Biochemistry & Bioinformatics Lab
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
भारतीय सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, इलाहाबाद
Dr. Samanta's Research Group
Group Members
Mentor
Dr. Sintu Kumar Samanta (Mentor)
Associate 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)
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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
Mr. Sarfraz Anwar

Sarfraz received MSc in Bioinformatics from Allahabad University. He joined Dr. Samanta'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
Ms. Sreyanki Chandra

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

Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta
Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta
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Sachin received MS in Bioinformatics from Jeju International University, South Korea. He joined Dr. Samanta'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
Ms. Ananya Anurag Anand
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Ananya received MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology from MSRUAS. She joined Dr. Samanta's group in 2022. She is currently working on "Finding potent AMPs to overcome the drug-resistance in P. aeruginosa".

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

Current MTech Thesis Students
Mr. Kaushik Urkude
Mr. Kaushik Urkude

Kaushik received BTech in Biotechnology from Priyadarshini College of Engineering. He joined Dr. Samanta'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
Mr. Kshitiz K

Kshitiz received BTech in Biotechnology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. He joined Dr. Samanta'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
Mr. Sourav Maity

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

Current Project Assistant
Ms. Vidushi Yadav
Ms. Vidushi Yadav
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Vidushi received MSc in Bioinformatics from Banaras Hindu University. She joined Dr. Samanta'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 Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gautam
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gautam (SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2017-19)
Google Scholar ResearchGate
Past PhD Students
Dr. Anirudh Singh
Dr. Anirudh Singh (PhD awarded in 2023)
Google Scholar ResearchGate
Dr. M. Shivapriya Pingali
Dr. M. Shivapriya Pingali (PhD awarded in 2022)
Google Scholar ResearchGate
Dr. Arushi Verma
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
  Jayshaan Baibhav (Winter, 2023), IISER Berhampur
  Shivmuni Sarup (Winter, 2022), IIT INDORE
  Ms. Ananya Anurag Anand (Summer, 2022), M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, 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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