Profile: Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
S-26,Govind Bhawan
Indian Institutute of Technology Roorkee
Uttarakhand, India 247667
Mob: +91-9761239393(M)
Email: binodinitifr@gmail.com, nandapnt@iitr.ernet.in
Research Interests
Tissue
Engineering
and
Biomaterials
(Advanced
Nano-Biomaterials),
Pharmaceutical
nanotechnology, Bio-Nanotechnology, Nanowire based biosensors, Micro and Nanofluidics for
DNA analysis, Device fabrication at micro and Nano-level, Molecular imaging, Cancer
Nanotechnology, Nano-Biophysics, Protein structural Biology and Bioinformatics
Academic Background
2008-2010
M. Tech(Nanotechnology)
Centre of Nanotechnology, I.I.T 7.57(Up
Roorkee.
semester)
2004-2008
B. Tech (Biotechnology)
BPUT Orissa
7.59
2002
XII
CHSE Orissa
67%
2000
X
BSE Orissa
79.1%
to
3rd
Work Experience
Position
Junior Research Fellow
Organization
Tata
Institute
of
Fundamental
Research(TIFR), Mumbai, India
From
To
Feb-08
July-08
Job Description
Protein Expression, purification and Molecular Biology related works (Technique expertise:
PAGE, FPLC, Western blotting, Affinity chromatography)
Honors and Awards
1. Winner of Gitanjali Memorial Award (Cash Award) at School level.
2. Winner of Junior Research Fellowship of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Profile: Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
3. Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2007 with all India Rank 191
conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, Percentile: 98.24
4. Qualified consistently three times in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) from
2006 to 2008
5. Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India fellowship holder
during 2008-2010.
6. Five year student member of Indian Peptide Society (Dec 2007-Dec2012).
7. Member in student forum of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) cell of IIT Roorkee.
8. Entrepreneurship-Cell outreach member of IIT Kharagpur
9. Guest researcher cum faculty member of Bio-computing Division, Institute of Intelligent
Thoughts (IITS), Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar since March 2009
10. Selected among the 50 Indian post graduates of Indian universities to attend a “winter
workshop on cell and Developmental Biology” jointly organized by IIT Kanpur and TLL,
Singapore (Funded by DST, Govt. of India) (Postponed due to Terrorist attack at Bombay)
11. Selected to participate in “Indo-US Workshop on Micro-fluidics and fabrionics(Microfabrication) IUWMF 09” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Department of chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur ( Fully funded by Indo-US Science and
Technology forum)
12. Selected to participate in “2nd INUP Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies, (INUP:A
project of DIT, MCIT, Govt. of India at IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore)” held at IIT Bombay,
Mumbai.(Fully funded by INUP)
13.Selected to participate in “2nd International Winter school for Graduate students:IWSG
2009(Academic cum Hands on training on Nanoelectronics with emphasis on
silicon)”conducted by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN),USA and
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB),India at Center of Nanoelectronics(CEN),Department
of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay(Fully funded by INUP)
Training and Projects Undertaken
1. Project on "Isolation screening, biochemical characterization, pilot scale production and
partial purification of protease from soil bacteria" at Department of Industrial
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Biotechnology, Jain Institute of Vocational and Advanced Studies (JIVAS), Bangalore
2. Training on "Modern instrumental method for pharmaceutical analysis" at Center of
Environment, IST, JNTU, Hyderabad (Analysis of pharmaceutical samples by HPLC, GC,
GCMS, FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometer)
3. Summer internship on “Bioprocess engineering aspects of Biotechnology (Identification of
PHB producing bacteria from Sludge (sudha diary waste): an initial attempt for production
of biopolymers)” at Department of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra,
Ranchi
4. Summer internship on “Bioinformatics” at Bioinformatics centre (Centre of excellence in
structural Biology and Biocomputing), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
5. Project on “Modeling of “Molecular interaction of MAP Kinase protein of Leishmania
infantum” at biomedical informatics Centre, Rajendra Memorial Institute of Medical
Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna a constituent laboratory of Indian Council of Medical Research
(ICMR), India.
6. Project on “Nanofibers for novel tissue scaffold engineering and drug delivery applications”
at Center of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (On going)
Conferences symposia attended
1. Participated in two days workshop cum training program on “Inventing into future" at
University College of Engineering (UCE), Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad
2. Participated in 11th ADNAT Convention on "advances in structural Biology and structure
predication” held Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India
3. Participated in an international symposium on "chromosome to genome" held at Center for
Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India
4. Participated in “International workshop on physics on biology: A synergy “held at School of
Physics, University of Hyderabad (UOH), Hyderabad, India
5. Participated in an international conference on “Emerging Trends in Biological Sciences” at
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar, India (an
inaugural
talk by Prof. Richard Ernst Nobel Laureate, 1991, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
6. Participated in “11th Orissa Bigyan Congress, Indian Science Congress: Bhubaneswar
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Chapter” held at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar,
India
7. Participated in “Indo-US Workshop on Microfluidics and fabrionics (Microfabrication)
IUWMF 09” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of
Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
8. Participated in the workshop on “Emerging Opportunities in Enterpenureship” by CII in
Entrepreneurship Summit 2009, IIT Kharagpur
9. Participated in the workshop on “Innovations and Entrepreneurship in the Semiconductor
Industry” by INTEL in Entrepreneurship Summit 2009, IIT Kharagpur
10. Participated in the workshop on “Analytics in Banking and Credit Risk Management” by
Fractal Analytics in Entrepreneurship Summit 2009, IIT Kharagpur
11. Participated in an international conference on “Knowledge Sharing and IP Management
Evolving Strategies” in Asia Pacific (KIPASPA 2009)” held at IIT Roorkee, India
12. Participated in “2nd INUP Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies (INUP)” held at IIT
Bombay, Mumbai, India
13. Participated in “2nd IEEE International Workshop on Electron Devices and Semiconductor
Technology (IEDST 2009)” held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Papers presented in Conferences(oral)
1. Presented a paper on “Biomedical Imaging by Gold nanorod: A promise for tumor diagnosis
and detection” in Chandigarh Science Congress 2009(CHASCON 2009) held at Punjab
University, Chandigarh, India
2. Presented a paper on “Molecular Imaging” in IDEAZ, CELL-3 organized by Department of
Chemistry, IIT Roorkee during COGNIZANCE 2009 conducted by IIT Roorkee, India
Publications in International Journals and Conference proceedings:
1.Himansu Sekhar Nanda, R Jayaganthan, Narayan Chandra Mishra Novel nanofiber based
drug delivery system against Leshmaniasis(Writing under progress)
2.Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, Rajani Kanta Nahak, Lelin Patel, Prakash Chandra Naik, Himansu
Nanda, Sindhuprava Rana(2009) “Molecular modeling and ligand-protein interaction of Nprotein of Chandipura virus”(Communicated)
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3.Sindhuprava Rana, Lelin Patel, Rajani Kanta Nahak, Prakash Chandra Naik, Himansu Nanda,
Ganesh Chandra Sahoo " CHKGVAcPredB: A database of peptide vaccine design, functions &
mutations for Chikugunya virus "(Communicated)
Personal Information
Name
:
Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
Father’s Name
:
Mr. Pradipta Kumar Nanda
Mother’s name
:
Mrs. Binodini Nanda
Date of birth
:
1st May 1985
Nationality
:
Indian
Passport No
:
G3006931
Marital Status
:
Single
Hobbies
:
Net surfing and Listening music
Permanent address
Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
C/o-Mr. Pradipta Kumar Nanda
At/Po- Barada,Via- Balichandrapur
Dist- Jajpur, Orissa, Pin-754205
binodinitifr@gmail.com
Mob-+91-9761239393(M)
References
1. Dr Anil Kumar, Professor and Head, Center of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of
Technology
Roorkee,India,Email:anilkfcy@iitr.ernet.in, Phone: +91-01332-285799
2. Dr. Naveen Kumar Navani,Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Center of
Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,India, Email: navnifbs@iitr.ernet.in,
naveenbiochem@gmail.com ,Mobile: +91-9761473482
3. Dr Tashi Nautiyal,Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Center of
Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,India,Email:tashifph@iitr.ernet.in,
t.nauiyal@gmail.com,Phone: +91-01332-285755,Mobile: +91-9837347075
Profile: Mr. Himansu Sekhar Nanda
4.Dr K R Justin Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Center of
Nanotechnology,
Indian
Institute
of
Technology
and
Head,
Roorkee,India,
Email:
krjt8fcy@iitr.ernet.in ,Phone: +91-1332-285376
5.Dr
Ganesh
Chandra
Sahoo,Scientist
Department
of
Biomedical
Informatics,Rajendra Memorial institute of Medical Sciences(Indian Council of Medical
Research),Patna,India,Email: ganeshcs@icmr.org.in, ganeshiitkgp@gmail.com, Mobile: +919973935036