PARAMPREET KOUR

Meticulous research fellow seeking to leverage acquired academic knowledge and to effectively fill your fellowship position. A dedicated student aiming to work in a pragmatic way at your institution where I can show my talent and enhance my skills to meet research goals and objective with full integrity and zest and gain exposure to upcoming technologies while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.

• Qualified GATE exam in Biotechnology (89%)
• B.Tech Biotechnology Batch Gold medalist
• Received University Scholarship for being the biotechnology batch topper
• Awarded with a trophy and certificate of excellence for being distinction holder in class X and class XII
• Best speaker certification in various debates and seminars

• Dr.Pulkit Rastogi, Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, drpulkitrastogi@gmail.com
• Dr. Debaraj Mukherjee, Principal Scientist, National Product & Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR IIIM Jammu, Bose Institute Kolkata, Department of Chemistry, dmukherjee@iiim.res.in, debaraj@jcbose.ac.in
• Dr. Kuljit Singh, Scientist, Infectious Diseases Division, singh.kuljit@iiim.res.in
• Dr. Siddharth Sharma, Associate Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, siddharthsharma.phd@thapar.edu
• Dr. Amit Seth, Associate Professor, Shoolini University of Biotechnology & Management Sciences, amitseth@shooliniuniversity.com

• Active participant in various debate programs
• State level kho-kho player for Jammu & Kashmir
• Part of the cultural committee of NABARD sponsored Third national conference
• Fundraising activities participation
• Twice led our team in Sprint as a team leader

• Worked as JRF at CSIR - IIIM, on Project ebtitled "Evaluation and mechanistic studies of N-glycosylated (3,3' - Diindolylmethane derivatives against Leishmania donovani " under the guidance and co-guidance of Dr. Kuljit Singh and Dr. Debaraj Mukherjee.
• Functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), One year MTech project on 'Identification and characterization of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the destruction complex of Wnt signaling pathway involved in lung carcinogenesis' using a molecular dynamics approach, under the guidance of Dr. Siddharth Sharma
• Adhesion capability of PUF, Dissertation on 'Determination of adhesion capability of PUF for Rhodococcus pyridinivorans NIT-36' to remediate toxic nitrile compounds, under the guidance of Dr. Amit Seth
• Research Training, Undergone 1 month research training at IIIM (Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine), Kashmir and worked on 'Cloning of MADS-BOX gene from Crocus sativus'.
• Biosensor lab, Report on the biosensor lab and the equipment being used under the guidance of Dr. Ankur Raushal

• Parampreet Kour, Nedhi Kumari, Naveen Kaushal, Tanvi Sharma, Shano Naseem, Jogeshwar Binota, Manupdesh Singh Sachdeva, Arihant Jain, Manish Rohilla, Reena Das, Pankaj Malhotra, Pulkit Rastogi. Standardized Culture of Skin Fibroblasts from Punch Biopsies for Germline DNA isolation in Myeloid Malignancies. Bioprotocol (Aug 2025).
• Parampreet Kour, Pallavi Saha, Srija Bhattacharya, Diksha Kumari, Abhipsa Debnath, Amit Roy, Deepak K Sharma, Debaraj Mukherjee and Kuljit Singh. Design, Synthesis and Biological evaluation of 3,3'-Diindolylmethane N-linked glycoconjugate as Leishmanial Topoisomerase IB Inhibitor with reduced cytotoxicity. RSC Medicinal Chemistry (30Aug 2023).
• Parampreet Kour, Pallavi Saha, Deepak K. Sharma, Kuljit Singh. DNA topoisomerases as a drug target in Leishmaniasis: Structural and mechanistic insights. (22 Nov, 2023).
• Diksha Kumari, Parampreet Kour, Chetan Paul Singh, Rinku Choudhary, Syed Mudassir Ali, Sagar Bhayye, Yogesh P. Bharitkar, Kuljit Singh. Anhydroparthenin as a dual-target inhibitor against Sterol C-24 methyltransferase and Sterol 14 alpha demethylase of Leishmania donovani: A comprehensive in vitro and in silico study. (1May 2024)
• Boobalan Gopu, Parampreet Kour, Ramajayan Pandiann, Kuljit Singh. Insight into the drug screening approaches in Leishmaniasis. International Immunopharmocology (10 Dec 2022).
• Pallavi Saha, Parampreet Kour, Rohit sharma, Deepak K Sharma. K2S2O8 mediated metal free oxidative coupling of alcohols with 1,2-diaminobenzenes for synthesis of benzimidazoles, photophysical and DFT Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure, (15 Aug 2023).
• Diksha Kumari, Shavi Mahajan, Parampreet Kour, Kuljit Singh. Virulence factors of Leishmania parasite: Their paramount importance in unraveling novel vaccine candidates and therapeutic targets, Life Sciences, (21 Oct 2022)

• Place of birth: Srinagar, Kashmir (J&K)
• Date of birth: 06/17/95