Fifth Paradigm Lab
Fifth Paradigm Lab
Meet the dedicated researchers and students pushing the boundaries of AI and machine learning at the Fifth Paradigm Lab
Department of Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, India
Dr. G. Narahari Sastry is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Hyderabad. His research interests are working in the interdisciplinary areas of chemistry, biology, material science, software development and artificial intelligence. In the last decade, GNS group was involved in developing an indigenous software which aims to strengthen the computational drug discovery called Molecular Property Diagnostic Suite (MPDS), and thereby working towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. Dr. Sastry has also made fundamental contributions in the field of non-covalent interaction, Bucky bowl chemistry, aromaticity, pericyclic reaction. He has made a great contribution in open-source software development in the field of Computer Aided Drug Discovery, databases, web servers, all the resources developed by his group are freely accessible to the scientific community. He has published more than 340 research articles in reputed journals with an active average impact factor. Most of his papers are well cited with the citation score nearly 15,300+ an h-index of 59, and an i10-index of 267, as per the google scholar. Dr. Sastry and his group have mainly contributed and maintained various web-based platforms and databases like a) MPDS (for several diseases), b) CAD, c) A2ID, d) PLID e) NEI-MPDB, f) OSADHI
The species, named “Begonia narahari”, honours Prof. Garikapati Narahari Sastry, former Director of CSIR-NEIST Jorhat, for his remarkable efforts in establishing the Germplasm Conservation Centre for the bio-resources of Northeast India and for his dedication to the welfare of the region.
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After her master's, she worked as a Project Associate-I at NIAB, Hyderabad. She cleared JGEEBILS 2022, GATE 2023, and CSIR-JRF Dec 2023. Now, as a Ph.D. scholar funded under CSIR JRF, Ananya is engaged in "Deciphering aging signature and drug repurposing in geroprotection using bioinformatics and machine learning approaches."
He has qualified CSIR-UGC NET (2023) and JGEEBILS (2024). Beyond academics, he is an avid reader and has a keen interest in sketching, finding inspiration and creativity in his free time.
She has qualified CSIR-UGC NET JRF, ICAR, GATE, and KSET. Her research focuses on the application of Generative AI models to predict DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic signatures associated with mental health disorders.
She has gained hands-on industrial training, including proficiency in microbiological, molecular biology, and biochemical techniques at Helix Biogenesis, Noida. Additionally, she completed specialized industrial training at Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Ltd. (PARAG), Varanasi, acquiring practical expertise in bioprocessing. Her academic accomplishments include qualifying several national-level examinations, such as GATE-BT (2022, 2023, and 2024), GATE-XL (2023), and CSIR-NET-JRF (2024, AIR-142).
He is a seasoned Data Scientist and AI specialist with over a decade of experience in machine learning, generative AI, and data analytics.
Currently serving as Vice President – Data Science & AI at Knight Frank India.
His work bridges applied machine learning with domain-specific challenges in healthcare, finance and bioinformatics.
He gained professional experience as a Quality Control Executive at Megasys Biotek Pvt. Ltd. during the period 2022 to 2024. Abhijith further strengthen his credentials by qualifying GATE (Chemistry) in 2023. Now, as a Ph.D. scholar funded under the DIRECT MoE scheme.
He secured the CSIR-JRF fellowship in June 2024.His research focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI (GenAI) with a strong emphasis on core computer science applications such as deep learning architectures, generative modeling, and large-scale data processing.
She is currently pursuing her M.Tech in Medical Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.She has qualified GATE in both Biotechnology (BT) with an All India Rank of 193 and in Life Sciences (XL) as well.
She is an M.Tech student in Medical Biotechnology at IIT Hyderabad. She qualified the GATE-BT examination in 2024, GPAT and NIPER-JEE. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of biotechnology and advanced computational technologies, aiming to enhance drug safety and healthcare outcomes.