Faculty Details

EDUCATION

Master of Technology (Bio-pharmaceutical technology), Anna University, Chennai.   (2004 - 2006)

Bachelor of Technology (Biotechnology), Bharathidasan University, Trichy.   (2000 - 2004)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (Apr’13 – Till date)

Assistant Professor.

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University (Karnataka), India (Aug’07 – Apr’13)

Assistant Professor-Senior.

Bharath University (Deemed University), Chennai, India   (Jul ’06 - Aug ’07)

Lecturer.

SUBJECTS HANDLED:

• Enzyme Technology, Mass Transfer Operations in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Advanced Downstream Processing, Mathematical and Numerical Techniques in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Drugs and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Immunology, Process Calculation, Protein Engineering, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biolology.

LABORATORIES HANDLED:

• Bioreaction Engineering Lab, Down Stream Processing Lab, Modelling and Simulation in Bioprocess Engineering, Computational Techniques In Biotechnology, Bioinformatics Lab, Biochemistry Lab, Unit operations Lab, Genetic Engineering Lab.

PUBLICATIONS

G.Baskar, V.Rajasekar, and S.Renganathan (2011) Modeling and Optimization of L-sparaginase Production by Enterobacter Aerogenes Using Artificial Neural Network Linked Genetic Algorithm. Inter Jour of Chem Eng Appl. 2, pp. 98-100.

S.Raja, V.R. Murty, V.Thivaharan, V.Rajasekar, V.Ramesh (2011) Aqueous Two Phase Systems for the Recovery of Biomolecules – A Review. Sci and Tech; 1(1): 7-16.

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS  

• Successfully completed a certified course on ‘Basics of MATLAB’ conducted at MIT-Manipal.    
• Participated in the International Congress on Bioprocesses in Food Industries 2008, an international conference held at Osmania University, Hyderabad during November 6-8, 2008.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored one week short term training programme on “Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques” at NIT, Surat from 22^nd – 26^th Dec 2008.
• Presented a poster on “Anti Diabetic activity of Syzygium jamboalnum” in International conference on molecular medicine from 19^th – 22^nd Jan 2009.
• Presented a paper on “A modeling study by response surface methodology and artificial neural network on fermentation factors for protease production by Bacillus subtilis” at International Conference on Systems Dynamics and Control,(ICSDC) – 20^th to 21^st  August 2010.
• Presented a poster on “Development of a mathematical model for nattokinase production kinetics by Bacillus subtilis” in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT 2011) from 20^th – 25^th Nov 2011.
• Presented a poster on “Terpolymerisation of N-Vinyl pyrrolidone with maleic anhydride and styrene by Ti(III) – DMG redox initiator”  in “National Symposium on Chemistry and Humanity” during July 11-12^th, 2011.
• Presented a paper on “Waste water utilization for bioelectricity Generation using Microbial Fuel cell - a Review” at National Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technology – March 2013.

Refresher  Programme, FDP and Workshop attended:

• TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty Development Program on "Technical Software for Alternate Energy Resources"organized by Centre of Excellence for Alternate Energy Resources, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 11th- 16th August 2014.
• TEQIP-II sponsored International workshop on "Biodiesl: A green fuel from the dross of the earth"organized by Centre of Excellence for Environmental studies, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 11th November 2013.
• TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty Development Program on " Language use in Technology Integrated classroom Communication" organized by Department of English, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 20th -26th June 2013.
• TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty Development Program on " Pedagogy and Professional Communication" organized by Department of English, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 22nd -28th May 2013.