About Me

sayoni

I am Sayoni Maiti, a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India. Having developed a keen interest in mathematics since my school days, yet wanting to take up challenging problems in biology, I have embarked on a voyage to decipher the mysterious interface between type 2 diabetes and cancer biology by implementing a combination of experimental and mathematical approaches.

My Profile

Academics

I have completed B.Tech. in Biotechnology (2016 – 2020) from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India. Currently, I am pursuing PhD at Indian Institute of Science, under Interdisciplinary Programme of Mathematical Sciences, IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI)

Broad research areas

  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Cancer biology
  • Mathematical modeling

PhD Advisor information

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Annapoorni Rangarajan, Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics (DBG), IISc, Bengaluru, India.

Co-supervisor:

Dr. K. V. Venkatesh, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India

Teaching experience and scope:

  • Class 8, Physics, ICSE board
  • Class 9, Physics, ICSE board
  • B.Tech. undergraduate students, Numerical methods for engineers, IIT Madras, NPTEL
  • Resident doctors, Department of Oncology, MS Ramaiah Memorial Hospital (Ongoing)
  • B.Pharm undergraduate students, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (Ongoing)
  • B.Sc and M.Sc undergraduate students, Department of Biochemistry, Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Ongoing)

Awards and scholarships

  • Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship [May 2021 – Present]
  • Best out-going student award certificate (Department of Biotechnology), VIT Vellore [2016 – 2020]
  • The Mrs. Usha Mukunda Rao Merit Scholarship Award: German language [2020]
  • VITEEE Scholarship [2016 – 2020]