Focus speaker (Science)
Dr Srinivasa Rao
Investigator-III at the Drug Discovery Unit at NITD Profile Dr. Srinivasa Rao completed his undergraduate and master degree at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in 1997. He embarked on a PhD in Molecular Microbiology in the National University of Singapore, receiving his doctorate in 2003. After joining the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) in 2004, he has worked extensively on Tuberculosis in Drug Discovery Unit. Dr. Rao is now an Investigator-III at the Drug Discovery Unit at NITD and has extensive experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery and development with a focus on identifying novel drugs against neglected tropical diseases such as tuberculosis, sleeping sickness and dengue. |