Principal Investigator

Dr. Sharad Gupta

Dr. Sharad Gupta

Professor and Head of Department
Biological Sciences & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, USA, 2010 – 2012

Postdoctoral Researcher: Department of Chemistry, Temple University, USA, 2009 – 2010

Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh, 2009

M.Sc. (Integrated, 5yr.): IIT Kanpur, 2003

Lab Members

Graduate Students

Sumedha Shah

Sumedha Shah

Ph.D. Scholar (2019-Present)

M.Tech (Biochemical Engineering) - IIT BHU, Varanasi
B.Tech (Biochemical Engineering) - BTKIT, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand

Gitanjali Swarup

Gitanjali Swarup

Ph.D. Scholar (2020-Present)

M.Sc. - School of Biotechnology, DAVV, Indore
B.Sc. - St. Xavier's College, Ranchi

Priti Kanik

Priti Kanik

Ph.D. Scholar (2021-Present)

M.Sc. - St.Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
B.Sc. - St.Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

Shritilekha Dash

Shritilekha Dash

Ph.D. Scholar (2022-Present)

M.Sc. - St.Joseph's College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu
B.Sc. - St.Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

Vivek S

Vivek S

Ph.D. Scholar (2022-Present)

M.Tech - Anna University, Chennai
B.Tech - PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Sumita Panda

Sumita Panda

Ph.D. Scholar (2024-Present)

M.Sc. - Pondicherry University
B.Sc. - Fakir Mohan University, Balasore

Naushin Parveen Mansuri

Naushin Parveen Mansuri

Ph.D. Scholar (2024-Present)

M.Sc. - Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Sc. - Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Anwesha Behera

Anwesha Behera

Ph.D. Scholar (2025-Present)

M.Tech - IIT Gandhinagar
B.Tech - Amity University

Dhaval

Dhavalkumar Solanki

Ph.D. Scholar (2025-Present)

M.Sc - Gujarat University - Ahmedabad
B.Sc - M.G. Science Institute- Ahmedabad

M.Tech Students

Darshana Sharma

Darshana Sharma

M.Tech Student (2024-Present)

B.Pharma- R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, NMU.

Muthujeyram M

Muthujeyram M

M.Tech Student (2025-Present)

B.Tech Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University

Junior Research Fellow

Abhishek Kumar

Junior Research Fellow

Lab Alumni

Ph.D.

  • Dr. GuruKrishna Kumar (2018)
  • Dr. Krittika Ralhan (2019)
    Scientific Content Manager at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
  • Dr. Joshna Gadhavi (2021)
    Post Doctoral Researcher at Emory University
  • Dr. Pravin Hivare (2021)
    Post Doctoral Researcher at University of Utah
  • Dr. Krishna Bhavsar (2025)
    Post Doctoral Researcher at University of Dundee

M.Tech

  • Preetika Ghawri (2018)
    Current Position: Sr Executive – Organic Business, Banas Dairy (Amul)
  • Aishwarya Vijayakumar (2018)
    Current Position: Department Placement Representative, IIT Guwahati
  • Ankita Maji (2019)
    Current Position: Scientist- Genotyping and Molecular Biology at 3CR Bioscience
  • Rahul Gupta (2019)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Delhi
  • Vishakha (2019)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Jodhpur
  • Chinmaya Panda (2020)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Guwahati
  • Aakriti Bansal (2021)
    Editorial Reviewer - Cactus Communications
  • Tanushree Halder (2021)
    IT PMO Professional - World Wide Technology
  • Akshaya Selvaraj (2021)
    Working - String Bio Private Limited
  • Tamalika Paul (2021)
    Ph.D. Scholar at Virginia Tech
  • Kratika Mujmer (2021)
    Ph.D. Scholar at University of Bristol
  • Anisha Kamble (2024)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Bombay
  • Aitijhya Kar (2024)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Kharagpur
  • Bharothu Sowjanya (2024)
    Research Associate - at Hetero Biopharma in Analytical R&D
  • Anwesha Behera (2024)
    Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Gandhinagar
  • Gaayathri S P (2024)
  • Dishant (2024)

JRF/SRF

  • Shweta Gediya (2017-2018) Ph.D. Scholar at University of Warwick
  • Jay Bhatt (2023-2025)

Our Alumni Destination

UoUtah

Uni of Utah

dundee

Uni of Dundee

emory

Emory University

iitk

IIT Kharagpur

iitb

IIT Bombay

iitd

IIT Delhi

iitj

IIT Jodhpur

iitg

IIT Guwahati

vtech

Virginia Tech

uofbristol

Uni of Bristol

bnasdiary

Bnas Diary (Amul)