Prof. Rahul Purwar

Dr Rahul Purwar is an Associate Professor at Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering at IIT Bombay and founder of Immuno-adoptive Cell Therapy Private Limited (ImmunoACT).

Prof. Purwar has developed indigenous platform of CAR-T cell therapy for cancer treatment and are committed to bring CAR-T cell therapy to Indian patients at affordable cost. He holds a PhD degree in Molecular Medicine from Hannover Medical School, Germany and has completed his Post-Doctoral training from Harvard Medical School, USA. He has worked as a Scientist at the Department of Translational Medicine, ImmunoGen, Inc. at Waltham, USA. His research work is published in highly prestigious journals like Nature Medicine, Journal of Immunology etc. He has been awarded with several awards, one of which is the Melissa K. Bambino Memorial Award by The Skin Cancer Foundation, USA. His main area of research is CAR T cell for cancer immunotherapy as well as T cell mediated inflammation.