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Manjula Harikrishna
Program Manager - Community Building, IndiaBioscience
Manjula holds a Master's degree in Microbiology and an MBA in Human Resource Management. She has been an integral part of the IndiaBioscience team since 2016, working closely with the life science community, optimising processes, and contributing to numerous projects. Currently, she leads the 'Community Building' initiative striving to find innovative ways to engage and expand the community. She manages projects like IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants (IOG), expanding the life scientist (LS) database. She is also actively involved in our outreach activities, workshops, conferences, building resource materials and extensively involved in organising our flagship event - the Young Investigator Meeting (YIM).
manjula [at] indiabioscience [dot] orgMoumita Mazumdar
Program Manager – Science Communication, IndiaBioscience
Moumita comes from a background in microbiology and science communication, with expertise in science writing and audio-visual content creation. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Science Communication at CSIR-NIScPR, New Delhi, where her research focuses on strategies to combat misinformation in India. In her role as Program Manager (Science Communication) at IndiaBioscience, she is eager to drive the organisation’s science communication initiatives forward. Apart from science, she is passionate about travelling through the less-travelled roads!
moumita [at] indiabioscience [dot] orgShwetha C
Junior Executive - Accounts and Administration, IndiaBioscience
Shwetha graduated with an M.Com and joined IndiaBioscience in 2018. She manages the finances of all the initiatives at IndiaBioscience. She plays a key role raising indents, evaluating vendor proposals and coordinates with the accounts and purchase departments at NCBS. She manages logistics including transportation, reimbursements, bill processing and settlements. She also shoulders office administrative responsibilities such as maintaining records of hardware and equipment, posting on website classifieds, maintaining social media memberships among many other miscellaneous duties as needed.
shwetha [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Siuli Mitra
Acting Director, IndiaBioscience
Siuli transitioned from a career in research to science communication eight years ago. As a communications specialist, she has experience crafting impactful narratives for science organisations in government and academia. Her work has ranged from content development across diverse media to formulating external and internal communication strategies and advising senior management on public communication of science and technology.
In the past, Siuli worked with BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad; the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India; the Archives at Christian Medical College, Vellore; and DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance. She has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Delhi and was a postdoctoral fellow at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
siuli [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Sreshtha Mondal
Program Manager – Digital Initiatives, IndiaBioscience
Sreshtha comes from a background of Zoology and Biotechnology where she likes to explore Human Physiology and Proteomics. Her learning path till Master's went through the institutes of DU, IIT-D, JMI and CSIR-IGIB. Her tryst with Science Journalism and Science Communication continued alongside and she finally took the plunge with Doctoral Studies in SciComm along with Human Cognition at NIAS, IISc campus, Bengaluru. With accolades and fellowships from institutes and organisations like MIT (USA), NTU (Singapore), Wellcome Trust, Microsoft- WWF India amongst others, she is passionate about translating theory into practical solutions in the space of SciComm and Behaviour Change.
In her role as Program Manager (Digital Initiatives) at IndiaBioscience, she works at the intersection of technology, communication, growth and community. When not behind the laptop, you'll find the spotlight shining on her as a Dancer (BA in Kathak) and hosting quizzes.
sreshtha [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Past Team Members
- Aditya Parekh
- Anjali Vaidya
- Ankita Rathore
- Arnab Chakraborty
- Arushi Batra
- Athulaprabha Murthi
- Deepti Chandraprakash
- Harini Barath
- Karishma Kaushik
- Lakshmi Ganesan
- Manoj Rangan
- Manupriya
- Nandini Rajamani
- Navodita Jain
- Reeteka Sud
- Rohini Karandikar
- Shantala Hari Dass
- Shreya Ghosh
- Smita Jain
- Suchibrata Borah
- Swetha Suresh
- Vijeta Raghuram
- Zill-e-Anam