Ph.D

Mission

To develop a high quality education center.
To create and encourage skilled personnel having innovative research capabilities and commendable professional conduct.
To use research as a tool for the scientific progress of mankind and
To keep abreast of the changing scenario in health and allied science areas with the ethical values as the driving force.

Vision

The Yenepoya University envisions building a knowledge base of the highest caliber, the main strength of which is faculty who are critical thinkers, progressive learners and effective communicators with a passion for social and community development, through research.

Objectives

To develop an unparalleled research-based doctoral program of high quality allowing a complementary amalgamation of knowledge bases in Health and Allied Sciences.
To contribute to the body of knowledge in the ever growing field of Health and Allied Sciences.
To provide a formal, common platform for research interaction and collaboration among the researchers in relation to Health and Allied Science leading to Ph.D degree.
Format of Final Thesis of PhD Program
Format of the half-yearly Progress report
July 2014 Rules & Regulation
Yenepoya University approved the list of Research Guides for PhD Program

Data pertaining to PhD scholar

PhD Number Wise List 2009-2018
PhD Recognized Guides List
List of JRFs
List of SRFs
List of Technical /Research Associates
List of completed PhD's

Yenepoya(Deemed to be) University - Research Fellows

Sl. No	Name	Department/ Centre	Project Topic	Guide & Department	Date of Joining
1.	Mr. Nagaraj K	Yenepoya Research Centre	A Study on bacterial exopolysaccharides for reducing the uranium induced nephrotoxicity in animal model	Dr. Arun A.B, YRC	01.09.2011
2.	Mrs. Sangeetha Vijayan P	Yenepoya Research Centre	Evaluation of cellular mechanism of uranyl nitrate induced nephrotoxicity in swiss albino mice	Dr. Arun A.B, YRC	01.01.2014
3.	Mr. Muhammed Manzoor A.P.	Urology/YRC	Characterisation of urinary calculi and studies on the role of microbiome in uriolithiasis	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	01.01.2014
4.	Mr. Vipin C.	Urology/ YRC	Dynamics of biofilm formation and virulence factors in urinary catheter associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	01.01.2014
5.	Mr. Parameshwar Hegde	Dermatology/ YRC	A study on diagnosis of skin diseases using machine learning as a complementary approach	Dr. Manjunath Shenoy, Dermatology	01.10.2014
6.	Ms. Deeksha	Ophthalmology/ YRC	Study of the effect of medicinal plant extracts against induced stress in corneal epithelial cells	Dr. Cynthia Arunachalam, Ophthalmology	03.11.2014
7.	Mr. Shaheer Koniyan	Yenepoya Research Centre	A study on radio semilization of natural compound against cancer cells	Dr. Divya Lakshman, YRC	01.04.2015
8.	Ms. Varshasnata Mohanty	CSBMM, YRC	Identification of serum based oral cancer biomarker in tobacco chewers	Dr. Aditi Chatterjee, YU-IOB CSBMM	04.08.2015
9.	Mr. Sandeep.K	CSBMM	Proteogenomics pipeline to identify functional variants by integrating high-throughpurt cancer genomics and proteomic datasets	Dr. Harsha Gowda, CSBMM	06.08.2015
10.	Mr. Saketh Kapoor	SCRMC, Yenepoya Research Centre	Evaluation for the presence of CD34+/45- adult stem cells from all three germ layers (Ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm) and exploring their therapeutic potential in mouse models of muscular dystrophy	Dr. Bipasha Bose, SCRMC	01.08.2015
11.	Mr. Jagadish K	Yenepoya Research Centre	In-Vitro characterization of radiation exposed teeth and testing of shielding materials in radiotherapy of head and neck cancer	Dr. Riaz Abdulla, Dept. of Oral Pathology	01.07.2015
12.	Ms. Priya Shwetha D’Souza	Yenepoya Research Centre	Graphene based nanobiosensors	Dr. K Sudhakaraprasad, YRC	11.08.2015
13.	Ms. Sahana T.G	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of wound healing materials from bacterial exopoly-saccharides and understanding their mechanism of action	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	12.08.2015
14.	Mr. Mahesh Gouda	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of a pre-clinical ex vivo validation tool for the confirmation of hits from a high-throughput drug screening assay in IPF	Dr. Yashodhar p Bhandary, YRC	13.08.2015
15.	Ms. Manisha Rao	Yenepoya Research Centre	Synthesis of carbon nanodots for biomedical applications	Dr. Sudhakaraprasad K, YRC	17.08.2015
16.	Mr. Utsav Sen	SCRMC, Yenepoya Research Centre	Anticancer therapy via modulation of cancer stem cells and its associated mechanisms	Dr. Bipasha Bose, YRC	05.11.2015
17.	Ms. Saptami Kanekar	Yenepoya Research Centre	Modulation of Quorum sensing in selected gram negative pathogenic bacteria using novel molecules	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	15.01.2016
18.	Mr. Ankur Tyagi	CSBMM, Yenepoya Research Centre	Molecular Characterization of ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas using Mass spectrometry based proteomics approaches	Dr. Harsha Gowda	28.01.2016
19.	Ms. Sajida Kadar	Yenepoya Research Centre	Studies on the role of immunomodulation in enhancing the effects of angiogenesis inhibition in lung carcinoma	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	01.04.2016
21.	Ms. Sumarati Gurtoo	CSBMM, Yenepoya Research Centre	Indentification of blood & Urinary markers using high resolution mass spectrometry to predict severity of neonatal birth asphyxia	Dr. Arun A.B, YRC	01.09.2016
22.	Mr. Rex D.A.B.	CSBMM, Yenepoya Research Centre	Evaluation of spatiotemporal influences of interleukins on cellular signal transduction pathways	Dr. Sneha Pinto	18.08.2016
23.	Mr. Mohd. Altaf Najar	CSBMM,Yenepoya Research Centre	CAMKK2 signalling pathway in gastric cancer using phosphoproteomic approaches	Dr. Aditi Chatterjee	01.05.2016
24.	Ms. Gayathree.K	CSBMM, Yenepoya Research Centre	Identification of molecular network involved in neuroprotective functions of Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra)	Dr. Prashanth Modi	01.03.2017
25.	Ms. Namitha. K	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of stimuli-responsive hydrogels/ nanogels and polymeric prodrugs, which are applicable in various biomedical domains.	Dr. Renjith Johnson, YRC	25.03.2017
26.	Ms. Katheeja Musheena N	Yenepoya Research Centre	Molecular mechanisms of p53 mutations in cancer stem cells isolated from triple negative breast cancer cell lines	Dr. Suparna Laha, YRC	15.04.2017
27.	Ms. Sadia Bi Sheikh	Yenepoya Research Centre	Role of curcumin and microRNA 200c on inflammatory cytokines mediated Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition during lung Injury and pulmonary fibrosis	Dr. Yashodhar p Bhandary, YRC	12.05.2017
28.	Ms. Nupur Agarwal	CSBMM,YRC	Identification of markers for prediction of disease progression rates from mild-to-moderate COPD		06.06.2017
29.	Mr. Debajit Chaudhury	Yenepoya Research Centre	Assessment of cellular and molecular changes in response to thoron inhalation in mice	Dr. Bipasha Bose, YRC	03.07.2017
30.	Mrs. Sayali Chandrashekar	CSBMM,YRC	Characterization of signalling mechanisms of neuroprotection conferred by Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) in Alzheimer’s disease	Dr. Yashwath Subbannayya, YRC	01.08.2017
31.	Mr. Santhosh Kumar Behra	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of computational algorithms and databases for the analysis of metabolomics data	Dr. Yashwath Subbannayya, YRC	01.08.2017
32.	Ms. Nikitha A	Dermatology/YRC	Prevalence and Antifungal sensitivity of Dermatophytes causing Tineacorporis in various Taluks of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state	Dr. Manjunath Shenoy, Dermatology	07.08.2017
33.	Ms. Sneha Rao	Yenepoya Research Centre	Enhancing the efficiency of growth factor release from platelets using natural sulphated polysaccharides for treating chronic wounds	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	16.08.2017
34.	Ms. Sapna Kannan	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of carbon nanomaterial based biosensor for diagnosis of Leptospirosis	Dr. Arun A.B, YRC	25.09.2017
36.	Ms. Sonia Joseph	Yenepoya Research Centre	Design and fabrication of dual mode paper-analytical- device for point of care diagnostics.	Dr. K Sudhakaraprasad, YRC	03.10.2017
37.	Ms. Shilpa Johnson	Yenepoya Research Centre	Studies on the role of Curcumin in blocking p53 in the reduction of severity of ?-irradiation induce	Dr. Yashodhar p Bhandary, YRC	01.01.2018
38.	Ms. Akhila M.P.	Yenepoya Research Centre	Adjuvant therapeutic strategies for treating glioma by gamma radiation and angiogenesis inhibition	Dr. Ashwini Prabhu, YRC	03.01.2018
39.	Mr. Kushalappa Gowda	Yenepoya Research Centre	Biochemical and Immunological Assessment of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Desease (COPD) undergoing Yoga therapy	Dr. Yashodhar p Bhandary, YRC	02.12.2018
40.	Ms. Krithi A	Yenepoya Research Centre	Investigating the Genetics of Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital	Dr. Shankar Prasad Das	02.04.2018
41.	Ms. Fathimath Soujana Souja	Yenepoya Research Centre	Oncology- types and stages: A single Centre Retrospective study	Dr. Shankar Prasad Das	02.04.2018
42.	Ms. Samreen Sheikh	Yenepoya Research Centre	Study of G6PD deficiency in patients with Malaria in endemic region of Dakshina Kannada including the study of the relapse pattern	Dr. Shankar Prasad Das	02.04.2018
43.	Mr. Muhammed Nihad A.S.	Yenepoya Research Centre	Interaction of human Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells (WJ-MSCs) with cancer stem cells in vitro: Cellular, molecular and functional aspects	Dr. Sudheer Shenoy	01.11.2018
44.	Mrs. Ayshathil Bushra	Yenepoya Research Centre	Design and fabrication of paper based field effect transistor for biosensing	Dr. K Sudhakaraprasad, YRC	01.10.2018
45.	Ms. Fathimath Muneesa	Yenepoya Research Centre	Therapeutic potential of curcumin in regulation of IL-17A during acute lung injury and fibrosis	Dr. Yashodhar p Bhandary, YRC	01.07.2018
46.	Ms. Athmika	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of a wound healing material from the biopolymers produced by two novel bacterial strains isolated from west coast of India	Dr. Rekha P.D, YRC	01.08.2018
47.	Ms. Rashmi	Yenepoya Research Centre	Synthesis of a stimuli-responsive prodrugs, and its validation in-vitro and in-vivo as a targeted therapeutic agent against Pulmonary Fibrosis	Dr. Yashodhar P Bhandary, YRC
48.	Mr. Chinmaya Narayana K	CSBMM, Yenepoya Research Centre	Discovering new therapeutic targets and drugs to combat AMR tuberculosis: proteomics characterization and drug screening of mycobacterium ‐infected macrophages	Dr. T.S.Keshav Prasad, CSBMM	01.10.2018
49.	Sajida	Yenepoya Research Centre	Studies on the role of immunomodulation in enhancing the effects of angiogenesis inhibition in lung carcinoma	Dr. Ashwini Prabhu, YRC
50.	Ms. Supriya Jain	Yenepoya Research Centre	Development of conducting polymer based materials for various biomedical applications.		03.12.2018