Honors & Fellowships

1. 2021 Enlisted among top 2% of the world scientists by Stanford University list.

2. 2020 Best Research Paper Award on 1st Research Day of SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India

3. 2019 Prof. E. Vijayan Award in Neuroscience for Best Oral presentation of the paper in the National Conference on Biotechnology Innovation (NatConBio), Lucknow, India

4. 2017 Ramalingswami re-entry Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India

5. 2015 First place & Best poster award in poster competition of National Capital Area TBI Research Symposium, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bathesda, USA.

6. 2012 Top Twenty-Research Fellow in the student competition in National Neurotrauma Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

7. 2012 Travel award from National Neurotrauma Symposium/ National Institute of Health (NIH) for attending National Neurotrauma Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

8. 2013 Fast Track Young Scientist Fellowship, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.

9. 2008 First SERC School Fellowship sponsored by International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India.

10. 2009 Travel award from Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) for attending the 9th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, Warsaw, Poland.

11. 2009 Travel award from International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) for attending the Satellite meetings ISN/APSN 2009: 9th Biennial Satellite Meeting of the ISN and 22nd Biennial Joint Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (ISN/APSN) in Gyeongju, South Korea.

12. 2008 Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India

13. 2006 Research assistantship, Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (UPCST), Lucknow, UP, India

14. 2006 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Life Science (XL).

Professional Memberships

  • National Neurotrauma Society (NNS), USA
  • Society for Neuroscience (SFN), USA
  • International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), France.

    • Research Grants as Principal Investigator (Extramural)

    1. Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship (Department of Biotechnology; DBT)

    Title: Autophagy regulation of microglia/ macrophage activation followed by Japanese encephalitis viral infection.

    Duration: 2017-2023

    Role: Principal Investigator

    2. Gant-in Aid scheme, Department of Health Research, ICMR, New Delhi.

    Title: Role of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells (hucMSCs) derived exosomes in CNS drug delivery molecules for the modulation of chronic neuroinflammation, pain-related behavior and motor function in the young injuredbrain.

    Duration: 2022-2025

    Role: Principal Investigator

    3. Department of Biotechnology (DBT)- Women and Child Health Programme

    Title: Determination and establishment of key molecular therapeutic approach for remodeling of pericardial heart valve of Tetralogy of Fallot.

    Duration: 2022-2025

    Role: PrincipalInvestigator

    4. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.

    Title: Establishment of microparticle as a liquid biopsy tool for post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD).

    Duration: 2023-2026

    Role: Principal Investigator

    5. Department of Biotechnology (DBT)- under DBT-BIRAC COVID-19 Research Consortium

    Title: Identifying therapeutic targets for blocking infection of highly pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 at an early stage: developing novel screening assay with minimal bio-hazard risk.

    Duration: 2020-2022

    PI: Dr. Santosh Verma

    Role: Co-principal Investigator.

    6. Grants-in-Aid Scheme of Department of Health Research, ICMR, New Delhi

    Title: Diagnostic and therapeutic application of the 64CuCl2 an Auger electron-emitting PET agent in high-grade brain tumors: A randomized control trial.

    Duration: 2022-2025

    PI: Dr. Manish Dixit

    Role: Co-principal Investigator.

    7. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi

    Title: Determining the biological role of extracellular RNA (eRNA) in the pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

    Duration: 2022-2025

    PI: Dr. Rohit Sinha

    Role: Co-principal Investigator

    Research Grants as Principal Investigator (Intramural)

    1. SGPGIMS, Intramural Research Grant

    Title: Brain Ageing Research: Role of genetic modified extra cellular vesicles (EVs) in modulation of age related chronic neuroinflammation.

    Duration: 2019-2022

    Role: Principal Investigator