K. SRUJANA Assistant Professor

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  • srujana.arn@pondiuni.ac.in

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 Ph. D An Assessment of Heavy metals and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons of surface soil and Application of degrading Microbial Isolate to Phytoremediation Pondicherry University 2014
2 B.Ed Biology and English Pondicherry University 2006
3 MSc Botany Andhra University 2005
4 BSc Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry Acharya Nagarjuna University 2003

Area of Specializaion

Environmental Sciences

Awards / Prizes Conferred

S.No Name / Title of the Award Type Name of the Agency conferred the Award Year of the Award Amount for Cash Award
1 SRF–Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship NATIONAL UGC 2010 0
2 CSIR –UGC, JRF & Lectureship – NET NATIONAL UGC-CSIR 2008 0
3 JRF–Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship NATIONAL UGC 2007 0
4 Academic Award REGIONAL Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada 2003 0
5 Academic Award REGIONAL Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada 2002 0
6 Academic Award REGIONAL Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada 2001 0

Teaching Experience

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1 Guest Faculty Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Pondicherry University

Research Experience

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Industry Experience

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Contribution towards Innovation

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Patent Details

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 A Critical Analysis of India's National Education Policy (2020): Insights into Educational Transformation Srujana Kathi, Annavarapu Ramesh Naidu and B. Rangaiah Journal of Positive School Psychology 6(9), 4561-4567. 2022 Scopus Indexed
2 The nexus between built environment and learning difficulties among children during covid-19 Srujana Kathi, Sheetal Mehrotra, Thirumeni D and Babu Rangaiah Journal of Education: Rabindra Bharati University Vol.: XXV, No. :1(III), 85-96. 2022 ISSN: 0972-7175
3 Relationship between Decision-Making, Time Perspective, and Stress Mehrotra, S., Rangaiah, B., & K. Srujana Timing & Time Perception https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10068. 2022 E-ISSN: 2213-4468
4 Post COVID-19 transition to emergency E-learning: Perspectives and Challenges Srujana Kathi, B Rangaiah International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews 8(2), 477-484 2021 E-ISSN 2348-1269

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Non-Invasive Imaging Modalities to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases of Aging Brain Ramesh Naidu Annavarapu, Srujana Kathi & V Vamsi Krishna Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 95, 54-69 2018 3.097
2 Cognitive disorders in children associated with urban vehicular emissions Annavarapu Ramesh Naidu & Srujana Kathi Environmental Pollution Volume 208, Part A 2016 9.98
3 Evaluation of heavy metal and total petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of road side surface soil Anisa B. Khan & Srujana Kathi International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 11 (8), 2259-2270 2014 3.519
4 Isolation and characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading soil microbes from automobile workshop sediments Kathi Srujana & Anisa B. Khan Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 5(1), 74-83 2012 ISSN: 2077-2181
5 Phytoremediation approaches to PAH contaminated soil Srujana Kathi & Anisa B. Khan Indian Journal of Science and Technology 4 (1) 2011 ISSN: 0974- 6846

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Details of Conference Publication Page Nos. Year
1 Post COVID-19 transition to emergency E-learning: Perspectives and Challenges Srujana Kathi and Babu Rangaiah Virtual International Conference On Sustainability of E-education as a Close Alternative to Traditional Education 1-8 2020
2 Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Source Allocation of Environmental Data Srujana Kathi and Ramesh Naidu Annavarapu Proceedings of UGC Sponsored Two Day National Conference on “Recent advances in mathematics and its applications” (RADMAS– 2016) Volume 5 S1. ISSN:2348-0580. 4-13 2016
3 Comparative study of phenanthrene degradation by Aspergillus terreus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae using HPLC Srujana Kathi & Anisa B. Khan Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Appropriate Technology, Accra, Ghana 1-8 2010
4 Study on growth and germination of four herbaceous plants on spent oil contaminated soil Srujana Kathi & Anisa B. Khan 3rd National Conference of National Environmental Association on Environmental Science and Technology for Sustainable Development 18–20 2009

Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Environmental Toxicology Srujana Kathi Notion Press 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1639208593
2 Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil Srujana Kathi Lambert Academic Publishing, GmbH and Co. Germany. 2017 ISBN:978-3-330-07950-2

Chapters in Books

S.No Title of the Chapters Name of the Authors Title of the Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Assessment of biochar application in decontamination of water and wastewater Alaa El Din Mahmoud and Srujana Kathi Cost Effective Technologies For Solid Waste And Wastewater Treatment Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc., USA 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0128229330
2 Phytoremediation of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons using Cynodon dactylon Srujana Kathi Cost Effective Technologies For Solid Waste And Wastewater Treatment Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc., USA 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0128229330
3 Treatment of harvested rainwater and reuse: Practices, prospects, and challenges Siril Singh, Rajni Yadav, Srujana Kathi and Anand Narain Singh Cost Effective Technologies For Solid Waste And Wastewater Treatment Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc., USA 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0128229330
4 Modelling the Spread of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs in Soil. Srujana Kathi Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance Elsevier 2020 978-0-12-818882-8
5 Electronic Wastes: Global Scenario, Constituents, Biological Strategies for Remediation Srujana Kathi and Anbarashan Padmavathy Electronic Waste Pollution- Environmental Occurrence and Treatment Technologies Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc., USA 2019 978-3-030-26615-8
6 Antibiotic Resistance Gene Due to Manure Application Srujana Kathi Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in Soils Springer 2017 ISBN 978-3-319-66260-2
7 Emerging metagenomic strategies for assessing xenobiotic contaminated sites Srujana Kathi Xenobiotic in soil: Monitoring and Remediation Springer 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-47744-2
8 An Overview of Extraction, Clean-up and Instrumentation Techniques for Quantification of Soil-Bound Xenobiotic Compounds Srujana Kathi Xenobiotic in soil: Monitoring and Remediation Springer 2016 978-3-319-47744-2
9 Bioenergy from phytoremediated phytomass of aquatic plants via gasification Srujana Kathi Bioremediation and Bio-economy Elsevier 2015 ISBN: 978-0-12-802830-8

Edited Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Cost Effective Technologies for Solid Waste and Wastewater Treatment Srujana Kathi, Suja P. Devipriya and Thamarai Selvi Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc., USA 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0128229330

Ongoing Projects

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Ongoing Consultancy Works

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Completed Projects

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Completed Consultancy Works

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Career Guidance Offered to students

S.No Name of the Scheme No. of Students Competitive Examinations/ Career Counseling No. of Students Passed No. of Students Placed

List of capability enhancement such as Soft skill development, Remedial coaching, Language lab,
Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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Research Guidance - Ph.D

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Research Guidance - Post Doctoral

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Financial assistance availed to attend conferences / workshops and to pay membership fee
of professional bodies during the year

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E-Lecture Details

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Content/Module Title Institution/Platform Year Weblink

Details of Online Education Conducted

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Invited Talks in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme

S.No Title of the Paper Conferences/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme Organized by Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 How safe is the indoor environment? Conference 9th International Conference on Environment, Agriculture, Rural Development and Bio-Science ICEAR-20 International 29-10-2022 30-10-2022 2022
2 Association between Indoor Air Quality and Mental Health of School Children. Conference 12th INSPA International Conference International 02-10-2022 04-10-2022 2022
3 Post COVID-19 transition to emergency E-learning: Perspectives and Challenges Conference School of Commerce and Business Management Central University of Tamil Nadu International 21-07-2020 01-08-2020 2020

Conferences/Seminars Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 Webinar on NEP 2020: Multi-disciplinary and Holistic Education University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 27-06-2022 27-06-2022 2022
2 Webinar on NEP 2020: Motivated, Energized and capable faculty University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 28-06-2022 28-06-2022 2022
3 Webinar on NEP 2020: Technology Use and Integration University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 29-06-2022 29-06-2022 2022
4 Webinar on NEP 2020: Equity and Inclusion University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 30-06-2022 30-06-2022 2022
5 Webinar on NEP 2020: Global outreach of Higher Education University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 26-07-2022 26-07-2022 2022
6 Webinar on NEP 2020: Promotion of Indian Knowledge System University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 27-07-2022 27-07-2022 2022
7 Webinar on NEP 2020: Research Innovation and Ranking University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 28-07-2022 28-07-2022 2022
8 Webinar on NEP 2020: Integrated Higher Education System University Grants Commission UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University 10.30 am to 12.30 pm National 29-07-2022 29-07-2022 2022

Workshop Organized

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Administrative Responsibilities in the Government and Quasi Government Agencies

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Collaboration with Institution/Industry

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Faculty Development Programme Attended (Orientation, Refresher, other Short Term Course during the year)

S.No Title of the FDP Organiser Venue Duration From Date To Date Year
1 8th Faculty Induction Programme UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Pondicherry University Virtual one month 18-08-2022 16-09-2022 2022

Details of Executive Development Prog/Management Development Prog. conducted

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Participation in IMPESS, IMPRINT, SPARC, STARS, LEAP Programme etc and DSF Funding Programme

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Enrolment under ARPIT Programme

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