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This understanding brings far more relevance of on patients’ samples. Regular discussion on
cancer cell survival strategies into repurposing research work and for most elegant design as
it for regeneration. Although our initial journey well as trouble-shooting of experiments is where I
on research communications has been slow, come in. Students are nominated for participation
our steady acquisition of major novel insights, in field related conferences and for exposure to
when available on public domain, will hopefully high-end mechanobiological toolboxes, which can
transform the way we conceptualize, address and very well bring the best out of a sincere student.
formulate potential cures for chronic diseases. Therefore, give yourself a chance to discover
whether you would like to work in a field at the
My student - mentor connect threshold of uniqueness with potential to provide
out of the box solutions to our current therapeutic
I joined RGCB as a faculty and DBT management of chronic neuro-vascular diseases.
Ramalingaswami Fellow in 2012. Currently, my lab Don’t give up from going inter-disciplinary due to
has three PhD students and one research fellow. the fear of falling; there is no failure for one who
We are funded by grants from DBT and ICMR. sincerely starts a journey to uncover the truths.
The lab has major force application tools such as
various types of cell stretchers, shear, hydrostatic
and osmotic pressure generating systems etc.
Being in an interdisciplinary field, we collaborate
with scientists from diverse expertise to perform
experiments and solve problems.

Upon transition from mentee to mentor, I learned
maximally from my students. The students
who joined me surprisingly had common initial
apprehensions on the interdisciplinary nature of
research questions. Also, amusingly, my initial
high energy and enthusiasm was misconstrued as
being pushy, which now of course the very same
students and I laugh about. Further, creating a
space for young dynamic individuals where they
can share their ideas and making them believe
that anything is possible was a very slow process
but an incredible one that comes with the package
of being enthusiastic and work -oriented.

My suggestion to serious enthusiast is that
come and have a chat with me, lets discover
with our mutual discussion whether we are a fit
as a research team or not. Our research is not
trapped in formulas and equations but is free for
pursuit based on observations and validations