Faculty Details

AREA OF INTEREST

• Food Technology
• Molecular Biology
• Microbiology
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Immunology
• Environmental Biotechnology

SPECIFIC AREA OF RESEARCH

• Value Addition Bio -Products
• Fermentation Technology
• Food Processing
• Polymorphism Detection
• Biofuels

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED/PRESENTED:

• Participated in “Quality Improvement Cell Workshop” organized by Government College of Technology, Coimbatore on 23.1.2014
• Participated in “BioAsia 2014: The Global Biobusiness Forum” at Hyderabad International Convention Center, Hyderabad during 17^th -19^th Feb, 2014
• Participated in TEQIP II – COE-Es Sponsored “Biological Treatment of Wastewater : Innovations, Perceptions & Challenges” Organized by Department of Environmental Engineering, GCT & CLRI, Chennai during 25^th -27^th Feb, 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 two day TEQIP II sponsored workshop on “Innovative techniques in the teaching learning process” on 22^nd & 23^rd August 2014
• Participated one day TEQIP II sponsored workshop on “Instructional design in the teaching learning process” on 29^th  September 2014
• Participated two day TEQIP II sponsored workshop on “Learning assessment & Evaluation” on 1^st & 2^nd December 2014
• Participated in national conference " Environmental challenges towards sustainability-2015" organized by COE, Department of Environmental Engineering, Civil engineering,
  Government College of Technology on 15 th May 2015.
• Participated in International conference on “Alternate Renewable Energy” during Nov 25 th & 26 th , 2015 in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Government College of
  Technology, Coimbatore.
• Participated in workshop on " Demonstration of working of surface area analyzer" organized by COE, Department of Environmental Engineering, Civil engineering, Government College of
  Technology on 21 st Jan 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.
•  Attended AICTE sponsored two week faculty development programme on “Engineering Entrepreneurship” at IRTT, Erode, from 27.11.16 to 11.12.16.
• Attended AICTE sponsored One week Short term course on “Recent Advances in Materials Research” at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, from 03.04.17 to 09.04.17.
• 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.
• Attended TEQIP II CoE-ES sponsored one week faculty development programme on “Bio energy & its scope in india” at Government college of technology, Coimbatore, from 24.02.17 to 02.03.17.
• Attended NPTEL-AICTE sponsored faculty development programme on “Nanotechnology in Agriculture” conducted by IIT,Kanpur , from August to October,2018.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day workshop on “e-Procurement-principles and practices “at Government college of technology, Coimbatore, on 26.10.18.
• Attended NPTEL-AICTE sponsored 8 weeks FDP on “Roadmap for Patent Creation” conducted by IIT,Kharagpur , from January to March,2019.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored Two Days hands on Training on “Mushroom Cultivation and Vermicomposting through waste Management “at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, from 4.7.19 to 5.7.2019.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored One Week FDP on “Advanced Pedagogy,Sponsered Research,IPR & Entrepreneurship “at Government college of technology, Coimbatore, from 22.7.19 to 26.7.2019.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day Train the tairners workshop on “Inspiring Personal Leadership through Emotional Intelligence for the Knowledge Economy “at Government college of technology, Coimbatore, on 3.9.19.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored Two day hands on Training on “Recent Advances in Bioinformatics“at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, from 16.9.19 to 17.9.2019.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day workshop on “Occupational Health and Safety in Educational Institutions“at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, on 26.9.19.
• Attended Tamil Nadu state Council for Science and Technology sponsored one day State Level Technical Seminar on “Intellectual Property Rights “at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, on 27.9.19.
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day seminar on “Stress management and Professional Excellence “at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, on 10.10.19.
• Attended AICTE sponsored Two Weeks FDP on “Renewable Energy Grid Intergration: Challenges and Solutions“at Government College of technology, Coimbatore, from 20.11.19 to 3.12.2019.
• Attended DOTE; Tamil Nadu sponsored Two Weeks FDP on “Innovations in Bio-Engineering“at Government college of technology, Coimbatore, from 9.12.19 to 22.12.2019.
• Attended DOTE-TEQIP III webinar on Design, Develop and deliver on line courses through Moodle platform, GCT, 23.04.2020 to 24.04.2020
• Attended webinar on DoE for researchers, GCT, 27.05.2020 to 28.05.2020
• Attended webinar on cell free bio processing: opportunities and challenges,SVCE, 30.05.2020
• Attended webinar- TEQIP FDP on Nanoscience and Technology, GCT,24.06.2020 to 29.06.2020
• Attended Three weeks industrial training on Basic science and communication from BSNL,chennai 30/6/20 to 20/7/20
• Attended Institutional Project Funding Schemes & Proposal Preparation”, GCT, 14.07.2020
• Attended How to publish with oxford journals,oxford university press, 24.7.2020
• Attended the TEQIP III sponsored Online Workshop on “Teach 2 Influence (T2i)”, GCT, 11-07-2020, 18-07-2020 and 25-07-2020
• Attended one week Digital teaching techniques by ICT academy from 29/7/20 to 4/7/20
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored one day webinar on preparing ourselves on second cycle of NBA accreditation,GCT, 11/7/2020
• Attended Two Day Workshop on "Aligning Yourself to the Publishing Process",Elsiver ,24 July, 2020
• Attended QIP IIT on Introduction to environmental engineering, IIT Bombay, 15th -24th July 2020
• Attended “Integrated monitoring and mitigation practices in managing water
• Pollution: biological and engineering aspects”, GCT, 29.07.2020 & 30.07.2020
• Attended Evolving trends in biotechnological researches,SVCE, 27.7.2020-31.7.2020
• Attended Therapeutic applications of plant based inorganic nanoparticles: current status and future perspectives, Chikkaiah Naickar College, 29.7.2020
• Attended STTP on Impact of polyphenols in enzymes inhibition and formulation of healthcare appareals”, KCT,3/8/20 to 8/8/20
• Attended MASTERING “Latex for technical and scientific documentation”, GCT, 10.08.2020.
• Attended TEQIP III one day webinar on Digital teaching-How to handle effective online classroom, GCT, 11/8/20
• Attended TEQIP III sponsored Real time applications in nanotechnology, GCT,19/8/20 to21/8/20
• Attended AICTE-ATAL Drug engineering, Dr.Dayaram patel pharmacy college,23/11/20 to 27/11 20
• Attended AICTE-ATAL "Postharvest and Processing (Food Technology)", at National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship andManagement,2/11/2

Industrial Interaction:

Attended industrial trainning in "effluent treatment plant"at Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited,Kochi.

Current Projects:

• Genetic engineering of microbes for enhanced bioethanol production.
• Development of Fortified Foods.
• Development of value added products from fruit waste.
• Production of bioethanol from agro waste.