Principal Investigator
Dr. Sudha Ramaiah has a M.Sc. and M.Phil, in Biochemistry, and Ph.D. in Biosciences. She is currently serving as Professor in the Department of Biosciences, School of Biosciences & Technology in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. She has guided more than 40 students of doctoral and post-graduate levels. She has also supervised multiple projects funded by ICMR and DST-SERB, Govt. of India. Her expertise is in the scientific fields of Bioinformatics, Cancer Informatics and Systems biology.
Dr Sudha Ramaiah M.Phil., PhD.
Professor and Head of the Department
Scientist
Dr. Shalini Mathpal has received doctorate degree in Biotechnology from Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Currently, she is working as an ICMR-Research Scientist-I in the Department of Biosciences, School of Biosciences & Technology in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. Her research focuses on finding therapeutic agents against multi-drug resistant ESKAPE pathogens, employing molecular characterization, systems biology, and structural biology approaches.
Present PhD Scholars
Soumyadip Ghosh
Assistant Professor (Junior)
Mr. Soumyadip has completed Master’s in Microbiology from Tripura Central University. He has qualified AICE ICAR-JRF 2020 Exam with an AIR of 28 in Microbiology and GATE in Life Science. He has 2 years of research experience from the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, and Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India. At MNIT, he worked as a JRF on a DST-WTI project on wastewater treatment using an anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor. Currently, his Ph.D. research focuses on In-silico approaches to combat a fluoroquinolone resistance mechanisms in clinically relevant bacterial pathogens causing enteric diseases.
Srujal Kacha
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Ms. Srujal Kacha has done M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. Currently, she is pursuing her research studies focused upon antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic combination treatments against multi-drug resistant pathogens.
Aditi Roy
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Ms. Aditi Roy, is a GATE qualified MSc. Applied Microbiology graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. Currently, her research work focuses on investigation of Potent
therapeutic agents against emerging anti-microbial resistance in ESBL producing bacterial
pathogens using structural bioinformatics methods.
Rhitam Biswas
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Mr. Rhitam Biswas, is a GATE qualified MSc. Applied Microbiology (Gold Medalist) graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. He has hands-on experience in various wet lab biomolecular techniques which he has gained as an intern in National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), Pune. Currently, his research work focuses on structural bioinformatics approaches to study anti-microbial resistant mechanisms in ESKAPE pathogens and propose potent therapeutic agents.
Elizabeth Annie George
Assistant Professor (Junior)
Ms. Elizabeth Annie George is a GATE qualified M.Sc. Microbiology graduate who secured third rank in her Master’s degree from St. Berchmans College, Changanacherry, Kerala. With a year of research experience at the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center in Tiruvalla, Kerala, she has developed a robust foundation in clinical microbiology and bioinformatics. Currently, her Ph.D. research aims to develop novel therapeutic strategies by integrating genomics, machine learning, quantum chemicals and structural bioinformatics to combat antimicrobial resistance among clinically significant pathogens.
Santhiya V
Assistant Professor (Junior)
Ms. Santhiya has completed her MSc in Biotechnology from the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. Her current research focuses on investigating antimicrobial resistance, leveraging her expertise in genomics and structural biology to address the growing threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
Sara Pearl B
Assistant Professor (Junior)
Ms. Sara Pearl is a GATE-qualified M.Sc. Biotechnology graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. Currently, her research focuses on combating antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial bacterial pathogens using computational strategies in omics and structural bioinformatics.
Romita Guchhait
Assistant Professor (Junior)
Ms. Romita Guchhait, is a GATE qualified Msc. Biotechnology graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology. She has gained wet-lab experience in Nano-Biotechnology during her dissertation from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB). Her PhD research work focuses on combating Antimicrobial Resistance of clinically significant pathogens through In-silico approaches.
Gaddam Venkata Abhigna
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Ms. Gaddam Venkata Abhigna completed her Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) in Pharmaceutical Analysis from the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Visakhapatnam. She qualified the Joint CSIR–UGC NET examination for admission to the Ph.D. program, securing a 95.18 percentile. Her current research focuses on antimicrobial resistance, employing integrated genomics and structural biology approaches to elucidate the mechanisms underlying multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens and to contribute toward the development of effective strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance.
T R Mohammed Saad
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Mr. T R Mohammed Saad holds an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyamabadi. He has worked as a Data Scientist at CIODS, Yenepoya University and has filed 3 Indian patents. His current focus lies in the intersection of immunoinformatics, genomics and structural biology, with a particular emphasis on vaccine design and drug target identification against Haemophilus influenzae.
Vishnupriya M
Teaching cum Research Assistant
Ms. Vishnupriya Murugan has completed her integrated M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. She has gained hands-on research experience in biomaterials for tissue engineering applications and in vitro cell culture techniques. Currently, her Ph.D. research focuses on understanding infection-associated chronic diseases and identifying potential therapeutic targets using bioinformatics and computational biology approaches.
Ph.D Alumni
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Ms. Avani Panickar | Scientist, Dhathri Life Sciences Private Limited, Kochi, Kerala |
| Dr. Preethi A R | Entrepreneur |
| Dr. Suvitha Anbarasu | Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode |
| Dr. Priyamvada | Senior Bioinformatician, Exsegen Genomics, Hyderabad |
| Dr. Hithesh Kumar C K | Computational Biologist, Jivanu Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd., Center for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), GKVK Post, Bellary Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065 |
| Dr. Gayathri Ashok | Associate Scientific Writer, Eli Lilly, Bangalore |
| Dr. Manoov R | Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 1, Department of IoT, VIT University, Vellore |
| Dr. Soumya Basu | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United States |
| Dr. Reetika Debroy | Assistant Professor in Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida |
| Dr. Aniket Naha | Scientist & Research Council Member, Medical Biotechnology and Computational Drug Designing Lab, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Tiruvalla, Kerala |
| Dr. Nebu George Thomas | Postdoctoral Fellow, Biopolymers and Sensors Lab at the Macromolecules Institute, UFRJ, Brazil |
| Dr. Ranjith Kumar C | Head, Quality Control, Heritage Food Industry |
| Dr. Miryala Sravan Kumar | Post-Doctoral Fellow, NorthEastern University, Boston |
| Dr. Parvinder Kaur | Principal Scientist, Microbiology at Foundation for Neglected Disease Research |
| Dr. K.M. Kumar | Associate Professor, Pondicherry University |
| Dr. S. Madhan | Scientist C, JIPMER, Pondicherry |
| Dr. P. Lavanya | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Detroit, Michigan |
| Dr. R.G. Swetha | VIT University, Vellore |
| Dr. K. Krishnanunni | Income Tax Officer, Government of India |
| Dr. K. Malathi | Assistant Professor, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Insititute, Chennai |
| Dr. Arpita Kundu | Assistant Professor, The Oxford College of Engineering, Bengaluru |
| Dr. T. Mahalakshmi | Entrepreneur |
| Dr. Sudha Ravishankar | Entrepreneur |
| Dr. V. Sivasakthi | Entrepreneur |
| Dr. P. Anitha | Faculty in Biological Sciences |
| Dr. Susmita Bag | Faculty in Biological Sciences |
| Dr. S. Suganya | Scientist, Narayani Hospital, Vellore |
| Dr. Sophia | Entrepreneur |