
Avijit Banik
Associate Professor, Biotechnology, GSS , VSP
Education
Ph. D.Email ID
Education
Ph. D.About
Dr. Avijit Banik is a Cognitive Neuroscientist with specialization in the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Dr. Avijit obtained his Ph.D. from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2014 and then went on to receive his post-doctoral trainings, from National University of Singapore and Emory University, Atlanta for 6.5 years.The key research question Dr. Avijit is addressing on how neuroinflammatory pathways influence the AD pathology and whether targeting one of those can reduce the associated pathophysiological burden of the disease. Worth mentioning, his preliminary findings in animal studies have led to the approval of a NIH funded pre-clinical trials for his supervisor at Emory to test one of the candidate drugs targeting Alzheimer’s and Epilepsy in larger animals. Dr. Avijit is well versed with molecular genetics, cellular, biochemical and pharmacological assays associated with drug discovery program, and is an expert in behavioural neuroscience.
Dr. Avijit has always been an inspirational trainer and team leader for his fellow colleagues and junior students in the lab. His postdoctoral employer at Department of Pharmacology at Emory University nominated him as a “COVID-19 Lab Hero” for sustaining essential research works during pandemic. He has more than 25 peer-reviewed publications on his name and is a fine blogger addressing different science and social causes. One of his articles was recently recognized as a top 50 ideas for Ideathon - 'Vision 2040' an initiative by the Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP 2020) Secretariat jointly with the Science Policy Forum and Office of PSA to the Govt of India. He was also actively involved in the formulation of current STIP2020 being an active Leadership Team member of an US based non-profit organization, Science and Research Opportunities in India (www.sciroi.net) enabling Indian STEM diaspora to transition back to India.
Education
Degree Name | Institute & College name | Year of Graduation/Award |
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Ph.D. | 2014 | |
M.Sc. | Dayananda Sagar Institute | 2005 |
B.Sc. | East West College | 2003 |
Experience
Designation | Organization | From Date | To Date |
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PostDoctoral Fellow | Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta GA USA | 28-08-2017 | 31-12-2021 |
Post Doctoral Fellow | National University of Singapore Singapore | 02-11-2015 | 31-07-2017 |
Senior Demonstrator | PGIMER Chandigarh | 04-08-2014 | 08-10-2015 |
Senior Research Fellow | PGIMER Chandigarh | 15-09-2007 | 31-12-2008 |
Research Officer | Sri Raghavendra Biotechnologies P. Ltd. Bangalore | 01-08-2005 | 12-09-2007 |
Awards
Award name | Award Organization | Awarded year |
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Ideathon Vision 2040 | Science Technology and Innovation Policy STIP Secretariat. Office of PSA. Govt of India | 2021 |
COVID19 Lab Hero | Dept. of Pharmacology. School of Medecine. Emory University. Atlanta. USA | 2020 |
Best Poster Award | Center for Neuroscience Initiative Retreat. Auburn University. USA | 2020 |
Best Logo Award | Dept. of Pharmacology. School of Medicine. Emory University. Atlanta. USA | 2019 |
Internship Award | Office of Technology Transfer. Emory Universit. Atlanta. USA | 2019 |
Travel Award for International Society for Neurochemistry ISN Meeting. Cairns Aus.tralia | ICMR Delhi | 2015 |
Travel Award for 9th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience Rio de Janeiro Brazil. | International Brain Research Organization | 2015 |
Quality Control of India QCI Award to our Team at NRL. PGIMER Chandigarh | Quality Control of India. Delhi | 2014 |
Travel Award for Society for Neuroscience conference at San Diego USA. | DBT Delhi | 2013 |
Senior Research Fellowship | ICMR Delhi | 2010 |
Best Essay Award | SOCIETY FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE TISSUE ENGINEERING National conference STEM2005. | 2005 |