Contact Details 

Professor

Department of Bio-Sciences,

Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS),

Pilani Campus, Room No: 3277-T,

Pilani, Rajasthan 333 031.

 Email: rajdeep.chowdhury@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Phone: Department: +91 159625-5608.

About the Faculty

Dr. Chowdhury completed his Master degree from Calcutta University (2001), and PhD (CSIR-NET 2003) from Jadavpur University (2009). He then joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, Department of Bio-engineering, as a post doctoral researcher in 2009. At Wogan lab, MIT he studied the myriad set of genetic events following Nitric Oxide (NO) exposure; his project extended from understanding the effects of NO-induced post translational modifications to its cancer promoting effect and also its role in cell death mechanisms like, Autophagy. In Oct 2012 he joined BITS Pilani as an Assistant Professor in Dept of Bio-Sciences. At BITS Pilani he is primarily involved in understanding the molecular signature of cancer cells surviving drug stress.