Team – Sivaprakash Ramalingam Lab at CSIR-IGIB

Our People

We have a team of dedicated researchers who are working on cutting edge research in the field of genome engineering.

Dr. Sivaprakash Ramalingam

Principal Investigator

Dr. Sivaprakash Ramalingam obtained his PhD from the University of Madras. He received his Post-doctoral training in genome-editing at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. He was a recipient of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) Post-doctoral Fellowship and worked at JHU. He served as a Principal Scientist at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, before joining the BSBE department at IIT Kanpur.

Mehwish Nafiz

PhD Student

Mehwish completed her undergraduate studies in Biotechnology from the Central University of Kashmir and post-graduation from the Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia. She worked as a junior research fellow at Jamia Millia Islamia, with her project focused on the innate immune response during HCV infection. She joined Dr. Siva’s lab as a Ph.D. student in August 2022. In her free time, she likes to read fiction and watch movies.

Vinodh Sarvanakumar

Project Associate

Vinodh joined the lab as a trainee in November 2021 and was appointed as Project associate 1 in April 2022. He completed his graduation in Biotechnology (B. Tech) at PSG College of Technology, Anna University in July 2021. His research interests are cancer biology and Neuroscience (Alzheimer’s disease). In his free time, I like to play cricket, follow tennis and listen to music

Aditya Ramdas Iyer

PhD student

Aditya joined Dr. Siva’s lab as a dissertation student in January 2021 and was then appointed as a project associate in August 2021. He finished his B. Tech and M. Tech in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida in 2021. His interest lies in adoptive CAR-T cell therapy. He is currently working on developing an allogenic model to treat blood cancers using CRISPR and iPSCs. When free, he enjoys visiting the mountains and play musical instruments.

Shriram

PhD Student

I graduated with a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from MSU Baroda in 2023. Following that, he worked at the Serum Institute of India, Pune, in the domain of viral vaccine production and R&D. I joined Dr. Siva’s lab in August 2025. My interest lies in engineering T cells to design immunotherapy. During my free time, I enjoy exploring new things and travelling.

Harsha

Project Associate

I completed my graduation and Post-graduation in biological sciences from IISER Berhampur in 2024 (BS MS). My research interests are post-translational changes and their effects in pathophysiology. I enjoy watching movies in my free time.