Dr. Rakchna M

Bio

Academic qualifications

• Diplomate in National Board (D.N.B) in Biochemistry – Awarded by the National Board of Examinations in February 2021
• M.D. in Biochemistry from Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India from January 2016 to December 2018 (3 years)
• M.B.B.S., Coimbatore Medical college, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India from August 2009 to March 2015

Work experience

• Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, SRMC&RI, SRIHER from 1st March 2021 onwards

• Senior Resident in the Department of Biochemistry, JIPMER from 4th February 2019 to 26th February 2021

• Junior Resident in the Department of Biochemistry, JIPMER from 29 January 2016 to 31 December 2018

Capabilities/ Responsibilities

• Handling lectures and practical sessions for MBBS, BDS, MD, MDS, MSc & all allied courses (BSc Nursing, BPT, BSc AHS, TCM, Sports, Medical Microbiology)
• Actively guide and assess postgraduate students in seminars, journal clubs, and case discussions
• Mentoring students in their curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities
• Active involvement and guidance for students in research
• Dissertation guide for postgraduate students
• Proactively involved in departmental activities and responsibilities towards the upliftment of the department and the institution
• Engage actively in conducting and organizing departmental events (CMEs, workshops)
• Associate consultant at Sri Ramachandra Laboratory Services
• Member of Phase I committee, Dept NAAC coordinator, Website coordinator

Educations

Research Interest

Projects

Assessment of serum sirtuin 1 and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1α) levels in gestational diabetes mellitus patients

 SPONSORED BY

SRIHER Growth and Advancement towards Excellence (GATE) – Research starter Grant for 2023

Awards & Recognitions

IFCC- Task Force Young Scientist Award

Awarded the IFCC- Task Force Young Scientist Award at 44th National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India held at KGMU, Lucknow from 3rd to 6th December, 2017

Delhi ACBICON 2013 Travel Award

Awarded the Delhi ACBICON 2013 Travel Award at the 15th Asia Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress held at Jaipur from 17th to 20th November 2019.

Dr. Srirangam Sitharam Shreeram Memorial fund gold medal

Awarded the Dr. Srirangam Sitharam Shreeram Memorial fund gold medal for outstanding performance in University Examinations 2019.

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Membership

Life membership of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI); Life membership of Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI)