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Naga Sirisha Chalamalasetty

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Director, Cell line development at Biocon Biologics
📍 India

Naga Sirisha Chalamalasetty is the Director of Cell Line Development at Biocon Biologics, specializing in biosimilars, drug development, and process design. Her extensive career includes managing a CAR-T cell therapy program at Memorial Sloan Kettering and leading vaccine research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). She holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Co-authored research on AAV-expressed proteins providing durable protection from SHIV challenges during her tenure at the NIAID.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Director, Cell line development
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
India
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Cell Line Development
This is her primary area of expertise, leading teams in developing mammalian cell lines for biologics and biosimilars production.
Drug Development Lifecycle
Her experience spans early-stage vaccine research at NIAID, CAR-T therapy programs, and late-stage biosimilar development, covering the full product lifecycle.
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Work history

11-2025
Director, Cell line development
Biocon Biologics
12-2021 - 10-2025
Associate Director, Molecular biology and Cell line development
Biocon Biologics
9-2020 - 10-2021
Senior Consultant, Molecular Biology/Vaccine development/CMC
Freelance
1-2020 - 8-2020
Program Manager, CAR-T Cell therapy
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
7-2018 - 1-2020
Group Leader, Early stage process and Cell Line Development, Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Education
2003 - 2005
Masters
Periyar University
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