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Dr. Pragya Komal

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Room no.A-107, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus

Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet Mandal

Hyderabad- 500 078, Telangana.

Email: pragya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in, kpragya2000504@gmail.com

Office phone: +91 40 66303688

Work Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani), Hyderabad, India (2023-continued).
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani), Hyderabad, India (2017-2023).
Post-Doctorate Research Fellow, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
Post-Doctorate Research Fellow, The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Teaching assistant (TA), University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-JRF, 2007-2009).

Education

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Victoria, Canada, (2015) Thesis Title: “Tyrosine Kinase and Protein Kinase A Modulation of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function on Layer 1 Cortical Interneurons”.
MSc in Biochemistry, Patna science college, Patna University, India.
BSc in Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India.

Awards and Achievements

From BITS

Facilitated with a certificate by Elsevier journal for the invited review (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667242122000653) as it was undertaken by the United Nations under sustainable development goal for better health and wellbeing for all (UN-SDG), 2023.
Selected as Editorial Board Member" of "International Conference on Infectious Diseases", ISID, Pencis, 2023.
Recipient of young maternity grant award; International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), October 2021.
Scholarship awardee for eposter presentation to attend “Vitamin D workshop” at virtual keynote symposium, United States, October 13-14th, 2021.
Recipient of “Women Researcher Award” in “International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine” by VDGOOD professional association India, September 2021.
Recipient of Early Career Award; International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), September 2020.
Recipient of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) world congress travel grant award for IBRO-meeting, Daegu, South Korea, 2019.

Before BITS

Recipient of an independent postdoctoral fellowship called “Restracomp”, at Sick Kid’s hospital, Toronto, 2015-17.
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A 2016 (not taken).
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, National Institute of health (NIH), Washington D.C, U.S.A 2015 (not taken).
Offered Postdoctoral fellowship, The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMASS), Boston, U.S.A 2015 (not taken).
University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of science, James A. Laurette Agnew Award, 2014.
University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of science, James A. Laurette Agnew Award, 2013.
University of Victoria, Canada, William Wowchuk Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2013.
University of Victoria, Canada, William Wowchuk Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2011.
University of Victoria, Canada, Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Grant 2011/2012.
Received Honorable Mention Award for the Canadian Student Health Research National Health Research (CSHRF) poster presentation competition, June 13, 2012, Manitoba, Canada.
Nominated by University of Victoria among the top 5% of doctoral students for presentation in Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) 2012, in Winnipeg, Canada.
Recipient of junior research fellowship, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR/JRF) 2007.
Gold-Medalist at post-graduation, Patna University, Department of Biochemistry, India 2007.
Qualified graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE), 2007.
Gold-Medalist at graduation and best student award, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Department of Biotechnology, India, 2005.

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