Gargi Prasad Saradadevi holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (2017-2023) from BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus, where her research focused on the epigenetic regulation of ribosomal RNA and genomic stability in Arabidopsis models. She subsequently worked at Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, Bengaluru (2023-2025), gaining experience in genome editing using CRISPR-Cas technology. At SKAN Research Trust, she has transitioned from plant models to neuroscience-oriented research. Her research applies molecular biology and genome editing approaches to understand Parkinson’s disease.

Moumita’s academic and research background is rooted in biomarker discovery and development for infectious diseases like Dengue at the School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata (2019-2025; registered with Jadavpur University). Her PhD research focused on the identification and evaluation of patient derived blood-based biomarkers for predicting dengue severity. She designed and executed a series of experiments integrating LCMS/MS–based proteomic analysis, followed by validation. Additionally, her work involved the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles to develop point-of-care immunoassay.

During her Post-PhD (Research intern) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, exploring the study of macrophage infiltration into pancreatic islets disrupts vital β-cell function through direct crosstalk, contributing to the progression of diabetes.

Currently at SKAN-RT, Moumita is currently investigating regional heterogeneity in Parkinson’s disease (PD) brains using postmortem tissue derived from the Indian population.

• Poster presentation at Annual Conference of Indian Immunology Society “IMMUNOCON-2024”
• Oral presentation at IEEE AMPHE 2020 Conference organized by Adamas University, Kolkata, India
• NIPER, Kolkata organized “Hands-on-training with a confocal microscope” (22-25 March 2022)
• 2^nd International online flow cytometry course on “Flow Cytometry and its applications in Biomedical Sciences” organized by Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC) (1-4 September 2021)

• Life membership of the Indian Immunology Society (IIS) (Membership No. LM/IIS/944/01/23)
• IMMUNOCON 2024 Travel Award
• Membership of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (in review)

Mr. Swapnil Patky has done master’s in microbiology and currently working as a research assistant at SKAN research with expertise in Microbiology and more than 2 years of experience in Bacteriophage Research.

• Gut Microbiome and Human Health

  Isolation and characterization of Pathogenic bacteria from patient samples.

• Bacteriophages and Phage-Based Therapeutics

  Isolation of bacteriophages Against aerobic as well as facultative anaerobic bacteria as targeted therapeutics.

• Clinical Microbiology and Bacterial Isolation

  Isolation and characterization of clinically relevant bacterial strains from patient samples, including anaerobic and fastidious organisms.

• Colon Model Studies for Gut Microbiome Modulation

  Microbial interactions, community dynamics, and targeted regulation of the gut microbiome are studied under controlled conditions using in vitro colon and gut simulation models.

• Capacity Building Workshop for Early Career Researcher-Level 1, Inspiring India in Research, Innovation and STEM Education (IRISE) IISER Pune & Department of Microbiology. SPPU, Pune (2024).
• Participated in 6th annual Dubai Virtual international conference on infectious diseases (2021).
• Participated in International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Microbiological Sciences & IPR” (ETMS-IPR–2019).

Parama Basu is a public health researcher currently serving as a Research Assistant at SKAN Research Trust, Bengaluru. She holds a Master of Public Health from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India, and is trained in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research.

Her work involves large-scale population-based studies, health systems research, and program monitoring and evaluation, with a focus on non-communicable diseases, mental health, maternal and child health, and injury epidemiology in low- and middle-income settings.

• Chronic disease epidemiology
• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Maternal and child health
• Health systems research
• Road safety and injury epidemiology

• Basu P, Raghuveer P, Ganjekar S, Rao GN. What Helps and What Hinders? A Qualitative Exploration of Perinatal Mental Health Screening in an Indian Metropolitan City.
• Basu P, Raghuveer P. Two Lives at Risk: Examining the association between Maternal NCD, Behavioral Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes from NFHS- 5.
• Basu P, Sukumar GM, Patel N, Pallavi M, Ranjith K, Anil Kumar P, et al. Variations and Associated Factors in Vehicular Speed Between Urban and Rural Roads: Findings from A Large-Scale Roadside Study in Bengaluru Metropolitan Region.
• Soota A, Shouche Y, B S Pradeep, K V Srikanth, Chandrachari K P, Sharma S V, Shankar P, Awasthi S, Negi B, Basu P, Gopi AP, Amritha S, Roy A, Roy D, Devyani A, Garady L. Toward 80-80-80: Hypertension Prevalence and Care Cascade Performance in the HASP Cohort Study, India.
• Giboy SL, Sukumar GM, Basu P, Pradeep BS, Rao GN, Amudhan S, et al. Prevalence, Pattern and Correlates of Suicidality among Youth in Kolar, India: A Secondary Data Analysis.
• Pradeep BS, Srijithesh PR, Sukumar GM, Arvind BA, Binu VS, Basu P, et al. Effectiveness of a district level Comprehensive Acute Stroke CAre moDEl (CASCADE) for management of acute stroke patients in Karnataka – A quasi experimental study.
• Pradeep B S, R Veeksha, Shenoy AB, Srividya B N, Mahalakshmi J S, Basu P, et al. Effectiveness of Internal Versus External Facilitators for the Life Skills Training and Counselling Services Programme (LSTCSP), Karnataka.
• Thakkar AN, Raghuveer P, Basu P, Madan I, Rao GN. Exploring Facilitators and Challenges in Collecting Mental Health Data: A Qualitative Study Among Frontline Health Workers in an Indian State.

• Basu P, Raghuveer P, Ganjekar S, Rao GN. What hinders or helps mental health screening for perinatal women? Insight from a qualitative exploration, IAWMH 2025.
• Basu P, Sukumar GM, Patel N, Pallavi M, Gururaj G, Bachani AM. Urban-Rural Differences in Vehicle Speeds- Results from A Large-Scale Roadside Study in Bengaluru Metropolitan Region, SAFETY 2024.
• Basu P, Raghuveer P. Adverse birth outcomes and its association with non-communicable diseases and behavioural risk factors among Indian women: a secondary analysis from National Family Health Survey- 5, IAPSMCON 2024.
• Madan I, Raghuveer P, Basu P. What determines decision-making among women? Insights from National Family Health Survey-5, IAPSMCON 2024.