Sunitha P.

Dr. Sunitha is a sincere, dedicated, hardworking and delightful person. She has been teaching in this department for over a decade. She is also a passionate, empathetic and adaptable person with a drive for self-improvement. To include creativity in teaching is the benchmark of a good teacher and she keeps her finger on the pulse and always strives to further develop and polish her skills. She has been a team leader and is an excellent team player and has co-ordinated and contributed to many significant academic and other co-curricular events in the department. Her administrative skills are worth commendable. Her keenest wish is to leave a footprint in the world of research. Her major research has been on the analysis of genes regulating the process of angiogenesis and has modest publication in this area. She completed her PhD in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics from University of Kerala. Her other areas of interest are in Genomics, Transcriptomics including Next Generation Sequencing analysis, small RNA analysis, Functional analysis and interpretation. She took her M.Phil. in Bioinformatics from this department after completing her Graduation & Post Graduation in Biotechnology. She is interested in popular science communications and is also the Associate Editor of DCB InSIDE, the newsletter of the Department. She hails from the capital city, Thiruvananthapuram; the land of Lord Sree Padmanabha. She enjoys listening to music, playing badminton, reading, cooking and making friends. She is also passionate about photography and crafts making.