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Rajdeep Chowdhury

Professor & Head of Department, Department of Biological Sciences,, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Cancer Biology
Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Group Members (Past and Present)

 

Current PhD Students (as Supervisor):

  1. PROPANNA BANDYOPADHYAY (Joined as LSRB Fellow in 2019)
  2. SUBHASHREE CHATTERJEE (Joined on Institute Fellowship in 2020)
  3. CHINMAY NAYAK (Joined as ICMR Fellow in 2021)
  4. LAVANYA SURESH IYER (Joined as BioCyTIH Fellow in 2021)
  5. ANASUYA BANERJEE (Joined as SERB Fellow in 2022)
  6. PRIYA GUPTA (Joined as DBT-Builder Fellow in 2022)
  7. GARGE NACHIKET DATTATRAY (Joined as SERB Fellow in 2023)
  8. SURYACHANDRA  KANDI (Joined as BITS-RMIT Fellow in 2023)
  9. DHRUBAJYOTI PAUL (Joined on Institute Fellowship in 2024)

 

Current PhD Students (as co-Supervisor):

  1. ANIRUDHA KUMAR SAHU (Joined as DST Fellow in 2018)
  2. SAURAJIT GHOSH (Joined on Project Fellowship in 2021)
  3. PRIYANKA MOHANTY (Joined as ICMR Fellow in 2023)
  4. KUMBHAR PRAGATI RAMESH (Joined on CDRF Project Fellowship in 2023)

 

PhD Students Supervised (as Supervisor and co-Supervisor):

  1. Ms. Subhra Dash (2019- as Supervisor)- Joined National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA for Postdoctoral Position after PhD.
  2. Ms. Leena Fageria (2020- as Supervisor).
  3. Mrs. Heena Saini (2021- as Supervisor)- Currently employed as Scientist-C at All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi, India.
  4. Ms. Karnam Laxmi Swetha (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Currently employed as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.
  5. Ms. Abhilasha Srivastava (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Joined North Western University, USA as a Post Doctoral Researcher.
  6. Mr. Sandeep Kumar (2023- as co-Supervisor) in France as Post Doctoral Researcher.
  7. Ms. Ankita Sharma (2024- as Supervisor)- Currently with Wiley Publishing House.
  8. Ms Smita Dey (2025- as co-Supervisor)-To join Lupen.
  9. Mrs. Mahima Choudhary (2025- as co-Supervisor)- Joining Wiley Publishing House.

 

Higher Degree Dissertation (ME) Students

 

  1. Vidhyavathy N (ME-On Campus; ID: 2020H1290016P)
  2. Amrutha Shree R (ME-On Campus; ID: 2019H1290570P)
  3. Harshini Sridharan (ME-Off Campus; ID: 2019H1290561P)
  4. Tejaswini (ME; completed)
  5. Sanhita (ME; completed)
  6. K Lohitesh (ME; completed)
  7. Udit Saum (ME; completed)
  8. Mohammed G Abdul Quadir (ME; completed)

 

Higher Degree Dissertation (ME) Students

 

  1. Vidhyavathy N (ME-On Campus; ID: 2020H1290016P)
  2. Amrutha Shree R (ME-On Campus; ID: 2019H1290570P)
  3. Harshini Sridharan (ME-Off Campus; ID: 2019H1290561P)
  4. Tejaswini (ME; completed)
  5. Sanhita (ME; completed)
  6. K Lohitesh (ME; completed)
  7. Udit Saum (ME; completed)
  8. Mohammed G Abdul Quadir (ME; completed)

 

 

First Degree Thesis Students:

 

  1. Archit Gupta (2018B1A70149P; ongoing)
  2. Shivam Arora (2016B1A10958P)

Graduated PhD Students:

  1. Subhra Dash (2019- as Supervisor)- Joined National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA for Postdoctoral Position after PhD.
  2. Leena Fageria (2020- as Supervisor).
  3. Heena Saini (2021- as Supervisor)- Currently employed as Scientist-C at All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi, India.
  4. Karnam Laxmi Swetha (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Currently employed as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
  5. Abhilasha Srivastava (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Joined Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA after submission of her thesis.

Current PhD Students as Co-Supervisor

Anirudha_Kumar_Sahu

 

Name : Anirudha Kumar Sahu

Qualification : M.Sc. (Agri) in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, GATE Life Sciences, ICAR NET

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani

Joining : January, 2019

Email Address: p20180408@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee

Research Area: Understanding the role of organelle dynamics and it’s association with Drug Resistance in Brain Tumor cells

Mahima_Choudhary

Name : Mahima Choudhary

Qualification : M.Sc. Biosciences (Banasthali Vidyapith), CSIR-NET-JRF(Life Sciences), UGC-NET-LS (Environmental Sciences)

Funding Agency: CSIR

Joining : August, 2019

Email Address: p20190003@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee

Research Area: Exploring the role of organelle dynamics in epithelial to mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma multiforme


Current PhD Students as Supervisor

Ankita_Sharma

 

Name : Ankita Sharma

Qualification : M.Sc. Life Sciences (with specialization in molecular medicine), Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Funding Agency: DST-SERB, BITS Pilani

Joining : September, 2018

Email Address: p20190006@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Understanding hyperglycemia induced alterations in non-coding RNA expression pattern

and post–translational histone protein modifications contributing to drug-resistance and progression of pancreatic cancer

Propanna_Bandyopadhyay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name : Propanna Bandyopadhyay

Qualification : M.Pharm. (Pharmacology), BIT- Mesra, Ranchi

Funding Agency: DRDO-LSRB, BITS Pilani

Joining : January, 2020

Email Address: p20190424@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Exploring the role of autophagy in hypoxia-mediated thrombosis and understanding the molecular signatures associated with platelet functioning and other thrombotic events under low oxygen conditions

Subhashree_Chatterjeee

 

Name : Subhashree Chatterjeee

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Sastra University, Tamil Nadu

Funding Agency: Institute Fellowship

Joining : November, 2020

Email Address: p20200060@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Understanding the interplay between chromatin writers

and erasers contributing towards survival of colorectal cancer cells

Chinmay_Nayak

 

Name : Chinmay Nayak

Qualification : M.Phil. Biotechnology, Sambalpur University, Odisha

Funding Agency: ICMR

Joining : September, 2021

Email Address: p20210007@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Understanding the role of histone demethylases involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and chemo-resistance

Lavanya_Suresh_Iyer

 

Name : Lavanya Suresh Iyer

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune

Funding Agency: BITS BioCyTIH Foundation

Joining : March, 2022

Email Address: p20210470@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Development of a gene signature based-cognitive model predicting chemotherapy response

and designing prognostic probes for ovarian cancer

Anasuya_Banerjee

 

Name : Anasuya Banerjee

Qualification : M.Sc. Stem cell Technology and Regenerative medicine,

Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine [MAHE]

Funding Agency: DST-SERB

Joining : September, 2022

Email Address: p20220004@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Understanding the functions of Semaphorins in tumor cells

undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition, which are subjected to varied flow dynamics

Priya_Gupta

 

Name : Priya Gupta

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh

Funding Agency: DBT Builder

Joining : January, 2023

Email Address: p20220406@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury

Research Area: Understanding epigenetic alterations facilitating survival of tumor cells