People

Principal Investigator

PhD Students 6

Nikhil Chivukula
PHD STUDENT

Nikhil Chivukula

BS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (2021)

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2021)

nikhilc@imsc.res.inPublications
Shreyes Rajan Madgaonkar
PHD STUDENT

Shreyes Rajan Madgaonkar

M.Sc. Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (2021)

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2022)

shreyesrm@imsc.res.inPublications
Rahul Tiwari
PHD STUDENT

Rahul Tiwari

B.Tech. Biotechnology, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow (2024)

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2024)

rtiwari@imsc.res.inPublications
Mridhula Balaji
PHD STUDENT

Mridhula Balaji

M.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai (2025)

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2025)

mridhulab@imsc.res.inPublications

Past PhD Students 5

PAST PHD STUDENT

Janani R

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2016 – 2022), PhD awarded in June 2022

Awarded HBNI Outstanding Doctoral Students Award 2023 in Life Sciences

Next Position: Research Data Scientist, Novo Nordisk

PhD ThesisPublications
PAST PHD STUDENT

RP Vivek Ananth

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2016 – 2022), PhD awarded in November 2022

Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Nathan Price, Thorne Research, USA

PhD ThesisPublications
PAST PHD STUDENT

Ajay Subbaroyan

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2019 – 2024), PhD awarded in July 2024

Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

PhD ThesisPublications
PAST PHD STUDENT

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2019 – 2024), PhD awarded in December 2024

Awarded HBNI Outstanding Doctoral Students Award 2025 in Life Sciences

Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Seoul, South Korea

PhD ThesisPublications
PAST PHD STUDENT

Priyotosh Sil

IMSc Computational Biology PhD Program (2021 – 2026), PhD awarded in August 2026

Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD ThesisPublications

Postdoctoral Fellows 2

Vasavi Garisetti
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Vasavi Garisetti

October 2024 – Present

PhD, University of Madras, Chennai (2024)

Publications
Govinda Rao Dabburu
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Govinda Rao Dabburu

July 2026 – Present

PhD, University of Delhi (2026)

Publications

Project Staff 2

Shrish Vashisth
PROJECT STAFF

Shrish Vashisth

January 2025 – Present

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, Amity University, Delhi (2020)

Camelia Guha
PROJECT STAFF

Camelia Guha

November 2025 – Present

M.Sc. Biochemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (2025)

Masters Students 4

Rohit B K
MASTERS STUDENT

Rohit B K

May 2026 – Present

M.Sc. Integrated Theoretical Computer Science, PSG College of Technology

Sree Aswatha S K
MASTERS STUDENT

Sree Aswatha S K

June 2026 – Present

M.Sc. Integrated Data Science, PSG College of Technology

Dhanya M S
MASTERS STUDENT

Dhanya M S

August 2026 – Present

M.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai

Jaleena E
MASTERS STUDENT

Jaleena E

August 2026 – Present

M.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai

Student Awards and Honors 17

Nikhil Chivukula

First Prize for Oral Presentation at the Indian Conference on Bioinformatics and Computaional Biology (IndiBioCom) - 2026, September 7–9, 2026, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.

Rahul Tiwari

Best Poster Award at the RISE for Healthy Aging conference - 2026, August 6-7, 2026, IISc, Bengaluru, India.

Jaisubasri Karthikeyan

Best Project Award at the PSG Tech Alumni Association Annual General Body Meeting 2026, Coimbatore, for Masters research conducted in my group.

Madhumita Mondal

Full travel award to deliver a talk at the 2nd Bonn Conference on Mathematical Life Sciences, March 16-19, 2026, University of Bonn, Germany.

Shreyes Rajan Madgaonkar

Best Poster Award under the theme "Ocean Health" at the World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) - 2026, February 23–26, 2026, CSIR-NIO, Goa, India.

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

HBNI Outstanding Doctoral Student Award 2025 in Life Sciences for his PhD research.

Priyotosh Sil

Flash Talk Award at the 47th Indian Biophysical Society Meeting (IBS 2025), March 6–9, 2025, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

Shreyes Rajan Madgaonkar

Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Microplastic Research Innovation & Sustainable Management, February 15–16, 2025, IISER Kolkata, India.

Priyotosh Sil

Travel Award to attend the European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB), July 22–26, 2024, Toledo, Spain.

Priyotosh Sil

Raman–Charpak Fellowship by Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) to visit Université Paris-Saclay, France, for three months.

Shanmuga Priya B

Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Bioinformatics in Health and Food Security, February 14–16, 2024, Pondicherry University, India.

Nikhil Chivukula

Best Poster Award at the 17th Annual International Biocuration Conference 2024, March 5–8, 2024, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India.

Janani R

HBNI Outstanding Doctoral Student Award 2023 in Life Sciences for her PhD research.

Vivek Ananth RP

Granted the O-1A Visa (Individuals with Extraordinary Ability in Sciences) by the United States of America to conduct postdoctoral research at Thorne Research, New York.

Yasharth Yadav

Best Poster Award at the Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (CNSD 2022), December 15–18, 2022, IISER Pune, India, including a €200 cash prize and an invitation to publish an open-access article in Europhysics Letters.

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

Best Poster Award at the HBNI Theme Meeting on Life Sciences, September 7–10, 2022, RRCAT, Indore, India.

BS Karthikeyan

Best Poster Award at the Society of Biological Chemists (India) Conference (SBCI-2019), October 31 – November 3, 2019, BARC, Mumbai, India.

BS Karthikeyan

Second Prize in the theme Swasth Bharat at the Young Scientists Conference, India International Science Festival (IISF-2019), November 5–8, 2019, Kolkata, India.

M. Karthikeyan

Accepted into the Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB), Germany.

K. Harish

Accepted into the PhD program in Mathematics at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA.

Past Postdoctoral Fellows 4

Pritam KunduPhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Sreejanani SankarPhD, University of Madras, Chennai
BS KarthikeyanPhD, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
K DeyasiPhD, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

Previous Project Staff 29

Bathmaa Neayaa SR
Kaustav Das
Pavithra K
Sabrina Elsa Eapen
Shashank Sinha
Preeti Semwal
Geetha R
Jayalakshmi A
Kundhanathan R
Kishan Kumar
Priya Shree
Ishwarya M
Gokul Balaji D
Saumitra Kulkarni
Vinayak T
Priya Darshini A
Yasharth Yadav
Madhumita Mondal
Pavithra E
K Kavya
M Karthikeyan
A Sudharsan
K Harish
S Vijayakumar
B Gayathri
RP Sreejith
RP Bharath Chand
M Vadanashree
RP Vivek Ananth

Previous Masters or Bachelors Thesis Students 27

Jaisubasri KarthikeyanM.Sc. Integrated Data Science, PSG College of Technology
Harshini T SM.Sc. Integrated Data Science, PSG College of Technology
Shreelekshmi RBS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
Suchetana MitraBS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Yasharth YadavBS-MS Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
S Vishalini RajaramM.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai
Evanjalee AM.Tech. Computational Biology, Anna University, Chennai
Sarath Jyotsna RPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Sudharsan VPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Rajesh GB.Tech. Biotechnology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai
Nithin RB.Tech. Biotechnology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai
Prakruthi BurraM.Sc. (H) Biological Science and B.E. (H) Computer Science, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
Subathra VijayakumarB.Tech. Bioinformatics, SASTRA, India
Roshani NarasimhanB.Tech. ICT, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar
Aashish ShivkumarB.Tech. Pharmaceutical Technology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai
RP Bharath ChandM.Sc Computational Biology, University of Kerala, India
G RameshM.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India
P SreelekhaB.Tech., SASTRA, India
Ahammed Abu LifeonM.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India
M KarthikeyanB.Tech., Bharathidasan University, India
RP SreejithUniveristy of Kerala, India
Pavithra EPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
SR PoornimaAnna University, Chennai
C TamilmaranTamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
S DivyaTamil Nadu Agricultural Univeristy, Coimbatore
A SudharsanAnna University, Chennai
P SinglaCentral University of South Bihar, Gaya

Previous Interns 14

Insiya TambawalaUM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
Swetha MangotNISER Bhubaneswar
Rachita K. KumarSASTRA
Anushree DharCalcutta School of Tropical Medicine
Richa MishraBITS Pilani
S.R. AparnaStella Maris College
Karunya ShingerStella Maris College
Pappa Alpho JudyStella Maris College
J AshreyaStella Maris College
Lakshmi KAnna University
S BharathIIT Madras
B Arul PraveenIIT Madras
Ravi Kumar AllaparthiIIT Madras
Harish KNIT Trichy