Sarada Bulchand is a scientist and educator. Her diverse portfolio arises from her passion for education. She conducts faculty development workshops at the Academic Medicine-Education Institute and develops curriculum for the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute. As lead of the Career Development Program she coaches and mentors students and postdoctoral fellows.
She received her PhD from NUS in Molecular Biology for research on the genetic underpinnings of muscle development, and was a recipient of the Singapore Millennium Foundation Fellowship. Her postdoctoral work at Duke-NUS led her to investigate the metabolic condition of obesity induced insulin resistance.
As an educator she is certified in Team Based Learning and has served as guest faculty at the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai. In exploring new educational ventures, she led the Science Communication Office at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. She aims to blend her extensive research experience with innovative areas of education to foster life-long learning.