Dr. Akshara Kaginalkar is a Professor of Practice at Atria University, Bengaluru, engaged in interdisciplinary research at the Centre for Climate Change. Her focus areas include urban environment, weather, climate systems, energy, and environmental sustainability through high-performance computing and participatory science. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Kaginalkar previously served as Senior Director at C-DAC, a premier R&D institute…
Dr. Radha Shivaramaiah is an Assistant Professor in the School of Energy Sciences & eMobility at Atria University. Her work at AU lies at the intersection of sustainable materials, clean energy technologies, and circular economy. She has over a decade of academic and industrial research experience, her expertise includes inorganic synthesis, structure-property relationship, materials for electro catalysis & energy storage,…
Dr. Purnima Jalihal is a renowned ocean energy expert and former Head of the Energy and Fresh Water Group at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), India. She has led innovations in wave, marine current, and ocean thermal energy (OTEC), and played a key role in developing ocean thermal desalination. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Duke…
Dr. Homen Lahan is a Research Scientist at the Centre of Excellence in Battery Engineering, Atria University, where he focuses on advancing next-generation battery chemistries for practical applications. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Tezpur University, India, specializing in electrode materials for rechargeable aqueous aluminum-ion batteries. After completing his doctorate, he pursued postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of…
Dr. Kristi Kabyashree serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Atria University. She earned her Ph.D. from Tezpur University, Assam, and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi. Her academic and research interests lie in molecular biology, plant-microbe interactions, microbiology, and bacterial genetics. Dr. Kabyashree is particularly…
Dr. Saurabh Mahajan is an Associate Professor of Biology and heads the Atria Centre of Excellence in Life Sciences at Atria University. He holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. Dr. Mahajan’s work lies at the intersection of biology, data science, informatics, and computation, with a recent emphasis on omics technologies. His research…
Dr. Anand Ramani is the Program Director for eMobility at Atria University, bringing over 25 years of experience in the automotive, aerospace, engineering, and consulting sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech (1996). Early in his career, Dr. Ramani specialized in Structural Dynamics and Vibrations, Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH), and Finite Element Analysis. His later…
Dr. Asha Velayudhan Nair is an Associate Professor at Atria University specializing in antimicrobial resistance, drug delivery systems, and biofilm-mediated resistance. Her research focuses on multidrug efflux pumps and novel strategies to combat chronic infections. She earned her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Bristol, UK, funded by the prestigious Overseas Centenary Postgraduate Research Scholarship. She later held postdoctoral…
Dr. Balamurali G. S. is an Associate Professor at Atria University with expertise in microbiology, animal cognition, and evolutionary biology. His research explores how environmental changes, including climate change and anthropogenic stressors, affect animal decision-making and behavior, particularly in insect pollinators. After earning his Master’s in Microbiology, he gained industry experience before transitioning to academia at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. He completed…
Dr. Dheeraj D is a distinguished academic in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Data Analytics, Augmented Reality, and Computer Vision. With a Ph.D. in Biomedical Imaging from VTU, he has mentored over 80 students and held key roles at prominent institutions like PES Institute of Technology, Reva University, and Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. He has published over 30…