Umashankar Vetrivel
Scientist F (Senior Deputy Director) at ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolUmashankar Vetrivel is a senior scientist and research leader with over two decades of experience translating bioinformatics and molecular modeling into funded drug-discovery programs, currently serving as Scientist F (Senior Deputy Director) at ICMR-NITR. He established and led the Centre for Bioinformatics at Sankara Nethralaya, built core computational infrastructure and authored multiple bioinformatics tools (Acua, Opendiscovery, Inpacdb, POAP, Pocketpipe, PepVis, KinomeRun) used in peptide biologics and chemoinformatics workflows. His track record includes more than 100 peer-reviewed publications (H-index 20), multiple national grants as PI/Co-PI across DST, DBT and ICMR, and leadership of genomic projects including SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and current COVID metagenomics collaborations. Technically versatile, he combines NGS and GWAS analysis, molecular docking and dynamics, pipeline development and scripting with hands-on wet-lab expertise in protein biochemistry and tissue culture. Known for mentoring PhD scholars and bridging interdisciplinary teams, he often turns computational leads into experimentally validated therapeutic strategies for ophthalmic and infectious-disease targets. A less obvious strength is his consistent focus on building reusable software and core facilities that amplify research impact across multiple institutes.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, A, Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, A at University of MysoreDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Zoology (Bioinformatics), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Zoology (Bioinformatics) at University of Madras
Hindi, Tamil, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
inpacdb/POAP
Sep 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
inpacdb/PocketPipe
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes in 3 months
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