1. Curriculum Vitae (C.V) OF Miss Cyd Harold Rodricks
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: Miss Cyd Harold Rodricks
Date of birth: 13th
August, 1993
Gender: Female
Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Marathi.
Permanent Address: I 1 / 204 Mira Dham Colony,
Mira Village,
Kashimira,
Mira Road (East).
Dist – Thane,
Post – 401104.
Phone no.: 08879206990/ 09869822843
E-mail: cydrodricks@gmail.com
Nationality: Indian
Skills: MS- Office, Internet Surfing and Browsing.
Beneficial Qualities: Good control over languages spoken, a dedicated way of working, and a
positive learning attitude with openness to accept new ideas and areas.
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a responsible position which offers me constant challenges and new problems, as this
will fully utilize my organizational and interpersonal skills and advancements to prove myself
and to grow as a person.

2. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
CLASS MONTH
AND
YEAR OF
PASSING
INSTITUTION BOARD SUBJECT
SPECIALIZATION
PERCEN
TAGE
CLASS/
GRADE
X March
2009
Holy Cross
Convent School
Maharashtra
Board of
Secondary and
higher Secondary
education
(MBSHSE)
- 73.23% First class
XII March
2011
Nirmala
Memorial
Foundation
College of
Commerce and
Science
Maharashtra
Board of
Secondary and
higher Secondary
education
(MBSHSE)
SCIENCE 68.17% First class
First year
B.Sc
April 2012 Wilson college of
Science and Arts
Maharashtra
Board of
Secondary and
higher Secondary
education
(MBSHSE)
Chemistry, Zoology ,
Microbiology
67.85% First class
Second year
B.Sc
April 2013 Wilson college of
Science and Arts
Maharashtra
Board of
Secondary and
higher Secondary
education
(MBSHSE)
Chemistry,
Microbiology
65.60% First class
Third Year
B.Sc
April 2014 Wilson college of
Science and Arts
Maharashtra
Board of
Secondary and
higher Secondary
education
(MBSHSE)
Microbiology 84.00% Distinction
M.Sc
In
Microbiology
Part I
2014-2015 St. Xavier’s
College –
Autonomous
Mumbai
Mumbai
University
Microbiology 70.66% First Class
M.Sc
In
Microbiology
Part II
2015-2016 St. Xavier’s
College –
Autonomous
Mumbai
Mumbai
University
Microbiology Results
Awaited
Results Awaited

3. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
 Participated in The Intercollegiate competition- Chem - Galaxy held on the 21st
of
January, 2012.
 Participated and volunteered for the National Symposium on “Exploring the
Environment: A Microbiological Approach” held on the 5th
of January, 2013.
 Attended the National Symposium on “Exploring the Environment: A Microbiological
Approach” Held on the 5th
of January 2013.
 Participated in The Intra-collegiate Chemistry Festival, “WILCHEMIA” held on the 15th
and 16th
of February, 2013.
 Qualified for the 13th
State Level Microbiological Contest held on the 16th
of January,
2014.
 Attended “The national seminar on entrepreneurship in Biotechnology” at St. Xavier’s
College Mumbai on the 2nd august 2014.
 Participated in “Palindrome” on 11th
February 2015.
 Participated in “Consortium – Environmental Microbial Biotechnology Meet” on the 20th
of January 2016.
 Planned, executed, formally written and presented the following two projects at the
respective esteemed institutions during their respective tenure

4. Title of the Project: Isolation of Feather Degrading Organisms and its application in Amino
Acid Production and Bioremediation
Research Guide: Dr. Vivien Amonkar (Head of Department) and Dr. Pampi Dutta Chakraborty
Institution: St. Xavier’s College - Autonomous, Mumbai.
Tenure: January – March 2016
Abstract
Feather wastes are the byproducts of the poultry processing industry which cannot be
degraded easily. Ineffective and inefficient disposal methods result in accumulation of the
feather waste and increasing environmental pollution. The keratinolytic organisms are now being
increasingly utilized for the degradation and recycling of poultry waste. In the present study, a
feather degrading microorganism was isolated from poultry farm soil by initially screening for
the proteolytic activity of the organism on a skim milk agar plate and subsequently by growing
on a feather meal medium with feather as the carbon and nitrogen source. The selected organism
was characterized and identified to be of Bacillus species. This isolate was then used for its
application in amino acid production and bioremediation. The isolate was grown in feather meal
broth (FMB) containing yeast extract, FMB containing glucose and FMB without yeast extract
and glucose. Qualitative ninhydrin test was also performed to detect the presence of amino acids
in the latter two media. It was found that the isolate showed the best growth as well as high
concentration of amino acids in FMB with glucose. Thus this medium was therefore used for the
enrichment of the organism as well as for amino acid production. Optimization studies were
carried out to determine the optimum pH for the growth of organisms as well as for the
production of amino acids. The optimum growth of the organism was observed at pH 10 at
shaker condition. Also the highest keratinase activity of 21.612 U/ml was determined at pH 10
by keratinase assay. However, the optimum condition for the amino acid production determined
by quantitative ninhydrin method showed the highest amino acid production (106.25 µg/ml) at
pH 7 in shaking condition after 96 hours. Paper chromatography was performed to identify the
amino acids obtained. The suspected amino acids were found to be Phenylalanine and Aspargine,
which can be further confirmed by HPLC. For the bioremediation studies, the feather degrading
capability of the isolate was tested in different media amongst which the FMB containing
glucose showed almost 80% degradation of feathers in 10 days. Thus, these results indicate the
potential use of the keratinolytic organism and the enzyme keratinase produced by them, in
bioremediation as well as production of amino acids from a cheap source like feather.
(Please note only this project was carried out along with four other classmates)

5. Title of the Project: EUPHOTIC AND BENTHIC DIATOM COMMUNITY RESPONSE
TO LIGHT VARIABILITY
Research Guide: Dr. Smita Mitbavkar, Senior Scientist, Biofouling and Bioinvasion Division
(BBD)
Institution: CSIR- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, Dona Paula, Goa- 403004
Tenure: May 2015 – August 2015
Abstract
Diatoms are microscopic, photosynthetic eukaryotes which are ubiquitous in aquatic
environments, either free living or attached to substrata. They show variable presence in the
ocean in correspondence to various environmental factors. One such environmental condition is
light availability which exhibits vertical variations within the water column due to seasonal
variations in environmental conditions. Light availability having direct dependence on their
growth and multiplication, thus is of utmost importance, especially to diatom genera capable of
forming biofilms. A deeper knowledge of this mechanism, leads to better understanding of their
role as primary producers and their capacities to form biofilms in such adverse conditions which
can be an environmental threat to the ports involved in transport and exposure of ballast water.
This experiment was carried out in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the influence of light
availability on diatoms. When exposed to such conditions certain diatom genera like Navicula
was seen to have maintained dominance even when incubated in complete darkness for a period
of 60 days with modification in their life cycle and variations in the external surface receptors.
Regaining in the pace of the normal cell cycle was immediately seen even after such harsh
conditions. Results obtained could also be further extrapolated to mechanisms followed by
species in water bodies which are usually exposed to sudden stresses caused by drastic and
sudden temporal changes for e.g. sudden light exposure after prevailing in low light/ dark
conditions for a long time and vice versa.
Place: Mumbai
Date: 28 April 2016