March 4, 2015
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep Forward are pleased to announce the first* list of candidates selected for the prestigious Khorana Program for Scholars 2015.

Amrutha V. – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal


Anil Kiran Chokkalla – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Anupallavi Srinivasamani – Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Pune

Apurva Naresh Gajwani – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Debalina Datta – University of Hyderabad


Debayan De Bakshi – VIT University, Vellore

Dileep Kishore – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras


Harsha Gurnani – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Jaydeep Paul – National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar


Kalki Kukreja – Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi


Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore


Kaustav Bera – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur


Kshitij Agarwal – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur


Mona Manoj Katariya – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune


Nandhitha Thiruvannamalai Venkatesh – SASTRA University, Thanjavur


Natashia Sydney – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar


Naveen G. – Christian Medical College, Vellore


Navneet Singh – GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi


Priya Kalyani Chittur – Anna University, A.C. College of Technology Chennai


Rajasri Purama – National Institute of Technology, Warangal


Reshma Jamal – BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus


Ritu Roy Chowdhury – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali

Saakshi Parolia – Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Sahana Dinesh Rao – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Sanjana Ravindran – VIT University, Vellore
Saranya G. – R.V. College of Engineering, Karnataka
Shobhit Rahul Patoria – VIT University, Vellore
Shravanti Krishna S – Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

Shreya Gupta – Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Shreya Nahata – Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Sneha Gupta – National Institute of Technology, Raipur
Sruti Devendran – National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Vaibhav Dnyandev Phad – Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

Vaishali Balachandran – SASTRA University, Thanjavur
Vaishali Yadav – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Vikramjit Lahiri – St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta
*Note: This is the first list of Scholars under the Khorana Program for Scholars 2015. The second and final list of candidates would be announced by 9th March 2015.