BUSHRA ATEEQ, Ph.D.
Professor & Joy Gill Chair
Senior Fellow, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)
Kanpur, 208016, U.P., India
Tel: +91 512 2594083 (Office)
Tel: +91 512 2594042 (Lab)
Fax: +91 512 2594010
Email: bushra@iitk.ac.in
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Appointments
July 2022 – present |
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June 2018 – June 2022 |
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Apr 2013 – June 2018 |
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Feb 2013 – Apr 2013 |
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Aug 2011 – Jan 2013 |
Professional/ Research Experience
Jan 2008 – July 2011 |
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June 2005 – Dec 2007 |
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June 2004 – May 2005 |
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July 2003 – May 2004 |
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Jan 1998 – Apr 2003 |
Awards and Honors
| 2024 | Rajib Goyal Prizes (2021-2022) for Young Scientists conferred by Kurukshetra University (2024) in the Life Sciences category. |
| 2023 | Featured in the "Vigyan Vidushi- 75 Women Trailblazers of Science", a compendium compiled by the Vigyan Prasar, DSTand released on the National Science Day (28th February 2023). |
| 2023 | Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi. |
| 2022 | Elected Member of the Guha Research Conference (GRC) Association. |
| 2022 | Recipient of the endowed Joy Gill Chair (April 2022) for academic excellence. |
| 2022 | Featured in the 75 under 50: Scientists Shaping Today's India a compendium released by the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology. |
| 2022 | Sun Pharma Science Foundation Research Award – 2021 in the Medical Sciences - Basic Research category. |
| 2022 | Elected Fellow (2021) of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore. |
| 2021 | Elected Fellow (2021) of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). |
| 2021 | OPPI Scientist Award – 2021 by the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). |
| 2020 | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2020) for Science and Technology in Medical Sciences by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. |
| 2020 | S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development (2020) by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. |
| 2020 | Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, Senior Fellowship Award. |
| 2020 | CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute Award (2020) for the Excellence in Drug Research in Life Sciences. |
| 2019 | Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2019) by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India. |
| 2019 | CNR Rao Faculty Award for the Excellence in Research, IIT Kanpur. |
| 2019 | Sayeeda Begum Women Scientist Prize for Excellence in Research from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. |
| 2017 | P. K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship Award, IIT Kanpur. |
| 2014 | Finalist of the NASI SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in Medicine category. |
| 2013 | Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance, Intermediate Fellowship Award. |
| 2013 | SERB-Department of Science and Technology, Fast-Track Young Scientist Award. |
| 2013 | Ramanujan Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, India (Declined). |
| 2011 | AACR Women in Cancer Research Scholar Award at the annual meeting of American Association of Cancer Research, Orlando, FL. |
| 2009 | Young Investigator Award from Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research, Ketchum, Idaho. |
| 2009 - 2011 | Genentech Post-doctoral Award from the Genentech Foundation, South San Francisco, CA. |
| 2005 - 2007 | Post-doctoral Research Award from Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CHIR) for the strategic training program in Skeletal Health Research. |
| 2004 - 2005 | Research Associate Fellowship Award by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. |
| 2002 - 2003 | Senior Research Fellowship Award from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. |
| 1995 - 1997 | University level Merit Scholarship in M. Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. |