Baskar Viswanathan

Biography

  Experience Senior Bioinformatics Scientist Company NameAgriGenome Labs Pvt Ltd ( A subsidiary of SciGenom Labs Pvt Ltd) Dates EmployedApr 2017 – Present   Employment Duration6 mos LocationCochin Area, India Research Fellow (Industry Institution Collaboration) Company NameUniversity of Madras Dates EmployedJan 2015 – Mar 2017   Employment Duration2 yrs 3 mos LocationChennai, TN, India Part of industry institution collaborated project with support of my Company. Handled many chemical entities for the study of pharmacokinetics through computational tools and programmes. Here i have taken some research problem in the health care and pharma sector. Focused on the developing the drug delivery model for type 2 diabetes management and obesity. Achieved effective results to address the problems of drug delivery system via computational biology tools and programmes.  Computational Biologist Company NameBioLim Biosolutions Pvt Ltd Dates EmployedApr 2014 – Mar 2017   Employment Duration3 yrs LocationChennai Understanding the problems of team with respect to the need of computational exercises for solving complex data sets from genomic and micro molecules data using PERL technology. Handled the task of project designing, algorithm developing and executed the projects using perl scripts and related languages. Handled research projects in the field of nanotechnology and biomedical sciences in public private partnership. I operated as the part of the team, where i'm more insisted towards the research process and development of projects to benefit the company portfolio.  Project Manager Company NameBioLim Biosolutions Pvt Ltd Dates EmployedJul 2014 – May 2016   Employment Duration1 yr 11 mos LocationChennai I had temporarily swap role as Project Manager for the Bioinformatics market in India and Asia Pacific. I performed on various business activities in relation to implementation and technology transfer of the products. Identifying the market pool in industrial and fundamental research organization in order to facilitate them to implement their research in various verticals. Bioinformatics Analyst Company NameBioLim Centre for Science and Technology Dates EmployedDec 2010 – Mar 2014   Employment Duration3 yrs 4 mos LocationChennai Area, India Handled biological data such as genomic, micro molecules and nanomaterials both private and public for analysis using standard tools like simulation plus ADMET predictor, Genomatix. Supporting the team in interpreting the data computationally. Development Officer Company NameNutratreat Dates EmployedAug 2009 – Nov 2010   Employment Duration1 yr 4 mos LocationChennai Area, India Obtaining the knowledge of public interest on nutraceutical product and analysing the mass public feedback data computationally through excel programme (MS office) and PERL programme. Capturing the nutraceutical care market and performing data analytics role.

Research Interest

 Efficient in building the research, development and delivering the projects in nanotechnology, genomics. Skilled with computational efficiency in genomics and work through cutting technologies to nurture my present venture.  5 years experience as leading team member in nanotbiotechnology projects under wetlab stream (Synthesis, Characterization and Biological applications) Project management and defining unique selling point (USP) of the project. 2+ years of experience in the development and integration of web based tools and database. Experienced in Perl Scripting, Python based automation & Debugging. Excellent leading ability in client scientific communication.  2 year of experience in NGS platform and RNA seq analysis. (GATK, SAM tools, Bowtie, HiSAT, StringTie Cufflink, Ballgown pipelines). Experience in other biological data analysis, designing and development. Moderate level of experience in RDBMS systems such as MySQL, Database design and implementation skills. Technically competent, result-oriented with strong analytical and reasoning problem skills. Excellent team player and extensive experience of working in team environment. Excellent communicative, interpersonal and leadership skills.