As part of this, the institute accepts Ph.D. scholars to carry out research under the able guidance of our faculty. We currently have over a dozen research scholars who are registered for their PhDs.  Other students have initiated their work and look forward to being formally registered soon. In parallel with the increasing number of core faculty, the number of research scholars will also increase in the next few years

PhD scholars who have completed their work and received their degrees
  1. Darshan S C
    Thesis guide: Dr. Kshitish Acharya
    Thesis title: Establishing expression-based gene clusters for prediction of mammalian promoters and expression patterns
  2. Neelima C H
    Thesis guide: Dr. Kshitish Acharya, IBAB and Prof. Abhijit Mitra, IIIT, Hyderabad
    Thesis title: Understanding the differences in preliminary stages of gene expression regulation in healthy and unhealthy mammalian tissues, and identification of potential markers
  3. Meeta Sunil
    Thesis guides: Dr. Subha Srinivasan and Dr. Bibha Chaudhury
    Thesis title: Next generation sequencing and annotation of Amaranthus hypochondriacus “Rajgira” genome and transcriptome
  4. Pushpinder Singh Bawa
    Thesis guides: Dr. Subha Srinivasan and Dr. Bibha Chaudhury
    Thesis title: Big data in biomarker discovery: prostate cancer
  5. Vidya G
    Thesis guide: Dr. Bibha Chaudhury
    Thesis title: Mechanism of chromosomal translocation in Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and Therapeutics
  6. Panga Venugopal
    Thesis guide: Dr. R. Srivatsan
    Thesis title: Investigation of inflammatory network systems in rheumatoid arthritis using systems biology approaches
  7. Poulami Dey
    Thesis guide: Dr. R. Srivatsan
    Thesis title: Role of cytokines and gene variants in rheumatoid arthritis: A systems biology approach
  8. Suran R Nambisan
    Thesis guide: Dr. Subhashini Srinivasan &  Dr. Bibha Choudhary
    Thesis title: Identification of Amaranthus Hypochondiracus specific microflora through metatranscriptomics of the root
  9. Jinsha K
    Thesis guide: Dr. Bibha Choudhary
    Thesis title: Evaluation of the effect of Curcumin and its derivatives on the  expression profile of micro RNAs in ovarian cancer cells
  10. G Goldsmith
    Thesis guide: Dr. Subhashini Srinivasan
    Thesis title: Structure and dynamics of RNase H and their substrate complexes: Implications in substrate specificity and recognition
  11. Snehl Nirgude
    Thesis guide: : Dr. Bibha Choudhary
    Thesis title: Epigenetic regulation of miRNA in breast cancer
  12. Rani Bajaj
    Thesis guide: Dr. S Thiyagarajan
    Thesis title: Characterization of Leishmania myosin XXI – flagellar protein interactions

PhD scholars who have Submitted Thesis
  1. Purna Sudha Bindu Ambaru
    Thesis guide: Prof. H S Subramanya
    Thesis title: Structure and function of an actin binding protein, profilin from Leishmania donovani
  2. Meghana Manjunath
    Guide: Prof. Bibha Choudhary
    Title: Evaluation of the effect of BCL2 specific inhibitors in Breast cancer
  3. Sagar Sanjiv Desai
    Guide: Prof. Bibha Choudhary
    Title: A Bioinformatics approch towards understanding molecular and genetic mechanism of Acute Leukemia
Current PhD scholars
  1. Shilpa Harshan
    Guide: Prof. R Srivatsan
    Title: Regulation of metabolism in the synovium and blood in rheumatoid
  2. Govind Kumar
    Guide: Prof. Kshitish Acharya
    Title: Understanding molecular basis of non-obstructive azoospermia via transcriptomics
  3. Harsha Rani
    Guide: Prof. Vijayalakshmi Mahadevan
    Title: Investigating alterations in epigenetic landscape and 3D organisation in p53 deficient/mutant colorectal cancer cells
  4. Moushumi Gowsami
    Guide: Prof. Kshitish Acharya
    Title: Not Yet Registered
  5. Dimple Parasbhai Acharya
    Guide: Dr. Shruthi S Vembar
    Title: Understanding temporal gene regulation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum during asexual blood stage
  6. Gopinath Krishnappa
    Guide: Prof. S Thiyagarajan
    Title: The Structure-Function Analysis of the Phage GRCS Endolysin and Putative amidase from Staphylococcus Aureus
  7. Shikha Kumari
    Guide: Dr. Sanjay Ghosh
    Title: Development of an engineered immunoglobulin E-based antibody for therapeutic purposes
  8. Shivangi Sharma
    Guide: Prof. Bibha Choudhary
    Title: Preclinical evaluation of a Novel BCL2 inhibitor, Disarib: at an early stage of development as cancer therapeutic agent
  9. Shesan D
    Guide: Dr. Shruthi S Vembar
    Title: Submitted PhD Application of MAHE
  10. Shreya Sharma
    Guide: Prof. Vijayalakshmi Mahadevan
    Title: DAC done
  11. Riya Mahapatra
    Guide: Dr. Shruthi S Vembar
    Title: Not Yet Registered
  12. Varsha H J
    Guide: Dr. Shruthi S Vembar
    Title: Yet to register
  13. Kishore S
    Guide: Dr. Vijayalakshmi Mahadevan
    Title: Yet to register
  14. S Hemant Kumar
    Guide: Dr. Thiyagarajan S
    Title: Yet to register
  15. Shahana M V
    Guide: Prof. Bibha Choudhary
    Title: Yet to register
  16. Anitha B N
    Guide: Dr. Shruthi S Vembar
    Title: Yet to register
  17. Zarekar Rupesh Rajendra
    Guide: Prof. Kshitish K Acharya
    Title: Yet to register
  18. Ranu Deka
    Guide: Dr. Sanjay Ghosh
    Title: Submitted PhD Application of MAHE
  19. Anantika Banerjee
    Guide: Dr. Thiyagarajan S
    Title: Dr. Swathi Alagesan