Sadhna Narayanan

Smart student studying biotechnology, offering strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail. Well-versed in creating PowerPoint presentations and biotechnology laboratory processes.

Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-professionals at various levels.

Ambitious, career-focused job seeker, anxious to obtain an entry-level position to help launch career while achieving company goals.

Willing to listen and learn and excited to contribute in real-world environment to help find practical, actionable solutions for current needs.

Tackles challenges with positivity and drive to overcome. Works great alone or with others and consistently exceeds expectations.

• DEB-SOC, Debate society at VIT : Was an active team member, participating in regular debates at university. I developed competency and confidence in public speaking and discourse. Improved my cooperative argumentation which enhanced my interpersonal communication skills.
• THEPC-VIT : Was a member of The Hindu education plus club, where I got the exposure to express my thoughts as think pieces about relevant topics.
• TEDx VIT management team member: Learnt to organize and coordinate events conducted by TEDx annually. This experience improved my social skills and networking with diverse group members.
• SBE, VIT: Was part of technical team in society for biological engineering.
• Chinese: Was wonderful learning Chinese along with our curriculum as it gave me an opportunity to learn a language that has the scripts and phonetics unfamiliar to me earlier.
• Greek: I joined this language class because I was always fascinated about Greek language and their ancient rich cultural heritage. It was a very wonderful exposure.
• Carnatic music: I am a well trained Carnatic singer from childhood. To further my passion in music, I enrolled in the modern classic course in VIT. I met students from various Indian cities and heard their musical skills in different languages.
• Karate double-black belt: I have training in goju-ryu karate style from Colt institute of karate, where I have participated in the tournaments and earned two-dan black belt.
• Bharathatyam dance training: I have been learning classical dance for 8 years from 2005 to 2013 from a disciple of Shri Dhananjayan.
• Proficient in swimming: I have learnt four basic strokes of swimming from VV international school of swimming in 2008. I have been regularly keeping up with this throughout the years including college duration in VIT.

• Participated in Bhagwad Gita chanting between the years 2010-2014 and won gold(2012), silver(2011) and one bronze(2010) medals.
• In 2013 I took part in NGO volunteer work to raise awareness about autistic children functionality by giving a concert with autistic children who had vocational training. It was a very unique experience that highlights their functionality and capability.
• In 2015, during chennai floods as a whole family we participated in cooking meal for the affected people and distributed through loyola college, where they had taken shelter. This was a local community initiative.
• In 2016 got selected to represent school girls throwball team for inter-school competition in throwball tournament.
• In 2016 I participated in S Ramnathan carnatic music competition under the guidance of my guru Shri. S P Ramh sir
• In 2017, I won third place in state level kata tournament of goju ryu style conducted by colt institute
• In 2018 I received my Karate double-black belt; I have training in goju-ryu karate style from Colt institute of karate, where I have participated in the tournaments and earned two-dan black belt.
• In 2019, I took part in VIT-Model United Nations in the environment summit as a country delegate.
• In January 2020 I took part in loyola college parliamentary debate tournament where I participated as an adjudicator

• Basics of extracellular vescicles, conducted by university of california, Irvine. Completed on may6th 2020.
• Biotechnology business, law and science completed on may15th 2020, instructor Yali Friedman on udemy