Publication

(Publications in the last 10 years)

2025

• Umesh Prasad Sah Hathi, Samir Giri, Sonali Srivastava, Gorkha Raj Giri, Eira Choudhary, Nisheeth Agarwaland Priti Saxena (2025) Functional flexibility of a type III polyketide synthase in Mycobacterium marinum. iScience (in press)

• Nisheeth Agarwal*, Himanshu Gogoi, Eeba, Linus Augustin, Md. Younus Khan, Sayan Kumar Bhowmick and Bappaditya Dey (2025) Identifying a novel mechanism of L-leucine uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.107025.1.

• Rupal Rai, Ruchi Paroha, Sandesh Rai, Anirudh K. Singh, Rashmi Chaurasia, Nisheeth Agarwal, Megha Katare Pandey and Shivendra K Chaurasiya (2025) Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of glutamate decarboxylase (Rv3432c) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int. Microbiol. doi: 10.1007/s10123-025-00637-8.  

• Radhika Gupta, Chitra Bhasin, Adita Joshi, Nisheeth Agarwal, Ayush Aggarwal and Padmshree Mudgal (2025) Transcriptome analysis of berberine-induced accelerated tail fin regeneration in Zebrafish larvae. Gene Expr. Patterns. 55:119390.  doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2025.119390.

2024

• Sharyu Kesharwani, Eeba, Mukesh Tandi, Nisheeth Agarwal and Sandeep Sundriyal (2024) Design and synthesis of non-hydroxamate lipophilic inhibitors of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5- phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR): in silico, in vitro and antibacterial studies. RSC Advances. doi: 10.1039/d4ra05083e.

• Meetu Agarwal, Ashima Bhaskar, Biplab Singha, Suparba Mukhopadhyay, Isha Pahuja, Archna Singh, Shivam Chaturvedi, Nisheeth Agarwal, Ved Prakash Dwivedi, Vinay Kumar Nandicoori (2024) Depletion of Essential mycobacterial gene glmM reduces pathogen survival and induces host-protective immune responses against tuberculosis. Commun. Biol. 7: 949. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06620-9.

• Monica Singh, Anannya Dhanwal, Arpita Verma, Linus Augustin, Niti Kumari, Soumyananda Chakraborti, Nisheeth Agarwal, Dharmarajan Sriram and Ruchi Jain Dey (2024) Discovery of potent antimycobacterial agents targeting lumazine synthase (RibH) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci. Rep. 14:12170. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63051-6.

• Riya Sarkar, Simran Chhabra, Mukesh Tanwar, Nisheeth Agarwal and Manjula Kalia (2024) Japanese encephalitis virus hijacks ER-associated degradation regulators for its replication. J. Gen. Virol. (105)001995. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001995.

2023

• Pramila Pal, Mohd Younus Khan, Shivani Sharma, Yashwant Kumar, Nikita Mangla, Prem S. Kaushal and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2023) ResR/McdR-regulated protein translation machinery contributes to drug resilience in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Commun Biol 6(1):708. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05059-8.

• Mohinder Pal, Vinay Kumar Yadav, Pramila Pal, Nisheeth Agarwal and Alka Rao (2023) Physiological effect of rimI/rimJ silencing by CRISPR interference in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155. Arch. Microb. 205(5):211. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03561-5.

• Amritansh Bhanot, Ajitesh Lunge, Naresh Kumar, Saqib Kidwai, Ramandeep Singh, Sandeep Sundriyal* and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2023) Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpC1: SAR studies and antimycobacterial evaluation. Results in Chemistry 5 (2023) 100904.

• Nikita Mangla, Ramandeep Singh and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2023) HtpG is a metal-dependent chaperone which assists DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE chaperone system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via direct association with DnaJ2. Microbiology Spectrum doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00312-23.

2022

• Linus Augustin, Nisheeth Agarwal* (2022) Designing a Cas9/gRNA-assisted quantitative Real-Time PCR (CARP) assay for identification of point mutations leading to rifampicin resistance in the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gene 857: 147173.

• Deepika Chaudhary, Avantika Singh, Mardiana Marzuki, Abhirupa Ghosh, Saqib Kidwai, Tannu Priya Gosain, Kiran Chawla, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Nisheeth Agarwal, Sudipto Saha, Yashwant Kumar, Krishan Gopal Thakur, Amit Singhal, Ramandeep Singh (2022) Identification of small molecules targeting homoserine acetyl transferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus. Sci Rep. 12(1):13801. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16468-w.

• Nisheeth Agarwal*, Shivani Sharma, Pramila Pal, Prem S. Kaushal and Naresh Kumar (2022) Era, a GTPase-like protein of the Ras family, does not control ribosome assembly in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiology. 2022 Aug;168(8). doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001200.

• Eira Choudhary, Rishabh Sharma, Pramila Pal and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2022) Deciphering the Proteomic Landscape of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Response to Acid and Oxidative Stresses. ACS Omega. 7(30):26749-26766. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03092.

2021

• Rishabh Sharma, Ajitesh Lunge, Nikita Mangla, and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2021) Proteomic Landscape of a Drug-Tolerant Persister Subpopulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Proteome Research. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00348.

• Abhisek Dwivedy, Anam Ashraf, Bhavya Jha, Deepak Kumar, Nisheeth Agarwal and Bichitra K. Biswal (2021) De novo histidine biosynthesis protectsMycobacterium tuberculosis from host IFN-γ mediated histidine starvation. Commun Biol 4, 410 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01926-4.

• Zahid Gani,  Vishant Mahendra Boradia,  Ajay Kumar,  Anil Patidar,  Sharmila Talukdar,  Eira Choudhary,  Ranvir Singh,  Nisheeth Agarwal, Manoj Raje, and  Chaaya Iyengar Raje (2021) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Glyceraldehyde‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase plays a dual role‐as an adhesin and as a receptor for Plasmin(ogen). https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13311.

2020

• Nisheeth Agarwal(2020) Construction of a novel CRISPRi-based tool for silencing of multiple genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Plasmid; doi: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2020.102515

• Ajitesh Lunge, Radhika Gupta, Eira Choudhary, and Nisheeth Agarwal (2020) The unfoldase ClpC1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulates the expression of a distinct subset of proteins having intrinsically disordered termini. J. Biol. Chem; doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013456

• Eira Choudhary, Cynthia Korin Bullen, Renu Goel, Alok Kumar Singh, Monali Praharaj, Preeti Thakur, Rohan Dhiman, William Bishai andNisheeth Agarwal (2020) Relative and quantitative phosphoproteome analysis of macrophages in response to infection by virulent and avirulent mycobacteria reveals a distinct role of the cytosolic RNA sensor RIG-I in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis. J. Prot. Res; doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00895

2019

• Amit K. Dutta, Eira Choudhary, Xuan Wang, Monika Záhorszka, Martin Forbak, Philipp Lohner, Henning J. Jessen, Nisheeth Agarwal, Jana Korduláková, and Claudia Jessen-Trefzer (2019) Trehalose conjugation enhances toxicity of photosensitizers against mycobacteria. ACS Cent. Sci; doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00962.

• Eira Choudhary, Rishabh Sharma, Yashwant Kumar and Nisheeth Agarwal (2019) Conditional silencing by CRISPRi reveals the role of DNA gyrase in formation of drug-tolerant persister population in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  Front Cell Infect Microbiol: Mol Bact Path; doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00070.

2018

• Preeti Thakur, Eira Choudhary, Madhu Pareek and Nisheeth Agarwal (2018) Regulation and overexpression studies of YidC in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci. Rep. 8, 17114; doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35475-4

2017

• Khundrakpam Herojit Singh, Bhavya Jha, Abhisek Dwivedy, Eira Choudhary, Arpitha G N, Anam Ashraf, Divya Arora, Nisheeth Agarwal and Bichitra Kumar Biswal (2017) Characterization of a secretory hydrolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis sheds critical insight into host lipid utilization by M. tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 292, 11326-11335; doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.794297

2016

• Preeti Thakur, Nagavara Prasad Gantasala, Eira Choudhary, Nirpendra Singh, Malik Zainul Abdin and Nisheeth Agarwal (2016) The preprotein translocase YidC controls respiratory metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci. Rep. 6, 24998; doi: 10.1038/srep24998.

• Eira Choudhary, Ajitesh Lunge and Nisheeth Agarwal (2016) Strategies of gene inactivation in mycobacteria: achievements and challenges. Tuberculosis. 98:132-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.03.005.

2015

• Eira Choudhary, Preeti Thakur, Madhu Pareek and Nisheeth Agarwal. (2015) Gene silencing by CRISPR interference in mycobacteria. Nat. Commun. 6:6267 doi: 10.1038/ncomms7267.

• Eeba, Jhalak Aggarwal and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2025) Cell free systems for expression of proteins and enzymes. In Design and Applications of Cell-Free Systems” (ed. Vijai Singh) Elsevier press (In press)

• Nisheeth Agarwal*, Himanshu Gogoi, Eeba, and Linus Augustin (2025) Synthetic biology for drug discovery. In Handbook of Synthetic Biology (ed. Vijai Singh) (In press)

• Nisheeth Agarwal*and Radhika Gupta (2021) History, evolution and classification of CRISPR-Cas associated systems. In Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science (ed. Vijai Singh). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.12.012

• Ajitesh Lunge, Eira Choudhary, Rishabh Sharma, Radhika Gupta* and Nisheeth Agarwal* (2020) Functional understanding of CRISPR interference: Its advantages and limitations for gene silencing in bacteria. In Genome Engineering via CRISPR-Cas9 System. (eds. Vijai Singh and Pawan Dhar; Paperback ISBN: 9780128181409; ch. 17).

• C.K.M. Tripathi, A. Gupta, N. Agarwal, S.C. Tripathi, S.C. Agarwal and Vinod Bihari. (1999) Production of antibacterial metabolites by actinomycetes screened from natural environment. In Fermentation Biotechnology-Industrial Perspectives. (eds. S. Chand and S.C. Jain) pp. 295-299.

A.    Ongoing Research Project

• Deciphering the role of an unknown putative conserved essential transcriptional regulator (CETR) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth and virulence (2023-2026; Approved for funding by Department of Biotechnology, India; Sanctioned budget: 74.124 Lakhs)

• Unraveling the Mechanisms of Differential Virulence and Drug Resistance in Bovine TB: A Comparative Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. orygis Genomic Differences and Host-Pathogen Signaling Interactions (2024-2027; Indo-UK Multi-institutional project approved for funding by Department of Biotechnology, India; Sanctioned budget: 49.72 Lakhs)

• BRAIN-TB: Bacterial Regulators that Aid TB Infection in CNS – Targeted Deletion and CRISPRi Approaches (2025-2030; Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) grant approved for funding by Indian Council of Medical Research, India; Sanctioned budget: 12.62 Cr)

B. Completed Research Project (in last 5 years)

• Improvisation of CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPRi-based approaches and their application in Mycobacterium tuberculosisgene manipulation to assist ongoing TB research and drug discovery programs in India (Jointly submitted with Dr. Alka Rao at CSIR-IMTECH under call for proposal "Genome Engineering Technologies and Their Application (GET)") (2019-2022; Funded by Department of Biotechnology, India; Sanctioned budget: 109.74 Lakhs)
• Structural and functional biology of membrane proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications in the design of new anti-TB agents (Jointly submitted with Dr. Ramandeep Singh and Dr. Bichitra Biswal at NII under call for proposal "Membrane Structural Biology") (2019-2022; Funded by Department of Biotechnology, India; Sanctioned budget: 202.59 Lakhs)

• Understanding the roles of ClpX and ClpC1 components of Clp proteolytic machinery in Mycobacterium tuberculosis(2018-2021; Funded by Department of Biotechnology, India; Sanctioned budget: 72.35 Lakhs)

Fellowships and awards:

2005-2010:         Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research in Center for TB Research at the Johns Hopkins University, USA

2009:                  Arthur M. Dannenberg Award for Tuberculosis Research at the Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University.

1999-2004:         Junior and senior research fellowships by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

1997-1999:         DBT Fellowship to pursue Master’s degree at the School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

A. Invited presentations to peer-reviewed, internationally established conferences/meetings:

1.   Guest/invited Lectures:

• National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, April 2025
• Bose Institute, Kolkata, March 2025.
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, February 2025
• Guha Research Conference-2024, Nov. 2024
• Shivaji College Delhi University, April 25, 2024
• IIT-Indore, April 2024
• THSTI, Faridabad, November 2023
• IISER-Bhopal, Bhopal, July 2023
• Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 2023
• ICGEB, Delhi, May, 2022
• SRM-AP and IBAB, November, 2021
• NII, Delhi, February, 2020
• Indrashil University, Ahmedabad, January, 2020
• NIPGR, Delhi, April, 2019.
• Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, March, 2019
• Nirma University, Ahmedabad, March, 2019
• South Asian University, Delhi, February 2019
• Department of Zoology, Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, Delhi, February, 2019
• Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, Delhi,  October, 2018
• Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, May, 2018
• Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, May 2018
• Miranda House College, Delhi University, New Delhi, January 2018
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, November 2017
• Delhi University, New Delhi, September 2017
• KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, February 2017
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Oct 2016
• University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, March 2016
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2015
• University of California at Berkeley, USA, July 2012

2.   Conferences & Symposia attended/organized:

• Symposium on Drug Discovery. THSTI, Faridabad; February 2025
• Global Immunology Summit-2025, THSTI, Faridabad; February 2025
• Genomics Data Conclave, Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi; Jan 2025
• NBRCOM 2024, AIIMS, Delhi; Dec 2024 (Attended as a Jury member)
• India-Taiwan Workshop on Bio-manufacturing in Biomedicine, THSTI, Faridabad; May 2024
• World Immunology Day, THSTI, Faridabad; Apr 2024
• RePORT India Annual Meeting, NII, New Delhi; April 2024
• Proteomics Day, THSTI, Faridabad; March 2024
• Global Immunology Summit-2024, THSTI, Faridabad; February 2024
• 5th Global Forum meeting on TB vaccine, New Delhi, February 2018
• ImTechCon: Industry-Academia meet, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh, October 2017
• XV Genetics Congress Trust, NASc complex, New Delhi, November, 2016
• EMBO Conference Tuberculosis 2016, Paris, 1September 2016
• ICMR - NIAID Joint Symposium on “Advancing the Tuberculosis Vaccine Agenda in India and Beyond”, NIRT, Chennai, February 2016
• Keystone symposium on “Tuberculosis: Understanding the Enemy (X8)”, Whistler, Canada, March 2013

B. Major collaborations:

• Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, India: Drs. Ramandeep Singh, Renu Goel and Shailendra Asthana
• National Institute of Immunology, India: Dr. Bichitra Biswal        
• South Asian University, India: Dr. Preeti Saxena   
• Institute of Microbial technology, India: Dr. Alka Rao
• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India: Dr. Chaaya Iyengar
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, India: Dr. Sandeep Sundriyal
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Hyderabad, India: Dr. Ruchi Jain
• Regional Centre for Biotechnology, India; Dr. Prem Kaushal

C. Referee/Ad-hoc reviewer:

Editorial board member in JGAR (Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Elsevier press) since 2012; reviewer for several international and national journals such as ACS Central Science, Scientific Reports, PLoS One, Frontiers in Microbiology, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Examiner for thesis evaluation from research institutions in India; Reviewer of research proposals submitted to various funding agencies in India.

D. Membership:

• Membership of Guha Research Conference
• Life member of the Society of Biological Chemists, India

E. Contribution to the Academic and Administrative activities at the institution (THSTI):

• Chairperson of the committee for performance assessment of SiB (Biodesign) Fellows of THSTI (2025)
• Chairperson of the committee for compering set up in the SYNCHN and Foundation Day events of THSTI (2025)
• Chairperson of the Poster presentation committee for organization of SYNCHN and Foundation Day of THSTI (2025)
• Member of the committee for revision of travel entitlements for project staff at THSTI (2025)
• External expert of the selection panel for faculty recruitment at AMITY University, Noida (2025)
• External member of the thesis assessment committee of IISER-Tirupati for evaluation of the MS thesis (2024)
• Member of the screening committee meeting of THSTI - JNU Ph.D. Program (2024-25) winter session, THSTI (2025)
• Member of the screening committee meeting of THSTI - JNU Ph.D. Program (2024-25) monsoon session, THSTI (2024)
• Chairperson of the scientific misconduct and plagiarism investigation committee (2024)
• Chairperson of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Committee, THSTI (2024)
• Member of the security & traffic management committee for the IISF 2023 (2024)
• Member of the selection committee for the THSTI - JNU Ph.D. program (Group - A) for the academic year 2023-24 winter session, THSTI (2024)
• Chairperson of the selection committee for THSTI-JNU PhD program (2023-24) monsoon session, THSTI (2023)
• Member of the committee to frame the guidelines for the employees hired on outsourced basis, THSTI (2023)
• Chairperson of the examination committee for the admission of THSTI JNU PhD Program 2023-24 (2023)
• Member of the Foundation Day program management committee, THSTI (2023)
• Member of the probation review/ departmental confirmation committee, THSTI (2023)
• Member of the security committee of the NCR Biotech Cluster (2023)
• Chairperson of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Committee, THSTI (2023)
• Coordinator, Center for Tuberculosis Research, THSTI (2023)
• Chairperson of the anti-ragging committee at THSTI (2022)
• Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of THSTI (2022)
• Member of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) at THSTI (2022)
• Member of the Screening Committee for the posts of Senior Technical Officer (Bioassay Lab), Technical Officer-II (Bioassay Lab) and Technical Officer-I (BSL-3 Facility) (2022)
• Member of the Screening Committee for the post of Project Associate-II under the project entitled “Pre-clinical evaluation of combination adjuvants for Humoral and T cell immunity to Respiratory Syncytial Virus” at THSTI (2022)
• Chairperson of the Assessment Committee for consideration of technical staff for promotion under 'THSTI Normal Assessment Scheme for Technical cadre' (2021)
• Chairperson of the Interview Committee for consideration of technical staff for promotion under 'THSTI Normal Assessment Scheme for Technical cadre' (2021)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Scientist E under the project entitled  "Epidemic Preparedness through rapid vaccine development : support of Indian vaccine development aligned with the global initiative of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)" of THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Screening and Selection Committee for the post of Administrative Officer (2021)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Research Scientist (Immunology) under the TRP Project at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Scientist E under the project entitled "CEPI" at THSTI (2021)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the post of Principal Scientist-I  (Structural biology core and Maternal and Child Health) under the Translational Research Program (TRP) project at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Principal Scientist-I under the project entitled “Translational Research Program (TRP)” at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Junior Research Scientist under the project entitled “Translational Research Consortium for Establishing Platform Technologies to Support Prophylactic and Therapeutic Strategies for Dengue – Discovery to Proof-of-Concept at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Administrative Officer (F&A) (2021)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Project Officer under the project entitled "Sepsis under Biorepository” (2021)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the post of Scientist E (Core facility management) under the project entitled "CEPI" at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Committee to Coordinate and Supervise the preparations for the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Scientific Review Committee (SRC) meetings, 2021
• Chairperson of the COVID protocol and coordination committee for the foundation day celebrations at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the selection committee for the post of Assistant Administrative Officer under the project entitled “Epidemic preparedness through rapid vaccine development: support of Indian vaccine development aligned with the global initiative of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)” at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Committee for reviewing the performance of Research Associate-I associated with Dr. Guruprasad (2021)
• Chairperson of the Committee for reviewing the performance of Management Assistant under TRP project (2021)
• Member of the Security Committee of the NCR-Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad (2021-2022)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Scientist E (Core facility management) under the project entitled "CEPI" at THSTI (2021)
• Appellate authority of the RTI Committee, THSTI (2021-2022)
• Chairperson of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Committee, THSTI (2021-2022)
• Chairperson of the Maintenance Committee, THSTI (2021-2022)
• Member of the Need Analysis Committee for equipment purchase at THSTI (2021)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Technical Manager (IT) (2021)
• Chairperson of the Departmental Screening committee (DSC) for consideration of cases for financial upgradation under MACP (2020)
• Member of the Manpower Distribution Committee at THSTI (2020)
• Chairperson of the Screening and Selection committee for the post of Professional Expert (Scientific Communications and IPR) at THSTI (2020)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Section Officer at THSTI (2020)
• Chairperson of the committee to discuss the usage of THSTI logo (2020)
• Member of the Selection Committee of THSTI-JNU PhD program (Monsoon session, 2020)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the posts of Technical Manager (Bioassay Lab) and Senior Technical Officer at THSTI (2020)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Section Officer at THSTI (2020)
• Appellate authority (AA) of THSTI (2020)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the selection of Project Engineer (Civil) at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (2020)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for various scientific positions (Research Scientist and Junior Research Scientist) under TRP (2020)
• Member of the Screening Committee for the technical positions (Project Engineer (BSL3) and Senior Technical Officer (BSL3)) under CEPI (2020)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for the post of Technical Manager (Grants Coordinator) under TRP (2020)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the selection of Management Assistant at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (2020)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the selection of Assistant Administrative Officer at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (2020)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the selection of Section Officer at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (2020)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the selection of Virology Research Fellow (2020)
• Member of the Selection Committee of THSTI-JNU PhD Program 2019-20 (Winter Session)
• Chairperson of the Written Examination Committee for the selection of THSTI-JNU PhD Program 2019-20 (Winter Session)
• Chairperson of the Selection committee meeting for the posts of RA, SRF and Virology Research Fellow (2019)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee to fill various administrative positions under TRP at THSTI (2019)
• Chairperson of the Committee for Revision of Wages of Outsourced Employees at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Committee for THSTI extension (2019)
• Member of the Screening Committee for scientific positions under TRP at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the posts of TRAIN Program at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the PhD entrance Written Test Committee of THSTI (2019)
• Member of Technical and Steering committees for THSTI –AIIMS New Delhi MoU (2019)
• Member of the IDRF Committee at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Environmental Health & Radiation Safety Committee at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the ERP Committee at THSTI (2019)
• Chairperson of the Biosafety committee at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Purchase committee at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Complaints Committee (to enquire into complaints of sexual harassment) at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the post of Section Officer and Management Assistant at THSTI (2019)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Executive, Senior Executive and Finance Officer at THSTI (2019)
• Member of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Technical Manager for Bioassay Laboratory at THSTI (2018)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Accounts Assistant of THSTI (2018)
• Special invitee in the Project Review and Monitoring Committee meeting for the review of Health TB project at the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (2018) 
• Member of the Infectious Disease Research Facility (IDRF) Committee at THSTI (2018)
• Member of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Section Officer (Purchase or General Administration) at THSTI (2018)
• Member of ERP Steering Committee at THSTI (2018)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of JRF/ SRF/ Post- Doctoral Research Fellow (Project) (2018)
• Member of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Research Associate (Project) (2018)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (Project) (2018)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for recruitment of Consultant (Finance & Accounts), Consultant (HR & Admin) and Consultant (Stores & Purchase) of THSTI (2018)
• Member of the Selection Committee for the post of Translational Research Award in Infectious Diseases (TRAIN) program (2018)
• Chairperson of the Institutional Inventory Management Committee (2018)
• THSTI-JNU Academic Committee member (2017-2020)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post SRF (Project) (2017)
• Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the post of Section Officer (Stores & Purchase) (Oct, 2017)
• Member of the Environmental Health and Safety Committee, THSTI (Jan 2017-2020)
• Member of the Committee for deciding job responsibilities of STOs and TOs at THSTI (Jan 2017)
• Chairperson of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, THSTI (2016-2019)
• Chairperson of the Local Purchase Committee, THSTI (2016-2019)
• Organizing Committee member for the 5^th Global Forum meeting in New Delhi (2016-2018)
• DBT nominee for the Institutional Biosafety Committee at the India Innovation Center, New Delhi (2016-2018)
• External member of the technical committee for establishment of ESI LC MS facility at Advanced Technology Platform Center, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad (Oct 2016)
• Member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, THSTI (2012-2016)
• Member of the Expert Screening Committee for Technology Licensing, THSTI (2016)
• Member of the Committee for review of items covered under the Defect Liability: Phase I of the Construction of NCR-Biotech Science Cluster (Apr, 2016)
• Coordinator of the Sub-committee for Security arrangements, THSTI (2015-present)
• Chairperson of the Maintenance Committee, THSTI (2015-2016)
• PIO of the RTI Committee, THSTI (2014-2015)
• Special invitee to attend The Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) at the Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad (Sep 2015)
• Member of the selection committee for the post of Professional Expert (Scientific Communication & PR), THSTI (Jun, 2015)
• Member of the Selection Committee for Vaccine Research Innovation (VRI) Awardee, THSTI (Apr, 2015)
• Coordinator, Committee for procurement of state of art equipment for security surveillance at NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad (Feb, 2015)
• Member, Screening Committee for the post of Junior Research Fellow (VIDRC) (2014)
• Member, Selection Committee for the post of Senior Research Fellow (VIDRC) (2014)
• Member of the Screening Committee for the post of Senior Research Fellow (Sep, 2014)
• Chairperson of the Venue Management Committee for the organization of Foundation Day celebration of THSTI (July, 2014)
• Chairperson of the Screening Committee for VRI awardees (2014)
• Public Information Officer of the RTI committee, THSTI (Apr, 2014)
• Member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, THSTI (Apr, 2014)

Supervision of graduate students, trainees and research fellows:

PhD supervised: 6

2010-2016:            Dr. Preeti Thakur

2015-2020:           Dr. Eira Choudhary

2018-2022:           Dr. Riya Sarkar

2014-2023:           Dr. Ajitesh Lunge

2017-2023:            Ms. Pramila Pal (Thesis submitted)

2017-2023:            Ms. Nikita Mangla (Thesis under preparation)

PhD registered (Ongoing): 5

2021-present:        Mr. Imran Khan (JRF)

2021-present:        Mohd Yousuf Khan (JRF)

2022-present:        Mr. Linus Augustin (JRF)

2023-present:        Ms. Eeba (JRF)

2023-present:        Ms.Jhalak Agrawal (JRF)

Postdoctoral Research Fellows: 1

2018-2019:           Dr. Rishabh Sharma

Ramanujan Fellow: 1

2023-present:        Dr. Himanshu Gogoi

Trainees and Research Fellows: 38

2021-present:       Mr. Manish Bansal, Technical Officer

2021-2023:           Mr. Naresh Kumar, Technical Officer

2021-2023:           Ms. Shivani Goswami, Technical Assistant

2010:                    Ms. Vibha Pathak, Summer trainee

2010-2011:            Mr. Uday Kumar, SRF (Project)

2012-2015:            Ms. Eira Choudhary, SRF (Project)

2014-2015:            Ms. Sandhya Galidevara, SRF (Project)

2016-2016:            Ms. Sangeeta Dutta, SRF (Project)

2017-2018:            Ms. Upasna Madan, JRF (Project)

2017 (Jul-Aug):      Ms. Pramila Pal (PhD rotation)

2017 (Jul-Aug):      Mohd. Ilyas (PhD rotation)

2017 (Sep-Oct):     Ms. Nikita Aggarwal (PhD rotation)

2017 (Sep-Oct):     Mr. Saurabh Chugh (PhD rotation)

2017 (Nov-Dec):    Mr. Rohit Verma (PhD rotation)

2017 (Nov-Dec):    Mr. Surendra Prajapat (PhD rotation)

2019 (Jan):           Mr. Vaibhav Nain (PhD rotation)

2019 (March):       Dr. John Osei (short term trainee)

2019 (March):       Dr. Nontuthuko Maningi (short term trainee)

2019-2020:           Ms. Reshma K. V., JRF (Project)

2021-present:       Mr. Linus Augustin, JRF (Project)

2019 (Aug-present) Ms. Bhawna Arora, JRF (Project)

2020 (Jan-Jun):     Mr. Vikas Maithil (Summer trainee)

2020 (Jan-Jun):     Ms. Alka Thakur (Summer trainee)

2021 (Jan-Apr):      Ms. Chandreyee (Summer Trainee)

2023 (Jan-Apr):      Ms. Ibrah Bashir (Short term trainee)

2023 (Jan-Jun):      Ms. Gopika S. Kumar (Short term Trainee)

2023 (Jun-Jul):       Mr. Arnav Singh (Summer Trainee)

2023 (Jun-Jul):       Ms. Manvi Sharma (Summer Trainee)

2023 (Jun-Jul):       Ms. Rushika Budhathoki (Summer Trainee)

2024 (May-Jul):        Ms. Ankusha Agarwal (Short-term trainee)

2024 (Jun-Jul):         Ms. Preksha Jain (Short-term trainee)

2024-2025:               Ms. Kajal Singh (JRF)

2025 (Jan-Jun):        Ms. Anshika Madan (Masters Dissertation)

2025 (Jan-Jun):        Ms. Aastha Dua (Masters Dissertation)

2025 (Jan-Jun):        Mr. Abhinav Aggarwal (Masters Dissertation)

2025 (Apr-Aug):       Mr. Sadineni Shreyas (Masters Dissertation)

2025 (May):              Dr. A. Sreekanth (THSTI CROSSTALK fellow)

2025 (Jun-Jul):          Mr. Om Sharma (Short-term trainee)