Nusrat J M Sanghamitra

Dr Nusrat Sanghamitra is an Indian innovator, scientist, entrepreneur and motivator. She started her research journey with a mission 'to find a better anticancer drug with fewer side effects'. She is a chemist by training with a fascination for biology. She obtained her PhD from one of India's premier research Institute Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Leiden University, The Netherlands and Kyoto University, Japan she founded CyCa OncoSolutions (now CyGenica) to translate her ideas and research (at the interface of chemistry, biomaterials, cell biology and its applications in anticancer drug development) from bench to bedside, to make an impact in oncology and to make significant contribution to the global fight against cancer. Her academic experience in the field of biofunctional chemistry spans over 17 years. Her research has been well cited. She received the Foresight Fellowship in Molecular Machines in 2018, and the National Award from the President of India for Technology Startup that same year.