Centre for Research and Development
Information Brochure - 2017
DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY(U/s 3 of UGC Act 1956)
Thanjavur 613 403 - Tamil Nadu - India
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science & Technology (PRIST)
S.No Activity Place Year Coordinators 1 Awareness Programme On Medicinal Plants wealth to school students PRP school Thanjavur 2009 Dr. R. Elango Madhavan & Dr. R.S. David Paul Raj 2 Blood Group Analysis to School Children Govt Higher Secondary School, Vellur 2009 Dr. A Sohna Chandra 3 Spreading awareness of cancer to Academic and Non academic staff PRIST University- East Campus Thanjavur 2012 Dr. R. Suja pandian & Dr. J. Karthikeyan 4 Cancer Awareness Programme to School Children PRPHS School Thanjavur 2012 Dr. R. Suja pandian & Dr. J. Karthikeyan 5 Youth Health Mela 2012 - Cancer Awareness Programme to College students A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College Poondi, Thanjavur 2012 Dr.R.Suja Pandian 6 Establishment of Ethno-medicinal Garden in collaboration with Forestry Department, Tamil Nadu. PRIST University Thanjavur 2012-2013 Dr. Ashutosh Das 7 Conducted One day workshop on ‘Medicinal plants’ collaboration with Forest Extension Division Thanjavur 2012 Dr. Ashutosh Das 8 Organized two days training course on "Self Employment Program for Rural Youth (nursery)" Thanjavur 2012 Dr Ashutosh Das 9 Testing groundwater samples & provide technical support for treatment to local Pancayat Vallam, Thanjavur. 2013 Dr. Ashutosh Das 10 Established Campus Biogas pilot-plant using canteen-waste West Campus PRIST University 2013 Dr. Ashutosh Das 11 Creating an awareness about Hypertension to public Ammenpet, Thanjavur 2013 Dr. A. Sheeba Christina 12 Quantum geographical information PRIST UNIVERSITY 2015 Dr.Ashutosh Dass 13 Role of materials science in our daily life Allwin higher secondary school, Thanjavur 2016 Dr. M. Sivanantham 14 Career Guidance to PG students and Research Scholars of Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College, Chidambaram. 2016 Dr. P.Parthiban 15 Biogas production from organic waste Vallam- town panchayat 2016 Dr. P.Manonmani 16 Art of journal writing PRIST University 2017 Dr.Mukesh Goel & Dr.Ashutosh Das
Authorities
Prof. P. MurugesanChancellor
Prof. C. NagarajanPro - Chancellor
Prof. N. Ethirajalu Vice - Chancellor
Dr. S. Mohan Raj Director
“Promoting Science and Technology withSocial Benefits”
Centre for Research and Development
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science & Technology
1. Message from the Chancellor2. About the Centre3. Vision for Research4. Research Faculty5. Research Activities
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ops Organized8. Conferences/Worksh9. Research Projects10.Consultancy11. Interdisciplinary Research12. Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development13. Extension Activities
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Message from the Chancellor Our Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST), a Deemed University U/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956, is one of the renowned units of Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institutions, which are serving for more than 25 years in promoting quality education and research for our Indian community, since its inception as Ram Institute of Computer Science and Technology in the year 1985. The main purpose of bringing such an institute was to introduce computer education to the people of Thanjavur District for the first time. The institution is now brimming with many social responsibilities, particularly in promoting quality education through research. Our research and development (R&D) unit at PRIST University is young, dynamic, and marching forward with remarkable achievements of more than 670 publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals in the last 5 years and coming-up with many patents to its credit. Prospering in world-class research on thrust areas of specific subjects that can provide solutions with a positive impact on the quality of human life, solutions to day-to-day challenges, and contribute to the knowledge expansion is our vision. PRIST joined hands with leading international Universities of high repute in the US, the UK, Korea, Japan, Israel, and China to achieve its mission. Research grants from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), World Noni Research Foundation, (WNRF), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), DST-Government of India and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) at Republic of Korea are the significant recognitions of our research progress. Therefore, I strongly believe that our R&D is on the right track in achieving its vision.
Prof. P. MurugesanChancellor
About the Centre The Centre for Research and Development (CRD) with cutting-edge technology had been established at PRIST University in the academic year 2008 to help the society in promoting science and technology on energy, environment, food, materials, biomolecules and mechanisms, drugs discovery, and stem cells platforms. The centre is housed in an independent, multi-storied building with state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure to help achieve its mission. The centre has dedicated laboratories for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Biotechnology, Molecular Microbiology, Analytical and Organic Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Plant Tissue Culture, Animal Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Pharmacology, and Pharmaceuticals. The centre with 30 scientists from different disciplines is now marching on to attain on par excellence in academic and research activities under the directions of Dr. S. Mohan Raj. Taken together, our entire efforts are dedicated towards developing new materials/devices, functional biomolecules, microorganisms, biological mechanisms, and determining their utilization in the interest of human welfare.
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Vision
Drug DiscoveryDrug discovery division is involved in identifying plant-derived lead bioactive
compounds with pharmaceutical and nutraceutical properties. The core activities of this division include identification and screening of medicinal
plants, preparation of compounds utilizing nanosuspension technology, clinical trials for the disease of interest, toxicological studies with animal models,
interaction of herbal compounds, purification and understanding the chemistry of lead compounds, understanding the mechanisms of drug actions in animal
models, safety and risk management with pharmacology, and understanding pharmacokinetics of bioactive lead compounds for the benefit of human
healthcare.
Energy and EnvironmentThis division examines way to find, improve and commercialize renewable energy routes, systems and devices. The research areas include bio-alternatives and nanomaterials for harnessing solar energy to generate electricity and development of cost-effective technologies for wind mill devices. Development of recombinant microorganisms and bioprocesses for the production of bioenergy (bioethanol, biohydrogen and biobutanol) from renewable energy sources is also one of the main focuses of this platform. The other main areas include pollution control monitoring and studies related to sustainable development .
Materials and ManufacturingThis division is involved in developing materials and devices with special mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties utilizing material engineering and applied sciences for value added applications. The major focus of this division includes manufacturing of innovative and improved amphibian cars which can run on water and ground, synthesizing nanomaterials for harnessing solar energy, development of cost-effective wind mill devices, and production of industrially important new materials.
Biomolecular Engineering
This division involves in bringing molecular level solutions to the challenging issues in life sciences, particularly in healthcare, agriculture, energy and environment. Our Biomolecular division is engineering DNA, proteins, plants, and microbial metabolic pathways for diagnosis, crop improvement, disease resistance in plants, and improving thermodynamic and kinetics of chemical reactions.
Research FacultyThe Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University has 30 well-qualified scientists from different disciplines in science and engineering. The research interest of the faculty spans a wide range; from energy and environment to problems of immediate interest to industry and the society.
Research Faculty Position Field of Research
Administration Dr. S. Mohan Raj Director Metabolic engineering Dr. Ashutosh Das Deputy Director Waste Water Treatment and Modeling
Biochemistry / Bioinformatics Dr. Sohna Chandra Packiavathy Scientist Clinical biochemistry Dr. S. Ilavenil Scientist Clinical biochemistry and phytomedicines Dr. A. Bakrudeen Ali Ahmed Scientist Biochemistry Dr. P. Ananda Gopu Scientist Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics
Biotechnology Dr. S. Patharajan Scientist Plant tissue culture and plant genetics Dr. A. Sheeba Christina Scientist Molecular diagnosis and cancer biology Dr. P. Manonmani Scientist Bioremediation – Waste Water Treatment Dr. Arjun Pandian Scientist Plant Biotechnology and Natural Product Research
Chemistry Dr. P. Parthiban Scientist Organic / Medicinal Chemistry Dr. J. S. Nirmal Ram Scientist Crystal Engineering Dr. D. Senthilnathan Scientist Theoretical Chemistry Dr. M. Jerome Rozario Scientist Phytochemistry Dr. B. Ashok Kumar Scientist Environmental Chemistry
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. S. Nithyanandam Scientist Image processing Dr. Audithan Scientist Networking and image processing Dr. K. Saravanan Scientist Data Mining
Electronics and Communication Engineering Dr. N. Parvatham Scientist VLSI Design
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dr. P. Avirajamanjula Scientist Power Electronics Dr. S. Ezhilarasan Scientist Microgrid- Renewable energy
Environmental Engineering Dr. Mukesh Goel Scientist Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Dr. Vincent H. Wilson Scientist Embedded systems and automation Dr. Senthil Kumar Scientist Engineering materials
Microbiology Dr. S. Ramesh Scientist Marine and molecular biology
Physics and Material Science Dr. M. Sivanantham Scientist Soft Condensed Matter Dr. S. Subashchandrabose Scientist Quantum Chemical Calculations-Spectroscopic
approach Dr. Ramesh Pandian Scientist Crystallography and Biophysics / Structural
Biology Dr.L.Chinnappa Scientist Thin films
Pharmacy
Dr. Kailasam Koumaravelu Scientist Pharmacogenetics
Dr. Mohan Raj has received his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology from University of Madras, India. He has joined Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in April, 2012. His research is focused on metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the production of industrially important biochemicals and biofuels. Before joining PRIST University, he has served as Scientific Officer, Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher, Visiting Professor and Research Scientist at various leading industries and academic institutions in India, Korea and U.S.A. Dr. Raj is a member of several academic bodies in India, Korea and U.S.A. He has published 18 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and has 6 international patents to his credit.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Metabolic engineering Tel: +91- 9489847425; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. S. Mohan RajDirector-CRD
A Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Dr. Das has been working on Water Quality Surveillance & Modeling, solid-waste and Wastewater Treatment as well as environmetrics and data mining. He has published more than 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, completed four DST-sponsored projects as Principal Investigators, guided four Ph.D.'s, authored one book and contributed ten book chapters. Dr. Das has been awarded as Environmentalist of the Year for 2008 by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi and Leading Engineer of the Year for 2006 by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. He has been the Editor-in-Chief for Environment and Sustainable Development as well as Environmental Biosafety Research, Co-editor of Journal of Current Sciences and Journal of Hematology and Eco-toxicity, as well as editorial board members of several journals of repute. He has been honouredlife fellowship by six professional bodies and life membership by many organizations. He is a certified data analyst, and a certified green auditor by SSC, USA, being the only auditor outside US and Canada.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Environmental engineering and effluent treatmentTel:+91-4362-265026;+91-9894122821;email:[email protected]
Dr. Ashutosh Das Senior Scientist
Dr. Sohna has received her Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from University, India. She is a recipient of several awards and a chairperson of board of studies at PRIST University and Serfoji College, Thanjavur. She has around 12 years of teaching and research experience in various academic institutions and currently involved in diabetes research. Dr. Sohna has 10 papers in peer-reviewed international journals to her credit.
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Field of specialization:Contact:
diabetes research, clinical biochemistry
Dr.A.Sohna Chandra PackiavathySenior Scientist
Dr S. Ilavenil has received his doctoral degree from PRIST University in 2011. He did post-
doctoral researcher at NIAS, Korea. After that, he is serving as a Research professor at
Department of Functional and Molecular Biology in NIAS, Korea. He has published more
than 65 papers with significant impact factors and h index (14). He has participated and
presented the numerous research papers at various National and International level
conferences. Furthermore, He is continuing his research contribution at different aspects in
various scientific societies. He is specialized in the field of Probiotics development,
Functional Foods, Phytoremediation, and Clinical and Molecular Biochemistry.
Dr. A. Bakrudeen Ali Ahmed has received his Ph.D. degree in Interdisciplinary Plant Science-Biochemistry from Bharathidasan University, India in 2008. He has worked in KOSEF Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea in 2009.03-2010.02. As well, he has completed in two years Bright spark-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010.07-2012.06. He has continues his position as Visiting Senior Lecturer in the same institute starting from 2012.07-2015.06 and received 6 research funds. He has received the Agarthiyar Award (2007) and Best Conference presentation award (2006). He is interested in Biochemistry, Endangered plant propagation, In vitro secondary metabolites; silver nanoparticles, Cancer Biology, Clinical trials, pharmacology studies. Hence, he has published 60 research papers in reputed International and National journal and books. In his sabbatical leave (2016-2017), he has visited Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Dr. P. Ananda Gopu has received his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology (subject bioinformatics) from Periyar Maniammai University, India in 2012. He has worked as Research Associate at Bioinformatics Research Centre (BIRC) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2009.08- 2011.03. Dr. Ananda Gopu has joined Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in 2014 and his goal is several applications in health care involved in understanding complex relationship between sequence, structure, functions and interactions of protein-protein & protein-DNA using computational analysis of biological data. Dr. P. Ananda Gopu research activities on developing new approaches to predict a model protein structures, functions and interactions. He is also interested in addressing some of the fundamental questions in protein science such as implications of the protein evolution in biological processes and metabolic pathways, gene identification, gene therapy, biofuel, cellular components of gene silencing (siRNA) identification and modification of functional site/binding site and biomolecular in silico 3D structure modeling structure based drug design. He has 7 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals to his credit.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Clinical Biochemistry and PhytomedicineTel: +91- 944298005; email: [email protected]; [email protected];
Field of specialization: Contact:
Biochemistry (Tel): +91-8754339668; Email: [email protected]; [email protected];
Field of specialization: Contact:
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics(Tel): +91-7598103206; email:[email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. S. IlavenilScientist
Dr. Bakrudeen Ali AhmedSenior Scientist
Dr. P. Ananda Gopu Senior Scientist
Dr. S. Patharajan has received his Ph.D. degree in Botany from University of Madras, India. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan and University of Torino, Italy. Dr. Patharajan has joined Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in Jan, 2010 and he is currently involved in research and teaching activities. Dr. Patharajan has 25 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and 2 book chapters to his credit.
Field of specialization:Contact:
Mycotoxins, plant tissue culture, natural products research, genomics and proteomics Tel: +91- 9626053680; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. S. PatharajanSenior Scientist
Dr. Sheeba Christina has received her Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from PRIST University, India. She has joined Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in Feb, 2011 and involved in screening of biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis in breast cancer and other human diseases. Before joining PRIST University she has worked as Lecturer and Assistant Professor at PRIST University. Dr. Christina has 5 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals to her credit.
Dr, P. Manonmani has completed M.Sc., M. Phil in Zoology in Thaigarajar College, Madurai. She has completed Ph.D in the School of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources in Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and also completed M.Tech (Biotechnology) in PRIST University. Her Research area includes Bioremediation, Water and Wastewater treatment, Microbiological Techniques, Nano biotechnology, Phyto remediation and Bioinformatics. She has more than 7 years of teaching experience and 12 years of research experience. She was a Research Associate in Department of Biotechnology, Mother Teresa Women's University. There she is worked on Nano particles synthesis and their biological application funded by DST, India Project. Dr. P. Manonmani has joined in Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in 2015 and her goal is to find out new package for waste water treatment. She has published more 19 publications in international nationals.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Cancer biology and molecular diagnosisTel: +91-9486544755; email: [email protected]; sheb_chris@ yahoo.com
Field of specialization: Contact:
Bioremediation – Waste Water Treatment: 7402314995, 9445153518 E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. A. Sheeba ChristinaScientist
Dr. P. ManonmaniScientist
Dr. Arjun Pandian has received his Ph.D in 2012, Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras. Worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow for three years at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, two years Pharmaceutical Science (Natural Product Research), one year Crop Science (Natural Product Research). Received awards; National Research Foundation (NRF) Freestanding Post-Doctoral Fellowship for three years at South Africa and University Grants Commission (UGC) JRF Science for Meritorious Fellowship for two years at Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, he has supervised, co-supervisor and mentor various level degree courses. Member in professional societies; reviewer, editor, published articles well reputed journals, book chapters, full length proceedings, presented papers national and international onference/symposium/seminars, his specialization; Plant Biotechnology, Natural Product Research, Biological studies, Food Technology, Micro and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Parthiban has received his PhD from Annamalai University in 2006. He did Postdoctoral Research at IIT-M, India and Pukyong National University, Korea. He then served as a Brain Korea Research Professor at Inje University and PNU, Korea. He has authored more than 70 publications in his credit; 'h' index is 16. He organized National and International level events and extend his service to various Scientific Events and Scientific Publishers at various capacities. His research interest lie in the fields of Heterocyclic chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Chromatography, Spectroscopy, and Electrochemistry.
Dr.J.S.Nirmal Ram obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu. He continued his research as a post-doctoral fellow at University
of Geneva, Switzerland for two years and then joined the Centre for Research and
Development (CRD) of PRIST as a scientist in June 2015. The projects of his group include
(i) design of new solid forms of pharmaceutical / nutraceutical ingredients for improved
physio-chemical properties and (ii) corrosion defense using polymer nanocomposite
coatings.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Plant Biotechnology and Natural Product [email protected] Tel : +91 - 8870457981;
Field of specialization: Contact:
Organic / Medicinal Chemistry(+91)-9894726872 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Field of specialization: Contact:
Crystal Engineering, Structural chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry +91-9791408648 Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Dr. PANDIAN ARJUNScientist
P. PARTHIBAN
Senior Scientist
Dr. J.S.Nirmal RamScientist
Our research deals with the modeling of Bio-inorganic reactions at the interface of inorganic chemistry, biology and bio-physics. In particular, approaches derived from quantum mechanics have been in the focus of our group work. We use various methods including wave function- and density functional theory-based approaches as well as ab initio molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics. Applications encompass a broad range of systems ranging from (bio-)molecules and functional coordination compounds to biologically important bio-chemical processes. Dr. D. Senthilnathan has been honored with a number of awards (Marie Curie (France), Eurotalents (France), BRAINBOOL (South Korea), SFCF(Swiss) and PBCF(Isreal). He has published several well standard papers in internationally reputed journal. He has completed his PhD in theoretical and computational chemistry field at School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, and Tiruchirappalli-24, Tamilnadu, India.
Dr.M.Jerome Rozario has completed his Ph.D from Bharathidasan University, Trichy in 2015. He has rich Teaching and Research experience in various renowned institutions. He has five publications in international journals. Acted as Coordinator for various Academic and Administrative committees in Madras University and Anna University. He has Organized National and International Conferences. His research interest lie in the fields of Phytochemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Chromatography, Spectroscopy.
B.Ashok kumar has completed his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Chemistry from Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu,India in February 2017. He was Worked as an Assistant professor in A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College, Poondi from July 2005 to April 2013 and He Worked as an Assistant professor in P.R. College of Engineering Technology,
thThanjavur from January 2015 to 5 December 2017.Now,Dr.B.Ashok kumar is working as a Scientist in Centre for Research and Development, Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST), Thanjavur. He was explained the remedial measures of various industry effluent soil using different plants (phytoremediation)with standard deviation method. Phytoremediation is a promising green technology that can be used to remediate heavy metal contaminated soils. It has some advantages compared with other commonly used conventional technologies. He has 9 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals to his credit.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Theoretical ChemistryMobile: +91-9442248351 Email : [email protected]
Field of specialization: Contact:
PhytochemistryMobile No: (+91)-9894726872; Email: [email protected]
Field of specialization: Contact:
Environmental ChemistryTel : +91-9944702064; email:[email protected]
Dr. D. SenthilnathanScientist
Dr.M.JEROME ROZARIOScientist
Dr. B.Ashok kumarScientist
Dr. K. Saravanan having 25+ years of experience in teaching, administrative and research. He possesses a very good academic track record, having qualified with M.Sc., M. Phil., M.S., M. Tech. and Ph.D. He was the Member of the Senate of Bharathidasan University for 2 terms starting from 1999. He served as Member, Board of Studies in both Bharathidasan and Tamil Universities and in Higher Educational Institution. Also he served as Expert Member of different Academic / Advisory Bodies in various Higher Educational Institutions. He is certified ISO 9001:2008 Internal Auditor. He has guided 72 M. Phil. Scholars so far and guiding currently 8 Ph. D. scholars in the field of Data Mining, Big Data Analytics and Networks. He has published 18 papers in leading National and International Journals so far. He has been the reviewer of research articles in highly reputed National / International journals.
Field of specialization:Contact:
Computational algorithms, data mining and data structures +91– 9443098284; email:[email protected], [email protected]
Dr. K. SaravananSenior Scientist
Dr. Nithyanandam has received his Ph.D. degree in Image Processing from PRIST University, Thanjavur, India in the year of 2012. He has been serving for Ponnaiyah Ramajayam group of institutions for more than 17 years at various levels and he is currently involved in image processing research at PRIST University. Dr. Nithyanandam is a member of several national and international academic bodies and served in various positions at Bharathidasan University, Anna University, and IIT Madras. He is a qualified ISO 9001:2008 internal auditor and he has 7 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and 2 books to his credit.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Image processing Tel: +91– 9443488891; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. S. Nithyanandam Scientist/Collaborative Researcher
Dr. Audithan has received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and he worked as a Networking Engineer in RB Comtech at Hyderabad and a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at SASTRA University. He is member of various academic bodies including association of engineers. He has presented and published more than 10 papers in conferences and international journals. His research interests include image segmentation, micro controllers, data mining and network security.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Networking, image processing Tel: +91– 9443402775; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. AudithanScientist
Parvatham.N has completed Ph.D. in Anna University, Chennai in the field of VLSI design. She received B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli and M.E. degree in Communication Systems from Anna University, Chennai in 2003 and 2006 respectively. Her research work is in the field of Image processing, VLSI Design Algorithms and Architectures, SoC design.
Dr. P.Avirajamanjula completed her PhD at Periyar Maniammai University. Her research
interests lie in the areas of Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Technologies and Real time
Harmonics Elimination Techniques for Inverters. She has published more than 15
publications. She has served and attended more than 50 numbers of conferences, seminars
and workshops. She published two numbers of books in her discipline. In his career she got
best teacher award, best Library user award. She also organized National and International
level events. She has visited on and off grid tied solar power plants, wind mills.
Dr. S.Ezhilarasan has completed his B.E. (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering) and M.E Power Electronics and Drives in 2003 and 2006 respectively. He has received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Periyar Maniammai University, India in 2017. He has worked as Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering since 2008. His area of interest includes microgrid, Renewable energy, Energy management system, Industrial automation. He has total teaching and research experience of 12 years and he has guided more than 20 projects. He had undergone advanced training in automation technology organized by M/S Bosch Rexroth at Wurzberg – German. Dr.S.Ezhilarasan has joined Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University in 2017. He is working on microgrid, Energy management system. He has 6 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals to his credit.
Field of specialization:Contact:
VLSI design, Image processing, SOC design (Tel): +91-9360516615 [email protected]; [email protected]: parva
Field of specialization:Contact:
Effluent treatment, and environmental engineering (Tel): (+91)-9790001544 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Field of specialization:Contact:
Renewable energy, Microgrid, Energy management system. (Tel): +91-9003976707; email: [email protected]
Dr. N.PARVATHAMScientist
P.AVIRAJAMANJULAScientist
Dr. S. Ezhilarasan Scientist
Dr. Senthil Kumar has received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, India in the year, 2011. He has joined Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College of Engineering and Technology (PRCET) in Nov. 2012 and he is currently involved in understanding tribological behavior of thermal sprayed ceramic and carbide coatings for power plant and automobile components at Centre for Research and Development, PRIST University as a collaborative researcher. Before joining PRCET, he worked as Professor in a private college in India from 2011—2012. Dr. Senthil Kumar has 2 papers in peer-reviewed international journals to his credit.
Field of specialization:Contact:
Material Science, ceramics, polymer coatings, power plant and automobile components Tel: +91– 9095069670; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. M. Senthil KumarScientist/Collaborative Researcher
Dr. Vincent H. Wilson has received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bharathidasan University, India. He has worked as Professor and Principal in many private Colleges/universities in India. He has over 20 of teaching experience in mechanical engineering. He is a member of several national and international bodies and a Chairman of Board of Examiners on Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Wilson has published over 5 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals. He is currently serving as a Director in Engineering and Technology at PRIST University, since 2009.
Field of specialization: Contact:
Mechanical engineering and Gear Systems(Tel) +91– 9345555008; (email) [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. D. Vincent H. Wilson Scientist
Dr. Mukesh Goel has got M.Engg from National University of Singapore, Singapore and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Prior to joining at PRIST, Dr. Goel had been working in National Institute of Technology - Jalandhar and Rourkela. He has also worked in other international institutes of repute, namely, University Lyon and INSA Lyon of the Republic of France. He has also been a reviewer for 'Biotechnology and Bioengineering', 'Journal of Hazardous Materials' and 'Environmental Technology'. He has published 30 journal papers and his paper in Water Research (Goel et al., 38(19):4247-61) is one of the highly cited paper on sonochemical engineering. His research interest is Bioremediation and bioenergy, Advanced Oxidation Technologies and Treatment of wastewater.
Field of specialization:Contact:
Effluent treatment, and environmental engineering Tel: +91– 9789320184; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. Mukesh GoelSenior Scientist
Dr. S. Ramesh has received his Ph.D. from ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY in the year 2007. Dr. Ramesh has joined as Scientist in CRD, PRIST in 2009 and he has been involved in several research and teaching activities. He has received research grants from DRDO, WNRF and DBT to carry out his research projects as a Principal Investigator (PI). He has published 55 research papers in peer reviewed International and National journals to his credit. His current research focuses in the area of molecular diagnostic microbiology and bacterial biofilms. He has guided two PhDs and currently 5 scholars are working for PhD.
Dr. M. Sivanantham has received his Ph. D in Physics from University of Madras, India. His
research interests are in the area of soft condensed matters such as hydrogels, block
copolymer based nanomaterials and hybrid vesicles. He has worked as post-doctoral
researcher in Kyoto University and University of Tokyo in Japan and University of Montreal
in Canada. Recently he received Early Career Research Award for his research project that
was approved for funding by Department of Science and Technology - Science and
Engineering Research Board. He has published 12 research articles in international
journals.
Dr. SSCBose has obtained his Ph.D. in the year of 2012, in the field of vibrational spectroscopy from Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. After that, he was working as Assistant Professor for two years in M.A.R college of Engineering & Tech, Tamilnadu, India. Then, he joined as a scientist cum Assistant Professor in Center for Research and Development, PRIST University, Tamilnadu, India. Now, he has been doing Postdoctoral research in the field of Functionalized Magnetic Nano Material (FunMagMa) for energy and biomedical application at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia, and as a research contribution, he has published more than 35 papers in reputed international journals.
Field of specialization:Contact:
Tel: +91- 9976193870; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Marine Molecular Microbiology
Field of specialization:Contact:
Soft Condensed Matter(+91)-8608780287 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Field of specialization:Contact:
Quantum Chemical Calculations-Spectroscopic approach +91 9976853476; Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Dr. S. Ramesh Senior Scientist
M. SIVANANTHAMSenior Scientist
S. SUBASHCHANDRABOSE
Scientist
Dr. Kailasam has received his Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology from Pondicherry University in 2002. He joined PRIST University in 2009. His research is focused on pharmacogenetic screening of drug metabolizing enzymes. Before joining PRIST University, he has served as Postdoctoral Researcher, Assistant Professor, and Professor at various leading institutions in France and India. Dr. Kailasam is a recipient of several awards. He has published 15 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals.
Dr. Chinnappa has received his Ph.D from Bharathi dasan University in 2013. He did M.Tech.(Nano) in Periar Maniammai University in 2016 . He served as Assistant Professor in A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam college, Poondi, Thanjavur and also in Rajah Serfoji Government College, Thanjavur. He has five publications in reputed journals. He organized Workshop on Thin films and extend his service to various scientific exhibition and invite talk more than 15 college. He has the Life member in the Indian Jacee Regional youth club and participated as a delegate in the conference held at Thanjavur on 13th July 1980 . Valuable free professional entrance coachings were done for poor students from 1985 onwards till date . Life member in Tamilnadu Bharath scouts of guides and served for the society in meeting .He gave In-Service Training Programme for Secondary Grade Science Teachers” sponsored by Tamilnadu State Council for Science & Technology, Govt of Tamilnadu, Chennai held at
thBharathidasan University College for Women, Orathanadu, Thanjavur on 25 November 2011. Title of Lecture: Inducing Scientific Thinking in Young Minds Through Physics Teaching. He acted as Judge in
ththe 19 National Children's Science Congress-2011, Tamilnadu” A programme of NCSTC, DST, Govt. Of thIndia, New Delhi held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode on 13 November 2011.His
research interest lie in the fields of Solar cell related thin films.
Dr. Ramesh Pandian received his PhD degree in Crystallography and Biophysics from the Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, in 2012. He was a proud recipient of Dr D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship offered by the University Grants Commission of India. He was also a distinguished recipient of Korean Government Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by the National Research Foundation of Korea in the Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, South Korea. Further, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology (South Korea) awarded “Senior Researcher” fellowship to continue his research in the same laboratory. In 2015, he received “Postdoctoral Fellowship” from The Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal, and worked in the Laboratory of Protein Crystallography, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Portugal. For collecting high resolution macromolecular crystal data, he has visited and accessed various synchrotron beam line sources in PAL (Pohang, South Korea), ESRF (Grenoble, France) and SPring-8 (RIKEN Institute, Japan). In 2017, Dr Ramesh Pandian joined as a Scientist at the Centre for Research and Development, PRIST. He is currently working on solving the crystal structure of biologically important small and macromolecular compounds using X-ray crystallographic methods, which are useful for new drug discovery through computational assisted protein engineering methods in the area of “Structural Biology” research. He has received “Outstanding Scientist” award in the area of X-ray Crystallography from Venus International Foundation, Chennai. He has published 70 research articles in peer-reviewed journals of international repute with citation (286), h-index (7) and i10-index (4).
Field of specialization: Contact:
Cell culture, tissue culture, pharmacogenetic screening of drug metabolizing enzymes
Tel: +91– 9443309034; email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Field of specialization: Contact: Tel :
Thin Films94431 75850 Email : [email protected]
Field of specialization: Contact:
Crystallography and Biophysics / Structural [email protected]: +91-9841168882 email:
Dr. Kailasam KoumaravelouSenior Scientist
Dr. L. CHINNAPPASenior Scientist
Dr. Ramesh PandianScientist
Research ActivitiesA total of 189 research scholars have registered for their Ph.D work in Centre for Research and Development at PRIST University under broad disciplines: Soft Condensed Matters Crystal growth and material science
Structure determination of bioactive compoundsCharacterization of bioactive compounds from plant and marine source Ex situ conservation of endangered plants Molecular marker development Identification of novel drugs from marine source Molecular modeling and drug designingRenewable energy and environment Farming systems management Ecology of Tsunami affected areas Solid waste and waste water managementWater resources and managementSustainable development Computational science Materials research
Collaborative Research
S. No Particulars Year
1 Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd, Chennai 20152 A. Join Moris Corporate Service LLP, Chennai 20153 VLSI Idea Innovators (P) Ltd, Chennai 20114 Aspire Human Capital Management (P) Ltd,
DelhiNew 2011
5 Quantum Nano Scientific Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 20116 VoltechEngineers Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 20117 Swami Vivekananda College of Pharmacy,
Namakkal2011
NATIONAL - INDUSTRIES
S. No Particulars YearGovernment Organizations
1 Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur
2009-2016
2 Thanjavur Cancer Care and Research center, Thanjavur
2012
3 Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) Port Blair
2011
NATIONAL – GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
S. No Particulars Year1 Hanyang University, Korea 20152 South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology, USA2012
3 Pusan National University, South Korea 20124 The University of Information Technology
and Management in Rzeszow, Poland2012
5 Myongji University, South Korea 20126 Centennial College Toronto, Canada 20117 Anglia Ruskin University, UK 2009
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Major Contributions818 Publications in the last five years
441 Publications in Scopus-indexed international peer-reviewed journals
25 Publications in books & book chapters
01 In-house annual journal
03 International conferences conducted
15 National conferences/workshops conducted
04 Short-term training courses conducted
168 0201
Ph.D. degree awarded
Young scientist award received
Fellow membership in international science congress association
onferences/Workshops OrganizedCS.No Title of
seminars/workshops /conferences
Type Date Funding source Department / Venue
Convener/Organizing Secretary/
Coordinator
1
International Conference on Photonics,
Nanotechnology and Computer Applications
(ICOPNAC)
International Conference
25-28 Feb, 2009
1.MCIT, New Delhi2.DAE, Mumbai
3.ICMR, New Delhi4.CSIR, New Delhi
5.DRDO, New Delhi6.LSBM,London, UK
Rs.1,30,000
Research and Development/
PRIST UniversityDr. S. Mohan Raj
2
International Conference on Biotechnology, Food, Bioengineering-Emerging
Trends and Future Prospects
(ICBFBET)
International Conference
25–
26 Feb, 2010
ICMR
Rs. 1,00,000
Research and Development/
PRIST UniversityDr. G. Kuppusamy
3National Seminar on
Combating Ozone Layer Depletion (COLD 2010)
National
16th
September 2010
DST Rs. 30,000Environmental
Engineering Dr. Ashutosh das
4
National Conference on Advanced Materials and
Processing Technologies-2012 (AMPT-2012)
National level
Conference
17-
18 Feb, 2012
1.DRDORs.30,000
2.CSIR
Rs. 25,000
Research and Development Dr. R. Mariappan
5National Level Workshop on Cryptography and its
Advances
National
27th
and 28th
March 2012
DRDO
Rs. 1,00,000 Computer Science Dr. PLK. Priyadarsini
6
National workshop on Advances in Medicinal
Plant Biology and Toxicology -(AMPBT)
National
21st
and 22nd
June 2012
ICMR
Rs. 25,000CRD Dr. S. Mohan Raj
7National conference on
Biodiversity and Biotechnology
National level Conference
28-30 Mar, 2012
Ministry of Environment and
forest, Govt. of IndiaRs. 1,00,000
Biotechnology/PRIST University Dr.S.Ravikumar
8CSIR Sponsored Workshop
on Process Modeling Simulations
National
21st
Nov. 2012
CSIRRs. 30,000
Electronics and Communication
EngineeringDr. Sundaram
9Seventh Indo- US
International Workshop on Mathematical Chemistry
International4th -6th Dec
2012.1. PRIST University
2. University ofMinnesota Duluth, USA
CRDDr. M. Ramalingam
Dr. V. Manivannan
10
National Conference on Innovations in Research & Engineering Technology –
NCIRET 2013
National level Conference 31-Aug-13
PRIST UniversityRs. 40,000
ECE / PRIST University
Mrs. A. Rijuvana Begum
11
International Conference on Applications of Digital
Information and Web Technologies
International levelConference
17-19 Feb 2014
PRIST UniversityRs. 60,000
ECE / PRIST University Mrs. S. Lillypet
12
National Conference on Wireless Networks,
Robotics and Renewable Energy(NCWRR’15)
National level Conference 20-02-2015 PRIST University
Rs. 35,000ECE / PRIST
UniversityMrs. Delphin Carolina Rani
13
National level Conference on PRIST EnergyTechniques in Power &
Renewable Engery Systems
National level Conference 29-3-2017 PRIST University
Rs. 45,000CRD/ PRIST
University
Dr.J.Sanjeevi Kumar
Dr.P.AvirajaManjula
Dr.CK.Sundarabalan
14National level Conference
on Recent Trends in Engineering Technology
National level Conference 24-4-2017 PRIST University
Rs. 30,000CRD/ PRIST
UniversityDr.Sumitha
Mr.Jahir
Sanctioned / Approved Extramural Research Projects
S. No. Principal Investigator Title of the Project Funding
Agency
Amount Sanctioned (in Lakhs)
Period / Status
1 Dr. P.L.K.PRIYADARSHINI The Applications of Graph
Theory Concepts in Cryptography (ERIP/ER/1103893/M/01/1348)
DRDO 4.10 Oct. 2011 - Oct. 2012 Completed
2 Dr. S. RAMESH
Development of Real-Time PCR Based High Throughput Biosensor System for the
Detection and Identification of Food-Borne Pathogenic Fungi (ERIP/ER/1103948/M/01/1377)
DRDO 9.44 Feb. 2012 -Mar. 2014 Completed
3 Dr. S. RAMESH
Antihyperglycemic, Antihyperlipidemic and
Antioxidative Effects of Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) Fruits in
Experimental and Clinical Models (WNRF-Project/ PRIST /MoA/12)
World Noni Research
Foundation 9.99
Feb. 2012 -Feb. 2014 Completed
4 Dr. R. ELANGO MATHAVAN
In vitro and Ex situ Conservation and Rehabilitation of Selected Threatened Medicinal Plants of
North East India (BCIL/NER-BPMC/2012/699)
DBT 17.1 Apr. 2012 -Apr. 2015 Completed
5 Dr. ASHUTOSH DAS
Characterization and Utilization of Residue, Deoiled Cake from
Non-Edible Oil – Seeds as Adsorbents in Wastewater
Treatment (DST/TSG/AF/2011/148/28.01.2013)
DST 34.98 Feb. 2013 - Feb. 2016 Completed
6 Mrs. SELVASUDHA Novel Nano formulation for
Treating Hyperlipidemia (SSD/SS/026/2011/G)
WOS-B 7.24 Nov. 2012 -Nov. 2014 Completed
7 Dr. S. MOHAN RAJ
Construction of Synthetic Electron Circuit in Escherichia coli for Enhanced Production of
Hydrogen from Renewable Source
(IND-Korea/P-19/30.05.2013)
DST-India &
MEST- Republic of
Korea
58.12 July 2013 - July 2016 Completed
8 Dr. ANUSHA BHASKAR
Medicinal Plants-Their Role in Wound Healing and Regeneration
(ERIP/ER/1203036/M/01/1466) DRDO 17.00
Dec. 2012 -May. 2015 Completed
9 Dr. S. RAMESH
Development and Validation of Real-Time PCR Based
Nanodiagnostic System for Rapid Detection, Biotyping and
Quantification of Food-Borne Enterotoxigenic Bacterial
Pathogens (BT/PR10423/PFN/20/883/2013)
DBT 15.83 Dec. 2014 -Dec. 2017 Ongoing
10 Dr. M. SIVANANTHAM
Preparation of High Energy Electrode Materials from Ordered
Double Hydrophilic Block Copolyelectrolyte Nanostructures
(ECR/2017/000760)
DST (SERB - ECR) 21.56 Approved
30-06-2017
Research Projects
S. No. Funding Agency Proposalssubmitted
Budget (In Lakhs)
1 ICAR 1 139.002 ISRO 1 137.003 ICMR 1 15.004 DHR 1 24.005 UGC 1 20.006 Cancer Research-UK 1 65.007 FONDECYT 1 8.18 DST-SERB 10 250.619 DST-Other Schemes (WTI,
GITA, SYST, Start-Up & IIGP)5 164.61
Total 22 823.32
S.No PI-Name Title of the Project Duration Amount (Rs)
Date of Sanctioning
1 Dr. Ashutosh Das Treatment of Wastewater using Constructed
1 Year 100000/- 10-09-2017
2 Dr. P. Parthiban Synthesis, Antioxidant and Anticancer on Piperidine-Cucumin Hybrids
1 Year 100000/- 10-03-2017
3 Dr. D. Senthilnathan Metalloenzymes; Functional model to Real Enzymes and vice versa – A Theoretical Study
2 Years300000/- 10-03-2016
4 Dr. J. S. Nirmal Ram
Crystal Engineering of Nutraceuticals for Diabetes Management
3 Year100000/- 10-03-2016
5 Dr. M. Sivanantham Fabrication of novel polyioncomplex nanostructures” 1 Year
100000/- 05-10-2016
6 Dr. P. Ananda Gopu “Cloud Based High-Performance Computing System for Biological Sequences
3 Years300000/- 10-04-2015
7 Dr. Ashutosh Das Development of Herbal Mosquito Repellent
1 Year 50000/ - 10-09-2014
Sanctioned In-House Projects(in last 3 years)
Projects Under Review
Consultancy The major objective of providing consultancy services to academia and industry is to promote science and technology with social benefits. PRIST University is also serving as a resource hub in connecting strategic partners from academia and industries for business development.
Types of consultancy services provided at PRIST-CRDŸŸŸŸŸŸŸŸŸŸ
Product and process development for industriesFarming system and management for agriculturists/farmersSolid waste and waste water management to industriesBusiness support in aromatic and medicinal plants cultivation and marketing Production of bulk and fine chemicals, biomaterials and energy related products Analytical support for students, researchers, industrial and technical professionalsTraining programs for students and research scholars on innovative projectsPollution monitoring controlSocio-economic developmentRural development
Incubation and Entrepreneurship DevelopmentThere has been a significant interest among the entrepreneurs towards technology innovation and setting-up small scale companies for business development. PRIST University supports the entrepreneurs in identifying suitable opportunities depending upon the interest, arranging appropriate resources required to pursue technology development, identifying commercial viability of the technology, and protecting the technology through facilitating patenting process. PRIST University has common research facilities at Centre for Research and Development and the facilities are well suited to life sciences and engineering to initiate and conduct technology improvement. This centralized research facility would help the entrepreneurs reducing capital costs towards the journey of their business development programs. Our skilled interdisciplinary research team supports transforming knowledge about technologies, technical capabilities, identifying appropriate techniques to promote technology innovation.
Extension Activities by CRD
S.No Activity Place Year Coordinators 1 Awareness Programme On
Medicinal Plants wealth to school students
PRP school Thanjavur 2009 Dr. R. Elango Madhavan & Dr. R.S. David Paul Raj
2 Blood Group Analysis to School Children
Govt Higher Secondary School, Vellur
2009 Dr. A Sohna Chandra
3 Spreading awareness of cancer to Academic and Non academic staff
PRIST University- East Campus Thanjavur
2012 Dr. R. Suja pandian & Dr. J. Karthikeyan
4 Cancer Awareness Programme to School Children
PRPHS School Thanjavur 2012 Dr. R. Suja pandian & Dr. J. Karthikeyan
5 Youth Health Mela 2012 - Cancer Awareness Programme to College students
A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College Poondi, Thanjavur
2012 Dr.R.Suja Pandian
6 Establishment of Ethno-medicinal Garden in collaboration with Forestry Department, Tamil Nadu.
PRIST University Thanjavur 2012-2013
Dr. Ashutosh Das
7 Conducted One day workshop on ‘Medicinal plants’ collaboration with Forest Extension Division
Thanjavur 2012 Dr. Ashutosh Das
8 Organized two days training course on "Self Employment Program for Rural Youth (nursery)"
Thanjavur 2012 Dr Ashutosh Das
9 Testing groundwater samples & provide technical support for treatment to local Pancayat
Vallam, Thanjavur. 2013 Dr. Ashutosh Das
10 Established Campus Biogas pilot-plant using canteen-waste
West Campus PRIST University
2013 Dr. Ashutosh Das
11 Creating an awareness about Hypertension to public
Ammenpet, Thanjavur 2013 Dr. A. Sheeba Christina 12 Quantum geographical
information PRIST UNIVERSITY 2015 Dr.Ashutosh Dass
13 Role of materials science in our daily life
Allwin higher secondary school, Thanjavur
2016 Dr. M. Sivanantham
14 Career Guidance to PG students and Research Scholars of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College, Chidambaram.
2016 Dr. P.Parthiban
15 Biogas production from organic waste
Vallam- town panchayat 2016 Dr. P.Manonmani
16 Art of journal writing PRIST University 2017 Dr.Mukesh Goel & Dr.Ashutosh Das
For more informationPlease Visit : www.prist.ac.inCampus : Vallam,
Thanjavur -613 403, TN, India
Phone : 04362 - 94425 02054
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Research Support and ConsultancyPRIST is a leading research oriented academic institution in South India. It offers a range of professional services under the broad discipline of drug discovery and development, energy and environment, materials and manufacturing and biomimetic systems to organization and strategic partners