MSc (Bioinfo), MPhil (Bioinfo), PhD (Bio/chem-informatics).

Associate Professor - Senior, Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

Protein modeling, Drug design, Enzyme structure-function relationships, Probiotics, Biopolymers

Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal

Awards and recognition (Provided by external agencies) :

1) Received a Young scientist award from VGST, Govt. of Karnataka, India 2010 

2) Obtained a Cambridge International certificate for teachers & trainers, 2012

3) Recognized as a ‘subject expert in Bioinformatics’ appointed by Agricultural 
Scientist Recruitment Board (ASRB), New Delhi, India, 2017 

4) Recognized as a “Senior Consultant” by the Director, Novoinformatics (an IIT
Delhi based Drug Discovery R & D company), 2012 

5) Nominated as an External Expert in Bioinformatics, by the Director, Indian 
Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala, India 

1) Balaji S and Neela S. Protein Kolam: An Artistic Rendition of Molecular Structure Data. Leonardo, 2013, 46 (1), 24–29.

2) Balaji S . Biomorphic Presentation of Proteins: Artistic Science or Scientific Art? Leonardo, 2013, 46 (3), 226–231 

1) Patent: (Application no. 202141017139), Filed date 12/04/2021, Published date 14/10/2022 : “Process of preparing an enzyme composition for reducing stickiness in honeydew-contaminated cotton”.

2) Patent: (Application no. 202341040119), date 12/06/2023: “METHOD OF PREPARING AN ENZYME COMPOSITION”

3) Patent: (Application no. 202241067961), date 25/11/2022: “A COMPOSITION FORMING A BIO-PLASTIC FILM AND METHODTHEREOF”