Qualifications & Training
2009 – 2013
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Bioprocess Engineering, Biopharmaceutical Technology, Bioinformatics, Instrumental Analysis Genetic Engineering, Cell Biology, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Protein Engineering, Immunology etc.,
Attended Two weeks training programme on Bioinformatics and Immuno informatics at Biosciences research institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Undergone Summer Internship programme for Three months at University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2013 – 2015
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 8.9 CGPA
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Molecular Biology, Industrial Biotechnology, Biotechnology for medicine, Research Practice and Scientific Methods, Food Technlogy, Proteomoics and metabolomics, Molecular Pharmacology, Gene and Protein Evolution, Applied and environmental microbiology, Bioinformatics: Sequence and genome analysis etc.,
Three months Traineeship at University of Akureyri, Iceland on Ecological Genetics and Population genomics.
Languages
English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil
Skills
I have good communication skills since from my school days, as I have been from a reputed English medium institution. I have also taken European Erasmus plus Language assessment test in which I scored C1 level in English.
Computer Skills:
▪ Bioinformatics tool like Bioedit, Phyre, RasWin, BLAST, FASTA etc.,
▪ Good command over Protein Data Bank and Gene submission in NCBI
▪ Good command of Microsoft Office tools
Managerial and organizational skills:
▪ Acted as Class committee member for Research and Development representing Department of Biotechnology in Veltech Hightech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College.
▪ Acted as organizing committee member for National level Seminar on Clinical Trials for Department of Biotechnology, in Veltech Hightech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College.
Technical Skills:
PCR, Blotting, Electrophoresis, Chromatography, Bacterial Isolation. Also handled equipment’s like Bioreactor
Honors & Awards
• Selected in the Erasmus Competition and Awarded with Scholarships for Spring Semester 2014 to “Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey”.
• Selected in the Erasmus+ Competition and Awarded with Scholarships for Autumn Semester 2014 to “University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal”.
• Selected in the Erasmus traineeship program and Awarded with Scholarship for Spring Semester 2015 to “University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland”.
• Was awarded with Monthly Stipend from University for being an outstanding student in Second Semester.
Publications
• “Polychlorinated Biphenyls- A Review”, D. J. Mukesh Kumar1,*, S. Sudharsan2 , M. Logesh2 , P. T. Kalaichelvan1, Asian J.Exp.Biol.Sci.Vol 4(1) 2013: 9 – 15.
• Published a Partial Sequence in Gen Bank, “Pseudomonas sp. MSW11 16S ribosomal RNA gene, Partial Sequence”, Accesion Number: KC417348
Presentations In Seminars & Conferences
• Presented a poster in National level technical symposium on “Stem cell therapy for myocardial infarction” at JET CHEMBIO’10, St.Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai, India.
• Presented a paper in International conference on “Biodegradation of cyanide using white-rot fungi Trametes versicolor” at ICBEEM 2011, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering, India.
• Presented a paper in National conference on “Applications of DNA fingerprinting on forensic science” at QIN 2012, Bharath University, India.
Presented a paper in National level Technical Symposium on “Microbial quality assessment of street food in chennai beaches” at HAPTEN 2012, Arunai Engineering College, India.
• Presented a paper in National Conference on “Assessment of the antioxidant activity of methanolic extract of Cassia Fistula leaf” at TNBST 2012, Madha Engineering College, India.
• National Level seminar on “Frontiers in Marine Biotechnology” organized by Veltech Hightech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering college, sponsored by TNSCST and NCSTC, India.
• National Level Seminar on “Clinical Trial Management – A Break Through in Medical Biotechnology” organized by Veltech Hightech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering college, sponsore by AICTE, India.
• Attended a seminar series on “Nano Revelation – 2012” organized by Science City and National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, India.
Projects
• “Effect of humic acid on Leptolynghbia.sp” guided by Mrs.D.Priya M.tech, Asst.prof, Vel Tech High Tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, India.
• “Isolation of Dibenzo furan degrading bacteria” guided by Dr.P.T.Kalaichelvan , C.A.S in Botany, Head of the Department, University of Madras, India.
• “Bacterial Exopolysaccharide from marine organism – Production & Biological Activities” guided by Dr.P.T.Kalaichelvan, C.A.S in Botany, University of Madras, India.
• “Production of Microbial thermostable protease Enzyme: Molecular identification and Applications” guided by Prof.habil.Dr.Algimantas Paulauskas, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
• “Isolation and Characterization of Microbiome present in Cecum and Feather of Lagopus muta” guided by Prof. Dr. Kristinn.P.Magnusson, University of Akureyri, Iceland.
