Dr Tushar Kaushik

Name : Niladri Haldar

Designation : DBT-JRF (Ph.D. student)

Brief Background :

I have done my Bachelor’s (Zoology) from University of Calcutta, Kolkata and Master’s (Biotechnology) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. I have qualified CSIR-JRF in June, 2019 and DBT-JRF in 2020. Presently, I am pursuing Ph.D. (Biotechnology) under the supervision of Dr. Virendra Gajbhiye at ARI, Pune.

Contact Details :

Gene editing and gene silencing technology, Nano-based delivery systems, Cancer biology.

Currently I am focusing on the development of a lipid-based nanocarrier for the delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 system in cancer cells. I am also working on siRNA-mediated gene silencing in cancer cells using a silica-based nanocarrier.