Research Area
Infection Biology (Host pathogen interaction)
Research Interests
I am interested in looking how host-pathogen interaction occurs during bacterial infection? How does a pathogen evade host immune response and develop an adaptive strategies to survive better? I am also interested in exploring the Salmonella mediated Infectobesity and impact on host development.
2024 : external expert IBSC, IIT Mandi HP
Since 2022 : Assistant Professor IISER Mohali
2014 - 2022 : Assistant Professor, NIT Rourkela
2013 - 2014 : UG Biology Instructor IISc Bangalore UG Program
2012 - 2013 : DST-Women Scientist
2009 - 2010 : Post Doc Associate at the University of Vermont, USA
2004 - 2009 : PhD, IISc Bangalore
2002 - 2004 : MSc Zoology, HPU Shimla
1999 - 2002 : BSc, Bio-Science, HPU Shimla
DBT Women Scientist BioCare 2012 (Did not avail)
DST WOS-A 2012
DST- WOS-A 2011 (Did not avail)
CSIR-SRF -2008
GATE 2004
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