CAREER OBJECTIVE

To work in a globally competitive environment on challenging roles to contribute my skills, that shall yield the twin benefits of job satisfaction and a steady-paced professional growth

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Qualification Year Percentage/

CGPA University/ Board

M. Tech. (Pharm.) 2011 8.66 NIPER, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali)

Bachelor of Pharmacy 2009 64.08 % Pune University

Higher Secondary Education (HSC) 2005 73.83% Maharashtra Board, Pune University

Matriculation (SSC) 2003 75.33 % Maharashtra Board, Pune University

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Secured 98.87 percentile in GATE-2009 (IIT Roorkee)

Secured 98.23 percentile in GATE-2008 (IISC Bangalore)

Secured All India Rank 121 in NIPER-JEE (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education Research),2009

TRAINING AND WORKSHOP

One month In-plant training in QA and QC department at GlaxoSmithKline Asia Private Limited, Nasik and also handled documentation procedure and record maintenance (June 2010)

One month In–plant training in Formulation, R&D, Q.A, and Q.C. department at BLUE CROSS LABORATORIES LIMITED, Nasik and experienced the working of GC, HPLC, FTIR, UV-Visible spectrophotometer instruments (May 2008)

Visited Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Microbial Type Culture collection And Gene Bank (MTCC), Chandigarh (Punjab) (Jan 2010)

Certificate course in “General Course on Intellectual Property Right” offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva (March 2010)

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH PROJECTS

M.Tech Project: ‘Lipase-Mediated Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Alcohol intermediates to Enantiomerically Pure Intermediates’

(Guide: Prof. U. C. Banerjee, Dept.of Pharmaceutical Technology Biotechnology, NIPER, Mohali.) (June 2010 onwards)

Synthesized Racemic alcohol intermediates and acetyl products of drugs Arimoclomol(in treatment of ALS) and Enciprazine(non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic) by chemical synthesis

Characterized these products using H-NMR, C-NMR, FTIR, MS, UV-Visible spectroscopy and purified using Flash chromatography and extraction methods

Method developed using HPLC

Micro-organism screened for lipase activity from different soil samples

Kinetic resolution done by esterification reaction with screened lipase and results analysed by HPLC

B.Pharm. Project: ‘Introduction and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease’ (2007-2008)

(Guide: Mrs. V.L. Kawale, Pharmacology Dept., NDMVPS College of Pharmacy, Nashik)

Reviewed different causes and treatments of Alzheimer’s disease

Mainly focused on herbal treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

AREAS OF INTEREST

Intellectual Property Rights, Regulatory affairs, Research and Development, Formulation and Development, Biocatalysis, Formulation of recombinant technology products, Fermentation Technology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microbial Culture Techniques- Basic technique of microbes isolation, screening, and culture maintenance

Analytical Techniques- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), UV- visible spectrophotometry, NMR, GCMS, MS and IR Spectroscopy

Organic Chemistry Synthesis- practical experience in synthesis of alcohol intermediates and acetyl products of drugs like Arimoclomol and Enciprazine

Standard Molecular Biology Techniques- PCR, DNA isolation

Separation Techniques- Column purification, Flash chromatography, TLC and extraction of compound

Patent Analysis

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Proficient in using general windows operating softwares like Chemdraw, Chem3D, MS-office, and Endnote

Data Mining: Scientific data retrieval from various internet portals like Science Direct, SciFinder, Pubmed, and chemical abstract search. Also, proficient with the use of different patent databases

for patent search like espace@net, USPTO, IPO, WIPO, etc.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Presented a poster entitled “Enantioselective enzymatic resolution of (RS)-1-chloro-3-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl) piperazin-1-yl) propan-2-ol” in World Congress on Biotechnology, Hyderabad-2011

Attended 2nd International Symposium on “Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) Applications toward Drug Discovery and Development” 2010

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Event coordinator of NIPER annual fest “SPANDAN”

Active team member of “A TRIBUTE GROUP” , a renowned cultural activity group of NIPER

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 23 July, 1988

Father’s Name : Mr.Narayan Thete

Languages known : English, Hindi, Marathi

Email ID : mpwbsx@r.postjobfree.com

Phone No. : 025*-*******

Permanent address : 7’Narnada Niwas, Jay Yogeshwar Soci,

Omkar nagar, Peth road, Mhasrul,

Panchavati, Nashik (Maharashtra)-422004.

REFERENCES

Dr. U. C. Banerjee

Prof. and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

Mohali, Punjab-160062

INDIA

Email- mpwbsx@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Abhay. H. Pande

Assistant Prof. Department of Biotechnology

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research

Mohali, Punjab-160062

INDIA

Email- mpwbsx@r.postjobfree.com

I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and if found false I am wholly responsible.

Place: Mohali (Punjab) Karuna Thete

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