Regenerative Medicine (PDF)

Dr. Nishant Chakravorty leads the Regenerative Medicine lab as a faculty member at the School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India). He has earlier served as a Clinical Specialist with Philips India Ltd (2014-2015). Dr. Chakravorty is a physician-scientist by training (MBBS, Masters in Med. Sci. & Tech.) with a PhD from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia (2014). His research interests involve utilization of the concepts of cellular and molecular biology, biomaterials and tissue engineering to study human pathophysiological conditions. He has several international research publications, book chapters, and conference presentations to his credit. He is an Editorial Board member of the journal Molecular Biology Reports and also serves as a reviewer for several international journals. Dr. Chakravorty is a selected Member of India's one and only young science academy, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) and is an elected Member of Royal Society of Biology, UK. He is also the recipient of several awards notably, Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award - Executive Dean's Commendation Award for 2014 (Science and Engineering Faculty, QUT, Australia) and Institute Silver Medal, (IIT Kharagpur-2010). He is a Life Member of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Bengal Society of Haematology (BSH), India and Eastern Haematology Group, India.



Dr Praphulla Chandra Shukla is a faculty of School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur. He was earlier associated with Charite¿ Medical University Berlin, Germany (2014-2016), BITS Pilani, India (2012-2014), Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University, Boston (2011-2012) and University of Toronto (2006-2011). His research interests are myocardial damage and regeneration, endothelial cells transformation, atherosclerosis, cardiomyocyte cell cycle and epigenetics. He has been selected for various fellowships and been the