Dr. Manas K Majumdar is having over 25 years of experience in both academia and global bio-pharmaceutical industry, fifteen of which was spent at majors like GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. Robust scientific background exemplified by publication in peer-reviewed journals. Areas of research experience include Stem cell biology, musculoskeletal biology, Biomarker discovery, Inflammation, Biologicals and small molecule.

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In his initial years, Dr. Suman Dutta has worked on inflammation-induced apoptosis and has received a Ph.D. degree in 2011. Dr. Dutta then moved to South Korea for his first postdoctoral study at Hallym University. After that, he moved into the field of extracellular vesicle biology and in Mahidol University, Thailand, his work was to search for CCA biomarkers in exosomes for pre-clinical diagnosis and to elucidate the role of exosomal cargo in cholangiocarcinoma pathogenesis. At the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), his work involved the identification of exosomal signature cargos for metal-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity in humans. In early 2016, Dr. Dutta joined the University of California Los Angeles, where the main focus of his work was to analyze the brain-derived blood exosomes in different neurodegenerative diseases. He also worked in generating signature spectra of single exosomes from different sources using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and developed a highly sensitive phospho-α-Synuclein (pS129) assay using a small spot U-plex electrochemiluminescence (ECELISA) platform. Dr. Dutta’s research is dedicated to understanding disease pathologies and develop new therapeutic and diagnostic tools for different neurodegenerative diseases.

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Dr. Amartya Mishra completed his master degree in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta and obtained his doctoral degree from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India. Dr. Mishra has experience in the field of molecular parasitology for about 10 years from various international school of biomedical research including Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. At I3T, his research interest would focus on the development of therapeutics targeted against the distinct metabolic pathways for tropical infectious pathogens.

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Dr. Avisek Mondal completed his B.Sc. from the University of Calcutta and M.Sc. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITKGP). He was awarded Ph.D. from Bose Institute under Calcutta University. During his Postdoctoral Research at National Institute of Health (NIH), his work was focused on elucidating molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). His current research plan is focused on advancing translational science on neurodegenerative diseases in humans that manifest either “sporadic” or “inherited”. His main objective is to develop novel and rational therapeutic drugs that ameliorate the progression of the disease.

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Dr. Nazmun Lyle has been working for 16 years in the area of Neurobiology. She has earned a Ph.D. from the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (I. P. G. M. E. & R.), Kolkata. She has more than eight years of post-doctoral experiences.​ Her research interest is in the area of Neurophysiology especially to understand the molecular mechanisms / pathways involved in the stress induced pathophysiology. She has further explored the molecular mechanism of stress induced neuropathology with a view to search natural products as promising drug candidates using animal experimental models. She has experience in the fields of ageing and stress-induced initiation and progression of neurodegeneration using mammalian cell systems and animal models to understand the effective diagnostics and therapeutic strategies. She is also working in the field of Human Molecular Genetics and Epidemiology.

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Dr. Anwesha Deb has completed her Doctoral studies at Presidency University on Structure Function Characterization of Naturally Occurring Blue Light Photoreceptors. She is a trained Molecular Biologist and Biophysicist. Dr. Anwesha has multiple international publication and has attended international Symposiums on Synthetic Biology. In i3t her research interest is predominantly focused on in Silico Drug Discovery and Transcriptome Analysis.

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A versatile professional with excellence in steering the entire functions like training & development, project execution and so on with focus on accomplishing organisational goals and objectives. Offering years of extensive experience in research analysis, quality control, advance food science and technology, publications and so on while supervising teams as well as educate students/chemists for the same with diverse roles distinguished by commended performance. Skilled in providing advanced analysis of biopolymers & micronutrients in various foods. Proficient in teaching students of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology.

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Dr. De is leading her research team at I3T in the area of microbiome research. She has 16 years of experience in Microbiology. Her research is focussed on understanding epigenomic modulation by Parkinson’s Disease  (PD)-associated microbiome in search of probiotic therapeutics for amelioration of PD outcome. She is also exploring microbiome-based approaches to mitigate the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenge in bacterial pathogens by focussing on biofilms and microbial community interactions in the gut and environment.

Before joining I3T, Dr.De was working as Principal Investigator and NRI-Scientist-C with an independent research grant under the HRD scheme of the Department of Health Research, GoI , during which she conducted research on the resistome in diarrheal diseases to understand it’s contribution to AMR dissemination in diarrheal pathogens. Dr.De has also worked as Microbioogist under WHO in the past. She has been rigorously trained in Molecular Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology under renowned scientists. She obtained her PhD in 2013 working on molecular typing of Vibrio cholerae under the supervision and mentorship of the preeminent and renowned scientist, Dr.G.B.Nair. Thereafter, she conducted her postdoctoral research in Umea University,Sweden, in the laboratory of Professor Marie-Louis Hammarstrom and Prof. Sun Nyunt Wai during which she developed human organoids and explored the role of the CD -associated microbiome in the etiology of Celiac Disease and discovered the central orchestrating role of IRF1 in CD pathogenesis. She has obtained short-term training under renowned scientists in the leading institutes of the world like ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Ohio State University, USA, Karolinska Institute, Sweden and European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge,UK and she works in close collaboration with them.

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Satarupa Roy brings in an extensive industrial knowledge and experience in the field of CRO.

She holds masters in Organic Chemistry. Her initial career started at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi where her work involved the synthesis and derivatization of carbohydrate derivatives, which comprises cell membrane of Leishmania donovani and then Bose Institute, Kolkata as senior research fellow where she worked on natural products.

She then moved onto TCG LifeSciences Pvt Ltd where she contributed greatly in multiple project handling while leading from the front, lead a group of 10-12 scientists of varying capacities. With over 18 years of multidisciplinary work in Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, drug discovery R&D and API, she is a seasoned professional having worked as individual contributor as well as team manager. Satarupa has been in client facing role and has managed multiple client partnerships. She has facilitated and presented project updates during client and external partner visits to the site. Also has visited to Germany and UK representing the team. She had been instrumental in initiating external strategic partnerships/collaborations with companies and universities. She is having a great client management skills- worked with more than 20 different clients from multiple domains and outstanding feedback and received many client appreciations. Extensive knowledge and understanding of project management- planning, estimation, design and delivery. Meticulously carried out the synthesis of many therapeutic target molecules for leading Pharmaceutical Companies in USA and Europe. Prior to joining I3TK, she was associated with West Bengal Chemical Industries Ltd, and her role involved Project management and design, Build solutions in Organic API , Team handling and qualitative development of team,

invention disclosure for new patent application, Analytical support of the products developed on R&D.

Ms. Binita Bhattacharya is an M. Tech from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar in Biotechnology having ample experience in working in different biotechnology fields of Microbiology, Molecular biology and Immunology department. She has been worked as a Junior Research Fellow in a sequencing company in Hyderabad performing the isolation of DNA & RNA from different tissue types (plant, animal, human, microbial, environmental etc.) and genome library preparation for the next generation sequencing in Illumina and PACBIO platform.
She also worked in the department of hybridoma technology and development of monoclonal antibodies including the techniques ELISA, Subcloning, cell counting and fusion at Imgenex India Pvt Ltd under Odisha Govt.
She had en experience in the department of microbiological testing and QC at Hindustan Unilever, Kolkata.

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Sadhvi is a M. Tech in Food Technology with her desires encompassing in academia and research pertaining to public health. Her experiences with FSSAI in her internship tenure and training in Food Engineering domains at CSIR-CFTRI, her interests to create interventions in the community regarding nutritional awareness and necessary implementations drives her passion to be a part of the Maternal and Child Health programmes and associated public healthcare at I3T- to develop and to reach objectives aligned with Government’s mandates of Sustainable Development Goals. As a proactive researcher, the zeal to bring about impactful changes through intersectional and interdisciplinary research concepts gives her the determination to strive harder every day.

I am Pinaki Saha, done my bachelor and master degree in Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering from Jadavpur University. I have experience over 5 years in different domain of research field like enzymology, bioconversion, separation, crystallization, food fortification, shelf life extension of food by nano-colloid in Nagarjuna Innovation Centre and Jadavpur University. I also have experience on food safety auditing according to FSSAI in catering industry. I have research interest on investigate bioactive component from different biological sources which have positive impact on public health and new food product development by them.

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Jhilmil Tewari has done her Masters in Microbiology from St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata and she is trained Breast cancer tissue sample analyst at Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & RI, Kolkata.she has worked on Histopathological techniques such as Tissue processing, Immunohistochemistry, H&E staining.She also has expertise in Molecular Biology Diagnostic Techniques for Viral diseases including Covid-19 and Hepatitis and HLA B-27, Nucleic acid extraction & Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification procedures such as TRUNAT & CB-NAAT & Real Time PCR. She is predominantly interested in Infectious disease Biology.