ALUMNI
Alumni Details
One of the main strengths of the department of Biotechnology is the excellent fraternity of Alumni.
Our alumni always extend their full support and cooperation to any kind of departmental activities by their regular interaction through E- mails and telephonic conversations. The department has a vibrant alumni network in social media such as Face book (https://www.facebook.com/groups/dscebiotech/), through which the alumni are sharing their views.
The department has an Alumni Coordinator who always keeps in touch with each alumnus and gathers their feedback and inputs. The alumni exchange their ideas and innovative thoughts to enrich the existing curriculum and various departmental activities.
The alumni regularly share their experiences about their higher studies and industrial sectors. They provide suggestions and supports to their juniors in guiding them further to pursue their career in Biotechnology and allied disciplines. They also assist them in short term training programs, internship and other innovative academic programs. Recently, we conducted an alumni survey with regards to the curriculum enrichment in which 75 % of our alumni shared their valuable feedback. The department forever looks forward to get their precious suggestions and inputs.
Some of the key highlights about our alumni are:
- Our alumni are pursuing higher studies in various reputed institutions in India such IISc, IIT, NIT etc. and premier foreign Universities across the world.
- Our alumni are working in popular Biotechnology industries and R &D institutes in India and Abroad.
- Our alumni are working in premier IT sectors such as Infosys, HCL, IBM, Wipro, Cognizant etc.
Alumni Participation in Department Events, 2022–2026
2022
| Sl.No | USN | Name | Event Name | Role |
| 1 | 1DS14BT010 | Deepthi Bhaskar | Board of Studies Meeting 2022, Dept. of Biotechnology (13 Sep 2022) | Alumni member of Board of Studies (Scientist I, Perfect Day India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru) |
2023
| Sl.No | USN | Name | Event Name | Role |
| 1 | 1DS09BT040 | Sagar Goyal | Motivational Speech by Alumni: “Things I’d have told my 18 year old self” (02 Feb 2023) | Speaker (SuccessFactors Consultant, Accenture, London, United Kingdom) |
2024
| Sl.No | USN | Name | Event Name | Role |
| 1 | 1DS07BT046 | Shruthi Rao | Board of Studies Meeting 2024, Dept. of Biotechnology (25 Jul 2024) | Alumni member of Board of Studies (Assistant Manager, DQA, Syngene International, Bengaluru) |
| 2 | 1DS19BT018 | Suharsh Xavier | Invited talk: “From Data to Diagnosis: A Journey in Translating High-Throughput Sequencing Data” (14 Nov 2024) | Speaker (Clinical Bioinformatician, Dhiti Omics Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) |
2025
| Sl.No | USN | Name | Event Name | Role |
| 1 | 1DS07BT009 | Arpitha B M | Board of Studies Meeting 2025, Dept. of Biotechnology (30 Jul 2025) | Alumni member of Board of Studies (Research Scholar, VTU) |
| 2 | 1DS16BT031 | Renu Balaji | Career Talk: “Empowering the Next Generation to Shape a Smarter Digital Tomorrow” (28 Oct 2025) | Speaker (Batch 2020; Co-Founder, BrillianX DigiTech and Product Operations Specialist, Germany) |
| 3 | 1DS19BT018 | Suharsh Xavier | Career Advice Talk Series: “Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing / Applications of NGS in clinical & research settings” (18 Dec 2025) | Speaker (Batch 2023; Bioinformatics Application Specialist, MedTech Corporation, Doha, Qatar) |
2026
| Sl.No | USN | Name | Event Name | Role |
| 1 | 1DS13BT051 | Yashas Devasurmutt | Synaptix 1.0 – Inaugural Program, Department of Biotechnology (14 Mar 2026) | Judge, hackathon (Founder and CTO, Stealth Mode Biotech) |
| 2 | 1DS13BT051 | Yashas Devasurmutt | Board of Studies Meeting 2026, Dept. of Biotechnology (2026) | Alumni member of Board of Studies |
| 3 | 1DS09BT018 | Debopriya Chakraborty | Career Advice Talk Series: “From Campus to Startup: What Nobody Teaches You About Building” (28 Aug 2026) | Speaker (Batch 2009; Co-Founder, Health Code Protein Box Pvt. Ltd., Goa) |
ALUMNI MEET 2021:
Date: December 18, 2021
Coordinator:Dr. N. Rajeswari, Associate Professor
Digital Platform used:Zoom
Alumni Interacted with:From 2006 batch, passed out in 2010 onwards. Total 12 batches.
No of students attended the meeting:34
Minutes of the meeting: Alumni expressed their satisfaction on department progress. Suggestions emphasized on soft skills, laboratory skills, problem based learning and clinical research.
MEGA ALUMNI MEET-2019:
Date: 28th December 2019
The MEGA ALUMNI MEET-2019 of DayanandaSagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, was organized on 28th December 2019, Saturday from 10.00 am -2.00 pm at Dr. Premachandra Sagar Auditorium, Dayananda Sagar Institutions. 20 alumni from various batches (2010-2018) of Department of Biotechnology were actively participated and shared their feedback and thoughts on the curricular aspects on outcome based education and how to improve the teaching-learning process.
Dr. S. Kiran (Professor & Head) and Dr. N. Rajeswari (Associate Professor) were coordinated the program. Mrs. Manasa V (Assistant Professor) Mrs Banurevathi (Assistant Professor) and Mr. Shashank Tidke (Research scholar) were also actively participated in MEGA alumni meet 2019.
DSCE Mega Alumni Meet-2018: Participation of Biotech Alumni
Date: 29th December 2018
The mega alumni meet (2018) of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, was organized on 29th December 2018, Saturday from 10.00 am -2.00 pm at Dr. Premachandra Sagar Auditorium, Dayananda Sagar Institutions. Thirty alumni from various batches (2010-2018 passed out) of Department of Biotechnology were actively participated in the program and shared their feedback and thoughts on the curricular aspects on outcome based education and how to improve the teaching-learning process as one of the stakeholders.
Dr. S. Kiran (Professor & Head), Dr. N. Rajeswari (Associate Professor) and Department alumni coordinator Dr. Sinosh Skariyachan (Associate Professor) were coordinated the program. Mrs. Bhanu Ravathi K (Assistant Professor), Dr. Kumar KM (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Govindappa M (Associate Professor) and Mr. Shashank Tidke (Research scholar) were also actively participated in the program.
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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
 Vishwas V 2006-2010 Batch |
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 Shuthi K 2006-2010 Batch |
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 Usha B Biradar 2007-2011 Batch |
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 Rao Shruti Krishnan 2007-2011 Batch |
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Departmental Alumni Meet
Date: 16th September 2017
An alumni meeting was conducted on 16 September 2017 at the Department of Biotechnology, CD Sagar Centre for Life Sciences, DSCE. The main agenda of the meeting was the interaction with Alumni to highlight their roles and responsibilities as the stakeholders in outcome based education and seek their suggestions and feedback for the enrichment of the program. Dr. Sinosh Skariyachan, Associate Professor, Alumni Coordinator, Department of Biotechnology welcomed the gathering. Dr. S. Kiran, Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology had briefed about the recent aspects of outcome based education, NBA inspection and roles and responsibilities of each alumnus as stakeholders in the program. The alumni has actively participated in the discussion and shared their views and interacted with the faculty members.
DSCE Alumni Meet - Dec 2016:
Date: 17th December 2016
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DSCE Mega Alumni Meet - 2016:
Date: 02 October 2016
Batches attended: 2010-2016 passed out.
Student interaction with Distinguished Alumni:
Conducted On: 23rd September 2016.
Distinguished Alumni: Ms. Rao Shuti Krishnan (2007-11 Batch), VTU Rank Holder (2011)
Pursuing Ph. D in Structural biology, MS in Life Sciences, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Previous position: Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CSIR), Hyderabad
Mr. Vishwas V
Director
Waste & Wastewater at Earth One GmbH at Hannover Area, Germany
Rao Shruti Krishnan
Ph.D Scholar
University of Wurzburg, Germany
Shuthi K
Ph. D Scholar
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Usha B Biradar
M. Tech Bioinformatics, First Rank (2015)
BE Biotechnology, First Rank, VTU (2011)
Topper among all the braches of Engineering in VTU (2011)
