Botany Department
Name : Dr. N. Vasudevan
Date of Birth : 14-04-1966
Email id : nvasu_gri@rediffmail.com
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG – 17 years & PG – 17 years
Students Guided : M.Phil – 04
Area of Interest : Environmental Biotechnology
Papers Published : National – 04 & International – 08
Workshop Attended : National – 12 & International – 05
Conference (National & International) : 16
Guiding Ph.D. Scholars : 04
Name : Dr. D. Kathiresan
Date of Birth : 12-02-1965
Email id : kathiresansnc@gmail.com
Mobile : 98942 68332
Phone : 0452 4393309
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG – 13 years & PG – 13 years
Students Guided : M.Phil – 2
Area of Interest : Plant Physiology , Biochemistry , Biodiversity
Papers Published : National – 06 & International – 02
Workshop Attended : National – 15 & International – 02
Name : Dr. S. Rajendran
Date of Birth : 08-07-1963
Email id : s.rajendrann@yahoo.co.in
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG – 12 years & PG – 12 years
Students Guided : M.Phil – 25 (guiding) & Ph.D – 02, Ongoing (06)
Area of Interest : Microbiology, Environmental Science & Biotechnology
Papers Published : National – 08 (30 articles in media) & International – 10
Workshop Attended : National – 20 & International –10
Three Research Projects : UGC, DST, Visited Switzerland, England,Germany, Malaysia & Hongkong
Conducted more than 20 self employment training to the general public
Consultant for Municipal Solid waste Management for Municipalities.
Name : Dr. S. Sankaralingam
Age & Date of Birth : 39 years & 15.06.1979
Present Designation : Assistant Professor
Official Address : P.G. & Research Department of Botany,
Saraswathi Narayanan College,
Madurai – 625 022.
Residential Address : 31/62, Vidwan Ponnu Samy Pillai Street,
North Avani Moola Street,
Madurai – 625 001.
Mobile : +91 8489424084
E-mail : biosankaralingam@yahoo.co.in
biosankaralingam@gmail.com
Experience in Teaching : 12 years
Experience in Research : 14 years
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., B. Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Area of Specialization : Microbial Biotechnology & Bioprocess technology
Courses Attended : 1. Orientation Course – 1
2. Refresher Course – 2
Papers Presented :
Paper Presented in National level Seminars / Workshops / Conference – 9
Paper Presented in International level Seminars / Workshops / Conference – 5
Research Publications:
Research Publications in International Journals – 40
Research Publications in National Journals – 08
Sequences submitted in GenBank (Accession numbers) NCBI:
16S rRNA – 36 and 18S rRNA – 14
Completed Research project :
1 (UGC-2015 – 2018; With effect from 01 – 07 – 2015 to 30 - 06 - 2018; Rs.14,10,000/-)
Books Published : Books Edited – 1
Foreign country visited: Malaysia, Singapore & Japan
Awards received : 5
Fellowship received : 4
Name : Dr. K. Suresh
Date of Birth : 09-05-1982
Email id : suresh_zoo2010@yahoo.com & sureshgru2010@gmail.com
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG – 12 years, PG – 12 years & M.Phil – 12 years
Students Guided : M.Sc. – 10, M.Phil. – 08, Ph.D. – 9 (Guiding - 2)
Area of Interest : Medicinal Plants, Ethnobotany, Biodiversity and Tissue Culture
Papers Published : 56
Conferences / Seminars : International – 20 & National – 30
Awards : Junior Reasearch Fellow – UGC, New Delhi
Post Doctral Fellow : Copenhagen University,Denmark and UGC, Delhi.
Number of Book Chapter : 01
List of Books Authored : 1. Pteridophytic Flora of Agamalai Hills in Western Ghats
Membership :
(i) Editorial Board Member : Plants Archives -International Journal of Plant Research
(ii) Editorial Board Member : International Journal of Research in Ayurvedic and Pharmacy
(iii) International Society of Ethno Biology, USA
(iv) Indian Science Congress Association,(Culcutta, India)
Name : Dr. S. Prakash
Designation : Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : 29-07-1976
Email id : SPRAKASHSNC@GMAIL.COM
Mobile No : +91 8526 553519
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG -3 years and PG -3 years
Research Eexperience : 7 years
Students Guided : M.Phil., – NIL Ph.D.,Guiding – NIL
Papers Published : National -3 & International – 10
Number of Book Chapters Authored : 06
Workshop / Seminars attended : National -22& International – 14
Areas of interest : Plant Biotechnology, Plant Virology, Genetic Engineering, Pollination Biology
Other details (if any) :
1.Postdoctoral Scientist, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, The Volcani Center, Israel.
2.Visiting Scientist – MASHAV, International Development Co-operation in Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel.
3.CIMAP Winter School Fellow, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4.Senior Research Fellowship – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
5.Junior Research Fellowship – Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
6.Merit Based scholarship – Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Collegiate Education, Madras, India.
7.University Rank Holder M.Sc., degree.
Name : Dr. T. Athiperumalsamy 
Designation : Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : 15-06-1981
Email id : aathi81@gmail.com
Mobile No : +91 9789717066
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG -7 years and PG -7 years
Research Eexperience : 11 years
Papers Published : National -06 & International – 8
Workshop / Seminars attended : National -05 & International – 02
Areas of interest : Marine Biology
Name : Dr. A. Saravanakumar
Designation : Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : 10-04-1983
Email id : sarwanbio@gmail.com
Mobile No : +91 98429 75656
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc., M.Phil., PMCPGE, Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG -4 years and PG -4 years
Research Eexperience : 11 years
Students Guided : M.Phil., – NIL Ph.D.,Guiding – NIL
Papers Published : National -03 & International – 07
Workshop / Seminars attended : National -05 & International – 02
Areas of interest : Plant Tissue culture, Genetic Engineering, rDNA Technology
Book Published : Laboratory manual of Basic Techniques in Plant Molecular Biology
Other details (if any) :
1. Project Student Fellowship – UGC Major Research Project
Purification and cloning of cytokinin oxidase/dehyrogenase gene for metabolic engineering in Withania somnifera L. Dunal.
PG & Research Dept. of Botany, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy.
2. Junior Research Fellowship – DRDO Research Project
Partial purification of chitin deacetylase gene from marine microorganisms.
Dept. of Plant Science, Bhrathidasan University.
3.Project Student Fellowship – UGC Major Research Project
Functional genomics to clone rice genes for sheath blight resistance
Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University
4.Best Paper Presentation Award – Second Prize
GA3 mediated sprouting response in Potato
National Seminar on Advances in Biophraming Technologies
Nehru Memorial College, Trichy
Name : Dr. P. Packiaraj
Designation : Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : 03-05-1987
Email id : packia008raj@gmail.com
Mobile No : +91 9943 469348
Academic Qualifications : M.SC., M.Phil., PGDCA.,SET, Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG -1 year and PG -1 year
Research Eexperience : 4 years
Papers Published : National -03 & International – 12
Workshop / Seminars attended : National - 07 & International – 01
Areas of interest : Plant Taxonomy,Ecological and Environmental Studies,Plant Tissue Culture and Conservation Biology
Name : Dr. S. KARTHIKKUMARAN
Designation : Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : 13-11-1986
Email id : dr.karthikkumaran@gmail.com
Mobile No : +91 9944228612
Academic Qualifications : M.Sc. (Biotech.)., M.B.A., M.Sc. (Bot.)., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Teaching Experience : UG - 4 years and PG - 5 years
Research Eexperience : 5 years
Areas of interest : Bioprospecting of Medicinal Plants
Papers Published : International – 05
Workshop attended : National - 05 & International – 01
Conference attended : 23 (National & International)
Paper Presented in Conferences : International : 2, National : 5
1. Postdoctoral Fellow : Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, Karnataka.
2. PG Research Project : University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal.
3. University Research Fellowship: Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.