Da Sherpa

Ph.D. in Medical Science (IIT Kharagpur, 2024) with hands-on experience in ethics-approved human-subject clinical research, clinical sample handling, and biomarker/metabolomics studies in a hospital-linked reproductive health cohort. Five peer-reviewed publications and multiple international conference presentations (Osaka, Shanghai, Vienna). Strong protocol-driven, detail-oriented research background; seeking to transition into Clinical Research Associate / Clinical Trial Coordination roles, bringing scientific rigor, regulatory documentation experience, and data integrity discipline built over six years of doctoral research.

Doctoral Researcher — Human Clinical Study on Recurrent Miscarriage - School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur

(2018 - 2024)

Supervisor: Prof. Koel Chaudhury

• Ran a multi-year, ethics-committee-approved clinical study recruiting and following patients with recurrent spontaneous miscarriage, coordinating with clinicians for sample and clinical-data collection.
• Handled informed consent documentation, clinical sample intake (serum, tissue), chain-of-custody, and storage per institutional ethics protocols.
• Maintained structured case-record data for statistical and machine-learning analysis, ensuring accuracy and completeness for publication-grade datasets.
• Co-authored 5 peer-reviewed papers and presented findings at 5 international conferences, requiring rigorous scientific writing and regulatory-style reporting.
• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary clinical and analytical team (clinicians, statisticians, spectroscopists) — directly relevant to CRA cross-functional site coordination.

Training Officer, Department of Microbiology - Alkem Laboratories (Pharmaceutical Company)

(2017 - 2017)

• Supported microbiology training and quality-compliance activities within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Gained early exposure to GMP-adjacent documentation standards and regulated-industry work culture.

Ph.D. - Medical Science - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India (2018 - 2024-12)

M.Tech. - Biotechnology - Anna University, Chennai, India (2014 - 2016)

B.Tech. - Biotechnology - Nagaland University, India (2009 - 2013)