DBT-CMI

Team

Organizational Structure of the Centre combines the expertise in taxonomy, metagenomics, biotechnology, computational genomics, computational biology, systems biology, bioinformatics, data analytics and web-design technologies.

Organizational Setup
Core Committee (R&D)

Prof H A Nagarajaram
Coordinator

Prof Ch Venkata Ramana
Co-PI, Microbial Diversity

Dr Vivek Thakur
Co-PI, Metagenomics

Dr Pankaj Singh Dholaniya
Co-PI, Databases & Modelling

Dr Manjari Kiran
Co-PI, Genomics

Prof Suresh Mudunuri
Primary Collaborator, NNP3, Web-development

Scientific Committee

Prof Appa Rao Podile
Primary Collaborator, NNP1-PI, UoH

Prof S Dayananda
Co-PI, UoH

Dr Rajeev Varshaney
ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Dr S Ranjan Mohanty
IISS, Bhopal

Prof Chandra Naik
University of Mysore

Prof Ch Sasikala
JNTU, Hyderabad

Core Team

Prof H A Nagarajaram

Principal Investigator

Dept. of Systems and Computational Biology
Area of Research:
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Prof Appa Rao Podile

Co-PI

Dept. of Plant Sciences
Area of Research:
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Prof Dayananda Siddavatam

Co-PI

Dept. of Animal Sciences
Area of Research:
Molecular Microbiology, Biodegradation & Regulation of Gene Expression

Prof Ch Venkata Ramana

Co-PI

Dept. of Plant Sciences
Area of Research:
Bacterial Discoveries

Dr Vivek Thakur

Co-PI

Dept. of Systems and Computational Biology
Area of Research:
Computational Genomics

Dr Manjari Kiran

Co-PI

Dept. of Systems and Computational Biology
Area of Research:
Cancer Genomics & RNA Biology

Dr Pankaj S Dholaniya

Co-PI

Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Area of Research:
Bioinformatics, Data Science & Neurological Disorders

Project Staff

Dr Anwesh Maile

Project Scientist

DBT-Centre for Microbial Informatics
Area of Research:
Bacterial Genomics & Metagenomics

Vacant

Project Associate

DBT-Centre for Microbial Informatics

Vacant

Project Associate

DBT-Centre for Microbial Informatics

Interns

Name University/Institution Duration
Ananya Ghosh University of Hyderabad August 2023 - May 2024
Rabab Fatma Dr. D.Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune November 2023 - April 2024
Shashwat Rai University of Hyderabad July 2024 onwards
Anvesh Repalle University of Hyderabad July 2024 onwards

Trainees

Name University/Institution Duration
Tejaswini Baral Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MAHE, Manipal 2 weeks
Dr Barnali Waugh Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata 5 months
Alekhya Ponnada Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata 5 months