School of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
People
The Pillars of the Lab
Group Leader
Amit, a.k.a. AJ is the group leader of the AJ Lab. He is an associate professor in the school of basic sciences, IIT Mandi. AJ is also an associate at The Indian Academy of Sciences.
Shounak Roy
Research Scholar
Shounak is a DST Inspire Fellow in the AJ Lab. He previously worked as a Project assistant in Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Disorder division at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. His area of research includes fabrication of novel 2D-material based nanocomposites for biomedical and environmental applications.
Ankita Sarkar
Research Scholar
Ankita is a PhD. scholar in the AJ Lab. Her research interest includes metal nanoparticle - polymer nanocomposites for drug delivery applications
Keshav Bhardwaj
Research Scholar
Keshav is a PhD. scholar in the AJ Lab. His research interest is in fabrication of SERS substrates for trace analysis.
Sanchita Sarkhel
Research Scholar
Sanchita is a PhD. scholar in the AJ Lab. Her research interest is in antimicrobial and wound healing materials. Before joining the AJ Lab she completed her master's degree in microbiology from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata.
Khushal Singh
Research Scholar
Khushal is a PhD. scholar in the AJ Lab. His area of research is nanomaterial based sensors.
Deepali Bisht
M.Tech. Biotechnology Project Student
Deepali is a M.Tech scholar in the AJ lab. Her research work is in the area of antimicrobial 2D nanomaterials.
Koustav Kundu
M.Sc. Chemistry
Project Student
Koustav is a M.Sc chemistry scholar in the AJ lab. He works on the synthesis and applications of plasmonic nanomaterials.
Alumni of our Lab
Shubhangi Goyal
M.Sc. Chemistry
Project Student
Shubhangi is a M.Sc chemistry scholar in the AJ lab. Her area of research is in the field of plasmonic nanoparticles based SERS sensors
Kaustav Kahali
M.Sc. Chemistry
Project Student
Kaustav is a M.Sc chemistry scholar in the AJ lab. His area of research is in understanding nanoparticle induced apoptosis.
Bhawna Narang
M.Sc. Chemistry
Project Student
Bhawna is a M.Sc chemistry scholar in the AJ lab. Her area of research is in the field of plasmonic nanoparticles based photothermal therapy.
Alumni of our lab
Dr. Prem Singh
PhD
Prem graduated with PhD degree (2021) from the AJ lab. He worked on plasmonic nanoarattles for catalytic and photothermal therapy applications.
Praveen Kumar
PhD
Praveen worked in the AJ lab for his PhD degree and his research was on antimicrobial fabrics.
Kriti Shakya
M.Sc. Chemistry
Kriti worked in the AJ lab for her MSc. project (2018-2020). She worked on preparation of aerogels for oil spill removal.
Swachhatoa Ghosh
M. Tech. Biotechnology
Swachhatoa completed her M.Tech. project (2018-19) in the AJ Lab. She is presently doing PhD at IIT Kharagpur.
Ruptanu Banerjee
M.Tech. Biotechnology
Ruptanu worked for his M.Tech Project (2017) in the AJ Lab. Presently he is a PhD student in the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
Varnika Yadav
M.Sc. Chemistry
Varnika did her MSc project (2016-18) in the AJ Lab. She is currently a doing PhD at University of Hamburg, Germany.
Giredhar Muthiah
M. Tech. Biotechnology
Gire worked in the AJ lab for his M.Tech. thesis (2019-21). His research was on nanomaterials for PDT.
Aditya Jaiswal
M.Sc. Chemistry
Aditya worked in the AJ lab for his MSc project (2019-21). He worked on polymeric materials for gene delivery applications.
Aastha
M. Tech. Biotechnology
Aastha worked in the AJ lab for her MTech project (2019-21). She is currently pursuing PhD under UQIDAR program
Saheli Sarkar
M. Tech. Biotechnology
Saheli worked in the AJ lab for her MTech project (2019-21). She is currently pursuing PhD at IIT Guwahati
Pankaj Kumar
M.Sc. Chemistry
Pankaj worked in the AJ lab for his MSc. project (2017-19). He is currently pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur
Monika Ahlawat
M.Sc. Chemistry
Monika completed her MSc project in the AJ Lab (2016-18). Presently, she is doing PhD at IIT Kanpur.
Sonika
M.Sc. Chemistry
Sonika worked in the AJ Lab for her MSc project (2016-18), where she synthesized palladium nanorattles for catalytic applications
Present and Past Intern/Project Students
Dr. Ajith Kumar
Intern Student
(2019- 20)
BDS
Jitendra Choudhary
Intern Student
(July 2019)
BS-MS Chemical Engineering
IISER Bhopal
Neharika Gupta
Intern Student
(June - July, 2019)
B.Tech. Biotechnology
LPU Phagwara
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Srijit Seal
Inspire Intern Student
(March 2019)
Current Position: M.Phil at University of Cambridge
Anupam Mondal
Intern Student
(Feb - June, 2018)
MSc. Chemistry, Burdwan University
Current Position: PhD. at University of Burdwan
Virendra Majarikar
Intern Student
(June - July, 2015)
Current Position: Process Development Engineer at Micron Memory Inc., Hiroshima, Japan
Chandrasen Mohite
Intern Student
(2019- 20)
B.Tech. Biotechnology
BITS - Dubai
Kartikay Sadyal
Intern Student
(June - July, 2019)
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
NIT Hamirpur
Prachi Bhatia
Intern Student
(March - May, 2019)
MSc. Chemistry, IIT Mandi
Current Position: PhD at IIT Roorkee
Dhruba Dhar
Project Student
(May - July, 2017)
Current Position: PhD at IIT Kharagpur
Prathamesh Joshi
Intern Student
(June - July, 2017)
B.Tech. - M.Tech. IIT-BHU
Current Position: Gurgaon- Axtria Analytics
Akansha Tripathi
Intern Project Student
(Jan - June, 2017)
M.Sc. Biotechnology, VIT University