Dr Chithra Manikandan Chithra Manikandan Ph.D., Chemistry. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, 1999. Post Doctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 1999-2000. Post Doctoral fellow at Northwestern University, USA, 2000-2001. Post Doctoral fellow at University of Alberta, Canada, 2003-2005. Intellectual Property Management, Dr. Reddy’s, Hyderabad. Intellectual Capital Management, Dow Chemical, Pune.