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Manjula Harikrishna
Senior Program Associate, IndiaBioscience
Learning new things fascinates Manjula who has a Master’s degree in Microbiology and MBA in Human Resource Management. She has a diverse background, having held many roles in the fields of Biology and Management—as a teacher for reputed School, as a Junior Research Fellow in a Plant Biotechnology Department and as a Manager in the Health Care Industry. Her interest in Research, Education and Administration has brought her to IndiaBioscience, where she is closely associated with Research Community, Engaging in Science Administration and Community building.
manjula [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Shantala Hari Dass
Shantala completed her PhD in neuroscience from Dr Ajai Vyas’s lab at NTU, Singapore studying the fascinating induction of a fatal attraction in rats upon Toxoplasma infection. She moved to Dr Michael Meaney’s lab at McGill, Canada for her postdoctoral studies. Across the continents and research questions, her interest in communicating science and building and supporting a scientific community has stayed strong. In this phase of growth at IndiaBioscience, she is keen to expand their activities bringing greater national and international visibility to the Indian life science community.
shantala [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Shwetha C
Office Administrator, 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
Suchibrata Borah
Program Manager - Digital Initiatives, IndiaBioscience
Suchibrata has a Ph.D. from Tezpur University, Assam, in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications. After a short post-doc at IIT Bombay, she started her career in science communication as a Technical Officer (Sci. Comm.) at IISER Pune.
She has hosted video interviews and podcasts, created content for research videos, and organized multiple workshops. At IndiaBioscience, she takes care of the digital initiatives that include webinars, other events, podcasts, and the website.
She wishes to connect the rural places of India to increase awareness and rational thinking with the help of science communication.suchi [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Vijeta Raghuram
Program Manager-Education, IndiaBioscience, Associate Editor - "i wonder"
Vijeta did her PhD in biophysics at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and postdoctoral research in molecular neuroscience at the Vollum Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA. Her strong interest in science communication and education drew her to IndiaBioscience, where she aims to grow the nationwide network of biology educators at the undergraduate level and showcase their experiences and opinions, and the latest innovations in pedagogy. She is also an associate editor of a bi-annual science magazine for school teachers called “i wonder…”, published by Azim Premji University. The magazine presents basic science concepts in a new light through storytelling, classroom activities, interviews, and more. Through her contributions to the magazine, Vijeta hopes to reinvigorate science education in schools.
Zill-e-Anam
Program Coordinator, Outreach, IndiaBioscience
Zill-e-Anam did her PhD in Directed Evolution and Codon Shuffling from Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She worked on developing peptide-based therapies for the treatment of Malaria. Her strong interest in making science accessible and inclusive led her to venture into science communication and outreach, which she continues to work on. She also has experience in science policy. At IndiaBioscience, she contributes to the outreach activities, IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant, and International Grants Awareness Program. Through her work, she aims to raise awareness about outreach activities in India, international grants, and the success rate of applications from India. She is also an avid traveler and an advocate of mental health.
Past Team Members
- Smita Jain
- Shreya Ghosh
- Lakshmi Ganesan
- Navodita Jain
- Manoj Rangan
- Manupriya
- Reeteka Sud
- Deepti Chandraprakash
- Harini Barath
- Nandini Rajamani
- Athulaprabha Murthi
- Swetha Suresh
- Arnab Chakraborty
- Anjali Vaidya
