I am S.Vinod kumar completed my M.Sc, Bioinformatics (in 2006) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore India. At present I am working as a Project Associate in Depatment of Biotechnology, Indian Insitute of Technology, Madras under the able guidance of Dr.Amal Kanti Bera. Previously I worked in National Centre for biological Sciences, NCBS, Bangalore, India under the guidence of Prof.M.K.Mathew

I have graduated with a B.Sc in Plant Biology & Biotechnology from Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi. The programme was an interdisciplinary course filled with a lot of course work, experiments, and fun. We had extensive course work in Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry . The faculty are well qualified.The College is known for its high disipline and dignity towards education.It is graded as a A+ from NAAC.

During my M.Sc in 2005, I got the opportunity to work as a summer project student under Prof. S. Ramakumar, Chairman, Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institue of Sciences, Bangalore (IISC), India.In 2006, I got selected for my M.Sc project work in the Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, leeds, UK under the kind guidence of Dr.Asipu Sivaprasadarao and worked there for 6 months in the field of potassium ion channel.

I did my schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya Panagarh, kolkata, India. I was one of the active member of the school as i was used to participate in all extra curriculam activities. The school days were filled with lots of fun and extra-curricular activities.The same thing continued when I was in the college I used to participate in all activites.

My dad is a Ex-service army man, retired as a ordinary captain.My mother is house-wife intrested in cooking and to test new recipies on us. I have one younger sister, she is doing her M.A English (lit) in Standard Fireworks Rajaratna college for women,Sivakasi. For all I want to thank to my Parents and friends.