{"id":75,"date":"2023-02-26T02:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T02:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:39:44","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Principal Investigator&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashankwp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/594.jpg&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashankwp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shashank.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;shashank&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Dr. Shashank Tripathi<\/h3>\n<p>Shashank is an Associate Professor in the Microbiology &amp; Cell Biology Department of the Indian Institute of Science. 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