Dr. Donthu completed his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, specializing in cattle genomics and comparative genomics. His doctoral research focused on developing an in silico dense SNP map within a QTL region known to be associated with milk production traits in the North American Holstein population. Additionally, he identified putative genes associated with these traits.

During his Ph.D., Dr. Donthu also developed a comparative genomics tool to detect synteny blocks, facilitating the analysis of conserved genomic regions across different species.

After earning his Ph.D., Dr. Donthu joined the Roy J Carver Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Research Scientist. Between 2009 and 2017, he actively worked on over 100 genomics and bioinformatics projects involving diverse organisms, including bacteria, insects, plants, animals, and humans. His work encompassed various genomic analyses, such as de novo genome assemblies, transcriptome assemblies, genome and transcriptome annotation, Chip-Seq, RIP-Seq, RNA-Seq, miRNA analysis, SNP analysis, and microbiome data analysis of 16S, 18S, ITS, and archaea.

From 2017 to 2023, Dr. Donthu collaborated with professors from Florida International University and the University of Puerto Rico on multiple insect genome projects. Notably, he successfully identified a subset of 272 SNPs capable of distinguishing honeybee populations. To facilitate population identification of unknown honeybees, he developed a specialized tool.

  • Ph.D. Cattle genomics and bioinformatics, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA: (2004-2009)
  • Master of Research in Bioinformatics, University of Leeds, UK: (2002-2003)
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India: (1996-2000)

  • Avalos, A., Scannapieco, A., Monmany-Garzia, A. C., Donthu, R. K., Marcelino, J., et al. (2025). When African and European lineages meet: The genetic landscape of honey bees in Argentina. Ecology and Evolution, 15(10), e72233.
  • Donthu, R., Marcelino, J. A. P., Giordano, R., Tao, Y., Weber, E., Avalos, A., Band, M., et al. (2024). HBeeID: A molecular tool that identifies honey bee subspecies from different geographic populations. BMC Bioinformatics, 25(1), 278.
  • Badger, J. H., Giordano, R., Zimin, A., Wappel, R., Eskipehlivan, S. M., Muller, S., Donthu, R., et al. (2024). Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 61, 101135.
  • R. Donthu, J. Marcelino, Y. Tao, E. Weber, A. Avalos, M. Band, T. Akraiko, S. Chen, M. Reyes, H. Hao, Y. Ortiz-Alvarado. BeeID: A molecular tool that differentiates honey bee subspecies from different geographic populations. Bioinformatics (in prep)
  • R. Giordano*, R. Donthu*, A. Zimin, I. C. J. Chavez, T. Gabaldon, M. van Munster, L. Hon, R. Hall, J. Badger, M. Nguyen, A. Flores, B. Potter, T. Giray, F. N. Soto-Adames, E. Weber, J. A. P. Marcelino, C. J. Fields, D. J. Voegtlin, C. B. Hill, G. L. Hartman, Soybean aphid research community. “Soybean Aphid Biotype 1 Genome: Insights into the invasive biology and adaptive evolution of a major agricultural pest” Insect Biochemistry Molecular Biology 2020 120:103334 *contributed equally to the work
  • B. Coates, J. Hohenstein, R. Giordano, R. Donthu, A. Michel, E. Hodgson, M. O’Neal. “Genome scan detection of selective sweeps among biotypes of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, with differing virulence to resistance to A. glycines (Rag) traits in soybean, Glycine max.” Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2020 124:103364.
  • H. Song, R. Donthu, R. Hall, L. Hon, E. Weber, J. H. Badger, and R. Giordano. “Description of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) mitochondrial genome and comparative mitogenomics of Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha).” Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2019 113:103208.C.
  • V. Jongeneel, O. Achinike-Oduaran, E. Adebiyi, M. Adebiyi, S. Adeyemi, B. Akanle, S. Aron, E. Ashano, H. Bendou, G. Botha, E. Chimusa, A. Choudhury, R. Donthu, J. Drnevich, O. Falola, C. J. Fields, S. Hazelhurst, L. Hendry, I. Isewon, R. S. Khetani, J. Kumuthini, M. P. Kimuda, L. Magosi, L. S. Mainzer, S. Maslamoney, M. Mbiyavanga, A. Meintjes, D. Mugutso, P. Mpangase, R. Munthali, V. Nembaware, A. Ndhlovu, T. Odia, A. Okafor, O. Oladipo, S. Panji, V. Pillay, G. Rendon, D. Sengupta, N. Mulder “Assessing Computational Genomics Skills: Our Experience in the H3ABioNet African Bioinformatics Network” PLOS Computational Biology 2017E. J. Muturi, R. Donthu, C. J. Fields, I. K. Moise, C. Kim. “Effect of pesticides on microbial communities in container aquatic habitats.” Nature Scientific Reports 2017
  • M. Cohen-Zinder, R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin, C. G. Kumar, S. L. Rodriguez-Zas, K. E. Andropolis, R. Oliveira, H. A. Lewin. “A multisite haplotype on cattle chromosome 3 is associated with quantitative trait locus effects on lactation traits.” Physiological Genomics 2011.
  • D. M. Larkin, G. Pape, R. Donthu, A. Loretta, M. Welge, H. A. Lewin. “Breakpoint regions and homologous synteny blocks in chromosomes have different evolutionary histories,” Genome research 2009.
  • R. Donthu, H. A. Lewin, D. M. Larkin. “SyntenyTracker: a tool for defining homologous synteny blocks using radiation hybrid maps and whole genome sequence”. BMC Research Notes 2009.
  • R. Donthu, M. Heaton, D. M. Larkin, H. A. Lewin. “In silico discovery, mapping, and genotyping of 1,039 cattle SNPs on a panel of eighteen breeds”Animal Genetics 2009.
Conference presentations and abstracts
  • T. Giray, R. Giordano, R. Donthu, A. Avalos. “The blind watchmaker: Evidence of selection in the genome of Puerto Rico bees after Hurricane Maria” Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Virtual, 2020
  • C. Ortiz-Alvarado, A. N. Delgado, A. R. Pemberton, T. Giray, R. Donthu, S. Feliciano-Cardona, M. A. Doke, J. L. Agosto-Rivera. “Circadian gene expression comparison across honey bee (Apis mellifera) long-lived bees and foragers” Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Virtual, 2020
  • J. Marcelino, R. Donthu, R. Giordano, A. R. Lluch, C. A Cuff, Y. Ortiz-Alvarado, C. A. Ortiz, C. P. R. Alemany, C. Ramirez, S. Cruz, F. Noel, Í. C. Cordero-Ford, S. F. Cardona, J. Aleman-Rios, S. A. S. Echeandia, T. Aponte, T. Giray. “Genomic comparison of bee populations on Puerto Rico before and after hurricanes Irma and Maria” Entomology 2018
  • R. Donthu, J. Drnevich, C. J. Fields, K. M. Keating, R. S. Khetani, C. V. Jongeneel. “Methods and Strategies for Incorporating Data from the Latest Sequencing Platforms in Genomic Analysis”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2014
  • A. Levi, A. Hernandez, J. Thimmapuram, R. Donthu, C. L. Wright, S. Ali, W. P. Wechter, U. K. Reddy, M. A. Mikel. “Sequencing The Genome Of The Heirloom Watermelon Cultivar Charleston Gray”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2011.
  • C. L. Wright, J. Thimmapuram, S. Bachman, L. Hetrick, E. Vlach, D. Vullaganti , F. Sun, R. Donthu , M. Band, M. A. Mikel, H. Bohnert, A. G. Hernandez. “Strategies For Next-Generation Sequencing And Bioinformatic Analysis”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2010.
  • M. Cohen-Zinder, R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin , H. A. Lewin. “Identification Of Candidate QTNs For Milk Production Traits In A QTL Critical Region Of Bta3 Using Sequence Capture Technology”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2010.
  • D. M. Larkin, G. Pape, R. Donthu, L. Auvil, L. Chen, M Welge, E. Eichler, H. A. Lewin. “Large-Scale Chromosomal Rearrangements In The Cattle Lineage And Their Association With Segmental Duplications And Repetitive Elements”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2009.
  • M. Cohen-zinder, R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin, H. A. Lewin. “Identification of candidate QTNs for milk production traits in a QTL critical region of BTA3 using sequence capture technology”. Bovine genome meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York City, 2009
  • R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin, M. Cohen-zinder, H. A. Lewin. “Haplotype Definition and Linkage Disequilibrium in a 16.3 Mbp QTL Critical Region on Cattle Chromosome 3”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2009
  • D. M. Larkin, G. Pape, R. Donthu, A. Loretta, M. Welge, H. A. Lewin. “Breakpoint regions and homologous synteny blocks in chromosomes have different evolutionary histories,” The biology of the genomes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York City, 2008.
  • D. M. Larkin, G. Pape, L. Auvil, R. Donthu, M. Welge, H. A. Lewin. “Multi-species whole genome analysis of vertebrate chromosomal evolution reveals ancient reuse breakpoints and large conserved syntenies”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2007.
  • R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin, M. P. Heaton, H. A. Lewin. “In silico discovery, mapping, and genotyping of 1,039 cattle SNPs on a panel of eighteen breeds”. International conference on Animal Genetics, Porto Seguro, Brazil, 2006.
  • R. Donthu, D. M. Larkin, M. P. Heaton, H. A. Lewin. “In silico discovery, mapping, and genotyping of 1,039 cattle SNPs on a panel of eighteen breeds”. Plant and Animal Genome, San Diego, 2006.

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  • Assistant Professor, Center for Life Sciences, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India: (2023-Present)
  • Senior Associate Professor, uGDX School of Technology, ATLAS SkillTech University, India: (2022-2023)
  • Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Know Your Bee inc., Florida, and Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust, Puerto Rico, USA: (2017-2022)
  • Bioinformatics Research Specialist, High Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio), Roy J Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: (2009-2017)

Ravi Kiran Donthu’s research focuses on the application of bioinformatics and computational genomics to analyze and interpret large-scale biological datasets generated through next-generation and long-read sequencing technologies. His work emphasizes the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) based models for the early detection of cancer and other human diseases, along with the identification of genetic markers associated with significant agricultural and biological traits. His research interests also include metagenomics, biomarker discovery, multi-omics data integration, microbiome analysis, differential gene expression studies, single-cell RNA sequencing, and spatial omics. Through advanced computational pipelines and data-driven approaches, he aims to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying complex biological processes and disease states.

Areas of research interest are Computational Genomics Biomarker Discovery Metagenomics Multi-Omics Data Integration Computational Pipeline Development

Priyadarshini is an assistant professor at the Center for Life Sciences, Mahindra University. She did her PhD from Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, where she isolated and characterized a novel protein inhibitor of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals from human renal calculi.

After her PhD, she served as faculty at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan and Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida. Under her supervision 2 PhD scholars and 12 M Tech students completed their research work. She has several research publications of national and international repute.

  • Ph.D. From Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, HP on “Identification and characterization of a calcium oxalate crystal growth protein inhibitor from human renal stone matrix”: (2005-2010)
  • M. Sc. From Ranchi University, Ranchi in Zoology with specialization in Ichthyology: (1997-1999)
  • 3 years B. Sc. From Ranchi University, Ranchi in Zoology with Honours: (1994-1997)

  • Rohan Shinkre Priyanka Verma, Namita A. Raytekar, Maher Ali Rusho, Priyadarshini, Anupama Shetter, “Emerging biomarkers in cancer diagnosis and prognosis: Novel approaches for precision oncology” 2024, Onkologia i Radioterapia, Volume 18, Issue 9
  • Faujdar C, Priyadarshini. Comparative study of hydroalcoholic extracts of Bryophyllum pinnatum and Macrotyloma uniflorum for their antioxidant, antiurolithiatic, and wound healing potential. J Appl Biol Biotech. 2022;10(01):196-205. ISSN Print: 2455-7005, ISSN Online: 2347-212X [Scopus indexed]
  • Faujdar, C., & Priyadarshini, Investigating the Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Ocimum sanctum on In-vitro Calcium Oxalate Crystallization. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 2022, 15(6), 47–52, ISSN22307303,09738916 [Scopus Indexed]
  • Sharma, N., Gupta, S. Gupta, M., Priyadarshini, & Chandra, S. Transfer Learning-Based Attention Gated Siamese Network for Human and SARS-CoV-2 Protein Interactions. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 2022, 15(6), 80–82. ISSN 22307303, 09738916 [Scopus Indexed]
  • Faujdar, C., & Priyadarshini. Evaluation of In-vitro Cytoprotective, Wound Healing and Antioxidant Effects of Ocimum sanctum Leaf Extract. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 2021, 15(3), 248–255. ISSN 22307303, 09738916
  • Priyadarshini; Negi, Abhishek; Faujdar, Chetna; Nigam, Lokesh; Subbarao, Naidu, “Exploring the Molecular Level Interaction of Human Serum Albumin with Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystals” Protein and Peptide Letters, Volume 28, Number 11, 2021, pp. 1281-1289(9), ISSN 09298665, 18755305
  • Manavi Jain, Paramveer Yadav, Priyadarshini. “Proteomics study in Urolithiasis”. Current Proteomics, 2020, vol. 17, Issue 2, 88 – 94, ISSN: 1875-6247 (Online) ISSN: 1570-1646 (Print)
  • Priyadarshini, Devesh Raizada, Pragya Kumar, Tanya Singh, Trisha Pruthi, Abhishek Negi, Lokesh Nigam, Naidu Subbarao. Exploring the modulatory effect of albumin on calcium phosphate crystallization. Current Science, 2019, vol. 117, Issue 6, 1083-1089, ISSN 0011-3891
  • Nancy Taneja and Priyadarshini. “Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Proteins of L6 Skeletal Muscle Cells under Different Glucose Conditions and Vitamin D Supplementation”. Protein & Peptide Letters, 2018, vol. 25, Issue 4, 356 – 361, ISSN 09298665, 18755305
  • D. Raizada, P. Kumar, T. Singh, T. Pruthi, Priyadarshini. “Albumin and its role in urolithiasis”. Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 2017, vol. 10, Issue 10, 32-35.
  • Abhishek Negi, Shahrukh Husain, Priyadarshini, “A Review on Role of miRNA in Kidney Diseases” Journal of Global Pharma Technology. 2017; vol. 5, 28-36.
  • Priyadarshini, K. Jain, R. Sood. “Evaluation of renal epithelial cell protein under stress condition”. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, 2016, vol. 8, 337-340. ISSN: 0975-1491 ISSN: 2656-0097
  • Priyadarshini, K. Jain. “Cytoprotective effect of Ocimum extract on injured renal epithelial cells”. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, 2015, vol. 7, 15-18. ISSN: 0975-1491 ISSN: 2656-0097
  • K. Aggarwal, S. Tandon, P. Pathak, S. K. Singh, C. Tandon. “Identification of Novel Antilithiatic Cationic Proteins From Human Calcium Oxalate Renal Stone Matrix by MALDI TOF MS,” European Urology Supplements, 2012, vol. 11, e850-e850a ISSN 1569-9056
  • Priyadarshini, P.K. Naik, D Sengupta., S.K. Singh, C. Tandon. “Mode of interaction of calcium oxalate crystal with human phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1: a novel inhibitor purified from human renal stone matrix”. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2011, vol. 4, 591-598. Print: 1937-6871 Online: 1937-688X
  • Priyadarshini, S.K. Singh, C. Tandon. “Effect of biomolecules from human renal stone matrix of calcium oxalate monohydrate stones on in vitro calcium phosphate crystallization”. International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2010, vol. 36, 621-62, 2010. ISSN 1677-6119, 1677-5538
  • Priyadarshini, S.K. Singh, C. Tandon. “Mass spectrometric identification of human phosphate cytidyltransferse 1 as a novel calcium oxalate crystal growth inhibitor purified from human renal stone matrix”.Clinica Chimica Acta, 2009, vol.408, 34-38

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  • 2023 – Present Assistant Professor Center for Life Sciences Mahindra University.
  • Associate Professor JIIT Noida, UP – (2022-2023)
  • Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) JIIT Noida, UP – (2016-2022)
  • Assistant Professor (Grade II)JIIT Noida, UP
  • Lecturer JIIT Noida, UP: (2011-2012)
  • Lecturer JUIT, Waknaghat, HP – (2010-2011)
  • Associate Lecturer JUIT, Waknaghat, HP – (January 2010-July 2010)

Priyadarshini’s research focuses on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying kidney stone disease (urolithiasis) and related metabolic disorders, with particular emphasis on proteomics, medical biotechnology, and phytotherapy. Her work explores the identification and characterization of bioactive phytocompounds with therapeutic potential against renal and metabolic diseases using both computational and experimental approaches.

Her key research interests include proteomics and biomarker discovery for identifying disease mechanisms and diagnostic markers; phytotherapy and natural product research for evaluating the antiurolithiatic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties of medicinal plants; computational biology and drug design using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and ADMET modeling; and the study of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in renal diseases, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and protein crystallization in renal epithelial cells. She is also interested in translational and integrative biotechnology, bridging computational screening with in vitro validation to develop safe and effective therapeutic strategies for kidney-related and metabolic disorders.

Mrittika Sengupta received her Ph.D from Illinois State University. Her area of specialisation deciphering the molecular mechanism of antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in bacterial pathogens such as MRSA and Klebsiella pneumoniae. She did her postdoctoral research at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Her research was targeted towards the recognition of a biomarker for bacterial biofilms in surgical and non-surgical wounds. She joined the Center for Life Sciences, Mahindra University, as an Associate Professor in May 2023.

  • Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, Illinois State University, Illinois, USA: (2006-2011)
  • M.Sc in Microbiology, Bangalore University, Bangalore: (2002-2004)
  • B. Sc. in Microbiology, Bangalore University, Bangalore: (1999-2002)

  • Modi, S. K., Gaur, S., Sengupta, M., & Singh, M. S. (2023). Mechanistic insights into nanoparticle surface-bacterial membrane interactions in overcoming antibiotic resistance. Frontiers in microbiology, 14, 1135579.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135579
  • Tripathy, S., Agarkar, T., Talukdar, A., Sengupta, M., Kumar, A., & Ghosh, S. (2023). Evaluation of indirect sequence-specific magneto-extraction-aided LAMP for fluorescence and electrochemical SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection. Talanta, 252, 123809.
  • Agarkar, T., Tripathy, S., Chawla, V., Sengupta, M., Ghosh, S., & Kumar, A. (2022). A batch processed titanium-vanadium oxide nanocomposite based solid-state electrochemical sensor for zeptomolar nucleic acid detection. Analytical methods: advancing methods and applications, 14(44), 4495–4513.
  • Kumar, S., Kharb, A., Vazirani, A., Chauhan, R. S., Pramanik, G., Sengupta, M., & Ghosh, S. (2022). Nucleic acid extraction from complex biofluid using toothpick-actuated over-the-counter medical-grade cotton. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 73, 117009.
  • Vujanac M, Iyer VS, Sengupta M, Ajdic D (2015). Regulation of Streptococcus mutans PTSBio by the transcriptional repressor NigR Mol Oral Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/omi.12093
  • Sengupta M, Jain V, Wilkinson BJ and Jayaswal RK(2012). Chromatin Immuno Precipitation Identifies Genes Under Direct VraSR Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Can J Microbiol. 58(6):703-8.
  • Baker J, Sengupta M, Jayaswal RK and Morrissey JA(2011). The Staphylococcus aureus CsoR regulates both chromosomal and plasmid-encoded copper resistance mechanisms. Environ. Microbiol. Reports. 13(9):2495-507.
  • Johnson M, Sengupta M, Purves J, Tarrant E, Williams PH, Cockayne A, Muthaiyan A, Stephenson R, Ledala N, Wilkinson BJ, Jayaswal RK and Morrissey JA (2011). Fur is required for the activation of virulence gene expression through the induction of the sae regulatory system in Staphylococcus aureus. Int J Med Microbiol. 301(1):44-52.
  • Ledala N, Sengupta M, Muthaiyan A, Wilkinson BJ and Jayaswal RK(2010). Transcriptomic response of Listeria monocytogenes to iron limitation and fur mutation. Appl Environ Microbiol. 76:406-416.
  • Baker J, Sitthisak S, Sengupta M, Johnson M, Jayaswal RK and Morrissey JA (2010). Copper stress induces a global stress responsein Staphylococcus aureus and represses sae and agr expression and biofilm formation. Appl Environ Microbiol. 76:150-160.

  • 2023- Present Associate Professor Center for Life Sciences Mahindra University
  • Associate Professor Bennett University Department of Biotechnology: (2021–2023)
  • Assistant Professor Bennett University Department of Biotechnology: (2017-2021)
  • Department of Biotechnology Research Associate Regional Centre for Biotechnology Faridabad, Haryana: (2014-2017)
  • Assistant Professor Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, Gujarat: (2013-2014)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Miami, USA: (2012-2013)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor Illinois Wesleyan University USA: (2012)
  • Research intern at Calcutta Medical Research Institute: (2005-2006)

Our research interest is understanding the regulatory mechanism of antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. We are also focussing on identifying alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections.

Another area of research focus is developing point of care diagnostics to detect infectious diseases.

Biosensing and molecular diagnosis have a market size of USD 29 billion (2023) and are considered an area with enormous growth and commercial potential (CAGR 8%). This multidisciplinary field requires inputs from chemists, biologists, clinicians, physicists, electronics, and mechanical engineers. Dr Ghosh closely works with several collaborators from these fields and tries to build novel assays to enable and develop biosensing devices with biomedical, agricultural, and environmental applications.

  • Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA: (2009 – 2015)
  • M.Sc. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India: (2006 – 2008)
  • B.Sc. from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur (University of Calcutta), Kolkata, West Bengal, India: (2003 – 2006)

  • S Parveen, A Talukdar, M Sengupta, S Ghosh*. Evaluating horseradish peroxidase-mimic DNAzyme transducer for glucometer readout: roles of various components and their optimization. BioRxiv 2025 (DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.27.661989)
  • PN Gaikwad, TR Desai, S Ghosh, C Gurnani. Flexible Nanostructured NiS-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Simultaneous Detection of DNA Nucleobases, ACS Omega, 2024. (DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c07106)
  • VK Nair, C Sharma, S Kumar, M Sengupta, S Ghosh*. Mitigating the Non-Specific Amplification in RCA: Assessment of the Role of Ligation and Exonuclease Digestion in Circular DNA Preparation. RSC Analyst, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00866A (Preprint ChemRxiv https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.14577975.v1)
  • S Kumar, HS Gariya, C Sharma, S Parveen, VK Nair, M Sengupta, S Ghosh*. An anomalous 3’-terminal phosphorothioated mismatch bypass activity and its application as a binary molecular switch. BioRxiv preprint 2024. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.27.605420)
  • S Tripathy#, T Agarkar#, A Talukdar, M Sengupta, A Kumar, S Ghosh*. Comparative Evaluation of Indirect Sequence-Specific Magnetoextraction-aided Fluorescence and Electrochemical LAMP with SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid as the Analyte. Talanta. 2023, 252,123809. [# joint 1st author] [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123809]
  • T Agarkar#, S Tripathy#, V Chawla, M Sengupta, S Ghosh, A Kumar*. A batch processed titanium–vanadium oxide nanocomposite based solid-state electrochemical sensor for zeptomolar nucleic acid detection. RSC Anal. Methods, 2022,14, 4495-4513. [# joint 1st author] [selected as Analytical Methods HOT Articles 2022]
  • S Kumar, A Kharb, A Vazirani, RS Chauhan, G Pramanik, M Sengupta, S Ghosh*, Nucleic acid extraction from complex biofluid using toothpick-actuated over-the-counter medical-grade cotton. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chem, 2022, 73,117009.
  • T Agarkar#, VK Nair#, S Tripathy, V Chawla, S Ghosh, A Kumar.* Oxygen Vacancy Modulated MnO2 Bi-Electrode System for Attomole-Level Pathogen Nucleic Acid Sequence Detection, Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 407, 139876, : [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139876]. [# joint 1st author]
  • S Tripathy, A Talukdar, PV Rajesh, G Pramanik, S Ghosh. Limited-Resource Preparable Chitosan Magnetic Particles for Extracting Amplification-Ready Nucleic Acid from Complex Biofluid. RSC Analyst, 2022,147, 165-177.
  • Long MJ,* Ghosh S,* Haegele JA, Aye Y. G-REX: global T-REX in worms to detect electrophilic signalling proteins [manuscript in preparation][* joint 1st author]
  • Long MJ, Poganik JR, Ghosh S, Aye Y.. Subcellular Redox Targeting: Bridging In Vitro and In Vivo Chemical Biology. ACS Chem Biol. [DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b01148.] [Impact Factor 4.6]
  • Ghosh, S.; Greenberg, M. M., Synthesis of cross-linked DNA containing oxidized abasic site analogues. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 5948. [**Featured article] [Impact Factor 4.2]
  • Ghosh, S.; Greenberg, M. M., Nucleotide excision repair of chemically stabilized analogues of DNA interstrand cross-links produced from oxidized abasic sites. Biochemistry 2014, 53, 5958. [Impact Factor 3.3]
  • Ghosh, S.; Greenberg, M. M., Correlation of Thermal Stability and Structural Distortion of DNA Interstrand Cross-Links Produced from Oxidized Abasic Sites with Their Selective Formation and Repair. Biochemistry. 2015, 54, 6274. [Impact Factor 3.3]
  • Xu W, Ouellette A, Ghosh S, O’Neill TC, Greenberg MM, Zhao L. Mutagenic Bypass of an Oxidized Abasic Lesion-Induced DNA Interstrand Cross-Link Analogue by Human Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases. Biochemistry. 2015, 54, 7409. [Impact Factor 3.3]
  • George, C.; Ghosh, S.; Chandrakumar, N., 29Si NMR-Transition Selective Double Quantum Filter Experiments in One and Two Dimensions. Future Directions in NMR; Editors: Khetrapal, C. L.; Kumar, A.; Ramanathan, K. V.; Springer, 2014, pp 231-237. (ISBN 978-81-8489-995-5).

  • Associate Professor (2023 – now); Centre for Life Sciences, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Scientist D (2022 – 2023); UGC-DAE CSR Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, India
  • Associate Professor (2021 – 2022); Bennett University, Greater Noida, India
  • Assistant Professor (2016 – 2021); Bennett University, Greater Noida, India
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (2015 – 2016); Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Dr. Ghosh’s research lab currently focuses on the following areas;Instrument and method development to enable field-based near-point-of-care detection of pathogens

  1. Assay development for elucidating molecular DNA damage pathways
  2. Method development to better understand host-pathogen interaction at the molecular level
  3. Live biosensors
Research Area of Interest
  1. Cancer Biology Area 1: Early cancer detection and understanding the effect of radiotherapy
  2. Cancer Biology Area 2: Cancer therapeutics and augmenting radio-therapeutics using supplements
  3. Method and instrument development for biomarker detection
Openings

We work at the interface of medicine, biomaterials, and biochemistry. Along with conventional training, strong emphasis is put at collaborations, personalized mentoring, science communication, and industrial training. Following are encouraged to approach.

  • JRFs from DST INSPIRE
  • JRFs from ICMR / UGC / DBT / CSIR
  • RAs with postdoc fellowships like NPDF, ICMR, DBT RA etc.
  • 6 months MSc student thesis projects

For more details on our Science, please see our papers or write to us at souradyutighoshacademic@gmail.com
You can also visit the lab by contacting us in advance.

FUNDING
  • The projects are kindly supported by
    • DBT SARS-CoV-2 Detection grant (2020 – 2022)
    • DST INSPIRE PhD fellowship 2023 for Ms Saba Parveen
    • DST Early career grant (2019-22)
    • DST Nanomission Nanobio category (2019-22)

Prof. R.S. Chauhan has 30 yrs post-PhD academics experience in spearheading educational and research programmes in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. He is recipient of national awards, Jawahar Lal Nehru Academic Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India and the Pran Vohra Award of the Indian Science Congress Association for his significant research contributions in Agriculture Biotechnology. He was awarded overseas fellowships by the DBT and DST, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India to pursue advanced research in genomics and bioinformatics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (1997-2004).

Prof. Chauhan is a prolific researcher with 6 patents granted by the GoI, 23 PhDs awarded, 110 national and international publications and close to 25 Crs R&D funding through competitive research grants from GoI agencies, DBT, DST, DRDO, ICMR, MoEF, including one Programme support in Centres of Excellence & Innovation in Biotechnology from the DBT, GoI. He has implemented research-enabled project-based learning with focus on Curriculum-to-Career in UG programmes.

  • Post-Doctorate Fellow: University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (1997-2004)
  • Ph.D. HP Agriculture University, Palampur, HP (1991)
  • Ph.D. HP Agriculture University, Palampur, H.P. in Agriculture Biotechnology Thesis on “Genetic variation for disease resistance among somaclones of wheat for resistance to a fungal disease”: (1988-91)
  • M.Sc. HP Agriculture University, Palampur, H.P. in Mycology & Plant Pathology Thesis on “Epidemiology of pea rust disease caused by Uromyces viciae fabae”: (1986-88)
  • 4-yrs B.Sc. HP Agriculture University, Palampur, H.P. in Agriculture with specialization in Mycology & Plant Pathology: 1982-86

  • Kharb Anjali, Shilpa Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Neeti Nirwal, Roma Pandey, Dipto Bhattacharyya, Rajinder Singh Chauhan. 2022. Capturing acyltransferase(s) transforming final step in the biosynthesis of a major iridoid glycoside, (Picroside-II) in a Himalayan medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Molecular Biology Reports doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-07489-9
  • Pandey Roma, Ashish Sharma, Hemant Sood, Rajinder Singh Chauhan. 2022. ABC Transporters Mined Through Comparative Transcriptomics Associate With Organ-Specific Accumulation of Picrosides in a Medicinal Herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Protoplasma DOI : 10.1007/s00709-022-01786-7
  • Sharma Ashish, Shilpa Sharma, Hemant Sood, Rajinder Singh Chauhan. 2022. Comparative coexpression networks pinpoint acyltransferases decorating structures of major iridoid glycosides in a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Plant Gene. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2022.100366
  • Kharb, A. and RS Chauhan. 2021. Complexity of gene paralogues resolved inbiosynthetic pathway of hepatoprotective iridoid glycosides in a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroathrough differential NGS transcriptomes. Mol Genet Genomics 296: 863-876
  • Sharma Ashish, Dipto Bhattacharyya, Shilpa Sharma, Rajinder Singh Chauhan. 2021.Transcriptome profiling reveal key hub genes in co-expression networks involved in Iridoid glycosides biosynthetic machinery in Picrorhiza kurroa. Genomics 113: 3381-94
  • Sharma Shilpa, Dipto Bhattacharyya, Ashish Sharma, Rajinder Singh Chauhan. 2021. Computational identification of potential inhibitory compounds in Indian medicinal and aromatic plant species against major pathogenicity determinants of SARS-CoV-2. J Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics  doi: 10.1080/07391102.2021.2000500
  • Pal Tarun, Jibesh Kumar Padhan, Pawan Kumar, Hemant Sood , Rajinder S. Chauhan (2018) Comparative transcriptomics uncovers differences in physiological/biochemical processes between photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic modes of nutrition vis-à-vis secondary metabolites biosynthesis in Swertia chirayita. Molecular Biology Reports 45:77-98
  • Vashisht I., T. Pal, A. Bansal and RS Chauhan. 2018. Uncovering interconnections between kinases vis-à-vis physiological and biochemical processes contributing to picroside-I biosynthesis in a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum DOI : 10.1007/s11738-018-2689-5 (IF:1.43)
  • Gangwar M., A. Sood, Ankush Bansal and RS Chauhan. 2018. Comparative transcriptomics reveals a reduction in carbon capture and flux between source and sink in cytokinin treated inflorescences of Jatropha curcas L. 3 Biotech DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1089-2)
  • Bansal A., Tiratha Raj Singh and Rajinder S. Chauhan. 2018. A novel miRNA analysis framework to analyze differential biological networks. Scientific Reports Sci Rep 8(1): 2584; DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-14973-x
  • Kumar V, Bansal A and Chauhan RS. 2017. Modular design of Picroside-II biosynthesis deciphered through NGS transcriptomes and metabolic intermediates analysis in naturally variant chemotypes of a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Front. Plant Sci. 8:564. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00564
  • Kumar P, V Jaiswal, T Pal, RS Chauhan (2017). Comparative whole-transcriptome analysis in Podophyllum species identifies key transcription factors contributing
to biosynthesis of podophyllotoxin in P. hexandrum. Protoplasma 254:217-228
  • Kumar V, N Sharma, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2016). Exogenous feeding of immediate precursors reveals synergistic effect on picroside-I biosynthesis in shoot cultures of Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. Sci Rep 6:29750 10.1038/srep29750
  • Padhan Jibesh, Kumar Pawan, Sood Hemant, Rajinder S. Chauhan. 2016. Prospecting NGS-transcriptomes to assess regulation of miRNA-mediated secondary metabolites biosynthesis in Swertia chirayita, a medicinal herb of the North-Western Himalayas. Medicinal Plants; DOI: 10.5958/0975-6892.2016.00029.0
  • Vashisht I, T Pal, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2016). Comparative transcriptome analysis in different tissues of a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa pinpoints transcription factors regulating picrosides biosynthesis. Mol Biol Rep 43:1395-1409
  • Sharma T, RS Chauhan (2016). Comparative transcriptomics reveals molecular components associated with differential lipid accumulation between microalgal sp., Scenedesmus dimorphus and Scenedesmus quadricauda. Algal Res 19:109-122.
  • Sood A, RS Chauhan (2016). Comparative NGS Transcriptomics Unravels Molecular Components Associated with Mosaic Virus Infection in a Bioenergy Plant Species, Jatropha curcas L. Bioenerg Res. 10: 129–145
  • Kumar P, R Sharma, V Jaiswal, RS Chauhan (2016). Identification, validation, and expression of ABC transporters in Podophyllum hexandrum and their role in podophyllotoxin biosynthesis. Biol Plantarum 60:452-458.
  • Gangwar M, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2016). Genomics and relative expression analysis identifies key genes associated with high female to male flower ratio in Jatropha curcas L. Mol Biol Rep 43:305-322.
  • Shitiz K, N Sharma, T Pal, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2015). NGS transcriptomes and enzyme inhibitors unravel complexity of picrosides biosynthesis in Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth. PLoS One 10(12):e0144546.
  • Sharma T, RS Gour, A Kant, RS Chauhan (2015). Lipid content in Scenedesmus species correlates with multiple genes of fatty acid and triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathways. Algal Res 12:341–349.
  • Kumar V, N Sharma, K Shitiz, TR Singh, C Tandon, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2015). An insight into conflux of metabolic traffic leading to picroside-I biosynthesis by tracking molecular time course changes in a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Plant Cell Tissue Org Cult 123(2):435-441.
  • Sood A, RS Chauhan (2015). Regulation of FA and TAG biosynthesis pathway genes in endosperms and embryos of high and low oil content genotypes of Jatropha curcas L. Plant Physiol Biochem 94:253-267.
  • Padhan JK, V Kumar, H Sood, TR Singh, RS Chauhan (2015). Contents of therapeutic metabolites in Swertia chirayita correlate with the expression profiles of multiple genes in corresponding biosynthesis pathways. Phytochemistry 116:38-47.
  • Pal T, N Malhotra, S Chanumolu, RS Chauhan (2015). Next-generation sequencing (NGS) transcriptomes reveal association of multiple genes and pathways contributing to secondary metabolites accumulation in tuberous roots of Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. Planta 242(1):239-58.
  • Vashisht I, P Mishra, T Pal, S Chanumolu, TR Singh, RS Chauhan (2015). Mining NGS transcriptomes for miRNAs and dissecting their role in regulating growth, development, and secondary metabolites production in different organs of a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. Planta 241(5):1255-68.
  • Kumar P, T Pal, N Sharma, V Kumar, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2015). Expression analysis of biosynthetic pathway genes vis-à-vis podophyllotoxin content in Podophyllum hexandrum Royle. Protoplasma 252(5):1253-62.
  • Kumar V, H Sood, RS Chauhan (2015). Detection of intermediates through high resolution mass spectrometry for constructing biosynthetic pathways for major chemical constituents in a medicinally important herb, Swertia chirayita. Nat Prod Res 29:1449-55
  • Malhotra N, V Kumar, H Sood, TR Singh, RS Chauhan (2014). Multiple genes of mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways contribute to high aconites content in an endangered medicinal herb, Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. Phytochemistry 108:26-34.

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PositionInstitutionPeriod
Dean and ProfessorCenter for Life SciencesMahindra University2022- Present
Dean (R&D)Bennett University, Greater Noida2018 – 2022
Prof. & Head (Biotechnology)Bennett University, Greater Noida2017 – 2022
Dean (Biotechnology)Jaypee University of IT, Solan, H.P.2013 – 2017
Professor & Head (Biotech & Bioinformatics)Jaypee University of IT, Solan, H.P.2006 – 2017
Visiting ScientistUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, USA1997 – 2004
Asstt. & Associate ProfessorHP Agriculture University, Palampur, India1992 – 2006

Prof. Chauhan’s research focus has been on gene discovery and utilization in two broad areas; molecular genetics of disease resistance in food crops and genomics of medicinal, aromatic and nutraceutical herbs. He has genetically identified and cloned one of the largest disease resistance genes cluster in rice against a fatal fungal disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae. The cluster consisted NBS-LRR genes, deciphered for the first time through combination of genetic analysis, genetic and physical mapping and finally positional gene cloning.

The research in fungal disease resistance is being taken forward to capture disease resistance genes in finger millet through comparative genomics as the same fungal pathogen causes blast disease in other economically important food crops, including wheat, barley, sorghum and all millets. With a thrust in large-scale production of millets in India, the blast disease is creating havoc, therefore, blast resistance genes are urgently needed and utilized in developing blast resistance. The second focus of his research has been deciphering biosynthetic machineries of major medicinal and nutraceutical phytochemicals in high value medicinal, aromatic and nutraceutical herbs of North-Western Himalayas through combination of approaches such as retrobiosynthesis, comparative genomics, differential NGS transcriptomics, enzyme inhibitor assays, co-expression networks analysis, etc.

The overall goal of research in medicinal and aromatic herbs has been to capture key biosynthetic pathway genes to utilize either in engineering biosynthetic machineries for developing engineered cell culture-based production platforms or for developing gene markers for genetic improvement.

Prof. Surender Mansinghka, is a visiting faculty in Executive Education, at Mahindra University. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to this he was on the faculty of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2001-2004). He was a faculty member at the University of California, Riverside (1971-75) and the San Francisco State University (1975-200). In addition, he was a visiting faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and Davis, Santa Clara University, the China European International Business School, Shanghai and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

He has served on the Board of several no-profit institutions including San Francisco State University Foundation (1992-96), the Cal State Credit Union (1998-99), the Security Analysts of San Francisco (1998-2000) and the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts (2001).

Professor Mansinghka’s research interests focus on venture capital corporate governance and insiders’ trading. He has published several articles in various journals including Journal of Finance. In addition, he has written several chapters for a textbook on corporate finance for Chinese students under a special project funded by San Francisco State University.

Professor Mansinghka has extensive experience spanning over thirty five years in teaching in various executive programs including the joint EMBA program offered by Kellogg and HKUST (2001-2004). Additionally, he has offered custom-designed finance and investment courses for executives in the United States, China, India and France including Bank of China and Morgan Stanley.

In India, he has taught in executive programmes for Aditya Birla Group, Bharti Airtel, BPCL, TVS Group, ONGC, Indian Railways, Vodafone, Hayleys (Sri Lanka), AREVA T&D (Europe) among others.

He has received several prestigious awards. He was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Innovation prize at HKUST in 2001, Dean’s special recognition for excellence in teaching at HKUST in 2002 and the Best Paper Award in a finance conference in Hong Kong in 1991.

He received MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (1971) and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (1966). He was awarded Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certificate in 1992.

Dr. Rangan holds the Lukšić Chair Professorship in Strategy and Global Studies at Babson College in the United States. His teaching, consulting, and research focus on competitive strategy, globalization, and alliances. His current research deals with the globalization of Indian, Chinese, and Brazilian firms, their use of acquisitions and alliances, evolution of industries and firm-level strategies, and the impact of national business systems on them. He is also a fellow at Legatum Institute, a major think tank in London.

Dr. Rangan has held research and faculty positions at IMD, Harvard Business School, and Tulane University. He has been recognized for both teaching excellence & scholarly accomplishment, and has been awarded several times for outstanding teaching. He also worked with Professor Porter of HBS to advise the Indian government on the economic development policies to pursue in order to ensure national competitiveness following the government’s decision in the 1990s to liberalize the economy.

Dr. Rangan has been a consultant to and a designer/deliverer of executive programs for several firms. He has taught in several such programs at Babson, Helsinki School of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Tuck School (Dartmouth), Rotman School (Toronto), and Indian School of Business, working with senior managers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. These include firms such as: AAMO, ACMA, Aditya Birla Group, Allied Domecq, Biotech Council of Massachusetts, Constantia, Entergy, Expolanka, Gammon India, GE, HDFC Life, Haemonetics, Holcim, IBM, Infineon, Intel, L&T Finance, Novartis, Nypro, Olam, ONGC, PDVSA, Panasonic, Pitney-Bowes, Siemens, State Bank of India, TCIL, Telenor, TVS Motors, Bharat Bijlee and Wipro.

Dr. Rangan is the co-author of three books (Strategic Alliances: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Globalization, 1995; Capital Rising, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010; and Thriving in the 21st Century Economy: Transformational Skills for Technical Professionals, 2013) and the co-editor of a fourth (Global Strategies for Emerging Asia, 2012). He is also the author of several best-selling case studies. Dr Rangan holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland and DBA from Harvard University

Craig Wing is a visiting faculty in Executive Education, at Mahindra University. He is also visiting faculty at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Duke Corporate Education.

For two decades, Craig has advised clients to understand, create and design their ideal futures through Imagineering and thinking from the future. His areas of expertise include emergent technology (AI, blockchain, Quantum, CRISPr), business models (platform, experience), company culture and New World of Work. Across Africa, he has spoken at length on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the preparedness of the continent. He has converted his own car to electric: creating the future we could have versus just talking about it! He rejected an opportunity to lead one of Richard Branson’s companies – to create a global platform for tomorrow’s leaders – to focus on making South Africa a better place for all.

Craig, as a consultant to the United Nations, advises the Nigerian government on their future country plans; he moderated the 10th BRICs summit on 4 th Industrial Revolution with President Xi, Putin and Ramaphosa & PM Modi in attendance. He has hosted sessions at the African Innovation Symposium with the United Nations. He was head of Innovation for B4SA as South Africa sought to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. He is a keynote speaker at conferences including the SA Innovation Awards, Finance Indaba, Manufacturing Indaba, Africa Agri conference & ITWeb Digital Economy. His clients include UNAIDS, Tata, Shell, MTN, Airbus, Danone, Nestle, Anglo American, Microsoft, Fidelity, Accenture, Barclays, Investec, Discovery, Standard Bank, BMW, Huawei, and Mubadala fund

He has a BSc (Eng), MSc (Usability) and MBA from Babson College (USA) as a recipient of the prestigious Frederic C Hamilton scholarship for significant entrepreneurial achievement. During his MBA he was the first “non-American” class president. His current research as part of his PhD will formulate new models for “futures thinking” for leaders to formulate their ideal future company strategy. As head of small business marketing for Google, he launched South African Business Woza online where SME’s created 50,000 websites in its inaugural year – one every ten minutes. He grew revenue by 82% YoY and was selected the African “Googliest Googler!” He was also the first African to work for GoogleX.

Craig’s accolades include: AFLI Desmond Tutu Fellow, AshokaU Changemaker, WEF Global Shaper, Mail and Guardian Top 200 under 35, Destiny Man & African Independent Top 40 under 40, disruptive Innovation speaker at TEDx and profiled at the Clinton Global Initiative. He is the youngest graduation speaker at University of Johannesburg. He is a board member for WomHub, a non-profit inspiring woman into engineering, former chairperson of Moving into Dance (educating disenfranchised youth and the disabled through dance), non-executive for government entities and advisor to several government initiatives. He is also an angel investor in disruptive, technology driven startups.

Craig holds 2 Provisional patents in vision systems and computer components; He started 4 Companies, including a non[1]profit in Silicon Valley; has presented over 500 keynotes globally in over 45 countries; advised/mentored 1000+ entrepreneurs; and has advised Google X, Alphabet’s “Innovation Lab”.

Dr. Subramanian is a visiting faculty of Sales & Negotiation in Executive Education programmes at Mahindra University. He is also a visiting faculty for Sales at SP Jain School of Global Management. Subramanian has more than 18 years of experience in the Industry. He has run his own E-learning firm for 7 years and currently running his Sales Advisory and Training firm for the past 6 years.

Subramanian has trained more than 11,000 sales executives and entrepreneurs in the field of sales. He has trained 43 different nationalities on various topics of sales. He has authored 3 books “Anybody can Sell” and “Sales for Startups”, “Don’t spend money to generate leads” which are available in Amazon and Flipkart. Some of his customers are HSBC, Boeing, Facebook, Grundfos, GE Healthcare, Continental, Lulu, Ramco Systems, Robert Bosch, Sify, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions(tKIS) and many other Global and Indian companies.

Prior to venturing on his own Subramanian was India Sales Manager at Patni Computer Systems managing a multi – million Dollar Portfolio in SAARC region, for a Fortune 10 Conglomerate. He has also worked earlier with Tech Mahindra and Kodiak Networks. He is an alumnus of SP Jain School of Global Management- Singapore/Dubai in their Global MBA program. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electricals and Electronics Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Salem, Tamil Nadu.

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