The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has catapulted the Indian Education system into a new direction. The focus has now evolved towards creating future thought leaders, job creators by laying the groundwork for developing inter-woven capabilities of critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. 

School of Sciences at Woxsen University has been established with the aim of giving the next generation of scientists/inventors/innovators a strong foundation to build their innovations. In addition to assisting students in acquiring theoretical knowledge, academia will also offer guidance through unique pedagogy to help students develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) and show that they have the capacity to develop novel solutions to challenging issues.

In a field like science, which frequently experiences rapid technological advancements, the School of Sciences makes sure that students have exposure to cutting-edge technology, so they are prepared for the industry and are able to tackle new-age challenges. Science Education not only equips students with the necessary skills for a successful career but also shapes their understanding about how the world functions.

 

Objectives

  • Provide Academic Excellence across UG level
  • Deliver a unique pedagogy backed by differentiated and applied learning
  • Provide an edge in technical and life sciences 
  • Foster industry connect
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  • Advanced curriculum with rigorous practical exposure
  • Applied Learning using the latest software & tools
  • Deep learning avenues with High-Tech Labs
  • Live Projects I Lab Sessions/Workshops I Competitions
  • Woxsen Leadership Series: Learn & Network with Visionary Leaders
  • 1:1 Mentoring from Industry Experts
  • Capstone Project

Choose What Works for YoU

Bachelor in Science is rewarding in so many ways in today’s world. Bearing this in mind, Woxsen’s B.Sc (Hons.) has been structured with the most sought-after disciplines owing to its provision of offering versatile roles in various sectors. From higher education to lucrative jobs, it helps students in a multitude of ways by enhancing their research skills, theoretical knowledge, reasoning and qualitative skills. The uniqueness of the degree lies in its ability to be tailor-made by the students, who can choose to pursue any 2 of the 6 sought-after specializations

World-class FacUlty

Woxsen’s illustrious faculty comprises of some of the most renowned scholars and experts from world’s leading global institutions.

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Dr. Daya Shankar
Associate Professor & Dean

Education:
Ph.D., IIT, Guwahati, Assam

Specialisation:
Mechanical Engineering,  Fluid and Thermal Engineering.

Research:
Non-linear Dynamics, Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer, Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Application of AI in Mechanical systems, CFD and FEM, Fluid Dynamics, Solar Technology

Publications:
1. Thermal hydraulic stability analysis of supercritical water-cooled reactor under the effect of seismic-wave acceleration
D Shankar, Beauty Pandey (2022)
Progress in nuclear energy 154, 104492
2. Nonlinear analysis of coupled neutronic-thermohydraulic stability characteristics of supercritical water-cooled reactor
D Shankar, M Pandey, DN Basu (2024)
Annals of Nuclear Energy 195, 110197
3. Parametric Effects on Coupled Neutronic Thermohydraulic Stability Characteristics of Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor
DNB Daya Shankar, Manmohan Pandey (2017)
Ann. Nucl. Energy 112, 120–131

Courses Taught:
Integrating Machine Learning Models into Web Applications, Engineering Drawing, Computer-Aided Design, Thermal Hydraulics, Computational Fluid Dynamics
 

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Dr. Beauty Pandey
Associate Profesor & Associate Dean

Education:

Post Ph.D. (DST Women Scientist), IIT Madras, Ph.D. (Applied Physics), IIT-ISM Dhanbad

Specialisation:

Material Sc., Nanophysics, Engineering Physics, Thermodynamics, Mechanics & Renewable Energy

Research:

Solar Energy, Photocatalysis, Composites, Nanostructures, Nanotechnology & Experimental Material Sc.

Publications:

1. A scalable approach for functionalization of TiO2 nanotube arrays with g-C3N4 for enhanced photo-electrochemical performance.
B Pandey, S Rani, SC Roy (2020)
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 846, 155881.  
2. Electrical and magnetic properties of electrodeposited nickel incorporated diamond-like carbon thin films
B Pandey, D Das, AK Kar (2015)
Applied Surface Science 337, 195-207
3. Recent Trends in Metallic Nanocomposites for Sensing and Electrochemical Devices. B. Pandey, D.Shankar (2023); Nanoparticles Reinforced Metal Nanocomposites. Springer, Singapore, pp. 237–271.

Courses Taught:

Fundamentals of Applied Physics, Fundamentals of Electrics & Electronic Circuits , Physics For Engineers , Nanophysics , Heat & Thermodynamics

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Dr. Ramakrishna Madaka
Senior Assistant Professor

Education:
Post Ph.D. (Senior Project Scientist, Post-Doc) Photovoltaic device fabrication, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras; Ph.D. (Department of Physics) IIT Guwahati; MTech. (Solid State Technology) IIT Kharagpur; MSc. (Physics) Andhra University

Specialisation:
Photovoltaics, Semiconductors, Thin films, Solid State Physics

Research:
Tandem and Hetero junction silicon solar cells, Inorganic-Organic solar cells, Flexible solar cells, Passivating contacts, Transition metal Oxides, 
Si based solar cells, Simulation of devices

Publications:
1. Ramakrishna Madaka, kumar Dinesh, Pandey Beauty, Bandaru Narendra, Dasari Jagadeeswara Rao, Zuala Lalhriat, Rath Jatindra Kumar "Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Oxides (TMOs) for Solar Cell Applications" (2024) Page:53-862, Springer publisher.   
2. Ramakrishna Madaka, Dinesh Kumar, Ashish K. Singh, Md. Seraj Uddin, Jatin Kumar Rath,  “Tunnel Recombination Junction Influence on the a-Si:H/SHJ Tandem Solar Cell”, Materials Today: Proceedings 39 (2021) 1970-1973.
3. Ramakrishna Madaka, Venkanna Kanneboina, Pratima Agarwal, “Exploring the photo paper as flexible substrate for fabrication of a-Si:H based thin film solar cells at low temperature (110°C) and influence of rf-power on  opto-electronic properties” Thin Solid Films 662 (2018) 155-164.

Courses Taught:
Fundamentals of Applied Physics, Fundamentals of Electrics & Electronic Circuits, Electrodynamics, Solar Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

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Dr. Dipak Kumar Sahoo
Associate Professor

Education:
Post Ph.D. (Post-Doc) Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay; Ph.D. (School of Chemical sciences) National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar; MSc. (Chemistry) Pune University

Specialization:
Physical Chemistry and Spectroscopy

Research:
Photophysical studies of fluorogenic molecules, Drug-protein interactions, protein-solvent interactions and dynamics, non-covalent interactions in nucleobases and nucleic acids, Ionic liquids

Publications:
1. Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Souradip Dasgupta, Tanuja Kistwal , Anindya Datta* "Fluorescence Monitoring of Binding of a Zn (II) complex of a Schiff base with Human Serum Albumin" Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2023, 226, 1515–1522. 
2. Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Apramita Chand, Subhrakant Jena and Himansu S. Biswal*, “Hydrogen-bond-driven thiouracil dissolution in aqueous ionic liquid: A combined microscopic, spectroscopic and molecular dynamics study.” (J. mol. Liq. 2020, 319, 114275).
3.  Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Subhrakant Jena, Juhi Dutta, Suman Chakrabarty,* Himansu S. Biswal* “Critical Assessment of the Interaction between DNA and Choline Amino Acid Ionic Liquids: Evidences of Multimodal Binding and Stability Enhancement.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 1642−1651.

Courses Taught:
Fundamentals of Applied chemistry (Theory and Lab), Introduction to green chemistry

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Dr. Amlan Kanti Halder
Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D.

Research:

Integrable Systems, Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Modelling

Publications:

1. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207160.2022.2159395 ,
2. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15101908,
3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2019.05.042

Courses Taught:

Discrete Mathematics

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Dr. Anupam Singha Roy
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • B.Sc. (Hons.) from University of Kalyani
  • M.Sc from University of Kalyani
  • PhD from University of Kalyani

Specializations:

Physical chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Nano-materials synthesis, Nano-catalysis, Surface chemistry, Bio-fuels production, synthesis of potentially valuable organic compounds

Publications :

  • 'Biplab Roy, Anupam Singha Roy,* Asoke Prasun Chattopadhyay, Facile synthesis of mesoporous tungstated zirconia with improved acidity for solvent free Knoevenagel condensation and fine chemical synthesis, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2024, 50, 4367–4385.
  • 'Anupam Singha Roy, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, Aristides Bakandritsos, Rajender S. Varma, Michal Otyepka, 2D graphene derivatives as heterogeneous catalysts to produce biofuels via esterification and trans-esterification reactions, Applied Materials Today 2021, 23, 101053.
  • 'Nazia Siddiqui, Anupam Singha Roy, Reena Goyal, Rubina Khatun, Chandrashekarpendem, Appala Naidu Chokkapu, Ankur Bordoloi, Rajaram Bal, Hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5 dimethylfuran over nickel supported tungsten oxide nanostructured catalyst, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2018, 2, 191-198
  • 'Md. Mominul Islam, Mita Halder, Anupam Singha Roy,* Sk. Manirul Islam,* Heterogeneous Route for the One-pot Synthesis of N-Arylamides from Aldoximes and Aryl Halides using CuO/Carbon Material, ACS Omega 2017, 2, 8600-8609.
  • 'Usha Mandi, Anupam Singha Roy, Sudipta K. Kundu, Susmita Roy, Asim Bhaumik, Sk. Manirul Islam, Mesoporous Polyacrylic acid Supported Silver Nanoparticles Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Nitrobenzenes and Alcohols using Glycerol as Hydrogen Source, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2016, 472, 202-209
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Dr. Mohammad Ashfaq
Associate Professor

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (Biology) from CSJM University, Kanpur
  • Master of Science (Biotechnology) from CSJM University, Kanpur
  • PhD from 'Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India

Specializations:

Nanobiotechnology, Biomaterials

Publications :

  • 'Salami Hammed Olawale, Waleed Alahmad, Ibrahim A Darwish, Mohamed Aly Saad Aly, Mohammad Ashfaq, Charoenkwan Kraiya, Synthesis of poly (acrylic acid) modified graphene/MoS2 heterostructure-based composite: an effective removal of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II) from wastewater. Scietific Reports. 15(1), 11701, 2025.
  • 'Sajede Jam, Mohammad Ashfaq, Mansour Ghorbanpour, Hamide Ehtesabi, Synthesis of multifunctional bilayer wound dressing using Alyssum homalocarpum seed mucilage, Sambucus ebulus plant extract and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Industrial Crops and Products. 226, 120678, 2025.
  • 'Ankita Yadav, Neetu Talreja, Divya Chauhan, Shuphiya Khan, Mohammad Ashfaq, Carbon-based two-dimensional materials (CB-2DMs): An emerging sensing technology for fluoride detection. Microchemical Journal. 2025.
  • 'Mohammad Ashfaq, Govind Gupta, Nishith Verma, Carbon-based nanocarriers for plant growth promotion: Fuelling when it needs. Nanoscale. 2024.
  • 'Setareh Hosseinzadeh-Moghaddam, Mohammad Ashfaq, Hamide Ehtesabi, Synthesis of rice husk-zinc oxide-chitosan-based sponge: a green and eco-friendly nanocomposite for enhanced antibacterial, hemostasis, and wound healing applications. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2024. 114705.
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Dr. Priyatosh Ranjan
Senior Assistant Professor

Education:

  • B.Sc. Life Sciences from University of Delhi
  • M.Sc. Biotechnology from Goa University
  • PhD from 'Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

Specializations:

My research is centered on amyloid biology, with a particular emphasis on the alpha-synuclein protein, a key contributor to protein misfolding disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. I welcome inquiries from individuals interested in engaging with research in this area.

Publications :

  • 'Ranjan P, Kumar A. Perturbation in long-range contacts modulates kinetics of amyloid formation in α-Synuclein familial mutants. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2017; 8:2235-2246.
  • 'Ranjan P, Ghosh D, Yarramala DS, Das S, Maji SK, Kumar A. Differential copper binding to Alpha-synuclein and its disease-associated mutants affect the aggregation and amyloid formation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta General Subjects 2017; 1861: 365-374.
  • 'Ranjan P, Kumar A. The Involvement of His50 during Protein Disulfide Isomerase binding is essential for inhibiting α-Syn fibril formation. Biochemistry 2016; 55:2677-2680.
  • 'Ghosh D, Sahay S, Ranjan P, Salot S, Mohite GM, Singh PK, Dwivedi S, Carvalho E, Banerjee R, Kumar A, Maji SK. The newly discovered Parkinson’s disease associated Finnish mutation (A53E) attenuates the α-Syn aggregation. Biochemistry 2014; 53:6419-6421.
  • 'Ghosh D, Mondal M, Mohite GM, Singh PK, Ranjan P, Anoop A, Ghosh S, Jha NN, Kumar A, Maji SK. The Parkinson’s disease associated H50Q mutation accelerates α-Synuclein aggregation in vitro. Biochemistry 2013; 52:6925-6927.
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Dr. Rajender Boddula
Associate Professor

Education:

  • BSc (MPC) from Kakatiya University
  • MSc (Chemistry) from Kakatiya University
  • PhD from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) / Kakatiya University

Specializations:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Sustainable Energy Conversion & Storage
  • Environmental Remediation.

Publications :

  • Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025, 200, 108012 Transesterification of neem seed oil for environmentally friendly biolubricants: Promoting circular economy in industrial processes A.K.Rajak, M. Harikrishna, S. F. Zeenath, S. Dalal, M.S.L. Karuna, K. Rajesh, R. Pothu, V.Vennu,  B.Rajender*, K.V Padmaja* [DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.108012]
  • 'Green Chemistry Reviews & Letters, 2024, 17(1), 2426503 Unlocking CO2’s Potential: Exploring Graphene-based Catalysts for Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels Production S. Masimukku, Y.Y. Lee, B Rajender*, A. Agarwal, B.W. Huang, G.P. Chang-Chien, K. Keharika, P. Ramyakrishna, N. Al-Qahtani*. DOI: 10.1080/17518253.2024.2426503
  • 'Applied Physics Letters 2023, 122, 161902. Surface modification of Ti3C2Tx using terminal groups and heteroatoms with excellent electrochemical performance in supercapacitors; J. Swapnalin, B. Koneru, P. Ramyakrishna, P. Banerjee*, B Rajender*,   A.B. Radwan, N. Al-Qahtani*. DOI: 10.1063/5.0142053
  • 'Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42(8), 1387-1394. Role of transition-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution with Si-based photoanodes B. Rajender, G. Xie, B. Guo, A. J. R. Gong* DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63647-6
  • 'Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1804838 Antibacterial Carbon-based Nanomaterials Q.Xin, H. Shah, A. Nawaz, W. Xie, M. Zain, A. Batool, L. Tian, S. Jan, B. Rajender, B. Guo, Q. Liu, J.R. Gong* [DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804838]
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Dr. Somorita Baishya
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • B.Sc from Cachar College
  • M.Sc from Assam University
  • PhD from Assam University

Specializations:

Computational Biology, Network Medicine, Omics analysis, Molecular docking simulations, disease biology, AMR

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Dr. Nilesh Dinkar Gawande
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • B.Sc. Agriculture from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Akola, MH
  • M.Sc. Biotechnology from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, TN
  • PhD from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Specializations:

Genomics, plant developmental and molecular biology, and abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Publications :

  • Gawande N. D. (2025). MYB80 and TEK: Dynamic duo regulating callose wall degradation and pollen exine development. Plant physiology, 198(1), kiaf147.
  • Karthik, H. N., Parmar, S., Gawande, N. D., & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2025). Multifaceted Roles of U-Box E3 Ligases in Plant Development. Plant & cell physiology, pcaf059.
  • Gawande, N. D., & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2024). Genome wide characterization and expression analysis of CrRLK1L gene family in wheat unravels their roles in development and stress-specific responses. Frontiers in plant science, 15, 1345774.
  • Gawande, N. D., Bhalla, H., Watts, A., Shelake, R. M., & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2024). Application of genome editing in plant reproductive biology: recent advances and challenges. Plant reproduction, 37(4), 441–462.
  • Gawande, N. D., Hamiditabar, Z., Brunetti, S. C., & Gulick, P. J. (2022). Characterization of the heterotrimeric G protein gene families in Triticum aestivum and related species. 3 Biotech, 12(4), 99.
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Prof. Amitav Singh
Assistant Professor & Program Director

Education: 

  • MS in Exercise Physiology & its application in therapy
  • Bachelors in Physical Education & Sports

Specialization: 
Sports Science, Sports Management, Physical Education, Swimming & Exercise Science

Publications:

  • Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation in College athletes (In Progress)
  • 24 Hours BP measurement and effects of exercise on smokers and non-smokers

Memberships:

  • Register of Exercise Professionals Ireland, American College of Sports Medicine, Water Safety Ireland
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Prof. Kopal Rastogi
Assistant Professor

Education: 

  • Masters of Physical Education
  • B.P.E.S (Bachelors in Physical Education and sports)

Specialization: 
Anatomy of Human Movement, Biomechanics and Kinesiology, Sports Psychology

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