Associate Professor and Head of the Department Contact Details Qualifications| Degree | University | Year | | M.Sc. | University of Madras | 1989 | | M.Phil. | University of Madras | 1990 | | Ph.D. | University of Madras | 2013 |
Title of the Ph.D. Thesis: Studies on the production, purification, characterization
and immobilization of α- amylase from Aspergillus tamarii for
eco-friendly
leather processing. Title of the M.Phil Thesis: Studies on enzyme
associated with respiration in a cestode parasite (Avitellina lohorea)
Date of Joining the College: 1 February, 2001
Areas of Interest Publications - "Pentachlorophenol degradation by Pseudomonas
aeruginosa" Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol.10, 1994.
- "Production of antimicrobial potential of broad
spectrum antimicrobial proteins from a new strain of B.amyloliquifaciens MBL27" International Journal of Pharmaceutical
Science Vol.3, Suppln 4, 2011.
- "Antimicrobial protein production by B.amyloliquifaciens MBL27 optimization
of culture conditions using Taquechi’s experimental design" Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Vol.4, No.8, 2011.
- "Hydrolysis of tannery fleshing’s using enzymes;
biotechnological approach for solid waste management" Tanners Get Together-
2011
- "Enzymatic
hydrolysis of alkali pre-treated rice straw for the enhanced production of
fermentable sugars", Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 2015,
7(2): 591-597
Other Achievements- Joint CSIR-UGC Test qualified 1991
- Award of Teacher Fellowship under FDP- XI plan period (Teacher Fellow Code: ETFTNMD017)
- Attended Training Programme on Bioinformatics conducted by TANUVAS (funded by UGC) Chennai 2007.
- Attended Orientation Course at Academic Staff College, University of Madras 07.11.2002- 04.12.2002
- Attended Refresher Course at Academic Staff College, University of Madras Bioinformatics 14.02.2007 -06.03.2007
- Attended Refresher Course at Academic Staff College, University of Madras Nano sciences 19.11.2013 - 09.12.2013
- Attended International Conference of Leather Science Technology (AICLST) -Influence of metal ions on the
production and stability of alkaline protease production by Aspergillus tamarii for application in
leather processing,Nov 2010 Kolkata, India.
- Attended Conference on Hydrolysis of Tannery fleshings using enzymes: Biotechnological approach for solid waste management. Leather Research Industry Get-Together (LERIG), 2011.
- Attended Conference on Enzyme consortium of Aspergillus tamarii MTCC5152 for greener
beam house processing of hides. XXXI IULTCS Congress Valencia (Spain) -
September 27th-30th 2011
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