SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
Chairperson : Devendra Lingojwar
Director ATG LAB
(Broad areas of research in Biotechnology / Major interest: Human genetic disorders, Animal virology, Specific research area : Genetic disorders & Human virology, Sickle cell disease, Thalassemia, G6PD deficiency, Human and animal viruses, Shrimp hepatopancreatic parvovirus, Bovine parvovirus, Human parvovirus B19, Cytomegalovirus, Hepatitis E virus, Dengue virus, 10+ years Experience in National Institutes, Private R&D and Academics for research & teaching
Research Experience in Prominent National R&Ds:
National Institute of Virology (NIV: ICMR) Pune, Institute of Immunohematology (NIIH:
ICMR)
Mumbai, BJ Medical College (BJMC: ICMR) Pune, Interactive Research School for
Health Affairs (IRSHA: Bharati Vidyapeeth) Pune, Training at National Cell
Sciences (NCCS: DBT) Pune, Research student - University of Pune, Full time
faculty for Virology in DY Patil Institute of Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics (DYBBI) Pune, Full time faculty for MBA Biotech in IIEBM)
International members
Dr. Sadanand Gaikwad (Biotechnology) Major interest: Transgenic mice productions
for Alzimers and Parkinson disease
Bonn, Germany
Dr. Sachin Deshmukh (Biotechnology) Major interest: Antisense RNA technology,
agriculture biotechnology: seed technology
Franfurt, Germany
Dr. Santosh Misal (Biochemistry, Biotransformation, Proteomics)
Major Interest: Azo compound dye degradation, protein structure and
function analysis
Canada
Dr. Vilas Parkhi (Biochemistry, Plant molecular biology) Major interest: Plant
genetic engineering, Golden rice
Texas, USA
National members
Ajay Panchbhai
(Biochemistry) Major interest: Plant transformation, Seed technology,
Regulatory affairs in genetically modified crops, MAHYCO, Jalna
Ganesh Kore
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Genetic disorders
Aurangabad
Dr. Mrs. Harsha Verma
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Human Virology- Non-Rotavirus Enteric
viruses
(NIV-ICMR) Pune
Dr. Jagdish Zade
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Animal virology: Rotavirus vaccine,
Leading Indian multinational vaccine producing company, Pune
Nitin Mukhedkar
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Animal tissue culture, stem cell biology
Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai
Dr. Obulesu Magishetty
(Biochemistry) Major interest: Protein biochemistry, food technology
CFTRI, Chennai
Pankaj Ghatbandhe
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Virology- HIV /AIDS; HIV- gp proteins
research, clinical trials, viral diagnostics
Path International, New Delhi
Prakash Girhepuje
(Biochemistry) Major interest: Seed technology, transformations, agriculture
biotechnology
MAHYCO, Jalna
Dr. Rahul Fadnis
(Microbiology) Major interest: Animal virology and tissue culture: Hepatitis
A virus
BIOCON, Bangalore
Satpal Landge
(Drug Chemistry) Major interest: Natural products, Synthesis
Sai Advantium,
Pune
Dr. Sumeet Arora
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Applications of Nanobiotechnology in
therapeutics
Agarkar Research Institute, Pune
Vijay Musande
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Animal tissue culture
INVITROGEN, Bangalore
Dr. Vikram
Verma
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Human Virology: Hepatitis viruses
(NIV-ICMR)
Pune
Yogesh Rajmane
(Biotechnology) Major interest: Virology, animal tissue culture
Reliance
Life Sciences, Mumbai