Leadership & Team

Leadership

Co-Founders

Intro

PhD, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Post-Doctorate – European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBO-Marie Curie fellow)

Biophysics, crystallography, bio-materials, structure based macro-molecular design, protein biochemistry and computational biology

Tuhin Bhowmick

CEO & Director

Intro

MSc (Engg.) Research, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Dept. Gold medalist 2012- Best thesis. Forbes Asia 30-under-30 2016- Healthcare and science

Systems engineering, solid rocket propulsion, advanced manufacturing and technical management

Arun Chandru

CTO & Director

Our Team

Abhijit Das

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Abhijit Das

Abhijit is an Associate Research Scientist at Pandorum. He earned an MPharm degree from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata. Before joining Pandorum, Abhijit had been working with Pusan National University, South Korea as a Researcher – In vitro Drug Discovery.

Abhishek Haldar

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Abhishek Haldar

As the Head of Human Resources, Abhishek leads all aspects of Human Resource practices at Pandorum. Prior to Pandorum, he was working as a Consultant with Infosys on multiple change management projects to improve employee performance. Abhishek holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering.

Alka Bhat

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Alka Bhat

As a Research Scientist at Pandorum, Alka works on both experimental and computational areas. Alka earned a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from IGBMC Strasbourg, France where her focus area was setting up the platform and studying early-stage organoid development. Before joining Pandorum, she was last working with IGBMC Strasbourg as a Postdoc Fellow.

Arpita Jain

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Arpita Jain

Arpita is part of the Human Resources team at Pandorum. She earned an MBA from the Institute of Management Studies, DAVV University, Indore. Arpita works on various HR and administrative activities of the company.

Bharti Sangwan

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Bharti Sangwan

Bharti is an Assistant Research Scientist- Optometry at Pandorum. She did her graduation from MD University, Rohtak Haryana and Masters in Chemistry from Chaudhary Bansilal University, Haryana. Bharti has undergone training at LJ Eye Institute, Ambala and has experience of working with patients for over 3 years.

Geethika R

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Geethika R

Geethika is an Assistant Manager – Lab Operations at Pandorum. She earned an MSc. in Microbial Gene Technology from Madurai Kamaraj University. Before joining Pandorum, she had been working with Biofi as a Microbiologist. Geethika has expertise in Upstream processing in fermentation, In-house product efficiency testing, documentation, and Inventory management.

Imrankhan Pathan

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Imrankhan Pathan

Imran works as an Associate Research Scientist with Pandorum. He holds an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. Before joining Pandorum, Imran had been working with a biotech startup in Pune. His expertise is in development of allogenic stem cells & stem cell-derived products as regenerative medicine for wound care management.

Jyoti Rajput

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Jyoti Rajput

Jyoti Rajput is an Assistant Research Scientist- Optometry at Pandorum. She earned an M.Sc. in Optometry from Himalayan University and completed a Fellowship in optometry from Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), Delhi. She has experience of working with patients for over 5 years.

Karthik H S

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Karthik H S

Karthik is an Executive – Finance & Accounts in Pandorum. He earned an MCom degree from Tumkur University, Karnataka. Karthik works on various Finance & Accounts activities of the company.

M Krishnaraju

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M Krishnaraju

Krishna is a Research Associate at Pandorum USA, and working primarily at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Satish Nadig. He earned a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Dr. M.G.R. Educational & Research Institute, Chennai. Before joining Pandorum, Krishna had been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with University of Illinois, Chicago focusing on cell biology, immunology and virology.

Luisa Andrade da Silva

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Luisa Andrade da Silva

Luisa is a Research Associate at Pandorum USA and is working primarily at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University under the guidance of Dr. Satish Nadig. She earned a Ph.D. in Physiology focusing on Nanotechnology, Regenerative Medicine and Lung Physiology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before joining Pandorum, Luisa had been working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, USA.

Mehak Sapra

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Mehak Sapra

Mehak is a Research Scientist at Pandorum. She earned a Ph.D. in Immunology and Stem Cell Biology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, where her focus area was delineating the potential of human umbilical cord tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Before joining Pandorum, she had been associated with CSIR-IGIB as a Senior Project Associate.

Mohana Sundaram

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Mohana Sundaram

Mohana is an Associate Research Scientist in Pandorum. He earned a Ph.D in Biotechnology from Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru. His expertise include primary cell isolation, mammalian cell culture, generation of stem cell-based disease models and molecular biology techniques.

Monika Chouhan

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Monika Chouhan

Monika is working as a Clinical Coordinator at Pandorum, deputed at the SCEH, Delhi. She pursued a Certified Ophthalmic Paramedics (COP) course from SCEH after earning a BA degree from the University of Delhi.

Moyeez Alam

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Moyeez Alam

Moyeez works as an Assistant Research Scientist with Pandorum. He earned a BE in Biotechnology from BITS Pilani (Dubai campus). Before joining Pandorum, Moyeez had been working with IISc, Bangalore as a Research Associate. His work focused on developing novel biomaterial based microporous scaffolds.

Namit Dey

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Namit Dey

Namit, Associate Research Scientist, works on the Biomaterials platform at Pandorum, to facilitate functional tissue engineering. He holds a Master’s Degree from University of Delhi, and about to complete a PhD in Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University. Namit had earlier worked with DRDO INMAS, CSIR-IGIB and IIT-Guwahati in various research capacities.

Nisha P R

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Nisha P R

Research Scientist, involved in generation of 3D microtissues (single-component & multi-component) for studying hepatotoxicity, drug screening and disease modeling (NASH). Earlier, she worked at JNCASR Bangalore, wherein she was involved in design and development of artificial retinal prosthesis using optoelectronic polymer devices. Pursed MTech in Medical Nanotechnology from SASTRA University, Tamilnadu.

Parinita Agrawal

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Parinita Agrawal

Senior Research Scientist, involved in developing biosynthetic options for scarless healing of cornea and 3D-tissues for transplant. Parinita earned a Ph.D. in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. She has expertise in scaffold fabrication techniques, characterization and isolation of stem cells from human tissues.

Phani Kiran Karra

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Phani Kiran Karra

As the Director of Finance, Phani handles the operational and strategic finance aspects of the company and is actively involved in cross-functional collaborative projects at Pandorum. Phani is a Chartered and Cost Accountant and has extensive experience in high growth start-ups. Prior to Pandorum, Phani spearheaded the finance vertical at Dailyhunt, a unicorn in the vernacular content space.

Rachita Pattnaik

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Rachita Pattnaik

Rachita is an Associate Research Scientist in Pandorum. She earned an M.Sc. in Animal Biology and Biotechnology from University of Hyderabad. She brings valuable expertise in stem cell biology, molecular biology, and tissue engineering.

Rakesh Dey

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Rakesh Dey

Rakesh is Research Scientist at Pandorum, focusing primarily on Bioinformatics. Rakesh earned a Ph.D. from CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi, where he studied the role of miRNA and host transcriptome in HIV-1 positive individuals with the varied rate of disease progression. He had three and half years of postdoc experience from InStem, Bangalore before joining Pandorum.

Ranjith Viswanathan

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Ranjith Viswanathan

Ranjith is a Research Scientist at Pandorum. He earned a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, awarded jointly by EMBL and the University of Heidelberg. Before joining Pandorum, he had been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the University of Manchester, UK, where he managed a project on how local RNA compartmentalization in the cell controls human endothelial cell migration.

Ratnika Sharma

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Ratnika Sharma

Ranjith is an Associate Research Scientist at Pandorum. She earned a PhD in Biotechnology from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University at Delhi. Before joining Pandorum, she had been working as a Post Doctoral Researcher with the Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences.

Ravi Chandra

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Ravi Chandra

As Senior Manager – Finance & Accounts, Ravi handles day to day finance, accounts and compliances activities of Pandorum. Ravi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce with more than 15 years of experience in accounts, finance and audit with several companies across industries.

Rita Das Mahapatra

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Rita Das Mahapatra

Rita is a Research Scientist in the Biomaterials team at Pandorum. She earned a PhD in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Before joining Pandorum, she had been working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Florida, USA where her focus areas included development of tissue-mimicking hydrogels for various applications ranging from cancer treatment to nerve repair.

Ritu Raj

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Ritu Raj

Consultant, working closely with the Cellular Engineering team. Ritu Raj earned a PhD in Life Science from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. His previous experience includes the Erasmus Mundus fellowship at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and Research Scientist position at Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, Bangalore, India.

Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay

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Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay

Sabyasachi is an Associate Research Scientist at Pandorum, working in the Cellular Engineering team. He earned an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta. Sabyasachi had prior experience of working with other biotech startups as well as in academia.

Sarabjit Kumar

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Sarabjit Kumar

Sarabjit has been associated with Pandorum since 2018 as a Lab Assistant, looking into day-to-day functioning of the labs. He hails from Assam.

Sarath Babu Nukala

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Sarath Babu Nukala

Sarath is a Research Associate at Pandorum USA, and working primarily at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Satish Nadig. He earned a PhD in Biotechnology from University of Barcelona, Spain and in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Milan, Italy. Before joining Pandorum, Sarath had been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

Sekar Harikrishnan

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Sekar Harikrishnan

Hari is the Manager – Operations at Pandorum. He earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University, Perth, Australia and worked in multiple projects in Singapore and Australia on design and development of biomedical devices, Microfluidic for lab-on-a-chip systems, drug nano formulation technologies, etc. At Pandorum, Hari looks after the operations of the company including managing laboratories.

Soham Jagtap

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Soham Jagtap

Soham is an Associate Research Scientist in the Cellular Engineering team at Pandorum. He completed his PhD in Biophysics from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Earlier he worked with InStem, NIMHANS & NCBS in various research capacities.

Suvro Kanti Chowdhury

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Suvro Kanti Chowdhury

Suvro, a Research Scientist, works closely with the Biomaterials and Cornea team at Pandorum to cater to their scientific needs. His qualifications, B.E. (Biotechnology), M.Sc. (Regenerative Medicine), Fellowship (Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science) and prior experience in the Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering field makes him a self-motivated individual in the field of translational research.

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