Sughandha Nagar
Clinical Embryologist Laboratory team at One World Fertility, Saket, New Delhi
4+ years across andrology and embryology laboratories, from formal training in Meerut to running both benches in a Delhi IVF unit. Semen processing, oocyte screening, conventional IVF, cryopreservation, and the documentation that ties every dish to the right couple.
- Experience 4+ years
- Laboratories Andrology & embryology
- Postgraduate MSc Microbiology
- Doctorate PhD, in progress
In the laboratory
Six areas of laboratory work, listed as she describes them. Where she assists rather than performs, it says so, because a laboratory that blurs that line is not one to trust.
Both benches-
Andrology laboratory
The male-factor bench, start to finish: assessing a sample, preparing it for treatment, and freezing what needs to be kept.- Semen analysis
- Density gradient and simple wash
- Preparation for IUI and ICSI
- Semen freezing and thawing
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Embryology laboratory
The bench where eggs and embryos are handled, from the moment they reach the lab through to culture and screening.- Ovum pickup
- Conventional IVF
- Dish preparation and handling
- Oocyte screening
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Cryopreservation and thawing
Freezing and warming, the steps where a cycle can be lost to a few seconds of inattention and never is.- Embryo freezing
- Embryo thawing
- Semen freezing and thawing
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Ovum pickup, ICSI and embryo transferAssists
Procedures she assists the senior embryologist through rather than performs, which is exactly how a laboratory should be staffed and stated.- Embryo biopsy
- Labelling and loading of biopsy bullets
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Laboratory management
The unglamorous half of embryology: the equipment, the conditions and the checks that make a result trustworthy.- Equipment and lab maintenance
- Day-to-day lab management
- Data maintenance
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Documentation and counselling
Every step written down, and the part of the job that faces the couple rather than the microscope.- TRF documentation
- Records and data maintenance
- Patient counselling
The path
Four steps, in order, with the dates her own record gives. Each one added a bench, a procedure or a responsibility rather than repeating the last.
2022 to now-
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
Training in andrology and embryology
Prem Hospital, Meerut Six months of formal training across both benches rather than specialising early, which is why she can still work either one. -
Jul 2022 - Dec 2023
Junior Embryologist
Prem Hospital Modular Test Tube Baby Centre, Modipuram, Meerut Running the andrology bench day to day, and assisting the senior embryologist through ovum pickup, ICSI and embryo transfer. -
Dec 2023 onward
Junior Embryologist
IVF and research centre, Delhi Both laboratories at once: semen processing and freezing on one side; ovum pickup, conventional IVF, oocyte screening, embryo freezing and thawing on the other, plus biopsy assistance and TRF documentation. -
Present
Clinical Embryologist
One World Fertility, Saket, New Delhi On the laboratory team across andrology, embryology and cryopreservation.
Education, step by step
Three qualifications, drawn as the climb they actually were. The doctorate is marked as in progress because that is what it is.
2016 to now-
2016 - 2019 BSc
Bio-Medical (Hons)
Bachelor of Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. -
2019 - 2021 MSc
Microbiology
Master of Science, Shobhit University, Meerut. -
Pursuing PhD
Microbiology
Doctoral research at Sunrise University, through the Reprogenesis Academy of Clinical Embryology.
Doctoral research, in progress
PhD in Microbiology at Sunrise University, undertaken through the Reprogenesis Academy of Clinical Embryology. Working title: Assessing the effects of IVF and ART on ED&ER. The work sits alongside her laboratory practice rather than replacing it.
Small margins, every single time
Four principles, in her own words. In a laboratory nobody watches, they are the only thing standing between a good cycle and a lost one.
Her own words-
Precision
In every step. Embryology is a discipline of small margins: a dish mislabelled, a timing missed, a temperature drifting. -
Integrity
In every action. Double witnessing, honest records, and a result reported as it actually is. -
Passion
For new life. Every dish on the bench belongs to somebody who has waited a long time for it. -
Compassion
Alongside the science. Explaining what the laboratory did and what it found, in words that make sense on a difficult day.
About the embryologist, and the job
Eight questions about the person handling your samples and embryos, and about what a clinical embryologist actually does.
08 answersThe person Who is Sughandha Nagar?
Sughandha Nagar is a clinical embryologist at One World Fertility, New Delhi. She has more than 4 years of experience across andrology and embryology laboratories, holds an MSc in Microbiology from Shobhit University, Meerut, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Microbiology on the effects of IVF and ART.
The role What does a clinical embryologist do?
The embryologist is the scientist who handles the eggs, sperm and embryos once they reach the laboratory. That covers preparing and assessing the semen sample, identifying and screening oocytes, setting up the culture dishes, carrying out conventional IVF, freezing and thawing embryos, and keeping the records that tie every dish to the right couple. The clinician runs the cycle; the embryologist runs the laboratory half of it.
The person What are Sughandha Nagar's qualifications?
BSc in Bio-Medical Sciences (Hons) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 2016 to 2019; MSc in Microbiology from Shobhit University, Meerut, 2019 to 2021; and a PhD in Microbiology currently in progress at Sunrise University, through the Reprogenesis Academy of Clinical Embryology.
The person How many years of laboratory experience does she have?
More than 4 years, counted from the start of her formal training in andrology and embryology in January 2022. That covers six months of training followed by junior embryologist roles running both the andrology and the embryology bench.
In the lab Which andrology laboratory procedures does she perform?
Semen analysis, density gradient preparation, simple wash, preparation of samples for IUI and ICSI, semen freezing and thawing, along with equipment maintenance and the documentation that goes with each sample.
In the lab Which embryology laboratory procedures does she perform?
Ovum pickup, conventional IVF, dish preparation and handling, oocyte screening, embryo freezing and embryo thawing, cryopreservation, and day-to-day laboratory management including TRF documentation and data maintenance.
Scope of role Does she perform ICSI and embryo biopsy?
She assists with them rather than performing them. Her stated role covers assisting the senior embryologist through ovum pickup, ICSI and embryo transfer, assisting embryo biopsy, and the labelling and loading of biopsy bullets. Conventional IVF, oocyte screening, cryopreservation and the andrology bench are procedures she carries out herself.
Research What is her doctoral research about?
Her PhD in Microbiology, in progress at Sunrise University through the Reprogenesis Academy of Clinical Embryology, is titled "Assessing the effects of IVF and ART on ED&ER". The work sits alongside her clinical laboratory practice rather than replacing it.
Questions about the lab are fair ones.
How your samples and embryos are handled is something you are entitled to ask about, and it gets a real answer here. Bring previous reports, scans and cycle records so the first visit is a working one.