Advancing Research Excellence
Nurturing Scientific Progress through Ethical Care, Innovative Partnerships, and Skilled Manpower Development

Advisor

Dr. K.S. Rao, 
M.V.Sc.; Ph. D; DABT
ChiefScientific Officer (CSO)
Advisor to KCC Biolabs
Dr. K.S. Rao is a Board-Certified Toxicologist with more than 50 + years of global experience in safety evaluation. Dr. Rao has been providing guidance on product development to hundreds of companies across the world with major emphasis on testing schemes/strategies and Risk Assessment. He is the principal author of more than 500 safety evaluation study reports of various new compounds marketed or to be marketed. These reports are submitted to regulatory authorities of several countries including FDA & EPA (U.S.A), EMA, Japanese Health and Indian Regulatory Authorities.
He is an Emeritus Member of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) in USA. The first Indian Toxicologist, appointed for this status for being a member of the SOT for 40 years. Dr. Rao is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the Society of Toxicology of India (STOX) for his outstanding contributions in Toxicology. Dr. Rao is the recipient of the Toxicologist Mentor Award from the Society of Toxicology (SOT). Dr. Rao is the First Indian origin to receive such an award in the 60-years history of the existence of the SOT.

Dr. Veeranagouda YALIGAR,
Msc, Ph.D.

Expert Scientist in Molecular Biology & Genetic
Engineering, running NGS Lab

Dr Veeranagouda Yaligar has more than 16 years’ experience in Molecular biology and genetic engineering . Between Nov 2015 to Jan 2022 worked at Sanofi R&D as Scientist, in Molecular biology &Genomics, Translational Science, Sanofi R&D, Chilly-Mazarin, France. He was involved in addressing translational research projects questions related to 1) target identification and credentialing, 2) mechanism of action of target, and 3) exploratory biomarker identification through transcriptomics. Experience in setting up high end NGS lab . Implemented multiple NGS applications (RNAseq, Targeted RNAseq, miRNAseq, RiboSeq TnSeq, CRES-Seq, IRSeq, OBC-seq, SC-Seq etc). High multiplexing potential of NGS enabled us to work on wide range of projects. Developed NGS applications for ongoing projects.