Students

Current Ph.D. students

Raja Gopalan N.S.

Raja Gopalan has done his M.Sc. Biotechnology from Madras University. He is working on understanding several aspects of the molecular biology and biochemistry of plant-PGPR interaction, including the unusual phenomenon of conditional pathogenesis seen in some PGPR.

Nikhil P.T.

Nikhil has a M.Sc. in Plant Sciences from the University of Hyderabad. He is studying various aspects of the physiological, biochemical and molecular biology of plant-PGPR interaction in rice.

Raunak Sharma

Raunak has an M.Sc. in Agriculture Molecular Biology from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. She is studying different aspects of the signaling mechanisms involved in plant-PGPR interaction for abiotic stress tolerance.

Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee

Ratnadeep is an employee of Corteva Agriscience and is pursuing his part-time Ph.D. in our lab. He works on high throughput genotyping platforms to accelerate genetic gain in various crops. For his Ph.D. research, Ratnadeep brings in his experience in translational research towards crop improvement and product development.

Current M.E students

Shivani Srivastava

Shivani is working primarily on rice-PGPR interaction for abiotic stress tolerance.

Graduated Ph.D. students

Daipayan Ghosh, Ph.D.

Daipayan defended his Ph.D. thesis in June 2019. His research focused on mechanisms in PGPR- mediated drought tolerance in plants with emphasis on the metabolism of the compatible osmolyte, proline and phytohormones.

Current affiliation: Scientist (Molecular Biology), Pathkind Labs, Mankind Pharma, Gurgaon, India.

Sunetra Sen, Ph.D.

Sunetra defended her Ph.D. thesis in June 2019. Her research focused on mechanisms in PGPR-mediated drought tolerance in plants with emphasis on the metabolism of important stress responsive molecules called polyamines.

Current affiliation: Editorial Reviewer, Cactus Communications, Mumbai, India.