Rajanish Giri, assistant professor IIT-Mandi, has been awarded the Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) 2018.
Giri was selected for his proposed innovative idea on Zika virus Capsid Folding and inhibitor discovery.
He has also proven expertise in understanding and solving the fundamental problems of protein folding in various structured and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins.
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Ministry of Science and Technology selected Dr. Giri for the award.