SanjeevsLab

Lab Alumni (Ph.D.)

S. No.	Ph.D. Candidate	Ph.D. Thesis Title	Duration	Current Position
1	Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi	Exploring the selectivity of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) protein and its inhibitors towards therapeutic target for Cancer	2010 – 2014 Awarded: 19^th August, 2014	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
2	Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj	Structural insights into SrtA-LPXTG blockers and enhancement of microbial inhibition through beta-Cyclodextrin inclusion complex	2010 – 2014 Awarded: 24^th December, 2014	Professor, Bioinformatics Division, Department of Marine Biotechnology, AMET University, Chennai, India
3	Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy	Mechanistic insights into HIV-1 Integrase inhibition by strand transfer and LEDGF/p75 binding site inhibitors	2010 – 2014 Awarded: 24^th December, 2014	Assistant Professor, Bowie State University, USA
4	Dr. Suryanarayanan Venkatesan	Theoretical and experimental studies on Histone Acetyltransferases as epigenetic target for cancer therapy	2012 – 2018 Awarded: 1^st October, 2019	Senior Research Scientist, Bugworks Research India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India
5	Dr. Vijaya Prabhu Sitrarasu	Computational investigation of allosteric modulators for Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors against neurodegenerative diseases	2014 – 2019 Awarded: 22^nd January, 2023	Assistant Professor, PG & Research Department of Biotechnology
6	Dr. Umesh Panwar	Mechanistic insights of HIV-1 Integrase – Human LEDGF/p75 interaction and designing of therapeutics against viral infection	2015 – 2022 Awarded: 22^nd January, 2023	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
7	Dr. Anuraj Nayarisseri	Whole genome sequencing of biosurfactant producing bacteria using next generation sequencing	2015 – 2022 Awarded: 22^nd January, 2023	Principal Scientist, Eminent Biosciences, Indore, India
8	Dr. M. Aarthy	Theoretical studies to identify potential leads targeting the Oncoproteins of Human Papilloma virus	2015 – 2022 Awarded: 22^nd January, 2023	Research Associate III, ICMR – Vector Control Research Centre Field Station, Madurai, India
9	Dr. Ishwar Chandra	Theoretical and structural analysis on HIV attachment and protease inhibitors	2016 – 2023 Awarded: 29^th January, 2024	To be updated
10	Dr. Chirasmita Nayak	Systems biology and structural bioinformatics study on Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	2016 – 2024 Awarded: 24^th June, 2025	To be updated
11	Dr. Mohd. Aqueel Khan	Theoretical and experimental studies on HIV proteins to develop the novel therapeutic agents	since 2018 Awarded: To be updated	To be updated

S. No.	Post Doctoral Fellow	Project Title	Duration	Funding Agency	Status / Current Affiliation
1	Dr. S. Usha	Mechanistic and structural studies on Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) kinase enzyme through molecular modelling approaches	2015 – 2016	D. S. Kothari Fellowship	Assistant Professor, Bharathiar University
2	Dr. Krishna Kant Gupta	Centromere protein Q: An important drug target in stomach cancer	2019 – 2020	MHRD RUSA 2.0	Research Scientist, SASTRA University
3	Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj	Molecular identification of lead compounds that target lethal human diseases	2019 – 2022	MHRD RUSA 2.0	Professor, AMET University, Chennai
4	Dr. Venkatesh Arulalaperumal	Integrated bioinformatics analysis of key genes involved in germline stem cells maintenance by RNA-Seq of next generation sequencing	2019 – 2021	MHRD RUSA 2.0	CEO, Finoseq, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
5	Dr. Sana Khan	Identification of potent drug for life-threatening diseases	2023	DBT-BIC	Completed

M.Phil. / P.G. Dissertation

M.Phil. Dissertation

S. No.	Photo	Student Name	Dissertation Title	Awarded Date	University
1	SA	Shinyguruce A	Component Interaction MM/GBSA Analysis and Molecular Docking studies to find Multiple Binding targets of Hepatitis C Virus	26^th April, 2010	Alagappa University
2	CP	Chella Perumal P.	Exploring the selectivity of a ligand complex with CDK2/CDK1: A molecular modeling approach	28^th April, 2011	Alagappa University
3	GV	S. Gokila Vani	PPRID – Phage Protein Resource Information Database: A manually annotated phage protein database with sequence and structural information	17^th July, 2013	Alagappa University
4	MI	R. S. Monisha Ilakkia	Pharmacophore Modeling, 3D QSAR and Quantum Polarized Ligand Docking of HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors	17^th July, 2013	Alagappa University
5	BP	Bharathi Priya R.	Molecular Insights on SrtA-LPXTG binding mechanism through FEP calculation and Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Study for blocking transpeptide reaction in Streptococcus mutans	17^th July, 2014	Alagappa University
6	AM	Aarthy M.	Investigation on the interactions of PCAF Bromodomain with acetylated peptides as inhibitors	17^th July, 2015	Alagappa University
7	AR	Avinash R.	Discovery of potent inhibitors of Dengue Envelope protein through E-Pharmacophore Screening and Drug Repurposing Approach	14^th July, 2017	Alagappa University
8	MP	N. Madhana Priya	Identification of Potent Anti-Zika inhibitors for wild and mutant NS3 helicase domain through In silico approach	18^th July, 2018	Alagappa University
9	PS	S. Ponnumani	Comparative studies of Dengue Virus and Human Protein: Protein-Protein Interaction and Virtual Screening Approach	31^st July, 2019	Alagappa University

M.Sc. Dissertation

S. No.	Photo	Student Name	Dissertation Title	Awarded Date	University
1	DK	P. L. Dinesh Kumar	Active site comparison of CDK Protein and Inhibitory activity analysis of all CDK Inhibitors against CDK4	26^th April, 2010	Alagappa University
2	VR	R. Venkat Raghavan	Pharmacophore Based 3D-QSAR Model Building on Diverged Set of Cyclin Dependent Kinase-6 Inhibitors	26^th April, 2010	Alagappa University
3	NG	Nithya G.	Comparative Analysis, Molecular Docking and Component Interaction Studies on HIV & HTLV Protease and Its Inhibitors	26^th April, 2010	Alagappa University
4	VM	Vallikannu M. A.	Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking and MM-GBSA Studies on Indenopyrazole Series of CDK2 Inhibitors	27^th April, 2010	University of Madras
5	PK	K. Poongodi	Pharmacophore based screening of norA inhibitors for homology modeled multidrug resistant efflux pump transporter in Staphylococcus aureus	27^th April, 2011	Alagappa University
6	VM	M. Viji	Docking-Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area Screening of Oxindole Derivatives of CDK2 and CDK1 Inhibitor	27^th April, 2011	Alagappa University
7	MI	R. S. Monisha Ilakkia	3D-QSAR and Molecular Docking Studies on HIV-1 Integrase Using Madurahydroxylactone derivatives	27^th April, 2011	Alagappa University
8	VS	Venkatesh S.	Molecular modelling studies on Rhodanine, Pyridazinone, Pyrazolethione libraries targeting Sortase-A inhibition in Bacillus anthracis: 3D QSAR Approach	24^th April, 2012	Alagappa University
9	NG	G. Nagalakshmi	Discovery and Mechanistic Insights of New Potent RAGE Inhibitors: A Molecular Modeling Approach	25^th April, 2013	Alagappa University
10	ES	S. Elakkiya	Binding Mode of N-&-N, a Potent and Selective Inhibitor of the Cyclin-dependent kinase 2: Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Analysis	30^th April, 2014	Alagappa University
11	DS	Deepika S.	E-Pharmacophore Based Screening to Identify Dual Negative Allosteric Modulator for Group-1 mGluR Family	28^th April, 2016	Alagappa University
12	KA	Kasthuri A.	Binding Mode Prediction of PCAF BRD inhibitors through Atomic Charge Calculation and Molecular Docking Approach	28^th April, 2016	Alagappa University
13	PR	Ponnazhagu R.	Discovery of the Potent Inhibitors of Human Papillomavirus: A Molecular Modelling Approach	28^th April, 2016	Alagappa University
14	TS	K. Thamarai Selvi	Computational Studies on Acylhydrazines, Hydrazines and Diazenes derivatives as IN inhibitors	28^th April, 2016	Alagappa University
15	AF	R. Aashiha Fathima	In silico analysis for the prediction of inhibitors for Human papillomavirus	28^th April, 2017	Alagappa University
16	PS	S. Ponnumani	In silico analysis of Interaction between Flaviviruses with IgG and FcγR (1T83)	28^th April, 2017	Alagappa University
17	KS	S. Karthika	Identification of potent inhibitors for Zika NS3 helicase using combined virtual screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations studies	27^th April, 2018	Alagappa University
18	SS	S. Sasi Sclarlin	Identification of potent inhibitors for viral protein NS3 helicase domain of Dengue virus through in silico approach	27^th April, 2018	Alagappa University
19	AR	R. Abhirami	An insight into the dynamic behavior of wild and mutant NS3 helicase of ZIKV to combat drug resistance: A Drug Repurposing Approach	9^th May, 2019	Alagappa University
20	KK	K. Kaviya	Identification of anti-HIV inhibitor to impede the interaction between Integrase & LEDGF/p75: An in silico approach	9^th May, 2019	Alagappa University
21	KP	P. Kalishvaran	Identification of potent inhibitor targeting EBNA1 as a therapeutic intervention against EBV associated cancer: An in silico approach	April, 2019	Bishop Heber College (Bharathidasan University)
22	AP	M. Arun Pravin	Molecular Level Protein-Protein Interaction Studies between Dengue Virus and Human, Focusing the Inhibitors Blocking NS1 Binding with RPL1	29^th June, 2020	Alagappa University
23	BR	R. Banu	Blocking the interaction of Virus-host interaction and interpretation on the conformational analysis of different cleavage site of CHIKV	29^th June, 2020	Alagappa University
24	KN	KT. Nachammai	Exploring the Protein-Protein interactions of Dengue E-protein and Human MBR for finding Mosquito salivary protein based peptides and phytocompounds as Potential Inhibitors	30^th April, 2021	Alagappa University
25	SR	R. Srinithi	Exploring the membrane integration of DENV capsid protein for understanding its molecular insights and encoding phytocompounds as DENV inhibitors	30^th April, 2021	Alagappa University
26	AA	A. C. Aruna	Computational Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions of TasA-TapA and TasA-CalY in biofilm formation by Bacillus cereus – from structure prediction to dynamics study	15^th June, 2022	Alagappa University
27	RS	S. Ramya	Molecular Insights on Spike-ACE2 Interaction of Various Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in exploring Tinospora cordifolia Compounds as COVID-19 Inhibitors	15^th June, 2022	Alagappa University
28	SR	R. Selvakumari	Identification of potent inhibitor to impede the Protein-Protein interactions of HIV-1 Tat and Human UHRF1 Ring domain to reverse the HIV-1 Latency	15^th June, 2022	Alagappa University
29	AG	G. Abi	In silico identification of small molecule for disruption of HTLV-1 HBZ – Human CREB1 protein–protein interaction interface for Cancer therapy	7^th May, 2024	Alagappa University
30	VK	K. Viknesh	Building an Atom-Based 3D QSAR Model and identify the targets of 5-substituted Thiazolyl Ureas and 6-substituted Imidazopyridines to eradicate HIV-1 latency	7^th May, 2024	Alagappa University
31	SK	S. Surendar Kumar	Investigating VmlR-Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacillus Species: Differential Analysis of wild and mutant type using Molecular Modeling and MD Simulation for identifying potential inhibitors	28^th March, 2024	Bishop Heber College (Bharathidasan University)
32	SL	L. Santhoshini	Structural Insights into Conformational Stability of Nelumbo nucifera Phytochemicals as Potential Multitargeted Inhibitor against COVID-19	7^th May, 2024	Alagappa University
33	AS	Alan Syed Muhammed S.	In silico identification of small molecules for the disruption of CHIKV nsP3 and nsP4 protein-protein interaction interface with Human HSP90β for antiviral development	1^st August, 2024	University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
34	RR	R. Roshini	In silico identification of Biomarkers for Cervical cancer	March, 2025	Bishop Heber College (Bharathidasan University)
35	RD	Ruba Devi S.	Transcriptome-Driven Machine Learning Framework for Identification of Key Genes in Dengue Severity	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
36	NA	Nishant A.	Dual-Focus computational study on FASN Inhibition and NS5 protein Interactions in Dengue Virus Lifecycle Interruption	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
37	PR	Pavithira R.	Harnessing Bioinformatics to Disrupt Bacillus cereus Biofilm-Induced NF-κB Signaling: A Novel Pathway to Gastric Cancer Prevention	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
38	SS	Saranya S.	Phytocompound-Mediated Inhibition of Efflux Pumps and Biofilm Formation in Bacillus cereus: A Computational Study Using Protein-Protein Interactions	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
39	PP	P. Parkavi	In silico structure evaluation of HTLV-1 gp46 and its association with viral entry mechanism through host-pathogen interaction analysis	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
40	SS	Susmitha S.	Identification of compounds from Eucalyptus camaldulensis with in silico binding potential against HTLV-1 and human host proteins involved in viral pathogenesis of ATL	15^th May, 2025	Alagappa University
41	DB	Dhiloshini Begam K.	Probing Environmental control of TasA Amyloid Plasticity and Inhibitor Susceptibility in Bacillus cereus Biofilms: In silico and in vitro Insights	11^th May, 2026	Alagappa University
42	FJ	K. Fathima Johara	Computational Reconstruction of the HTLV-1 Tax-PTEFb Complex Coupled with MD Simulations Reveals Hidden Conformational States of CDK9	11^th May, 2026	Alagappa University
43	HP	Hemalatha P. N.	Computational Analysis on the Structural and Functional Impact of HPV35 E6 Point Mutation	11^th May, 2026	Alagappa University
44	HM	Hariharan M.	Structural and Dynamic Insights into Peptidomimetic Inhibition of the Dengue Virus 2 NS2B/NS3 Protease	11^th May, 2026	Alagappa University
45	IM	Ilakkiya M.	Identification of nsP3 Tubular folds and sgRNA interaction in Chikungunya virus to Target the Viral Capsid assembly	11^th May, 2026	Alagappa University

LAB MEMBERS

Current Lab Members

Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Singh

Dr. Rohit Karn

Mrs. R. Abhirami

Mr. M. Arun Pravin

Mr. Sushil Kumar

Mrs. O. Rudhra

Ms. Anushka Bhrdwaj

Ms. G. Rubha Shri

Mrs. Khushboo Sharma

Mrs. Arshiya Khan

Mrs. S. Priyadharshini

Lab Alumni (Ph.D.)

Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi

Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj

Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy

Dr. Suryanarayanan Venkatesan

Dr. Vijaya Prabhu Sitrarasu

Dr. Umesh Panwar

Dr. Anuraj Nayarisseri

Dr. M. Aarthy

Dr. Ishwar Chandra

Dr. Chirasmita Nayak

Dr. Mohd. Aqueel Khan

Lab Alumni (Post Doctoral Fellows)

Dr. S. Usha

Dr. Krishna Kant Gupta

Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj

Dr. Venkatesh Arulalaperumal

Dr. Sana Khan

M.Phil. / P.G. Dissertation

M.Phil. Dissertation

Shinyguruce A

Chella Perumal P.

S. Gokila Vani

R. S. Monisha Ilakkia

Bharathi Priya R.

Aarthy M.

Avinash R.

N. Madhana Priya

S. Ponnumani

M.Sc. Dissertation

P. L. Dinesh Kumar

R. Venkat Raghavan

Nithya G.

Vallikannu M. A.

K. Poongodi

M. Viji

R. S. Monisha Ilakkia

Venkatesh S.

G. Nagalakshmi

S. Elakkiya

Deepika S.

Kasthuri A.

Ponnazhagu R.

K. Thamarai Selvi

R. Aashiha Fathima

S. Ponnumani

S. Karthika

S. Sasi Sclarlin

R. Abhirami

K. Kaviya

P. Kalishvaran

M. Arun Pravin

R. Banu

KT. Nachammai

R. Srinithi

A. C. Aruna

S. Ramya

R. Selvakumari

G. Abi

K. Viknesh

S. Surendar Kumar

L. Santhoshini

Alan Syed Muhammed S.

R. Roshini

Ruba Devi S.

Nishant A.

Pavithira R.