on the division’s educational programmes.
Integrated Master of Science in Life Sciences
PhD in Life Sciences
Research
Centre of Excellence
The Biological and Life Sciences division has various Centre of Excellence .
They include the following-
1. Centre of Excellence in Flow Cytometry
2.Centre of Excellence in Silico Technologies
3.Centre for Nanotechnology Research and Applications (CENTRA)
4.Centre for Excellence in Imaging
Research Facilities
Equipments at our various research facilities are:
1. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
2. Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
3. Ultramicrotome
4. Flow Cytometer
5. Fluorescent Microscope
6. Dynamic Light Scattering
7. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
8. BOD Incubator
9. Sputter Coater
10. Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
Usage Charges of Instruments
For the rate charges of Equipment usage at Biological and Life Sciences Division, School of Arts and Sciences, External user and Internal user, please click here
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People
The People
Faculty
PhD and Post Doctoral Fellows
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Rupesh Chillale
Assistant Professor
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Research Interests: Auditory Perception, System Neuroscience, Brain and Music, Artificial Intelligence, Brain-Computer-Interface
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Ratna Ghosal
Associate Professor
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Ecology, Animal Behavior, Conservation Biology.
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Manish Grover
Assistant Professor
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
Research Interests: Genetics, Caenorhabditis Elegans, Stress Responses, Innate Immunity, Microbiome
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Jitesh Jhawar
Assistant Professor
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
Research Interests: Animal Behaviour, Collective Behaviour, Self Organisation, Ecology and Evolution, Population Dynamics, Mathematical Modelling, Theoretical Ecology
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Ashutosh Kumar
Associate Professor
PhD (Integral University)
Research Interests: Nanobiotechnology, DNA Biochip, Environmental Biotechnology And Nanotoxicology.
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Shomen Mukherjee
Associate Professor
PhD (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Research Interests: Species Coexistence, Disease Ecology, Life-history Evolution
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Bhuvan Pathak
Assistant Professor
PhD (University of Arkansas)
Research Interests: Plant Genetic Engineering, Genome Editing
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Balaji Prakash
Professor
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Structural Biologist, Besides Basic Science, His Interest In Interdisciplinary Research Led To Fascinating Applications Across Disciplines, For Example The Use Of Bacteria And Yeast For The Printing And Fabrication Of Electronic Circuits, Micro Lenses For Oleds And Braille Printing On Ordinary Paper, And Designing / Re-Engineering Antibodies For Pharmaceutical Companies.
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Ashim Rai
Assistant Professor
PhD (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Research Interests: Cytoskeleton, Single-molecule Biophysics, FRET Biosensors, DNA Origami
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Subhash Rajpurohit
Associate Professor
PhD (Maharshi Dayanand University)
Research Interests: Species, Climate Warming, and Evolution
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Rama Ratnam
Professor and Dean, Graduate School and Research
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Research Interests: Neuroscience, Brain And Behavior, Sensory Processing, Neural Engineering.
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Balachandran Ravindran
Visiting Professor
PhD (University of Delhi)
Research Interests: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasite Biology.
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Souvik Sen Gupta
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean
PhD (Jadavpur University)
Research Interests: Anti-Leishmanial Therapeutics, Molecular Parasitology, DNA Damage And Repair, Biochemistry
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Krishna Swamy
Associate Professor
PhD (Academia Sinica)
Research Interests: Evolutionary Systems Biology, Genetics And Molecular Biology, Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics.
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Vivek Tanavde
Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Sciences
PhD (Mumbai University)
Research Interests: Adult Stem Cells, miRNA Regulation Of Cell Differentiation, Cancer Biomarkers, Connecting Transcriptome To Cellular Phenotype.
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Noopur Thakur
Associate Professor
PhD (Uppsala University)
Research Interests: Signaling, Cancer And Epigenetics.
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Tathagata Bhowmik
Doctoral Student
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Ramesh Chaudhari
Doctoral Candidate
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Nidhi D
CSIR-SRF-NET Fellow
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Brinky Desai
Doctoral Candidate
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Chena Desai
Doctoral Candidate
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Sakshi Dokania
Doctoral Student
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Divita Garg
Doctoral Candidate
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Stuti Jain
Doctoral Candidate
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Aishwarya Joshi
Doctoral Candidate
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Rajsee Joshi
Doctoral Student
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Abdul Khalik
Doctoral Candidate
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Maithili Majithia
Doctoral Student
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Suman Mallick
PhD Scholar
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Harshad Mayekar
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Ankit Naik
Doctoral Candidate
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Abhishek Nair
Doctoral Candidate
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Simran Nasra
Doctoral Candidate
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Kalpesh Patani
Doctoral Student
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Aditi Patel
Doctoral Candidate
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Shanaya Patel
DST-SERB National Post Doctoral Fellow
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Vaidehi Patel
Doctoral Student
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Tulinkita Patnaik
Doctoral Student
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Sreelekshmi Pillai
Doctoral Student
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Vaidehi Shah
Doctoral Student
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Kikku Sharma
Doctoral Candidate
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Kamayani Vajpayee
Doctoral Candidate
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Disha Vora
Doctoral Student
