Anupama Ambika Anilkumar

Anupama Ambika Anilkumar is the Director of Global Research Alliances at Ashoka University, leveraging her PhD in Cell Biology and chemistry background. She specializes in building institutional partnerships, science diplomacy, and fostering interdisciplinary research. Her experience includes managing fundraising, advanced science initiatives, and core research facilities to strengthen the universitys research ecosystem.

Outside of her primary role, she is passionate about making science accessible, leading programs for high school students to ignite their curiosity. Anupama enjoys music and playing badminton. She is also multilingual, with proficiency in English, French, Malayalam, Hindi, and Tamil, reflecting her interest in cross-cultural communication.

Unique fact: She consciously transitioned from a successful academic research career, where she published in top journals, to focus on her core strength: science management and administration.