LATA SHUKLA Professor

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  • Department of Biotechnology
  • School of Life Sciences
  • lishukla@gmail.com,latashukla@yahoo.com

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 PhD Studies on life span at room temperature of the radiation induced free radicals in gamma-irradiated barley seeds with special reference to oxygen sensetive sites Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy 1997
2 M Phil Studies on ESR signal in relation to the magnitude of post-irradiation oxygen effect in barley seeds Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy 1993
3 MSc Chemistry,Computational studies on some fluxional compounds Roorkee University 1990
4 NET Chemistry CSIR/UGC 1989
5 BSc Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Stastics Meerut Univ 1988
6 All India Senior Sec Chemistry, Maths, Biology, English, Physics, SUPW Central Board of Secondary Education 1986
7 All India Secondary English, Maths, Science, Social Sciences,Hindi, SUPW Central Board of Secondary Education 1984

Area of Specializaion

Free Radical Research and Plant Molecular Biology

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 Hindi Poem writing- First prize REGIONAL Interntional Womens day Celebrations 2019 REGIONAL Centre for Women Studies Pondicherry University 2019 No
2 English Essay writing- First prize REGIONAL Interntional Womens day Celebrations 2019 REGIONAL Centre for Women Studies Pondicherry University 2019 No
3 English Slogan writing- First prize REGIONAL Interantional Womens day Celebrations 2019 REGIONAL Centre for Women Studies Pondicherry University 2019 No
4 English Poem writing- First prizeInterantional Womens day Celebrations 2019 REGIONAL Centre for Women Studies Pondicherry University 2019 No
5 BURSARY INTERNATIONAL Innovations in Plant Biosecurity, FERA, San Hutton, York, UK 2017 Cash 600 GBP
6 BURSARY INTERNATIONAL Smart Villages Research Group ltd 15 Lady Place Abingdon OX14 4FB 2016 No cash but money c
7 BOYSCAST Fellowship NATIONAL DST-GOI 2007 no
8 Scholar in training, SIT young investigator’s award, Radiation Research ----Society (), USA. INTERNATIONAL Radiation Research Society 2004 $1000
9 Junior investigator travel award INTERNATIONAL for 8th International workshop on Radiation damage to DNA, 2004 no
10 Best Poster Presentation award (). INTERNATIONAL International Trombay Symposium of Radiation and photochemistry (TSRP-96) 1996 Rs.500
11 DST-young scientist travel award NATIONAL DST-GOI 1995 Rs.15,000/-
12 Best presentation award NATIONAL SERC winter school (Department of chemistry, Poona University, Poona). 1994 no

Teaching Experience

S.No Designation Department/Centre Institution
1 EPR demonstrator (MPhil, Instrumentation) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ
2 EPR demonstrator (MPhil, Instrumentation) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ
3 EPR demonstrator (MPhil, Instrumentation) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ
4 EPR demonstrator (MPhil, Instrumentation) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ
5 EPR demonstrator (MPhil, Instrumentation) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ
6 Assistant Professor Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University
7 Associate Professor Biotechnology Pondicherry Univ
8 Research Guide Chemistry Oakland University
9 Professor Biotechnology Pondicherry University

Research Experience

S.No Designation Department/Centre Institution Area of Research
1 BOYSCAST Fellow Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA Plant Molecular Biology
2 Senior Research Associate(CSIR Pool Scientist) Plant Molecular Biology International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Plant Molecular Biology
3 Research Associate Chemistry Oakland University Free Radical Research
4 Research Associate Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Oakland University Molecular Biology(in vitro transcription )
5 Research Associate National Centre for Plant Genome Research National Centre for Plant Genome Research Plant Molecular Biology
6 Research Associate School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ Plant Photosynthesis
7 Researcher Centre for Plant Molecular Biology Jawaharlal Nehru Univ Plant Molecular Biology
8 Senior Research Fellow (UGC) School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ Life Sciences (Radiation Biology)
9 Junior Research Fellow School of LIfe Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Univ Free Radical Research (Life Sciences)

Industry Experience

S.No Designation Company/Corporate Nature of Work

Contribution towards Innovation

S.No Name of the Work/Contribution Specialization Remarks

Patent Details

S.No Title Status Patent Number Year of Award Type Commercialized Status
1 Method for quantification and identification cell viability of tissue culture APPLIED 201741036806 2017 NATIONAL NO

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 Investigations of scutellum derived calli, cues from size, effective ionic strength of synthetic media and improved regeneration capacity for indica r Solanki, M., Sinha, A. & Shukla, L.I. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 142, 95–106 (2020). 2020 2.33
2 .Optimisation of in vitro culture media for improvement in yield of Navara ancient Indian medicinal rice. Manish Solanki, Anshika Sinha, and Lata I Shukla 3 Biotech. 9:270 2019 2.39

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 The miR408 expression in scutellum derived somatic embryos of Oryza sativa L.ssp indica varieties: media and regenerating embryos. Manish Solanki, Anshika Sinha, and Lata I Shukla Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 138, 53-66 2019 2.34
2 Evidences for differential expression of miR167d-5p, target, positional nucleotide preference, and its role in somatic and different stages of regene Sinha, A; Solanki, M; Shukla, LI Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 136, 537-548 2019 2.33
3 Evaluation of mature miR398 family, expression analysis and the transcriptional regulation evidence in gamma-irradiated and nitrogen stressed Medicago Mohammed Javed. Anshika Sinha. Lata Israni Shukla International journal of radiation biology 95:585-596 2019 1.687
4 Evidences for differential expression of miR167d-5p target, position nucleotide preference and its role in somatic and different stages of regeneratin Anshika Sinha.Manish Solanki.Lata I Shukla Plant cell,Tissue and Organ culture 136:537-548 2018 2.232
5 FT-IR investigations on effect of high doses of gamma radiation-induced damage to polystyrene and mechanism of formation of radiolysis productsRadiati PV Vardhan, LI Shukla Radiation and Environmental Biophysics https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-018-0740-y pg 1-10 2018 1.5
6 Position based nucleotide analysis of miR168 family in higher plants and its targets in mammalian transcripts M Javed, M Solanki, A Sinha, LI Shukla MicroRNA 6 (2), 136-142 2017 1
7 Gamma irradiation of medicinally important plants and the enhancement of secondary metabolite production PV Vardhan, LI Shukla International journal of radiation biology 93 (9), 967-979 2017 1.97
8 Identification of Callus Induction Potential of Nine Different Genotypes of Indica Rice Dhamangaonkar, S. N., Shukla, L. J. Environmental Nanotechnology 2:44-52. 2013 1.5
9 Cloning and character-rization of small RNAs from Medicagotruncatula reveals four novel legume specific microRNA families. Guru Jadeeswaran, Y Zheng, Yong-Fang Li,Lata I Shukla, J Matts, P Hoyt, S L Macmil, G B Wiley, B A Roe, W Zhang, R Sunkar New Phytologist 184:85-98. 2009 7.433
10 Role of microRNA and endogeneous small RNA in plant stress responses. Lata I Shukla, ViswanathanChinnusamy, RamanjuluSunkar Biochemica and Biophysica Acta 1779(11):743-8 2008 4.810
11 Formation of 8-oxo- Guanine radicals in gamma-irradiated DNA: Evidence for multiple one electron oxidation by long range hole transfer. (2004). Errat Lata I. Shukla, A. Adhikari, R. Pazdro, M. D. Sevilla Nucleic Acids Research 35(7):2460-2461 2007 11.56
12 Isolation of neutral radicals in Gamma Irradiated DNA via. hole and electron scavenging. Lata I. Shukla, Robert Pazdro, David Becker and Michal D. Sevilla Radiation Research 163: 591-602 2005 2.53

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 Isolation and characterisation of algae from the sea water and fresh water S Sheshan, Biswa Bhushan Kumbhar, and Lata I Shukla National workshop on Biochemical Technologies for waste to energy conversion and resource recovery. BETWEC-2019 July 22-24 2019 76 2019
2 Investigations on the dynamics of oil bodies in different phases of growing microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata Biswa Bhushan Kumbhar, S Sheshan and Lata I Shukla National workshop on Biochemical Technologies for waste to energy conversion and resource recovery. BETWEC-2019 July 22-24 2019 88 2019
3 Entrepreneurial empowerment of women through science and technology Lata I Shukla International Conference on 5S “Strategy, System and Service for Sustainability and Scalability of Business” on 23rd & 24th of March 2018. 123-124 2018
4 Recent biotechnological innovations for generation of biofuels from algal continuous fermentation could address eight SDGs Lata I Shukla Sathiyabama University 113 2018
5 The recent innovations in  biofuels and  effective strain  improvement  for sustainable development goals (SDGs). Lata I Shukla National Conference on Interdisciplinary research and innovations in biosciences, 24-25 Jan 2018 3-5 2018
6 Association of miRNA associated with Chlorophyll biosynthesis and regeneration capacity in scutellum derived calli of rice Anshika and Lata I Shukla 8th International conference Photosynthesis and hydrogen energy research for sustainability 199-201 2017
7 Association of miRNA associated with Chlorophyll biosynthesis and regeneration capacity in scutellum derived calli of rice Anshika Lata I. Shukla 8th International conference on Photosynthesis and hydrogen energy research for sustainability 30th Oct- 4th Nov, 2017, Hyderabad Central University Hyderabad 97 2017
8 Sustainable biofuels from large-scale algal culture using bioprocess technology Lata I Shukla Energy and agriculture for smart villages in India Report number Workshop Report 26 Source 32-35 2016
9 Medicinally important Indica rice Navara callusing and regeneration protocol under in vitro condition Manish Solanki Lata I. Shukla International conference on Current trends in Biotechnology (ICCB-2016) 281 2016
10 Role of miRNA in Adaptive Response in Plants Anshika, Lata I. Shukla International conference on Current trends in Biotechnology (ICCB-2016) 530 2016
11 Effect of post-irradiation storage on plant rootand shoot development in Mimosa pudica and Vigna radiata M.Javed and L.Shukla International Conference on Radiation Biology (ICRB – 2016) and 13th Biennial Meeting of the Indian Society for Radiation Biology (ISRB) is being organized by the Centre for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR) 300-304 2016
12 GAMMA-IRRADIATION OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS ENHANCES THE SECONDARY METABOLITE ACCUMULATION PV Vardhan, LI Shukla International Conference on Radiation Biology (ICRB – 2016) and 13th Biennial Meeting of the Indian Society for Radiation Biology (ISRB) is being organized by the Centre for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR) 111-113 2016
13 Can Indian formulations developed from chili/capsaicin be cheap alternative for pain relief? PV Vardhan, LI Shukla Xxxvii Annual Conference of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists (IABMS) Public · Hosted by Shobhit Biological Society 113 2016
14 Advancement in Biotechnological Knowledge Dissemination by Distance Education Mode: A Feasible Solution for Improvement in Content Delivery Lata I Shukla Two-day National Conference On Distance Education in India: Emerging Challenges and Prospects (Sept.8-9, 2016) 115 2016
15 Effect of post-irradiation storage on oxygen sensitive sites in gamma-irradiated barley seeds Lata I Shukla International Conference on Radiation Biology (ICRB – 2016) and 13th Biennial Meeting of the Indian Society for Radiation Biology (ISRB) is being organized by the Centre for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR) 333-334 2016
16 Effect of gamma-irradiation on polystyrene plastic: UV-visible and FT-IR investigations at room temperatures PV Vardhan, LI Shukla 103rd Indian Science Congress on “Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India.” Abstract Book 137 2016
17 Understanding the molecular mechanism for auxin transport in plant cells. Manish Solanki and Lata I Shukla GSTF Proc. 5nd Annu. Int. Conf. Adv. Biotech. (BioTech 2015), (Print ISSN: 2251-2489) 50-56 2015
18 Identification of Essential Constituents for Development of Embryogenic Non-Recalcitrant Calli from Recalcitrant Indica Rice Variety Cr1009 and Asd16 Anshika and Lata I Shukla GSTF Proc. 5nd Annu. Int. Conf. Adv. Biotech. (BioTech 2015), 44-49 2015
19 Electron Parmagnetic resonance spectroscopic investigation on mech of DNA Lata I Shukla International Symposium on Current Advances in Radiobiology, Stem Cells and Cancer Research, WiNFO,43:8-11. WiN Global quarterly magazine,WiNFO, March, 33-34 2015
20 Nucleotide based miRNA analysis for identification of targets associated with life style diseases in humans M Javed, M Solanki, Anshika and Lata I Shukla 36th Annual Conference of IABMS from18th to 20th December 2015 234-35 2015
21 Systematic evaluation of MiR169 family in model legume Medicago truncatula and evaluation of new targets associated with nodulation by single base ana M. Javed and L.Shukla National conference on pulses; Challenges and opportunities under changing climate scenario, 29th Sept-1st Oct 2014, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur 19-22 2014
22 INVESTIGATIONS ON CONSERVED MIRNA 398 ASSOCIATED WITH ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN HIGHER PLANTS Lata I Shukla International Conference on Radiation Biology (ICRB – 2014) and 12th Biennial Meeting of the Indian Society for Radiation Biology (ISRB) 234-235 2014
23 Is international cooperation in Higher Education for the Pupil of India: A Sustainable Solution, Enabling Holistic Development in Science and Technol Lata I Shukla National conference and sustainable development in emerging economics. 13-15 2014
24 Evaluation and validation of conservedmiRNA and itstargets in legumes using psRNA target- a plant small RNA target analysis server.. M.Javed and L.Shukla First International and Third National meet on Bioinformatics Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Tirupati, 2-4 2013
25 Evaluation of microRNA associated with auxin response in plants using a plant small RNA target analysis server(ps_RNA target). S.N. Dharmagaonkar S Mishra and L.Shukla First International and Third National meet on Bioinformatics Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Tirupati, 2013. 95-97 2013
26 Chemical mechanism underlying in extraction of nucleic acids from biological samples with special reference to plants. M.Javed and L.Shukla IARI.2013, 25-27 February 2013 145-46 2013
27 Identification of callus induction potential of nine different genotypes of Indica rice S.N. Dharmagaonkar and L.Shukla 3rdNational Conference on Innovations in Indian science, Engineering &Technology at IARI. 2013, 25-27 February 85-90 2013
28 A comparison of families of conserved miRNA in rice and in silico analysis of targets3rd national conference on innovations • S Mishra and L Shukla in Indian science, engineering & technology at IARI. 2013, 25-27 February 75-80 2013

Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.

Chapters in Books

S.No Title of the Chapters Name of the Authors Title of the Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Generation of plant mutant lines using gamma radiation and enhanced secondary metabolite content Lata I Shukla, P Vivek Vardhan, T K Devika, Sayan Das, Saurav Bhatacharya Biotechnologyical approaches to enhace the secondary metabolites CRC press 2021 9781003034957
2 Good Governance: Its Role in Building a Sustainable Future Lata Shukla and Mothilal Lakavath Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Partnerships for the Goals, 2020 978-3-319-71067-9
3 Millets and legumes for sustainable growth and holistic development Saadat A, Shukla, L Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 2020 978-3-319-71067-9
4 Reduction of food wastage: role of administrative interventions and cultural ecosystem services Abu Saadat, Barman, S., Shukla, L. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 978-3-319-71067-9
5 Quantification of conserved miRNA in plants and validation of new targets Lata I Shukla Experimental protocols in Biotechnology Springer Protocol handbook, Springer Nature 2020 978-1-0716-607-0
6 Recent Biotechnological innovations for generation of biofuels from algal contineous fermentation could address eight SDGs Lata I Shukla Biogenesys 2018 (Editors Asmita Dasgupta, Suzioenette Mawiong, Sushmita Bora, Somenath Sen) Puducherry Cooperative Book Society P. 653, Krishna Nagar, Puducherry 2018 819335581-16-0
7 Biotechnological solutions for the streaming of ecosystem goods and services with special reference to biodiversity valuation for sustainable developm Lata I Shukla Ecosystem Services and its Mainstreaming in Development Planning Process (Editors: Manju Sundriyal and V.K. Dhaundiyal, 2015), pp. 186 to 197. Uttarakhand Science Education and Research Centre (USERC), & Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India 2014 978-3-9812410-2

Edited Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Proceedings of National Seminar on the theme "To raise public appriciation on scientific issues for development of nation" (NSD-2016) Anshika and Lata I Shukla Shivalik Printers, Puducherry 2016 978-3-9812410-2

Ongoing Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 Bioprocess Technology for Life Sciences CEC six months 8Lakhs 2018
2 Investigations on conserved microRNA in callusing and regenerating calli of rice Department of Biotechnology 48 months 35.89 2011
3 Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic investigations of gamma-radiation effects on seeds UGC 42 months 9.89 2010

Ongoing Consultancy Works

S.No Title of the Consultancy Work Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 Member advisory committee of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Vetenary Education and Reseach, Puducherry Pondicherry University 14.9.2018-13.9.2021 0 2018

Completed Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 Investigations on conserved microRNA in callusing and regenerating calli of rice Department of Biotechnology 48 months 35.89 2011
2 Brain Storming Session on climate change, DST-CCP/Wk-4/2010 DST- GOI six months 2.5 2010
3 Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic investigations of gamma-radiation effects on seeds UGC 42 months 9.89 2010
4 Brain Storming Session on climate change DST- GOI 6months 2.00 lakhs 2010
5 Identification of microRNAs associated with plant regeneration capacity of different genotypes of Indica rice. DST-Fast Track 36 months 19 2009

Completed Consultancy Works

S.No Title of the Consultancy Work Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year

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.,

S.No Name of the Programme/Scheme Date of Implementation No. of Students Enrolled Agencies Involved

Research Guidance - PG

S.No Year Degree No. of Students Awarded Department/Centre
1 2020 M.SC 2 Biotechnology
2 2019 M.SC 2 Biotechnology
3 2018 M.SC 3 Biotechnology
4 2017 M.SC 3 Biotechnology
5 2016 M.SC 2 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
6 2015 M.SC 2 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
7 2014 M.SC 2 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
8 2013 M.SC 3 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
9 2010 M.PHIL 1 Chemistry, Pondicherry Univ
10 2010 M.SC 4 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
11 2009 M.SC 3 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
12 2007 M.SC 2 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,
13 2006 M.SC 1 Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences,

Research Guidance - Ph.D

S.No Student Name Registration Date Registration No. Thesis Title Thesis Submitted Status Thesis Submitted Date Vivavoce Completed Status Date Awarded
1 P Vivek Vardhan 25-11-2014 PU/CE/E9/PHD/14-15 INVESTIGATIONS ON SECONDARY METABOLITES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-IRRADIATION IN HIGHER PLANTS NO NO
2 MANISH SOLANKI 06-12-2013 1300103002 Identification and validation of miRNA markers associated with somatic embryogenesis in Oryza sativa L ssp-Indica YES August 2019 NO
3 ANSHIKA 6-12-2013 130013001 Development of the conserved miRNA based molecular markers for regeneration in scutellum derived somatic embryos in Oryza sativa YES May 2019 NO
4 BISWA BHUSHAN KUMBHAR 31-12-2016 PU/CE/E9/PHD/14-15 INVESTIGATIOS ON THE EFFECT OF GAMMA IRRADIATION ON SEEDS NO NO
5 Mohammed Javed 26-07-2012 R29235 The conserved miRNA analyses and transcriptome profiling of some commercially important legume plantses YES March 2019 YES 29 Jan 2020

Research Guidance - Post Doctoral

S.No Scholar Name Designation Funding Agency Fellowship Title Year of Joining Year of Completion

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

S.No Conference/ workshop attended for which financial support provided Professional body for which membership fee is provided Amount of Support Place From Date To Date Year

E-Lecture Details

S.No E-Lecture Title Development of e-content/e-learning/delivering Member of Editorial Bodies Reviewer/Referee of
Content/Module Title Institution/Platform Year Weblink

Details of Online Education Conducted

S.No Nature of Online Course No. of Sessions Target Group Date

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 Could improved transparency for environmental ethics and cultural ecosystem services provide solutio National Conference on Emerging energy and environmental sustainability (ETGE-2020) PVKN Government Vellore Road, Chittoor National 02-03-2020 02-03-2020 2020
2 The sustainable solutions for reducing water foot prints of rice International conference on Inter disciplinnary approaches to Environment, Ecosystem and sustainable development ICIAEESD-2020 Legal Service Clinic, Pondicherry Univ, KamachiMuamunivar Govt Institute for Post graduate studies a International 22-2-2020 22-2-2020 2020
3 Enterpreneurial empowerment of women through science and technology National Conference on 5s framework of enterpreneurial dimensions: Significance, Stimulus, Strategies, synergy and success Department of Commerce, Pondicherry Univ National 26-03-2018 27-03-2018 2018
4 The recent innovations in biofuels and effective strain improvement for Sustainablle development goa National Conference on Interdisciplinary research and innovations in biosciences(NATCON-2018) PG and Research Department of Biochemistry, Mohammed Sathak College of Arts and Science, Sholinganal National 24-01-2018 25-01-2018 2018
5 Recent innovations in biofuels and  effective strain  improvement  for sustainable development go NATCON-2018 National Conference on Interdisciplinary research and innovations in biosciences Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Sciences, Chennai National 24-1-2018 25-1-2018 2018
6 Entrepreneurial empowerment of women through science and technology Two day International Conference on 5S “Strategy, System and Service for Sustainability and Scalability of Business” Department of Management Studies Pondicherry University International 23-3-2018 24-3-2018 2018
7 State awareness program on sustainable waste management- II State level Awareness Program on Sustainable Waste Management APSCC, PU, Dept of Sci and Tech and Env and Pollution control committee, Govt of Puducherry State 12-09-2017 12-09.2017 2017
8 State awareness program on sustainable waste management- II State level Awareness Program on Sustainable Waste Management APSCC, PU, Dept of Sci and Tech and Env and Pollution control committee, Govt of Puducherry State 14-07-2017 14-07-2017 2017
9 State awareness program on sustainable waste management- I State level Awareness Program on Sustainable Waste Management APSCC, PU, Dept of Sci and Tech and Env and Pollution control committee, Govt of Puducherry State 11-09-2017 11-07-2017 2017
10 ESR investigations on the gamma-irradiated DNA international symposium organized in India with relation to radiation biology cancer and stem cell research at JNU New Delhi India from 19-22 Feb, 201 School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi International 19-2-2015 21-2-2015 2015
11 INVESTIGATIONS ON CONSERVED MIRNA 398 ASSOCIATED WITH ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN HIGHER PLANTS International Conference on Radiation Biology (ICRB 2014) Theme is Frontiers in Radiobiology: Immunomodulation, Countermeasures & Therapeutics ISRB International 11-11-2014 13-11-2014 2014
12 Mechanism of free radical formation in plants by gamma-irradiation. Ask an expert Department of Physics, Pondicherry University State 28-2-2014. 28-2-2014 2014
13 The free radical mechanism in the gamma-irradiation of DNA Indian Institute of Science Seminar Department of Biochemistry, Inidian Institute of Science, Banglore State 30-08-2004 31-05-2005 2014
14 International co-operation in higher education, for the pupil of India; a sustainable solution, enab National conference and sustainable development in emerging economics. Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry National 13-8-2014 14-8-2014 2014
15 Biotechnological applications for water related problems Indo-German workshop USERC, Dehradun International 6-6-2014 6-6-2014 2014
16 Biotechnological applications for water resource development Application of GIS and remote sensing for water resource development Doon University, Dehradun State 4-6-2014 5-6-2014 2014
17 Bioethics in Biotechnology National workshop on “Inter-disciplinary ethics” ICPRat Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University, Puducherry. National 2-8-2012 2-8-2012 2012
18 Ethics in biotechnology National workshop on Interdisciplinary Ethics Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University National 2-8-2012 3-8-2012 2012

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 Local organising committee member for Recent advances in biodiversity, biology and biotechnology of Mycological society of India Dept of Biotechnolgy, Pondicherry University, Puducherry National 7-11-2019 9-11-2019 2019
2 National Seminar on the Eve of National Science day celebrations-2016 on the theme `To raise public Pondicherry Universiy and GeneX India Pvt Ltd, Chennai SOM, Pondicherry Univ, Puducherry National 26-2-2016 26-2-2016 2016
3 Co-cordinator for National Seminar on "Role of Biotechnology on Nation Building" Pondicherry Universiy SOM Pondicherry Univ Puducherry National 16-03-2015 16-3-2015 2015

Workshop Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 6th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress (USSTC)-2011 DST, UCOST Date: 14-16 November, 2011; Venue: SSJ Campus, Kumaun University, Almora State 14-11-2011 16-11-2011 2011
2 Uttarakhand State Science Congress-2010 DST, UCOST Doon University, Dehradun State 10-11-2010 12-11-2010 2010

Administrative Responsibilities in the Government and Quasi Government Agencies

S.No Name of the Position Agency/Organisation Duration Nature of Duties

Affiliation in Academic Bodies/Societies

S.No Name of the Body/Society Nature of Affiliation Year
1 Administrative Staff College of India Life Membership (Prg/18-19/3/199/71203 2019
2 Indian Science Congress Association, . Life Member 2013
3 Biotechnology Research Society of India (BRSI) Life Member 2005
4 Radiation Research Society, USA annual 2003
5 Indian Biophysical Society, India Life Member 1999
6 Environmental and Mutagenic Society of India, since Life Member 1999
7 Third World Academy of Sciences Life Member 1999
8 Indian Society for Radiation Biologist, India,since Life Member 1993

Participation & Extension Activities (Academic/Administraion)

S.No Name of the Position (Head, Dean, Co-ordinator, Director, etc.,) Duration Nature of Dutites
1 Co-ordinator One year Co-ordinated and facilitated the first time offered course of Biology I wherein 7 experts of School of Life Sciences taught the MSc integrated students course with hands on training
2 Co-ordinator One year Ladies hostel and issues pertaining to allotment, 2013-`14.
3 Deputed Teacher for attending Workshop on Creation and nurturing Women Tech enterpreneurs 27-28 Feb 2017 To facilitate the participation and take PG students for participation inn workshop on Creation and Nurturing womenTech-enterpreneurs at ChennaiWomen tech enterpreneurship
4 Organisation of fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress(IBC2017) 10-12 March 2017 Coordinating meeting and participation of the 4th Indian Biodiversity Congress and enabling Organizing secretary IBC 2017
5 Participant 17 April 2017 Participation in Recent trends in Biotechnology
6 Participant 21st April 2017 Workshop on the general awareness and propagation of EMR Scheme of Ministry of Ayush organised by Siddha Regional Research Institute (CCRS) Pondicherry Univ
7 Participation Aug9, 2017 Participated in symposium on Cross-talk in Omics
8 Successful completion of short course in Network Biology 19-24 February Attended classes and wrote examination for successful completion of course
9 Deputed by Dept of Biotech, Pondicherry Univ to attend National Conference on Technological Empower 8-9 March 2018 Actively attend sessions and aprise on return to the departmental students and staff
10 Participation 28-9-2018 Development and Delivery of MOOCs
11 Member selection committee for PhD in CBIO, Centre for bioinformatics, Pondicherry Univ 17May 2018 Selection interview participation and grading
12 Participant 17 May 2018 Participation in national seminar o the Road map for the eeffective implementation of RPwD Act. 2016.
13 Co-ordinator, Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry Univ Academic year 2019-20 Evaluation of Credit Seminar
14 Member Selection committee as subject expert for walk in interview of teacher selecton in KV-No.2 1.3.2019 Selection of teachers for various contractual appointments for session 2019-20
15 DST sponsored Participant to attend the general mangement program for Scientists March 18-29 at Administrative Staff College of Ind To Participate and learn in class room mode with visitations to biotech park and a residential program
16 Participant 6th Sept 2019 One day workshop on Training of Teachers HRDC Pondicherry Univ
17 Question paper setter 29 July 2019 Setting question paper for M Tech Biotechnology, Anna Univ
18 Participant 18th Dec 2019 Successful participation in the invited talk in National workshop on Macromolecular crystallography organised by Centre of Bioinformatics, Pondicherrry Univ, Puducherry
19 Reviewer 2019 Reviewed two papers in Physiology Planitarium
20 Reviewer 2019 Reviewed two papers in Physiology Planitarium

Participation & Extension Activities (Co-Curricular)

S.No Name of the Position (NSS, NCC, Warden etc.,) Duration Nature of Dutites
1 Student cadet, NSS Two camps and 266 hours of service Adult education, Tree plantation, teaching cleanliness and its importance in village near Rookee(1988-1990)
2 Departmental Ladies Hostel co-ordinator one year To co-ordinate and facilitate the girl candidates joining the Department of Biotech with Hostel forms and formalities
3 Discipline captain one year (1985-86) Discipline of school
4 Executive Member Chemical Association One year Representing the class for departmental meetings, co-ordinating the meetings in class, information dissemination
5 Member National organising committee March 4-5 2017 4th National conference on innovations in Indian science and engineering and technolgy focusing on rural housing at CSIR-NPL New Delhi

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