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I did my schooling in DAV Boys Senior Secondary School, Chennai. I graduated from UDCT (University of Mumbai, Department of Chemical Technology) in 1999, with a bachelor's degree in Food Technology and Engineering and joined IISc in 2003, for a Masters in Computational Science. In 2005, I successfully applied for a transfer to the PhD programme, and I am now pursuing my PhD in Systems Biology, with Dr Nagasuma Chandra and Prof Saraswathi Vishveshwara as my advisors. We work on the modelling of microbial systems, particularly in relation to disease and are interested in identifying possible new targets for drug design, based on metabolic analysis.

[edit] Books I enjoyed reading

• The Man Who Knew Infinity, by Robert Kanigel ISBN: 0671750615
• Flatterland, by Ian Stewart ISBN: 0738204420
• Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh ISBN: 0385493622