Dr. Pronama Biswas

Assistant Professor

Dr. Pronama Biswas is an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, and Co-Head of the SynTech Bio Solutions Research Lab. Her research integrates molecular genetics, cancer biology, nanomedicine, and computational biology, with a particular focus on QSAR-guided drug discovery, synergistic nanoparticle delivery, and bio-nanotechnology for therapeutic innovation. She has successfully led projects on green protein extraction, plant extract-loaded nanomedicines, and portable electrospinning devices for wound healing.

Dr. Biswas earned her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from IIT Madras under Prof. Rama S. Verma, where she discovered novel nitric oxide–mediated mechanisms in Fanconi anaemia, linking nitrosative stress, autophagy dysregulation, and cancer predisposition. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to cutting-edge computational and experimental studies on cancer targets, neuroinflammation, and host–parasite interactions. She also holds patents in genetic data encoding and green protein extraction technologies. Alongside her research, she is a passionate educator and mentor, training undergraduate and postgraduate students in advanced genetics and molecular biology.

Qualification - PhD (Molecular Biology and Genetics)

Area of Expertise - Computational drug discovery, nanomedicine, and translational genetics.

Research Interests at DSU - Dr. Pronama Biswas is focused on translational biomedical research integrating molecular genetics, nanomedicine, and computational biology. Her primary interests include:

• Computational drug discovery using QSAR, docking, and multi-ligand strategies for cancer and parasitic targets
• Targeted nanoparticle delivery systems with dual plant extract–loaded PEG-PLGA nanoparticles
• Green biomolecule recovery through high-voltage electric discharge (HVED)
• Biomedical nanomaterials, including quantum dots and electrospun nanofibres for cancer theranostics and wound healing
• Point-of-care innovations such as portable electrospinning and biosensing devices

Awards and Recognitions

• Best paper award in the IEEE International Conference on Innovation in Computing and Engineering (ICE2025) held at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi.
• Best paper award in the IEEE Advances in Modern Age Technologies for Health and Engineering Science (AMATHE 2025) held at PESITM, Shivmoga.
• Qualified GATE with AIR 437 in 2016 and CSIR NET (LS) 2014- AIR 31.
• Awarded the Jagannath Mandal Cash Prize- 2015, University of Calcutta.
• Awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2014) by Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy New Delhi, The National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad

LinkedIN profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-pronama-biswas-46b268b7

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ufn1FhYAAAAJ&hl=en