Microbiologist

RAKESH SARMA M

e-mail Id:

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Contact Number:

Mobile: 979*******

Communication Address:

No 4, mariamman koil street,

Bahoor pet, Bahoor post,

Puducherry-607402.

Personal Data:

Date of Birth: 21-06-89

Sex: Male

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Single

Father’s Name: Muthuvel.G

Mother’s Name: Kalyani@sumathi.M

Current Location: Puducherry.

Languages known: English, French, Hindi & Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannadam.

Objective:

Seeking a career to reach a challenging position in the Life science field and to explore new technologies to enhance effectiveness in my work.

Research interest

Microbiology, toxicology, Natural products, Inflammation and rheumatological diseases.

Education:

Pursing Ph.D., microbiology (2015 –2020) (thesis submitted)

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry, India

Title of thesis: “Evaluation of Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-arthritic properties of the extract of the leaf of Terminalia arjuna (Wright and Arnott Roxb): an in vitro and an in vivo “

Research Supervisor: Dr. Balanehru Subramanian.

M.Sc., Applied Microbiology (2009 – 2011) Percentage: 69.85

VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India

Title of dissertation: “Insecticidal property of Xanthophylls from Aspergillus carbonarious”Research

Supervisor: Dr.G.Vijayalakshmi, CFTRI, Mysuru, India.

B.Sc., Applied Microbiology (2005 – 2008) Percentage: 60.01

Achariya Arts and Science College, Villianur, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India

Higher Secondary (2005) Percentage: 56.98

(Board of Higher Secondary Examination, Tamil Nadu)

Wiseman Higher Secondary School, Velrampet, Pondicherry, India.

SSLC (2003) Percentage:78.90

(Board of Higher Secondary Examination, Tamil Nadu)

Professor Annoussamy High School, Bahour, Pondicherry, India.

Awards and recognition

Won third prize for oral presentation entitled as “ Isolation and characterization of enteric bacterial pathogens from fecal samples of Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients “ presented in DST- SERB sponsored National level conference on “Molecular characteristics of multi drug resistant bacteria – causes, consequences and control (MCMDRB-17)” organized by Department of Biotechnology held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamanagalam.

Won second prize for best oral presentation entitled as “Mass spectrometric analysis of extract of leaf of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. Wright & Arnott) and its antibacterial activity against bio-pathogens” presented in International health research convention (IHRC) 2019. Conference on “Health and natural products in Indian system” NATURA’ 19 organized by Central Inter Disciplinary Research Facility, SBV, Puducherry.

Publication

Sharma, R., Subramanian, B., & Subramanian, K. (2018). Isolation and characterization of aerobic gut microbiome of psoriatic arthritic and psoriasis patients

Sarma, R. M., Subramanian, B., Tamilmaran, P., & Ramakrishnan, G. (2019). Anti-inflammatory and Anti-granuloma effect of the extract of the leaf of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 11(11), 3579-3586.

PAPERS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Participated and presented a poster entitled “GC-MS analysis of methylene chloride methanolic extract of the leaf and bark of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb, Wight &Arn)” in National Symposium on the Trends in Biochemistry in Post-Genomic Era organized by department of biochemistry and molecular biology, Pondicherry University.

Participated and presented a oral entitled “Evaluate anti-arthritic activity of the extract of leaf of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb, Wight &Arn)” in International conferences on “The role of Toxicology in [public health organized by centre for animal research training and services, Central Inter-Disciplinary Research facility, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, Sponsored by the Medical council of India and held at Mahatma Gandhi Medical college and Research Institute campus.

Work experience

Working as a project student during the period June 2011 to Jan 2012 in CFTRI Mysore.

From Jan 2014 to 2015 involved in various clinical projects collaborated with DVL, Microbiology, Community medicines in MGMCRI hospital Puducherry.

Involved in various tumor tissue collection collaborated with IIT Chennai and SBV (Surgery dept in MGMCRI).

Served as technical assistant for NABL accreditation in CIDRF, Puducherry.

Presently working (Dec 3 to at present) as a technical assistant Covaxin clinical trial along with Barath biotech.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Analytical chemistry

Extraction and characterization phytochemical compounds from natural products.

TLC

Microbiology and Molecular biology

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of bio-pathogens from clinical samples, antibacterial sensitivity assay, Systematic identification of bacteria using biochemical and physiological assays,

RNA isolation, Real time PCR (RT PCR).

Cell Culture Animal Handling and Histopathology

Maintenance of secondary animal cell lines, Anti-cancer activity analysis,

Small animal handling (Dosing, Disease model development, necropsy, anesthetic).

Tissue processing for histopathology, Tissue sectioning, staining.

Instrument Handling

Automated hematology analyser, biochemical clinical analyser, Reverse-phase HPLC, Centrifuges, Rota evaporators and Concentrators, UV – visible spectrophotometer, ELISA reader, Sonicator, PCR (thermocycler), Fluorescent microscope, Biosafety cabinet (CLASS III), autoanalyzer, microtome, pH meter, Autoclave, Gel Documentation System, Pleythysmometer.

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above-furnished particulars are true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Puducherry

Date: (RAKESH SARMA M)

REFERENCES:

Dr. Balanehru Subramanian

Director, Central Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility

Central Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility (CIDRF), Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Puducherry, 607402.

Dr.G.Vijayalakshmi,

Deputy Director, Scientist F, (Retd...)

Department of Food Microbiology,

Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI),

Mysore.

Mobile no: +919*********

Dr.V.Mohana srinivasan

Professor,

School of Bioscience and technology,

Vellore Institute of Technology,

Vellore.

Mobile no: 094********.

Dr. Kumaresan Nallasamy,

Deputy Manager, Microbiology - Tata Chemicals Limited,

Kolkata Area, India.

Mobile No: 080********

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