Highlights:By involving in the job role provided by the Organization sincerely, have developed my technical skills and work management skills very well and have gained respectful position in the organization. Had been part of many technical discussions with the regulatory bodies, technical teams from partner company, Organization RND teams and audits. Developed a high problem solving skills, technical skills and management of the work within the team.

Skills:Cell culture, Bioassay, flow cytometry, Molecular Biology, Mycoplasma and HCDNA by qPCR, Upstream Inoculum development, Monoclonal Antibody, Cell bank preparation and characterization, Regulatory guidelines, audit compliance, cGMP practices, Method optimization, validation

Goal:To understand more and more the developments happening in the field of life science and to get involved in the organizational activity very well and thus work for personal developmental skills and for the betterment of the organization. To get to understand the better systems available in the life science industry thus enhancing my career goals.

Certification:Had been part of characterization study performed for qualification of International standard for PEG GCSF in collaboration with NIBSC and WHO where we were successfully obtained and provided the data.

Scientist-QC 02/2016 - current
Kemwell BioPharma, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: BioPharmaceuticals
Working as Scientist-QC in Cell culture department which involves Bioassay method development, ELISA, HCDNA and Mycoplasma by qPCR, stability assessment of the biotherapeutics in cGMP environment.
Job description involves routine testing of biopharma products manufactured for bioassay, binding ELISA, HCDNA and Mycoplasma. In process testing of mammalian cell culture production for cell count & viability, osmolality. Method development activities for the methods provided by clients by analyzing the risk assessment in the methods and arriving at a better risk mitigation strategy by understanding the method and the requirements of the current regulatory bodies. Thorough knowledge on method validation requirements in compliance with the pharmacopeial guidelines and about 21 CFR part 11 compliance.--
Assistant Manager 07/2014 - 01/2016
Biocon Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Biopharmaceuticals
Cell culture department, Bioassay.
Handled the cell culture team by planning the lab activities so as to meet the requirements of the department. Handled all the quality management system issues and concerns (OOS, deviations, laboratory incidents, CAPA etc) within the department and arrived at the acceptable solutions with proper justifications.--
Senior Executive 08/2011 - 05/2014
BIocon Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: BioPharmaceuticals
Cell culture and Bioassay
Handled a QC team and ensured the completion of the lab activities in compliance with the quality systems defined. involved in the method transfer and validation activities for in-vitro cell based bioassays and binding assay by Flow cytometry.--
Executive 01/2010 - 07/2011
Biocon Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Biopharmaceuticals
Inoculum IPQC and Bioassays
Inprocess sample analysis for upstream cell cultures used in manufacturing of Biotherapeutic products. Inoculum development for CHO and NSO cell lines used in Biotherapeutics production. Cell bank preparation and maintenance of cell lines Hut-78, A431, SkBr3, L929, MNFS-60. Binding assay analysis for in process, batch release and stability release samples using Flow cytometer. Equipment qualification and validation.--
Project Assistant 02/2009 - 09/2009
Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Forestry Research
Seed technology and Tissue culture
Involved in research project on study of seed variability and ex-situ conservation for few extinct species of forest trees.--
Project trainee 10/2009 - 12/2009
Biocon Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Biopharmaceuticals
Inoculum development
In-process sample analysis for upstream cell culture samples for cell count, viability, pCO2, glucose and lactate and Osmolality. Inoculum development for upstream production.--

AASC College 07/2003 - 04/2006
Bhatkal, Karnataka, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Chemistry, Botany & Zoology
Specialization in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology

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