We are currently looking for:

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow: The Bio-INvENT Lab at Siddaganga Institute of Technology is looking for motivated researchers with PhD/MS/MD degree for a postdoctoral position through DBT's Research Associateship Program (DBT-RA) in the areas of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (http://ra.dbtindia.gov.in). Potential postdocs will work on any one of the following projects: (i) Unravelling the pathophysiology of genetic disorders of cornea; (ii) Non-genetic engineering of mesenchymal stem cells for targeted cancer treatment; (iii) Study of the interaction between adoptively transferred T-cells and glioblastoma cancer stem cells for immunotherapy.

The first project is in collaboration with Indiana University, Bloomington (USA), the second project is in collaboration with BARC, Mumbai and the third is in collaboration with NIMHANS, Bangalore.

If any of the projects interests you, please email me your latest CV and a brief statement of research interest to: sudhirh@sit.ac.in (or) sudhirhr.sit@gmail.com. Since the application process is rigorous and needs time to formulate, I appreciate if you could contact me with your willingness to apply before 31 August 2021.


  1. PhD Students: We offer PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology or Nanotechnology under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, Karnataka. If you have qualified (i) GATE or CSIR-NET or UGC-NET or SLET; or (ii) VTU-Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) and eager to perform cutting-edge research in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery, biomaterials, biosensing, stem cell bioengineering, cancer biology and therapy, or regenerative medicine, please email your detailed CV to sudhirh@sit.ac.in. Currently, we are looking for two PhD candidates in any of the above disciplines.


  1. MS students: We offer MS by research in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology or Nanotechnology under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, Karnataka. If you have qualified (i) GATE or CSIR-NET or UGC-NET or SLET; or (ii) VTU-Eligibility Test for Research (VTU-ETR) and eager to perform cutting-edge research in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery, biomaterials, biosensing, stem cell bioengineering, cancer biology and therapy, or regenerative medicine, please email your detailed CV to sudhirh@sit.ac.in. Currently, we are looking for two MS candidates in any of the above disciplines.


  1. Research interns: We offer limited research internship positions to students from various backgrounds (BSc, BE, BPharm, MSc, MTech, MPharm, etc) in the domain of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Pharmacology, and pure sciences. If interested, please email your CV and a brief statement of research interest to sudhirh@sit.ac.in.


  1. Undergraduate research interns: Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology undergraduates students interested to explore the wonders of research, can email about their interest to sudhirh@sit.ac.in. BE students of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from SIT are highly encouraged to apply.