Faculties
Top-notch faculty members with rich industry experience to hone the best in every student
Dr. M S Reddy
Head and Professor
Specialization
Microbiology / Molecular Biology
msreddy@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 08-08-2000
Dr. N Das
Professor
Specialization
Plant Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering
ndas@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 22-02-2000
Dr. Dinesh Goyal
Professor, Former Head & Executive Director, STEP
Specialization
Applied Microbiology, Algology and Biotechnology
dgoyal@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 11-08-2000
Dr. Sanjai Saxena
Professor
Specialization
Plant- microbe interactions | Bioactive molecules- Drug Discovery | Screening platforms | Food Security
ssaxena@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 07-03-2002
Dr. Moushumi Ghosh
Professor and Coordinator TIET-TAU Center of Excellence for Food Security & Former Head, Dept of Biotechnology
Specialization
Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology
mghosh@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 04-02-2003
Dr. Anil Kumar
Professor
Specialization
Plant Biotechnology, Plant Genetic Manipulations
adatta@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 05-06-2007
Dr. Manoj Baranwal
Professor and Associate Head
Specialization
Viral Immunology, Computational Biology
manoj.baranwal@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 31-07-2009
Siddharth Sharma, Ph.D
Professor & Associate Head
Specialization
Cancer Biomarkers & Molecular Epidemiology, Respiratory Genetics
siddharthsharma.phd@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 01-07-2011
Dr. Vikas Handa
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Genetic and Epigenetic Gene Regulation
vikas.handa@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 28-12-2009
Dr. M. Vasundhara
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Pharmaceutical sciences, Natural products
mvasundhara@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 12-05-2006
Dr. Atul Kumar Upadhyay
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Computational Biology, Genomics and Plant Biotechnology
atul.upadhyay@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 25-07-2019
Dr. Ovais Shafiq Qadri
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Food Engineering, Fruit and Vegetable Processing
osqadri@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 29-07-2019
Dr. Priyankar Dey
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Gut microbiota, Chronic metabolic disease, Immunopharmacology.
priyankar.dey@thapar.edu
Dr. Debajyoti Dutta
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Protein Engineering, Membrane Proteins, Downstream Processing
debajyoti.dutta@thapar.edu
Dr. Bunushree Behera
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Bioprocess Engineering, Biofuels
bunushree.behera@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 16-08-2022
Dr. Jyotsana Mehta
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Nanobiotechnology, Advanced Materials, Biosensors, Bioremediation
jyotsana.mehta@thapar.edu; Date of Joining: 16-01-2023