Sr. No

Project

Funding Agency

Duration

1

Climate effects on mosquito borne diseases in western Maharashtra

ICMR

2023-2027

2

Climate influence on mosquito demographics, Dengue and Chikungunya in the metropolitan cities located in the different climate regions of India: a multi-centric study

ICMR Extramural

2022 -2025

3

A dashboard integrating multi-omics data on  COVID-19 from India

ICMR

2022-2024

4

ArVirInd-a database of arboviral proteins from the Indian subcontinent

ICMR

2019-2022

5

Development of forecasting models for Dengue in the Pune region

MATRICS, SERB, DST

2020-2023

2024

Best Scientist Award (Life Sciences)  conferred by Asian Foundation for Scientific research Innovation, 2024.  Int Conf on Global Sustainable Development, Bankok, 1-3 June 2024.

2010

2000 Intellectuals of the 21st Century Awards 2009-2010, conferred by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK for valued contribution in experimental and computational biophysics (related to electroporation technology in cancer therapy).

2009

Biography published in Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2010, 27th edition, in recognition of the unique & significant contribution in electroporation research (experimental) and computational biophysics. Conferred by Marquis Who’sWho, NJ, USA.

2005

Young Scientist Award 2005 conferred by Indian Biophysical Society at National Symposium on ‘Recent trends in Molecular and Medical Biophysics’, Pune, January 22-25, 2005 based on the oral presentation.

2004

Recipient of the R.K.Bhalla award by the Indian Physics Association for the best research student in 2004.

2004

Recipient of R. Chandrashekhar Memorial foundation’s Dr. M.R.Bhiday prize, for work in Applied Physics-Biophysics in 2004, University of Pune.

2004-2006

Senior Research Fellowship, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India

2002-2004

Junior Research Fellowship , Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India

Work Experience

Position

Employer

Duration

Mathematical Biology & Disease Modelling; databases

Scientist E

ICMR - National Institute of Translational Virology & AIDS Research, Pune  

2025 onwards

Mathematical Biology, outbreak analytics, disease modelling, climate change and VBDs

Scientist E

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

2021 - 2025

Mathematical Biology, outbreak analytics, disease modelling, climate change and VBDs

Scientist – D

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

2017  to 2021

Mathematical epidemiology, outbreak analytics, disease modelling

Scientist – C

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

2013- 2017

Bioinformatics -in silico antigen-antibody interactions, epitope predictions and mapping for diagnostic implications; databases

Scientist – B

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

2009 - 2013

In silico antigen-antibody interactions

Research Associate

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

2008 - 2009

Computational Biology teaching and

MATLAB programming Practicals

Visiting Faculty

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

2007 (June to December)

Biophysics and Bioinformatics teaching

Teaching Associate

School of Basic Medical Sc (Dept of Physics), University of Pune, Pune

2007 -2008

Recognized Ph.D Guide for Biological Sciences

Associate Professor

AcSIR, New Delhi, Guide as Associate Professor  

2022 onwards

Recognized Guide and P.G. Teacher for M.Phil and Ph.D in Basic Medical Sciences

Recognized Guide

Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune) since 2012

2012 onwards

Sr No

Title of Project

Funding agency

Duration

Role

1

Climate influence on mosquito demographics, Dengue and Chikungunya in the metropolitan cities located in the different climate regions of India: a multi-centric study

ICMR

Extramural

2022 - 2025

Principal Investigator

2

A dashboard integrating multi-omics data on  COVID-19 from India

ICMR

2022-2024

Principal Investigator

3

ArVirInd-a database of arboviral proteins from the Indian subcontinent

ICMR

2019-2022

Principal Investigator

4

Development of forecasting models for Dengue in the Pune region

MATRICS, SERB, DST

2020-2023

Principal Investigator

1

RR Roy, N Tadkalkar, GR Deshpande, NM Atre, P Shil*, G Sapkal*. Identification of B-cell epitopes of Indian Zika virus strains using immunoinformatics. Frontiers in Immunology, 16:1534737, 2025.

2

DS Tare, SD Pawar, P Shil, NM Atre. Structural and functional characterization of avian influenza H9N2 virus neuraminidase with a combination of five novel mutations. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 757:110041, 2024.

3

A Nath, S Kumar, YK Gurav, A Gangopadhayya, O Ghuge. Genomic characterization of mosquito isolates of chikungunya virus (outbreak strains 2022) using next-generation sequencing. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 23(6):341–349, 2023

4

AB Sudeep, P Shil, K Selarka, YS Godke, PA Sonawane, MD Gokhale. Diversity of sandflies in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, a region endemic to Chandipura virus encephalitis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 157(4):259–267, 2023.

5

NM Atre, K Alagarasu, P Shil. ArVirInd—a database of arboviral antigenic proteins from the Indian subcontinent. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13851.

6

S Saunik, P Shil, SN Das, SP Rajankar, O Khare, KA Hosalikar, Y Kabir. Predictions of Disease Spikes induced by Climate Variability: A pilot real time forecasting model project from Maharashtra, India. (Chapter)

Management of Irrigation and Water Supply Under Climatic Extremes (Book) Springer Cham. 2021.  ISBN 978-3-030-59458-9

7

P Shil, NM Atre, BV Tandale. Epidemiological findings for the first and second waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra, India. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2022; 41, 10050.

8

P Shil, N Atre, A Patil, B Tandale, P Abraham. District-wise estimation of Basic reproduction number (R0) for COVID-19 in India in the initial phase. Spatial Information Research 2021;  doi.org/10.1007/s41324-021-00412-7.

9

P Shil. Et al. Climate influence on Dengue occurrence in Pune Urban Zone: development of a SARIMA based forecasting model. Den Bull 2021; 42: 108.

10

P Shil, M Jagtap, CRH deSouza, AB Sudeep, P Awate. Climate and dengue in the Pune region: prospects for an early warning system. Dengue Bull. 2020; 41: 49.

11

P Shil, R Balasubramanian.  Meteorological Parameters and Mosquito Species Diversity and Abundance along the Arabian Sea Coastline of Alappuzha District, India: A Year-round Study (2017-18). J Mosquito Research 10, 2020.

12

P Shil. Rainfall and dengue occurrences in India during 2010–2016. Biomedical Res J 2019; 6 (2): 56

13

AB Sudeep, PB Vyas, D Parashar, P Shil. Differential susceptibility & replication potential of Vero E6, BHK-21, RD, A-549, C6/36 cells & Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to three strains of chikungunya virus. Indian J Medical Research 2019; 149 (6): 771.

14

AB Sudeep, P Shil, et. al. Involvement of dual serotypes during a severe dengue outbreak in Wadi area, Nagpur district, Maharashtra 2017. J Vector Borne Diseases 2019; 56 (4): 295.

15

P Kumar, A Kshirsagar, P Shil. Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters for Historical Ship Outbreaks of Influenza. Biomedical Res J 2018;  5 (1): 28-38.

16

P Shil, GN Sapkal, AA Patil, SN Gunjal, AB Sudeep. Meteorological parameters and seasonal variability of mosquito population in Pune Urban Zone, India: A year-round study, 2017. J Mosquito Res 2018; 8(3): 18-28.

17

P Shil, DR Kothawale, AB Sudeep. Rainfall and Chikungunya incidences in India during 2010–2014. Virus disease 29 (1), 46-53, 2018.

18

YK Gurav, MS Chadha, BV Tandale, VA Potdar, SD Pawar, P Shil, et al.  Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 outbreak detected in inter-seasonal months during the surveillance of influenza-like illness in Pune, India, 2012–2015. Epidemiology & Infection 145 (9), 1898-1909, 2017.

19

AB Sudeep, P Shil. Aedes vittatus (Bigot) mosquito: an emerging threat to public health. J Vector Borne Dis. 2017; 54 (4): 295.

20

P Shil. Mathematical Modeling of Viral Epidemics: A Review. Biomed Res J 2016; 3 (2):195–215.

21

P Shil, YK Gurav, MS Chadha, AC Mishra. Transmission dynamics of novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 outbreak in a residential school in India. Curr Sci 2011; 100(8):1177-1183 

22

DV Pavitrakar, NM Atre, AS Tripathy, P Shil. Cyclophilin A: a possible host modulator in Chandipura virus infection. Arch. Virol 2021; 166 (11), 3143-3150.

23

DV Pavitrakar, NM Atre, AS Tripathy, P Shil. Design of a multi-epitope peptide vaccine candidate against chandipura virus: an immuno-informatics study. J Biomolecular Struct. Dyn 2020; doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1816493

24

P Yadav, G Chaubal, S Jena, P Shil, D Mourya. Assessment of NS1 protein as an early diagnostic marker for Kyasanur forest disease virus. J Vector Borne Dis 2019; 56 (3): 212.

25

PD Yadav, DA Nyayanit, AM Shete, S Jain, TP Majumdar, GY Chaubal,  P Shil, et al. Complete genome sequencing of Kaisodi virus isolated from ticks in India belonging to Phlebovirus genus, family Phenuiviridae. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 2019; 10 (1): 23-33

26

P Shil, PD Yadav, AA Patil, R Balasubramanian, DT Mourya.  Bioinformatics characterization of envelope glycoprotein from Kyasanur Forest disease virus. IJMR 2018; 147 (2): 195.

27

DV Pavitrakar, RG Damle, AS Tripathy, P Shil. Identification of a conserved neutralizing epitope in the G-protein of Chandipura virus. Arch Virol. 2018; 163 (12): 3215-3223

28

MM Thube, P Shil, R Kasbe, AA Patil, SD Pawar, J Mullick. Differences in Type I interferon response in human lung epithelial cells infected by highly pathogenic H5N1 and low pathogenic H11N1 avian influenza viruses. Virus Genes 2018; 54 (3): 414-423

29

K Alagarasu, PS Patil, P Shil, et al. In-vitro effect of human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37 on dengue virus type 2. Peptides 2017; 92: 23-30.

30

R Kulkarni, G Sapkal, L Mahishi, P Shil, MM Gore. Design and characterization of polytope construct with multiple B and TH epitopes of Japanese encephalitis virus. Virus Res 2012; 166 (1-2): 77-86.

32

RS Gangwar, P Shil, GN Sapkal, SA Khan, MM Gore. Induction of virus-specific neutralizing immune response against West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses by chimeric peptides representing T-helper and B-cell epitopes. Virus Res 2012; 163 (1):40-50.

33

RS Gangwar, P Shil, SS Cherian, MM Gore. Delineation of an epitope on domain I of Japanese encephalitis virus Envelope glycoprotein using monoclonal antibodies. Virus Res 2011; 158 (1-2): 179-187.

34

P Shil, SS Chavan, SS Cherian. Antigenic variability in Neuraminidase protein of Influenza A/H3N2 vaccine strains (1968–2009). Bioinformation 2011; 7 (2): 76.

35

P Shil, S Chavan, S Cherian. Molecular basis of antigenic drift in Influenza A/H3N2 strains (1968-2007) in the light of antigen antibody interactions. Bioinformation 2011; 6 (7): 266.

36

P Shil, S Bidaye, PB Vidyasagar. Analysing the effects of surface distribution of pores in cell electroporation for a cell membrane containing cholesterol. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2008; 41 (5): e055502.  

37

P Shil, N Dudani, PB Vidyasagar. ISHAN: sequence homology analysis package.  In silico biology 6 (5), 373-377, 2006

38

PB Vidyasagar, P Shil, et al. Evolution of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) large chains: In silico study. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2005; 11 (2): 225.

39

PB Vidyasagar, P Shil, et al. Conserved Oligopeptides in the Rubisco Large Chains. Life in the Universe (Book) 2004; pp 133-134, 2004.

40

P Shil, PB Vidyasagar, SH Sanghvi, KP Mishra. Electro pulse mediated enhancement of radiation response of murine cancer cells.  Indian Journal of Radiation Research 2004; 1 (2): 107.

41

P Shil, SH Sanghvi, PB Vidyasagar, KP Mishra. Enhancement of radiation cytotoxicity in murine cancer cells by electroporation: in vitro and in vivo studies. J Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. Oncol. 2005; 24 (4):298.

42

P Shil, A Kumar, PB Vidyasagar, KP Mishra. Electroporation enhances radiation and doxorubicin-induced toxicity in solid tumor in vivo. J Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. Oncol. 2006;  25 (4).

43

P Shil, P Vidyasagar, S Sanghvi, KP Mishra. Enhancement of cytotoxic effects of radiation and drug by electroporation in cancer cells: in vitro and in vivo studies. BARC Newslett 273, 167-71, 2006