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Dr. Karthik Subramaniam Pushpavanam

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar

Dr. Karthik Subramaniam Pushpavanam is a chemical engineer by training with expertise in designing and engineering nanomaterials and proteins.  He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar.  

Karthik earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University (ASU) in March of 2019 under the mentorship of Dr. Kaushal Rege. He then went on as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Dr. Michael Strano in the Chemical Engineering Department. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Francois Baneyx in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Washington (UW).

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Meet the Team

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Post Doctoral Fellow

Saranraj Krishnan

PhD - Chemistry

Madurai Kamaraj University

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Post Doctoral Fellow

Koppisetty Viswa Chaithanya

PhD - Biotechnology

IIT Madras

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Doctoral Scholar

Tanu Tiwari

B.Tech Biochemical Engineering

University School of Chemical Technology, Delhi

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Doctoral Scholar

Aishwarya Satyanarayana

B.Tech Biotechnology

Institute of Advanced Research,

Gandhinagar​

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Doctoral Scholar

Manisha Ojha

MSc. Biotechnology

Ranchi University

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Doctoral Scholar

Aniruddha Kambekar

MTech Chemical Engineering

IIT Gandhinagar

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Doctoral Scholar

Sanjana Lahiri

MSc. Biophysics and Molecular biology

University of Calcutta

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Doctoral Scholar

Dhwani Gupta

MTech Bioprocess Technology 

ICT Mumbai

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M.Tech Student

Janvi M. Khandelwal

B.Tech Chemical Engineering

University Institute of Chemical Technology, Jalgaon

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M.Tech Student

Neeraj Gupta

B.Tech Biotechnology

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut

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M.Tech Student

Kasturi Kalita

B.Tech Chemical Engineering

Assam Engineering College

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B. Tech Student

Aditya Mehta

Department of Chemical Engineering

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B. Tech Student

Adwaith P

Department of Chemical Engineering

 

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Junior Research Fellow

Sivaprasad

BS-MS

IISER Pune

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MSc Thesis Project Student

Pujan P Kansara

MSc Cell & Molecular Biology

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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B. Tech Student

Abhishek S Shinde

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering 
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

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Research Intern

Garima H Mishra

B.Tech in Biotechnology 
Pandit Deendayal Energy University

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B. Tech Student

Aftab Surani

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering 

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Alumni

Post Doctoral Fellow -

Dr. Yashwant Kumar

Current Affiliation: Cygenica Ltd

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) -

Krishna Agarwal

Current Affiliation: Research Scientist II, Advanced Enzymes Technology Ltd.

MTech - 

1) Vishwas Reddy Akavaram​

Current Affiliation: PhD, Viriginia Tech, USA

2) Tridib Das

3) Asish Das

4) Sachin S Pujeri

BTech -

1) Shreevadsa A M​

Current Affiliation: PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA

2) Manas Kawal

Current Affiliation: PhD, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA

PGDIIT - 

Hrishitha Sree S

Junior Research Fellow -

1) Vignesh N

2) Namrata Priyadarshinee 

Current Affiliation: PhD, University of Bristol, UK

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SParK Lab, Academic Block 5

Indian Institute of Technology - Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar,

Gujarat,

PIN - 382055

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