Component 8 Research & Innovation Colleges
The team for Anitfouling technologies from AnnamalaiUniversity will be led by Dr. N. Rajendiran, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
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The team for Anitfouling technologies from AnnamalaiUniversity will be led by Dr. N. Rajendiran, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry.About the PI H Index value: 21; i10-index: 38; Research gate value : 33.9 (This score is higher than 90% of other Research Gate members); Country visited : Malaysia, Singapore, Srilanka; International Journal Reviewer: Elsevier, Springer, Taylor Francis, John Wiley : Reviewed more than 75 international articles; Reviewer in the International Project External Reviewer for project proposals submitted to the Regular Research Funding Competition under National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government Commission for Scientific and Technological Development.Publications relevant to the proposal
From Bharathiar University, the team comprises faculty from Department of Botany and Enviromental Sciences with Dr.K.Vasanth, Department of Botany as the PI Credentials of Dr.K .Vasanth Professional Experience Assistant Professor (28 February, 2011 to till date) Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher (May 2009-Feb.2011): Institute of Clinical Medicine, NationalYang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Faculty member/Researcher (April 2008-March 2009), Institute For Wine Biotechnology,Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher (April 2005-March 2008), Institute For Wine Biotechnology,Stellenbosch University, South Africa Research scholar (1999-March 2005), Department of Botany, BharathidasanUniversity,Trichirappalli, India International/National Fellowship WinetechFellowship, South Africa NRF, THRIP Postdoctoral Fellowship, South Africa NRF, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Taiwan Research Interest Plant Tissue Culture, Animal Cell Culture, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology Research Paper Published
Dr. M. Muthukumar,Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University will be concentration on textile dyeing treatment using microbial fuel cells. He has collaborated with many Industries especially, Coffee Processing industry, Distillery Industry, Electroplating Industry, Paper and Pulp industry, Pesticide industry, Textile industry and Sago Processing industry. We have developed the hybrid UASB reactor for the pulp and Paper industrial effluent. In coffee processing industry our suggestions were implemented to maximize the biogas production. In electroplating industry, we have recovered 99% of Chromium from wastewater using plant based adsorbent. Also we have demonstrated the electricity production from sago processing wastewater using microbial fuel cell technique. Has publication related to proposal are
The research team from Bharathidasan University will be functioning under the PI, Dr. R. BabuRajendran who is also the Co-ordinator of the project. Along with him faculty from Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Enviromental Management and Department of Computer Science will be working collectively to achieve the objectives. Dr. M. Krishnan is the Professor and Chair of School of Environmental Sciences in Bharathidasan University. His area of research includes integrated pest management through molecular biology, insect molecular biology, silkworm biotechnology and metagenomics. Recently he has received prestigious BSR award from UGC. He is also the recipient of DST-DAAD Award from DST, New Delhi.He has received funding from World Bank to improve the seed and silk production in Bombyxmori. To his credit, he has 107 national and international research publications. Key publications
Dr. M. Govindaraju, Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Biotechnology is the group head of Biospatial Technology lab. He has eight years of research experience as JRF, SRF and RA. Also 12 years of teaching experience as Assistant Professor. His area of research interest includes Urban Ecology, EIA, Climate Change Mitigation Research and Remote Sensing and GIS for Environment and Health. He has thirty nine research papers in international and national peer-reviewed journals and eleven papers as monographs in books. At present, he has guided 8 Ph.D., researchers, 12 M.Phil, scholars, and 21 M.Sc., dissertations covering different environmental aspects. Key publications
Dr. K. Thamaraiselviis working asAssistant Professor and the team leader for Laboratory of Molecular Bioremediation and Nanobiotechnology. The research group focus is to develop bioremediation strategies for cleanup of contaminated environments. She has twenty three research papers in international and national peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter. She has guided 3 Ph.D and guiding 8 Ph.D. Key publications
Dr. S. Achiraman, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, isaheading the Chemical Ecology Research Team. It is the science that addresses the role of chemical signals in the interaction of living organisms with the environment. Understanding the fundamental and basic concepts in chemical ecology will explore the chemical play between intra and inter-specific organisms with the environment. He has received DST-Young Scientist and CREST award. He has 42 publications for his credit. Key publications
Dr. M. Vasanthy, Assistant Professor in Depatment of Enviromental Biotechnology is working on Water and Solid Waste Processing. The team is interested in the solid waste management of various lignocellulosic wastes and post consumer wastes by Vermicomposting. Molecular characterization of the earthworms used for the treatment studies is also being focused. The team also focuses on the Physico chemical characterization of drinking water including the estimation and quantification of disinfection by products. Dr. M. Vasanthy has been awarded with State Environmental Management Award by Government of Tamil Nadu for his scientific acitivity which includes 187 research publications and 4 book chapters. Key publications
Dr. R. Mohanrajis the Assistant Professor and Head (i/c) for Depatment of Enviromental Management, Bharathidasan University. His Research Interests are Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment, Ecological Assessments, Urban Air Pollution, Aerosol Chemistry, Hazardous waste management, Corporate Environmental Management, CO2 sequestration.Before joining BDU, he had worked as a research fellow in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Division of Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON-Autonomous center of MoEF, Govt. of India). Dr.Mohanraj had published 60 research articles in peer reviewed international and Indian journals. He had authored and edited two books of Springer publications. He had presented more than 50 research and review papers in international and national level seminars /symposia/conferences including COP meetings. Key publications
Dr. N. Thajuddinis Professor& Head, Department of Microbiology and Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Bharathidasan University. He is the recipient of Overseas award by Dept. of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) for doing PDF in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York , U.S.A. He has over 22 years of teaching experience. He has guided 20 Ph.D. and 26 M.Phil. scholars. To his credit, he has over 226 national and international research publications. Key publications
Dr. R. Ramesh works as Professor and Chair School of Chemistry in Bharathidasan University. His area of specialization is organotransition metal chemistry. To date, he has guided 9 Ph.D. candidates and 13 M.Phil. candidates. He has been honoured as Fellow of Academy of Sciences, Chennai and Life Member. In addition, he is Life Member in Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). He acts as reviewer for 11 international journals and is the Editorial board member for The Open Catalysis Journal, Bentham Publication. Key publications
The theme Women Empowerment Enclace (WEE) will be investigated by the PI, Dr. N. Kala. Professor, Department of Economics, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal. The responsible of the department is to carry out the upscaling of the outcome of project to the industrial level and women empowerment. Currently she held the position for Academic Professor in Economics, Academic Dean and Research Dean. She has 27 years of research experience. Also, she has 7 national publications, 2 International publications and 5 Books to her credit. Some of her notable publications are
Dr. K. Murugesan, Head, Department of Environmental Sciences, Periyar University is the PI for Xenobiotics degradation team at Periyar University. The PI has been mainly working on research field related to degradation of POPs and POPs related pollutants using enzymatic, microbial and nano-bio hybrid approaches. The PI has worked at various research positions in a multidisciplinary POPs research group at POSTECH, South Korea, one of the world reputed Universities. PI has gained vast research experience in biotransformation, biodegradation, and bioremediation of the most hazardous pollutants “dioxins” and analysis of intimidates and degradation products. PI has isolated many potential microbes degrading Dibenzo-p-dioxins, transforming polychlorinated dioxins (PCDDs), Diphenyl ether, 1,4-dioxane. PI has hypothesized a novel nano-bio strategy and developed expertise on methodologies for complete mineralization of POPs like PCDDs, PBDEs, Triclosan in lab scale level. He obtained a patent on the novel flocculant for wastewater treatment process and published a book chapter on “Microbial degradation of dioxins” in an International Publishers. With the experience gained, the PI possess adequate experience and skills to well execute and manage the requirements of the project implementation. Key publications
The team from Madras University is lead by Dr. E. Murugan,Dept of Physical Chemistry The memebers such as Dr. J. Santhanalakshmi, Department of Physical Chemistry, Dr. K. Pandiyan, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Dr. C. Selvaraju, National Centre for Ultrafast Processes, Dr. P. Prabhu, Department of Physical Chemistry and Dr. K. Venkatachalam, Department of Analytical Chemistry have proven academic track records. Dr. E. Muruganhas the following credentials Guided :Ph.Ds : 11, Synopsis Submitted-3, M.Phil : 22, Msc: 59, Guiding :Ph.Ds : 7, M.Phil : 2, Msc: 2 Papers published : 49 (National - 3 , International - 46) Conferences attended : 87 (National - 53, International - 34) Invited talks delivered in Conferences : 29- 07 (International), 22 (National) Selected publications
2) How convincing is the rationale/significance/expected contribution of the project Status of environmental monitoring and pollution A clean environment is essential for human health and well-being at a global perspective.The WHO estimates that environmental hazards are responsible for as much as a quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide and that as many as 13 million deaths could be prevented every year by improving environmental quality. The causes of most of these deaths are air pollution, poor water quality and insufficient sanitation. These risks to human health are not confined to the developing world but also exist to a greater or lesser extent in all countries, However, the interactions between the environment and human health are highly complex and difficult to assess. In-addition, many health problems are tought to be associated with environmental pollution, it is difficult to assess the seriousness, extent and causes of environment-related diseases. Unplanned urban development and increased population pressure leads to the deterioration of natural resources and resulting in increased level of pollutants in posing damage to public health. Hence, it is essential to monitor and assess the pollution in the urban environment in order to prevent/clean our environment and to provide a clean and green environment . Rampant growth in industrialization along with population expansion has paved way for application/usage or numerous chemicals in day-to-day life. Eventually, some of the chemicals which enter the enviroment are resistant to environmental degradation and thus they have been observed to persist in the environment. Such chemicals are termed as persistent pollutants. Many persistent organic pollutants are currently or were in the past used as pesticides. Others pollutants such as pharmaceutical and personal care products, polybrominateddiphenylethers, plasticizers, etc. are recent chemicals of concern. Chemicals such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons are part of emission due to incomplete combustion. Being persistent, they are capable of long-range transport and accumulate in food chain. Therefore, public concern about contamination by these pollutants exists, due to the multitude of evidence showing the adverse effects (endocrine disruption, birth defects, cognitive disorder, neurological and immunological disorder, etc.). These problems were discussed by the International community at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001and the road map was laid for elimination of these long-term disastrous chemicals. In this regard, studies on Indian context are important to know the exposure of humans and wildlife to various pollutants. This will equip us to go for usage/ restriction and protective measures nationwide.Therefore mapping of locations, monitoring of xenobiotics will be carried out in air, river water, sediment/soil from different locations in Tamil Nadu. Further, biosenor based xenobiotics detection system is the present need in order to minimize the resource utilization (solvents, instruments, etc.) as a part of green technology. The field of biosensor is emerging and very less research has been carried out till date. The biosensor is a device that uses specific biochemical reactions mediated by isolated enzymes, immunosystems, tissues, organelles or whole cells to detect chemical compounds usually by electrical, thermal or optical signals. The present biosensor includes pregnancy test, gulucose monitoring devices and disease identification. However, for identification of xenobiotics the biosensor has not yet fully development due to its trace level occurrence in environment. Therefore, the present proposal deals with the identification and improvement of biomolecules or organisms to specifically detect mutilple classes of xenobiotics at trace levels. Yüklə 2,93 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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