Group Members

Dr. Samanta's Research Group

Dr. Sintu Kumar Samanta (Mentor)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Sciences (Go to Department)
Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj (Go to IIIT-A Homepage)
Email: samantasintu@iiita.ac.in
Phone: +91-532-292-2426 (O), +91 9742183658 (M)
Google Scholar ResearchGate

Education

Ph.D. – Molecular Parasitology from IIT Kharagpur (2012)

M.Sc – Biotechnology from Bangalore University (2006)

Position held

Assistant Professor (March 2016–present): Dept. of Applied Sciences, IIIT Allahabad

Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow (March 2013- February, 2016): Dept. of MRDG, IISc, Bangalore

Research Associate (December 2012-February, 2013): Dept. of MRDG, IISc, Bangalore

Awards and Achievements

UGC-Dr. D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow by UGC, New Delhi, Govt. of India (2013)

Institute Scholarship at IIT Kharagpur by MHRD, New Delhi, Govt. of India (2010)

SRF in ICMR project (2009)

JRF in ICMR project (2009)

Qualified GATE in Life Sciences (2006)

National Scholarship by Govt. of West Bengal (1995)

Visiting Researcher

School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK (May-June, 2014)

Current PhD Students

Mr. Sarfraz Anwar

Sarfraz received MSc in Bioinformatics from Allahabad University. He joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2024. He is currently working on "Exploring potent applications of human gut-derived Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) in wound healing".

Ms. Sreyanki Chandra

Sreyanki received MSc in Biophysics from Kalyani University, West Bengal. She joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2024. She is currently working on "Exploring the dual role of AMPs in DNA-binding and membrane disruption for antibacterial activity".

Ms. Fiza Fatima

ResearchGate

Fiza received MSc in Biotechnology from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and sciences (SHUATS). She joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2023. She is currently working on "Identification of AMPs from soil metagenome against beta-lactamases in gram negative bacterial pathogens".

Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta

ResearchGate

Sachin received MS in Bioinformatics from Jeju International University, South Korea. He joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2023. He is currently working on "Identification of potential Antimicrobial Peptides targeting the global transcriptional regulator Amp4 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa".

Ms. Ananya Anurag Anand

Google Scholar ResearchGate

Ananya received MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology from MSRUAS. She joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2022. She is currently working on "Finding potent AMPs to overcome the drug-resistance in P. aeruginosa".

Mr. Ayush Amod

Google Scholar ResearchGate

Ayush received MTech in Bioinformatics from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad. He joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2021. He is currently working on "Advanced nanocarrier of C-dots and Cu NCs against bacterial biofilm in fections".

Current MTech Thesis Students

Mr. Rajat Kumar Mondal

Rajat received MSc in Bioinformatics from University of Pune. He joined Dr. Samanata's group as MTech thesis student (2023-24). His topic of MTech thesis is "ADPDB: A Comprehensive Knowledgebase of Manually Curated Peptides Against Dengue Virus".

Mr. Kaushik Urkude

Kaushik received BTech in Biotechnology from Priyadarshini College of Engineering. He joined Dr. Samanata's group as MTech thesis student (2023-24). His topic of MTech thesis is "In silico identification of short-length anti-inflammatory peptides: A machine learning approach".

Mr. Kshitiz K

Kshitiz received BTech in Biotechnology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. He joined Dr. Samanata's group as MTech thesis student (2024-25). His topic of MTech thesis is "Phylogenetic analysis of NDM1, a Class B1 metallo-beta-lactamase".

Mr. Sourav Maity

Sourav received BTech in Biotechnology from Adamas University. He joined Dr. Samanata's group as MTech thesis student (2024-25). His topic of MTech thesis is "Comparative Analysis of Algorithms Used for Peptide Structure Modelling".

Ms. Vidushi Yadav

Google Scholar ResearchGate

Vidushi received MSc in Bioinformatics from Banaras Hindu University. She joined Dr. Samanata's group in 2024. She is currently working on "Phylogenetic analysis of different Beta-lactamases and regulatory genes in a UP CST funded project".

Past PhD & Postdoctoral Students

Post Doctoral Fellow	PhD Students
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gautam (SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2017-19) Google Scholar ResearchGate	Dr. Anirudh Singh (PhD awarded in 2023) Google Scholar ResearchGate	Dr. M. Shivapriya Pingali (PhD awarded in 2022) Google Scholar ResearchGate	Dr. Arushi Verma (PhD awarded in 2021) ResearchGate

Past MTech Thesis Students

Name (Year)	Title of Thesis
Ms. Baishali Sarkar (2023)	Building a machine learning model for suggesting personalized treatment to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients
Mr. Yashwant Panchal (2022)	Finding potential natural inhibitors against biofilm infection of M. tuberculosis through molecular docking and simulation approaches
Mr. Akash Singh (2022)	In silico approaches to identify novel bioactive compounds to treat biofilm infection from M. tuberculosis
Mr. Druval Cr (2021)	Breast cancer detection using machine learning and comparative study among different machine learning methods
Ms. Uzini Devi Daimary (2019)	Synthesis of nano-carrier for delivery of fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) and study its anti-bacterial and anti-biofilm properties
Ms. Debjani Banerjee (2018)	Enhancing the antibiotic potency by using chitosan nanoparticles to combat bacterial biofilms
Ms. Aparajita Basu (2018)	Study the effect of magnesium oxide nanoparticles on the fidelity and yield of polymerase chain reaction
Ms. Anamika Jaiswal (2018)	Antimicrobial activity of CuNPs using green tea leaves extract for water purification
Mr. Shubham Saxena (2018)	Green synthesis of Iron oxide nanoparticles using Ocimum sanctum extract and its application as a Nano-adsorbent for Alizarin Red Sdye
Mr. Puneet Kumar (2018)	Study of bactericidal activity of medicinal plants in case of oral cancer
Mr. Ankit Porwal (2017)	Effect of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles on the Efficiency and Yield of PCR
Ms. Prerna Pant (2017)	Role of acetylation in multi-drug resistance of Mycobacteria

Past Internship Students

Mr. Sarfraz Anwar (Winter, 2023), Allahabad University, Prayagraj

Jayshaan Baibhav (Winter, 2022), IISER Berhampur

Shivmuni Sarup (Winter, 2022), IIT Indore

Ms. Ananya Anurag Anand (Summer, 2022), MSRUAS, Bengaluru

Ms. Geethu E G (Summer, 2021), MACFAST, Thiruvalla

Ms. Antara Dalal (Summer, 2021), Adamas University, Kolkata

Mr. Pranay Bose (Summer, 2021), KIIT, Bhubaneswar

Apoorv Kirti (Summer, 2021), KIIT, Bhubaneswar

Mr. Priyanshu Pandey (Winter, 2020), NIT Durgapur, West Bengal

Mr. Gaurav Augustine (Winter, 2020), SHUATS, Prayagraj

Ms. Nandini (Winter, 2020), Gargi College, Delhi University, New Delhi

Ms. Anam Tanveer (Summer, 2020), Integral University, Lucknow

Mr. Jagannath Padhy (Summer, 2020), Integral University, Lucknow

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