Department of Biochemistry

Overview

Department of Biochemistry was started in 2008. The Department has a well-equipped student lab that can accommodate 75 students at a time, a PG research lab for the postgraduates, two demonstration halls that can accommodate 75 students each of which one has smart board facility and a seminar cum library room well equipped with textbooks and journals on recent advances in Biochemistry and allied sciences. The Department has qualified, well experienced and passionate faculty who are committed to inspiring the students in academics as well as research. The Department has a state of art Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory established at Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, which provides quality and timely reports to the various stakeholders across the state.

 Focus of the Department

  • Academics

    Improving the knowledge of the students in Biochemistry in a clinical oriented manner so that they can apply their knowledge in Biochemistry for patient care. Encouraging and guiding the students to prepare for competitive exams like NEET-PG, PLAB, USMLE and DNB from the first year itself. Horizontal and vertical integrated teaching is practiced to make Biochemistry more interesting for the students. To gain self-motivation and confidence Seminars, quiz programmes and concept mapping are conducted.

  • Research

    Students are encouraged in research activities by helping them to apply for research projects in various funding organizations like ICMR. Many of the faculty have publications in various National and International journals. All the faculty are interested in research in Genetics and Immunochemistry.

  • Clinical

    All the postgraduates are trained in Quality control and routine laboratory procedures. that includes methods like Dry Chemistry, Wet chemistry, Immunochemistry, CLIA and HPLC. Training is also provided for various accreditation activities in the University like NABL, NABH and NAAC. Postgraduates are posted to various broad-specialty and super-specialty departments for improving their clinical knowledge.

 Team Biochemistry

  • Dr. Anathi N

    HOD & Professor

  • Dr. Kedari G S R

    Professor

  • Dr Balarama Kaimal

    Professor

  • Dr Suryapriya R

    Associate Professor

  • Dr Vinod Babu S

    Associate Professor

  • Dr Sabarinathan M

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr Ashwin Raj H

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr Merriwin D

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr Monisha M

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr Veena V

    Assistant Professor

  • Ms. Keerthika E

    Tutor

  • Dr Hemalathaa R

    Tutor

  • Mr Deepak Rajan D S

    Tutor