Faculty

B.SC. (BIOTECHNOLOGY), CSJM UNIVERSITY, KANPUR, 2007.
M.SC. (BIOTECHNOLOGY), KIIT UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR, 2009.
Ph.D. (BIOTECHNOLOGY), BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI, 2016.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, JUNE 2025 - TILL DATE, AMITY INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA, GURUGRAM-122413, INDIA

RESEARCH SCIENTIST, MAY 2024 – MAY 2025;
SCIENTIST-1, OCTOBER 2021- APRIL 2024;
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, AUGUST 2020 – OCTOBER 2021
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY, BETHESDA, MARYLAND, USA

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, JANUARY 2018 – JULY 2020
UMEÅ UNIVERSITY, UMEÅ, SWEDEN

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, JULY 2016 - DECEMBER 2017
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI, INDIA

ANIMAL DIVERSITY-I (BLS2102)
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY (SBLS)
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY (SBTH2301)

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, CELL BIOLOGY

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, CELL BIOLOGY

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AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA,
GURUGRAM-122413, INDIA

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2010-PRESENT LIFE MEMBER, ASSOCIATION OF MICROBIOLOGISTS OF INDIA
2014-PRESENT LIFE MEMBER, THE BIOTECH RESEARCH SOCIETY INDIA
2014-PRESENT LIFE MEMBER, THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION
2014-PRESENT LIFE MEMBER, TRENDS IN BIOSCIENCES
2014-PRESENT LIFE MEMBER, ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCES

EDITORIAL ROLES
REVIEW EDITOR FOR RESEARCH TOPIC ANTIMICROBIALS, RESISTANCE AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY.
TOPIC EDITOR FOR RESEARCH TOPIC LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES - TRANSMISSION, MECHANISMS OF BACTERIAL VIRULENCE AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION IN FRONTIERS IN BACTERIOLOGY

AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWER
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
BRAIN INJURY
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
BIOMARKERS IN MEDICINE
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS

• 12-13 September 2024; 2nd Place Oral Presentation Award; Award received from the 5th Annual Non-coding RNA Symposium 2024 Organized by University of Illinois, Chicago. USA.
• July 2020; Post-Doctoral Fellow; Award received from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
• December 2016; Post-Doctoral Fellow; Award received from Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden.
• August 2016; UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow; (Awarded but not availed), Awarded from University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India.
• July 2016 – December 2017; SERB - National Post-Doctoral Fellow; Award received from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India at School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
• April 2015 – February 2016; Centre for Advance Study (CAS) - Senior Research Fellow; Fellowship received from Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• April 2013 – March 2015; CAS - Junior Research Fellow; Fellowship received from Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• 19-22 September 2013; Best Poster Award; Award received from International Symposium on Problems of Listeriosis (ISOPOL), Organized by ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Old Goa, Goa India.
• December 2012 – March 2013; UGC - Junior Research Fellow; Fellowship received from University Grants Commission (UGC) at Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• October 2009 – August 2012; ICMR – Junior Research Fellow; Fellowship received from Indian Council of Medical Research at Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• March 2009; Qualified GATE; Award received from Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2009, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. On behalf of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
• 2005; Best Model Award; Award received from Centre for Education Awareness Research and Analysis (CEARA), held at Kanpur, India.

Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB)