Area of Interest
- Management and Improvement of Laboratory services for enhancing patient care.
 - Research programmes in clinical chemistry
 
                  Additional Responsibilities
- Professor in charge of Laboratory services
 - Member, Subcommittee (Biochemistry), Board of Studies KUHS
 - Chief superintendent
 - Administrative control of central Research Laboratory
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Chief superintendent of Theory Examination for KUHS
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Chairman of Practical Examination for KUHS
 
                  Achievements, Memberships, Awards
- Certified NABH Assessor for Medical Testing Laboratories
 - Former Nodal Officer for Students Support and Guidance Cell of KUHS at Dr. SMCSI MC, Karakonam
 - Certified with Basic Course in Biomedical Research (BCBR-Batch2) as mandated by National Medical Commission (NMC) under ICMR by National Institute of Epidemiology. March-June 2020.
 
                  Publications
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				 Role of oxidant stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis  | 
			
				 International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research  | 
			
				 Jul. 2015; 6(04): 371-376  | 
			
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				 Int  | 
			
				 Index Copernicus  | 
		
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				 Relationship between serum HbA1C level with CRP level in patients with diabetic foot ulcer and newly detected Diabetes Mellitus  | 
			
				 Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research  | 
			
				 Nov. 2019; 7(11): 2450-55  | 
			
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				 Relationship between serum Transaminases with serum Neopterin in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without complication.  | 
			
				 Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science  | 
			
				 11(01),1531-1536  | 
			
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				 Int  | 
			
				 Index Copernicus & scholar  | 
		
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				 MULTIPLE MYELOMA - AN ATYPICAL ELECTROPHORETOGRAM PATTERN-A CASE PRESENTATION Amitha T.A1, Lekshmi G.S2 , Rakul Nambiar3  | 
			
				 Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science  | 
			
				 11 (04), 1642−1644 (2021)  | 
			
				 2nd  | 
			
				 National  | 
			
				 Copernicus  | 
		
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				 An analysis of vitamin D levels and the factors affecting vitamin D levels among the adult population attending a tertiary care hospital Amitha T. A., Lekshmi G. S., Jyothi Roy  | 
			
				 International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences  | 
			
				 2022 March;10(3):660-665  | 
			
				 2nd  | 
			
				 National  | 
			
				 Index Copernicus Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (WHO) ScopeMed CrossRef Google Scholar Ulrichsweb Journal Index J-Gate Directory of Science JournalTOCs ResearchBib ICMJE SHERPA/RoMEO  | 
		
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                  Presentations
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				 Topic  | 
			
				 Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop  | 
			
				 Name of the event  | 
			
				 Conference / CME / Workshop  | 
			
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				 Role of oxidant stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis  | 
			
				 Oral  | 
			
				 International conference on free radicals  | 
			
				 Conference  | 
			
				 St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore  | 
			
				 Oct 2004  | 
			
				 
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				 CBME  | 
			
				 Panelist  | 
			
				 Bioconspectus 2018  | 
			
				 Conference  | 
			
				 SGMC, Venjaramoodu  | 
			
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				 RECENT ADVANCES IN CARDIAC MARKERS  | 
			
				 Convener  | 
			
				 ‘Lab Beats’  | 
			
				 CME  | 
			
				 Dr. SMCSIMC, Karakonam  | 
			
				 Apr 04, 2018  | 
			
				 
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				 Quality control  | 
			
				 Convener  | 
			
				 ‘Prabodhan’  | 
			
				 CME  | 
			
				 SGMC, Venjaramoodu  | 
			
				 Oct 23 & 24, 2019  | 
		
                  Research Projects
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				 Funded Y / N  | 
			
				 Collaborated Y / N  | 
			
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				 Analysis of pre-analytical, analytical and post analytical errors in a clinical laboratory in a tertiary care centre.  | 
			
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| Assessment of Turn around Time of investigationsin clinical  biochemistry and effect of interventional strategies for improvement
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