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B.E.(Chemical)
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Prof. Pragya Komal

hyderabad Biological Sciences

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
pragya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
kpragya2000504@gmail.com
040-66303688
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragya-komal-8b971a20/

Teaching Experience

  • General Biology (BIO F111)
  • Animal physiology (BIO F313)
  • Bioprocess Technology (BIO F451)
  • Environmental studies (BIO F225)
  • Biomedical Engineering (BITS F415)
  • Stem cells and Regenerative Biology (BIO G515)
  • Research Methodology (BITS E661)
  • Recent developments in biology (BIO G570)
  • Biology laboratory (BIO F110)
  • Instrumental Methods of Analysis (BIO F244)
  • Biosafety and Bioethics (BITS F467)
  • Study Project (BIO F266)
  • Laboratory Project (BIO F366)

MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE

Doctoral/Post-doctoral supervision

  1. S.K.V Manjari (2018-2024-COMPLETED), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  2. Omalur Eshwari (2023- continued) BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  3. Valla Maheshwar (2024- continued) BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  4. Sharon Mariam Abraham (2022-2025), Research fellow, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  5. Kishore Golla (Post-doctorate fellow; 2023- continued), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  6. Rehana Khatoon (Post-doctorate fellow; 2022), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  7. P. Arvind (Post-doctorate fellow; 2021), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.

Postgraduate, M.E students supervision:

  1. Monica Singh (as PI), 2018, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  2. Rahul Kumar (as PI), 2019, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  3. Poornima (as PI), 2020, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  4. Anshika Saxena (as Co-PI); 2021, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.
  5. Vaani A.C. (as Co-PI; off-campus thesis), 2022, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad.

Undergraduate supervision:

  1. Delvin Pauly (JRF), under the center for human diseases (CHDR), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
  2. Vishwak Reddy under the study-oriented project (SOP), B.E. 3rd year, August-December 2018, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  3. Priyanka Kumar under the study-oriented project (SOP), B.E. 3rd year, January-May 2019, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  4. Sanjana Srinivas (summer intern for 1 month from PES University, 2019, Bangalore).
  5. Shashank Goonda under the study-oriented project (SOP), B.E. 3rd year, August-December 2019, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  6. P G Sathwik (laboratory-oriented project; LOP), B.E. 3rd year, August-December 2019, January-April 2020, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  7. Pragya Sinha; Darshan (Study-oriented project; SOP), B.E. 3rd year, January-April 2020, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  8. Shivani; Sriram Bhatt, Jai Arora (laboratory-oriented project; LOP), B.E. 3rd year, January-April 2020, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  9. Venkat Sai, Sashwat Saxena, and Tushar Kanchipuram (Study-oriented project; SOP), B.E 4th year, September-December 2020, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  10. Aarya Bharani, Aditya Srivastava, Kshiteej Jaiswal, Ajit Gadhe (LOP- B.E 3rd year), Apoorva Ganesh (MSc biology-final year), August-December 2022, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  11. Sruti Darshini Neti, Harsh Bang, and Shrishti Gandhi (SOP- B.E. 3rd year), August-December 2024, BITS-Hyderabad, India.
  12. Sneha Suresh (summer intern for 1 month from IISER Tirupati, 2024, Andhra Pradesh, India).
  13. Sruti Darshini Neti (Special Project, B.E. 4th year, January-April 2025, BITS-Hyderabad, India.

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