Academic Record

  • PhD, Statistical Genetics, University of Kiel, Germany (2015)

  • MSc, Life Science Informatics, University of Bonn, Germany (2012)

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Biotechnology, Panjab University, India (2009)


Professional Career

  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur (Jun 2019­ – present)

  • Senior Data Scientist, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Hyderabad, India (Jan 2019 ­­– Jun 2019)

  • Research Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Hyderabad, India (Aug 2018 – Dec 2018)

  • Scientist, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (Nov 2016 – July 2018)

  • Scientist, University of Kiel, Germany (Oct 2015 – Sept 2016)

  • Research Assistant, Helmholtz Research Center, Munich, Germany (Apr 2012 – Nov 2012)


Awards & Honours

  • Invited Editor, Human and Medical Genomics, Frontiers in Genetics (2021)

  • Returning Expert Award, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ; 2019)

  • DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (DST/INSPIRE/04/2018/00109; 2018 declined)

  • Invited Speaker, 48th Scientific Meeting, Italian Statistical Society, Salerno, Italy (2016)

  • Deutsche Krebshilfe Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016 -2018)

  • German Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-2016)

  • Visiting scientist, University of Liege, Belgium (2015)

  • Supervised RISE scholar, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 2014)

  • Undergraduate Scholarship, Panjab University, India (2005-2009)

  • 2nd Prize Academics (Class 12), GMSS School Sector-19C, Chandigarh (2005)