Experience

Dayananda Sagar University

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Nov 2021 - Present

• Assistant Professor (Biotechnology)

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Subject Expertise: Molecular Biology In the current position, besides teaching our UG and PG students, I am supervising various research projects for MSc and Ph.D. students in the department with the broad aim to elucidate the dynamics of antibiotic resistance mechanisms, capture adjuvants to unlock bacterial resistance to existing arsenal of antibiotics and investigate alternative strategies to combat emerging multi-drug resistant superbugs(ESKAPE). The last four years have been exciting for my ANTI-BUGS research group and we are chasing phytochemicals, bacteriophages, anti-biofilm agents, and antimicrobial peptides that can successfully combat various carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and MRSA strains. Besides I am also working on vaccine development for ESKAPE pathogens with a key interest in MRSA. In this journey; one of our research workpieces bagged the Best Oral presentation award in World Congress on Biotechnology and Health summit -Current Research & Innovations in Biotechnology held in IISC Bengaluru, India on 29th August 2019, another received Silver Award in IECBBB-2020 by AIMST University Malaysia, May 2021 we received the best oral presentation award in the International Symposium on One Health Concept: Opportunities and Perspectives in Present Scenario & XVII Annual Conference of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS-2021). Show less



Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow)

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2017

  My core research focus was understanding the host-pathogen interaction with a major focus on deciphering the multifaceted mechanism of antibiotic resistance. I joined Bacteriology -II lab, ICAR-NIVEDI as a Research associate in 2015. The first line of research in the laboratory was elucidating the Whole Genome sequencing-based characterization of antibiotic resistance in specific pathogens isolated from livestock. Whole Genome Sequence analyses provided the overview of resistome and mobilome unveiling the organization of resistance genes in chromosomes/plasmids and their genome plasticity. On the basis of this work I received Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg Young Scientist Award World Congress on Infectious Diseases and Antibiotics -theme “Global Impact on the Control, Treatment and Elimination of Infectious Diseases” 28th -29th November 2018 at J. N. Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore. The Whole Genome Sequences are submitted in the database. Simultaneously, I was assigned to lead the standardization and execution of protocols for the other projects (DBT-ADMAc, ILRI, FAO, CDC, etc) funded by GoI running in the laboratory. The aim of the projects was to understand the transmission of antibiotic resistance from one health perspective with the main focus on MRSA and ESBL/carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in farm animals, in animal handlers and livestock products. A part of this research was published in the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2019). Further, I also worked on cloning and expression of NDM enzyme (New Delhi metallobetalactamse -NDM-1 is an enzyme that hydrolyses the last resort of antibiotic -carbapenem) in a collaborative project with Prof Jayanta Haldar [Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)], with the broad aim to check the capacity of new molecules to restore carbapenem activity. This paper has been published in ACS Infectious Disease in 2018. Show less



ICAR-NIVEDI

• Bengaluru, Karnataka

• Assistant Project Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2015

  I was a part of the Project Monitoring Unit of GoI funded NETWORK project comprising 15 centres across India on "Brucellosis" (caused by the Brucella family of bacteria). I was a part of the Project Monitoring Unit of GoI funded NETWORK project comprising 15 centres across India on "Brucellosis" (caused by the Brucella family of bacteria).



Centre for Human Genetics (CHG)

• Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Project Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Jan 2009