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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)

 

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.
  6. Sandeep Kumar (2023- as co-Supervisor).

 

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