| Heidelberg Principal Investigator | Indian Principal Investigator | PhD candidate | Field of research |
| Anna Marciniak-Czochra | Sapna Ratan Shah (JNU) | Rohit Kumar (tbc for Phase 1) |
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| Julio Saez-Rodriguez | Swagatika Sahoo (IITM) | Faiz Khan Mohammad (IITM) Phase 1 |
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| Dieter W. Heermann | Arnab Bhattacherjee (JNU)
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Sujeet Kumar Mishra
Phase 2 |
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| Ekatarina Kostina | Ram Ramaswamy (IIT Delhi) | Kaushal Kumar
Phase 2 |
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| Benedikt Brors | Shandar Ahmad (JNU) | Arfa Jabin
Phase 2 |
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| Matthias Schlesner | Shandar Ahmad (JNU) | Arfa Jabin
Phase 2 |