Experience

Promagicell Lifetech Private Limited

• India
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Scientist

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Promagicell Lifetech Private limited is a highly innovative agri-tech and biotechnological Startup company recognized by Govt of India's Startup India. With a motto of ‘giving back to nature’. The company is providing cutting-edge technologies, products and solutions in the field of agriculture, horticulture and food processing. To begin with, we are giving the microbial products for coffee processed wastewater (effluent produced during wet processing of coffee) management and coffee pulp composting microbial products. We provide the microbial biotechnological solution in the form of a product Co-Bioclear to treat coffee effluent wastewater and Co-Biolizer to accelerate decomposition of coffee peel waste. Show less



Central Food Technological Research Institute, Cheluvambe Mansion, Mysore.

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Feb 2013 - Mar 2020

  registered for Ph.D. in the faculty of biochemistry at University of Mysore, Mysore.: 3 year 4 months (19/02/2013 to till date). Title of Ph.D. work: “Insights into the mode of action of obestatin: The role of PPARg”. Note: Communicating 2 publications to submit the Ph.D. thesis. Work Done/expertise: • Animal Studies/ invivo studies (C57BL/6J mice – Obesity mice model): Studied the mechanism/role of peptides in PPARg (transcription factor) up-regulation and decrease in epididymal lipid accumulation and decrease in body weight by these peptides. Cell culture/ invitro studies (Adipocyte cell model): 3T3-L1 cells were cultured to study the adipogenesis and lipid accumulation properties by synthesized peptides Key Skills: Peptide synthesis and purification, cell culture and assay techniques, Lymphoblast cell ling creation and maintenance using Epstein Barr virus transformation, animal handling (C57BL/6J mice), molecular biology techniques such as RT-PCR, protein estimation and Western blotting, ELISA, Analytical instruments handling such as HPLC, spectrophotometry, immunostaining, microscopy handling including confocal microscopy etc,. Show less



Thermo Fisher Scientific

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist 1 (Molecular biology, cell biology)- Antibody Research and Developement

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2018

  • Design and execution of cell culture treatments for molecular biology experiments, si RNA, PCR, RT-PCR, Western blotting etc. • Handling more than 25 different cell lines for protein expression studies to validate the specificity of the antibodies. • Culture and maintenance of animal cell line for production of recombinant antibodies. • Generation of transient and stable mammalian cell lines and cell line engineering. • Use of various Bioinformatics tools for analyzing DNA/RNA/Protein. • Adherence to cGLP systems and good documentation practices. • Cell Banks preparation & inventory maintenance. • Equipment identification & procurement, Supervision of Qualification procedures, Preparation of SOPS and planning and implementation of general good laboratory practices. • Literature searches, the design of molecular & cellular laboratory experiments, execution, data interpretation, compilation, preparation and review of reports. • Assisting the senior staff in collaborating with other functional groups - Downstream and Analytical etc. Show less



ITC Limited

• India
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Research Associate

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Key responsibilities: • Compliance with specifications: Legal requirements, industry standards, internal company standards, shelf-life tests, customers' specifications. • Test procedures: Testing of raw materials, finished products, and in-process tests. • Records and reporting: Maintain all QA records so that customer complaint and legal problems can be dealt with Key responsibilities: • Compliance with specifications: Legal requirements, industry standards, internal company standards, shelf-life tests, customers' specifications. • Test procedures: Testing of raw materials, finished products, and in-process tests. • Records and reporting: Maintain all QA records so that customer complaint and legal problems can be dealt with



Centre For Human Genetics

• Bengaluru Area, India

• Project Assistant

  • Nov 2009 - Jan 2011

  Project: “Immortalization and banking of cells from individuals and families of interest to the Indian human diversity and Human genome programs to clinical genetics”. • Lymphoblast cell line creation or immortalization of lymphocytes by EBV transformation from human patients with the inborn genetic disorder, freezing of cell line and cell line data maintenance. • Collection of blood samples from patients with inborn genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome etc. • Freezing lymphoblast cell line and Maintaining records of cell lines created. • Done DNA isolation from blood samples and saliva samples for different studies. Show less



Central Food Technological Research Institute, Cheluvambe Mansion, Mysore.

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Assistant

  • Mar 2009 - Sep 2009

  Project: “Enzymatic synthesis of vitamin and phenol glycosides”. Project: “Enzymatic synthesis of vitamin and phenol glycosides”.