MIT School of Bio engineering Sciences and Research, Pune Faculty Details 2026-27

Pune, Maharashtra

College Type
Deemed to be University
Co-Ed Status :
Co-Education
Minority Status :
Non Minority

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MIT School of Bio engineering Sciences and Research, Pune Faculty Details

MIT School of Bioengineering Sciences and Research (MIT SBOER), Pune, is a part of MIT Art, Design and Technology (MIT ADT) University. The school employs a team of highly qualified faculty specializing in bioengineering disciplines like Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering. These educators combine advanced degrees from prestigious institutions with substantial research and industry exposure to deliver cutting-edge instruction.

Faculty Qualifications

Most faculty hold PhDs from renowned universities such as Savitribai Phule Pune University, IIT Madras, National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS) Pune, VNIT Nagpur, and international bodies like Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France.
Qualifications often include post-doctoral experience, with specializations in virology, drug discovery, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, biochemistry, and pathophysiology.
Many serve as reviewers for platforms like MANAV, members of Board of Studies (BoS), Institutional Ethics Committees (IEC), and Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBSC).

Industry and Research Experience

Faculty bring 6-15 years of combined industry, research, and academic expertise, including guiding PhD candidates (some ongoing) and MTech theses (up to 10 completed).
Notable achievements encompass publications (5+ per faculty in some cases), workshops, DBT JRF/SRF awards, and roles in drug design, next-generation sequencing, and systems biology.
Industry ties facilitate practical training, with profiles highlighting collaborations at BARC, DRDO's DIAT, and SRM University.

Student-Faculty Ratio

The institute maintains a favorable student-faculty ratio of approximately 15:1, enabling personalized mentoring, hands-on lab sessions, and research supervision.
This supports small-group interactions in specialized labs for tissue engineering and computational biology.

Teaching Methods

Instruction blends traditional lectures with innovative approaches like project-based learning, industry workshops, hackathons, and simulation tools for molecular modeling.
Faculty integrate real-world case studies from virology and biotech R&D, supplemented by guest lectures and LinkedIn-networked industry insights.
Emphasis falls on skill-building through mandatory internships and interdisciplinary projects.

Key Faculty Members

Name	Designation	Key Qualifications & Specialization	Experience Highlights
Dr. K. V. Swamy	Associate Professor	PhD; Biochemistry focus	15+ years research/academic; BoS member
Dr. Nayana Patil	Associate Professor	PhD (UoP-BARC), Postdoc (SPPU)	15 years; PhD guidance
Dr. Pranav D. Pathak	Associate Professor	PhD (VNIT Nagpur), MTech Chemical Engg	11 years industry/research/academic
Dr. Aruna Sivaram	Associate Professor	PhD (National Institute of Virology)	10 years post-PhD; Virology, Drug discovery; 5 publications
Dr. Pooja Rana	Associate Professor	PhD; Bioinformatics	Drug design, NGS; 13 years; 1 PhD ongoing, 10 MTech theses
Dr. Chandrakant Tagad	Associate Professor	PhD Biochemistry (SPPU)	9 years research/academic
Dr. Kedar R. Nirmala	Assistant Professor	PhD (NCCS Pune)	6 years; 1 PhD ongoing
Dr. Madhura Chandrasekhar	Assistant Professor	PhD (Univ of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad)	7 years research, 3.5 years academic
Dr. Sanket P. Bapat	Assistant Professor	PhD	Research-focused
Dr. Preetam Bala	Assistant Professor	PhD (DIAT DRDO), MTech (SRM)	9 years; Computational biology
Dr. Madhumita Tarai	Assistant Professor	PhD (IIT Madras, Chemistry)	9 years research/academic
Prof. Madhavi Bhongale	Assistant Professor	MTech/PhD equivalent	Teaching emphasis
Prof. Harshwardhan Medhekar	Assistant Professor	Advanced degree	Academic training
Dr. Neeraj Omprakash Maheshwari	Assistant Professor	PhD (France)	4 years research, 1 year academic
Prof. Vinayak Ghaisas	Professor	Senior expertise	Department leadership
Dr. Renu Vyas	Faculty	Specialization in bioengineering	Research publications

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