Honors & Fellowships

  1. Due to the contributions to the field of Biomedical Sciences (Neuroscience), being selected for the "Mrs. Abida Mahdi Award- 2024" in XIIIth Annual International Conference of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IABSCON-2025), 09-14 February 2025, AIIMS, Bhopal.
  2. Nominated as a "Member of Royal Society of Biology (MRSB)", U.K., 2023.
  3. 2021 Enlisted among top 2% of the world scientists by Stanford University list.
  4. 2020 Best Research Paper Award on 1st Research Day of SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India
  5. 2019 Prof. E. Vijayan Award in Neuroscience for Best Oral presentation of the paper in the National Conference on Biotechnology Innovation (NatConBio), Lucknow, India
  6. 2017 Ramalingswami re-entry Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India
  7. 2015 First place & Best poster award in poster competition of National Capital Area TBI Research Symposium, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bathesda, USA.
  8. 2012 Top Twenty-Research Fellow in the student competition in National Neurotrauma Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  9. 2012 Travel award from National Neurotrauma Symposium/ National Institute of Health (NIH) for attending National Neurotrauma Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  10. 2013 Fast Track Young Scientist Fellowship, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
  11. 2008 First SERC School Fellowship sponsored by International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India.
  12. 2009 Travel award from Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) for attending the 9th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, Warsaw, Poland.
  13. 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.
  14. 2008 Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
  15. 2006 Research assistantship, Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (UPCST), Lucknow, UP, India
  16. 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.
  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 injured brain. Duration: 2022-2026 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: 2022-2026 Role: Principal Investigator
  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. Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Core Research Grant Project, New Delhi. Title: Deciphering the role of novel class of hepcidin regulating biologics in restoration of autophagy flux and microglia/macrophage activation following JE viral infection Duration: 2024-2027 Role: Principal Investigator

Research Grants as Co-Principal Investigator (Extramural)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  2. SGPGIMS, Intramural Research Grant Title: Evaluation of styrene maleic acid lipid particles prepared from Mycobacterium tuberculosis plasma membrane as a prototype vaccine against tuberculosis Duration: 2024-2026 Role: Principal Investigator

Invited Talk / Seminars

  1. Session chair in 10th Annual Conference of Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAICON), February 18thto 19th, 2023, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, U.P., India
  2. Keynote Speaker on the occasion of "World No Tobacco Day, May 31st, 2022 at Siddharth University,Kapilvastu, Siddharth Nagar, U.P, India, 2022.
  3. Session chair and oral presentation in National Conference on Biotechnology Innovation (NatConBio), Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Lucknow, U.P., India, September 27th-28th, 2019.
  4. Session chair and organizing committee member in 'International Symposium of molecular medicine (ISMM) at Department of molecular Medicine &Biotechnology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, U.P., India, December 14-16th, 2019.
  5. Invited Speaker in CME of Department of Microbiology, HIND Institute of Medical Sciences, Mau, Ataria, Sitapur, U.P., India, May 19th, 2019.

Conferences

  1. Paper presentedin 4thSatellite Symposium of XXXIX-Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neuroscience (IAN), theme Neuron-glia Interaction: Recent Concepts and Advances, organized by IISER, Kolkata & CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, India,December 15th, 2021.
  2. Paper presented on "Alteration in HepcidinFerroportin axis in Activated Microglia Are Linked to Neuronal Cell Death in JEV infection" in XV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Marseille , July 05thto 09th, 2021.
  3. International Indo-US Workshop on Pain Mechanism & Therapeutics, sponsored by SPARC, organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India, May 06thto 10th, 2021.
  4. International conference of Imperial College London, "Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury", London on June 16th, 2020.
  5. Paper presented on "NOX2 inhibition modulates microglial activation polarization, improves functional recovery and reduces chronic neurodegeneration following experimental TBI". Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Washington DC. USA, 2014.
  6. Paper presented on "Macrophage activation after traumatic brain injury: a phenotypic and functional analysis of the brain and spleen". Society for Neuroscience (SFN), San Diego, California, USA, 2013.
  7. Paper presented on "Microglia/ macrophages phenotypic heterogeneity and imbalance in M1/M2 activation states in the aged brain following traumatic brain injury". National Neurotrauma Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2012.
  8. Paper presented on "Age associated changes and microglial activation". Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Maryland, USA, 2010