Professional Experience 2019 — Present: Principal Scientist/Associate Professor, CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB),New Delhi, India 2016 — 2019: Senior Scientist/Assistant Professor CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 2013 — 2016: DST Inspire Faculty Fellow (mentor: Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale) CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 2011 — 2012: Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof.Syma Khalid University of Southampton, UK (now at University of Oxford, UK) 2007 — 2011: Ph.D in Natural sciences, University of Heidelberg (Advisor: Jeremy Smith) Mechanism of protein folding Awards/Honours 2022 : CSIR-Young Scientist Award 2018 : PETA India Compassionate Science Award 2015 : Heidelberg Center for South Asia (HCSA) Fellow 2013 : DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award