* Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai,
Tamilnadu , India
Ph.D., Zoology
(Under University of Madras)
Loyola College, Chennai -600 034,
Tamil Nadu, India.
Research Thesis and Field of Research
Ph.D. Thesis
Title:
Impact of heavy metal pollutants the (Cadmium & Chromium) on the physiology of fish Catla catla (Ham).
Environmental Health and Bio-Technology
GIS Mapping on Storm Water Drain
Impact of Biopesticides on Mosquitoe Control
Waste Water Treatment Technology
Isoloation and characterization of metallothionein and its detoxification mechanism
Teaching , Research Experience, Research Publications
Teaching & Research Experience
Worked as a Reader in Zoology, Loyola College in Chennai, India. Since December 1992,
Teaching and Research experience in Higher Education
Research Experience
Guiding students for Ph.D Since 1996
Currently guiding and supervising 11 Scholars undergoing research leading to Ph.D.Under University of Madras, Chennai
Four scholars obtained Ph.D. from the University of Madras, Chennai.
Guiding students for M.Phil: Since 1996.
10 scholars obtained M.Phil from the University of Madras, Chennai.
M.Sc: Guided dissertation work for 40 Students in different Environmental field
Research Publications
45 research publications in National and International Journals
Research Project - Ongoing Projects
1
"Efficacy of Azardica indica in controlling the Vector mosquitoes of Chennai City" funded by E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd
2
Studies on redox potential of Metallothioneins against heavy Metals" Completed Projects
3
An ecosystem approach to managing urban environments for human health”, (in collaboration with “McMaster University “Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
4
“GIS Strategy for Storm Water Management in Relevance with Public Health Issues of Chennai Corporation Area” by Loyola College jointly with University of Madras and Chennai Corporation funded by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, Rs. 51.41 lakhs
5
“Community based disaster preparedness of Pulicate (Team Project) Netherland , Rs.1.5 crore
6
“Effect of Heavy Metal Pollutants on the Induction of Biomarker Protein Metallothioneins in the selective edible organisms of the Costal area of Tamilnadu MOEN Rs.12,60,140.00
7
Effect of Heavy Metal Pollutants on the Induction of Metallothioneins in selected species of edible fishes. Rs.6,02,600.00
Teaching & Research Awards
1
Environmental Awareness and Received Education Award (2000- 2001) by Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu
2
Achievement Award-2007 by Indian Science Monitor
Rev. Fr. T.A. Mathias National Award for Innovative College Teachers from AIACHI, New Delhi
3
‘Man of the Year’ (1999) given by American Biographical Institute, Inc. USA
4
Distinguish Leadership Award (1999) given by American Biographical Institute, Inc. USA.
5
Award of Young Scientists Fellowship for the year 1998 from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
6
Rev. Fr. Yeddanapalli Research Award (1994) from Research Committee, Loyola College, Chennai
7
Loyola Environmental Award instituted by SECNARM, P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai (2004).
8
Nominated as Chief co-ordinator for the Red Ribbon Clubs of various colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu by Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, Since September 2003
9
Award of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, 1991
Administrative Experience
Director, Unit of Environmental Health & Biotechnology & GIS, P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai 600 034.
Executive Member, Research Project Wing, Loyola College, Since 2005.
Assistant Director, Loyola College,Hostel, for one year (1994– 1995).
Deputy Director, Loyola College Hostel, for two years (1995 – 1997).
Faculty Advisor, Enviro Club of Loyola, since 1996.
Faculty Advisor, Rotaract Club of Loyola College, for two years (1994 – 1996).
Faculty Advisor, Forum for Intellectual Advancement, Loyola College, since 1997
Director, Ignatian Institute for Career development, Loyola College, since 1999
Faculty Advisor, Enviro Club of Loyola, Loyola College, since 1999.
Editor, “Green News”, Quarterly News Letter, since 2002.
Editor, Magazine on HIV/AIDS, Quarterly News Letter, since 2004.
Director, Environmental Science Courses, Loyola College, since 2004
Membership in Scientific forum and societies
Content
Member
Steering Committee Member for Project “ELEPHANT”, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India
Member
IITC, Hyderabad
Project Advisory Committee to evaluate the project on Integrated Information system for the control of Malaria in Arunachal Pradesh sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India.
Member
Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE), Loyola College, Chennai
Since 1995 Board of Editor - Convergence an Inter Disciplinary Research, International Journal.
Member
Research Board of Advisors
American Biographical Institute, Inc. USA.
Committee
Member
Invertebrate Conservation Network
Free malaria Chennai at Health department Government of Tamilnadu
Committee
Member
Strom water Drain management for Chennai at Corporation of Chennai.
Coordinator
Clean and Green Streets in Chennai at Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Environmental awareness Programme & Mass Education Campaigns
Organised one-day seminar and campaign on "Eco-friendly campus" at Loyola College, Chennai in collaboration with Tami Nadu State Council for Science & Technology (2002).
Organised "Dengue control day" in collaboration with E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd and Corporation of Chennai (2001) involving Members of Enviro Club of Loyola College and General Public of Corporation division 77, 78, and 118.
Organised "Anti-tyre burning Campaign" in the city of Madras in collaboration with Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu (2001)
Delivered an invited lecture on "People's Participation in Environmental Protection" open to students and general public at Loyola College, Chennai (2000)
Organised a campaign on "Health Perspective Problem and Solution" at Loyola College to the students, staff and general public.(2000)
State level conference on HIV/AIDS Awareness for college students at Loyola College, Chennai (2003)
A Two-Days Orientation programme on Environmental Studies for Faculty Members (9th and 10th November 2004)
Seminars/ Symposia/ Conferences Organised
National Conference on "Energy Crisis and Environment" (1997)
National Seminar on "Living Resources for the Millennium 2000" (1998).
Seminar on "Energy Conservation" (1998).
International Conference on "Environment and Bioethics" (1999).
Young Scientists' Conference on “Environment, Health and Food" (1999).
National Symposium on "Recent Trends in Combating Mosquitoes" (2000)
State Level Conference on "Popularising Eco friendly Practices in Educational Institutions" 2003.
A Two-Days Orientation programme on “Environmental Studies” for Faculty Members (9th and 10th November 2004)
A half day Seminar on “Interlinking of River” for Loyola College Students (30th November 2004).
Seminar on “Global Drug Trade and Drug abuse – the Twin Evils” for youths in the Universities and Colleges (15th December 2004).
Programmes Participated
National symposium on "Environmental Biology" held in the P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, 2nd - 4th April 1987.
9th Annual Session of AEB symposium on "Environmental Risk Assessment and Management" held at Jai Research Foundation, Valvada, Gujarat, 29th - 31st December 1988.
10th Annual Session of AEB International symposium on "Environmental Impact of Bio – systems" held at the Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai, 13th - 17th December 1989.
11th Annual Session of AEB symposium on "Environmental Pollutants and Resources of Land and Water" held at Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 21st - 23rd December 1991.
National Seminar on "Relevance of the Environmental Education" held at the Department of Zoology, Loyola College, conducted by Peace and Environmental Education Group, 8th - 9th February 1991.
National seminar on "Natural Resource Management" held at the Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai, 5th - 6th October 1992.
Symposium on "National/Growth, Development and Natural Resource Conservation" held at the Department of Zoology, D.A.V. (P.G) College, Muzaffarnagar, 8th - 10th October 1998.
Attended “Madurai Jesuit Higher Education Commission (MAJHEC) Lecturers meet at Chennai on June 24, 25 2000.
National Conference on “Recent Trends in Bio Technology and Bio Control Approaches in New Millennium” at IICT from 18th -20th July, 2000.
International Conference on Woman: “Bio Technology, Environmental & Non- Conventional energy” on Oct-17th - 21st 2000,IICT, Hyderabad.
Conference on Development of Biogas and Renewable Energy Programs in Educational Institutions on 21st December 2001 at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore organized by the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources and the Department of Sociology and Environmental Sciences.
Conference on Renewable Energy organised by the Ministry of Non- Conventional Energy sources at Chennai from 21.06.2002.
Fourth World Neem Conference on "NEEM 2002", in Mumbai November 27th - 30th 2002.
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2004 Partnerships for sustainable Development Addressing the WEHAB agenda organized by TEERI, New Delhi, 4-7 February 2004.
Chairperson: State Level Symposium on “Hi-tech & Instrumentation in Medical Laboratory Technology for the diagnosis of human diseases” held at Dept. of Zoology & Medical Laboratory Technology and Loyola Institute of Vocational Education, Loyola College, Chennai-34, 10th December 2004.
Chairman: National Conference on “Tsunami and Disaster Management” held at Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE), Loyola College, Chennai-34, 30 & 31 August, 2005
Seminar on Critical Environment Issues, organised by Association of British Scholars, British Council held in Raintree Hotel, Chennai. 10th September 2005
Consultation Workshop on “State of Environment Report for Tamil Nadu” organised by Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu held on 23rd May 2005.
Chairperson: State level seminars and symposia on “Biogeoinformatics 2005 in the wake of Tsunami” on 28th February to March 2005
Resource Person: Quality improvement of Colleges, Dept of Higher Education, Government of Tamilnadu.
Lectures Delivered
Delivered Lecture on Recent Trends in Biological Sciences ( Human Genome Project) at Refresher Course in Zoology for Government College Teacher, Directorate of Collegiate Education held on 19.10.2005 in Ethiraj College for Women
Delivered Lecture on “Advanced course in Bioinformatics” 2005-2006 jointly organized by IICT-Govt. of India, CDAC and JNTU Hyderabad 9th September 2005
Delivered Lecture on “Human Genome Project at Biology Division IICT Govt. of India, Hyderabad 9th October 2004
Delivered Lecture on “Redox Mechanism of Metallothionein at Mahaver Hospital, hyderabad 8th October 2004
Delivered Lecture on “Human Genome Project at Biology Division IICT Govt. of India, Hyderabad on 7th July 2003.
Delivered Lecture on Biological Determination at Police Training College, Chennai.
Books Written, Books Edited
Books Written
Applied Genetics
Practical Biotechnology
Environental Eduation (in Tamil)
Books Edited
Energy Crisis and Environment (1997).
Energy Conservation (1998).
Environment and Bio-ethics (1999).
Environment, Health and Food a Futuristic view (1999).
Recent Trends in Combating Mosquitoes (2000).
Environment, Biodiversity and Bioethics: Current Trends & Future Directions. (2002).
Resource Person for Job Oriented Diploma Courses
P.G. Diploma in Environmental Management,
Department of Zoology,
Loyola College, Chennai – 34.
P.G. Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technique,
Department of Zoology,
Loyola College, Chennai – 34.
D. Pharm, Madras College of Pharmacy,
Chennai (From 31.07.1990 to 0.09.1990).
P.G. Diploma in Tourism,
Loyola Institute of Vocational Education,
Loyola College, Chennai – 34.
Speechs in Media on Environment and Science & Technology
Topics
Global Warming
Organic Farming
Ozone Layer depletion
Acid Rain
Anti Tyre Burning
Bio pesticide
Land Pollution
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
E-Waste
Soil Pollution
Chickungunya
Water Harvesting
Water purification
Mosquito
Biological Process
Forest Storm
Water Drain
Water Treatment
Short Term Courses & Training Programmes organized
National workshop on "Aquatic Pollution" held at P.G. and Research Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai from 31st October to 12th November, 1988.
Short – term Training course on "Application of Electron Microscopy and Cytochemical Technique in the Diagnosis of Fish Disease", held at University of Madras in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi from May 20th to June 10th, 1996.
Training Course on ‘Information Technology’ held at Madras Veterinary College, Chennai in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi from 4th to 8th October 1999.
Workshop on "Bioinformatics" held at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, 24th - 26th November 2000.
Awareness Programme on “Natural Hazards and Environment” at Department of Geology, University of Madras on 10th 2001.
Training Course on ‘Recent Advances in Molecular Cell Biology’ held at UGC Academic Staff College University Of Madras Chennai from 5th-25th November 2003.
Training Course on ‘Ecology of Coastal Environment’ held at UGC Academic Staff College University of Madras Chennai from 9th February - 01st March 2005
