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e-payment. In 2018, the RGCB PhD admission went unlike other software offices where the software
online along with summer training fellowships engineer has to take care of only the front end
and training workshops. This was swiftly followed of programming, here she manages requirement
by the RGCB MSc program in Biotechnology gathering to deployment herself which she says
admission in 2019 wherein the payment gateways is very satisfying as an individual. The fact that
were facilitated by Lekshmi and her colleagues. she is her own master with no ‘project leader’
Ever since Covid-19 pandemic spread in India, our for immediate help has helped her to develop
MSc students have been at home in different parts a mindset in which she finds answers to her
of the country. We have been striving to conduct problems with thought and creativity. As a true
online classes for the benefit of our students since techie person, Lekshmi has a complete set up
March 2020 and Lekshmi has been on her toes installed in her home with which she can work
assisting in conducting online classes via moodle 24/7, irrespective of hartal, flood or lockdown!
and facilitating online classes. The RAM of RGCB Lekshmi lives at Karamana, with her husband
servers were upgraded from 2GB to 16GB to Deepu, who is a project manager in UST Global
accommodate Moodle classes that too during the and two sons; Adwaith Krishna (6 standard)
and two sons; Adwaithkrishna (6 standard)
th
th
time of lockdown. RGCB also recently conducted and three-year-old Saketh Ram. The whole
and three-year-old Sakethram. The whole family
the first year annual examinations and viva voce family relishes good food and Sathyan Anthikad
relishes good food and Sathyan Anthikad
online. Lekshmi finds her support to the MSc movies in theatres.
movies in theatres.
program during lockdown as her most satisfying
experience. Lekshmi enjoys her work particularly
coding. She finds it immensely challenging as
Preetha J
Assistant Administrative Officer
PMD as a project coordinator in 2008 after the
purchases of the intramural and extramural grants
At the far end of RGCB administration sits a
charming, ever-smiling Preetha, who runs the were separated. Currently she manages all files
entire Project Management Division (PMD) with and accounts of extra-mural funded projects, PhD
Fellowships, Post Doctoral Fellowships, DBT
the help of her two colleagues. Dial 423 to know Ramalingaswami Fellowships, DST Ramanujan
the balance amount of your grants or fellowships
and the numbers come trickling down instantly. Fellowships, DST (Inspire) Faculty Fellowships
Preetha has been on the rolls of RGCB since and the Welcome Trust Fellowships. In addition
2006 first, as a study coordinator of a DBT funded she does preparation of Utilization Certificate
(UC) and Statement of Expenditure (SE) for
project. She joined the administrative wing of
