Team

OPEN POSITIONS

Director

Suresh Kumar
Director, Doctoral Program, Plaksha University
PhD (University of Delhi)
suresh.kumar@plaksha.edu.in
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Doctoral Studies Coordinators (DSCs)

Abhishek Dureja
DSC, Data Science, Economics and Business, HUSS & Mathematics
PhD (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai)
abhishek.dureja@plaksha.edu.in
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Amruta R Behera
DSC, Robotics & Autonomous Systems
PhD (IISc Bengaluru)
amruta.behera@plaksha.edu.in
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Rajesh Sharma
DSC, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
PhD (Nanyang Technological University)
rajesh.sharma@plaksha.edu.in
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Swagata Halder
DSC, Biological Systems Engineering
DPhil (University of Oxford)
swagata.halder@plaksha.edu.in
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Team Members

Lata Sharma
Senior Associate, Office of Graduate Studies, Plaksha University

PhD Scholars

Alankar Uniyal
Translational & Computational Medicine | 2026
Advisor : Prof Saeed Salehi
alankar.uniyal@plaksha.edu.in
Ira Sharma
Mechanistic Interpretability in Multimodal Foundation Models | 2026
Advisor : Prof Deepan Muthirayan
ira.sharma@plaksha.edu.in
Gowher Parry
Blockchain | 2026
Advisor : Prof Ankur Nahar
Gowher.parry@plaksha.edu.in
Keshav Kant Ahuja
Computational Biology | 2026
Advisor : Prof Monika Sharma
keshav.ahuja@plaksha.edu.in
Nisha Kaloni
Biomaterials | 2026
Advisor : Prof Rucha Joshi
nisha.kaloni@plaksha.edu.in
Akshita Thakur
Electrophysiology and double-stranded DNA damage repair | 2025
Advisor : Prof Arshdeep Sidhu
akshita.a@plaksha.edu.in
Keshika Gajbhiye
Biotechnology and Mycology | 2025
Advisor : Prof Navjot Kaur
keshika.gajbhiye@plaksha.edu.in
Priyadarshan S.
IoT and Edge computing | 2025
Advisor : Prof Srikant Srinivasan
priyadarshan.s@plaksha.edu.in
Rameshwari Sahoo
Optical Biosensing | 2025
Advisor : Prof Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira
rameswari.sahoo@plaksha.edu.in
Sai Pranav
Underwater Perception | 2025
Advisor : Prof Sandeep Manjanna
nidugondi.l.tlp23@plaksha.edu.in
Shantanu Tomar
Biomaterials | 2025
Advisor : Prof Rucha Joshi
shantanu.tomar@plaksha.edu.in
Siddharth Bharadwaj
DNA damage and repair | 2025
Advisor : Prof Swagata Halder
siddharth.bhardwaj@plaksha.edu.in
Varchita Lalwani
AI in Urban Mobility | 2025
Advisor : Prof Anupam Sobti
varchita.lalwani@plaksha.edu.in
Anamika Singh
Material Science and Biosensors | 2024
Advisor : Prof Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira
anamika.singh@plaksha.edu.in
Anshika Arora
Personal Economics | 2024
Advisor : Prof Prakarsh Singh
anshika.arora@plaksha.edu.in
Bharvi Sharma
DNA Damage Repair | 2024
Advisor : Prof Swagata Halder
bharvi.sharma@plaksha.edu.in
Deepanshu Sharma
Medical Computer Vision | 2024
Advisor : Prof Sunita Chauhan
deepanshu.sharma@plaksha.edu.in
Harshpreet Kaur
Wastewater Treatment and Technology | 2024
Advisor : Prof Prashanth Suresh Kumar
harshpreet.kaur@plaksha.edu.in
Motti Ratan Gupta
Agricultural | 2024
Advisor : Prof Anupam Sobti
moti.gupta@plaksha.edu.in
Rahul Kumar
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning | 2024
Advisor : Prof Sandeep Manjanna
rahul.kumar1@plaksha.edu.in
Sehjal Khandelwal
Cosmology | 2024
Advisor : Prof Suresh Kumar
sehjal.khandelwal@plaksha.edu.in
Pallavi Rattapal Meshram
Biomaterials | 2023
Advisor : Prof Rucha Joshi
pallavi.meshram@plaksha.edu.in
Samiksha Gupta
Microbiology and Molecular Biology | 2023
Advisor : Prof Navjot Kaur
samiksha.gupta@plaksha.edu.in
Aloy Buragohain
Critique of the Global: Reflections on the History of Technology | 2022
Advisor : Prof Samuel Wright
aloy.buragohain@plaksha.edu.in
Harmony Kalra
Psychosocial Anthropology | 2022
Advisor : Prof Samuel Wright
harmony.kalra@plaksha.edu.in
Megha Gupta
Computational Biology | 2022
Advisor : Prof Monika Sharma
megha.gupta@plaksha.edu.in
Neelam Sarmah
Wastewater Treatment | 2022
Advisor : Prof Prashanth Suresh Kumar
neelam.sarmah@plaksha.edu.in
Rajiv Ranjan
Geospatial AI and Vision Foundation Models | 2022
Advisor : Prof Shashank Tamaskar
rajiv.ranjan@plaksha.edu.in
Sarvnipun Kaur
Personnel and Labour Economics | 2022
Advisor : Prof Prakarsh Singh
sarvnipun.kaur@plaksha.edu.in
Shiva Karthik
Microfluidics and Biosensing | 2022
Advisor : Prof Amruta R Behera
shiva.karthik@plaksha.edu.in
Sruthi VS
Film and Visual Studies | 2022
Advisor : Prof Samuel Wright
sruthi.v@plaksha.edu.in
Sandeep Kumar
Applied Mathematics | 2021
Advisor : Prof Shashikant Pawar
sandeep.kumar@plaksha.edu.in