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Department of Biotechnology F-109 SN Hall of Residence

Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur-721 302 Kharagpur-721 302
West Bengal West Bengal
India India

suma_kgp@yahoo.co.in Phone: +91-9734425680

Education
2004-Present Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology in Biotechnology and Biochemical
Kharagpur, India Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
GPA (at the end of 4th semester): 8.43/10
Pursuing Minor in Chemical Engineering.
Additional GPA: 9.0/10

2002-2004 Board of Intermediate Education, Ratna Junior College, Andhra Pradesh.

Secured an aggregate of 94.3% with 97% in physics and 99% in mathematics.

2002 Board of Secondary Education, St.Domnic’s High School, Andhra Pradesh.

Secured an aggregate of 86% with 95% in science and 100% in mathematics.

Scholarships and Academic Honors

2005 Received MCM Scholarship, IIT Kharagpur.

2004 Qualified the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination and secured a rank of 1766
among approximately 1, 00,000 students taking the examination.
2004 Qualified the All India Engineering Entrance Examination and secured rank of 6000.
2004 Received Pratibha Scholarship given by Government of Andhra Pradesh.
2002 Qualified for National Talent Search Examination and received Scholarship at National Level.
2002 Secured 453rd rank in National Level Science Talent Search Examination conducted by Unified Council.
2002 Secured 7th rank in Science Talent Search Examination conducted by A.S.Rao Council.
2002 Secured 27th rank in State Level Science Talent Search Examination conducted by Unified Council.
2001 Secured 796th rank in National Level Science Talent Search Examination conducted by Unified Council.
2001 Secured 76th rank in State Level Science Talent Search Examination conducted by Unified Council.
2001 Secured 12th rank in Science Talent Search Examination conducted by A.S.Rao Council.
Courses Undertaken
Biotechnology:

• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Genetics
• Cell and Molecular biology
• Industrial microbiology and enzyme technology
• Plant tissue culture
• Bioinformatics
• Protein Engineering
• Drug designing and development
• Thermodynamics

Chemical Engineering:

• Transport phenomena
• Reaction Engineering
• Phase equilibrium thermodynamics
• Instrumentation and process control
• Engineering aspects of Transport Process
• Cryogenic Engineering

and basic maths and science courses

Others:

• Psychology
• Law of Patents
• Soft Computing

Research Experience
2007 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
Presently doing a project under the supervision of Dr.Padmavathi, Rajiv Gandhi School of
Intellectual Property Law.
Topic: Patents on Yoga: Critical Analysis.

2007 The Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Conducted a summer training under the supervision of Dr.A.James Hudspeth, Laboratory of
Sensory Neuroscience.
Topic: Orientation of lateral line neuromasts in the adult zebrafish.

2007 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

Modelling of Human walking using Matlab. This was done during the course work on Biomechanics,
 department of Civil Engineering.

2006 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

Presently doing a project under the supervision of Dr. Ananta.K.Ghosh.
Topic: Expression of Antheraea Mylitta cypoviral polyhedron in E.coli.

2006 Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.
Conducted winter training under the supervision of Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, laboratory of
Chronobiology. The lab deals with the effect of light dark cycles on various behaviors of drosophila.
Topic: Effect of agonist and antagonist of d5HT1B on the locomotor activity of drosophila thereby
assessing the rhythmic expression of d5HT1B receptor gene.

2006 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

I wrote term papers on
1. “Fuzzy logic controlled high inactivation process of Lacto coccus lactis".
2. “An artificial neural network to predict the outcome of prostate biopsy".
3. “Discovery of Cancer Vaccination protocols using GA based simulator”.
and a project on
“Effect of Bad Weather on driving speed through a Fuzzy Cognitive Map (Neuro-Fuzzy approach)”.
This was during the course work on “Soft computing tools and its Engineering Applications” under the
supervision of Prof. Sudhir Kumar Barai.

2006 National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India.

Conducted summer training work under the supervision of Dr. M.M.Panicker, laboratory of
Neurobiology.
Topic: Rhythmic Expression of Serotonin Receptor genes. This is done by determining the presence of
canonical and non canonical E-Boxes in the upstream region of the genes. E-Boxes have an important
role to play in circadian control.

2005 Indian Institute of Technology. Kharagpur, India.

Conducted winter training work under the supervision of Prof. S.Das Gupta and Prof.S.Dey in the
department of Chemical Engineering.
Topic: Isolation of pectin using Electric Field enhanced Ultra filtration.

Lab Experience

• Handling of electronic devices like Oscilloscope, Multimeter, UV Spectrophotometer etc

• Estimation of Proteins and Carbohydrates and other organic and inorganic compounds
• Standard Microbiological Techniques
• Chromatographic techniques
• Measurement of pH and conductivity
• Isolation of plasmid DNA. (Mini prep, maxi prep, PEG)
• Isolation of genomic DNA
• Cloning
• Ultra filtration
• Agarose gel electrophoresis
• Confocal Microscopy
• Electrophysiology.
Conferences Attended

• Nano-Bio Interface: This was held at SINP (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics), Kolkata during March 3-6
2006. The conference was to discuss the interface between Nano-Technology and biology. I presented a
poster on “Role of Pectin in Cancer Therapy: Delivery of pectin through nanoparticles"

• Indo-French Bioinformatics Meeting: This was held in NCBS during July 13th-15th 2006 where various
concepts on Bioinformatics were discussed. I attended the conference and was exposed to various
databases and tools in bioinformatics.

• Computational Insights into Biological Systems (Incob Satellite meeting 2006): This was held at Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore during December 26th-28th 2006. I gave a talk on “Are Serotonin Receptor
Genes under Circadian Control?” in this conference.

• 2007 Rockefeller University Neuroscience Retreat: This was held at The New York Botanical Garden,
New York. I attended the Neuroscience Retreat where the eminent scientists of Neuroscience from The
Rockefeller University have presented their work.

Guest Lectures Attended

• Notch Signaling: TGF-beta mediated epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) by Tessy Thomas,
Post doc, National Center for Biological Sciences.
• T-Helper cells and immune response by Satish Devadasa, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New
Jersey delivered at National Center for Biological Sciences.
• Protein palmitoylation and the sub cellular trafficking of Ras family GTPases by Robert
J.Deschenes, Medical college of Wisconsin, Wisconsin delivered at National Center for Biological
Sciences.
• Molecular assessment of genetic variability of Ecoraces of Indian Tasar silkworm (Antheraea
Mylitta) by Sonali, Indian Institute of Technology Khragpur.
• Cyclins and Stem Cells in Cardiac Regeneration by Hina Chaudhary, M.D; Columbia University at
The Rockefeller University, New York.
• Phosphorylation of UDP-glucuronyltransferase: Its functional impact on drug metabolism and
detoxification by Nikhik K.Basu, National Institute of Health, USA.

Programming Skills
 • Programming and Data Structures using C , C++ and Java
• Web Designing Using HTML (Micromedia Dreamweaver)
• Soft computing tools (fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms)
• Mathematica
• Matlab.
Extra Curricular Activities

• Playing Basket Ball.

• Web Page designing.
• Listening to Music.
• Playing Drums.
• South Indian Classical dance (kuchipudi)
• Clay Modelling.

Career Interests:

• Neuroscience.
• Chronotherapy.
• To work in the vaccine development unit against cancer.
• Use of nano particles for targeted drug delivery.