Education       BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, Pilani

2004-Present   Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons.), June 2008

• Core Courses GPA: 9.071/10.0

2003-2004       AV. Meiyappan Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai

               Marks Obtained : 96.5 %

2001-2002       AV. Meiyappan Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai

Marks Obtained : 86%

Interested to carry my carrier in research work related to biological and pharmacological research.

Projects completed:

§Project: Pharmacological Screening of Candidate Drugs for Analgesic Activity under Dr. P. Yogeeswari(BITS Pilani)

§Project: Aquatron (in APOGEE 2K6)

§Project: PharmaBot (this project won 1^st prize under emerging areas in     APOGEE 2K7). Patenting of this instrumentation is also under progress.

§Project: Paramax-3, a Tulip Product (PSI project at Orchid BioMedicals, Goa)

§ Project: G-Watch (Non-invasive Glucose estimation technique)

§ Project: Pharmacological Screening of Candidate Drugs for Chronic Analgesic Activity under   Dr.P.Yogeeswari(BITS Pilani)

§ Project: Behavioral and Neuro chemical analysis involved in psychopharmacology of serotonergic model under Dr.R. Mahesh (Group Leader, Pharmacy Group, BITS Pilani)

§ Project: Pharmacological Screening of psychotropic drugs under Dr.R. Mahesh (Group Leader, Pharmacy Group, BITS Pilani)

Future Projects:

§ Thesis Project: Pharmacological screening of candidate drugs for anti-migraine activity under Dr.P.Yogeeswari(BITS Pilani) during Jan – May 2007

Papers Presented:

§ G-Watch, a non-invasive glucose estimating method (in APOGEE 2K7)

§ Robo Pharmacy/PharmaBot (in APOGEE 2K7)

§ Research papers on the projects done under Dr. Yogeeswari and Dr. R. Mahesh will be published within 6months

§ Paper presented on Pharma-Bot for Freedom to Innovate by Honeywell Technologies

§ Paper to be presented at IPC (Indian Pharmaceutical Congress)

Leadership and Extra Curricular Activities:

§APOGEE Coordinator, BITS Pharmaceutical Society during 2006-2007.

§Professional assistant of BITS for the course Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene during the year 2006-2007.

§Fourth Year Representative, BITS Pharmaceutical Society 2007-2008.

§Secured First Prize for PharmaBot Project in APOGEE 2007, an all India level annual technical festival conducted at BITS, Pilani.

Pharmacological Models Worked:

1.      L5-SNL and CCI Models of Neuropathic Pain

2.      Olfactory Bulbectomy.

3.      Apomorphine Induced Cage Climbing Behavior

4.      Apomorphine Induced Compulsive Gnawing Behavior.

5.      Acetic Acid Induced Writhing.

6.      Formalin Induced Flinching.

7.      Carrageenan Induced Paw Edema

8.      Brain Dissection for NT Estimation.

9.      Hole Board test

10.  Elevated Plus maze

11.  Forced Swim Test