SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES
Life Science
Dr. U.Venkateswara Prasad
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| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Nature of Employment | : | Regular |
| Date of Joining | : | 14/08/2023 |
| Qualification | : | M.Sc., Ph.D. |
| Phone | : | 919849944607 |
| Email ID | : | prasad.sls@crescent.education |
| Google Scholar link | : | scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list |
| Orcid Id | : | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-5190 |
Educational Background
- Ph.D Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University and Hospital, Tirupati, A.P 2014
- M.Sc. Biotechnology Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University and Hospital, Tirupati, 2005
- B.Sc. B.Z.C Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A.P, 2003
Teaching and Research Experience:
8 years of Teaching Experience
7 years of Research Experience
- Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S Abdur Rahman University, Vandalur Chennai, 2023- till now
- Scientist- C (Non-Medical), Model Rural Health Research Unit, ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Belgaum, India. (2015 -2023 Aug)
- Lecturer, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University and Hospital, Tirupati, A.P, India (2007 to 2015 Nov)
Honors and Awards
- Secured Teaching assistantship during doctoral studies
- Awarded with SBAVP project fellowship
Research areas
- Microbial Genetics
- Microbial Genetics
- Cancer Biology
- Diphtheria
- Diarrheal Diseases
- Iodine Deficiency Disorders
- Fluorosis
- Anemia
Research outcomes
a. Research grants Completed:
- Crescent seed money- Detection and Characterization of Shigella spp. from raw meat samples, 2024- 2025, Rs: 25,000
b. Publications
- International journals: 30
- National journals: 06
- Conference presentations: 20
- Novel genomic sequences submitted to GenBank, NCBI, USA: 50
- Invited talks delivered: 05
Book Chapter:
- Venkateswara Prasad, and Manne Munikumar, Pradeepkiran Jangampalli Adi 3 chapter 8, Protein Aggregation and Aging. Protein Misfolding and Human Diseases. Editor(s): Dr.Pranav kumar Prabhakar, Ajit Prakash, Mohammad Ashhar Iqbal Khan. Elsevier Academic press (2025). (accepted).
c. Research guidance
List of Scholars ongoing- 01
| S.No | Name of the scholar | Title of the thesis | Year of registration | Scholarship details | Outcomes |
| 01. | Darla Madhu Sravani | Diarrhoeagenic Shigella infections among the children of Chennai and Molecular characterization of Multidrug resistance Strains | 2024 | BSACIST scholarship | Conference presentation: 01 |
M.Sc/M.Tech: Projects completed: 04
| S.No | Name of the scholar | Title of the thesis | Year of Award | Outcomes |
| 1. | Ryan naseeha | Isolation and characterisation of Shigella spp. from raw meat samples. | 2025 | Publications: communicated: 01 Conference presentations:01 |
| 2. | Veena | Isolation and characterisation of E. coli pathotypes from raw meat samples. | 2025 | Publications: communicated: 01 Conference presentations:01 |
| 3. | Sri Ram | Characterization of isolated Shigella from raw meat samples using flic gene restriction digestion analysis. | 2025 | Conference presentations: 01 |
| 4. | Krishna Kumar | Isolation and characterization of dna gyrase a from Klebsiella pneumoniae in raw meat samples using molecular techniques. | 2024 | Conference presentations: 01 |
