Harshal Chethan
Engineering In Bio Technology
Bangalore
Summary
An enthusiastic biotechnologist by profession with 12 years of experience in pharmaceuticals, molecular diagnostics, wet lab, project management and business development in Cytogenetics. Having sound knowledge of bacterial agents and standard chemical tests. I intend to work in a challenging and growth-oriented organization, which offers diverse job responsibility in Life-Science, research and management domain, where my technical knowledge and analytical skills gained during the course of my experience can be utilized for the assigned job and objectives of the organization
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Research Associate
Sri Siddhartha Medical College
Tumkur
09.2011 - Current
- Established standardized timelines for project milestones to forecast project completion dates and identify bottleneck concerns affecting timelines.
- Evaluated project requirements for fifteen projects in the area of genetic studies and identified pivotal milestones influencing project completion.
- Handled grant financial analysis, prepared budgets, and assisted with financial documents. Also accurately developed and managed project budget in accordance with institutional policies and protocols, in a timely manner.
- Interacted with project directors/stakeholders and researchers to assure that projects were on time, project data was properly captured and completed reports archived.
- Culturing and harvesting cells from blood and other tissue sample to produce mitotic cell preparations.
- Preparing slides by chromosome spreading, banding and staining.
- Prepares the monthly statistics and turnaround time of all the samples received and reports into the Head of the department.
- Conducted CME's, paper publications and conferences in the field of genetics.
Associate Scientist
Xcyton Diagnostics Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2010 - 07.2011
- Actively worked on providing syndrome-based diagnosis on a wide array of clinical samples. The process involves molecular diagnostic techniques including nucleic acid extraction, PCR amplification using multiplex PCR Assay and nucleic acid hybridization using
- XCytoScreens* & NAAT CheX* that enables simultaneous identification of all pathogens(Bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite) causing any particular syndrome such as Meningitis, Encephalitis, Septicemia , Infectious endophthalmitis, Febrile Neutropenia Viral Retinitis, Uveitis, Keratoconjunctivitis, Acute encephalitic syndrome, Acute pyrexia and Fuch’s disease.
- Report Preparation and Recording data.
- Optimizing techniques and troubleshooting.
- Attending scientific meetings.
- Preparation of all the reagents needed in the laboratory.
Production Chemist
Madhur Pharmaceuticals pvt ltd
Bangalore
02.2010 - 06.2010
- Actively maintained batch records of all kinds of products (i.e. anti-wrinkle cream, nourishing skin cream, etc.).
- Quality check on the products during the packing stage.
- Necessary skills in people management and team dynamics, helping me to evolve as a better managerial professional.
- Stakeholder management with the parent company and weekly update meetings on the quality control measures.
- Budget control measures
- Handled a 14 member team and monitored the packaging and quality control checks of the team.
Education
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - BIOTECHNOLOGY
NMAMIT,NITTE
Karkala, Karnataka 09.2005 - 05.2009
Skills
Budgeting
Additional Information
- AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS ,Mentored new hires to explore scientific concepts making them more confident to perform their work. Trained PhDs joining in the lab and received exemplary feedback from them.
Timeline
Research Associate
Sri Siddhartha Medical College
09.2011 - Current
Associate Scientist
Xcyton Diagnostics Ltd
06.2010 - 07.2011
Production Chemist
Madhur Pharmaceuticals pvt ltd
02.2010 - 06.2010
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - BIOTECHNOLOGY
NMAMIT,NITTE
09.2005 - 05.2009
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