Fellowships and Awards

• Awarded Excellence in Basic Sciences award: Commendation Prize for the best publication in basic science: “Synergistic correlation between host angiogenin and dengue virus replication”
  4^th AIIMS Annual Research Day on 29^th & 30^th January, 2025, AIIMS, New Delhi.


• Academy of Finland: funding for postdoctoral researcher 2014 for project "Mechanistic analysis of human diseases affecting U12-type splicing"
  
  
• Henning Andersen Prize. For the best abstract 2013 in Clinical science:"A new molecular mechanism for severe familial isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) type I due to mutations in the RNPC3 gene encoding the minor spliceosome 65KDa protein".
  
  9^th Joint meeting of Paediatric Endocrinology. September 19-22, Milan, Italy. Sponsored by Nova Nordisk.
  
  
• Qualified NET-JRF, Conducted by CSIR-UGC in December 2003

   Awards (Lab Students)

• PhD student Deeksha Madhry won Best Oral Presentation Award: for the work “Characterization of tRNA-derived RNA fragments during dengue pathogenesis” at the Asia-Pacific Forum on RNA Therapeutics and Vaccines (APFRTV) 2025, held on 25^th February 2025 at the Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi


• Senior Demonstrator Dr. Kiran Kumari won First Prize for poster presentation: entitled "Male-Specific Y-Chromosome Mutations in Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: New Insights from Whole Exome Sequencing" at the 4^th Annual AIIMS Research Day, held on 30^th January 2025 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• PhD student Deeksha Madhry won Commendation award for Poster Presentation: for the poster “Biotin-based Northern Blotting (BiNoB) approach: A cost-effective and sustainable alternative” at the 4^th Annual AIIMS Research Day, held on 30^th January 2025 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• M.Biotech student Areeba Aziz awarded 3rd prize in poster presentation: For the work “Mechanistic role of tRNA derived RNA fragments during Dengue infection” at the 4^th Annual AIIMS Research Day, held on 30^th January 2025 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• PhD student Anjali Singh Awarded Young Researcher Award and 3rd Prize for best poster presentation: For the work “Dynamic interplay between miR-133a and RBMX during dengue virus” at 5^th Science Conclave (NBRCOM 2024)- on 3^rd December, 2024, JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• PhD student Deeksha Madhry won Third Prize for best Poster Presentation: for the poster “Modulation of Ribonucleases and tRNA Fragmentation During DENV Pathogenesis: Novel Avenues for Host-Virus Interactions, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Potential” at VIROCON 2024, conducted from 11^th to 13^th November 2024 at DRDE, Gwalior.


• Senior Demonstrator Dr. Kiran Kumari won second Prize for poster presentation: entitled "Whole Exome Sequencing Unveils Novel Variants of Juvenile Angiofibromas" at RDACON organized by the Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS, New Delhi, on 2^rd May 2024 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• PhD student Deeksha Madhry awarded Appreciation Certificate for Poster Presentation: for the work “RNases Modulation and tRF Generation During Dengue Virus Pathogenesis” at the 3^rd Annual AIIMS Research Day, held on 30th January 2024 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.


• Senior Demonstrator Dr. Kiran Kumari awarded Appreciation Certificate for Poster Presentation: for the work “Whole Exome Sequencing Unveils Novel Variants of Juvenile Angiofibromas” at the 3^rd Annual AIIMS Research Day, held on 30^th January 2024 at JLN Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi.