PHD
Associate Professor
School of Forensic Sciences
 
Department: NA
Phone: 9866898857
 

About Me

2014-Ph.D (Life Sciences) from Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Govt. of India, Kolkata Affiliated to Jadavpur University, Kolkata, PG (Biotechnology) From Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu-2006, UG (Biotechnology) from Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh-2004.

04 Years Teaching Experience in the field of Life Sciences

05 Years Research Experience  in the field of Forensic Science

06 Years Technical and Administration Experience 

10-Paper Publications in International publishers like Nature, Elsevier, Springer, American Academy, Wiley  (Highest IP:9.65 and Lowest IP: 1.25)

01-Indian Patent

02-Technologies developed in the field of Wild Life Forensic Biology

 
 
Research Fields

  • Forensic Biology
  • Conservation Genetics
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Forensic DNA
  • Forensic Serology
  • Molecular Biology

Teaching

  • 04 Years Teaching Experience for MTech and MSc BioTechnology Students

Expertise

  • Electrophoresis Methodologies
  • RT-PCR
  • DNA Sanger Sequencing
  • Next Generation Sequencing Methods (illumina)
  • Nanopore Sequencing Technology (Oxford University)
  • DNA Profiling
  • Primer Designing
  • Analysis of Genomic DNA Sequencing
  • RNA & DNA Isolation Methods
  • Forensic Biology
  • Biotechnology

Interests

  • Creating Biological Data bank for Wild Life Forensics for Protecting and Maintains of Nature Biodiversity

 
   

Research Fields

isolated and characterized novel Molecular Markers from nuclear DNA, with the view to study the genetic variability and breeding patterns of the unique indigenous species of India. Levels of genetic variability within populations were examined using the microsatellites. Genetic variation was significantly higher than in any other crocodile species. This was surprising given the long term and widespread decline of Gavialis gangeticus. There were also significant differences between populations within species in the level of genetic variability. Low levels of variability were usually found in small or captive bred populations or populations in severe decline. Genetic differentiation between populations was also explored using microsatellites. Significant differentiation in allele frequency distributions was found between most pair wise population comparisons, indicating that each of these populations forms a separate management unit (MU) for conservation purposes. As a matter of fact, these microsatellites will provide insights in to the animal breeding pattern and their geographical distribution in Indian sub-continent, this data will be made available to the researchers for future extension of studies.

Besides, isolation of polymorphic STR markers from Gharial, we developed four nuclear gene based markers i.e. C-mos, C-myc, RAG and Neurotrophin and one mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 16S rRNA to explore various aspects of conservation managements of crocodile species. These aspects include a forensic examination and examination of the phylogenetic or evolutionary relationships among all six species of crocodiles. The PCR amplification by using these four nuclear and one mitochondrial DNA markers showed significant levels of sequence variations between crocodile species. These markers also proved to be effective in conservation studies.