Neka Karikalan

Biomedical Engineering graduate with 1.5+ years of experience in scientific and medical-content quality operations, performing high-volume technical review, discrepancy identification, documentation checks, metadata validation, and SOP-based quality control. Experienced in processing approximately 130 manuscripts per day while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and turnaround requirements. Healthcare exposure through biomedical engineering internship involving medical equipment documentation, preventive maintenance, calibration, testing, and quality procedures.

Completed ICH-GCP E6(R3), Clinical Data Management, Electronic Data Capture (EDC), and CDISC/SDTM training. Strong foundation in healthcare documentation, quality assurance, regulatory compliance concepts, data quality, and structured review.

JUNIOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT - STRAIVE - CHENNAI

(2025-02)

• Perform high-volume technical and quality checks on scientific and medical content, reviewing accuracy, completeness, consistency, terminology, references, metadata, and documentation requirements.
• Process approximately 130 manuscripts per day while maintaining established quality standards, accuracy, and turnaround expectations.
• Identify discrepancies, missing information, inconsistencies, and documentation issues and initiate appropriate corrective or escalation actions.
• Review structured scientific and medical information against defined requirements and SOPs, ensuring consistency and completeness before workflow completion.
• Process withdrawals, duplicate submissions, authorship-change documentation, and other controlled requests requiring accurate documentation and careful verification.
• Maintain clear and accurate records while managing multiple concurrent workflows and time-sensitive requests.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to clarify discrepancies, resolve documentation issues, and support timely workflow completion.
• Handle scientific and medical information with attention to confidentiality, data accuracy, documentation integrity, and quality requirements.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INTERN - DR. RELA INSTITUTE & MEDICAL CENTRE - CHENNAI

• Supported biomedical engineering documentation and quality-assurance activities in a hospital environment.
• Assisted with preventive maintenance, calibration, testing, and technical checks of medical equipment.
• Maintained equipment-related records and documentation in accordance with established procedures.
• Worked with biomedical engineering and clinical teams while following safety, quality, and documentation requirements.

B.E. - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai (2024)