Alumni

Dr. Brian Dias (MSc'03 - TIFR, PhD 2008 - UT, Austin, Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine)

Dr. Sunayana Banerjee (MSc'04 - TIFR, PhD 2010 - Cornell, Postdoc at Emory University, Medical Science Liaison at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Director- Axsome Therapeutics) 

Dr. Lynette Desouza (MSc'04-TIFR, PhD 2010 - University of Rochester, Freelancer with Cactus Communications)

Dr. Amrita Nair (MSc'06-TIFR, PhD - Duke University, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University)

Dr. Himanish Ghosh (MSc'06 - TIFR, PhD 2012 - University of Zurich, Senior Manager at Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Evidence Strategisst- Zoll Medical Corporation)

Dr. Krishna Vadodaria (MSc'07 - TIFR, PhD 2012 - University of Zurich, Postdoc at UCSD, Associate Director at Engrail Therapeutics)

Dr. Mayur Vadhwani (MSc'07 - TIFR, PhD Student at Max-Planck, Gottingen, Strategy Consultant at Catenion Academy)

Dr. Kimberly Fernandes (MSc'08 - TIFR, PhD student at the University of Rochester, Associate Director at Calyx)

Dr. Vandana Veenit (MSc’09 - TIFR, PhD - EPFL, Zurich; Postdoc at NTU, Singapore, Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca)

Devyani Toshniwal (MSc’09 - TIFR)

Dr. Swanand Marathe (MSc’10 - TIFR, PhD student at FMI, Basel, Inspire Faculty at Center for Neuroscience, IISc, Bangalore; Assistant Professor- IIT Dharwad)

Ishira Nanavaty (MSc’12 - TIFR, MSc‘14 - TISS, Project Coordinator at Apollo Hospitals)

Dr. Amrita Bhattacharya (MSc'13 - TIFR, PhD-2019, Indiana University; Postdoc Fellow at Penn State Univ, Scientist at Rancho Biosciences)

Dr. Basma Fatima Husain (MSc '14-TIFR, PhD student at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal, Freelance editor at Cactus Communications, Postdoc fellow at the Francis Crick Institute)

Sourish Mukhopadhyay (MSc ’16- TIFR, PhD student at Scripps Institute, USA)

Sonali Salvi (MSc ’19-TIFR, PhD student at Center for Regenerative Therapies, TU Dresden, Germany)

Sukrita Deb (MSc ’19-TIFR, PhD student at EMBL, Rome)

Ashmita Chatterjee (MSc’20-TIFR, Freelancer with Cactus Communication, MBA, XLRI Jamshedpur )

Shweta Vasaya (MSc'21 - TIFR, Agastya Foundation Fellow)

Amartya Pradhan (MSc'23 - TIFR, PhD student at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Dr. Shanker Jha (PhD'06 - TIFR, Postdoc at University of Tennessee, Visiting Faculty at IISER Bhopal, Assistant Professor at SASTRA University

Dr. Rajeev Rajendran (PhD’10 - TIFR, Associate Scientist at Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience)

Dr. Richa Kapoor (PhD’10 - TIFR, Postdoc at the Indian Institute of Science, Lead Scientific Writer at GlaxoSmithKline)

Dr. Madhurima Benekareddy (PhD’10-TIFR, Therapeutic Network Head at Roche, Basel, Associate Director at Calico Life Sciences)

Dr. Deepika Suri (PhD’11-TIFR, Postdoc at Columbia University, Associate at McKinsey and Company)

Dr. Ambalika Sarkar (PhD’13-TIFR, Postdoc at University of Toronto, Medical writer at Actalent)

Dr. Parul Chachra (PhD’16-TIFR, Postdoc at GE Global Research, MBA at Stanford School of Business, Strategist at X, The Moonshot Factory)

Dr. Suman Kalyan Guha (PhD ‘15-TIFR, Postdoc TIFR 2015-2016, Postdoc at Brandeis University, Consultant with McKinsey and Company)

Dr. Minal Jaggar (PhD’17 - TIFR, Postdoc at University College Cork, Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company)

Dr. Shreya Ghosh (PhD’18 - TIFR, Science Communicator at India Biosciences, Communications Editor at EMBL)

Dr. Ankit Sood (PhD’18-TIFR, Postdoc at University of Minnesota)

Dr. Sthitapranjya Pati (PhD’18-TIFR, Postdoc at University College London, Sainsbury Wellcome Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior)

Dr. Praachi Tiwari (PhD'22-TIFR, Postdoc at Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University)

Dr. Toshali Banerjee (PhD'23-TIFR)

Dr. Darshana Kapri (PhD'23-TIFR, Postdoc at Columbia University Irving Medical Center)

Dr. Utkarsha Ghai (PhD'24-TIFR, Postdoc at NIMHANS, Bengaluru)

Dr. Aastha Singla (PhD'24-TIFR)

Dr. Uma Ladiwala, MD (Visiting Scientist - 2002-2005, Faculty at UM-DAE)

Dr. Vaishali Kulkarni (Postdoc-TIFR 2000-2003, Postdoc at UMDNJ, Medical Writer at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey)

Dr. Sudhir Yanpallewar (Postdoc- TIFR 2003- 2005, Staff Scientist at NIH)

Dr. Purvi Mehrotra (Postdoc-TIFR 2007-2008, Postdoc at Purdue University, Staff Scientist at Covance)

Dr. Mohammed Farhan (Postdoc-TIFR 2008-2009, Postdoc at Oxford University, Assistant Professor at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Dr. Devi Thiagarajan (Postdoc- TIFR 2009-2010, Postdoc at Wayne State University, Associate Research Scientist at NYU)

Dr. Madhavi Pusalkar (Postdoc- TIFR 2011-2015, Kokilaben Hospital & Research Institute, National Lab Manager at Rivaara Labs)

Dr. Megha Maheshwari (Postdoc- TIFR 2014-2017, Eli Lilly and Company)

Dr. Sneha Shah (Postdoc- TIFR 2014-2017, Harvard Medical School, USA, Scientific Researcher at University of Massachusetts, Wooster, Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School)

Dr. Dwight Figureido (Postdoc - TIFR 2016-2018, Assistant Professor at Symbiosis International University)

Dr. Antara Banerjee (Postdoc- TIFR 2017-2019, Scientist at NIRRH, Mumbai)

Dr. Shaista Jabeen (Postdoc- TIFR 2020-2023, Postdoc at Department of Psychology, University of Calgary)

Dr. Kowshik Kukkemane (Postdoc- TIFR 2021-2023, Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore)