Dr.A.Annu

Academic Profile:

• Ph.D in Technology, Anna University,Chennai (2022)
• M.Tech (First class with Distinction)  in Biotechnology at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore (2009-11)
• B.Tech (First class with Distinction) in Biotechnology at SASTRA University, Tanjore (2005-09)

Teaching Experience:

• 10.8 years

Teaching Area:

• Enzyme Engineering and Technology
• Downstream Processing
• Bioethics and IPR
• Animal Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• Biochemistry
• Bioentrepreneurship
• Marine biotechnology
• Environmental science and engineering

Specific Area of Research:

• Enzyme Technology
• Antioxidant Studies
• Biosorption
• Nanomaterials

Papers published:

• Ayishal Begam.M., Annu.A., Shameera Banu.S and Vishnu priya. D. 2015, 'Comparison and Optimization of Thermostable Xylanase production by Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus cereus using Corn husk', International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2 (9): 30-35. (ISSN 2393-8021) DOI 10.17148/IARJSET.2015.2907
• A.Annu., R.Baskar., C.Sivasankari. 2015, 'Optimization of flavonoid extraction from the peel of poovan variety banana (Musa acuminate) using L₁₆ Orthogonal design', Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8 (4): 629-635. (ISSN 0974-2115).
• A. Annu , C. Sivasankari  , U. Krupasankar, 2020, 'Synthesis and characerization of Zro2 nanoparticle by leaf extract bioreduction process for its biological studies', Materials Today:Proceedings, DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.975
• Annu Alagarsamy, Sivasankari Chandrasekaran & Ayyar Manikandan 2022, ‘Green synthesis and characterization studies of biogenic zirconium oxide (ZrO₂) nanoparticles for adsorptive removal of methylene blue dye’, Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 1247, pp. 131275. [online] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131275.

Conferences Attended / Presented:

• Presented a paper entitled "Extraction and Optimization of Flavonoids from the peel of Poovan variety banana (Musa acuminata)" at  International Conference on Natural Products and Biomedical Technology (ICNPBT - 2011) held during 10-12 January 2011 in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University
• Presented a paper entitled "Optimization of Flavonoid extraction from the peel of Poovan variety banana Musa acuminata" at 6th International Congress of Environmental Reserach during 19-21 December, 2013 held in Dr. Rafig Zakaria Campus, Maulana Azad College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Aurangabad
• Participated in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment during 21-22 March 2014 held at  Department of Chemistry, The Gandhigram Rural Institute- Deemed University, Dindigul
• Participated in National conference on" Environmental challenges towards sustainability-2015" organised by COE, Department of Environmental Engineering, Civil engineering, Government College of Technology on 15^th May 2015
• Presented a poster in an International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy, Environment and Healthcare Applications” (ANEH-2018) held at KSR College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode during 31^st August and 1^st September 2018.

Workshops/ Faculty Development Programme:

• Participated in the NPTEL workshop conducted on 09.04.13 at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
• Attended a TEQIP II sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “ Pedagogy and Professional Communication” organised by the Department of English, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore during 22-28 May 2013
• Attended a TEQIP II sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “ Strategies for Effective Student-Teacher Interaction” conducted by the Department of Humanities, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore during 29.05.13 to 04.06.13
• Participated in 1 day International Workshop on “ Biodiesel : A Green Fuel from the dross of the Earth” organised by Centre of Excellence of Environmental Studies, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore on 11^th November 2013
• Attended a TEQIP II sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “ Emerging Trends in Biochemical Engineering” organised by the Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore from  02.12.13 to 08.12.13
• Participated in one day “Quality Improvement Cell Workshop” at Government College of Technology on 23.01.14
• Participated in TEQIP II – CoE-ES sponsored workshop on “ Biological Treatment ofWastewater: Innovations, Perceptions and Challenges” organised  by the Department of Environmental Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore  and Central Leather Reserach Institute, Chennai  held during 25-27 February, 2014
• Participated two week ISTE workshop on “Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education” Organized by IIT, Bombay from 12^th June to 2^nd August 2014
• Participated in the “Summer Workshop on Problem Solving Skills in Bioprocess Engineering” organised by the Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai during 16^th – 20^th June, 2014
• Participated in TEQIP II sponsored two day workshop on “ Innovative Techniques in the Teaching Learning Process” conducted by the Teaching Learning Centre, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore during 22^nd and 23^rd August, 2014
• Attended TEQIP II sponsored one day workshop on “ Instructional Design” conducted by the Teaching Learning Centre, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore held on  29^th September, 2014
• Participated in TEQIP II sponsored two day workshop on “ Learning Assessment and Evaluation” conducted by the Teaching Learning Centre, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore during 1^st and 2^nd December, 2014
• Participated in TEQIP II sponsored two day workshop on “ Choice Based Credit System” organised  by the Teaching Leraning Centre, Government College of Technology, during 10^th and 11^th July, 2015
• Participated in TEQIP II – CoE-ES sponsored workshop on “ Sustainable Technologies for Waste to Energy” organised  by the Centre of Excellence for Environmental studies, Government College of Technology, during 10-14 August, 2015
• Attended one day workshop on “Biopreneurship” conducted by University Innovation Centre & Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 9^th October, 2015.
• Participated in TEQIP II – COE-Es Sponsored “Training and Demonstration on Surface Area Analyzer” organized by Department of civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering), Government College of Technology, Coimbatore on 21.01.2016
• Participated in TEQIP II Sponsored Workshop on “Tissue Engineering: Biomaterials and stem cells for manufacturing of biological tissue” Organized at IIT Hyderabad, during 18^th -23^rd July, 2016.
• Participated in TEQIP II – CoE-ES sponsored workshop on “ Entrepreneurship Oppurtunities in Biodiesel Production” organised  by the Centre of Excellence for Environmental studies, Government College of Technology, on 09.08.2016.
• Attended AICTE sponsored two week faculty development programme on “Engineering Entrepreneurship” at IRTT, Erode, from 27.11.16 to 11.12.16.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored Short-term course on “ Recent Advances in Materials Research”, at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore from 03.04.2017 to 09.04.2017.
• Attended AICTE sponsored two week faculty development programme on “Recent Trends in Energy, Environment and Solid waste management” at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, from 13.11.17 to 26.11.17.
• Completed 8 weeks NPTEL-AICTE FDP course on “Introduction to Research’ conducted through MOOC with a consolidated score of 83% during August- September 2018.
• Completed 8 weeks NPTEL-AICTE FDP course on “Roadmap to Patent’ conducted through MOOC with a consolidated score of 71% during January- March 2019.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored two days “Hands on training on mushroom cultivation and vermicomposting through Waste management practices” held on 04.07.2019 and 05.07.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore.
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored Faculty development programme on “Advanced Pedagogy, Sponsored Research, IPR & Entrepreneurship” from 22.07.2019 to 26.07.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored one day Train the Trainers workshop on “Inspiring Personal Leadership through emotional intelligence for the knowledge economy” on 03.09.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored two days Hands on training on “Recent Advances in Bioinformatics” held on 16.09.2019 and 17.09.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore.
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored “Occupational Health and safety in educational institutions” held on 26.09.19 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Participated in one day State level technical seminar on “Intellectual property rights” on 27.09.2019 organized by TNSCST at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day seminar on “Stress management and professional excellence” held on 10.10.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored two week Faculty development programme on “Renewable energy grid intergration: challenges and solutions” from 20.11.2019 to 03.12.2019 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Completed ARPIT Online certificate course conducted through SWAYAM with a ‘C’ grade during November 2019- February 2020.
• Participated in Tamilnadu government sponsored online Faculty development programme on “DoE for Researchers” from 27.05.2020 to 28.05.2020 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Participated in one day webinar on “Cell free bioprocessing; Opportunities and challenges” on 30.05.2020 conducted by Sri Venkateswara college of engineering, Chennai.
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored online Faculty development programme on “Nanoscience and Technology” from 24.06.2020 to 29.06.2020 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended one week online certificate course on “Digital teaching techniques” organized by ICT academy from 29.06.2020 to 04.07.2020.
• Participated in one day webinar on “Startup schemes from Government of Tamilnadu” on 05.07.2020 organized by Centre for Entrepreneurship development, Anna University, Chennai.
• Undergone 3 weeks industrial training on “Basic science and communication” from 30.06.2020 to 20.07.2020 at BSNL Coimbatore.
• Attended one day training session on “How to publish with Oxford journals” conducted by Oxford University press on 24.07.2020.
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored online workshop on “Teach 2 influence (T2i)” held on 11.07.2020, 18.07.2020 and 24.07.2020 organized by Quality Assurance cell, GCT, Coimbatore.
• Participated in Five days online Faculty development programme on “Evolving trends in biotechnological research” from 27.07.2020 to 31.07.2020 at Sri Venkateswara college of engineering, Chennai
• Participated in AICTE sponsored online short term training programme on “Fostering an effective research environment and industrial collaborations in engineering education” from 27.07.2020 to 01.08.2020 at St. Joseph’s college of engineering, Chennai.
• Participated in International webinar on “Therapeutic applications of plantbased inorganic nanoparticles: Current status and future perspectives” held on 29.07.2020 at Chikkaiah Naicker college, Erode.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored two days webinar on “Integrated monitoring and mitigation practices in managing water pollution: Biological and engineering aspects” held on 29.07.2020 and 30.07.2020 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Participated in AICE sponsored one week online short term training programme (STTP) on ‘Impact of polyphenols in enzyme inhibition and formulation of healthcare apparels’ from 03.08.2020 top 08.08.2020 at KCT, Coimbatore.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored three days online Faculty development programme on “Recent Advancements in Medical biotechnology research” held between 03.08.2020 and 05.08.2020 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored three days online Faculty development programme on “Real time applications in Nanotechnology” held between 19.08.2020 and 21.08.2020 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Participated in AICTE Training and Learning Academy (ATAL) online FDP on “Post Harvest and Processing (Food Technology)” from 02.11.2020 to 06.11.2020 at National Institute of Food technology Entrepreneurship and Management.
• Participated in AICTE Training and Learning Academy (ATAL) online FDP on “Drug Engineering” from 23.11.2020 to 27.11.2020 at Dr. Dayaram Patel Pharmacy college
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored one day webinar on “Women empowerment through legal protection” held on 22.02.2021 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended CSIR-NEERI sponsored four days online training program on “Waste water treatment processes” held on 23.02.2021 to26.02.2021,NEERI ,Nagpur
• Participated in TEQIP III sponsored one day workshop on “Product development workshop on soap making processes” held on 10.03.2021 at GCT, Coimbatore
• Attended Two weeks industrial training on “Molecular cloning and cancer cell culture” conducted by Centre for stem cell and cancer genomics, AMI biosciences, Coimbatore during 17.3.2021 to 31.3.2021.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored Two weeks online Faculty development programme on “Recent Trends on Nanomaterials and its applications” held between 19.04.2021 and 01.05.2021 at CIT, Coimbatore.