Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences
Homeostatic synaptic plasticity, Ligand-gated ion channels (mainly nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) function in health and neurological disorders, Neuro-nanoscience, Vitamin D3 and Brain health, Vitamin D3 and nicotine addiction
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Dist.-Medchal-500 078 Telangana, India
Offered the editorial board membership of Scientific Reports, 2024.
Offered the editorial board membership of The Greek Chronicles, 2024.
Facilitatedwith a certificate by Elsevier journalfor the invited review (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667242122000653) as it was undertaken by the United Nations under sustainable development goal for better health and wellbeing for all (UN-SDG), 2023.
Recipient of young paternity/parenthood grant award; International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), October 2021.
Scholarship awardee for e-poster presentation to attend “Vitamin D workshop” at virtual keynote symposium, United States, October 13-14th, 2021.
Recipient of “Women Researcher Award” in “International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine” by VDGOOD professional association India, September 2021.
Project leader from the Department of Biological Sciences, for the Department of Biotechnology builder grant (DBT-Builder grant-2020) worth 1.5 crores (Indian rupees) towards the setup of patch-clamp electrophysiology at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India, January 2021.
Recipient of Early Career Award; International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), September 2020.
Recipient of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) world congress travel grant award for IBRO-meeting, Daegu, South Korea, 2019.
Recipient of an independent postdoctoral fellowship called “Restracomp”, at Sick Kid’s Hospital, Toronto, 2015-17.
Offered independent postdoctoral fellowship, The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 2015-17.
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A 2016.
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, National Institute of Health (NIH), Washington D.C, U.S.A 2015.
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMASS), Boston, U.S.A 2015.
The University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of Science, James A. Laurette Agnew Award, 2014.
The University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of Science, James A. Laurette Agnew Award, 2013.
The University of Victoria, Canada, William Wowchuk Memorial Graduate Scholarship
The University of Victoria, Canada, William Wowchuk Memorial Graduate Scholarship
The University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Grant 2011/2012.
Received Honorable Mention Award for the Canadian Student Health Research National Health Research (CSHRF) poster presentation competition, June 13, 2012, Manitoba, Canada.
Nominated by University of Victoria among the top 5% of doctoral students for presentation in Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) 2012, in Winnipeg, Canada.
Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR/JRF)
Gold-Medalist at post-graduation, Patna University, Department of Biochemistry, India 2007.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, (GATE), India 2007.
Gold-Medalist at graduation, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Department of Biotechnology, India 2005.