Ambak Kumar Rai
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ambakrai[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +91-532-2271241(O) +91-8765787601(M)
Thesis Supervised
| S.No | Research Topic | Name of Student | Completion/Registration Year | Ph.D. Completed: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Role of Vitamin A on immune response against Leishmania donovani | Pankaj Verma | 2013-2018 |
| 2 | Study to investigate the expression and function of CD6 in human T cells | Amit Kumar Kureel | 2014-2020 |
| 3 | Role of eicosanoid(s) in immune response against Leishmania donovani infection | Sheetal Saini | 2014-2020 |
| 4 | Study to understand the molecular mechanism(s) of exonal switch in human cd5 gene | Smita Kumari | 2015 -2022 |
| 5 | Study to understand the impaired accumulation of cholesterol in L. donovani infected macrophages | Satyaprakash | 2016 - 202 |
| 6 | Study to understand the expression and function of CD5 in geriatric individuals | Bharat Singh | 2017-2023 |
| 7 | In Silico Analysis of Retroviral Impact on CD5 Expression and Its Fate in Human T Cells | Ranjeet Bahadur Choubey | 2019-2026 | Ph.D. Ongoing |
| 1 | State of Art delivered | Sweta | August 202 |
| 2 | State of Art delivered | Vibha | July 2023 |
| 3 | State of Art delivered | Debjani Sen | July 2023 |
| 4 | State of Art delivered | Shivani Gautam | 2024-25 |
| 5 | State of Art delivered | Manju Verma | 2025-26 | M.Tech Students |
| 1 | Targeting Glyoxalase pathway in Leishmania donovani: A computational molecular docking approach. | Adarsh Chiranjeevi | 2013 |
| 2 | To study the ATP metabolism and its effect on extracellular inorganic phosphate levels in romestigote from of L. donovani parasite | Kashika Arora | 2014 |
| 3 | Study to understand the Phosphate Transpoter(s)in promestigote form of Leishmania donovani | Sindhu K J | 2015 |
| 4 | Study to understand the detoxification of methylglyoxal in promastigote from Leishmania donovani parasite | Pavitra Ramdas | 2016 |
| 5 | Study to explore the presence of ......in clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani | Sonam | 2017 |
| 6 | Study to investigate the exonal switch of cd5 gene in hypoxia treated PBMCs samples among healthy humans | Swarnima Gupta | 2018 |
| 7 | Study to understand the expression of non-conventional transcript of cd5 gene | Vaishali Shukla | 2021 |
| 8 | Study to demonstrate the HIF-1α mediated regulation of non-conventional mRNA of human CD5 gene | Srishti Sahu | 2022 |
| 9 | Curiosity driven learning through intrinsic reward prediction error perspective: an ERP study | Ankit Singh [2021BT20] | 2023 |
| 10 | Efficacy of Rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTORC1, on Leishmania donovani infected macrophage | Swati [2021BT17] | 2023 |
| 11 | Effect of simultaneous exposure of Polyaromatic hydrocarbon and hypoxia on CD5 expression | Avika Sharma [2022BT06] | 2024 |
| 12 | Characterization of Leishmania donovani drived microvesicles and its content | Anjali Singh [2023BT03] | 2025 |
| 13 | Understanding the structure, interaction and expression of CD6 in human T cells | Ahlam [2024BT01] | 2026 | B.Tech Students |
| 1 | Study of Anti-Leishmania activity of Agave species | Alok Singh and Dinesh Kumar Jaiswal | 2013 |
| 2 | A Study to Understand Accumulation of Methylglyoxal in L. donovani with Focus on Glyoxalase Pathway: a Potential Drug Target | Praachi Tiwari | 2014 |
| 3 | Molecular docking of ATP diphospho- hydrolase from L. donovani | Akhilesh Kumar Gupta and Prashant Jaiswal | 2014 |
| 4 | Study to explore linkage between methylglyoxal and levels of Pi in L. donovani | Arya | 2015 |
| 5 | Interactive voice response (IVR) based direct monitoring of drug adherence among tuberculosis patients | Ashish Kumar and Gautam Amit Meena | 2015 |
| 6 | Transporter protein specific to methylglyoxal other than AQP1 in L. donovani | Lisha Verma and Kumar Gaurav | 2016 |
| 7 | Targeting glycosomal and cytosolic GAPDH enzymes for development of drug against Leishmania donovani | Manish Awasthi, Kuldeep and Priyanjali | 2017 |
| 8 | Study to investigate all isoforms of CD6 in hypoxia treated PBMCs samples among healthy humans | Komal Sethia | 2018 |
| 9 | In-silico designing of inhibitor against phosphate transporters of L. donovani parasite | Zeeshan Ali and Arvind B | 2018 |
| 10 | Study to design inhibitor(s) against aqua-glyceroporin transporters in L. donovani | Keshav Singh and Tejavath Ajith | 2019 |
| 11 | A computational study to understand the mechanism(s) of cd5 down regulation on the Leukemic T-cells of HTLV+ ATLL cases | Nimisha Gupta | 2021 |
| 12 | In-silico approach to identify inhibitor against amastin surface protein of Leishmania to cure visceral leishmaniasis | Aman Joshi | 2021 |
| 13 | To understand the role of myc protein in the expression of non-conventional isoform of CD5 | Bintee | 2022 |
| 14 | Computational approach to identify potential drug(s) against L. donovani specific amastin protein | Ravi Prakash Mishra | 2022 |
| 15 | Effect of linoleic acid (LA) & Retinoic acid (RA)on ultrastructural features of promastigotes form of Leishmania donovani parasite | Meenakshi [20190032], Anshu Kumari [20190036], Dinesh Kumar [20190039] and Amit Kumar [20190046] | 2023 |
| 16 | To in- silico design an inhibitor to target the methylglyoxal pathway in Leishmania donovani parasite | Shruti Mokhashi [20200052] and Tipparthi Sanju [20200056] | 2024 |
| 17 | Work experience at PhoodCry | Ayush Kumar Tiwari [20213108] | 2025 |
| 18 | In silico curation of natural inhibitors of GAPDH of Leishmania donovani | Neha Rai [20210041] | 2025 |
| 19 | Molecular docking analysis of HTLV-1 Tax with CD5 cytoplasmic tail | Ayushika Agarwal [20220017] and Divya Bharti [20220021] | 2026 |