PhD Students currently working
1. Tarun Kumar Patel (ICMR-SRF) (ID: 2019PHXF0451H)
Project Title: Gene Expression Modulating Agent for the Treatment of Cancer
2. Ambati Himaja [2021PHXP0440H]
Department of Health Research-ICMR- Project
Development of HDAC3 Selective Drug-able Molecules for Cancer
3. Darakhshan Begum (ID: 2022PHXP0039H).
Development of Epigenetic Modulators for the treatment of Schizophrenia (DBT-BUILDER project)
4. Sanjeev Regula [ID: 2022PHXP0431H]
Project Title: Development of histone deacetylase 1 inhibitors for the possible implication in Schizophrenia part of DBT BUILDR Project
5. Sripathi Nikhitha [ID: 2022PHXP0433H]
Project Title: Yet to be approved by DST-INSPIRE
$$ Goverdhan Lanka (PhD) :Research Associate (RA-II in DBT-BUILDER)
Completed: PhD Students
1. Prakruti Trivedi [ID: 2013PHXP415H; CSIR - SRF] [2019, Supervisor]
Thesis Title: Project: Design, Synthesis and Biological Characterization of Isoform Selective Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors
Current position: Co-founder of a Pharmaceutical CRO
2. Himanshu Bhat (ID: 2015PHXP013H; CSIR-SRF) [Co-supervisor; 2020]
Thesis Title: Dendrimers for the Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents in Cancer
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Connecticut, USA
3. Yamini Bobde (ID: 2016PHXF0424H; SUN PHARMA Fellow) [2021; Supervisor]
Thesis Title: Development of Acrylate Polymer-Based Micellar Systems for the Delivery of Anticancer Drugs.
Current position: Executive Research Scientist at Biocon, Bangalore, India
4. Kumbham Soniya (ID: 2018PHXF0038H) [Co-supervisor] (2023)
Dr. Reddy’s Lab Project and ICMR-SRF
Thesis Title: Albumin-Polymeric Nanoassemblies for Combination Chemotherapy in Cancer
Current position: Postdoc at University at Buffalo, USA
5. Ganesh Routholla [2017PHXF0430H] (Supervisor; 2023)
DST-SERB sponsored project
Project: Development of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors with preferential isoform selectivity for HDAC3
6. Sravani Pulya [2018PHXF0043H] CSIR-SRF (Supervisor; 2023)
Project: Design, Synthesis, Biological Characterization and In Vivo Validation of Histone Deacetylase-3 Inhibitors as Anti-cancer Agents
Students (FD & HD) Completed Thesis (2014 to till date)
1. Sonali Kotagiri [HD_ID No: 2012H147061H] [Winter 2014]
Project: Design and Development of Novel Histone Deacetylase-3 (HDAC3) Inhibitors using Molecular Modeling Studies (Current position: USA)
Position: Researcher, USA
2. Srividya Bharathi Bhagavatula [FD_ID: 2015A5TS0863H] [Winter 2019]
Project: Synthesis of Anticancer Agents
3. Gajraj Singh Rathore [FD_ID: 2015A5TS0869H] [Winter 2019]
Project: Exploring Mechanisms to Identify Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Current position: University of Geneva, Switzerland
4. Shilpa Elsa George [FD_ID:2016A5TS0738H] [Fall 2019]
Project: Spectroscopic Characterization of Nano-particle Molecule Interactions
Current position: PhD student at University of Colorado, USA)
5. Tania Dutta [FD_ID:2016A5TS0748H] [Fall 2019]
Project: Epigenetic Regulation of NF-??B in Cancer
Current position: Master Student in the department of neuroscience, Paris
6. Shivani Paritosh Naik [FD_ID:2016A5TS0729H] [Fall 2019]
Project: Tumor Stroma Penetrating Nanoparticles for Combination Therapy of Drug Resistant Kidney Cancer Current position: University of New York, USA
7. Nikhil Baheti (FD_ID: 2016A5TS0735H) [Winter 2020]
Project: Operations and Management of Pharmaceutical Products
8. Chaiti Chatterjee (FD_ID: 2016A5TS0728H) [Fall 2020]
Project: Value creation in mergers & acquisitions deals involving pharmaceutical industries in India and the subsequent response of the consumers.
9. Kondapaneni Likhitha Purna (HD_ID: 2019H1460148H) [Winter 2021]
Project: Development of Dual pH Sensitive HPMA Conjugated Polymeric System for Effective Delivery of Doxorubicin
10. Shreya Nilay (FD_ID: 2018A5TS108 [Fall 2021]
Project: Development and Biological Applications of HDAC3 Inhibitors.
11. Shraddha Dumawat (FD_ID: 2018A5TS1095H)
Project: Biomimetic Molecular Codes for Therapeutic Gene Modulation
12. Rishitha Kaminedi (FD_ID: ID No. 2019A5PS1183H)
Project: Design, Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of HDAC3 inhibitor for Biological Application
13. Auntara Nandi (FD_ID: 2018A5TS1078H)
Project: Generating higher affinity crystalline gamma s (CRYGS) mutants to reduce inflammation and cataract formation in the eye (Harvard University, USA)
14. K. Naga Srinidhi (FD_ID: 2018A5B31069H)
Project: Investigation of the roles of proteolytic machineries of malaria parasites