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Meet The Team

PhD Scholars

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Pratyush Pani

Ph. D. (2220101)
Fellowship: UGC-SRF

Pratyush, who hails from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, completed M. Sc. in Zoology from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology. He works on post-transcriptional modifications of AMPK-related kinases and their role in neuronal polarization, GSIS and Cancer. He is a cinephile, passionately into Korean dramas, and reads novels between work to keep up with the pressure.

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Anannya Sarkar

Ph. D. (2410101)
Fellowship: UGC-JRF

Anannya, who comes from Howrah, West Bengal, did M. Sc. in Zoology from Vidyasagar College under University of Calcutta. She works on dual-target allosteric drug design and discovery in order to modulate proteins associated with triple-negative breast cancer. She is a melophile, loves painting and crafts, enjoys exploring street foods and prefers to turn in to bed whenever bored.

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Pritichhanda Barik

Ph. D. (2410219)
Fellowhsip: SERB-JRF

Pritichhanda is from Nayagarh, Odisha, and completed M.Sc. in Chemistry from Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. She works on porous material discovery and characterization employing computational techniques for applications such as adsorption, and catalysis. She is extremely extroverted, a hodophile, into instant photography and loves making reels on Instagram.

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Shweta Sharma

​Ph. D. (2420208)
Fellowship: Institute-JRF

Shweta is a native of Aurangabad, Bihar, and did M.Sc. in Chemistry from Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. She is currently working on synthesis of Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks (HOFs), their characterization and application in photocatalysis & gas adsorption. She is fond of travelling around, loves playing badminton anytime and is passionate about cooking.

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Vineet Kumar Patel

Ph. D. (2510210)

Fellowship: DST-INSPIRE

Pritichhanda is from Nayagarh, Odisha, and completed M.Sc. in Chemistry from Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. She works on porous material discovery and characterization employing computational techniques for applications such as adsorption, and catalysis. She is extremely extroverted, a hodophile, into instant photography and loves making reels on Instagram.

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Ashutosh Singh

Ph. D. (2510103)

Fellowship: CSIR-JRF

Ashutosh comes from Bhawanipatna, Odisha, and obtained M.Sc. in Zoology from Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. He is currently working on design and optimization of Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADC) by utilizing AI-based prediction and multi-scale in silico simulations. He is very sporty, football being his domain, loves music and takes any chance he gets to go on a trip.

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BSMS Project Students

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Arsha Praksah

BSMS Project Student (21190)

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Dibyendu Roy

BSMS Project Student (21023)

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Hidha Fathima

BSMS Project Student (21165)

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Baishali Majhi

BSMS Project Student (21017)

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Anwesha Paul

BSMS Project Student (20169)

Alumni

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Dr. Jagannath Panda

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-23)

Present: Assistant Professor, NIST University, Berhampur, Odisha

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Dr. Parth Sarthi Sen Gupta

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-22)

Present: Associate Professor,
DY Patil International University, Pune, Maharastra

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Dr. Hamid Rasool Bhat

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-19)

Present: CSIR-IIIM, Kashmir, India

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Dr. Sayantan Ghosh

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2025)

Present: Post-doc, Virginia State University, USA

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Dr. Saroj Kumar Panda

Ph.D. (2019-24)

Present: Post-doc, University of Texas, Arlington, USA

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Dr. Dipankar Singha

Ph.D. (2019-25)

Present: Suncheon National Univeristy, South Korea

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Satyaranjan Biswal

Project Fellow (2016-20)

Present: Ph. D. Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, (Marie Curie Fellow)

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Abhik Kumar Ray

Project Fellow (2018-21)

Present: Patent Officer, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, Telangana

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Sujata Nandi

MS Thesis (BSMS-2016)

Present: Ph. D. Candidate, Cornell University, New York, USA

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Uddipan Bhattacharya

MS Thesis (BSMS-2016)

Present: Ph. D. Candidate, IISER Pune, Maharastra, India

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Dibyarprakash Biswal

MS Thesis (BSMS-2017)

Present: Project Assistant, IISER Trivandrum, Kerala

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Abhijit Kumar Nayak

MS Thesis (BSMS-2018)

Present: N/A

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Gayatri Garg

MS Thesis (BSMS-2018)

Present: N/A

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Rajneesh Singh

MS Thesis (iPhD-2021)

Present: Ph.D. Candidate, University of Bayreuth, Germany

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Shaswata Kramakar

MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)

Present: Ph.D. Candidate, IISc Banglore, India

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Subhadip Naskar

MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)

Present: Project JRF, IISER Bhopal, India

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Mahendra Bana

MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)

Present: N/A

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Dhananjaya Mohalik

MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)

Present: Inspector of Legal Metrology, Odisha Govt.

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Anvesha Shree

MS Thesis (BSMS-2020)

Present: Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Abhijit Kuila

MS Thesis (BSMS-2020)

Present: N/A

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Sneha Karmakar

MS Thesis (BSMS-2020)

Present: N/A

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Anmol Singh

Summer Intern (2019)
NIT Durgapur

Present: N/A

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Sunisa Sahu

Summer Intern (2019)
VSSUT, Bula

Present: N/A

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Rajesh Kumar Bhadra

MS Thesis (2019)
OUAT, Bhubaneswar

Present: N/A

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Priyanka Sahu

Summer Intern (2019)
VSSUT, Burla

Present: N/A

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Rahul Kumar Dash

MS Thesis (2022)
Trident Academy of Technology

Present: N/A

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Korada Ganesh

MS Thesis (2024)
CTU Andhra Pradesh

Present: Project JRF, CTUAP, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Janapriya Yarra

MS Thesis (2025)
CTU, Andhra Pradesh

Present: N/A

Interns:

  1. Srijoti Mukherjee 21145

  2. Debansh Mohapatra 20181

  3. Arsha Prakash 21190

  4. Pragati Kisan 21045

  5. Dibyendu Roy 21023

  6. Ananta Debasis Sahoo 22015 

  7. Sunita Behera 22145

  8. Adyasa Sahoo, BJB Autonomous College

  9. Soumik Mahato, NIT Durgapur

  10. Selina Selesmita Sahoo, KIIT University

  11. Shubham Raj 22128

  12. Ayushnarayan Dash 22041

  13. Soumeshwar Mishra 23142

  14. Gourang Das, Bisva Bharati University

  15. Ansu Anurag Swain, GITAM

  16. Aryan Anmol Khamari, GITAM

  17. Pritam Ghosh, GITAM

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Contact:

E-mail: mrana@iiserbpr.ac.in

Number: +91 6802227788

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