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Science
Department of Biotechnology

Dr. Preetha Nair
HOD
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: Biotechnology
Designation : Associate Professor
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Bioengineering | PDF
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VCAPP, Washington State University, USA
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2003 |
Molecular Biophysics | Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science. | 2001
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Cellular Cardiology | Phd | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology
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2000 |
Biotechnology | MSc | Cochin University of Science and Technology | 1993 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Alteration in Cardiomyocytes mechanics by Sub optimal levels of extracellular Magnesium | Biol trace element | Res. 2000;73:193-200 | |
2 | Age-dependent variation in contractility of adult cardiac myocytes | Int.J.Biochem.and cell Biol. | 2001 Feb | 33(2):119-25 |
3 | Molecular mechanics of cardiac Titin’s PEVK and N2B spring elements | 2002 | 277:11549-11558. | |
4 | Alteration of myocardial mechanics in marginal magnesium deficiency | Magnesium.Res | 2002 | 2002: 15: 287-306 |
5 | Phosphorylation of titin modulates passive stiffness of cardiac muscle in a titin isoform- dependent manner | Gen Physiol | 2005 Mar | 125(3):257-71 |
6 | Restoring force development by titin/connectin and assessment of Ig domain unfolding | Muscle cell Res. And Motility | 2005 | 26(6-8):307-17 |
7 | Isolation and culture of coelomocytes | Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant | 2009 | 3 (Special Issue 2): 111-114 |
8 | Comparison of Soil Enzyme Activities as Biochemical Fingerprints of Soil Health | Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant | 2009 | 3 (1): 48-54 |
9 | Earthworm muscle cells as models to study anthelminitic properties of plant extracts. | International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (IJRPBS) | April 2012 | Vol. 3, Issue 2 |
10 | Comparative analysis of the antibacterial activity of some phytolectins | International Current Pharmaceutical Journal | 2013 |
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11 | Characterization of Sugar Binding Lectins Isolated from Different Parts of EudrilusEugeniae | International Journal of Agriculture, Environment & Biotechnology | 2013 | 6(3): 341-345 |
12 | Effects of Soil Amendments With Vermicompost On Growth Of VetiveriaZizanioidesIn Gold Mine Tailings | International journal of advances in pharmacy, biology and chemistry | 2014 | 3:341-351 |
13 | In vivo and in vitro determination of total phenols, ascorbic acid content and antioxidant activity in Pluchea lanceolata oliver & hiern | International Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences and Research | 2015 | 6(2): 875- 879 |
14 | Glutamate Dehydrogenase induction in the Brain of Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats | Indian Journal of Biochemistry& Biophysics | 1996 | 33: 428-430 |
15 | Selective Use of Calcium Chelators enhances the Yield of Calcium tolerant myocytes from adult heart | Indian Journal of Experimental Biology | 1997 | 35:451- 456 |
16 | The potential bioconversion of paper waste into bioplastics and biofuel | Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering | 2011 | Volume 1, Issue 3 337-342 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Presenter | International Scientific and Practical Conference | Soil Enzyme Activities as biochemical fingerprints of soil health | June 2007 | Belaruse , Russia | International |
2 | International symposium | Presenter | International symposium | Mitogenicity of Earthworm lectin | 5th to 10th September 2010 | Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico | International |
3 | Conference | Presenter | 42nd annual conference of Physiologists & Pharmacologists of India | Age-related variation in the sensitivity of cardiomyocytes to sub optimal concentrations of magnesium | December 26th 1996 | Cuttack, India | National |
4 | Conference | Presenter | 42nd annual conference of Physiologists & Pharmacologists of India | Selective use of Ca-ion chelators enhances the yield of Ca-tolerant cardiomyocytes from adult heart | December 26th 1996 | Cuttack, India | National |
5 | Conference | Presenter | 22nd All India Cell Biology Conference | Altered functional response of cardiomyocytes to variations in levels of extra cellular Magnesium | Trivandrum | National | |
6 | National Symposium | Presenter | National Symposium on “Innovative and Modern Technologies for Agricultural Productivity, Food Security and Environmental Management | The potential biocnversion of paper waste into bioplastics and biofuel | 22-23 July 2011 | National | |
7 | Conference | Presenter | Third Biopesticide International Conference (BIOCICON 2011)” | Earthworm muscle cells as models to study anthelminitic properties of plant extracts | 28 – 30 November 2011 | St. Xavier’s College, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India | International |
8 | Workshop | Presenter | ten successful years of Biotechnology Department | Changing trends in Biotechnology……Then,Now and Future | August 1, 2012 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional |
9 | National Symposium | Presenter | Second National Symposium on “Innovative Approaches and Modern Technologies for Crop Productivity, Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability | Isolation and charecterisation of carbohydrate binding proteins from hemolymph and silk gland of Bombyx eri | 19-20 November 2012 | Kerala | National |
10 | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Bio-sciences and Bioindustry | Susceptibility of cardiac and hepatic cells to heavy metals | 22nd of March 2013 | The Department of Bio-sciences, Brindavan College, Bhoopasandra, Bangalore | National |
11 | Conference | Presenter | Emerging Trends in Biosciences and Bioindustry | Sugar binding proteins from silkworm” at Jnanatrishna-2013 | 22nd March 2013 | National | |
12 | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Biodiversity, Bioresources and Biotechnology | Assessment Of Soil Vulnerability To Antibiotic Contamination Using Earthworm Cells | January 30th and 31st -2014 | Mysore | International |
13 | Seminar | Presenter | UGC National Seminar cum Workshop on “Techniques in Biosciences” | Earthworm as biomarkers for assessment of soil vulnerability to antibiotic contamination | February 18-19, 2014 | KKTM Govt College, Pullut, | National |
14 | Seminar | Presenter | KU-DBT-NCBHW-2014 | Effect of antibiotic stress related immune response in earthworm ceolomocytes | March 20-22, 2014 | Coimbatore | National |
Invited Talks
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Ph.D – Title : Age related differences in the functional response of Cardiomyocytes to Suboptimal concentration of Magnesium | Dr. Renuka Nair | Sree Chitra tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum | March/2000 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Radiation Safety Course | Radiation Safety Office, Washington State University, USA | International | February , 2002 |
2 | Bioinformatics | Bangalore university | Institutional | July, 2006. |
3 | Stem cell applications & Apoptosis | Dept of IT,BT&Scince and Technology, Karnataka | Institutional | 2008 |
4 | Excellence in Teaching | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 24th January 2005 |
5 | UGC sponsored Southern regional workshop on New Horizons in Biology | Centre for Scientific Research and Advanced Learning, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 22nd to 24th June 2005 |
6 | Converging Sciences for Quality Life | Centre for Scientific Research and Advanced Learning, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 24th to 26th February 2009 |
7 | Faculty Development Programme | Mount Carmel Institute of Management | Institutional | 27th and 28th August 2009 |
8 | National Seminar on Academic Leadership for Heads of Departments | Christ University | Institutional | 26,27,28 of September 2012 |
9 | CHANGING TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY….THEN, NOW AND FUTURE | Department of Biotechnology, MCC | Institutional | 1st August 2012 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Devaraj Bajaj Research award | For developing newer techniques in isolation, culture and contractile parameters study of myocardial cells | Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India | 1996 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | UGC – MRP Project completed | Titled : Characterization of lectin from hemolymph,cocoon and fecal matter of silkworm
MRP(S)1067/11-12/KABA028/UGC-SWRO |
2 | INNO INDIGO* Partnership Programme | Joint Call on Bioeconomy (CDTI (Spain) and GITA (India) funding under CDTI-DST(GITA)
Representing Academic partner from India; Mount Carmel College Titled: Conversion of Lignocellulosic Wastes into Biofuels and Bioplastics |

Ms. Nivedita Patil
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: Biotechnology
Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Biotechnology | BSc(Biotechnology,Chemistry,Botany) | Mount Carmel College/Bangalore University | 2007
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Biotechnology | MSc | Mount Carmel College/Bangalore University | 2009 |
Biotechnology | MPhil | PRIST University,Thanjavur | 2011 |
Phycological Studies and Mycology in Agriculture |
PG Diploma |
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous |
2007 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Ms.Nivedita Patil and Dr.Chaman Farzana | “Shelf Life and microbial Analysis of Products Enriched with Cauliflower Leaf Powder”. | Carmelight | 2010 | 7:47-56,2010 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Participant | “Converging sciences for quality assurance” | _ | 30-07-09 to 01-08-09 | Mount Carmel College,Autonomous | State |
2. | Conference | Participant | “Increasing Agriculture Productivity and Sustainability in India :The Future We Want”, | – | January 8th & 9th 2013 | NIAS & M.S.SwaminathanResearch Foundation,Chennai | International |
3. | Workshop | Participant | “Women in Science:A Career in Science” | – | 22nd and 23rd August 2014 | CMR Institute of Management Studies,Bangalore | State
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4. | Seminar | Participant | Kaleidoscope –“Seeing the Unseen” | – | 10th December 2014 | St.Joseph’s College(Autonomous) | State |
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Poster Presentation |
“ Choice Based Credit System as as Approach to Skill Based Student Centered Learning in Higher Education”
“A Vision for Higher Education-2030”
“LaTeX and Moodle”
“Biomedical Spheres of Life and Life Sciences”
“Technology in Redifining Health”
“Biomedical Spheres of Life and Life Sciences”
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“A comparative study of analysis of mineral content in Spinach” |
11th February 2015
July 30th & 31st 2015
9th January 2016
6th March 2013
22nd & 23rd November 2017
6th March 2013 |
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous
CMR Institute of Management Studies
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous
CMR Institute of Management studies, Bangalore
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International
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National
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | “Isolation and Characterization of Lectin from earthworm” | Dr.Preetha Nair | Prist University,Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu | June 2011 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Faculty Development Programme | PESIT
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State
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19th – 20th December 2009 |
2. | Research Methodology and Statistics – FDP | Mount Carmel College,Autonomous | State | 16th – 22nd March 2018 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Silver Medal | Scoring 2nd Rank in Master of Biotechnology Course | Mount Carmel College,Autonomous | June 2009 |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Thejaswi Bhandary
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification: Msc, PGDCMD, CSIR NET
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Qualifying exams | CSIR NET | CSIR | June 2017 |
PG Diploma
PG
UG |
PGD in in Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics
MSc General Microbiology
BSc in Chemistry, Microbiology and Zoology |
Manipal University
Mysore University
St Aloysius college (Autonomous) |
October 2016
2014
2012 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
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Ms. Sandhya K S
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: BIOTECHNOLOGY
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: MSc, KSET, GATE
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Qualifying exams
PG
UG |
GATE
KSET
MSc Microbiology
BSc Biotechnology, Chemistry and Zoology |
St Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
Christ University |
2016
2015
2015
2013 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | CONFERENCE | Participant | EMERGING TRENDS IN PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GLOBAL ECONOMY | 27/07/2018 | CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) | National | |
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Ms. Telphy Kuriakose
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Biotechnology | MSc | KSR College of Engineering & Technology, Anna University | 2004 |
Biotechnology | MPhil | Vinayaka Mission University | 2009
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Biotechnology | PhD | Bharathiar university | 2014 (registered) |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Production of bioethanol from different plant sources
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International Journal of Research and Development Organization | March 2016 | Vol 2 Issue 3 Paper 5; 59-70 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Participant | “Converging sciences for quality assurance” | 30-07-09 to 01-08-09 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | Regional | |
2 | Conference | Participant | “A Vision for Higher Education-2030” | July 30th & 31st 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | International | |
3 | Conference | Participant | “Technology in Redifining Health” | 22nd & 23rdNovember 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | International | |
4 | Seminar | Participant | Teachers as communicator | 1st -6th June 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | State | |
Invited Talks
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | MPhil-Title : Study of microorganisms and biochemical characteristics in vermi composting of urban solid waste | M. Yamunadevi | Vinayaka mission university | September 2009 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | “LaTeX and Moodle” | by Department of Computer Science, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | Institutional | 9th January 2016 |
2 | DNA Repair and Diseases | Christ University | National | 11 &12 March 2016 |
3 | Research Methodology and Statistics – FDP | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | State | 16th – 22nd March 2018 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | UGC-Minor Research project- completed | Titled: Role of Earthworm lectins in the legume formation in leguminous plants |
MRP(S)-1259/11-12/KABA028/UGC-SWRO | ||

Dr. Sindhu Anoop
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Associate Professor
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Others | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore | 2008-09 | |
Others | Ph.D | National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore | 2003-08 |
PG | MSc | Manasagangotri, Mysore University, Mysore | 1995 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Production of Monoclonal antibodies to Tomato Leaf Curl-Bangalore Virus
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Annals of Applied Biology | 2004 | 144, 333-338
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Functional Association of Purinergic P2X4 Receptors with Caveolar Rafts in Undifferentiated PC12 Cells
Differential Regulation of P/Q and L-type Voltage Gated Calcium Channels by Lipid Rafts in PC 12 cells
Regenerative effect of L-ascorbic acid on invitro grown plants
Green Synthesis, Characterization and in vitro Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles by using Leaf Extract of Tinospora cordifolia |
IFMBE Proceedings
IFMBE Proceedings
British Biotechnology Journal
International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research |
2010
2010
2014
2018 |
Volume 31, part 4, 1110-1113, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_282
IFMBE Proceedings, 2010, Volume 31, part 4, 1106-1109, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_281 Vol 4, Issue 12, pages 1238-1252
Vol. 6 Issue 1, January 2018, (Special Issue ICON17-MCC) ISSN: 2347-6532
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Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
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Presenter | 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, United States of America
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Starvation induced motility and morphological variations in Amoeba proteus | July 6-11, 2013 | World Congress, Biomechanics | International |
Conference | Presenter | Third NBRC International conference | Functional Role of lipid rafts in Voltage gated Calcium Channel Activation | December 13-15, 2006 | NBRC, New Delhi, India | National | |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis: PhD thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
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1 | Role of Lipid Rafts in Neuronal Signaling | Prof. Preeti. G. Joshi | Department of Biophysics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Banglaore | Awarded on 5th January 2009. |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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Microbes Health and Disease
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Mount Carmel College in association with IAS Bangalore, INSA New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences, India
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National | 18th and 19th August 2010 |
2 | Genomics | Depts. Of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Centre for Scientific Research and Advanced learning, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 4th –5th March 2011
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Merit certificate
Nagendra Memorial Prize for [1988]
Awarded National-Post doctoral fellowship |
under National Scholarship Scheme
For meritorious candidate in SSLC public Exam
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Department of Biotechnology |
1988
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Minor / Major Projects
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Analysis of Tinospora cordifolia extract for its useful properties
Green Synthesis, characterization of Nanoparticles and evaluation of their applications |
Minor Research Project funded by UGC. MRP (S)-1257/11-12/KABA028/UGC-SWRO 2)-Completed
Management funded Project, MCC/Research/17/10/2017/Sunitha01.- Ongoing |

Dr. Sunitha S N
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification: Msc, PGDCMD, CSIR NET
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Qualifying exams | CSIR NET | CSIR | June 2017 |
PG Diploma
PG
UG |
PGD in in Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics
MSc General Microbiology
BSc in Chemistry, Microbiology and Zoology |
Manipal University
Mysore University
St Aloysius college (Autonomous) |
October 2016
2014
2012 |
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Ms. Roopa L
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Phil | Bioinformatics | Bharathiar University
Guide: Dr. MM. Sudheer Mohammed. |
2014 |
MSc | Bioinformatics | Bharathiar University | 2004 |
BSc | Biochemistry | Bharathiar University | 2002 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Azadirachtin(A) Distinctively Modulates Subdomain 2 of Actin – Novel Mechanism to Induce Depolymerization revealed by Molecular Dynamics Study | Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics | 2016 | 34(12): 2698-2710
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2. | Docking, molecular dynamics and QM/MM studies to delineate the mode of binding of CucurbitacinE to F-actin | Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling | 2016 | 63: 29–37 |
3. | Molecular Dynamics Simulation Reveal the Mechanism of Resistance of Mutant Actins to Latrunculin A –Insight into Specific Modifications to Design Novel Drugs to Overcome Resistance | Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, | 2016 | 12(2): 107 – 118 |
4. | Molecular dynamics and high throughput binding free energy calculation of anti-actin anticancer drugs | J. Computational Biology and Chemistry | 2016 | 64, 47-55 |
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Dr. Bannhi Das
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biotechnology (PG)
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctoral | PhD | University of Calcutta | 2014 |
Others | NET | NA | 2007 |
PG | MSc | University of Calcutta | 2004 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Biofertilizers: a potential approach for sustainable agriculture development. | Environmental Science and pollution Research International; Springer | February 2017 | Volume 24, Issue 4, pp 3315–3335 |
2 | Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention-a journey to break the wall: a review | Archives of Microbiology; Springer | January 2016 | , Volume 198, Issue 1, pp 1–15 |
3. | Leucine and its transporter provide protection againstcigarette smoke-induced cell death: A potential therapy foremphysema | Toxicology Reports; Elsevier | 2014 | 1:752-763. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.09.011. eCollection 2014. |
4. | Vitamin C forestalls cigarette smoke induced NF-[1]B activation in alveolar epithelial cells | Toxicology research; Elsevier | April, 2013 | 220(1):76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.04.009. Epub 2013 Apr 21. |
5. | IKKb–I-kBe–c-Rel/p50: a new axis of NF-kB activation in lung epithelial cells | Oncogenesis | Apr 9, 2012 | 1, e8; doi:10.1038/oncsis.2012.8 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
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Workshop | Participant | Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
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12.01.2017 | Center for Nanoscience and engineering; IISc Bangalore
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International Conference | Participant | Technology redefining health | 21.11.2017 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | International | ||
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
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To Study the Molecular Mechanism(s) Involved In Cigarette Smoke (CS) Induced Cellular Pathogenesis | Dr. Alok Kumar Sil | Derpartment of Microbiology,
University of Calcutta |
May, 2014 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Capacity Enhancement Programme on Intellectual Property Rights | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | Participated | 20.7.2017 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
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Minor / Major Projects
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Dr. Mythri R
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biotechnology PG
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Masters | MSc | Bangalore University | 2003 |
PhD | Doctorate | NIMHANS, Deemed University | 2011 |
Post Doc | NIMHANS | – | |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibition in Parkinson’s Disease: How Can Curcumin Protect Mitochondria? | Antioxidants & Redox Signaling | 2007 | Vol 9, 399-408 |
2 | Integrating glutathione metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction with implications for Parkinson’s disease: A dynamic model | Neuroscience | 2007 | Vol 149; 917-930 |
3 | Curcumin treatment alleviates the effects of glutathione depletion in vitro and in vivo: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson’s Disease explained via in silico studies | Free Radical Biology and Medicine | 2008 | Vol 44, 907-917 |
4 | Biochemical analysis of protein stability in human brain collected at different post-mortem intervals | Indian Journal of Medical Research | 2009 | Vol 129, 189-199 |
5 | Muscarinic receptor 1 agonist activity of novel N-aryl carboxamide substituted 3-morpholinoarecoline derivatives in Alzheimer’s presenile dementia models | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry | 2009 | Vol 17 (15), 5526-5534 |
6 | Bioconjugates of curcumin display improved protection against glutathione depletion mediated oxidative stress in a dopaminergic neuronal cell line: Implications for Parkinson’s disease | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry | 2010 | Vol 18, 2631-2638 |
7 | Glutamoyldiester of the dietary polyphenol curcumin offers improved protection against peroxynitrite-mediated nitrosative stress and damage of brain mitochondria in vitro: implications for Parkinson’s disease | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2011 | Vol 347, 135-143
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8 | Chronic dietary supplementation with turmeric protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-mediated neurotoxicity in vivo: implications for Parkinson’s disease.” | British Journal of Nutrition | 2011 | Vol 106, 63-72 |
9 | Evaluation of Markers of Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Function and Astrocytic Proliferation in the Striatum and Frontal Cortex of Parkinson’s Disease Brains.” | Neurochemical Research | 2011 | Vol 36, 1452-1463
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10 | Increased Oxidative Damage and Decreased Antioxidant Function in Aging Human Substantia Nigra Compared to Striatum: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease.” | Neurochemical Research | 2012 | Vol 37, 358-369 |
11 | Bacopa monnieri extract offsets rotenone-induced cytotoxicity in dopaminergic cells and oxidative impairments in mice brain.” | Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | 2012 | Vol 32, 455-465 |
12 | Curcumin: a potential neuroprotective agent in Parkinson’s disease.” | Current Pharmaceutical Design | 2012 | Vol 18, 91-99 |
13 | Therapeutic potential of natural products in Parkinson’s Disease.” | Recent patents on Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Drug Discovery | 2012 | Vol 6, 181-200
* Co-corresponding author |
14 | Mitochondrial alterations and oxidative stress in an acute transient mouse model of muscle degeneration: implications for muscular dystrophy and related muscle pathologies.” | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2014 | 289(1), 485-509 |
15 | Bioavailability of dietary polyphenols: Factors contributing to their clinical application in CNS diseases.” | Neurochem Int. | 2015 | Oct;89:198-208 |
16 | Fish Oil Prophylaxis Protects against 3-Nitropropinic Acid-Induced Oxidative Impairments in Striatum and Cerebellum in Male Rat Brain.” | J Neurosci and Neuropharm | 2017 | 3(1); 1529-1537 |
17 | Manganese- and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced neurotoxicity display differences in morphological, electrophysiological and genome-wide alterations: implications for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease” | J. Neurochem | 2017 | Nov. 143(3), 334-358 |
18 | Therapeutic potential of polyphenols in Parkinson’s disease.” | In: Parkinson’s Disease. Intech open access Publisher, Rijeka | 2011 | CROATIA – ISBN 978-953-307-463-4: 115-150 |
19 | Disease systems: Parkinson’s disease. | In: Encyclopedia of systems biology.Dubitzky W, Wolkenhauer O, Cho K-H, Yokota H (Eds) , Springer, New York | 2012 | 589-592 |
20 | Nutraceuticals and Other Natural Products in Parkinson’s Disease Therapy: Focus on Clinical Applications. | Book Chapter In: Bioactive Nutraceuticals and Food Supplements in Neurological and Brain Disease, | 2015 | Edition 1, Chapter 44: page 421-431
*Co-corresponding author |
21 | Omics and epigenetics of polyphenol mediated neuroprotection: the curcumin perspective.” | In: Curcumin for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders: Neurochemical and Pharmacological Properties. Farooqui and Farooqui (Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia,
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2019 | Edition 1, Chapter 9: page 169-189.*Corresponding author |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Advances & Innovations in Biotechnology | A morphological, electrophysiological and genome-wide analysis of manganese and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) induced neurotoxicity in dopaminergic neurons with implications for Parkinson’s disease
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15th& 16th November 2018 | jointly organized by the School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University and Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, in association with the ‘Society of Biotechnologists (India) | National |
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | PhD | Dr. Srinivas Bharath | Professor, Department of Neurochemistry, NIMHANS | August 2011 |
2 | Post Doc | Dr. Srinivas Bharath | Professor, Department of Neurochemistry, NIMHANS | September 2017 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Train the Trainers – | Life Science Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC) | National | July 2018 |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Edathil Vijayan Award for Best oral presentation in Neuroscience category | Oral presentation in National Conference – on Advances & Innovations in Biotechnology | School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University and Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, in association with the ‘Society of Biotechnologists (India) | November 2018 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | “Analysis of the epigenetic regulation of red/ox mechanisms in neurotoxic models of Parkinson’s Disease: Role of chromatin modifications”. | DST (SERB) Young Scientist Grant from the Department of Science and Technology, India – 2013-2016 (Completed – Major Project) |
Area of Interest: Biotechnology, Neurosciences, Biochemistry
Years of experience: Teaching 1.5 yrs, Research: 12 years, Industry: 4 years (2 years in information technology, 2 years in biotechnology)
Department of Botany

Dr. Roshni Rao
HOD
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department:Botany
Qualification:M.Sc., Ph.D
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
RoshniRao | Ph.D | Benaras Hindu University | 1986 |
M.Sc., | Benaras Hindu University | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Kavya, R, Aakanksha Sharma and RoshniRao | A Comparative Study of PUFAs in Algae and Higher Plants
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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry | 2017 | 6(1): 74-82
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2 | RoshniRao | Screening of some herbal preparations for hair care. | IJAPBC
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2016 | 5(2): 164 –179 |
3 | RoshniRaoand P.S. Sastry | Nuclear power versus people power. | Carmelight | 2012 | 9 (2): 125-128 |
4 | RoshniRaoand Kumar, H.D | In situ nitrogen fixation by Cyanobacteria in a polluted pond in Varnasi, India | Poll. Res., | 1987 | 6(3&4): 127-132 |
5 |
RoshniRaoand Kumar, H.D |
Feeding tests on Cypris species using a few planktonic algae. |
J. Soc. Green VegetationalReseaerch |
1987 |
175 – 185 |
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RoshniRaoand Kumar H D |
Hydrogen supported nirogenase activity in two cyanobacteria |
Current Microbiology |
1987 |
16: 75 – 78 |
7 |
RoshniRaoand Kumar H D |
Isolation and characterization of the heterocystous blue green alga Chlorogloeopsisfritchii. |
Microbios., |
1987 |
57: 7 – 13 |
8 |
Banerjee, M.,Rao R, Kumar A andKumar H D |
Significance of pigment ratio and nitrogen assimilating enzymes in taxonomic analysis of cyanobacteria |
Phytochemistry and Botanical classification |
1990 |
40 -45 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
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RoshniRao and Alisha
RoshniRao and Harini
Kavya R, aakaknksha Sharma and RoshniRao |
KSTA Annual Conference on Science and Technology And Innovations in 21st century
National Conference on “Bioscience – Integrated healthcare”
International Conference on Importance of herbal medicine in the Era of Globalization – A Live Demonstration
International Conference “A Vision for higher education – 2030
International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs for Human Welfare (ICMP -2015)
National expert seminar on Biodiversity based economy |
Presenter
Presented
Presenter
Participant
Presenter
Participant |
Conference
Conference
Conference
Conference
Conference
Seminar |
Effect of Hydroponics on the Lipid content of Holy Basil
Hydroponic Study of Brassica campestris and Centellaasiatica
Study of Omega fatty acid profile in flax seeds and Ocimumbasilicum
Formulation and antidandruff study of some herbal shampoos
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20th and 21st December 2016
11th and 12th January, 2017
21st to 23rd, December 2016
30th– 31st. July, 2015
28th – 30th January, 2015
4th – 5th January, 2019 |
KSTA and Christ University
JyotiNivas College, Bengaluru
Sahyadri Science College (Autonomous), Kuvempu University, Shivamogga
Mount Carmel College
Chennai
St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru |
National
National
International
International
International
National
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7 |
National Conference on Green Wealth – A strategy for Health |
Organizer |
Conference |
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27th – 28th February, 2013 |
Mount Carmel College |
National |
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RoshniRao and Kumar H D |
Phycology – International Symposium |
Presenter |
Symposium |
Nitrogen fixation in a Varanasi pond |
1987 |
Chennai |
International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Nitrogen fixing potential of Cyanobacteria from polluted waters | Prof. H. D. Kumar | Benaras Hindu University | 12/1986 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Workshop “Samrohana” | Dept of Botany, MCC | Regional | 3rd July 2018 |
2 |
Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop “Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy, Conservation Biology and Ethnobotany” | Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College | National | 13th and 14thJuly, 2018 |
3 |
Workshop “Swasthya” |
Dept of Botany. MCC |
Regional |
26th July 2017 |
4 | Tissue culture Techniques
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Department ofBotany, MCC | Regional | 31.08.2016 |
5 | Workshop “LaTeX and Mooddle” | Mount Carmel College | Regional | 9th January 2016 |
6 | National workshop on Bioinformatics Techniques
in Drug Designing
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St. Joseph’s College | National | 19th to 20th January, 2012 |
7 | Plant Physiology | Bharathidasan University, Trichy | National | 21.01.1997 to 17.02.1997 |
8 |
Botany |
S. V. University, Tirupathi |
National |
17.11.1997 to 06.12.1997 |
9 |
Biotechnology
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Goa University, Goa |
National |
17.09.1999 to 07.10.1999 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | Formulation of high efficacy herbal beauty care products with special emphasis on hair and skin care | UGC funded minor project |

Dr. George Lekha
Dean of Science(UG)
Campus Co-ordinator
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. NET
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
George Lekha | Ph.D | Bharathidasan University | 2011 |
M.Phil |
Madras University |
1991 |
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M.Sc., | Bharathidasan University | 1990 | |
NET |
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1989 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | George Lekha, Pratima Hegde and Jayashree | Study of Anthocyanin Content, Antioxidant Property, UV Absorbance & SPF Analysis of A Few Petals | Journal of Advanced Applied Scientific Research | 2016 | 1-6 |
2 | George Lekha | Study of antioxidant property and photo protective activity of Helianthus annus and Coriandrum sativum under different soil treatments.
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International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences | 2015 | 2(4): |
3 | George Lekha | Evaluation of in vitro antioxidant property and radio protective effect of the constituent medicinal plants in Herbal Sunscreen Formulations.
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International Journal of Pharmaceutical Frontier Research | 2012 | 2(2): 90 – 96 |
4 | George Lekha | Cognitive enhancement and neuroprotective effect of Celastrus paniculatus Willd. seed oil(Jyothismati oil) on male Wistar rats | Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and technology | 2012 | 2: 130 – 136 |
5 |
George Lekha |
Effect of Celastrus paniculatus seed oil (Jyothismati oil) on acute and chronic immobilization stress induced in swiss albino mice
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Pharmacognosy Research |
2010 |
2(3):
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6 | Maithri Shekar, Shirin Shetty, George Lekha and Karthik Mohan | Evaluation of invitro antioxidant property and radioprotective effect of the constituent medicinal plants of a Herbal Sunscreen Formulations | International Journal of Pharnmaceutical Frontier Research | 2012 | 2(2) : 90-96 |
7 |
George Lekha, Karthik Mohan and Irudhaya Arockia Samy |
Effect of Celastrus paniculatus seed oil (Jyothismati oil) on acute and chronic immobilization stress induced in Swiss albino mice |
Pharmacognosy Research |
2010 |
2:169-174 |
8 |
Soosamma.M. and George Lekha |
A new species of Trinacrium from India |
Mycologia |
2001 |
93: 1200-1202 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Organizer | Green Wealth – A strategy for Health | 27th and 28th February, 2013 | Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College | National | ||
2 |
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Seminar |
Participant |
Converging Sciences for quality life |
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2009
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Mount Carmel College |
National |
3 |
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Seminar |
Participant |
Fungal Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and 32nd Annual meeting of the mycological Society of India |
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2006 |
National |
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4 |
Seminar |
Participant |
Biotechnology – A tool for conservation of bio-diversity |
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2003 |
Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli |
State |
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5 |
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Seminar |
Participant |
Emerging trends in Bio-Diversity and Bio-technology in the Indian context |
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2003 |
Christ College |
National |
6 |
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Conference |
Participant |
Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs for Human Welfare (ICMP -2015) |
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28th – 30th January, 2015 |
Chennai |
International |
7 |
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Conference |
Participant |
“A Vision for higher education – 2030 |
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July 2015 |
Mount Carmel College |
International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Scientific validation of the medicinal properties of Celastrus paniculatus Willd using animal and microbial systems and invitro propagation.
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Prof. Dr. Irudaya Arokiasamy | Bharathidasan Univeristy | 02/2011 |
2 | Study of keratinase activity in a few dermatophilic fungi.
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Prof. Dr. Hilda Azariah | Madras University | 1991 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Workshop Samrohana | Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College | Regional | 3rd July 2018 |
2 | Workshop Swastya | Dept of Botany, Mount carmel College | Regional | 26th July 2017 |
3 | Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop “Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy, Conservation Biology and Ethnobotany” | Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College | National | 13th to 14th July 2018 |
4 | Workshop New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College | National | 2005 |
5 |
Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology |
Bharathidasan University |
National |
1997 |
6 |
Refresher Course Botany |
Goa University |
National |
1998 |
7 |
Refresher Course Biotechnology |
Bharathiyar University |
National |
2004 |
8 |
Refresher Course Botany |
Annamalai University |
National |
2004 |
9 |
Orientation Programme |
Bangalore University |
National |
2001 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | Formulation of high efficacy herbal beauty care products with special emphasis on hair and skin care | UGC funded Minor Research Project |

Dr. Shalini B.U
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | Ph.d. | Bangalore University | 2003 |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | M.Phil. | Bangalore University | 1999 |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | M.B.A. | Annamalai University | 2009 |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | M.Sc. | Bangalore University | 1997 |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | B.SC. | NMKRV College for Women | 1993 |
Dr. Shalini, B.U. | SLET | Bangalore University | 1997 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Shalini, B.U. and Sushmitha R. | Evaluation of some selected oils for their antioxidant activity and anti-microbial potential against acne causing bacterium Propionibacterium acnes
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Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research | Accepted
2019 |
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2 | Jennifer, C., Stephie,C.M., Abhishri, S.B. and Shalini, B.U
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A Review on skin Whitening Property of Plant Extracts.
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Int. J. Pharm. Bio Sci. , | 2012. | 3(4): 332-347.
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3 | Soosamma Mathews and Shalini, B.U. | Medicinal plants for primary health care in the ethnobotanical garden of Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, India.
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Carmelight | 2011 | 8(1): 131-140 |
3 | Mayuri Khandelwal, Neetika Jaisinghani, Kavitha Singh and Shalini, B.U. | Comparison of Medicinal properties of Dry and Sprouted seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum.of Dry and Sprouted seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum.
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Carmelight | 2011 | 8(2):133-142.
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4 | Shalini,B.U. and Mamatha Rao | Lectins in seeds of sixteen species of edible legumes: Database and infraspecific variation | Rheedea | 2005 | 15(2):119-128 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL. NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Shalini,B.U. and Sushmitha, R. | Conference | Presenter | Contemporary Panorama
Biosciences (ICCPoB ’19) |
Evaluation of some selected oils for their antioxidant activity and anti-microbial potential against acne causing bacterium Propionibacterium acnes
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6th and 7th February 2019 | Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous), Salem – 636 016, Tamil Nadu. | International |
2 | Swastika Sarkar and Shalini,B.U. | Conference | Presenter | 11th Annual Conference KARNATAKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY in Association with NMKRV College for Women | Phytoremediation Using Chlorophycean Member: Chlorella vulgaris.
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1st and 2nd February 2019 | NMKRV college for Women | National |
3 | Sindhu Priya and Shalini BU | Conference | Presenter | 11th Annual Conference KARNATAKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY in Association with NMKRV College for Women
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Phytoremediation Using Cyanophycean Member: Microcystis sp.
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1st and 2nd February 2019 | NMKRV college for Women | National |
4 | Shalini, BU | Seminar | Participant | One day state level seminar on Medicinal Plants – Elixir of Life
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– | 15th October 2018 | K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, Bangalore | National |
5 | Shalini, BU | Seminar | Participant | National expert seminar on “Biodiversity based economy” | – | 4th & 5th Jan 2019.
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Sustainability platform, Asia & Departments of life sciences, St. Philominas college, Mysuru
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National |
6 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Presenter | Medicinal Plants and Drug Discovery | Evaluation of Sun Protecting Factor (SPF), anthocyanin content and anti-oxidant activity of few aromatic petals
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18th to 20th July, 2018.
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Bangalore University | International |
7 | Niveda and Shalini, BU
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Conference | Co-author | “Biodiversity and Bio-prospecting for sustainable development – 2018 | Screening of the photoprotective activity and antioxidant property of some aromatic petals | 23 and 24th February 2018 | Vignana Bhavana, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore.
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National |
8 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Participated | Technology in Redefining Health
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– | 22nd and 23rd November 2017
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Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
9 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Bioessence integrated Healthcare | In-vitro evaluation of common oils for their anti-acne potential against Propionibacterium
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11 and 12th of January 2017 | Jyothi Nivas College, Bengaluru organized by the Life Sciences departments.
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National |
10 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Bioessence integrated Healthcare | Evaluation of Pimenta dioica for their anti-acne potential against Propionibacterium acnes
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11 and 12th of January 2017 | Jyothi Nivas College, Bengaluru organized by the Life Sciences departments.
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National |
11 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Bioessence integrated Healthcare | A study of anti-acne property of Pilea hirsuta against acne causing bacteria Propionibacterium acnes
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11 and 12th of January 2017 | Jyothi Nivas College, Bengaluru organized by the Life Sciences departments.
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National |
12 | Olivia and Shalini | Conference | Presented | Importance of Herbal Medicine in the era of Globalization – A live Demonstration | In-vitro evaluation of different parts of Syzigium jambos for their antiacne potential against Propionibacterium acnes
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21st to 23rd of December 2016 | Department of Chemistry, Sahyadri Science College, Shivamogga.
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International |
13 | Shalini, BU
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Conference | Participated | NanoScience – A Multidisciplinary Approach | – | 10th and 11th February 2016 | Department of Electronics in association with V B ceramics consultants, Chennai
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National |
14 | Shalini, BU. | Conference | Participated | A Vision for Higher Education – 2030 | – | 30th and 31st July 2015
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Mount Carmel College | International |
15 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Environmental Pollution, Urban Waste Management and Public Health Security | Effect of Different Nitogenous sources on growth and yield of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Penn. – A Herb of Grace
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13-14th of February 2015.
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Christ University, Bangalore during | National |
16 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Environmental Pollution, Urban Waste Management and Public Health Security | Effect of Different Nitogenous sources on growth and yield of Medicinal plant – Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex Schult
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13-14th of February 2015.
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Christ University, Bangalore during | National |
17 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Presented | Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs for Human Welfare (ICMP-2015) | Evaluation of the Anti-aging property of some medicinal plants | 28th -30th January 2015 | Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany and Centre for Herbal Sciences, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai.
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International |
18 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Bioneers 2014” titled Bioveda – A Treasure Trove | Evaluation of anti-aging property of medicinal plants from North-East and South-West India
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6th and 7th February 2014 | National | |
19 | Shalini, BU | colloquium | Co-author | Global Network of Emerging Science on 4th “ | Evaluation of anti-aging property of medicinal plants from North-east and south- west India” – Third prize
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February 2014 | Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore | Inter-collegiate |
20 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Green Wealth – A strategy for Health | Antioxidant activity of ten selected medicinal plants of North East India”
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27th and 28th February, 2013 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | National |
21 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Co-author | Green Wealth – A strategy for Health | “Distribution of antioxidant properties in the vegetative parts of the medicinal plants
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27th and 28th February, 2013 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | National |
22 | Shalini, BU | Seminar | Co-author of poster presented | Second Indian Biodiversity Congress | Resurrection of Crop Genetic Resources: The Biotechnological Approach
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9th to 11th December 2012.
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J.N. Tata Auditorium, Bengaluru, Karnataka | National |
23 | Shalini, B.U and Jennifer | Conference | Presented | Medicinal Plants and Herbal Products | In-vitro evaluation of Anti-aging property of Medicinal plants leaves extract | 6-8th of September 2012 | John’s Hopkins University, Montgomery Country Campus, Rockville, Maryland, USA By University of Colombo and SV University, India
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International |
24 | Shalini, B.U. and Prasoona, M. | Conference | Presented | Bioremediation and Environmental Management and Polar Science and Technology | Effect of Biofertilizer from an Aquatic weed Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solmes on germination, growth and yield of Spinacea oleracea
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28th – 29th December 2011 | Presidency College, Bangalore | International |
25 | Shalini, BU and Prasoona, M. | Conference
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Presented | Developmental Biology – NACON D BIO 2010 | Diversity in Aquatic weed, Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) grown on different water bodies in Bangalore (India)”
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15th to 17th of September 2010 | Department of Botany, Bangalore University, Bangalore | National |
26 | Shalini, BU and Prasoona, M. | Conference | Presented | Environmental, Pollution, Water conservation and Health entitled | Effect of compost from an aquatic weed Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solmes on germination, growth and yield of Trigonella foenum-graecum
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29 – 31 July 2010 | Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore. | International |
27 | Shalini, B.U. et al., | Global Summit | Presented | Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | Bioremediation of Mine Tailings and Subsequent Phytoremediation with Medicinal Plants
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1st -5th Dec 2009 | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia | International |
28 | Shalini, BU | Conference | Participated
|
Emerging Trends in Medicinal Plants Research
|
– | 8th and 9th October 2009 | Department of Botany, Maharani’s Science College for Women, Bangalore.
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National |
29 | Shalini. BU | Seminar | Participated | Converging Sciences for Quality Life | – | 24th to 26th February 2009 | Faculty of Science and the Centre for Scientific Research and Advanced Studies, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
|
National |
30 | Shalini, BU
|
Conference
|
Participated | Convergence of Science and Technology towards Sustenance of Human Health
|
– | 2009 | Department of Electronics in association with Sagar Hospital | National |
31 | Shalini, BU
|
Seminar | Participated
|
Present Scenario of Organic Farming for Sustaining Soil-Plant Health and Productivity
|
– | 30th and 31st January 2009 | Department of Botany and Regional Centre of Organic Farming (RCOF), at Jnanajyothi Convention Hall, Central College Campus. | National |
32 | Shalini, BU | 90th Indian Science Congress | Participated | – | – | January 3rd to 7th 2003 | Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | M.Phil.:
Studies on Edible Legumes in India. Database and Infraspecific Variation in Lectin Distribution in Selected Species |
Dr. Mamatha Rao | Bangalore University | 1999 |
2 | Ph.D. : Studies on Economically Important Legumes of India: Database and Distribution of Lectins and Saponins | Dr. Mamatha Rao | Bangalore University | 2003 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 |
Recent Trends in Plant Taxonomy conservation biology and Ethnobotany
|
Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru
|
Regional |
July 13th and 14th, 2018 |
2 | Samrohana – Herbal Medicine | Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College,
Bengaluru
|
Institutional | 3rd July 2018 |
3 | Swasthya | Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College,
Bengaluru
|
Regional | 26th July 2017 |
4 | Advances in Cancer Biology
|
Vijaya College, Bangaluru
|
Regional | 22nd and 23rd February 2017 |
5 | Tissue Culture Techniques
|
Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College,
Bengaluru
|
Institutional | 31st August, 2016 |
6 | Modern trends in Plant Taxonomy | S. Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru
|
Regional | 22nd and 23rd of February 2016 |
7 | LaTeX and Moddle | Department of Computer Science, Mount Carmel College
|
Institutional | 9th January 2016 |
8 | One day hands on training Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Formulations
|
VIT University, Vellore, Chennai | National | 15th February, 2014. |
9 | Communication with data using SPSS | Research Centre and PG department of Economics, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
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Institutional | 27th and 28th June 2014 |
10 | Genomics | Department of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and the Centre for Scientific Research and Advanced Learning, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 4th to 5th March 2011 |
11 | Herbarium Techniques | Centre for Repository for Medicinal Resources (RMR), Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Bangalore
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Institutional | 22nd and 23rd September, 2010 |
12 | Herbarium Techniques | National Herbarium of Medicinal plants and Repository of Raw Drugs, FRLHT Campus, Bangalore
|
Institutional | 2nd and 3rd July, 2009 |
13 | Biotechnology Awareness | SSMRV College, Bangalore.
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Regional | 21st September 2002 |
14 | Human Resource Development
|
Bangalore University, Bangalore | Regional | July 14th – 16th 2000 |
15 | Refresher Course- Summer School (ID-Life Science) in Botany
|
Bangalore University | National | 27th June to 18th July 2016 |
16 | Faculty Training Programme | Department of Zoology, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru in collaboration with NCBS
|
Institutional | 1st and 2nd of March 2018 |
17 | Faculty Enrichment Programme entitled “Teacher as communicator” | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | Institutional | 1st June to 6th June 2015 |
18 | Faculty Development Programme on – Communication with data using SPSS | Research Centre and PG department of Economics | Institutional | 27th and 28th of June 2014 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | UGC sponsored Minor Research Project: Bioconversion of the aquatic weed, Eichhornia crassipes into a biofertilizer by supplementing with diverse fungi and Bioremediation of the mine tailings using the Eichhornia compost”, 2008 -09. | Converting the weed – Eichhornia crassipes to a biofertiliser and studying its effect on the growth of plants and also remediation on mine tailing with the same biofertiliser and observing it effects on the growth of plants
|
2 | UGC sponsored Minor Research Project – In-vitro evaluation and identification of medicinal plants with potent anti-aging property which find their utility in personal care products and cosmetology | Identifying the plants which have medicinal value and evaluation of these medicinal plants for their anti-aging property by evaluating the anti-oxidant activity |

Dr. Savitha M. Murthy
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Savitha M Murthy | Ph.D | Banglaore University | 2010 |
M.Sc., | Bangalore University | 2001 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Savitha M Murthy | Sulphur estimation in some medicinal plants for herbal hair oil | Indian Journal of Applied Research | 2019 | in press |
2 | Savitha M Murthy and Priya Dagar | Formulation and physic chemical evaluation of herbal hair oil with Punica granatum L. and Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel extracts | International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research | 2019 | in press |
3 | Savitha.M.Murthy, Tejaswini Arpana and Utthappa Reachal K | Comparative effect of chemical and organic fertilizers on primary metabolite contents Ocimum basilicum L. and Majorana hortensis Moench | GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2018 | 05(01): 104 -108 |
4 |
Savitha M Murthy, Divya Lekha and Nayana P |
Repellency, toxicity and fumigant activity of two aromatic plants Majorana hortensis Moench and Jasminum officinale L. against Bruchids |
Medicinal Plants |
2018 |
10(04): 359 – 362 |
5 |
Hazira Maqbool Attar, Misbah Farheen, Shruthi, R and Savitha. M .Murthy |
Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on physiological and biochemical activities in Plectranthus barbatus Andrews and Mentha piperita L. |
J. Mycopathol.Res., |
2018 |
55(4): 353-357 |
6 |
Savitha. M .Murthy, Anitha, P. and Tejavathi, D.H. |
Drought induced alterations in chlorophyll, carbohydrates and reducing sugars in in vitro plants of Macrotyolma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. |
International Journal of Recent Scientific Research |
2017 |
8(12):22260- 22263 |
7 |
Savitha. M .Murthy, Anitha, P. and Tejavathi, D.H. |
Effect of osmotic stress on growth, RGR, DM and associated morphological changes in in vivo and in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. |
Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacognosy and Life Sciences |
2016 |
5(8): 22 – 28 |
8 |
Anitha,P., Savitha.M.Murthy, Leelavathi, D and Narendra, K. |
Bioremediation for removal of heavy metals using Saccharomyces cereviseae a Novel and economical process |
Indian Journal of Natural Sciences |
2016 |
7(37): 11313 – 11321 |
9 |
Varsha J., Uzma Amin and Savitha M Murthy |
Effect of Trichoderma enriched biofertilizers on morphological parameters and NPK content of Kaempferia galanga and Costus igneus L. N.E.Br.. |
International Journal of Recent Scientific Research |
2016 |
7(5): 10768 – 10771 |
10 |
Savitha M. Murthy, P. Anitha, B.S.Sumalatha and D.H. Tejavathi |
Effect of Mycorrhizal Association on Nodule Number, Mass, Leghaemoglobin and Free Proline Content in Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. under PEG Induced Water Stress |
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., |
2016 |
5(4): 165-174 |
11 |
Savitha M Murthy and Tejavathi, D.H. |
Effect of osmopriming on seed germination and seedling vigour in Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.)Verdc. |
IJPAES |
2016 |
6 (2): 71 – 76 |
12 |
Savitha M. Murthy, V.R. Devaraj, P. Anitha and D.H. Tejavathi |
Studies on the activities of antioxidant enzymes under induced drought stress in in vivo and in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. |
Recent Research in Science and Technology |
2012 |
4(2): 34-37 |
13 |
Tejavathi, D.H., Anitha, P., Savitha M Murthy and Nijagunaiah, R |
Effect of AM fungal association with normal and micropropagated plants of Andrographis paniculata Nees on biomass, primary and secondary metabolites |
IRJPS |
2011 |
2(12):338-348 |
14 |
D.H. Tejavathi, V.R. Devaraj, S.M. Murthy, R. Nijagunaiah, K. Shobha |
Effect of PEG induced osmotic stress on proline, protein and relative water content in in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum (lam.) Verdc |
ISHS Acta Horticulturae |
2010 |
No.865 |
15 |
Tejavathi, D.H., Devaraj, V.R., Savitha M Murthy, Anitha, P. and Nijagunaiah,R |
Regeneration of multiple shoots from callus cultures of Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. |
Indian Journal of Plant Biotechnology |
2010 |
9(1): 101-105 |
16 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha B and Shivananda T. N |
Management practices to rehabilitate the endangered medicinal plant Gloriosa superba L |
biomed |
2009 |
4(1): 57-63 |
17 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha B and Shivananda T. N |
Phytochemistry and medicinal properties of Withania somnifera (L.)Dun. |
biomed |
2009 |
4(2): 133-135 |
18 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha, B and Shivananda T. N. |
Phytochemistry and medicinal uses of a herbage plant Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. |
biomed |
2009 |
4(3): 245- 251 |
19 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha, B and Shivananda T. N. |
Indian myrobalan –A promosing medicinal plant. |
biomed |
2009 |
4(4): 346-349 |
20 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha, B and Shivananda T N. |
Saraca asoca – An endangered plant. |
biomed |
2008 |
3(3 &4): 244-248 |
21 |
Savitha M Murthy, Mamatha, B and Shivananda T N. |
Saraca asoca – An endangered plant. |
biomed |
2008 |
3(3 &4): 244-248 |
22 |
Tejavathi, D.H., Shree, M.P., Pushpavathi,B and Savitha M Murthy
|
In vitro flowering and fruiting in the cultures of Morus indica var., Mysore local |
biomed |
2008 |
48(4): 411-418 |
23 |
Tejavathi, D.H., Anitha, P., Savitha M Murthy and Nijagunaiah, R |
In vitro studies in Andrographis Paniculata Nees. |
Tropical Journal of Medicinal Plants |
2008 |
9(2): 394-399 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 |
Savitha M Murthy and Priya Dagar
|
International Conference |
Presenter |
Contemporary Panorama of Biosciences |
Formulation and physico chemical evaluation of herbal hair oil with Punica granatum L. and Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel extracts
|
6th to 7th February, 2019 |
Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous), Salem, Tamil Nadu |
International |
2 |
Savitha M Murthy and Ranjitha M C |
11th Annual KSTA Conference |
Presenter |
New Vistas in Science and Technology for Common Good |
Repellency, toxicity and fumigant activity of Mentha arvensis L. oil |
1st to 2nd February, 2019 |
NMKRV College for Women (Autonomous), Bengaluru |
Regional |
3 |
Savitha M Murthy, Divya Lekha and Nayana P
|
International Conference |
Presenter |
Medicinal Plants and Drug Discovery |
Repellency, toxicity and fumigant activity of Majorana hortensis and Jasminum officinale oil |
18th to 20th July, 2018 |
Bangalore University |
International |
4 |
|
State Level Seminar |
Participant |
Medicinal Plants – Elixir of Life |
|
15th October , 2018 |
K. L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru |
State |
5 |
|
National Seminar |
Participant |
Emerging Trends in Plant Science |
|
17th February, 2017 |
K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru |
National |
6 |
Savitha M Murthy, Priya, Manisha and Harshitha |
National Conference |
Presenter |
Bioscience – Integrated healthcare |
Formulation and evaluation of sulphated herbal hair oil for anti-dandruff activity |
11th and 12th January, 2017 |
Jyoti Nivas College, Bengaluru |
National |
7 |
Savitha M Murthy |
International Conference
|
Presenter |
Importance of herbal medicine in the Era of Globalization – A Live Demonstration |
Evaluation of herbal hair oil for antifungal activity |
21st to 23rd December , 2016 |
Sahyadri Science College (Autonomous), Kuvempu University, Shivamogga |
International |
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8 |
|
Seminar |
Presenter |
Environmental Degradation and its Effects on Sustenance of Life |
|
4th and 5th of March, 2016 |
Government First Grade College, Vijayanagar, Bengaluru |
National |
9 |
|
Conference |
Participant |
Nanoscience – A Multidisciplinary Approach |
|
10th and 11th February, 2016 |
Mount Carmel College |
National |
10 |
|
Conference |
Participant |
A Vision for Higher Education – 2030 |
|
30th and 31st July, 2015 |
Mount Carmel College |
International |
11 |
Savitha M Murthy, Varsha and Uzma |
Conference |
Presenter |
Bioveda – A Treasure Trove |
Effect of biofertilizers application on growth parameters of some medicinal plants |
6th and 7th February, 2014 |
Jain University, Bangalore |
National |
12
|
|
Conference |
Organiser |
Green Wealth – A strategy for Health |
|
27th and 28th February, 2013 |
Dept of Botany, Mount carmel College |
National |
13 |
Savitha M Murthy and Tejavathi D H |
Symposium |
Presenter |
Acclimatization and Establishment of Micro propagated Plants |
Effect of PEG induced osmotic stress on proline, protein and relative water content in in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum (lam.) Verdc |
7th – 12th December, 2008 |
Department of Horticulture, Hulimavu, Bangalore
|
International |
14 |
Savitha M Murthy and Tejavathi D H |
Symposium |
Presenter |
Plant Biotechnology for Conservation, Characterization and Crop Improvement |
Effect of PEG on in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum |
8th – 10th, February, 2008 |
Department of Biotechnology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur |
National |
15 |
Savitha M Murthy, Anitha P and Tejavathi D H
|
Conference
|
Presenter |
Medicinal Plants & Aromatic Plants |
Micropropagation of Andrographis paniculata |
19th– 21st, April 2007 |
Institution of Agricultural Technologies, Bangalore |
National |
16 |
|
Symposium | Participant | Plant Biotechnology |
|
12th – 14th, October, 2006 | Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun | National |
17 |
Savitha M Murthy and Tejavathi D H |
Seminar |
Presenter |
Bio Enja Futura 06 Biological Sciences – its Impact on Environment
|
Ex-situ conservation Mentha citrata through micropropagation |
20th – 22nd, January 2006 |
Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College, Bengaluru |
National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Studies on morphological and biochemical responses of in vitro plants of Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. to water stress | Prof. D H Tejavathi | Bangalore University | 02/2010 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop “Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy, Conservation Biology and Ethnobotany” | Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College | National | 13th and 14th July, 2018 |
2 |
One day workshop “ Samrohana” |
Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College |
Regional |
3rd July 2018 |
3 |
One day workshop “Swasthya” |
Dept of Botany, Mount Carmel College |
Regional |
26th July 2017 |
4 | Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop “Advances in Cancer Biology” | Vijaya College, Bengaluru | National | 22nd and 23rd February 2017 |
5 |
One day workshop “Tissue Culture Techniques” |
Dept. of Botany, Mount Carmel College |
Regional |
31st August 2016 |
6 |
Two days UGC sponsored State level workshop “Modern trends in Plant Taxonomy”
|
K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, Bangalore
|
State |
22nd and 23rd February 2016
|
7 | Workshop “LaTeX and Mooddle” | Mount Carmel College | Regional | 9th January 2016 |
8 | One day hands on Training “Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Formulations” | VIT University, Vellore, Chennai | National | 15th February, 2014 |
9 |
Two days Workshop “Bioinformatics Techniques in Drug Designing” |
St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore |
National |
19th and 20th January, 2012
|
10 |
Two days Workshop “Access to E-Resources for teaching and research” |
Bangalore University |
National |
2008 |
11 |
Refresher Course on Life Sciences |
University of Mysore |
National |
3rd to 23rd November,2016 |
12 |
Faculty enrichment Programme on ‘Teacher as Communicator’ |
Mount Carmel College |
Regional |
1st to 6th June, 2015 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 |
Screening of some medicinal plants for herbal hair oil
|
Management Funded Minor Research Project |
2 | Study of antimicrobial properties and GC analysis of essential oils from different parts of Marjoram hortensis Moench, and Jasminum indicum L. | Management Funded Major Research Project |

Dr. Lalitha Rani Suresh
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification M.Sc, M.Phil, B.Ed,Ph.D
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Ph.D | Manonmaniam Sundaranar university | 2010 | |
M.Phil | Madurai Kamaraj University | 1989 | |
B.Ed | Bangalore University | 1986 | |
M.Sc | Bangalore University | 1985 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | GC-MS Determination of Bioactive Components of Artemesia absinthium | Frontiers in Crop Improvement | 2017 | 5 ( 1) ; 71-73 |
2. | Pharmacognostic Study of Pilea hirsuta | Progressive Research | 2016 | Vol.11 : 4739-4741 |
3. | Pharmacognostic Study of Clerodendron colebrookianum | Progressive Research | 2016 | 11: 5919-5921 |
Progressive Research
Progressive R esearch
Progressive Research
|
2016
2015
2014 |
11:558-561
10(4): 357-360
9:836-839
|
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | conferance | Presenter | National conference on developmentalal Biology-NACON D BIO | Pharmacognostic Investigation of Zanthaphylum rhetsa | 15-17 Septembe 2010 | Bangalore university | National |
2. | seminar | Presenter | Recent Trends In Botany &Medical Microbiology | Pharmacognostic Investigation of Bulbop albidum hyllum | 27-28 September 2010 | Maharanilakshmi ammanni college | Regional |
3. | Conferance | Presenter | Impact of Physical Sciences on Biology | Documentation of Ethnomedical plants usedby Kani Tribes | July 7-9 2011 | Queen Mary’s college | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Flora of Kanyakumari Dist | Dr.Crossbel | Madurai Kamraj University | June 1989 |
January 2010 | ||||
2. | Studies on the Ehhnomedicinal Plants of Agasthiarmalai Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu | Dr.V.R Mohan | Manonmaniam Sundaranar University | |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
National | 21st march-12th April 2006 | |||
1. | UGC Sponsored Refresher Course | UGC | Choose an item. | |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Pharmacognostic Studies of Ettthnomedicinal Plants | UGC- minor project | |

Ms. Jayanthi D
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: BOTANY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
B.Sc (Microbiology, Chemistry, Botany) |
St. Joseph’s Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Bangalore.
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2006-2009 |
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M. Sc (Botany) |
St. Joseph’s Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Bangalore.
|
2009-2011 |
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Ph.D (Botany) |
Bharathiyar University , Coimbatore |
From June,2012 |
Pursuing |
KSET |
Mysore university, Mysore |
DEC 2015 |
Eligible |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No | |||
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Jayanthi .D
Martin Paul.A Thamizhseran.N |
seminar | Presenter | DESIEI 2018 | Experimental ontogeny on the water calyces of Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv. | 6th.
&7th Dec 2018 |
CHRIST University, Bengaluru | National |
2. | Symposium | Participant | Modern Trends in Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health | 1st March 2018 | St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), | International | ||
3. | conferrence | Participant | “Technology in redefining health” | 22nd and 23rd November 2017. | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, | International | ||
4 | conferrence | Participant | ‘Nanoscience- A Multidiciplinary Approach’ | 10thand11th February 2016.
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MCC
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nATIONAL | ||
5 | Conference | Participant | “A Vision for higher education – 2030” | July 30th and 31st2015. | MCC | NTERNATIONAL | ||
6
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SEMINAR
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PARTICIPANt
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“Choice Based Credit System as an Approach to Skill Based Student Centered Learning in Higher Education | 11th Feb 2015 | MCC | NATIONAL | |
7. | Jayanthi .D
Martin Paul.A Thamizhseran.N |
IBC- conferrence
|
PARTICIPANT | Second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2012)
|
Preliminary report on occurence of alkalophilic, microaerophillic, nitrogen fixing bacteria from the water calyx of SpathodeacampanulataP.Beauv. | 9th – 11th December | IBC
IISC,J.N. Tata Auditorium¸ Bangalore, Karnataka |
National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
1. | Workshop | Applied Sciences | 2012 | Regional | MCC, Env Sci Dept |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Floral Development in water calyx of Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv. | Dr. Thamizhseran. N | Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. | Pursuing
REg. July2012. |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Science Academies Lecture Workshop
“Recent Trends in Plant Taxonomy, Conservation Biology and Ethnobotany” |
Organized& Co-ordinated
Botany Dept. MCC |
National | 13th and 14th July 2018 |
2. | One day practical course in DNA Taxonomy and Phylogeny | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.
|
National | 9th May 2018 |
3. | “ Tissue Culture Techniques” | Department Of Botany, Mount Carmel College | Regional | 31st August, 2016 |
4. | Workshop series for higher education academicians on ‘Latex and Moodle’ | Department of Computer Science, Mount Carmel College | Regional | 9th January 2016. |
5. | Faculty Enrichment Programme
‘Teachers as Communicators’ |
MCIM | Regional | one week –1st and 5th June 2015. |
6. | Communication with data using SPSS- 2 day workshop (FDP) | research centre and PG Department of Economics | Regional | 27TH& 28TH June 2014 |
7. | One day hands on Training on Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Formulations | VIT University, Vellore
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Regional | 15th February, 2014. |
8. | Tramsfomation-2012 (Maximize potential, Multiply influence, Mature relationships) Sponsored by Ernst & Young
|
Mount Carmel Institute of Management
|
Regional | 23rd and 24th August 2012 |
9. | Academy Lecture Workshop under the Joint Science Education Programme
“Recent Molecular Biological Trends in Infectious Diseases and Cancer” |
Department of Botany (Research Wing) St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bangalore. | Regional | 24th and 25th September 2010. |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Dr. Sumathi R.
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification: Ph.D
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
R.Sumathi | B.Sc. | Madras University | 1995 |
R.Sumathi | M.Sc. | Madras University
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1997 |
R.Sumathi | M.Phil | Madras University | 1998 |
R.Sumathi | Ph.D. | Madras University | 2006 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Sumathi, R., V. Maina & P. V. Sreekumar. | Calophyllum austro-indicum Kosterm. ex P.Stevens – A case of extended distribution to Andaman Islands. | Indian Forester | 2002 | 128 (3): 353. |
2. | Sumathi, R., J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan & P.V. Sreekumar | Anoectochilus narasimhanii (Orchidaceae) – A new ‘jewel orchid’ from the Andaman Islands, India. | Blumea | 2003 | 48: 285 – 287. |
3. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan, V. Maina & P.V. Sreekumar. | Medinilla quadrifolia Blume (Blume) – A new record for India from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2003 | 26 (3): 284 – 285. |
4. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & P.G. Diwakar | In search of Phalaenopsis | ENVIS News letter, Botanical Survey of India | 2003 | 9: 7.
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5. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & P.G. Diwakar. | In search of Phalaenopsis. | BSI Envis Newsletter | 2003 | 9: 7. 2003. |
6. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi, P.G. Diwakar & G.S. Lakra | Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau (Alismataceae) – a little known and troublesome weed in Andaman Islands. | Current Science | 2004 | 87 (2): 140 – 141. 2004 |
a. | Sumathi,R. V. Maina & G.S. Lakra | Thottea paucifida Ding Hou, Family Aristolochiaceae, a new record for India. | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society | 2004 | 101 (1): 195 – 196. |
7. | Sumathi,R. V. Maina & G.S. Lakra | Thottea paucifida Ding Hou, Family Aristolochiaceae, a new record for India. | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society | 2004 | 101 (1): 195 – 196. |
8. | Karthigeyan K., J. Jayanthi, R. Sumathi & P.G. Diwakar. | Xyridaceae – a new family report to the Andaman Islands. | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2004 | 28 (4): 919 – 921.
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9. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi, P.G. Diwakar & G.S. Lakra | Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau (Alismataceae) – A little known and troublesome weed in Andaman Islands. | Current Science | 2004 | 87 (2): 140 – 141. |
10. | Radhakrishnan,V.M., R. Sumathi & J. Jayanthi | Hybanthus ennaespermus (L.) F. Muell. – An addition to the weed flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society | 2005 | 102 (1): 132. |
11. | Sumathi, R., K. Karthigeyan, J. Jayanthi & P.G. Diwakar | Leptopus sanjappae (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from the Andaman Islands, India | Bulletin Botanical Survey of India | 2006 | 47 (1 – 4): 155 – 158. |
12. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & P.V. Sreekumar | Liparis elegans Lindl. (Orchidaceae) – a new report to India from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2006 | 30 (1): 195 – 197. |
13. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & P.G. Diwakar | Erythrorchis Blume – A new genus record for the orchid flora of Bay Islands. | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2006 | 30 (1): 183 – 185. |
14. | Diwakar P.G., & R. Sumathi. | Recollection of Cleisostoma elegans Seidenf. An orchid from Andaman Islands after about a century | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2006 | 30 (1): 180 – 182. |
15. | Diwakar, P. G., Sharief, M. U., Radhakrishnan, V.M., & R. Sumathi | Trias oblonga Lindl. (Orchidaceae) – A new genus record for Andaman Islands. | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2006 | 30: 564 – 565. |
16. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi, G.S. Lakra & M.D. Umer Sharief | Byttneria pilosa Roxb. (Sterculiaceae) – A case of extended distribution to Andamans. | Indian Forester | 2007 | 133 (5): 707 – 708. |
17. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & P.V. Sreekumar | Bulbophyllum serratotruncatum Seidenf. (Orchidaceae) – A new record for India, from the Andaman Islands. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2007 | 30 (1): 75 – 76. |
18. | Diwakar P.G., K. Karthgieyan, R. Sumathi & J. Jayanthi. | Contribution to the flora of Lime stone caves in Baratang Island, | Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India. | 2008 | 50 (1-4): 19 – 22. |
19. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi & J. Jayanthi | Orophea narasimhanii (Annonaceae) – A new discovery from Andaman Islands, India. | Nordic Journal of Botany | 2009 | 28 : 56 – 57.
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20. | Karthigeyan K., J. Jayanthi & R. Sumathi | Additions to the genus Bulbophyllum in India from Andaman & Nicobar archipelago. | Taiwania | 2009 | 55.
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21. | Sumathi R., J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan & D. Narasimhan. | New reports to the flora of India from Saddle Peak National Park, North Andaman. | Rheedea. | 2009 | 19: 69 – 71.
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22. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & P.G.Diwakar. | New records of plants to the flora of India from South Andaman Island. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2009 | 32 (2): 301 – 303
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23. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & P.G.Diwakar | Notes on Medinilla Gaudich (Melastomataceae) from Great Nicobar Island, India. | Nelumbo. | 2009 | 51:1-4.
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24. | Ved D.K., R.Sumathi & Darshan Shankar | Prioritisation of Medicinal Plants for cultivation. | The All India Seminar on Recent Trends in Utilization of Medicinal Plants in Human Welfare: | 2010 | 176 – 181.
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25. | Sampath Kumar V., Vinod Maina & R.Sumathi. | An Analysis of floral diversity in Volcanic Barren Island, Andamans, India. | In: Recent trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | 2010 | 207 – 214.
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26. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & D. Narasimhan. | Codonacanthus sanjappae (Acanthaceae) – a new species from Andaman & Nicoabr Islands, India. | Nordic Journal of Botany. | 2010 | 28 : 501-502. |
27. | Karthigeyan K., R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & C. Livingstone | Peristylus balakrishnanii – a new species from Andaman Islands. | Kew Bulletin | 2010 | 65: 1 – 3.
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28. | Jayanthi J., R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan &D.Narasimhan. | Additions to the Genus Medinilla (Melastomataceae) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve | Indian Journal of Forestry. | 2010 | 33(2): 245 – 246. |
29. | J. Jayanthi, R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & D. Narasimhan. | Appendicula nicobarica (Orchidaceae – Epidendroideae – Podochileae), a new species from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, India. | Edinburgh Journal of Botany | 2011 | 68(2): 321 – 324. |
30. | K. Karthigeyan, J. Jayanthi & R. Sumathi. | Lasianthus chowdheryi sp. nov. (Rubiaceae) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. | Nordic Journal Botany | 2011 | 29: 451 – 454.
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31. | R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & K. Karthigeyan. | Liparis atrosanguinea (Ridl.) Orchidaceae, a new orchid addition to India from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | Taiwania | 2011 | 56(3): 257 – 260. |
32. | K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi & J. Jayanthi. | On the occurrence of Pseuduvaria reticulata (Blume) Miq. (Annonaceae) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2011 | 34(4): 473 – 474. |
33. | K. Karthigeyan, J.Jayanthi, R.Sumathi & P.G.Diwakar | New additions to the sedge flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. | 2011 | 107(3): 264 – 266. |
34. | K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & P.G. Diwakar | New reports to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands from Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, South Andaman. | Indian Forester | 2011 | 137(5): 653 – 656. |
35. | J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi & P.G. Diwakar | Ardisia elliptica Thunb. – an addition to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. | Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany | 2011 | 35(1): 114 – 115. |
36. | J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan & R. Sumathi. | Epirixanthes Blume –A new genus addition to the myco-heterotrophic flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2012 | 35(2): 273 – 274. |
37. | K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi & J. Jayanthi. | Recollection of a rare epiphytic orchid Taeniophyllum filiforme J.J. Sm. (Orchidaceae) after a lapse of 135 years from South Andaman Islands, India. | Journal of Threatened Taxa | 2012 | 4(15): 3433 – 3435.
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38. | R. Sumathi, K. Karthigeyan & J. Jayanthi. 2013. | New Records of orchids from Saddle Peak National Park (North Andaman) Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2013 | 36(1): 135 – 138. |
39. | J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi & J.S. Jalal. | Erythrodes blumei (Orchidaceae): An new addition to the orchid flora from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | Richardiana | 2013 | XIV: 140-145. |
40. | J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan & R. Sumathi. | Pteroceras teres (Orchidaceae) – A New record from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. | Indian Journal of Forestry | 2013 | 36(3): 417-418.
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41. | Ved D.K., G.A.Kinhal, K. Ravikumar, R. Vijaya Sankar, R. Sumathi, Ajaya K. Mahapatra & P.C. Panda | Conservation Assessment and Management Prioritisation for Medicinal plants of Orissa. | CAMP Report | 2007 | |
42. | Ved D.K., G.A.Kinhal, K. Ravikumar, S.K. Jain R. Vijaya Sankar & R. Sumathi. | Conservation Assessment and Management Prioritisation for Medicinal plants of Rajasthan. | CAMP Report | 2007 | |
43. | R.Sumathi | The Changing Face of the Coastal Zone between Chennai and Mamallapuram | Book (Contributor of Botany Chapter) | 2001 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | R.Sumathi | Seminar
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Participant | New Frontiers in Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation
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29th December, 2004
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TBGRI | International | |
2. | R.Sumathi | Seminar | Presenter | Changing Scenario in Angiosperm Taxonomy | Arborescecent flora of Nellivasal nadu, Javadi hills, Tamil Nadu | 2001 | Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada
University, |
International |
3. | R.Sumathi | Seminar
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Participant | New Frontiers in Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation
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06th October, 2016
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Agarkar Research Institute
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International | |
5 | R.Sumathi | Seminar | Participant | Vision for Higher Education
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30th and 31st July, 2015 | Mount Carmel College | National | |
8 | R.Sumathi | Seminar | Participant | Nanoscience-A multidisciplinary Approach
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10th and 11th February, 2016 | Mount Carmel college | National | |
9 | R.Sumathi | Seminar | Participant | Bioessesnce | Mount Carmel college | |||
10 | R.Sumathi | Conference
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Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | Mount Carmel College | Interational | ||
13. | R.Sumathi | Seminar | Participant | Plant Diversity in India: Current status and Conservation. | January 21 -22, 2005 | Madras Christian College | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
1 | Capacity building programme for Frontline Forest Staff | “Identification and Management of Wild medicinal Plant Resources” | 27th – 29th January 2009
(Himachal Pradesh), 7th – 10th January 2009 (Uttarakand), 7th – 10th October 2009 (Rajasthan) 23rd – 26th November, 2009 (Gujarat)] |
State | Foundation for Revitilisation of Local Health Traditions in collaboration with State Forest Department |
2. | Capacity building programme for college and university faculty | “Value chain Development in Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine” | 2nd – 10th June, 2010 | International | International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Katmandu, Nepal |
Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Flowering plants of Saddle Peak National Park, North Andamans, India (Ph.D Thesis) | Dr. D. Narasimhan | Madras Christian College | December, 2005 |
2. | Arborescent flora of Nellivasal Nadu, Javadu Hills, Tamil Nadu (M.Phil Thesis) | Dr. C. Livingstone | Madras Christian College | October, 1998 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Faculty enrichment Programme on ‘Teacher as Communicator’ | Mount Carmel college | Institutional | 1st to 6th June, 2015 |
2. | Workshop series for higher education academicians – Latex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 9th January 2016 |
3. | Modern trends in Plant Taxonomy | K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru | National | 17th February, 2017 |
4. | Swasthaya | Department of Botany
Mount Carmel college |
Institutional | 26th July 2017 |
5. | Samrohana | Department of Botany
Mount Carmel college |
Institutional | 3rd July 2018 |
6. | “Plants, People and Politics”, | Madras Christian College | International | 2nd March, 2001 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Prof.R.Kalyanasundaram Memorial Prize | For the best performance in Ph.D for Botany Stream. | Madras University | 2006 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | Flora of Saddle Peak National Park, North Andamans, India | Funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests |
2. | The Changing Face of the Coastal Zone between Chennai and Mamallapuram | Funded by United Board of Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) |
3. | The survey of Raw Drug market of Chennai | Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions, (FRLHT) |
4. | Plant genetic resources: Formal and Informal Knowledge Systems, Institutional Interests and Sustainability | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) – Shastri Indo Canadian Institute (SICI) |
5. | National Programme on Promoting Conservation of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge for enhancing Health and Livelihood Security CCF- II | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests |
6. | Centre of Excellence in medicinal plants and traditional knowledge | Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) |
7. | Study on ‘Saraca asoca’ a popular Ayurveda druga | MCC management funded project |

Dr. Parvathy M
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department: Botany
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D. Biotechnology | University of Kerala | 2017 |
Post Graduation | MSc. Botany | University of Calicut | 2008 |
Graduation | BSc. Botany | University of Calicut | 2006 |
NET | CSIR National Eligibility Test | CSIR | 2007 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Muraleedharan Parvathy, Sreeja S, Kumar R, Pillai MR | Potential role
of p21 Activated Kinase 1 (PAK1) in the invasion and motility of oral cancer cells. |
BMC Cancer | 2016 | 16(Suppl 1):293 |
2. | Sreeja Sreekumar, Hima Sithul, Parvathy Muraleedharan, Juberiya Mohammed Azeez, and Sreeja Sreeharshan | Pomegranate Fruit as a Rich Source of Biologically Active Compounds | BioMed Research International | 2014 | Vol. 2014.12pp. |
3. | Haneef J, M Parvathy, Thankayyan R SK, Sithul H, Sreeharshan S | Bax Translocation Mediated Mitochondrial Apoptosis and Caspase Dependent Photosensitizing Effect of Ficus religiosa on Cancer Cells Bax Translocation Mediated Mitochondrial Apoptosis and Caspase Dependent
Photosensitizing Effect of Ficus religiosa on Cancer Cells |
PLoS ONE | 2012 | 7(7):
e40055. |
4. | Parvathy M, Anupama, C and Balasundaran, M. | Molecular Characterization of the difference between Santalum album L. and its adulterant Osyris wightiana Wall.ex Wight, using RAPD markers | Journal of Non-timber forest products | 2011 | 18 (2): 91-94. |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Parvathy M, Simranjit Kaur Virdi, Aisha Anjum Shaik | Conference | Presenter | 11th Annual Conference Karnataka Science and Technology Academy in Association with NMKRV College for Women | Role of Chlorella vulgaris in waste water treatment and seed germination | 1st, 2nd February, 2019. | NMKRV College for Women | National |
2. | Conference | Participated | Technology in Redifining Health | November 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International | ||
3. | Parvathy Muraleedharan, Sreeja S, MR Pillai and Rakesh Kumar | Conference | Presenter | Indian Genetics Congress (IGC 2015) | P21 Activated Kinase 1 (PAK1) and its substrates are potential therapeutic targets of oral cancer. P21 Activated Kinase 1 (PAK1) and its substrates are potential therapeutic targets of oral cancer. | March 2015 | SRM University | National |
4. | Parvathy Muraleedharan, Sreeja S, MR Pillai and Rakesh Kumar. | Conference | Presenter | 33rd Annual Convention of Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR), Kollam, India | Understanding the Role of p21 Activated Kinases (PAKs) in Oral Cancer. | February, 2014 | IACR | National |
5. | Conference | Participant | 4th Molecular Virology Meeting | April 2015
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RGCB | International | ||
6. | Conference | Participant | Legacy of Nitric Oxide Discovery: Impact on Disease Biology (LNODIDB) | November, 2013
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RGCB | International | ||
7. | Parvathy Muraleedharan, Sreeja S, MR Pillai and Rakesh Kumar | Conference | Presenter | Head and Neck Master Course, UAE Cancer Congress 2013, Dubai | Importance of Targeting p21 Activated Kinases (PAKs) in Oral Cancer. | October, 2013. | UAE Cancer Congress | International |
8. | P. Muraleedharan, S. Sreeharshan, M.R. Pillai, R. Kumar. | Conference | Presented | 5th EMBO Meeting | P21-activated kinase:
Potential therapeutic target in oral carcinogenesis. |
September 2013 | EMBO | International |
9. | Parvathy M, Sreeja S, MR Pillai and Rakesh Kumar. | Conference | Presented | 3rd International Conference of Stem Cells and Cancer (ICSCC). | Functional Role of p21 Activated Kinases in Oral Cancer. | October 2012. | ICSCC | International |
10. | Conference | Participated | 9th International Symposium on Biochemical roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules. | January 2011.
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RGCB | International | ||
11. | Symposium | Participated | International Cancer Research Symposium | December 2010.
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RGCB | International | ||
12. | Symposium | Participated | One day symposium on Biosafety | November 2010.
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RGCB | National | ||
13. | Parvathy M, Anupama, C and Balasundaran, M. | Conference | Presented | Kerala Science Congress | Genotype comparision of Santalum album L. and its adulterant Osyris wightiana Wall.ex Wight, using RAPD markers | 2009 | KCSTE | National |
14. | Seminar | Participated | National Seminar on Advances in Plant Science
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November 2005.
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St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | Month/Year | |
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Dr. S. Sreeja | Kerala University
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology) |
March 2017 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 |
Recent Trends in Plant Taxonomy conservation biology and Ethnobotany
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Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru
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Regional |
July 13th and 14th, 2018 |
2 | Samrohana – Herbal Medicine | Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College,
Bengaluru
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Institutional | 3rd July 2018 |
3. | Indo-US workshop on Translating Molecular Cardiology into Clinical Practice | RGCB and Oklahoma Medical Research Centre | International | August 2010
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Young Scientist Award | Indian Genetics Congress, 2015 | SRM University, Chennai. | 2015 |
2. | Travel grant from the Department of Biotechnology | Government of India for attending the 5th EMBO Meeting, held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Department of Biotechnology, | September 2013 |
3. | Prize for excellence for the First Rank in M.Sc. Botany | Prize by Parent and Teachers Association | St. Thomas College, Thrissur | 2009 |
4. | CSIR-JRF | CSIR Junior Research Fellowship | CSIR | 2008 |
5. | University First Rank for MSc. Botany | University of Calicut First Rank in MSC Botany | University of Calicut | 2008 |
6. | Dr. K.R. Venkatasubhian Prize | Prize for best student passing from M.Sc. Botany | St. Thomas College, Thrissur | 2008 |
7. | National Merit Scholarship for Post graduation studies | National Merit Scholarship for Post graduation studies | University Grant Commission’s | 2006 |
8. | University First Rank for BSc. Botany | University of Calicut First Rank for BSc. Botany | University of Calicut | 2006 |
9. | Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Prize
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Prize for general proficiency in B.Sc. Section | Vimala College, Thrissur | 2006 |
10. | Best student in Taxonomy | Prize for Best student in Taxonomy | Vimala College | 2006 |
11. | Best student in Botany | Prize for best student in Botany | Vimala College
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2006 |
12. | Vice- Chairperson in Vimala College Students Union | Held the position of Vice- Chairperson in Vimala College Students’ Union | Vimala College
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2004-05 |
13. | Distinctive performance in 2nd National Science Olympiad.
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Distinctive performance in 2nd National Science Olympiad.
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National Science Olympiad | 2000 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Dr. Dakshayani
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Department:Botany
Qualification: M.Sc,PhD, PDF
UGC listed Journals
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Biogenic synthesis, characterization and antifungal activity of gumkondagogu-silver nano biocomposite construct:assessment of its mode of action | IET Nanobiotechnology | Oct-2017 | 11/7/866-873 |
2 | Anti-ulcerogenic activity of Caralluma adscendens Var.Fimbriata aerial part extracts against experimentally-induced gastric lesions in rats. | Journal of Pharmacy research | 2012 | 5/3/1574-1577 |
3 | Preparation of carbapol coated nanoparticles by emulsion polymerization technique | International Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences and research | 2011 | 2/7/1786-1789 |
4 | Preparation of Polymethylmethacrylate Nanoparticles by Emulsion Polymerization | Asian Journal of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research | 2011 | 1/2/298-302 |
5 | Screening of Traditionally used medicinal plants species against intestinal pathogens | The Bioscan | 2009 | 4/1/121-125 |
Professional Achievements
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Awarded Department research Scholarship during PhD | Department Research Scholarship | Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi | 2006-2010 |
2 | Secured Second Rank in M.Sc | Department | Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi | 2005 |
Minor / Major Research Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | Evaluation of silver-nano-biocomposite material as an anti-fungal agent in relation to aflatoxin production | Worked as RA/PDF in CSIR-funded research project |

Dr. PRIYANKA SINGLA
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Faculty Profile
Name: Dr. PRIYANKA SINGLA
Department: BOTANY
Qualification: M.Sc. (Hons.) Botany, CSIR-JRF, M.Phil., Ph.D. (INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP)
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D. (Plant Physiology) under
INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP – DST, GoI |
Dept. of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh | July, 2015 |
Master of Philosophy | M.Phil. (Plant Physiology) | Dept. of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh | December, 2009 |
CSIR Research Fellowships and National Eligibility Test (NET) | CSIR – JRF | Human Resource Development Group
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research |
June, 2010 |
Post Graduation | M.Sc. (Hons.) Botany | Dept. of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh | May, 2008 |
Graduation | B.Sc. (Hons) Botany | Dept. of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh | May 2006 |
UGC listed Journals
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Garg N., Singla P., 2011. Arsenic toxicity in crop plants: physiological effects and tolerance mechanisms. | Environmental Chemistry Letters (ISSN: 1610-3661; International Impact Factor: 5.922, NAAS score: 9.13) | 27 March 2011 | Volume no.: 9
Page no.: 303-321 |
2 | Garg N., Singla P., 2012. The role of Glomus mosseae on key physiological and biochemical parameters of pea plants grown in arsenic contaminated soil. | Scientia Horticulturae (ISSN: 0304-4238; International Impact Factor: 2.769; NAAS Score: 7.76) | 16 August 2012 | Volume no.: 143
Page no.: 92-101 |
3 | Garg N., Manchanda G., Singla P., 2014. Analysis of emergence stage facilitates the evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes for salinity tolerance imparted by mycorrhizal colonization. | Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (ISSN: 1861-1664; International Impact Factor: 2.078; NAAS Score: 7.44) | 17 July 2014 | Volume no.: 36
Page no.: 2651-2669 |
4 | Garg N., Singla P., Bhandari, P. 2015. Metal uptake, oxidative metabolism, and mycorrhization in pigeonpea and pea under arsenic and cadmium stress. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (ISSN: 1303-6173; International Impact Factor: 1.660; NAAS Score: 7.43) | 09 Sep 2015 | Volume no.: 39 Page no.: 234-250 |
5 | Garg N., Singla P. 2015. Naringenin- and Funneliformis mosseae-mediated alterations in redox state synchronize antioxidant network to alleviate oxidative stress in Cicer arietinum L. genotypes under salt stress. | Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (ISSN: 1435-8107; International Impact Factor: 2.962; NAAS Score: 8.05) | 24 March 2015 | Volume no.: 34(3)
Page no.: 595-610 |
6 | Garg N. and Singla P. 2016. Arbuscular mycorrhiza – mediated alterations in redox buffer synchronize antioxidant network to alleviate salt induced oxidative burden in host legumes and their nodules. | International Journal of Plant and Environment. (ISSN: 2454-1117) | 31 October, 2016 | Volume no.: 2(1-2)
Page no.: 43-58 |
7 | Garg N., Singla P. 2016. Stimulation of nitrogen fixation and trehalose biosynthesis by naringenin (Nar) and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) in chickpea under salinity stress. | Plant Growth Regulation (UGC serial no: 30996, ISSN: 1573-5087; International Impact Factor: 2.871; NAAS Score: 8.08) | 12 January 2016 | Volume No.: 80(1)
Page no.: 5-22 |
8 | Kaur S., Singla P., Shruti, Muskaan. 2020. Interactive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobium on growth and nutrient content of Arachis hypogaea. | International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Research (ISSN: 2312-6477) | 31 August 2020 | Volume no.: 7(4)
Page no.: 211-227 |
Book Chapters
SL.NO. | Title | Book, Editors and Publishers | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Singla P., Garg N. 2017. Plant Flavonoids: Key players in signaling, establishment, and regulation of rhizobial and mycorrhizal endosymbioses. | In: Mycorrhiza – Function, Diversity, State of the Art, (Eds.) Varma, A., Prasad, R., Tuteja, N., Springer International Publishing
(ISBN: 978-3-319-53064-2) |
12 May 2017 | Volume no.: 4
Page no.: 133-176 |
2 | Singla P., Kaur S. 2018. Insights into Pivotal Role of Phytohormonal Cross Talk in Tailoring Underground Plant Root System Architecture. | In: Root Biology, (Eds.) Giri, B., Prasad, R., Varma, A., Springer International Publishing (ISBN: 978-3-319-75910-4) | 02 May 2018 | Volume no.: 52
Page no.: 1-41 |
3 | Singla P. 2021. “Plant Synthetic Biology: A Paradigm Shift Targeting Stress Mitigation, Reduction of Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Transformation in Agriculture” | under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte
Ltd. 2021 B. Giri, M. P. Sharma (eds.), Plant Stress Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_15 |
With editors |
Professional Achievements
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Merit Certificate | For II rank in B.Sc. (Hons. School) | Panjab University, Chandigarh | May, 2006 |
2 | Gold medal | For II rank in M.Sc. (Hons. School) | Panjab University, Chandigarh | May, 2008 |
3 | Junior Research Fellowship | Entrance exam for Lectureship and Research | Human Resource Development Group
(Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) |
June, 2010
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4 | INSPIRE fellowship (for pursuing Doctor of Philosophy at Panjab University, Chandigarh)
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Research Fellowship of five years (offered to University PG Gold medalists) | Department of Science and Technology-Government of India | August 2010-August 2015 |
5 | Best Poster Award
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Conference Presentation – “National Conference on Plant Science Research: Looking beyond 21st Century for Environmental and Agricultural Revolution” | Organized by Society for Plant Research (VEGETOS) & Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi -110007, India | 5-7 February, 2016 |
6 | Recorded two Video lectures on ‘NITROGEN FIXATION AND AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS – PART I’ for VI Sem Students of Bangalore University. | Lectures are uploaded on JNANA NIDHI channel of Youtube) | This is an initiative taken by Department of Collegiate Education, Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka to develop e-content for students during the crisis period of COVID-19 |
Participation in Conferences (National and International)
SL.NO. | Presentation | Poster/Oral | Conference | Organized by | Time |
1 | Garg, N., Singla, P., Bhandari, P., 2011. Influences of Arbuscular mycorrhizae on growth and metabolism of Pisum sativum and Cajanus cajan in arsenic and cadmium contaminated soils. | Poster | “52nd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)-2011.International conference on Microbial Biotechnology for sustainable development” | Panjab University, Chandigarh | November 3-6, 2011 |
2 | Garg, N., Bhandari, P., Singla, P., 2012. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in metal uptake and oxidative metabolism in pea and pigeonpea under arsenic and cadmium stress. | Poster | National symposium on microbes in Health and Agriculture | School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 12-13 March, 2012 |
3 | Garg, N., Singla, P. 2013.Stimulation of growth, mycorrhization, nitrogen, and trehalose metabolism by naringenin and AM in chickpea under salt stress. | Poster | 7thInternational conference on Mycorrhiza | The Energy and Resources Institute under the auspices of International Mycorrhiza Society and in collaboration with the mycorrhiza Network | 6-11 January, 2013 |
4 | Singla, P., Bhandari, P., Amandeep, Garg, N. 2014. Differential Responsiveness of Cicer arietinum L. (Chickpea) Genotypes to Mycorrhizal Colonization Under Salt Stress. | Poster | National conference on “Prespectives and Trends in Plant Sciences and biotechnology” | Dept. of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Society for Plant Research, India | February 21-23, 2014 |
5 | Singla, P., Bhandari, P., Pandey, R.and Garg, N. 2014. Nutrient exchange and transport mechanisms between plant host and fungal partner in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis In: | Poster | “Recent Trends in Plant Sciences with special Reference to Phycology and Mycology” (Under the aegis of SAP-DRS-III Programme) | Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh | October 28, 2014 |
6 | Singla, P., Garg, N. 2015. Naringenin and Funneliformis mosseae facilitated equilibrium in redox state synchronizes antioxidant network to alleviate oxidative stress in salt stressed Cicer arietinum L. Nodules. | Oral | Fifth International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution | International Society of Environmental Botanists and CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India | 24-27 February, 2015 |
7 | Singla, P. and Garg, N. 2015. Synchronization of antioxidant defense machinery by facilitation of redox state equilibrium in Naringenin-treated and Funneliformis mosseae inoculated-Cicer arietinum L. genotypes under salt stress. | Poster | “3rd International Plant Physiology Congress – Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research” | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India | December 11-14, 2015 |
8 | Singla, P. and Garg, N. 2016. Naringenin and Funneliformis mosseae facilitates N2-fixation by improving membrane integrity and ionic homeostasis in salt stressed Cicer arietinum L. nodules. | Poster | National Conference on Plant Science Research: Looking beyond 21st Century for Environmental and Agricultural Revolution | Society for Plant Research (VEGETOS) & Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi -110007, India | 5-7 February, 2016 |
9 | Singla, P. 2018. P51-Flavonoids: Key players in stimulation of mycorrhization, nutrient acquisition and synchronization of antioxidant defense machinery in salt stressed legumes. | Poster | National Conference on Challenges and Strategies to Improve Crop Productivity in Changing Environment: An Integrated Approach | Department of Botany, Zakhir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi, India | 12 January, 2018 |
10 | Kaur, S., Kaur, I., Singla, P., Kaur, G., Dharini, Gagandeep. 2019. Nanofertilizers: Nascent Nutrient Delivery System in Today’s Agriculture Sector. | Poster | 6th World Congress on Nanomedical Science ISNSCON – International Society for Nanomedical Science Conference | University of Delhi, Jamia Hamdard and International Society for Nanomedical Sciences | 07-10 January, 2019 |
11 | Singla, P. 2019. Flavonoids: Prime Players in Mycorrhization Stimulation, Nutrient Acquisition and Synchronization of Antioxidant Machinery in Salt Stressed Legumes. | Oral | The International Conference on “Biotechnological Advances in Medicinal Plants and Natural Products and Exhibition on Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research” | Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, GCU, Bangalore | September 19 – 20, 2019 |
12 | Hemashree K., Singla, P. 2019. Insights into Imperative Roles of Transition Metals in Photosynthesis by Primary Producers. | Poster | Samagatha-Science Forum | held at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College For Women (Autonomous) affiliated to Bangalore Central University, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India | 17-18 October, 2019 |
Workshops/ Faculty Development Programme Attended
SL. NO. | Program | Organized by | Date |
1 | “Faculty Developmental Programme on Research and Data analysis using SPSS” | Dept. of Statistics, Panjab University in collaboration with SPSS, South Asia Ltd. | Bangalore on 16th and 17th December, 2010 |
2 | 2 days National Workshop on “Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis And Stress Management” | Panjab University Campus students Council (PUCSC) and Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh | 30-31 January, 2014 |
3 | Hand on training workshop on “Scientific Graphing with SigmaPlot” | Centre for Industry Institute Partnershp Programme (CIIPP), Panjab University, Chandigarh | 26th March, 2014 |
4 | Resequencing – Next generation sequence data analysis workshop | Bionivid Technology [P] Ltd. at IPP congress at Convention Center, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India | December 11-14, 2015 |
5 | National Workshop on Basic ICT Skills for Educators (e-Content Development and Assessment Tools) | Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi. | 15-16 March, 2017 |
6 | National Webinar: ICT Enabled Higher Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities – an online Faculty Development Programme | Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre of MHRD, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | 15th April 2020 |
7 | FDP on “Enhancing Research Effectiveness using Scopus, ScienceDirect and Mendeley” | Faculty Development Centre, Kurukshetra University,in collaboration with Elsevier, under the scheme of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Nation Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India | 1st May 2020 |
8 | FDP on “Scientific Writing for Journals” | ISRO in collaboration with Springer Nature | 8th May 2020 |
9 | FDP on “SARS-CoV-2 Research: Insights from Computational Biology” | Department of Life Sciences, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore | 11-15th May 2020 |
10 | FDP on “ICT Tools for Online Teaching” | Center of Excellence, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University Of Delhi | 09 June, 2020 – 13 June, 2020 |
11 | FDP on “Moodle Learning Management System” | Department of B.B.A. (Computer Applications), Vidya Pratishthan’s Arts, Science and Commerce College, Vidyanagari , Baramati, Maharashtra in association with Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay funded by National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt of India | 11th June 2020 to 16 th June 2020 |
12 | FDP on “Managing Virtual Classrooms and Open Educational Resources” | Centre for Academic Leadership & Education Management (CALEM), Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh under the Aegis of PMMMNTT, MHRD in collaboration with SWAYAM CELL, Institute of Educational Technology & Vocational Education and University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh | June 24-29, 2020 |
Workshops Organized
SL. NO. | Program | Date |
1 | Bio-fertilizers in Sustainable Agriculture” at MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36-A – Chandigarh | 15th November, 2014 |
2 | Bio-fertilizers and their role in Sustainable Agriculture” at Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Sector 32C – Chandigarh. | 29th November, 2014 |
3 | Bio-fertilizers” at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11 – Chandigarh | 18thFebruary, 2015 |
4 | Hands on training on Molecular Biology Techniques” at Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | 4-5, October, 2016 |
5 | Workshop on Biofertilisers” at Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | 2-3, February, 2017 |
Memberships:
SL.NO. | Description |
1 | Member of International Mycorrhiza Society w.e.f. 6th January 2013. |
2 | Life member of India society for Plant Physiology w.e.f. 22nd August 2015. |
3 | Annual Member of Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology w.e.f. 8th January 2019. |
Minor / Major Research Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | “Effect of Mycorrhizal and/or Rhizobial Inoculation on growth and productivity of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Variety” – | from June to December 2017 under Science Centre Summer Research Projects sponsored by Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007. |
2 | Project entitled “Sustainable approach to manage agro-waste through mushroom cultivation” | for session 2018-19 under Science Centre Summer Research Projects sponsored by Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007. |
Department of Chemistry

Ms. Jacintha Fernandez
HOD, Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department:Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Biochemistry | Mysore University, Mysore | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | National | Participant | Recent advances in Chemical Sciences | 2012 | St. Aloysius College, Mangalore | National | |
3. | National | Participant | Higher education: Policy, Leadership &Practices | 2013 | Christ university, Bangalore | National | |
4. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
5. | International | Participant | A vision for education higher 2030 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
6. | International | Participant | 2nd International Leadcon 2016 | 2016 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad | International | |
7. | International | Participant | Lead, other Heavy Metals & Nutrient Interaction-Challenges for prevention of Toxicity | 2017 | ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad | International | |
8. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Value based Education for colleges in 21st Century | St.Aloysius Evening College, Mangalore | National | 2000 |
2. | New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2005 |
3. | TLC & UV spectro photometry workshop | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2008 |
4. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Sathyabhama P. P.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department:Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Biochemistry | Mysore University, Mysore | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
3. | International | Participant | A vision for education higher 2030 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
4. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Course on History of Chemistry | Central college, Bangalore | National | 1993 |
2. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Department of studies in Chemistry and chemistry Teachers Forum. | National | 1995 |
3. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Bangalore University | National | 1998 |
4. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Mysore University | National | 2001 |
5. | New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2005 |
6. | TLC & UV spectro photometry workshop | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2008 |
7. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Bhagyalakshmi N.
Controller of Examination (UG)
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
BSc (Chemistry) | Undergraduate | Holy Cross College, Bharathidasan University | 1987 |
MSc (Chemistry) | Post graduate | Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Bharathidasan University | 1989 |
M. Phil (Chemistry) | Post graduate | Bharathidasan University | 1990 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
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Ms. S. Shanthi
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification M.Sc.M.Phil.M.Ed
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Organic Chemistry | School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. | 1987 |
M.Phil | Chemistry | aAagappa university, karaikudi | 1988 |
M.Ed | Chemistry | Annamalai university, Tamilnadu | 1996 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | National | Participant | Higher education: Policy, Leadership &Practices | 2013 | Christ university, Bangalore | National | |
3. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
4. | International | Participant | A vision for higher education 2020 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
6. | International | Participant | 2nd International Leadcon 2016 | 2016 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad | International | |
7. | International | Participant | Lead, other Heavy Metals & Nutrient Interaction-Challenges for prevention of Toxicity | 2017 | ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad | International | |
8. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1M.Phil | Polymerisation- Kinetic study | Dr Gopal, Dept of Chemistry, Alagappa University | Alagappa University | 1988 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
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FDP | Research cell,Mount Carmel College | Regional | 16-22 March 2018 | |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
AISSE | Invited by the CBSE board to prepare the answer key for All India Senor secondary Examination(Chemistry ) 1996 | CBSE | March 1996 | |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Vimala Preetham Raj
Associate professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department:Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Biochemistry | Mysore University, Mysore | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | National | Participant | Recent advances in Chemical Sciences | 2012 | St. Aloysius College, Mangalore | National | |
3. | National | Participant | Higher education: Policy, Leadership &Practices | 2013 | Christ university, Bangalore | National | |
4. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
5. | International | Participant | A vision for education higher 2030 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
6. | International | Participant | 2nd International Leadcon 2016 | 2016 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad | International | |
7. | International | Participant | Lead, other Heavy Metals & Nutrient Interaction-Challenges for prevention of Toxicity | 2017 | ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad | International | |
8. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Value based Education for colleges in 21st Century | St.Aloysius Evening College, Mangalore | National | 2000 |
2. | New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2005 |
3. | TLC & UV spectro photometry workshop | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2008 |
4. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
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Ms. Syeda Haseen Buvabi
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department:Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Biochemistry | Mysore University, Mysore | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
3. | International | Participant | A vision for education higher 2030 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
4. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Course on History of Chemistry | Central college, Bangalore | National | 1993 |
2. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Department of studies in Chemistry and chemistry Teachers Forum. | National | 1995 |
3. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Bangalore University | National | 1998 |
4. | UGC sponsored refresher course in chemistry | Mysore University | National | 2001 |
5. | New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2005 |
6. | TLC & UV spectro photometry workshop | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2008 |
7. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Dr. Nethravathi C.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
BSc (Chemistry) | Undergraduate | Holy Cross College, Bharathidasan University | 1987 |
MSc (Chemistry) | Post graduate | Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Bharathidasan University | 1989 |
M. Phil (Chemistry) | Post graduate | Bharathidasan University | 1990 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
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Dr. K. C. Mahesh
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Ph.D. | Kuvempu University | 2013 | |
M.Sc.
B.Sc.
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Bangalore University
Kannur University |
2005
1999 |
- Articles in Journals / Publications
- C. Mahesh, H. Manjunatha, R.B. Shivashankaraiah, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*,
“Synthesis of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 cathode material and its electrochemical characterization in an aqueous electrolyte”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159 (7) A 1040-A1047 (2012). ISSN: 1945-7111, Impact factor: 2.854 (2013)
- C. Mahesh, G.S. Suresh*, T.V. Venkatesha,
“Electrochemical behavior of Li[Li0.2Co0.3Mn0.5]O2 as cathode material in Li2SO4 aqueous electrolyte”, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16, 3559–3571(2012) ISSN: 1433-0768, Impact factor: 2.234 (2013)
- C. Mahesh, H. Manjunatha, T. V. Venkatesha, G. S. Suresh*,
“Study of lithium ion intercalation/de-intercalation into LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 in aqueous solution using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy”, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16 (9) 3011-3025 (2012). ISSN: 1433-0768, Impact factor: 2.234 (2013)
- C. Mahesh, G. S. Suresh*, A. J. Bhattacharyya, T. V. Venkatesha,
“Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of LiNi0.8Co0.2O2 as cathode material for aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159 (5) A571-A578 (2012), ISSN: 1945-7111, Impact factor: 2.854 (2013)
- Manjunatha, K.C. Mahesh, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*, “Kinetics of lithium insertion into LiMnPO4 from aqueous saturated LiOH: A study using galvanostatic and potentiostatic intermittent titration techniques” Electrochimica Acta, 80, 269–281(2012). ISSN: 0013-4686, Impact factor: 4.433 (2013)
- Manjunatha, K. C. Mahesh, G. S. Suresh*, T. V. Venkatesha,
“The Study of Li+ de-insertion / insertion in LiMn2O4 and determination of kinetic parameters in aqueous Li2SO4 solution using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, Electrochimica Acta, 56, 1439–1446(2011). ISSN: 0013-4686, Impact factor: 4.433 (2013)
- B. Shivashankaraiah, H. Manjunatha, K.C. Mahesh, T.V. Venkatesha, G. S. Suresh*, “Electrochemical characterization of LiTi2(PO4)3 as anode material for aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2012 159 (7): A1074-A1082. ISSN: 1945-7111, Impact factor: 2.854 (2013)
- B. Shivashankaraiah, H. Manjunatha, K.C. Mahesh, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*, “Electrochemical characterization of Polypyrrole- LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 composite cathode material for aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries”, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16, 1279-1290 (2012). ISSN: 1433-0768, Impact factor: 2.234 (2013)
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
International Conference publications
- C. Mahesh, R.B. Shivashankaraiah, G.S.Suresh*,
“Synthesis and Characterization of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 nano materials as cathode for Aqueous Rechargeable Lithium batteries”, “5th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources”, Singapore, Sept. 17-20, 2010.
- B. Shivashankaraiah,K. C. Mahesh, G. S. Suresh , T. V. Venkatesha.
“Electrochemical Characterization of Graphene-LiTi2(PO4)3 composite Anode Material in 2 M Li2SO4 Solution by Impedance Spectroscopy” International conference on “Convergence of Science, Engineering and Management in Education and Research- A Global Perspective- II Edition (ICCSEM)-2013”, Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore, September 26-27, 2013.
- Manjunatha, K.C. Mahesh, G.S. Suresh*, T.V. Venkatesha, “Synthesis of LiMn2O4 Spinel cathode material and its characterization in aqueous electrolyte Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, 5th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, Singapore, September 17-20, 2010.
National Conference publications
- C. Mahesh, S. Nalini, T.V. Venkatesha, G. S. Suresh*, “A aqueous rechargeable lithium battery based on Li[Li0.2Co0.3Mn0.5]O2 and LiTi2(PO4)3 electrode materials”, National Level Seminar on “Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications of Novel Materials”, Christ University, Bangalore, August, 30-31, 2012.
- C. Mahesh, H. Manjunatha, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*, “Study of the mechanism of lithium ion intercalation in LiNi0.8Co0.2O2 electrode in an aqueous electrolyte” National conference on “Chemistry – Challenges & Opportunities (NCCCO – 2012)”, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, February, 16-18, 2012.
- C. Mahesh, H. Manjunatha, R.B. Shivashankaraiah, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*, “An aqueous rechargeable lithium ion battery based on LiNi0.8Co0.2O2 cathode and LiTi2(PO4)3 anode materials” National conference on “Recent Advances in Functionalized Materials (RAFM-2012)”, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, January, 24 – 25, 2012.
- C. Mahesh, H.Manjunatha, R.B. Shivashankaraiah, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S. Suresh*,
“Synthesis of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 by RAPET method and its electrochemical studies by PITT and EIS techniques in an aqueous electrolyte” National conference on “Recent Advances in Chemical and Environmental Sciences (NCRACES-2011)”, Jain University, Bangalore, December, 28-29, 2011.
- C. Mahesh, H.Manjunatha, R.B. Shivashankaraiah, T.V. Venkatesha, G.S.Suresh*
“Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 nanoparticles” National conference on “Social Relevance of Chemical Sciences (SRCS-2011)”, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, March, 26-27, 2011.
- C. Mahesh, G. S. Suresh*, T. V. Venkatesha,
“Electrochemical impedance spectroscopic study of lithium insertion/de-insertion at LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 nano cathode material in an aqueous electrolyte” National conference on “Recent trends in synthesis, characterization and applications of nano structured materials”, Al-Ameen college of arts, science and commerce, Bangalore, March 24-25, 2011.
- Nalini, K.C. Mahesh, T.V. Venkatesha, G. S. Suresh*, “Synthesis of LiMn2O4-Graphene composite electrode for rechargeable lithium batteries”, National Level Seminar on “Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications of Novel Materials”, Christ University, Bangalore, 30-31August 2012.
- R B. Shivashankaraiah, C. Mahesh, H. Manjunatha, G. S. Suresh*, T.V. Venkatesha, “Electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole and its use as an additive For a cathode material in rechargeable lithium batteries”.National Conference on “Social relevance of chemical science”, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, March 26-27, 2011.
- R B. Shivashankaraiah, H. Manjunatha, C. Mahesh, T.V. Venkatesha, G. S. Suresh*,
“Synthesis of LiTi2(PO4)3 Anode Material by RAPET Method and its Electrochemical Characterization” National conference on “Recent Advances in Chemical and Environmental Sciences (NCRACES-2011)”, Jain University, Bangalore, December, 28-29, 2011.
Invited Talks: NIL
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Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
- UGC sponsored symposium on “Battery Technology-A Novel Power Device”, Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Science, Arts & Commerce, March 6th
- 15th National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-15), VIT University, Vellore, February 18-19th
- National Conference on, “Social Relevance of Chemical Sciences (SRCS-2011)” Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, March 26 & 27th, 2011.
- National Conference on “Recent Advances in Chemical & Environmental Sciences” School of Graduate Studies, Jain University, Bangalore, December 28 & 29th 2011
- National Conference on “Recent Advances in Functionalized Materials” M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, January 24-25th
- National Conference on “Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities NCCCO -2012”, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bangalore, February 2012.
- Workshop Series for Higher Education Academicians on “LaTeX and Moodle” Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, January 9th, 2016.
- International Conference on “A Vision for Higher Education-2030” Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, July 30th and 31st, 2015.
- Faculty Enrichment Programme, 2015 “Teacher as a Communicator” Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, June 1st – 6th, 2015.
- Organizing Member, National Conference on “Lab to Buisiness World” Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, February 13th and 14th, 2015.
- Assistant Academic Coordinator, INSPRE internship programme, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052,October 17th – 21st, 2016.
- “2nd International Leadcon 2016” at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad, 22nd & 23rd October 2016.
- State Level one day Workshop “CHEMPOSIUM-2017”, Indian Academy Degree College, Autonomous, September 8th
- International Conference “ Lead, other Heavy Metals & Nutrient Interaction-Challenges for Prevention of Toxicity” 3rd Annual Lead Conference – LEADCON-2017 at ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, TS, 21st – 23rd September 2017.
- International Conference “Technology in Redefining Health” Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, November 22nd – 23rd, 2017.
- Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on “Nano Sciences – Present & Future Potential” Vijaya College, Bengaluru, September 7th – 8th
- Academic Coordinator, INSPRE internship programme, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, October 22nd – 26th, 2018.
- Orientation Programme organized by the Research Centre, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 58, Palace Road, Begaluru-560052, November 12th – 17th, 2018.
Awards / Achievements / Others : NIL
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Minor / Major Projects
- Synthesis of Nanosized LiCo1−xMxO2 and its Electrochemical Properties as a Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries, funded by Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, 2018.
- Preparation and Characterization of Nanosized LiNi5Co0.5O2 as a Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries (Co-investigator), Funded by UGC (Rs. 2,00,000).

Dr. Chandrama Basu
Assistant professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department:Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Sc | Biochemistry | Mysore University, Mysore | 1983 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National | Participant | Converging sciences for quality life | 2009 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | |
2. | National | Participant | Recent advances in Chemical Sciences | 2012 | St. Aloysius College, Mangalore | National | |
3. | National | Participant | Higher education: Policy, Leadership &Practices | 2013 | Christ university, Bangalore | National | |
4. | College | Participant | Teacher as Communicator | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Regional | |
5. | International | Participant | A vision for education higher 2030 | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International | |
6. | International | Participant | 2nd International Leadcon 2016 | 2016 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad | International | |
7. | International | Participant | Lead, other Heavy Metals & Nutrient Interaction-Challenges for prevention of Toxicity | 2017 | ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad | International | |
8. | International | Participant | Technology in redefining health | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Value based Education for colleges in 21st Century | St.Aloysius Evening College, Mangalore | National | 2000 |
2. | New Horizons in Biology | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2005 |
3. | TLC & UV spectro photometry workshop | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2008 |
4. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
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Minor / Major Projects
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Dr. Umayal M.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PhD | Bioinorganic chemistry | IISc, Bangalore | 2014 |
MSc | Chemistry | The American college, Madurai, Madurai Kamaraj University. | 2007 |
BSc | Chemistry | Sri Meenakshi Govt. college for women, Madurai, Madurai Kamaraj University. | 2005 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Sigma-Bond Prevents Short pi-Bonds: A Detailed Theoretical Study on the Compounds of Main Group and Transition Metal Complexes | Book Chapter in the book titled Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry, Springer | 2009 | 165-181 |
2. | Metallo-β-lactamases and their Synthetic Mimics: Structure, Function and Catalytic Mechanism. | Book Chapter in Prog. Inorg.
Chem., Wiley |
2011 | 57, 395 – 443 |
3. | Metallo-β-lactamase and Phosphotriesterase Activities of Some Zinc(II) Complexes. | Inorg. Chim.
Acta |
2011 | 372, 353 – 361 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Conference | Presenter | Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XIV) | Synthetic Zinc(II) complexes as mimics of Metallo-b-lactamase and Phosphotriesterase | Dec. 10-13, 2011 | University of Hyderabad | National |
2. | Conference | Presenter | Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XIII) | Synthetic Models for Nitrous Oxide Reductase (N2OR) and Zinc Hydrolases | Dec. 07-10, 2009 | IISc | National |
Invited Talks
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Biomimetic studies on tyrosine and phenolate-based ligands and their metal complexes
(PhD) |
Prof. G. Mugesh | IISc, Bangalore | June, 2014 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Best Seminar Award | IISc, Bangalore | 2010 | |
2. | Best Seminar Award | IISc, Bangalore | 2009 | |
3. | GATE | All India Exam | 2007 | |
4. | Gold Medalist-MSc | The American college, Madurai | 2007
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5. | Maveeran Sundaralingam Endowment Scholarship | I MSc | Madurai Kamaraj University | 2006 |
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Maruthu Pandiar Endowment Scholarship | III BSc | Madurai Kamaraj University | 2005 |
7. | Maruthu Pandiar Endowment Scholarship | II BSc | Madurai Kamaraj University | 2004 |
8. | Meenakshi Statue Award | Best outgoing student -BSc | Sri Meenakshi Govt. college for women, Madurai
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2005 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | A Theoretical study on the Main Group Model Compounds having Unusual Short Bonds | Summer visiting student-fellow of Indian academy of Sciences, Bangalore (May-June, 2006)
Supervisor-Prof. E D Jemmis IISc, Bangalore |
2. | Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Diphenylsulfoxide by Dihydroxydiperiodatonickelete(IV) in alkaline medium spectrophotometrically | MSc Project
Supervisor-Dr. T. K. Ganesan Department of Chemistry, The American College, Madurai.
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Dr. N. S. Kaviyarasi
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Ph.D. | Biochemistry | Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. | Dec 2018 |
M. Phil | Biotechnology | Bharathidasan University, Trichy. | May 2005 |
M.Sc. | Biochemistry | Adhiparasakthi College of Science, Kalavai , University of Madras | Mar 2003 |
B.Sc. | Biochemistry | Kamban Arts & Science College for Women, University of Madras | Jun 2000 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Author | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Serrapeptidase gene of Serratia marcescens from plant origin expressed by Pichia pastoris has protease activity. | N.S.Kaviyarasi, V.V.S.Suryanarayana | Journal of Medical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2016 | 3 pp. 66-67 |
2. | In Silico analysis of inhibitor and substrate binding site of Serrapeptidase from Serratia marcescens MTCC 8708. | N.S.Kaviyarasi, C.N.Prashantha , V.V.S.Suryanarayana | International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. | 2016 | Vol 8 Issue 4 |
3. | Characterization of a gene encoding Serrapeptidase from Serratia marcescens strain (SRM) MTCC 8708, a plant isolate. | N.S.Kaviyarasi, Swaroop sarkar and V.V.S.Suryanarayana,
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International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences | 2015 | 4(8) |
4. | Antimicrobial activity in leaf extract of neem (azadirachta indica Linn.) | Maragathavalli S., Brindha S., Kaviyarasi N.S., B. Annadurai, Gangwar S.K. | International Journal of Science and Nature | 2012 | VOL. 3(1) : 110-113 |
5. | Effect of organic amendments on the bio chemical transformations under different soil conditions | Thamaraiselvi T., Brindha S., Kaviyarasi N. S., Annadurai. B. Gangwar, S. K. | International Journal of Advanced Biological Research | 2012 | VOL. 2(1) : 171-173 |
6. | Anti-arthritic effect of amukkara (Withania somnifera) choornam in patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Thamaraiselvi T., Brindha S., Kaviyarasi N. S., Annadurai, B. & Gangwar, S. K. | International Journal of Advanced Biological Research | 2012 | VOL. 2(1) : 174-176 |
7. | Mosquitoes larvicidal activity of leaf extract of neem (Azadirachta indica) | Maragathavalli S., Brindha S., Kaviyarasi N. S., Annadurai B. & Gangwar, S. K. | International Journal of Advanced Biological Research | 2012 | VOL. 2(1) :138-142 |
8. | Expression, production and purification of proteinases from Aspergillus sp. | J. Rajamurugan, S Brindha, Kaviyarasi N. S., Maragathavalli S, T. Thamaraiselvi , B. Annadurai & S. K Gangwar | International Journal of Advanced Biological Research | 2011 | VOL. 1(1) |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | SERB, DST, Sponsored National conference | Presenter | ‘Nanotechnology in Medicine’ | A Molecular dynamics investigation to delineate the binding of influenza viral peptides on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTS) for biosensor design, | 8th to 9th Sep 2017 | Chettinad Academy of Reaearch & Education, Chennai | National |
2. | National conference | Presenter | ‘Research Trends and Explorations -N-Cortex’ | Elucidation of Molecular mechanism involved in Substance-P cleavage by Serrapeptidase using in-silico approach | 5th and 6th January 2017 | Mount Carmel college, Bangalore | National |
3. | National conference | Presenter | ‘Trends in pharmaceutical Biotechnology’ | Characterization of a gene encoding Serrapeptidase from Serratia marcescens strain (SRM) MTCC 8708, a plant isolate | 27th and 28th March 2015 | Maharani Lakshmi Ammani college, Bangalore, | National |
4. | International conference | ‘Technology in redefininig health ‘ | Recombinant Serrapeptidase of Serratia marcescens of Plant Origin Expressed in Pichia pastoris has anti-fibrinolytic activity | 22nd to 23rd Nov 2017 | Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bengaluru. | International | |
5. | International conference | Presenter | ‘Recent advances in Life sciences’ | Biomolecule from natural organism as pharmaceutical agent, | 11th to 13th Feb 2016 | Ethiraj College for women, Chennai. | International |
6. | International conference | ‘Recent advances in Life sciences’ | In Silico analysis of inhibitor and substrate binding site of Serrapeptidase from Serratia marcescens MTCC 8708 | 11th to 13th Feb 2016 | Ethiraj College for women, Chennai. | International |
Invited Talks
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1. | M. Phil Biotechnology | Production by batch and fed batch fermentation,
downstream processing and purification of a bacterial protease |
Dr. R.Puvanakrishnan | Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR), Adyar, Chennai. | May 2005 |
2. | Ph.D.
Biochemistry |
Serrapeptidase Gene from Serratia marcescens: Characterization, Expression in heterologous host system and Evaluation of the expressed protein.
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Dr. V.V.S.Suryanarayana | Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. | Dec 2018
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Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Completed 6 days Orientation Programme. | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. | National | From 12th – 17th November 2018. |
2. | Participated in the two days lecture workshop on “Drug Discovery and Target Identificaiton”
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Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. | National | 12th – 13th July 2018 |
3. | Participated in two days faculty development programme on ”Emerging Trends and Future Prospects in Clinical Research” | Reva University in association with CliniIndia, Bengaluru | National | 6th – 7th October 2017 |
4. | Participated in the two days Science Academies Lecture Workshop on “New Horizons in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences“ | Indian Academy degree college, Bangalore
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National | 22nd – 23rd September 2016 |
5. | Participated in the 7 days Workshop on “Drug discovery technology: Practical approach of computational tools & methods in drug discovery and ADMET property prediction“ | Biodiscovery group life sciences India and Department of Biological sciences, Bangalore University, Bangalore | National | From 5th to 12th March 2014 |
6. | Participated in the Training program on “Research Methodology Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI) Bangalore. | National | From 17th to 19th January 2014 |
7. | Participated in the State level workshop on Networking Arts and Science Colleges for Enhanced placement opportunities | Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai.
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National | 28th March 2007 |
8. | Participated in the International symposium in the GDEST India – U.S Work Shop on Agricultural Biotechnology for the Global Public Good
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M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. | International | From 4th to 6th October 2006 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Qualified GATE -2012 with | Life Sciences | Department of Higher of Education MHRD, Government India. | 2012 |
2. | Qualified NET for Lecturership-2004 (recognized by UGC – CSIR) | Biochemistry ( Animal Science) | Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ICAR), New Delhi. | 2004 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | Extraction and Screening of Phytochemicals from the Leaves of Anisomeles malabarica | Management funded minor project, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. |

Dr. Priya B.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PhD | Doctorate | University of Johannesburg | 2017
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MPhil | Chemistry | Bharathidasan University
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2011
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BEd | Physical Science | Mahatma Gandhi University | 2001 |
MSc | Applied Chemistry | Mahatma Gandhi University | 2000 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Reaction between HN and SN: a possible channel for the interstellar formation of N2 and SH in the cold interstellar clouds.
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys | 2015 | 17, 32455-32463.
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2. | Possible interstellar formation of phosphorus analogue of hydrazoic acid: A computational study on the reaction between HN and PN. | Comput. theor. chem. | 2016 | 1078, 129-137 |
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Possible interstellar formation of glycine from the reaction of CH2NH, CO and H2O: catalysis by extra water molecules through the hydrogen relay transport. | Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. | 2016 | 18, 375-381. |
4. | Potential energy surface of the cation-neutral hydroamination reaction: A computational study on the role of an ion-molecule complex in the reaction pathway.
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Tetrahedron | 2014 | 70, 7906-7911 |
5. | Expanding the applicability of electrostatic potentials to the realm of transition states.
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. | 2016 | 18, 13002 – 13009.
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6. | Possible interstellar formation of Glycine through a concerted mechanism: A computational study on the reaction of CH2=NH, CO2 and H2. | Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. | 2016 | 18, 20109-20117 . |
7. | Formation of a pre-reaction hydrogen bonded complex and its significance in the potential energy surface of the OH + SO2 → HOSO2 reaction: A computational study. | J. Theo. Comput. Chem. | 2017 | 16, 1750046 [15 pages] .
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8. | Some Possible Channels for the N2 Formation and Their Probable Effects on the Interstellar Elemental Nitrogen Partitioning: A Computational Study. | J. Chem. Phys. | 2017 | 493, 20-31. |
9. | Reactivity of Phosphorus mono-nitride and interstellar formation of molecules containing Phospazo linkage: A computational study on the reaction between HSi (X2Pi) and PN (X1Sigma+).
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J. Theo. Comput. Chem. | 2017 | 16, 1750075
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Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | l Conference | Presenter | 41st SACI Convention in East London, South Africa | POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE OF OH + NO2 → HNO3 REACTION: A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY. | December 2013 | SACI, East London, South Africa | International |
2. | Conference | Participant | Lead, other Heavy metals and Nutrient Interaction – Challenges for Prevention of Toxicity” and 3rd Annual Lead Conference (LEADCON-2017) | September 2017 | ICMR-NIN, Hyderabad | International | |
3. | Conference | Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | November 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, Bangalore | International |
Invited Talks
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1. | PhD | May 2017 | ||
Dr. Sanyasi Sitha | University of Johannesburg | |||
2. | M.Phil | Dr Mythily | Bharathidasan University | Feb 2011 |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | SET | State Eligibility Test | Govt of Kerala | April 2003 |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Vani S.
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Phil | General Chemistry | Loyola college, Nungambakkam | 2011 |
M.Sc | General Chemistry | Sri Saradha college for women, Salem | 1997 |
B.Sc | General Chemistry | Valliammal college for women | 1995 |
PGDPC | Psychotherapy counselling | IPMS, Mumbai | 2006 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | National conference and workshop | Participant | “Mitigating the menace of adulteration-latest trends in detection” | 20-08-2014 | Anna Adarsh college for women, Chennai | National | |
2. | International
conference |
Participant | Technology in redefining health | 22 and 23rd Nov 2017 | Mount Carmel college | International | |
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Invited Talks
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Synthesis of Co, Ni, Cu and Fe complexes of dioxime functionalized zero generation Dendrimer | Dr.Suresh kumar | Loyola college | April 2011 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | I prize | Essay writing competition – “Recycling of waste” | Sri Sarada college for women | April 1996 |
Minor / Major Projects
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Ms. Jeena Susan George
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Phil | Chemistry | Madras Christian College | 2007
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M.Sc | Pure Chemistry | Madras Christian College | 2006 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Conference | Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | November 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, Bangalore | International | |
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Novel Synthesis of Thiophene based Heterocycles | Dr P T Perumal | Central Leather Research Institute(CLRI), Chennai. | August 2007 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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Ms. Varsha Lisa John
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
M.Phil. | CHEMISTRY | UNIVERSITY of KERALA | 2016 |
M.Sc. | GENERAL CHEMISTRY | M.G. UNIVERSITY | 2014 |
B.Sc. | GENERAL CHEMISTRY | PROVIDENCE WOMEN’S
COLLEGE |
2012 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | VARSHA LISA JOHN | NATIONAL SEMINAR | Participant | NATIONAL SEMINAR ON COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY | 08.06.2016 to 09.06.2016 | M.G COLLEGE , TRIVANDRUM | National | |
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | A DFT Study on the Reaction Mechanisms of Disulfide Addition to Alkynes | Dr. Jayasree E. G | University of Kerala | 2015-2016 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | CSIR-UGC NET | AIR 30 | CSIR | Dec 2018 |
2. | GATE | AIR 1916 | IIT | Feb 2019 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | Plasma functionalised CNT-polymer nanocomposites for satellite structural applications | JPF, Funded by ISRO
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Ms. Libina Benny
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PG | Msc -Organic Chemistry | Christ (Deemed To Be University) | 2018 |
UG | Bsc -Chemistry, Botany, Zoology | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous | 2016 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
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Dr. Chitralekha Sidana
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: Department of Chemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D | University of Kota, Kota | 2010
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Masters | M Sc. Chemistry | MDS University, Ajmer | 2004
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Bachelors | B Sc. Chemistry | MDS University, Ajmer | 2002 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Ashu Rani, Chitralekha Khatri, Renu Hada | Fly ash supported scandium triflate as an active recyclable solid acid catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction | Fuel Processing Technology | 2013 | 116 (2013) 366-373. |
2. | Deepti Jain, Chitralekha Khatri and Ashu Rani | Synthesis and characterization of novel solid base catalyst from fly ash. | Fuel | 2011 | 90 (2011) 2083-2088.
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3. |
Chitralekha Khatri, Deepti Jain and Ashu Rani |
Fly ash-supported cerium triflate as an active recyclable solid acid catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction. |
Fuel |
2011 |
89 (2010) 3853-3859 |
4. |
Chitralekha Khatri and Ashu Rani |
Synthesis and characterization of fly ash supported sulfated zirconia catalyst for benzylation reaction. |
Fuel Processing Technology |
2010 |
91 (2010) 12881295.
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5.
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Deepti Jain, Chitralekha Khatri and Ashu Rani |
Fly ash supported calcium oxide as recyclable solid base catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation reaction. |
Fuel Processing Technology |
2010 |
91 (2010) 1015-1021. |
6. |
Chitralekha Khatri and Ashu Rani |
Synthesis of a Nano-Crystalline Solid Acid Catalyst from Fly Ash and its catalytic performance |
Fuel |
2008 |
87 (2008) 2886-2892. |
Books Published
Contribution to books:
- Timberlake – An Introduction to General, Organic & Biological Chemistry, 13/e. Pearson Global Edition
- Timberlake Chemistry – An Introduction to General, Organic & Biological chemistry. Pearson Global Edition.
- Timberlake Chemistry – An Introduction to General, Organic & Biological chemistry, 5e. Pearson Global Edition.
Patents
SL.NO. | Name of the inventor | Title of invention | Patent number | Patent Application number | Date
Of issue |
Organization/ Institution |
1. |
Chitralekha Khatri and Ashu Rani |
Green catalytic process for aspirin synthesis using fly ash as heterogeneous solid acid catalyst. |
Indian Patent number 258334 |
Patent Application No.- 1980/DEL/2007 |
2014 |
Department of Chemistry, University of Kota, Kota
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2. | Ashu Rani, Deepti Goyal, Chitralekha Sidana | Fly ash supported lime slurry as an efficient cost effective solid base catalyst | Indian Patent number 281690 | Indian Patent No 1291/DEL/2010 | 2017 | Department of Chemistry, University of Kota, Kota
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Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1. | Synthesis and characterization of solid acid catalysts from power plant fly ash and their applications in organic transformations | Prof Ashu Rani | Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan | 2010 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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1. | Institutional | 29th July 2010 | ||
One day Intensive Workshop on Innovative Problem Solving | Venture Center Pune | Choose an item. | ||
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. |
Awarded Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from ELSEVIER in June 2017.
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Outstanding reviewer award |
ELSEVIER |
2017 |
2. | Received DST project (sanctioned amount 19.5Lakhs) under DST Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme | Project under DST Fast track Young Scientist Scheme | DST | 2012 |
Minor / Major Projects
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Dr. Pinki Pal
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Faculty Profile
Department: CHEMISTRY
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Bachelor of Science | Chemistry (Honours), Physics, Mathematics, English, Bengali, Environmental Science | The University of Burdwan | 2002 |
Master of Science |
Organic Chemistry (Special), Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry |
Kalyani University |
2004 |
Ph.D |
Synthetic Organic Chemistry |
CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute and Jadavpur University |
2011 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | K. C. Majumdar, S. Sarkar, P. Pal, S. Muhuri | C-C bond formation by radical cyclization: Facile syntheses of [6,6]pyranothiopyrans and [6,6] pyridothiopyrans. | Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry | 2009 | 2009, 46, 6, 1324-1330 |
2 | Pinki Pal, Brijesh Kumar, Arun K. Shaw | Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Highly Functionalized Furanoid Glycal and 2,5-Dihydrofuran Building Blocks | European Journal Of Organic Chemistry | 2009 | 2009, 2179–2184 |
3 | Pinki Pal, Arun K. Shaw | Stereoselective Total Syntheses of (+)-exo- and (–)-exo-Brevicomins, (+)-endo- and (–)-endo-Brevicomins, (+)- and (–)- Cardiobutanolides, (+)-Goniofufurone | Tetrahedron | 2011 | 2011, 67, 4036-4047. |
4 | Pinki Pal, Pragya Singh, Brijesh Kumar, Harsh Mohan Gauniyal, Arun K. Shaw | Stereoselective Synthesis of 2′-deoxynucleoside analogues as Building Blocks for Deoxynucleoside Chemistry | Tetrahedron: Asymmetry | 2011 | 2011, 22, 992-999 |
5 | Pinki Pal, Arun K. Shaw | The evaluation of comprehensive strategies for furanoid glycal synthesis and their applications. | RSC Advances | 2017 | 2017, 7, 25897-25963 (Invited Review) |
6 | Pin-Hao Ko, Ya-Ching Shen, Kaliyappan Murugan, Chiung-Wei Huang, Govindan Sivakumar, Pinki Pal, Chia-Ching Liao, Kai-Shin Luo, Eric Y. Chuang, Mong-Hsun Tsai, Liang-Chuan Lai | Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Acts as the Potential Target of a Newly Synthesized Compound, 1-(9′-methyl-3′- carbazole)-3, 4-dihydro-β-carboline. | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 2019, 9: 2147, 1- 12 (A nature research journal) |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | NA | Symposium | Participant | Fourth CRSI (Kolkata Chapter) Symposium | NA | 4th Aug, 2006 | University of Kalyani, India | Regional |
2 | Pinki Pal | Conference | Presenter | 13th ISCBC International conference on Interplay of Chemical and Biological Sciences: Impact on Health and Environment | Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Highly Functionalized Furanoid Glycal and 2,5-Dihydrofuran Building Blocks. An Application to Simple Synthesis of (R)-(+)-4-Hexanolide, the Pheromone of TrogodermaGlabrum | 26th Feb-1st Mar, 2009 | Delhi University, India | International |
3 | NA | Symposium | Participant | 1st CDRI-NIPER (RBL) Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry and Phermaceutical Sciences | NA | 24th -26th Mar, 2009 | CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, India | Regional |
4 | NA | Conference | Participant | 14th ISCBC International conference on Chemical Biology For Discovery: Perspectives and Challenges | NA | 15th -18th Jan, 2010 | CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, India | International |
5 | NA | Symposium | Participant | Pfizer Symposium on Organic Chemistry &Prof. D. K. Banerjee Memorial Award Lectures | NA | 4th Nov, 2011 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India | Regional |
6 | NA | Symposium | Participant | Carbo XXVI ‘Symposium on Carbohydrates at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology’ | NA | 23rd -25th Nov, 2011 | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India | International |
7 | NA | Symposium | Participant | Pfizer Symposium on Organic Chemistry &Prof. D. K. Banerjee Memorial Award Lectures | NA | 16th Jan, 2012 | Indian Institute of Science, India | Regional |
8 | Pinki Pal | Conference | Presenter | 2012 Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Taiwan | Nortriterpinoids from the Ripe Fruits of Schisandriaarisanensis | 25th Nov, 2012 | China Medical University, Taiwan | Regional |
9 | NA | Symposium | Participant | Strategy symposium on research and development of botanical drug products | NA | 26th Apr, 2013 | National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan | International |
10 | NA | Seminar | Participant | “Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on Organic Chemistry from Bench to Industry” SALWOCBI | NA | 14th & 15th Mar, 2017 | NMKRV College for Women, India | Regional |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Synthesis of modified sugar derivatives of biological importance. | Dr. Arun Kumar Shaw, Dr. Gourhari Maiti | CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute and Jadavpur University | 24th December,2011 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Junior Research Fellowship: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | CSIR-National Eligibility Test (NET) | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | January, 2006 |
2 | Senior Research Fellowship: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), | CSIR-National Eligibility Test (NET) | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | January, 2008 |
3 | Post-doctoral Fellowship: SID | Indian institute of Science, Bangalore | August, 2011 | |
4 | Post-doctoral Fellowship: National Science Council (NSC) | National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan | National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan | May, 2012 |
5 | Consultant at JNCASR: Public Health of England, Govt. of UK, United Kingdom | JNCASR: Public Health of England, Govt. of UK, United Kingdom | June, 2015 | |
6 | Cash Award for Best Published Paper | The evaluation of comprehensive strategies for furanoid glycal synthesis and their applications. Pinki Pal, Arun K. Shaw*, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 25897-25963 (Invited Review). | Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bangalore | September 2017 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Department of Computer Science

Dr. Regina L Suganthi
Dean of Science (PG)
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D. | Bangalore University | |
M.S. | M.S.( Software Systems) | Birla Institute Of Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan | |
P.G.D.C.A | P.G.D.C.A | Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu | |
M.Phil | M.Phil | Loyola College, Chennai | |
Masters | M.Sc. | Loyola College, Chennai | |
Bachelors | B.Sc. | Stella Maris College Chennai |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Equivalence Of Various Optimality Criteria Of Equivalent Estimators | Journal Of Kerala Statistical Association (JOKSA) | ||
2 | Technology enabled teaching & Learning | Carmelight | April 2004 | Vol.1, No.1 |
3 | Mobile Phones : A survey on usage and impact in the lives of users across age groups | Carmelight | November 2011 | ISSN 0975-9484, Volume 8(2), |
4 | A Survey on Data Mining Techniques for Image Grouping | International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) | Sep 2013 | Vol.2 – Issue 9 (September – 2013), e-ISSN: 2278-0181 |
5 | Processing of Natural Languages Semantically – A Detailed Survey | International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) | Dec 2013 | Vol.2 – Issue 12 (December – 2013), e-ISSN: 2278-0181 |
6 | Identification and Elimination of Similar Images in an Event Image Set | International Conference on Current Trends in Advanced Computing | May 2014 | ICCTAC2014:23-26 |
7 | Edge Detection in Color Images – A Comparative Study | International Journal of Computer Applications | August 2014 | 99(5):5-7 |
8 | Spatial Compression of color images in anEvent Image Set | International Journal of Combined Research & Development (IJCRD) | November -2014 | eISSN:2321-225X;pISSN:2321-2241 Volume: 3; Issue: 5 |
9 | Protection of Software as Intellectual Property | CSI Communications | November 2014 | VolumeNo.38,IssueNo. 8 |
10 | Passwords | CSI Communications | July 2015 | Volume No. 39 , Issue No. 4 |
11 | Tagging event image set using face identification | IEEE Conference Publication | 2015 | Pages: 1 – 5, DOI: 10.1109/ICSNS.2015.7292377 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Seminar | Presenter | Statistics – Theory And Methods | Statistics – Theory And Methods | Loyola College, Chennai | Institutional | |
2 | NAAC sponsored national Seminar | Presenter | Curriculum Design and development” Reflecting Emerging trends and changing contexts in higher education | Course Design & Development To Enhance Student Learning & Employability | 5th and 6th August 2010 | CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore | National |
3 | NAAC Sponsored State Conference | Presenter | Enabling Quality in higher Education through Best Practices | A New Paradigm Shift In The Education For Rural Schools Through Modern Technology | 22nd & 23rd October 2010 | MLA College for women, | State |
4 | Conference | Presenter | Current Trends in Advanced Computing (ICCTAC) | Identification & Elimination of Similar Images in an Event Image Set | 20th & 21st February 2014 | Kristu Jayanthi College | International |
5 | IEEE Conference | Presenter | Soft-computing and Network Security (ICSNS„15) | Tagging Event Image set Using Face Identification | 25th February 2015 | SNS College of Technology in association with KyungpookNational University, South Korea | International |
6 | Conference | Presenter | Global Congress on Computing and Media Technologies | Classification of Event Image Set using Mining Techniques | 25-27, November 2015 | Sathyabhama University, Chennai | Institutional |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Software Engineering Course | Computer Society of India, Bangalore Chapter. | Institutional | 20th to 22nd January 1995 |
2 | COMET-2001 | ISTE & AICTE held at Garden City College of Science & Management Studies, Bangalore | Institutional | 4th June to 16th June 2001 |
3 | Technology Enabled Teaching And Learning | UGC-SWRO, Bangalore at IIIT Bangalore | Institutional | 3rd to 5th November 2003 |
4 | Digitized Information Exchange For Quality Sustenance And Enhancement Among Accredited Institutions | St. Joseph‟s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu | Institutional | 3rd & 4th March 2005 |
5 | Computer Science – Current Trends | Department of Computer Science & UGC – Academic Staff College, Bangalore University | Institutional | 4th July 2005 to 23rd July 2005 |
6 | The Church & Christian Higher Education in India | Stella Maris College, Chennai in collaboration with The Xavier Board of Higher Education in India | Institutional | 23rd February & 24th February, 2007 |
7 | UGC Sponsored National Conference on “Converging Sciences for Quality of Life” | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 24th – 26th February 2009 |
8 | UGC Sponsored National Conference on “Convergence of Science and Technology towards Sustenance of Human Health” | Department of Electronics, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 31st July & 1 st August 2009 |
9 | Leveraging Technology for effective Teaching in the Classroom & Beyond” ELITE program | Department of Information Technology, Government of India , IIIT (Bangalore). | Institutional | 1st February 2010 and 11th June 2010 |
10 | Data Science | IEEE, at MSRIT, Bengaluru | Institutional | 26th April 2014 |
11 | Item Bank Preparation for the Online Assessment and Evaluation System(OAES) | National Level Certification Examinations | National | 2nd and 9th January 2015 |
12 | Vision for Higher Education – 2030 | Mount Carmel College | International | 30th & 31st July, 2015 |
13 | Autonomous Colleges – Issues, Prospects and Challenges | Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri. | State | 20th & 21st November 2015 |
14 | Gender Sensitization – Ill Effects of Dowry & Dowry Deaths | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 22nd February 2007 |
15 | UGC Sponsored State level seminar on “Mobile Computing – Trends & Future challenges | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | State | 1st & 2nd September 2010. |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Secured First Class in a Certificate Course in Operations | |||
2 | Awarded Proficiency in Statistics in M.Phil | 1989-90 |

Ms. Renju K
HOD, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department:Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Renju K | MCA | M G University | 1998
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M.Phil | Vinayaka Mission University | 2010 | |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | A survey on detecting overloaded vehicle in video surveillance systems | IJERT | 2015
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Volume 4; Issue 2 |
2 | Technology and Autism: Is Technology a Boon for Autistic children | IJCST | 2016 | Volume 4 Issue 3
Page No:343-346 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Seminar | Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | – | 22nd & 23rd November 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International |
2 | Seminar | Participant | Capacity Enhancement Programme on Intellectual Property Rights | – | 20th & 21st July 2017 | National | |
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3 | Seminar | Participant | Innovations and Research in Cloud Computing | – | 28th April 2017 | Indian Academy Degree College
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4 | Seminar | Participant | LaTeX& Moodle | 9th January 2016 | Mount Carmel College | Regional
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5 | Seminar | Participant | A Vision For Higher Education-2030
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30th & 31st July 2015 | Mount Carmel College | Regional | |
6 |
Seminar |
Participant | Faculty Enrichment Programme | 1st June 205-6th June 2015 | Mount Carmel College
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Regional | |
Invited Talks
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MPhilThesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | M.Phil.: A study and Analysis of Wireless Networks & Security | K Murugan | Vinayaka Mission University | 2010 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Research Methodology and Statistics | Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 16th March 2018- 22nd March 2018 |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | Detecting Overloaded Vehicles to Ensure Safety On Roads | UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project |

Ms. Perpetua F Noronha
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
MCA | PG | Karnatak University Dharwad | 2004 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | A Survey on Detecting Overloaded Vehicle in
Video Surveillance Systems |
International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) | February 2015 | ISSN: 2278-0181
Vol. 4 Issue 02 |
2 | Comparative Study of Data Mining Techniques in Crop Yield Prediction | International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering | October 2016 | ISSN (Online) 2278-1021 , Vol. 5, Special Issue 2 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Higher Education: Policy, Leadership & Practices | Christ University, Bangalore
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National | 11/22/2013, 11/23/2013 |
2 | Ethical Hacking | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | National | 2/26/2015, 2/27/2015 |
3 | Faculty Enrichment Programme, 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | Institutional | 6/1/2015, 6/6/2015 |
4 | A Vision for Higher Education- 2030 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | International | 7/30/2015, 7/31/2015 |
5 | Latex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | Institutional | 1/9/2016 |
6 | Train The Trainer | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru in association with Xavier Board of Higher Education | State | 2/24/2017 |
7 | Data mining techniques using rapid miner tool | Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru | State | 26.8.2015, 27.8.2015 |
8 | Cloud Computing with Amazon Web
Services |
MSRIT, Bangaluru | State | 31/07/2017 to 05/08/2017 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | A Survey on Detecting Overloaded Vehicles in
Video Surveillance Systems.
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Worked as Co- Investigator on this Minor research project in the year 2013 -2015. This objective of this project was to detect overloaded vehicles by analyzing data captured from Video Surveillance Systems.
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2. | Automatic classification of research papers according to predefined
categories using text mining. |
This Minor research project work is sanctioned in the year 2017 and is in progress till date. This work comprises an automatic text classification approach
to analyze the structure of input text of research papers based on pre-defined categories. |

Ms. Sushma Margaret A
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Sushma Margaret A | MCA | Jyoti Nivas College,Autonomous
Bangalore University |
2012 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Waste Segregation Using RFID Technology | IJARCS | 7th July 2017 8/7 | |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Conference | Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | – | 22nd and 23rd November 2017
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Mount Carmel College | International |
2. | Conference | Participant | A Vision for Higher education 2030 | – | 30th and 31st July 2015
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Mount Carmel College | International
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Train The Trainer | Mount Carmel College | Regional | 24th Feb 2017 |
2. | Towards Becoming a Teacher Professional | Mount Carmel College | 25th, 26th and 27th may 2017 | |
3. | Data Science and Analytics | Kristu Jayanti College | National | 20th and 21st july 2017
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4. | Cisco women Rock IT Student Summit | Christ University | Regional | 15th Feb 2017 |
5. | LaTeX and Moodle | Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 9th January 2016
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Ms. Heena Gupta
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
UGC- NET | 2012 | ||
PG | MCA | Christ University | 2012 |
UG | BCA | Stella Maris College | 2009 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Smart Navigation System for Ambulances
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International Journal of Engineering and Techniques | December 2017 | Page No 125 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Contemporary Research and Innovation in Computer Science
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Smart Navigation System for Ambulances
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16th Dec 2017
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St.Joseph’s Evening College
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National |
2. | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Computational Intelligence
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Work in Progress Hourly Tracking App- An App for managers
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5th Dec 2018 | Kristu Jayanti College Bangalore | National |
3. | Seminar | Participant | National Seminar on Internet of Things | – | 12th Aug 2017 | Christ University | National |
4. | Conference | Participant | Technology in Redefining Health | – | 22nd and 23rd Nov 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | I Rank in MCA | Christ University | May 2012 | |
2. | I Rank in BCA | Stella Maris College | April 2009 | |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Ms. Agnes Vidhya A
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PG | MCA | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. | 2010 |
UG | BCA | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. | 2007 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organizing Institution | Level |
1. | Conference | Participant | International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Technology
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24th January 2018
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Department of Science
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International |
2. | Conference | Participant | International Conference on Technology in Redefining Health
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22nd and 23rd November 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International |
3. | Camp | Participant | National Youth Leadership Camp | – | 9th and 10th March 2019 | Xavier Board of Higher education in India and PG and Research Department of Social Work | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Deep Learning for Big Data Analytics | Department of Computer Science and Applications, Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 23rd an 24th march 2018 |
2 | Application of Machine Learning on Large Datasets | Department of Big data analytics, St. Joseph’s College | Regional | 01st March 2018 |
3 | Mobile Application Development | Department of Computer Science,
Mount Carmel College |
Institutional | 13th, 14th and 16th of November 2018 |
4. | Discerning Projects with python | Department of Computer Science,
Mount Carmel College |
Institutional | 15th and 16th November 2018. |
5 | Introduction to Raspberry Pi and Python Programming
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Department of Electronics, Mount Carmel College | Institutional | |
6 | Ethical Hacking Workshop | White hat Academy | Institutional | 24th,25th and 26th May 2018
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Ms. Jinu Sara Rajan
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PG | MCA | Mount Carmel College | 2016 |
UG | BSc (Computer,Maths,Electronics) | Mount Carmel College | 2013 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Smart Navigation System for Ambulances
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International Journal of Engineering and Techniques | December 2017 | Page No 125 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1. | Seminar | Presenter | National Conference on Contemporary Research and Innovation in Computer Science
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Smart Navigation System for Ambulances
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16th Dec 2017
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St.Joseph’s Evening College
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National |
2. | Conferance | Participant | Technology in redefining Health | – | 22nd and 23rd November 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Python Programming and Machine Learning
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Mount Carmel College
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Institutional | 14th and 15th November 2018
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2. | National Seminar for e-Learning and MOOC’s in Higher Education | Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Center for MHRD, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, at Maharani’s Science College for Women Bangalore
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National | |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |

Ms. Sumalatha A
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Profile
Department: Computer Science
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PG | M.Tech(Computer Science & Engineering) | Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum | 2016 |
UG | B.E(Computer Science & Engineering) | Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum | 2014 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Inspection on the Art of Diverse Image Tampering Approach: A Survey | International Journal of Computer Applications | (ISSN: 0975-8887)
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2 | Robust Lexicographical Ordering of Images: A Survey | International Journal of Latest Research in Engineering & Technology | (ISSN:2454-5031).
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Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Presenter | Emerging Trends in Computer Science & Technology | Secure Overlay Cloud Storage With Access Control and Assured Deletion | SKIT | National | |
2 | Seminar | Presenter | Seminar on Recent Trends in Computer Science | Enhanced Network Coding to Maintain Privacy in Smart Grid | HKBKCE | College | |
3 | Conference | Presenter | National level PG Project Symposium on Electronics & Communication,Computer Science & Management Studies | PFDE:Portrait Fabrication Detection and Extraction
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GSSIETW | National | |
4 | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Recent Trends In Technology | Inspection on the Art of Diverse Image Tampering Approach: A Survey
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BMSIT | National | |
5 | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Control,Communication & Power Systems | Robust Lexicographical Ordering of Images: A Survey | BMSIT | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | FDP | Soft Skills & Communication Skills | State |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Department of Biochemistry

Dr. Kavitha G. Singh
Research Director
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Co-ordinator(PG)
Associate Professor
Department: Biochemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D. | ManipalUniversity | 2015 |
M.Phil. | M.Phil. | Bharathiwomens college, chennai | 1998 |
Masters | M.Sc. | Bharathiwomens college, chennai | 1997 |
Bachelors | B.Sc. | Bharathiwomens college, chennai | 1995 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | The Effect on Cell Viability and Reduction of Cortisol Activity by Aqueous Extracts of Green Coffee Bean | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research | 2019 | 10(2): 1000-07 |
2 | Effects Of Traditional Processing Methods On The Nutritional Properties Of Vigna mungo and Glycine max | International Journal of Green and Herbal Chemistry | 2018 | 8(1): 1-9 |
3 | In-vitro and ex-vivo studies on the antioxidant, antiinflammatory and antiarthritic properties of camellia sinensis, hibiscus rosasinensis, matricariachamomilla, rosa sp., zingiberofficinale tea extracts | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research | 2018 | 9(8):3543-51 |
4 | In-vitro Study of Hepatoprotectant and Anti-Atherosclerotic Effect of Raw and Boiled Leaf Extract of Moringa Oleifera. | Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research | 2017 | 9(9): 0975-7384 |
5 | The reduction in cortisol induced stress markers by the aqueous extract of Clerodendrumcolebrookianum | Int J Pharm Sci Res | 2017 | 8(8): 3591-98 |
6 | Utilization of vegetable waste for the cultivation of p. ostreatus and its influence on phytochemicals. | Cibtech Journal of Bio-Protocols | 2016 | 5 (2):22-29 |
7 | Spectrophotometric Studies on The Interaction OfSynapis alba Extract With Salmon milt DNA | Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences | 2016 | 7(4):787-794 |
8 | Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of Ethnomedicinal folklore plant Clerodendrumcolebrookianum | Journal of Global Biosciences | 2016 | 5 (1): 3559-3566 |
9 | Vegetable waste – A potent substrate for cultivation of Ostreatus | International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences | 2016 | 4(6): 5-9 |
10 | Antioxidant Marker Response of Solanum melongena to Salinity Stress. | Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research | 2016 | 8(7):533-539 |
11 | Biochemical Response of Solanum Melongena to Salinity Stress in Relation to Stress Factors | Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences – Section B | 2016 | 6 (3): 756-766 |
12 | Effect of Germination on the Proximate, nutritive and anti-nutrient value of Fenugreek (Trigonellafoenumgraecum) | Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment | 2015 | Vol. 19 (1). 16- 21.eISSN: 2278-4527, (International) |
13 | Comparative study of traditional processing methods on the nutritional and anti-nutritional qualities of white lobia and red lobia | Journal of pharmaceutical biology | 2015 | 5(2): 71-79.eISSN: 2249-7560, (International) |
14 | Nutrient Content and In vivo Reduction of Anti-nutrients of Mung Bean (Vigna radiate L.) under Various Processing Methods | Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences | 2015 | Section B, 5 (2): 1627 – 1638 (2015), ISSN: 0975 – 7384, (International) |
15 | In vitro antioxidant activity of black gram, cowpea, desi chickpea and yellow mustard as affected by sprouting | Journal of Global Biosciences | 2014 | 3 (1): 385-389. ISSN: 2320-1355, (National) |
16 | Quantitative analysis of proteins and antioxidants during stress on Oryza sativa | Journal of Biociences | 2014 | 3 (2): 552-561. ISSN No. 2320-1355. International. |
17 | Biochemical studies on crown gall disease in Cantharanthusroseus induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens | International Journal of Green and Herbal chemistry | 2014 | 3(2): 602-607.eISSN: 2278-3229, (International). |
18 | Nutritional and biochemical evaluation of AverrhoabilimbiL | Archives of Pharmacy and Biological Science | 2013 | 1 (2): 58-62. ISSN: 2321 3965, (National). |
19 | The effect of glutathione, catalase and ß-carotene on free radicals using model diseases as reference | E3 Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research | 2013 | 4 (3): 42-47. ISSN 2141-7474 (National) |
20 | Effect of Pollution on Urban Trees Delonixregia and Enterolobiumsaman | Carmelight | 2012 | 9 (1).ISSN 0975-9484. National. |
21 | Comparison of medicinal properties of dry andsprouted seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum | Carmelight | 2011 | 8(2):133-142. |
22 | Effect of different nitrogen sources on the growth and biochemical parameters of Capsicum annuum variety | Carmelight | 2010 | 7:17-36. |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Presenter | SYNERGY 2012 | 2& 3 february 2012 | Jyothinivas college | National | |
2 | Conference | Presenter | National Conference on Green Wealth – A Strategy for Health | Nutritional and biochemical evaluation of the fruit, juice and wine samples of AverrhoabilimbiL | 27-28th Feb, 2013 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
3 | Conference | Presenter | A Strategy for Health | Effect of sprouting on biochemical and nutritional qualities of selected seed. National Conference on Green Wealth | 27-28th Feb, 2013 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
4 | Conference | Presenter | UGC and DST in sponsored National conference on Chemistry: Challenges and opportunities | Nutritional analysis of dry and sprouted fenugreek seeds | 16-18 february 2012 | St Josephs college. Bangalore | National |
5 | Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit”, | Comparative study of traditional processing methods on the nutritional and anti-nutritional qualities ofWhite lobiaandRed lobia | 13-14th Feb, 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
6 | Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” | Study of phytonutrient and antioxidant levels in wheat grass (Triticumaestivum) in early stages of growth | 13-14th Feb, 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
7 | Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” | Development of the value added product to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in diabetic population | 13-14th Feb, 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
8 | Conference | Presenter | National Seminar on Science and Technology for Human Development (NASSTHUD) | Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on the Anti-Nutritional Qualities of Millets | 23-25th Feb, 2015 | The Indian Science
Congress Association – Bangalore Chapter, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru |
National |
9 | Conference | Presenter | Stress on ORYZA SATIVA | 16-17 April 2009 | MVJ college of engineering, Bangalore | ||
10 | Conference | Presenter | Nanoscience – A Multidisciplinary Approach | Biochemical Response of Solanum melongena (Brinjal) to Salinity Stress. | Feb 2016 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
11 | Conference | Presenter | Recent Trends in Chemistry | Nutritional analysis and development of value added product from 7th day wheatgrass | Feb 2016 | Jyothi Nivas College | National |
12 | Conference | Presenter | Recent Trends in Chemistry | The reduction of cortisol activity by the phytochemicals present in Cleodendrumcolebrookianum by ex vivo studies on Sus scrofadomesticus hepatocytes | 2016 | Jyothi Nivas College | National |
13 | Conference | Presenter | Recent Trends in Chemistry | Combination Of Vegetable Waste And Agro Waste As Substrate To Enhance The Yield And Nutritional Quality Of Oyster Mushroom (PleurotusOstreatus). | 2016 | Jyothi Nivas College | National |
14 | Conference | Presenter | Indian Science Congress Association, Bangalore Chapter – “National Conference on Science and Technology for National Development – Health, Environment and Agriculture | Cultivation of P.ostreatus using vegetable waste and its influence on the content of biomolecules | 2016 | Jain University | National |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Applications of NMR Spectroscopy in medicine | UGC sponsored regional seminar | Regional | 14-16 october 2004. |
2 | Workshop on training course for one week in preservation of fruits and vegetables | Ministry of HRD | Institutional | 3 – 7 april 2006 |
3 | Workshop on Bioinformatics | Department of botany, Bangalore university | Institutional | 17-21 july 2006 |
4 | Training programme on International , Government fund raising & project proposal writing | NICE foundation | Institutional | 4-5 th December 2009 |
5 | Workshop on „Changing Trends in Biotechnology…Then, Now and Future | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 2012 |
6 | National conference on Chemistry: Challenges and opportunities | St. Josephs college. Bangalore | Institutional | 16-18 february 2012 |
7 | Recent trends in medicinal chemistry | Jyothinivas college | Institutional | 4 th September 2014 |
8 | UGC funded State Level Workshop, “Kaleidoscope – Seeing the unseen” | St. Josephs College (Autonomous), Bangalore | Institutional | Dec, 2014 |
9 | UGC funded workshop on LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | Institutional | 2016 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
BOARD OF STUDIES MEMBER |
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IGNOU COUNSELOR |
Counselor for Nutritional biochemistry (M. Sc DFSM), IGNOU. (2005- Till date) |
CONSULTANCY SERVICES |
Guidance to other colleges for M.Sc projects (ST. Josephs college, Bangalore.“The effect of coffee bean on few medicinal and ornamental plants”– M.Sc Microbiology |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Programme | Name of the Project | Year |
1 | M.Phil | Effect of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria Pseudomonas Fluorescens & Bacillus Subtilis on seed quality of sorghum | Bharathidasan university, Trichy (2005). |
2 | M.Sc | Study of stress in oryza sativa | 2008- 2009 |
3 | M.Sc | Effect of different substrates on growth of mushrooms – proteins and antioxidants | 2008- 2009 |
4 | M.Sc | Effect of different substrates on growth of mushrooms – antifungal and fats | 2008- 2009 |
5 | M.Sc | Study of crown ball disease in caranthusroseus | 2008- 2009 |
6 | M.Sc | Obesity in adolescents- A case study in city of Bangalore | 2009-2010 |
7 | M.Sc | Effect of different nitrogen sources and chemical fertilizers( urea) on growth and biochemical parameters on a chilly variety | 2010-2011 |
8 | M.Sc | Comparitive medicinal properties of sprouted seeds of fenugreek | 2010-2011 |
9 | M.Sc | Antimicrobial and phytochemical analysis of Celastruspaniculatus( A rare and endangered medicinal plant) | 2010-2011 |
10 | M.Sc | Effect of pollution on Anatomy, Morphology and Biochemical aspect of trees | 2010-2011 |
11 | M.Sc | Isolation, Characterization and the Study of Antioxidants from Sprouted Samples | 2011-2012 |
12 | M.Sc | Extraction and Estimation of Essential Nutrients and Phytonutrients, and a Comparison between Sprouted and | 2012-2013 |
13 | M.Sc | Effect of various cooking methods and techniques on the nutrient content of selected fruits and vegetables | 2013- 2014 |
14 | M.Sc | Extraction of phytochemicals and effect of various cooking methods on the nutrient content of Averrhoeabilimbi fruit | 2013- 2014 |
15 | M.Sc | Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on the Nutritional and Anti-nutritional Qualities of Black Eyed Peas (Vignaunguiculata) and Red Lobia (Vignaunguiculata | 2014-2015 |
16 | M.Sc | Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on the Nutritional and Anti-nutritional Qualities ofMung Bean (Vigna radiate) and Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus). | 2014-2015 |
17 | M.Sc | Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on Anti-Nutritional and Nutritional Content of Some Important Millets | 2014-2015 |
18 | M.Sc | Study of nutrient and phytochemical levels at different phases of wheatgrass germination and development of value added products utilizing wheatgrass | 2014-2015 |
19 | M.Sc | Development of the value added products to reduce the risk of Hypoglycemia in Diabetic population | 2014-2015 |
20 | Interdisciplinary project on “Study of Nutrients and Phytochemical Levels at Different Phases of Wheatgrass Germination and Development of Value Added Products Utilizing Wheatgrass | Ongoing | |
21 | Qualitative and Quantitative phytochemical analysis of ethnomedicinal folklore plant- Clerodendrumcolebrookianum | Ongoing | |
22 | Effect of alkali stress on | Ongoing | |
23 | Effect of different substrates on growth of mushrooms – phytochemicals and antioxidants | Ongoing |

Dr. Myrene Roselyn Dsouza
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biochemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Philosophy
Master of Science
Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Science
Pre-University course
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
Ph.D.
M.Phil
M.Sc.
B.Ed.
B.Sc.
PUC
ICSE
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Bangalore University
Bharathidasan University
Bangalore University
ICFAI University
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University
St. Charles High School
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2014
2007
2006
2009
2004
2001
1999
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Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Biochemical responses of Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) to salinity stress. | Acta Physiologiae Plantarum | 2010 | 32(2): 341-353 |
2 | Specific and non-specific responses of Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab) to drought stress | Indian Journal of Biotechnology
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2011 | 10: 130-139 |
3 | Induction of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidative Mechanisms in Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus) Under Zinc Stress. | African Crop Science Journal
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2012 | 20 (1): 17-29 |
4 |
Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Metabolic Changes Associated with Cadmium Stress in Hyacinth Bean (Lablab Purpureus). |
African Journal of Biotechnology
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2013 |
12 (29): 4670-4682 |
5
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Mercury-induced changes in growth and oxidative metabolism of Field bean (Dolichos lablab). |
Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment
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2013 |
17 (9): 86-93 |
6 |
Nutritional and biochemical evaluation of Averrhoa bilimbi L. |
Archives of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences |
2013 |
1 (2): 58-62 |
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8
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Effects of traditional processing methods on nutritional quality of Field bean.
Induction of thermotolerance through heat acclimation in lablab bean (Dolichos lablab) |
Advances in Bioresearch
African Journal of Biotechnology
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2013
2013 |
4 (3): 29-33
12 (38): 5695-5704 |
9
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Role of calcium in increasing tolerance of Hyacinth bean to salinity | Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology
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2013 | 1 (03): 011-020
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12
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Nutritional sink formation in galls of Ficus racemosa by the insect Pauropsylla depressa
Role of exogenous proline in improving water and antioxidant status in Hyacinth bean subjected to salt stress.
In vitro antioxidant activity of black gram, cowpea, desi chickpea and yellow mustard as affected by sprouting. |
Tropical Ecology
Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment
Journal of Global Biosciences
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2014
2014
2014 |
55 (1): 131-138
18 (2): 63-75
3 (1): 385-389 |
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14
15 |
Biochemical studies on crown gall disease in Cantharanthus roseus induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Response of Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) cultivars to drought stress
Polyamine Levels in Leaves of Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus) |
International Journal of Green and Herbal Chemistry
Asian Journal of Plant Science and Research
World Applied Sciences Journal
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2014
2014
2014 |
3 (2): 602-607
4 (5): 48
32 (12): 2398-2402 |
16
17
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Pre-treatment with Spermidine reverses inhibitory effects of salt stress in Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
Comparative study of traditional processing methods on the nutritional and anti-nutritional qualities of White lobia and Red lobia. |
Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research
Journal of Pharmaceutical Biology
|
2015
2015
|
7(1):504-509
5(2): 71-79. |
18
19
20
21 |
Drought Stress Alters Water Relations and Expression of PIP-Type Aquaporin Genes in Field Bean Seedlings
Nutrient Content and In vivo Reduction of Anti-nutrients of Mung Bean (Vigna radiate L.) under Various Processing Methods
In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Alfalfa, Horsegram, Soyabean and Wheatgrass as Affected by Sprouting
Development of Value-Added Product to Reduce the Risk of Hypoglycemia in Diabetic Population
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Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences – Section B
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences – Section B
European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research
|
2015
2015
2015
2015
|
4(2): 374-386
5 (2): 1627 – 1638
5 (4): 3985-3989
3(3), 514-518 |
22
23
24
25 |
Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Tinospora cordifolia using In Vitro Models
Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of Indian honey on burn wound isolates.
Biochemical Response of Solanum Melongena to Salinity Stress in Relation to Stress Factors
Cytogenetic Biomonitoring of Chemistry Laboratory Workers Occupationally Exposed to Toxic Chemicals |
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences – Section B
Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research
Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences – Section B
World Journal of Pharmaceutic-al Research
|
2016
2016
2016
2016 |
6 (2): 497-512
8(3):1027-1034
6 (3): 756-766
5 (6): 1219-1230
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26
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A Comparative Account of the DNA Degradative Action of Honey on Burn Wound Isolates and Its Normal Flora.
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Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences | 2016 | 6 (3): 964-970. |
27 | Anti-Quorum Sensing Ability of Indian Honey on Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Burn Wound-Infections. | Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology | 2016 | 5 (3): 462-469.
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28 |
Antioxidant Marker Response of Solanum melongena to Salinity Stress. |
Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research |
2016 |
8(7):533-539. |
29 |
Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus): An Adept Adaptor to Adverse Environments. In: Hyacinth bean: A Gem Among Legumes. Legume Perspectives, |
The Journal of the International Legume Society
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2016 |
13: 19-22 |
30 | Potential Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Antibacterial Evaluation of Extracts of Leucas aspera Using In vitro Models. | International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2016 | 8: 11, 292-297 |
31 | Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Effects of Single Clove Garlic against CCl4-Induced Hepatic Damage in Rabbits. | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2017 | 17:411 |
32 |
Pharmacognostic and physiochemical studies of Artocarpus heterophyllus seeds. |
International Journal of ChemTech Research |
2017 |
10 (9): 525-536 |
33
34
35
36
37 |
Pharmacological evaluation of Parkia speciosa Hassk. for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and antimicrobial activities in vitro.
Evaluation of pharmacological activities of seed and pericarp of Litchi chinensis Sonn.
Extraction of Diosgenin from Fenugreek and Evaluation of its Pharmacological Role in Alleviating Metabolic Syndrome in vitro.
Pharmacognostical overview on Terminalia arjuna: A justification of folkloric belief.
Diosgenin From Dioscorea Alata: Extraction and Potential Effects on Enzymes Related to Metabolic Syndrome |
International Journal of Lifesciences, Special Issue
International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research, (Special Issue).
Research Journal of Biotechnology
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences |
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019 |
A11: 49-59.
6 (1), 25-35.
13(12), 10-17.
9, (12), 1000-13.
9: 177-185 (Special Issue – NCBTIL) |
Book Chapters
- R. Devaraj and R.D. Myrene (2018) Signaling Molecules and Their Involvement in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Response Crosstalk in Plants. In: Metabolic Adaptations in Plants During Abiotic Stress, 1st Edition, Akula Ramakrishna, Sarvajeet Singh Gill (Eds). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group; pp. 295-310. [ISBN 9781138056381]
- Myrene R. D. (2018) Role of Plant-Derived and Insect-Derived Phytohormone Dynamics in Insect Gall Induction and Plant Defense Mechanisms. In: Advances in Agricultural Entomology. Dr. Kareem Ghoneim (Ed). Akinik publications; pp. 79-94. [ISBN 9789353350338].
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level | |
1 | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Challenges in Biotechnology and Food Technology (ICBF – 2009) | Specific and non-specific responses of Dolichos lablab to drought stress. | Oct, 2009 | Annamalai University | International | |
2 | Conference | Presenter | National workshop on Biodiversity Awareness, Conservation and Utility (NWBCU – 2009) | Mercury-induced changes in growth and oxidative metabolism of Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus). | Oct, 2009 | Bangalore University | National | |
3 | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Biotechnological Solutions for Environmental Sustainability (ICon BSES – 2009), | Antioxidative and metabolic behaviour of Field bean (Dolichos lablab) to salinity stress | Oct, 2009 | VIT University | International | |
4 | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry and Biochemistry (ICCTCB – 2009) | Oxidative stress biomarkers and some metabolic changes associated with cadmium stress in Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab) | Dec 2009 | Bangalore University | International | |
5 | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry and Biochemistry (ICCTCB – 2009) | Similarity in Antioxidant Response to Drought Stress among Different Genotypes of Hyacinth Bean (Dolichos lablab) | Dec 2009 | Bangalore University | International | |
6
|
Conference |
Presenter |
International Conference on Climate Change and Bioresource (ICCCB – 2010)
|
Comparative account of antioxidative response of Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) root and leaf to high temperature stress |
Feb 2010
|
Bharathidasan University |
International |
|
7
|
Conference |
Presenter |
International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Water Conservation and Health (ICEPWCH – 2010)
|
Induction of oxidative stress and antioxidative mechanisms in Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) under Zinc stress
|
July 2010 |
Bangalore University |
International |
|
8
|
Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Water Conservation and Health (ICEPWCH – 2010)
|
Nutritional sink formation in galls of Ficus racemosa by the insect Pauropsylla depressa | July 2010 | Bangalore University | International | |
9
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Conference | Presenter | Zonal Conference on Recent Trends in Plant Physiology & Crop Improvement (ISPP – 2010) | Morphological and Biochemical Responses of NaCl Stressed Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus) Grown In Nutrient Solution Supplemented with CaCl2 | Oct 2010 | VIT University | National | |
10
|
Conference |
Presenter |
International Conference on Preparing Agriculture for Climate Change (ICPACC – 2011) |
Role of Heavy Metals on Metabolism of Polyamines and other Stress Markers in Hyacinth Bean (Labab purpureus) |
Feb 2011 |
Punjab Agricultural University |
International |
|
11
|
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference on Green Wealth – A Strategy for Health |
Effect of different traditional processing methods on the nutritional quality of Field bean (Dolichos lablab L.) seeds |
Feb 2103 |
MCC |
National |
|
12 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference on Green Wealth – A Strategy for Health |
Nutritional and biochemical evaluation of the fruit, juice and wine samples of Averrhoa bilimbi L. |
Feb 2103 |
MCC |
National |
|
13
|
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference on Green Wealth – A Strategy for Health |
Effect of sprouting on biochemical and nutritional qualities of selected seed. |
Feb 2103 |
MCC |
National |
|
14
|
Conference | Presenter | National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” | Pre-treatment with Spermidine Reverses Inhibitory Effects of Salt Stress in Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus). | Feb 2015 | MCC | National | |
15 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” |
Comparative study of traditional processing methods on the nutritional and anti-nutritional qualities of White lobia and Red lobia |
Feb 2015 |
MCC |
National |
|
16 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” |
Study of phytonutrient and antioxidant levels in wheat grass (Triticum aestivum) in early stages of growth. |
Feb 2015 |
MCC |
National |
|
17 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference – Chemistry: From Lab to Business World “Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit” |
Development of the value-added product to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in diabetic population. |
Feb 2015 |
MCC |
National |
|
18 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Seminar on Science and Technology for Human Development (NASSTHUD) |
Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on the Anti-Nutritional Qualities of Millets. |
Feb 2015 |
Kristu Jayanti College |
National |
|
19
|
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference – “Nanoscience – A Multidisciplinary Approach” |
Biochemical Response of Solanum melongena (Brinjal) to Salinity Stress. |
Feb 2016 |
MCC |
National |
|
20
|
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference-“Recent Trends in Chemistry” |
In vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of Giloy (Tinospora cardifolia) and Thumbai (Leucas aspera) |
Feb 2016 |
Jyothi Nivas College |
National |
|
21 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference-“Recent Trends in Chemistry” |
Nutritional analysis and development of value added product from 7th day wheatgrass |
Feb 2016 |
Jyothi Nivas College |
National |
|
22 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference on ‘Infection & Immunity: A Global Challenge For Disease Control’ |
Honey as an Alternative Approach to Treat Burn Wound Infections: An Insight into its DNA Degradation and Anti-Quorum Sensing Abilities. |
Nov 2016 |
Reva University |
National |
|
23 |
Conference |
Presenter |
International Conference on “Technology in Redefining Health” |
Evaluation of pharmacological activities of seed and pericarp of Litchi chinensis Sonn. |
Nov 2017 |
MCC |
International |
|
24 |
Conference |
Presenter |
National Conference on “Genetics for Human Welfare” |
Pharmacological evaluation of Parkia speciosa Hassk. for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and antimicrobial activities in vitro |
Jan 2017 |
Kristu Jayanti College |
National
|
|
25 |
Conference |
Presenter |
International Conference on Transcending and Integrating Life Sciences (NCBTIL) |
Diosgenin from Dioscorea alata: Extraction and Potential Effects on Enzymes Related to Metabolic Syndrome |
Jan 2019 |
Kristu Jayanti College |
International |
|
26 |
Conference |
Participant |
International conference on ‘Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis’ |
2009 |
IISc |
International |
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27 |
Symposium |
Participant |
‘Bioactive Molecules from Discovery to Industry’ |
2009 |
Mysore University |
National |
||
28 |
Conference |
Participant |
‘Proteomics’ |
2013 |
IISc |
International |
||
29 |
Conference |
Participant |
‘A Vision for Higher Education – 2030’ |
2015 |
MCC |
International |
||
30 |
Conference |
Participant |
“Technology in Redefining Health” |
2017 |
MCC |
International |
||
31 |
Conference |
Participant |
“Computational World in Life Sciences” |
|
2019 |
Reva university |
National |
|
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1
2 |
Nutritional Sink Formation in Insect Galls of Ficus glomerata, Roxb.
Biochemical Studies on Abiotic Stress Response in Field Bean, Dolichos lablab |
Dr. Ravishankar B. E.
Dr. V. R. Devaraj |
Bharathidasan University
Bangalore University |
2006
2014 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1
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Honours Programme in ‘Immunotechnology’ with hands-on experience in techniques. | St. Josephs College, Bangalore | Regional | 2001-2002 |
2 | Workshop in ‘Principles of Genetic Engineering’ with hands-on experience in techniques.
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St. Josephs College, Bangalore | Regional | 2002-2003 |
3 | ‘Introductory Course in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology’
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IBAB | National | 2004 |
4 | Workshop in ‘Mammalian Cell Culture’
|
IBAB | National | 2004 |
5 | Workshop in ‘Application of Radioisotopes in Biology’
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Mangalore University in collaboration with BRIT, Dept. of Atomic Energy | National | 2008 |
6 | Advanced course in ‘Recombinant DNA Technology and PCR’ | Aristogene Biosciences | Institutional | 2008 |
7 |
Workshop on ‘Explorations in Scientific Research’ |
Mount Carmel College |
Institutional |
2009 |
8 |
Workshop on ‘Changing Trends in Biotechnology…Then, Now and Future’. |
Mount Carmel College
|
Institutional |
2012 |
9 | UGC funded State Level Workshop, “Kaleidoscope – Seeing the unseen”, | St. Joseph’s College | Regional | 2014 |
10
11 |
UGC funded workshop for Higher Education Academicians on LaTex and Moodle
Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop, ‘New Horizons in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences’ |
Mount Carmel College
Mount Carmel College
|
Institutional
Regional |
2016
2018 |
12 |
Faculty Development Programme on “Emerging Trends and Future Prospects in Clinical Research” |
Department of Biotechnology, REVA University in association with CliniIndia, Bengaluru |
Regional |
2017 |
13 |
Science Academies Lecture Workshop on “Trends in Molecular Biology” |
Department of Botany, Post Graduate and Research Centre, St. Joseph’s College |
Regional |
2018 |
14 |
Science Academies Sponsored Lecture Workshop on “Drug Discovery and Target Identification” |
Mount Carmel College
|
Institutional |
2018 |
15 | Orientation Programme | Mount Carmel College | Institutional
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2018
|
16
17 |
Faculty Development Programme on “Biomedical Nanotechnology”
Workshop on “Quality Control and Quality Assurance” |
IIT, Roorkee
Pharma Training Institute in collaboration with Department of Biochemistry, Mount Carmel College |
National
Institutional |
2018
2019 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year | |
1
2
3
4 |
Four Gold Medals
Junior/ Senior research fellowship
M/S Ariex Kothavala Memorial Trust Prize
Academic Excellence
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For securing I rank in M.Sc. Biochemistry
Qualified for CSIR-(NET)-JRF
For securing the highest marks in Undergraduate Chemistry Award for Academic Excellence in III BSc exams by Karnataka Goan Association.
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Bangalore University
MCC |
2007
2005
2005 |
|
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1
2 |
“Study of Nutrients and Phytochemical Levels at Different Phases of Wheatgrass Germination and Development of Value-Added Products Utilizing Wheatgrass”
“Development of the Value-Added Product to Reduce the Risk of Hypoglycemia in Diabetic Population”. |
Interdisciplinary project funded by
Mount Carmel College, Autonomous
Intradisciplinary project funded by Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. |
3 | “Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Pharmacognostical studies on Insect Galls of Quercus infectoria (Aleppo oak): Exploring its Potential for Pharmaceutical Applications” | Management funded project, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. |

Dr. Shalini P
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biochemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctor of Philosophy | Ph.D | Bangalore University | 2014 |
Master of Philosophy |
M.Phil. |
Vinayaka Mission University. Salem. |
2007 |
Master of Science
Bachelor of Education |
M.Sc. | University of Mysore | 2004 |
B.Ed | Bangalore university | 2016 | |
Bachelor of Science |
B.Sc. |
Maharani’s Science College, Mysore. |
2002 |
Pre -University Course |
PUC |
Maharani’s Science College, Mysore. |
1999 |
Secondary School Leaving Certificate
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SSLC |
Nirmala High School, Mysore.
|
1997 |
KSET | KSET | University of Mysore | 2014 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Protein solubility and haeagglutinating activity of Tamarind seed extract
|
Adv. Res. Pharma & Bio. | 2012 | Vol 2 (III):305-309
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2. | Glucanase and Biological Compounds from Tamarind Seeds During Germination
|
Adv. Appl. Res. | 2012 | Vol. 4, No.1: 39-45 |
3. | Extraction of β-galactosidase and β-glucosidase from the seeds of Tamarindus indica
|
Int. J. Biomol. & Biomed | 2011 | Vol. 1, No.3: pp 8-17 |
4. | Extraction of phenolics, proteins and antioxidant activity from defatted Tamarind kernel powder
|
Asian J.Research Chem. | 2011 | 4(6): 936-941 |
5. | Antibacterial Activity of Processed Tamarindus Indica. L Seeds against Clinically Important Microorganisms | American Journal Of Pharmacy And Health Research | 2015 | Vol. 3, No.10. 46-55 |
6. | Proximate composition, antinutritional factors and protein fractions of tamarindus indica L seeds as influenced by processing treatments
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Int. J. Food & Nutri Sci. | 2015 | Vol.4, Iss.4, pp 91-96 |
7. | Phytochemicals and Mineral Potentials of Tamarindus Indica L Seeds As Influenced By Processing Treatments
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J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, | 2016 | Vol.6 No.1, 198-203. |
8. | A Correlation Study Of Antioxidant Potential’s From Synapis Alba.
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Indo Am. J. Pharm. Sci | 2016 | 3(3): 234-239.
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9. | Purification Of Phenolics From Defatted Tamarind Kernel Powder.
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Asian J. Plant Sci. Res., | 2016 | 6(4):48-52
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10. | Vegetable Waste-A Potent Substrate for Cultivation of P. Ostreatus. | International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences.
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2016 | Volume 4, Issue 6, PP 5-9
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11. | Antimutagenic and Anticytotoxic Activity of Carica Papaya Leaf Extracts.
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Am. J. PharmTech Res. | 2016 | 6(3).437-449. |
12. | Purification of Phenolics From Processed Tamarindus Indica Seeds | International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science
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2016. | Volume 4 Issue 6.PP. 69-73 |
13. | Spectrophotometric Studies On The Interaction Of Synapis Alba Extract With Salmon Milt DNA. | Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences
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2016 | 7(4) pp 787-794. |
14. | Cytoprotective And DNA Protective Activity Of Carica Papaya Leaf Extracts | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention.
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2016 | Volume 5 Issue 4.PP. 35-40
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15. | Extraction And Purification Of Phenolics From Star Anise. | International Journal Of Innovation Science And Research.
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2016 | Vol.5, No, 09, pp. 862-867 |
16. | Utilization of vegetable waste for the cultivation of p. Ostreatus and its influence on phytochemicals.
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Cibtech Journal of Bio-Protocols. | 2016 | Vol. 5 (2), pp.22-29
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17. | Isolation And Purification Of Hyaluronic Acid Like Components From Ipomoea Batatas (Sweet Potato). | European Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Medical Research
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2017 | 4(8), 282-286. |
18. | Interaction Of Serum Proteins In Evaluating The Efficacy Of Sevelamer Hydrochloride And Sevelamer Carbonate Together With Dietary Sources In Hyperphosphatemia Condition.
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Am. J. Pharmtech Res. | 2017 | 7(4), 385-395m |
19. | Inhibition Of Biofilm Forming Bacteria By Plant Extracts. | American Journal Of Pharmacy And Health Research
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2017 | Vol. 5, No 6. pp 27-35 |
20. | Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Sevelamer Hydrochloride And Sevelamer Carbonate Together With Dietary Sources In Hyperphosphatemia Condition.
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Research Journal Of Pharmaceutical, Biological And Chemical Sciences. | 2017 | 8(5) Pp 15 – 22. |
21. | Protein fractionation and its in vitro hemagglutinating activity of star anise extracts.
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Asian J.Research Chem. | 2017 | 10(3): 305-308 |
22. | Isolation And Purification of Hyaluronic Acid Like Components From Manihot esculenta(tapioca). | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention.
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2017 | Volume 6 Issue 10 ‖ PP. 35-41
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23. | Isolation of tamarind seed proteins, polysaccharides,and cellulase from the seeds of Tamarindus indica.
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The Pharma Innovation Journal | 2018 | 7(1): 372-375. |
24. | Characterization Of Biofilm Forming Bacteria From Urinary Tract Infected Patients And Its Inhibition By Plant Extracts. | International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research
|
2018 | Vol. 6 Issue 1, 62-74 |
25. | Isolation and characterization of biofilm forming bacteria from urinary tract infected patients. | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sceiences and Research
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2018 | Vol. 9(5): 1886-1894 |
26. | Efficacy of Sevelamer Hydrochloride and Sevelamer Carbonate in Hyperphosphatemia Condition- A Review
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Asian J.Research Chem. | 2018 | 11(4): July – August |
27. | Inhibition of Biofilm Forming Bacteria by Processed Tamarindus indica Seed Extracts. | Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., | 2018 | 52(1), Pages: 26-30, |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level | |||||||
1.
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Conference | Presenter | National Conference on advances and innovations in Biotechnology- Multidisciplinary approaches to food, health, environmental and energy issues | Antimicrobial Activity Of The Protein Fraction Obtained In The Extraction Of Curcumin. | 2018 | Dayananda Sagar College, Bangalore | National | |||||||
2. | Conference | Participant | 6th Annual Meeting/ Symposium of Society of Biological Chemists (India) Coastal Karnataka Chapter | NA | 2017 | Manipal University, Manipal | National | |||||||
3. | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Technology in Redefining Health | Characterisation of biofilm forming bacteria from urinary tract infected patients and its inhibition by plant extracts. | 2017 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | International | |||||||
4.
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Conference
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Presenter | Indian Science Congress Association, Bangalore Chapter – “National Conference On Science And Technology For National Development – Health, Environment And Agriculture”
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Spectrophotometric Studies On The Interaction Of Carica papaya leaf Extract With Salmon milt DNA.
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2016
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Jain University. Bengaluru
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National | |||||||
5.
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Conference
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Presenter | Indian Science Congress Association, Bangalore Chapter – “National Conference On Science And Technology For National Development – Health, Environment And Agriculture”,
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Cultivation of P.ostreatus using vegetable waste and its influence on the content of biomolecules.
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2016
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Jain University. Bengaluru
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National | |||||||
6.
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Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference-“Recent Trends in Chemistry”,
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Combination Of Vegetable Waste And Agro Waste As Substrate To Enhance The Yield And Nutritional Quality Of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus).
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2016 | Jyothi Nivas College
|
National | |||||||
7. | Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference-“Recent Trends in Chemistry”
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Partial Purification Of Phenolics From Star anise. | 2016 | Jyothi Nivas College
|
National | |||||||
8. | Conference | Presenter | UGC Sponsored National Conference-“Recent Trends in Chemistry”
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Cytoprotective Activity Of Selected Fractions Of Carica papaya Leaves. | 2016 | Jyothi Nivas College, Bengaluru | National | |||||||
9. | Conference | Presenter | UGC sponsored national conference on “Chemistry, Lab to Business world- fostering an enterprenual spirit”
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“Spectrophotometric studies on the interaction of Sinapsis alba extract on Salmon milt DNA” | 2015 | Mount Carmel College Autonomous. Bangalore | National | |||||||
10. | Symposium | Presenter | 2nd National Symposium on Innovative Approaches and Modern Technologies for Crop Productivity, Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability.
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“Phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity of tamarind seed extracts” | 2012 | School of Science.Thrissur. Kerala | National | |||||||
11. | Conference | Presenter | 24th Annual International Conference of NESA-New Delhi | “Protein solubility and Haemagglutinating activity of Tamarindus indica seeds as influenced by processing treatments”.
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2011 | Presidency college Bangalore | International | |||||||
12. | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP) | “Evaluation of phenolic content and antioxidant activity from Tamarind seeds”
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2010. | Kottayam. Kerala | International | |||||||
13. | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Water Conservation and Health. | “Exo and endo-glucanases from Tamarindus indica”.
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2010 | ISCAP. Bangalore | International | |||||||
14. | Conference | Presenter | 79th Annual meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India) | “Partial Purification And Kinetics Studies Of β-Glucosidase Isolated From The Seeds Of Tamarindus Indica”.
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2010. | IISc. Bangalore. | National | |||||||
15. | Conference | Presenter | International Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry and Biochemistry | “Proximate composition, antinutritional factors and protein fractions of Tamarindus indica seeds as influenced by processing treatments”.
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2009. | ICCTCB. Bangalore. | International | |||||||
16. | Conference | Presenter | 76th Annual meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India), | “Isolation of Tamarind seed proteins, polysaccharide and cellulase from the seeds of Tamarindus indica”
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2007 | Tirupati. Andhra Pradesh | National | |||||||
17. | Conference | Participant | UGC Sponsored National Conference – “Nanoscience – A Multidisciplinary Approach”
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NA | 2016 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | National | |||||||
18. | Conference | Participant | UGC sponsored National Conference on “Ethical Issues in Scientific Writing” | NA | 2015. | Maharani’s Science College for Women, Bengaluru
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National | |||||||
19. | Conference | Participant | International Conference, ‘A Vision for Higher Education – 2030’
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NA | 2015 | Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru | International | |||||||
20. | Conference | Participant | UGC sponsored national conference on “Recent trends in medicinal chemistry”
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NA | 2014 | Jyoti Nivas College. Bangalore.
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National | |||||||
21. | Conference | Participant | UGC funded State Level Workshop, “Kaleidoscope – Seeing the unseen” | NA | 2014 | St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bangalore
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Regional | |||||||
22. | Symposium | Participant | UGC sponsored symposium on “Chemistry For Sustainable Development” | NA | 2011 | Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Woman, Bangalore
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National | |||||||
23. | Symposium | Participant | ‘Bioactive Molecules from Discovery to Industry’,
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NA | 2009 | Mysore University | National | |||||||
24. | Conference | Participant | Biochemistry-Transcending and Integrating Life Sciences | NA | 2019 | Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru | National | |||||||
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1. | Teacher as Communicator | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. Bengaluru | Institutional | 2015
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2. | Faculty training program under DBT star college scheme | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. Bengaluru in Collaboration with NCBS | Institutional | 2018
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3. | Drug Discovery and Target Identification | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. Bengaluru | Institutional | 2018
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4. | LaTex and Moodle | Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. Bengaluru | Institutional | 2016
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5.
6.
7.
8. |
RNAi Technology and its Applications
Accelerating Research Discovery and Innovation
Biostatistics with computer applications
Good Clinical Practice |
Maharani’s Science College for Women, Bengaluru
Collaboration with Thomson Reuters at Bangalore University
Dept. of Statistics, Bangalore University
T.John College |
National
National
National
Institutional |
2014
2010
2009
2006
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9. | Quality Control and Quality Assurance | Pharma Training Institute in collaboration with Mount Carmel College, Autonomous. Bengaluru | Institutional | 2019 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1. | Senior dance | Bharatnatyam | KSEEB | 2008 |
2. | Empanelled artist | Bharatnatyam | Indian Council of Cultural Relation
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2009 |
3. | M.Dance | Bharatnatyam | KSOU | 2013-2015
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4. | Enlisted in Book Of Records | Bharatnatyam | Limca Book Of World Records
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2016 |
5. | Enlisted in Book Of Records | Bharatnatyam | International Wonder Book Of Records | 2018 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | Management funded minor project | Oxidative DNA Damage Protective Activity Of Sinapis alba L. Oxidative DNA Damage Protective Activity Of Sinapis alba L. |
Books published
- Shlini P, Madhusudhan T K, Anil Kumar. Environment and public health. Skyward Publishers, Bengaluru. Jan 2016. ISBN No. 97-893-84494-52-0.
- Shlini P, Madhusudhan T K. Environment studies. Skyward Publishers, Bengaluru. Jan 2019. ISBN No. 97-893-86442-52-9.

Dr. Thilagayathy A
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: PG Biochemistry
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
B Sc | Chemistry, Zoology, Biotechnology | Mount Carmel College | 2007 |
M Sc | Biochemistry | Bangalore University | 2009 |
Ph D | Biochemistry | Bangalore University | 2017 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1
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Identification and differential expression analysis of conserved microRNAs under salt stress in Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) | Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology | 2016 | 5,(1): 123-137 |
2 | Evaluation of appropriate reference gene for normalization of microRNA expression by Real-time PCR in Lablab purpureus under abiotic stress conditions
|
Biologia | 2016 | 71(6), 660-668 |
3
4 |
Role of miRNAs in adaptive responses of Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) to phosphate deficiency
Differential expression of microRNAs in roots and leaves of Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) under drought stress” |
International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research
International Journal of Agricultural Sciences |
2018
2019 |
6 (1), 47-57
9 (1), 1488-1498 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Participant | Curriculum Design and Development”- Reflecting Emerging trends and Changing Contexts in Higher Education | 5/8/2010
6/8/2010 |
CMR College | National | |
2 | Conference | Participant | Nanotechnology – Current Research Trends and Commercialization | 27/10/2010 | Quantum NanoScientific – Indo Asian Centre for Nanotechnology | National | |
3 | Conference | Participant | Mental Health and Well Being | 8/4/2011
9/4/2011 |
CMR College
|
International | |
4 | Symposium | Participant | Frontiers in Biosciences | 23/2/2012
24/2/2012 |
CMR College
|
National | |
5 | Conference | Participant | Chemistry: From lab to business world- fostering an entrepreneurial spirit | 13/2/2015
14/2/2015 |
Mount Carmel College | National | |
6 | Conference | Presenter | Indian Genetics Congress | Identification of salt stress induced miRNAs in Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) | 4/3/2015
5/3/2015 6/3/2015 |
SRM University | International |
7 | Conference | Participant | Enzyme Research in Agriculture, Food and Industrial Biotechnology | 12/3/2015
13/3/2015 |
Maharani’s Science College for Women. | National | |
8 | Seminar | Participant | Biology in the Genomics Era | 15/4/2015
16/4/2015 |
Bangalore University | National | |
9 | Conference | Participant | Ethical Issues in Scientific Writing | 3/9/2015
4/9/2015 |
Maharani’s Science College for Women. | National | |
10 | Conference | Presenter | New Horizons in Biotechnology | Evaluation of appropriate reference gene for normalization of microRNA expression by Real-time PCR in Lablab purpureus under abiotic stress conditions | 22/11/2015
23/11/2015 24/11/2015 25/11/2015 |
NIIST, Trivandrum | International |
11 | Conference | Presenter | 103rd Indian Science Congress | Identification and differential expression analysis of conserved microRNAs under salt stress in Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) | 3/1/2016
To 7/1/2016 |
University of Mysore | National |
12 | Conference | Presenter | 2nd International Young Scientist Congress | Role of miRNAs in adaptive responses of Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) to phosphate deficiency | 8/5/2016
9/5/2016 |
Mother Teresa Post Graduate and Research Institute, pondicherry | National |
13 | Conference | Participant | Infection & Immunity: A global Challenge for Disease Control | 28/11/2016 | REVA University | National | |
14 | Conference | Presenter | Research Advances in Science and Technology | Characterization of microRNAs induced under salt stress in Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) | 26/5/2017 | CSI College of Engineering, Udhagamandalam | National |
15 | Conference | Presenter | Technology in redefining health | Role of microRNAs in adaptive responses of Lablab purpureus (Hyacinth bean) to phosphate deficiency | 22/11/2017
23/11/2017 |
Mount Carmel College | International |
16 | Conference | Presenter | Advances and innovations in Biotechnology- Multidisciplinary approaches to food, health, environmental and energy issues | Differential expression of microRNAs in roots and leaves of Hyacinth bean induced under drought stress | 15/11/2018
16/11/2018 |
Dayananda Sagar College | National |
17 | Symposium | Participant | InSearch | 18/1/2019 | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research |
National | |
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Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | Molecular characterization of microRNAs induced under abiotic stress in Hyacinth bean. | Dr. V.R Devaraj | Bangalore University | 2018 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | RNAi technology and its applications | Maharani’s Science College for Women & DBT | International | 10/2/2014 to
25/2/2014 |
2 | Trends and challenges in research | Bangalore University & UGC | National | 10/11/2014
11/11/2014 12/11/2014 |
3 | New Horizons in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences | Indian Academy Degree College | National | 22/9/2016
23/9/2016
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4 | Faculty training program under DBT Star college scheme | NCBS | National | 1/3/2018
2/3/2018 |
5 | Trends in Molecular Biology | St Josephs College | National | 9/3/2018
10/3/2018 |
6 | Hands on training in HPLC; Isolation and Characterization of vitamins | REVA University | National | 26/10/2018
27/10/2018 |
7 | Quality control and Quality assurance by Pharma Training Institute | Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 10/01/2019 |
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Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Babsaheb Commomeration gold medal
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Bangalore University | 2007 | |
2. | Central College Gold medal | Bangalore University | 2009 | |
3. | Myna Bai Gold medal | Bangalore University | 2009 | |
4. | Sadaksharaswamy gold medal | Bangalore University | 2009 | |
5. | DST-INSPIRE fellowship | Department of Science and technology | 2012 | |
6. | Young Scientist Award | Indian Genetics Congress | 2015 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Book Chapter
- Thilagavathy A., Kavya Naik, V.R. Devaraj (2018) microRNAs: Key Modulators of Drought Stress Responses in Plants. In: Metabolic Adaptations in Plants During Abiotic Stress, 1st Edition, Akula Ramakrishna, Sarvajeet Singh Gill (Eds). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group; pp. 273-284. [ISBN 9781138056381].

Dr. Sowmyashree G
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biochemistry (PG)
Qualification: PhD (Pursuing)., M.Sc., NET
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctor of philosophy | PhD | Tumkur University | Pursuing |
Post graduation | MSc (Zoology) | Kuvempu University Distance Education | 2017 |
MSc (Biochemistry) | Bangalore University | 2008 | |
Undergraduation
NET |
BSc (ZBcMb)
NET |
Bangalore University
CSIR-UGC |
2006
2015 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Anticoagulant and antiplatelet activities of jackfruit (artocarpus heterophyllus) seed extract. | International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. | Sep 2015 | Vol 7, Supple 1, 2015 ; 187-191 |
2 | Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) seed extract exhibits fibrino(geno)lytic activity | Pharmacognosy Journal | June 2015 | 7(3),171-177 |
3 | Momordica charantia seed extract exhibits strong anticoagulant effect by specifically interfering in intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation and dissolves fibrin clot. | Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis | June 2014 | 26(2):191-9 |
4 | Inhibition of Biofilm Forming Bacteria by Processed Tamarindus indica Seed Extracts. | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research | October 2018 | 52(1), 26-30 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on recent trends in food science and nutrition research | Anticoagulant And Fibrin Clot Hydrolysing Activities Of Jack
Seed Extract: Role Of Protease |
Oct 2012 | Tumkur University | National |
2 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on recent trends in food science and nutrition research | Antithromboitic And Fibrinogenolytic Activities Of Water Melon Seed Coat | Oct 2012 | Tumkur University | National |
3 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on recent trends in food science and nutrition research | Metallo Proteolytic Activity Of Mango Seed Extract:Role In Hemostasis | Oct 2012 | Tumkur University | National |
4 | Conference | Participant | One Day Conference on Molecular Diagnosis | Applications of gene analysis and transgenic techniques in molecular cardiology research | June 2012 | Regional | |
5 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science | Antithrombotic effect of bitter gourd seed extract:
role of metalloprotease |
31 Jan 2013 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National |
6 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science | Fibrinogenolytic activity of orange seed extract | 31 Jan 2013 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National |
7 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science | Protease(s) from jack seed extract: A preliminary study | 31 Jan 2013 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National |
8 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science | Anticoagulant and fibrinogenolytic activities of mango seed extract | 31 Jan 2013 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National |
9 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Emerging protein technologies for formulation solutions | Antiplatelet activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit)
seed extract |
16 Oct 2014 | University college of science, Tumkur University | National |
10 | Conference | Presenter | National conference on Emerging protein technologies for formulation solutions | Momordica Charantia Seed Extract (MCSE) inhibits collagen
induced platelet aggregation |
16 Oct 2014 | University college of science, Tumkur University | National |
11 | Conference | Presenter | National conference
on Recent advances in applied chemistry (RAAC-2015) |
Preliminary Studies on Proteolytic and Anticoagulant Activities of ELEUSINE CORACANA(RAGI) Extract | Dec 2015 | Tumkur University | National |
12 | Conference | Presenter | National conference
onRecent advances in applied chemistry (RAAC-2015) |
Partial Purification and Characterization of Jackfruit Seed
(Artocarpus heterophyllus) Extract and it’s role on Hemostasis |
Dec 2015 | Tumkur University | National |
13 | Conference | Presenter | National conference
onRecent advances in applied chemistry (RAAC-2015) |
Momordica Charantia Seed Extract Exhibits Proteolytic
and Anticoagulant Activities |
Dec 2015 | Tumkur University | National |
14 | Conference | Presenter | National level workshop on Bioinformatics: An interface between biology and computer science | Seed extract (MCSE) Inhibits platelet Activation | 2016 | Tumkur University | National |
15 | Conference | Presenter | National level workshop on Bioinformatics: An interface between biology and computer science | Antiplatelet Activity of Orange Seed Extract | 28-29 March 2016 | University college of science, Tumkur University | National |
16 | Conference | Participant | National conference on challenges and oppurtunities for chemical sciences in 21st century | 8 Jan 2013 | Karnataka state higher education council | National | |
17 | Conference | Participant | International conference on recent advances in materials science | 6-8 Nov 2012 | Karnataka state higher education council | International | |
18 | Seminar | Participant | National seminar on Evolving trends in bioprocess engineering | 26-27 march 2010 | Dept.of Life science, Kristu Jayanti College. | National | |
19 | Colloquium | Participant | Colloquium on advances in materials science: The global scenario | 8 March 2012 | Karnataka state higher education council | National | |
20 | Conference | Participant | National conference on Green and sustainable chemistry | 25 Feb 2012 | Tumkur University & CSIR | National | |
21 | Conference | Participant | National conference on Perspectives on health benefits of therapeutic molecules | 6 Jan 2012 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National | |
22 | Seminar | Participant | One day seminar on Frontiers of nanotechnology | 31 May 2011 | Karnataka state higher education council | Regional | |
23 | Conference | Participant | Inter-University based conference on Biociences and bioinformatics | 23-24 May 2011 | VGST | Regional | |
24 | Conference | Participant | National conference on Functional food in health and wellbeing | 2 June 2012 | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | National | |
25 | Seminar | Participant | Seminar on GM crops-future prospects | 16 July 2011 | Tumkur University | Regional | |
26 | Conference | Participant | National conference on Dissecting the Complexities of Plant Biotechnology in the Post-genomic Era | 21 Sep 2011 | Tumkur University & CSIR | National | |
27 | Conference | Participant | National conference on Biotechnology and society- NCBS 2012 | 19-20 April 2012 | Kuvempu University | National | |
28 | Conference | Presenter | International conference on technology in redefining health (ICONTRH-2017). | The role of orange seed proteins on platelet aggregation. | 22-23 Nov 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International |
29 | Conference | Participant | National conference on
Computational world in Life sciences |
12 Jan 2019 | Reva University | National | |
30 | Conference | Participant | International conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT 2018) | 22 March 2018 | IISC, Bangaluru | International |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | One day workshop on Recent Scenario in SCAR (Stem cells, cancer, AIDS and Raman spectroscopy) | Sridevi institute of engineering and technology | Institutional | 29 Sep 2010 |
Regional | 10 March 2011 | |||
2 | State level one day workshop on Current scenario on production of biogas from food wastes | Sridevi institute of engineering and technology | Choose an item. | |
3 | One day workshop on Quality control & Quality assurance | Pharma training institute | Institutional | 10 Jan 2019 |
4 | Two day Lecture workshop on Drug discovery and Target identification | Dept of Biochemistry, Mount Carmel College | Institutional | 12-13 July 2018 |
5 | Capacity Enhancement Programme on Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) | Centre of scientific research and aadvanced learning, Mount Carmel college Autonomous | Institutional | 20-21 July 2017 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Best poster award | Protease(s) from jack seed extract: A preliminary study. National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science. National conference on Recent discoveries in protein science | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | January 2013 |
2 | Best poster award | Antiplatelet activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit) seed extract. National conference on Emerging protein technologies for formulation solutions | University college of science, Tumkur University | October 2014 |
3 | Best poster award | Partial Purification and Characterization of Jackfruit Seed (Artocarpus heterophyllus) Extract and it’s role on Hemostasis. National conference on Recent advances in applied chemistry (RAAC-2015) | Tumkur University & Karnataka state higher education council | December 2015 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Book Chapter
- S, Girish,K.S, Bhgyalaksmi.M, Sowmyashree.G, Thippeswamy.T.G, Jayaramu.M. A biological overview on therapeutic applications of biomaterials in regenerative medicine. Discovery and applications of innovative materials: 98: ISBN: 978-81-923301-5-0

Dr. Vyshali P
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty Profile
Assistant Professor
Department: Biochemistry (PG)
Qualification: Ph.D. M.Sc., KSET
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY | Ph.D. | BANGALORE UNIVERSITY | 2015 |
POST GRADUATION | M.Sc. | BANGALORE UNIVERSITY | 2006 |
UNDER GRADUATION | B.Sc. | BANGALORE UNIVERSITY | 2004 |
KARNATAKA STATE LEVEL ENTRANCE EXAM | KSET | MYSORE UNIVERSITY | 2013 |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
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Production and characterization of fungal amylase enzyme isolated from Aspergillus sp. in solid state culture | African Journal of Biotechnology | 2007 | Vol. 6 (5): pp. 576-581 |
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Computer Aided Docking Studies on Antiviral Drugs Against Hepatitis B Virus | Journal of Advances in Developmental Research | 2011 | Vol. 2 (2): pp. 210-212 |
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Comparitive Study on Essential Oil in Natural and In vitro Regenerated Plants of Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash | American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., | 2011 | Vol. 10 (3): pp. 458-463 |
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Inhibition of Aldose Activity by Essential Phytochemicals of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf, | International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics | 2011 | Vol.5 (5), pp. 257-267 |
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Rapid multiplication of mature flowering plant of Eryngium foetidum L. by in vitro technique | International Journal of Biotechnology Applications | 2011 | Vol.3 (4), pp.114-117 |
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Evaluation of Polar and Non-Polar Fractions of Essential Oil from Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf | International Journal of Green and Herbal Chemistry | 2013 | Vol.2 (4), pp. 923-929 |
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Chemical composition of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf grown in three locations of South India | Journal of Essential oil Bearing Plants | 2015 | Vol.18 (1), pp. 230-235 |
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In vivo and in vitro studies in Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf for sustainable development | International Journal of Botany Studies | 2017 | Vol 2(1), pp. 01-08 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
Seminar | PRESENTER | Fungal Biodiversity, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics | Production and characterization of fungal amylase enzyme isolated from Aspergillus sp. in solid state culture | 2nd-3rd February 2006 | Jain University, Bangalore | NATIONAL | |
Conference | PRESENTER | Biotechnological solutions for environmental sustainability | Phytoremedial ecotechnology using Vetiveria zizanoides L. (Nash) | 21-23rd October 2009 | VIT University, Vellore | INTERNATIONAL | |
Symposium | PRESENTER | Plant Cell tissue and Organ culture | Ex situ and in vitro conservation methods in Cymbopogon (Poaceae) for sustainable development | 3rd– 5th March 2010 | University of Calcutta | NATIONAL | |
Symposium | PRESENTER | Developmental biology-NACON D Bio National Symposium | High efficiency somatic embryogenesis in Eryngium foetidum L.-a potential medicinal cum aromatic plant | 15-17th September
2010 |
Bangalore University | NATIONAL | |
Congress | PRESENTER | 4th World Ayurvedic Congress (WAC) | In vitro studies for the enhancement of bioactive compounds (essential oil) in Cymbopogon citratus DC (Stapf.) | 9-13thDecember 2010 | AYUSH, Govt. of Karnataka | INTERNATIONAL | |
Conference | PRESENTER | Dissecting the complexities of Plant biotechnology in the post-genomic era, | Comparitive studies on natural and synthetic drugs against Hepatitis B virus- an in silico approach | 21 September 2011 | CSIR & Tumkur University | NATIONAL | |
Conference | PRESENTER | Recent advances in Nanobiotechnology, | Role of Myrcene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediated fermentation process | 20-21st March 2012 | Gulbarga University | NATIONAL | |
Symposium | PRESENTER | Plant Tissue culture and Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional security | Effect of Methyl jasmonate on growth characteristics of cell suspension culture for secondary metabolite production in Cymbopogon citratus DC (Stapf.) | 11-13th March, 2013 | CSIR & CFTRI,
Mysore |
NATIONAL | |
Conference | PARTICIPANT | Advances And Innovations In Biotechnology | – | 15 & 16th Novembe, 2018 | Dayananda Sagar University & Society of Biotechnologists, Bangalore | NATIONAL. |
Invited Talks
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Name of Program | Date | Level | Name of the Institution |
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SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
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STUDIES ON BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE STABILITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL FROM Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf | Prof.K.J.Thara Saraswathi | Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology, Banagalore University | 1-04-2010 to 21-06-2015 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
On–the-job training in Plant Tissue Culture | GKVK, Bangalore | Institution | 2004 | |
Certificate course in Principles of Genetic Engineering | St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore | Regional | 2002-2003 | |
Capsule training in Biofertilizer production technology | Karnataka State Sericulture R&D Institute | Institutional | 18-28th June 2004 | |
Training program in Bioinformatics | Centre for Post Graduate studies, Jain University, Bangalore | Regional | December 2004-June 2005 | |
Short-term training course on Instrumentation techniques for Phytochemical Analysis | Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore | Institutional | 14th-16th December 2010 | |
7 day workshop on Practical approach of computational tools & methods in Drug discovery and ADMET property prediction | Biodiscovery group of life sciences, New Delhi and Department of Biological sciences, Bangalore University, Bangalore | Institutional | 5-12th March, 2014 | |
FDP on Outcome based pedagogic principles for effective teaching | NPTEL-AICTE, Govt. of India | National | August- September, 2018 | |
One day workshop on Quality control & Quality Assurance | Pharma Training Institute, Bangalore | Regional | 10-01-2019 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
Department of Electronics

Dr. Uma V
Associate Professor
Department of Electronics
Faculty Profile
Department: ELECTRONICS
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Others | Ph.D | Bangalore University | |
Others | M.Phil | Bangalore University | |
PG | M.Sc | Madras University |
Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO. | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1. | Effect of annealing in Oxygen/Argon atmosphere on the behavior of Ti-W barrier layer | SSPIndia | 2004 | 49, 2004, 470-471 |
2. | Capacitance-Voltage Characterization of Integrated Passive Device (MOS) Structure)- Capacitance | SSP India | 2007 | 52, 2007, 405-406 |
3. | Investigation of High Rate Magnetron Sputtered Multi metallic nano structured films in Microelectronics | Nanotrends | 2009 | Vol.6, issue 01, 621-627, 2009 |
4. | Significance of Nano Grain Sized Pt (100 Å) along with Ti-W/Al-Cu multi level Matallisation to VLSI substrate | Journal of Active and Passive electronic devices | 2009 | vol.5, pp 221-227, 2009 |
5. | Annealing effects on electrical and mechanical properties of Integrated Passive device-Resistor | Active and Passive electronic devices | 2009 | issue 6, vol.2, 2009 |
6. | Construction of Versatile Advanced Micro Processor based Controller for Spray Pyrolysis Unit and Study of Characterization of Nano Crystalline Tin Oxide (SnO2) Thin Films | Recent Research in Science and Technology | 2011 | 2011, 3(10): 77-80 |
7. | Humidity sensor based on nano structured ZnO thin films prepared by homemade microprocessor controlled spray pyrolysis unit on Si | J.American Institute of Physics | 2010 | 54, 333-334.2010 |
8. | Study of Nanograin sized Fe- doped ZnOfilm as transducer- Capacitance and Humidity Sensing | J.American Institute of Physics | 2011 | 1,441-442, 2011 |
9. | Ag Nano particles doped and undoped ZnO nano grain sized thin film characterization and fabrication of MOS device | International Conference on Communication, Computation, Control and Nanotechnology (ICN – 2010) | 29th and 30th October 2010 | pp. 923-925 |
10. | Characterization of Sb doped and undoped SnO2 films prepared by Microprocessor Controlled Sprat Unit | International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2010 | 24-26 Feb 2010 | pp. 163 |
11. | Characterization of Sb doped and undoped SnO2 films prepared by Microprocessor Controlled Sprat Unit | International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2010 | 24-26 Feb 2010 | pp. 163 |
12. | Tailoring the structural, optical and electrical properties of nanocrystalline SnO2 thin film as a transducer – capacitor | nanoscience, Iccnn2011 | 2011 | |
13. | Magneto transport and mechanical properties of Thermally evaporated cd chalcogenide films | Indian Journal of Pure and applied physics | Febraury 2013 | Vol 51, Febraury 2013,PP 131-137 |
14. | Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Using MgO Supported Mo-Co Catalysts by Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique | Journal of Nano | 2013 | Research Vol. 24, 2013, pp 46-59 |
15. | Preparation and Characterization of CNT based Schottky Diode | Nano Trends: A Journal of Nanotechnology and Its Applications | 15 Mar 2013 | Volume 14, Issue 1, ISSN: 0973-418X, |
16. | Electrical Characterization of Dye sensitized Nano Solar cell using Natural Pomegranate juice as Photosensitizer | SOLID STATE PHYSICS: Proceedings of the 57th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2012 AIP Conf. Proc | 2013 | 1512, 208-209 (2013) |
17. | Speaker Identification and Verification using MFCC and VQ Methods | International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology | January-2014 | Research Volume.03, IssueNo.01, January-2014, Pages:0163-0170 |
18. | Efficient reduction of leakage power in low power VLSI circuits using Sleepy Keeper Approachs | January 2015 | (IJEAS) ISSN: 2394-3661, Volume-2, Issue-1 | |
19. | Effect of Milling Time of Α-Fe2O3nanoparticle on the Energy Gap by Planetary Ball Milling | International Journal of ChemTech Research CODEN (USA): | 2014-2015 | IJCRGG ISSN: 0974-4290 Vol.7, No.3, pp 1098-1101, 2014-2015. |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1. | UGC –Major research Project titled “Fabrication and characterization of nano grain sized Tin oxide and Zinc Oxide films as Transducers”. | |
2. | UGC- Minor Project titled “Transparent conducting nano thin films as gas sensors”. | |
3. | UGC- Minor Project titled “Characterization of Biosensors for Biomedical instrumentation”. | |
4. | UGC- Minor Project titled “ Development of a low cost high speed optical mark reader using programming logic ” | |
5. | UGC Minor research titled- “ Development Wireless Sensor network protocols”. | |
6. | UGC Minor project titled “Investigation on growth behavior of CNTs by metal catalyst in Thermal CVD” |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | 11th INTERNATIONAL conference Workshop on Oxide Electronics | Participant | WOE11 OXIDE ELECTRONICS | “The role of oxide substrate on multilayered Pt/Ni-Cr/Al-Cu and Pt/Ti-W/Al-Cu FILMS” and “Fabrication and Characterization of Electron Beam deposited multilayered (Ti/Ni/Au) on Al2O3 Substrate” | October 3-5 2004 | HAKONE, JAPAN | International |
2 | International Conference | Presenter | Lasers and Nano materials | Tunneling effect study and characterization of Nano grain sized multi metal layers – Semiconductor contacts (M.S.Contact) | 30th Nov 2006 to2nd Dec 2006 | Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkota | International |
3 | INTERNATIONAL conference | Presenter | AsCA ’07 | Characterization of nanometer scale grain sized Pt on Si and PtSi/Si structures deposited by High rate magnetron sputtering | Nov 7-10 2007 | Taipei, Taiwan | International |
4 | International Conference | Presenter | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2010 | Characterization of Sb doped and undoped SnO2 films prepared by Microprocessor Controlled Sprat Unit | 24-26 Feb 2010 | Dept of Physics, SRM University Chennai | International |
5 | Conference | Presenter | 55th DAE-Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE – SSPS 2010) | Humidity sensor based on nano structured ZnO thin films prepared by homemade microprocessor controlled spray pyrolysis unit on Si | December 26th to 30th , 2010 | Manipal University, Manipal | International |
6 | International Conference | Presenter | Globalization- Will the 21st Century be Asia‟s? | Technology, Will Asia become the center for innovation in the 21st century? | 27th and 28th January 2011 | Mount Carmel Institute of Management, Bangalore | International |
7 | Conference | Presenter | First International Conference on Large Area & Flexible Microelectronics ILAFM 2014 | 2014 | engineering college, Bangalore | International | |
8 | National Seminar | Presenter | Current trends in Material Sciences | Morphological studies of Multi layer films on Si before and after annealing | 23rd, 24th, March 2001 | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala | National |
9 | National symposium | Presenter | Spectroscopy, | 1.“Spectroscopy Investigation and annealing effects of Multi layered films on Si”
2.“Characterization of Anti reflection coating on Si solar cell using SEM and Reflectance” |
Dec 2001 | Sri venkateshwara, University, Tirupati | National |
10 | National seminar | Presenter | Vacuum and Thin film Technology | Structural and Optical and Electrical characterization of MIM capacitor | sep. 2002 | department of Instrumentation, IISc, Bangalore | National |
11 | Seminar | Presenter | Recent trends in Physics | “Study of Nano particle PtSi films prepared by r.f sputtering”
“Role of Si/Al2O3 substrate on multi layer films” |
Dec 2002 | Hyderabad central university | National |
12 | Indian science Congress seminar | Presenter | Frontier Science and Cutting edge Technology‟, Bangalore | Characterization of Ti-W/Al-Cu films prepared by Magnetron sputtering | Jan 2003 | National | |
13 | Seminar | Presenter | MF 2004 | Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Structural Studies of Nano particle Pt on Si films | Dec 26-30 2004 | Material Research Centre | National |
14 | Seminar | Presenter | 48th Solid State Symposium | Influence of annealing metallic multi layer on Si | Dec 2003 | DAE Gwalier India | National |
15 | Seminar | Presenter | 49th DAE Solid State Symposium 2004 | Effect of annealing in oxygen/argon atmosphere on the behavior of Ti-W barrier layer | Dec 2004 | Amirstar, India | National |
16 | National Symposium | Presenter | National Symposium on Instrumentation | Electrical, Mechanical characterization of Integrated passive Device-Resistor | Dec 2005 | Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India | National |
17 | Seminar | Presenter | Significance of nano grain sized Pt (100 Å) along with Ti-W /Al-Cu multi level metallisation to VLSI Substrate | Dec 2005 | Sri Venkateshwara University Tirupathi | National | |
18 | National workshop | Presenter | Nano structured materials and Application | Preparation and Characterization of Nano Structured metallic films in microelectronics | January 2007 | Stalla Maries college and Indian Institute technology, Chennai | National |
19 | National Seminar | Presenter | Nanomaterials Today and Future | Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Zno nanoparticles | 8th and 9th Jan 2009 | Department of Chemistry, St Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad | National |

Ms. Hasitha K
HOD
Department of Electronics
Faculty Profile
Department: ELECTRONICS
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
Doctorate | Ph.D. | Bangalore University | Pursuing |
M.Phil. | M.Phil. Electronics | Bharathidasan University, Trichy | 2006 |
Masters | M.Sc. Electronics | Bangalore University, Bangalore | 2000 |
Bachelors | B.Sc(Physics, Mathematics, Electronics) | Maharani’s Science College,Bangalore | 1998 |
Publications
SL.NO. | Name of the Authors | Title | Book Name | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1 | Manjesh, Hasitha K., Bhoi A.K., Garg A. | Comparative Study of Harmonics and Total Harmonic Distortion of Five-Phase Inverter Drive with Five-Phase Multilevel Inverter Drive Using Simulink/MATLAB. | Advances in Power Systems and Energy Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering | 2018 | vol 436. Springer, Singapore pp-33-38, volume 436. |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | National Seminar | Participant | Enhancing Competencies in Communication, Students | 15th and 16th Feb 2007 | Mount Carmel College ,Bangalore | National | |
2 | Seminar | Participant | Emerging trends in Embedded Systems | 2nd and 3rd Nov 2009 | Vijaya college, Bangalore | Institutional |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date |
1 | Advanced Signal Processing Techniques | BNMIT campus | Institutional | 7/04/06 and 08/04/06 |
2 | Wireless Communication | BNMIT | Institutional |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | Temperature controller | CPE funded project |
2 | Design and development of Optical Mark Reader using FPGA | UGC funded Minor Research Project |
Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | M.Phil : Development of Impedance spectrometer | Dr. J T Devaraju | Bharathidasan University | 2006 |

Dr. Upendra Raju A
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics
Faculty Profile
Department: Electronics
Qualification
Name | Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
PhD | PhD | Bangalore University | 2014 |
PG | M.Sc. (Electronics) | Bangalore University | 2000 |
UG | BSc (PME) | Bangalore University | 1997 |
NET | NET | UGC | 2012 |
Articles in Journals
SL.NO. | Name of Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue No/Page No |
1
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Natarajan, Pradeep; Raju, A. Upendra; Fathima, Nazia; Uma, V. | Flexible Silver Coated Over Head Projector (OHP) Sheet Electrode for Piezoelectric Generator Using Silk, ZnO Composite |
Materials Focus, American Scientific Publishers
|
October 2018
|
Volume 7, Number 5 pp. 677-682(6) |
2 | M.S. Likitha, Sri Raksha R. Gupta, K. Hasitha and A. Upendra Raju | Speech Based Human Emotion Recognition Using MFCC | IEEE Xplore DOI: 10.1109/WiSPNET.2017.8300161 | April- 2017 | pp2286-2289 |
3 | Monisha S, Priya M, A. Upendra Raju and Uma V | Efficient reduction of leakage power in low power VLSI circuits using Sleepy Keeper approach | International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (IJEAS), ISSN: 2394-3661 (Impact Factor 1.227) | January 2015 | Vol.2, Issue 1, pp.62-65 |
4 | A. Upendra Raju and Jyothi Balakrishnan | Improving the speed of the Method of Moments technique in large body scattering problems using the sparse matrix method. | IEEE Xplore DOI: 10.1109/IC3I.2014.7019785 | Nov 2014 | pp. 957 – 961. |
5 | Shilna Sasheendran, Spoorthi M J, Upendra Raju A, Shalini B C, Uma V | Speaker Identification and Verification using MFCC and VQ methods | International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology Research, ISSN: 2319-8885. (Impact Factor 2.753) | January-2014 |
Vol.3, Issue 1, pp. 0163-0170, |
6
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A. Upendra Raju and Jyothi Balakrishnan | Performance analysis of CEM techniques for prediction of RCS of a complex shaped body. | International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562. | April-2012 | Volume 7, Number 4, pp. 411-420.. |
7 | A. Upendra Raju and Jyothi Balakrishnan | A novel method for RCS reduction of a complex shaped aircraft using partial RAM coating | International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, ISSN 2277-3754. | August-2012 | Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 52-56 |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
SL.NO. | Name of Authors | Type of Program | Role | Name of Program | Title of Paper | Date | Organising Institution | Level |
1 | A. Upendra Raju, Pradeep N and Uma V | International conference | Presenter | International conference on Technology in Redefining Health (ICONTRH-2017) | Flexible and wearable CNT antenna for medical Imaging applications | 22-23 Nov 2017 | Mount Carmel College | International. |
2 | M.S. Likitha, Sri Raksha R. Gupta, K. Hasitha and A. Upendra Raju | International conference | Presenter. | IEEE International conference on Wireless communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2017) | Speech Based Human Emotion Recognition Using MFCC | March 22-24, 2017 | SSN College of Engineering, Chennai | International. |
3 | A. Upendra Raju and Jyothi Balakrishnan | International conference | Presenter. | International conference on contemporary computing and informatics | Improving the speed of the Method of Moments technique in large body scattering problems using the sparse matrix method | November 27-29, 2014 | SJ College of Engineering, Mysuru. | International. |
4 | Monisha S, Priya M, A. Upendra Raju and Uma V | International conference | Presenter | First International Conference on Large Area & Flexible Microelectronics – ILAFM 2014 | Sleepy Keeper Approach for reducing leakage power in low power VLSI circuits | December 18 -20, 2014 | R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, | International. |
5 | A. Upendra Raju, Yoginder Kumar Negi and Jyothi Balakrishnan. | International conference | Author | The 27th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics, Williamsburg, Virginia | RCS Estimation of Complex Shaped Aircraft and RCS Reduction using Partial RAM Coating | March 27-31, 2011 | Williamsburg, Virginia | International. |
6 | A. Upendra Raju, Aditya Ramani and Jyothi Balakrishnan | International conference | Presenter | International conference on computational fluid dynamics, Acoustics, heat transfer and Electromagnetics (CFEMATCON-06) | RCS analysis of complex shaped RAM coated aircraft using Fast Multipole method (FMM) | July 2006 | Andhra University College of Engineering, Vizag, Andhrapradesh | International. |
7 | Dondla Leela Vasundhara, Maria Archana, Suma N and A. Upendra Raju | National Conference | Coauthor | National Conference -Future India: Science & Technology | Automatic Lane clearance system for Ambulance | 10th and 11th October 2018 | Oxford College of Science, Bangalore | National |
8 | A. Upendra Raju, Pradeep N and Uma V | National conference | Presenter | National conference on Nanoscience – A multidisciplinary Approach | Design and analysis of low cost and high frequency microstrip carbon nano tube patch antenna | 10th & 11th Feb 2016 | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | National |
9 | Himangi Srivatsava, Reena Pradhan, A. Upendra Raju and Uma V | National Conference | Coauthor | National Conference on Evolving Trends and Challenges of Declining Science Education and Research – an Exploration | Design of 16 bit ALU using reversible logic gates | 29th and 30th Jan 2016 | KLE College, Bangalore | National |
10 | Sandhya, Shilpashree, A. Upendra Raju and Uma V | National Conference | Coauthor | National Conference on Recent Trends in Physical Sciences | VHDL Design and Performance Analysis of Low Power, High Speed and Low Area Multipliers | Feb 2016 | Jain University, Bangalore | National |
Own MPhil/PhD Thesis
SL.NO. | Title | Guide Name | Institution | MonthYear |
1 | PhD Thesis: Radar cross section (RCS) analysis of radar absorbing material (RAM) coated complex shaped bodies. | Dr. Jyothi Balakrishnan | Bangalore University
Bangalore |
January 2014 |
Workshop/FDP/Training Programme Attended
SL.NO. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Date | ||||
1 | Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics | BMS College of Engineering
Bangalore |
State | 21-01-2008 to 4-02-2008 | ||||
2 | TEQIP workshop on “Modeling of Large Area & Flexible Microelectronic Systems, Synthesis and Static Timing Analysis” | R V College of Engineering, Bangalore. | International | 28th Jan2013 to 2nd Feb 2013 | ||||
3 | Seminar/workshop on Embedded systems | Vijaya College, Bangalore | State | Nov-2009 | ||||
4 | Seminar/workshop on VLSI & VHDL | HKES College, Bangalore | State | Jan-2010 |
Awards / Achievements / Others
SL.NO. | Name of the Award/Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |
1 | Best poster | A. Upendra Raju, Pradeep N and Uma V, Design and analysis of low cost and high frequency microstrip carbon nano tube patch antenna, Proceedings of National conference on Nanoscience – A multidisciplinary Approach, Selected as best poster | Mount Carmel College, Bangalore | 10th & 11th Feb 2016 |
2 | Session Chair | Chaired a session on networking and computing in the International conference on contemporary computing and informatics (IC3I-2014). | SJ College of Engineering, Mysuru. | Nov – 2014 |
Minor / Major Projects
SL.NO. | Name of the Project | Description |
1 | Mount Carmel College – Major Project | Patterned metal decorated Carbon Nano scroll & Graphene as Wearable and Eco friendly Antenna for Medical Applications |
2 | UGC-Minor project | Radar Cross Section (RCS) reduction using Multi Walled Carbon Nano Tube (MWCNT) – polymer (Epoxy) composites |
3 | Mount Carmel College – Minor Project | Design and analysis of low cost and high frequency microstrip carbon nano tube patch antenna |
4 | Mount Carmel College – Minor Project | Fabrication and Characterization of Microstrip patch antenna using CNT for WLAN Applications |

Ms. Suma N
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics
Faculty Profile
Dept. of Electronics
- Qualification
Area | Programme | Institution /University | Year |
Nanoelectronics | Ph.d | Bangalore University | Persuing |
Electronics | M.Phil | Bharathidasan University | 2007 |
Electronics | M.Sc | University of Mysore | 2003 |
- Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
Sl.No | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organizer | Name of Program | Level | Date |
1. | Orientation Program | Government Science College | One day Orientation Programme on “Recent Trends in Electronics and Revision of UG – Electronics Syllabus” | State | 4/4/ 2018 |
2. | International Conference | Mount Carmel College | Technology in Redefining Health | International | 23/11/2017 |
3. | Seminar | Indian Carbon Society, Bengaluru chapter, AeSI | Current Trends in Carbon Materials | National | 4/8/2017 |
4. | International Conference | RV College of Engineering | Large Area Flexible Microelectronics ILAFM-2016 | International | 20/12/2016 to 22/12/2016 |
5. | National Conference | Jain University | Recent Trends in Physical Sciences-RTPS-16 | National | 26/2/2016 |
6. | workshop | RV College of Engineering | Real Time Embedded System Design | National | 5/8/2013 to 9/8/2013 |
7. | National level Seminar | Christ University | Latest Trends in Wireless Communication | National | 15/2/2013
16/2/2013 |
8. | National level workshop | Christ University | Electronic Instrumentation and Applications | National | 7/9/20118/9/2011 |
9. | State level | Vijaya College | Emerging trends in Embedded Systems | State | 2/11/2009
3/11/2009 |
10. | State | Maharani’s Science College for Women | Advanced Experiments in Electronic communication and Microprocessor | State | 5/3/2009
6/3/2009 |
11. | State level Workshop | Christ University | Microcontroller and Embedded Systems | State | 19/9/2008
20/9/2008 |
12. | State level Workshop | Maharani’s Science College for Women | Advanced Experiments in Electronic Communication and Microprocessor | State | 05/3/2009
06/3/2009
|
13. | Workshop | Mount Carmel College | Workshop for Higher Education Academicians
Latex and Moodle
|
Institutional | 9/1/2016 |
14. | Refresher Course
Under FDP |
Mount Carmel College | Research Methodology and statistics | Institutional | 16/03/2018
22/03/2018 |
15. | International | Mount Carmel College | A Vision for Higher Education – 2030 | International Conference | 30/07/2015
30/07/2015 |
16. | Mount Carmel College | Faculty Enrichment Programme 2015 | Institutional | 1/6/2015
6/6/2015 |
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17. | FDP | Mount Carmel College | Transformation – 2012 | Institutional | 23/8/2012
24/8/2012 |
18. | Workshop | Jyothy Institute of Technology | Workshop on Material Characterizations by SEM and PXRD | Institutional | 4/1/2019 |
19. | Workshop | Global Academy of Technology
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Institutional |
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Vijaya College | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Articles in Journals / Publications
SL.NO | Title | Name of the journal | Date of Publication | Volume No/Issue NO/Page No |
- Workshop /FDP/Training programme attended
SL.NO | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme | Name of Organiser | Name of Program | Level | Date |
- Awards/Achievements /Others
SL.NO | Name of the Award / Achievement | Description | Organization | Month/Year |

Mrs. Rithu R
Lecturer
Department of Electronics