Prajna Arpita Jena

Project Associate

MNR Foundation for Research and Innovation
MNR Nagar, Fasalwadi, Narsapur Road,
Sangareddy-502294, Telangana (State) India.






I am Microbiologist from Utkal University, BBSR, Orissa. At MNR FRI I am working on a AICTE, Govt. of India funded project titled “Remodeling Technology Integrated Validation of Ayurveda Jihva: Corroborating Saam Jivha Pariksha to Multiple Biomarker Detection Using Point of Care Paper-based Device”.




Akshay Vaijinath Gaikwad

Project Research Scientist

MNR Foundation for Research and Innovation
MNR Nagar, Fasalwadi, Narsapur Road,
Sangareddy-502294, Telangana (State) India.






I am a microbiologist with a Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Hyderabad. Currently, I work as a Project Research Scientist at the ICMR - FIW, under the supervision of Dr. Ramprasad Eedara, at the MNR Foundation for Research and Innovation (MNR-FRI), MNR Medical College and Hospital. My research project focuses on developing a nanomaterial-based microfluidic device and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) for the rapid diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.