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Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot Chair

IIT Gandhinagar has setup a faculty chair in honour of Late Smt Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot through a donation by his son Shri Gordhanbhai B Gelot.

Smt Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot was a simple, religious and peace loving person. She was a vigorous and a very friendly person with a welcoming smile. She always encouraged others to work hard, be kind and fair.

Shri Gordhanbhai B Gelot
Endowment

Shri Gordhanbhai B Gelot, has a post graduate degree in Industrial Microbiology from Gujarat University. He has been running a Small Scale Industrial (SSI) unit for ready-to-use clinical microbial analytical tools at GIDC Industrial Estate in Umargam for the last 44 years. Prior to setting up the SSI, Shri Gordhanbhai B Gelot has also worked with American and French pharma multinational corporations.

Current Occupant

Dr. Sivapriya Kirubakaran
Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot Chair
Associate Professor of Chemistry

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Sivapriya Kirubakaran

Prof. Kirubakaran’s research group at IITGN focuses on the chemical biology of cancer especially on the protein kinases involved in the DNA damage response. Her group explores the small molecule inhibitors approach to study these proteins to develop new age cancer therapeutics with target based drug discovery. Her lab also works on exploring H pylori survival pathways for developing drugs against the infection and eventually to treat stomach cancer. Her long-term goal is to make affordable medicines for cancer.

Prof. Kirubakaran has done her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from The Ethiraj College, Chennai and Masters (Organic Chemistry) from University of Madras, secured first rank with university Gold medal. Her PhD is from Indian Institute of Science in Organic Chemistry under the mentorship of Prof. S. Chandrasekaran. She had her postdoctoral training from Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard medical School and Brandeis university, Boston. She has also been a visiting Scientist at Whitehead institute, MIT. She is a recipient of prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship from DST. She is currently The Dean of Students. She enjoys travelling to mountains, reading biographies and old Tamil literature. She has great interest in reinventing traditional South Indian cuisine.