Senior Faculty Scientist

RESUME

RANGANATHAN VIJAYARAGHAVAN

#****, **** *****, *** ‘B’Main,

Banshankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore-560070

Karnataka, India.

E-mail: ******@**********.***

Ph: +91-988*******

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To be a part of an excellent work force committed for the well being of the organization. To incorporate a definite work culture in order to play an active, challenging role for the organization with my skills and knowledge to achieve the goals and standards.

SUMMARY OF STRENGTH:

 Practical knowledge in Development of Training programs for professionals in the field of drug designing and clinical data management. Identifies and makes recommendations for the learning program and process improvements. Maintains and keeps current on developments and trends in the training field.

 Knowledge in Pharmacovigilance, drug safety and clinical data management.

 Practical knowledge in Bioinformatics software and protein modeling software.

 Practical knowledge in Cheminformatics and Drug discovery process- Drug Databases, Virtual screening of drugs, Lead identification and Drug designing

 Strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language

 Computer skills including proficiency in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

 Ability to learn and adopt any techniques related to the work.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 Senior Faculty

ASR Biotec, Bangalore (From March 2002 to October 2009).

Nature of work:

-Conducting Research and Training program in Clinical Data Management Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics and Drug designing.

Area of Research:

-Target identification and drug designing for different types of cancer.

FELLOWSHIP:

 Research Associate:

S&T Project, Ministry of Coal, Department of Microbiology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Aug 1994-Aug 1996.

 Research Assistant:

S&T project, Ministry of Coal, Department of Microbiology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Dec 1992-Aug 1994.

 Sr. Research Fellow:

DNES Project, Department of Microbiology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Feb 1992- Nov 1992.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Bioinformatics: Nucleotide and Protein Sequence analysis, Predicting Protein Structure and Function from Sequence.

Cheminformatics and Drug designing: Drug databases, Virtual screening, Lead identification, Target identification, Protein Modeling and Drug designing, Validation.

Computer Science: Programming languages- C, JAVA, and BIO PERL. Operating system-Windows and Linux.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (Microbiology): Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India. 2001.

M.Sc (Microbiology): Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India.1991.Marks obtained: 85.0%

B.Sc (Agrl): Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India.1989. Marks obtained: 71.2 %

H.S.C(intermediate): St.Joseph’s Higher secondary School, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu,1984. Marks obtained: 80.8 %

S.S.L.C: St.Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, 1982. Marks obtained: 81.6 %

ADDITIONAL COURSES:

Computer programming languages- SRM InfoTech, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 2001.

Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics- Biosys Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, 2002.

Introduction to Bioinformatics- Online course conducted by National University of Singapore-2003.

Modular course in Cheminformatics - Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), 2008.

Modular course in System Biology- Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), 2008.

SAS programming for clinical data management course, 2009.

SCHOLARSHIP:

University Studentship in Annamalai University for Ph.D. Research from 31-08-96 to 31-08-98.

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above said statements are true to the best of my knowledge.

T.V.RANGANATHAN

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