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Srivathsan Adivarahan is 4th Year Undergraduate student pursuing dual degree in Biotechnology. Like all his days at college exploring himself he likes to explore the biological system. He overcame his lack of understanding in biology with blessed mathematical and statistical skills. Amazed by the complexities of the living system he sees Life from a statistical perspective and always likes drawing analogies in the world we live in. He would like to pursue his PhD in Stochastic Modeling of biological systems.
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Welcome to the page describing the different members of the IIT Madras iGEM 2010 team. We had a large number of undergraduates working under the guidance of both professors and post-graduates at our institute. Here's saying Hi to all the others iGEM'ers out there and hoping to see you at the Jamboree next week.


The IIT Madras iGEM 2010 team. (From top left) Sonia, Kousik, Harsh, Praneet, Varun, Akshay, Amarnath, Avaneesh, Chetan, Chaitra and Nishant (From bottom left) Sriram and Srivathsan; and yet to enter the picture Vivek and Mahak.

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