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4 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 1

Covid19: SRM hospital begins COVAXIN Brilliant students of SRM AP

clinical trail on volunteers land up with excellent job offers

STAFF WRITTER process of the clinical trail, Dean MCH Dr. A. Sundaram. The STAFF WRITTER AP, Sahaj Soft, selected Sri
Dr. A. Sundaram said, “This COVAXIN clinical trial team is Ritika Katragadda and offered
SRM Medical College Hospital vaccine contains the inactivated led by Principal Investigator Dr. SRM University AP, Andhra her a CTC of 10 LPA. Sahaj
and Research Centre (SRM virus and every subject has to take Satyajit Mohapatra along with Dr. Pradesh has commenced its Soft is a software services and
MCHRC) has initiated the two doses, 14 days apart. They Melvin George who are assisted journey to secure a better future consulting firm which provides
COVAXIN clinical trial at its will be kept under observation by a well-trained team of doctors, for the first batch of students. simple solutions backed by their
facility at Kattankulathur, Tamil for a few hours and can then nursing staff and support staff. Promising students of SRM AP time-tested methodology and
Nadu. resume their usual activities. SRM MCHRC has a State- have grabbed excellent job offers engineering practices.
Each volunteer will have to come in the Campus Recruitment
The human trials begun on 23 of-the-art clinical trial facility As the recruiters shortlist
July and two volunteers have after receiving the injections for a to handle phase 2 clinical trial. Drive for Class 2021 B.Tech the best young talent who are
total of four visits subsequently at
received the injection this morning day 28, 42, 104 and 194. During The trial unit that was partly students. Anheuser-Busch InBev enthusiastic, devoted to learning
at 9 am. sponsored by DST, Govt of offered 6 months internship, and brimming with fresh and
these visits, their response to the followed by a job offer to
Speaking at a press meet vaccination will be assessed by India has carried out several outstanding candidates. The creative ideas, SRM AP placement
held at the hospital, Pro Vice immunogenicity testing.” clinical trials in the last eight company shortlisted Pesala Sai team have thoroughly trained
years. Five major projects are
the students both in terms of
Chancellor (Medical) Lt. Col. SRM Medical College Hospital currently ongoing with COVID, Tanmayi, Sri Harsha Tavidisetty technical expertise and soft
Dr. A. Ravi Kumar said, “Two and Research Centre is the only one being COVID vaccine trail, Rajendra, Tuhin Sarkar, and skills. The rigorous training
volunteers received the injection medical college in Tamil Nadu another a BCG vaccine trail for Koushik M Bhargav. Anheuser that the students underwent
this morning and they have to be selected for this trial. The prevention against COVID, -Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly since the beginning of their
tolerated the medicine well and trials have already begun in an ICMR led cohort study on known as AB InBev is a Belgian B. Tech course, coupled with
did not have any complaints.” multinational drink and brewing
AIIMS Patna, PGIMS Rohtak hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for their talent and motivation,
He added, “The volunteers were and Nizam’s Institute, Hyderabad. health care workers, an international company. The company has has enabled them to succeed
screened prior to this to identify COVAXIN is developed by the multi centric clinical trial for offered an internship stipend of 30 in recruitment drive with flying
if they were healthy. Laboratory Bharat Biotech International limited COVID patients with certain thousand per month and a CTC colours. SRM AP believes that
investigations, COVID antigen and in Collaboration with ICMR and drugs and a asiddha based product of 12-17 LPA to the candidates this is merely the beginning
antibody testing was done. Only NIV (Pune). The drug has got the kabasura kudeneer for COVID who will join the company after of the placement season, and
those found eligible after detailed nod for human trials from Drugs patients.SRM MCHRC serves a successful completion of their many more brilliant students are
investigations were selected to controller of General of India. SRM population of over 3,00,000 in internship. waiting to showcase their mettle
participate in this study.” Present Medical College Hospital and and around Kattankulathur. SRM Another renowned company to land up with excellent job
for the press meet were Dean of Research Centre has been doing Medical College Hospital and Health Rx, A health - tech offers in top-notch companies.
SRM MCH Dr. A. Sundaram, this under the able guidance of our Research Centre (SRM MCHRC) start-up from Bajaj Finserv
Medical Superintendent Dr. K. Chancellor Dr. T.R. Paarivendhar, offers a plethora of opportunities group has offered Technical About SRM University, AP:
Thangaraj, COVAXIN clinical Pro Chancellor (Academics) to climb the career ladder as Internship with a stipend of SRM University, Andhra
trial team Principal Investigator Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, Pro well as to change this world to 35 thousand per month, and Pradesh is a multi-stream research
Dr. Satyajit Mohapatra and Dr. VC (Medical) Lt. Col. Dr. A. better healthier providing the post that a confirmed job offer university with focus on diverse
Melvin George. Explaining the Ravi Kumar and Dean of SRM sophisticated treatment. with CTC of 12 LPA to Talari fields. From engineering to
Hrisheekesh, and Gude Abhin. medicine and from liberal
Further, VIRTUSA Corporation, arts to management, SRM’s
SRM AP faculty receives the prestigious grant an American IT service provider, vision is to emerge as a world-
offered a position in the company class university that is globally
by DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance with a CTC of 4.5 LPA to connected, nationally relevant, and
Yallammagari Rachakada Poojith regionally transformative. SRM
Reddy, Nagamlla Venkata Sai has partnered with the world’s
STAFF WRITTER having published structures inside the Nikhith, Chattala Vasundhara, best names for educational method
research articles in bacteria they infect. Rampati Venkat Tarun, and Sai and philosophy, campus design
Dr. Sutharsan Govindarajan, highly reputed journals, Such complex structures Rishvanth Katragadda. The and infrastructure, learning and
Assistant Professor, Department of including the most are well known to be other company which conducted living spaces, and recruitment
Biology, SRM University-AP has prestigious Nature and formed in eukaryotic the recruitment drive at SRM of faculty and leadership.
been awarded the prestigious ‘Early Nature Microbiology. cells like human cells
Career Fellowship’ grant by Through this fellowship, but was not thought to be
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Dr. Sutharsan will made by bacteriophages,
Alliance, funded by the Department establish an independent which have evolved
of Biotechnology (DBT) and research laboratory billions of years before
the Wellcome Trust, United at SRM University – AP with eukaryotes. Thus, studying how
Kingdom. The fellowship supports the support of Prof. Jayaseelan, such cellular structures are formed
outstanding young scientists to Head, Department of Biology, by jumbo-phages provides a unique
pursue high-quality research in and the fellowship supervisor opportunity to investigate the
the field of biomedical science and of the project. In this project, Dr. origin of complex life” informs Dr.
establish themselves as independent Sutharsan plans to venture and Sutharsan. He also explains that
researchers in India. Dr. Sutharsan explore the biology of a novel the proposed research has several
sought a total research grant of class of bacteriophages called biotechnological applications such
1.1 crore for a period of 5 years Jumbo-phages. “Bacteriophages, as phage therapy and synthetic
as a DBT/Wellcome Trust India which are the most abundant biology. Dr. Sutharsan further
Alliance Early career fellow. The biological entities on the planet, shares, “This is one the best
India Alliance grants are highly are viruses that infect bacteria fellowships, a young scientist can
competitive and is based on the but do not harm humans. Jumbo- obtain in India. It is an honour,
profile of the applicant and the phages, as the name suggests, are prestige and a recognition for the
novelty and the importance of the giant viruses with large genome. scientist as well as to the University.
proposed research. Nationwide only A sneak peek into their lifestyle In the next 5 years, I anticipate
less than 10 Early Career grants are during my postdoctoral research major fundamental discoveries in
awarded every year. Dr Sutharsan led me, to realize that these the field of bacteriophage biology
is a highly accomplished scientist, phages build fascinating complex and evolution”.