Dr. Titas Sengupta, an IISER Kolkata BS-MS alumna from the Department of Biological Sciences (Class of 2014).

Dr. Sengupta has been named a recipient of the 2026 Simons Foundation “Fellows to Faculty” award. You can read more about this honor here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/31/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2026-fellows-to-faculty-awards/

Her career trajectory and previous accomplishments are detailed here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/titas-sengupta/

She has achieved remarkable success and is currently on the path to establishing an independent research position.