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 Vaccine R&D,Project proposal and management, portfolio management, Product life cyccle management, Forecasting, production, Biotransformation & Conjugation (polysaccharide & protein), formulation. Develop and improve purification & conjugation processes for microbial antigen (Protein & Polysaccharide) products (Down Stream Process, Molecular Biology). Pneumococcal, Meningococcal A & Hepatitis B vaccine production (Upstream & Downstream). Review of preparation, maintenance & updation of the regulatory documents, assessment of their compliance with regulatory norms of national & international regulatory bodies. Protein & Conjugated protein analysis. Molecular Biology approaches to improve protein & polysaccharide expression. Small molecules pathway gene expression in Yeasts & Prokaryotes. Gene disruption & integration. Hypotheses for missing enzymes in Yeasts & Prokaryotes.

 Strategic R&D, Product, facility development decisions Responsible for project proposal(discerning the need for prospective microorganisms, Metabolic engineering of microbes to develop proprietary strains (through rational & random mutagenesis, adaptation etc. strategies) & execution. Project planning, management & execution, with mid level management. Mentoring & nurturing the team, annual formulation and day to day administration of the department and its facilities. Upstream & Downstream process development. Review of isolation, maintenance & preservation the microbiological cultures. Process development for ethanol/butanol production (Standardization of optimum fermentation conditions) from various feed stocks (Artificial Media, Lignocelluloses, Corn, and Molasses), Method development for microbiological Assays of mutant selection. Fermentation follow up (partial chemical fingerprinting through HPLC, GC) and other chemical analyses. Simultaneous Saccharification Fermentation. Metabolic Engineering. Training & on site assessment of management tools.

My research work at NCL was rewarded with a research paper publication for me & my colleagues.Two research papers were published & a patent was awarded to the research done based on the same work.NCL a nationalized Interdisciplinary research centre in Science With Approximately 200 scientific staff with PhD & About 400 graduate students pursuing research towards doctoral degreePublishes the second largest number of papers in chemical sciences, the largest number of patents, both in India and abroad and produces the largest number of Ph.D.s in Chemical Sciences in India.I applied & assessed some of the fundamental concepts in Biology, nourished my aspiration to do commercially applicable research.Interaction with eminent scientists, their diverse & productive work strengthen my desire to be a researcher.