
Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi
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About me
Director and CEO at Bioberrys Heathcare and Research Centre, India, Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Sheffield, UK, BARCOD biofilms consortium, UK Lead
Education

Vellore Institute of Technology
2010 - 2013Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Cell / Cancer Biology
Vellore Institute of Technology
2008 - 2010Master of Science (M.Sc.) Biotechnology
Vellore Institute of Technology
2005 - 2008Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Biotechnology
Experience

Vellore Institute Of Technology
Jun 2010 - Oct 2013Research AssociateResponsible for handling laboratory classes for UG and PG courses, and guiding B. Tech and M.Sc. students for their final year project.

CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
Jan 2014 - May 2022Senior Research Officer (Scientist-C ICMR)- Supervision of the project activities- coordinating with other participating centres as a National reference center- handling and analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility data using WHONET software- address new research questions in the related area, conduct of related research projects, manuscript correspondence and publication- guiding M.Sc. students (interns) for their final year research projects- handling practical classes on Microbiology for B.Sc. and post-B.Sc. Nurses Show less

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Jan 2016 - Jan 2020Technical EditorScientific and technical review of articles submitted and streamlining them for review, revision, payment and publishing

The University of Sheffield
Jul 2019 - nowHonorary Research Fellow
Jul 2021 - nowGlobal Challenges Research Fellow
Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

Bioberrys Heathcare and Research Centre
Apr 2022 - nowDirector and CEO
Licenses & Certifications

Developing a Protocol for a Cochrane Systematic Review – 2015
South Asian Cochrane Centre, CMC, Vellore, India
Fundamental of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology & SPSS - 2014
Department of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Resource and Training Centre, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Served as a resource person for WHONET training in the workshop “Regional Workshop On Laboratory Surveillance Of Antimicrobial Resistance” at Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India (28th July – 1st August 2014)
WHO SEARO
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiBest poster award Indian Association of Medical Microbiology, MICROCON, India Dec 2019 Award for best poster presentation on the topic “INFLUENCE OF BIOFILM FORMATION ON PATIENT OUTCOME WITH K. PNEUMONIAE BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS” on the Clinical Bacteriology category at the MICROCON 2019 conducted at Mumbai, India on 29th Nov to 1st Dec 2019
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiGlobal Challenges Research Fellowship GCRF, UK Research and Innovation and The University of Sheffield, UK Jul 2019 Fellowship for the research work on the project Making antibiotics work for all: A step closer to enabling antibiotic stewardship in India, as a joint project between UK and India
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiISSAD Scholarship Award Bill and Melinda Gates foundation Feb 2018 ISSAD scholarship award from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for presentation of the research work entitled “Whole genome shotgun sequences of Group B Streptococcus strains from India” at the International Symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae Disease (ISSAD), Cape Town, South Africa
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiResource person - WHO SEARO consultant for national workshop on AMR WHO-SEARO Feb 2017 Served as a resource person - WHO SEARO consultant for national programme on “providing technical support to establish a testing mechanism for antibiotic testing for its quality and potency in Maldives” at IGMH, Male', Maldives
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiResearch training on GBS Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, USA Aug 2016 Training on “The laboratory/clinical protocol and procedures of the Group B Streptococcus Multi-Centre Study” at Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU), University of Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiAward for Young Investigator from India and Southeast Asia Bill and Melinda Gates foundation Mar 2016 Award for Young Investigator from India and Southeast Asia with travel grant from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for the research work presented on the topic “Demonstration of horizontal gene transfer of fluoroquinolone resistance by plasmids in clinical isolates of Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp.” at the 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases conducted at Hyderabad, India on March 2nd to 5th, 2016.
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiTravel grant and training on NGS National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan Aug 2015 Travel grant for training on “Next generation sequencing – NGS and Bioinformatics Analyses of Plasmids Carrying Carbapenemase Genes”. National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. 24th Aug to 1st Sep 2015
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiResearch Award on appreciation of research publications for the year 2012 VIT University, Vellore May 2013 Research Award on appreciation of research publications for the year 2012 – awarded by VIT University on May 27, 2013
- Awarded to Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiBest poster award Consortium of Affordable Medical Technologies – CAMTech, Massachusetts General Hospital’s Global Health department Nov 2012 Best poster award on the topic of “Isolation and detection methods of tumor cell line-derived exosomes-“garbage bin/hidden treasures”-assay standardization for a better comprehension of cell type-specific apoptotic phenomena” during CAMTech-India Medical Hackathon at VIT University
Languages
- enEnglish
- taTamil
- teTelugu
- hiHindi
- saSanskrit
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