Biology - cell and molecular, evolution, Genetics, ecology, DNA

Respected Sir/Madam,

I am Ananta Kapoor and I have completed master’s in Bioinformatics from Banaras Hindu University. I did my bachelor’s in Chemistry and Vocational Biotechnology from Fergusson College, Pune University. I am an NCC (National Cadet Core) C Certificate holder. I have also passed the A1 Level German exam from Goethe Institute, Pune. I also have some knowledge of basic statistics as I have completed two NPTEL SWAYAM courses. My dissertation “Electronic Structure Calculations of Piperine” allowed me to learn Gaussian09 and OriginPro software. I also recently attended a workshop
at IIT BHU on “Computer Aided Drug Design and Structural Bioinformatics”. I am currently working on a DESEQ2 NGS project in Pune University and will be working on DNA Methylation and CNV as well.

I have engaged in peer learning and presentation based learning in Bachelors and Masters. I will do a PhD and would work in the field of medical Bioinformatics. To prepare I strongly believe that strengthening Biology concepts would be very helpful. The Feynman technique works very well for me and hence I am confident I will be able to positively contribute to this endeavour. Learning for someone else also and explaining is a great method to understand concepts and memorise them. I am also giving the GATE Life Sciences entrance exam and this will really help me prepare. Hence, I firmly believe this is the right position for me right now.

Ananta Kapoor