Research – Biotechnology
Anna University
Approved Research
Centre
08
Research
Supervisors
09
PhDs awarded under guidance
13
Research Scholars pursuing Research
255
Research Publications
16
Research Grants received
32
Books and Book Chapters Published
928136
Total funding from Research Grants
The Department of Biotechnology is one of the pioneers to establish a research culture among the academic fraternity at KCT. An Anna University approved Research Centre, presently 8 faculty members have been recognised as supervisors to guide research scholars. Some of the major research domains in the field of Biotechnology include Computational Biology, Molecular Dynamics, Machine Learning,Food Biotechnology, Food Processing, Biofuel, Antioxidants and Medicinal Plants, Medical Textiles, Mushroom Biology, Enzyme Technology, Waste water treatment, Biodiesel, Phytochemicals, Probiotics &Nutraceuticals, Microbial peptides, Nanotechnology, Environmental Engineering, Bioprocessing and Bio-Product recovery.
Research Supervisors
Dr. N. Saraswathy
Professor
After completing her doctorate from National Center for Plant Biotechnology, (IARI), New Delhi in 2004, Dr. Saraswathy joined as a scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) at Pithoragh, Uttranchal, where she had the opportunity to work with a research team involving the development of high altitude freeze tolerance crops. After joining KCT in 2005, she initiated the research work on medical textile was which involves the development of bioactive wound dressing materials. Apart from academics, interested in precision agricultural practices and organic farming.
Dr. R. Baskar
Associate Professor
Dr. Baskar had published 29 research articles in reputed journals, 22 in International and 7 in National journals of which one of the best paper was published in the High Impact Factor Journal of Food Chemistry with an impact factor of 3.16. He has also secured a DBT funded project on “”Characterization and Immobilization of banana peel protease for incorporation into wound dressing material for genital warts”” to a tune of 33 .87 lakhs. He was also instrumental in establishing two specialized labs in the department namely Mammalian Cell culture Lab and Plant Tissue Culture Lab during 2015-2016 with an investment of 45 lakhs in the interest of students and faculty. He had been selected for Summer Research Fellowship by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in the year 2012 to work in University of Hyderabad. Apart from regular academics, he has great passion for music and a talented singer and a Professional Smule singer too.
Dr. M. Shanmuga Prakash
Associate Professor
The research focus of our group is the extract and purify the bioproduct (Enzymes, protein carbohydrates etc) from various biological sources. We are expertise in immobilization techniques, extraction procedures, statistical optimization techniques. Currently, we are formulated the enzymes for pretreatment of cellulosic material and for production of biofuel.
Dr. K. Kumaresan
Associate Professor
Dr. K. Kumaresan is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Kumaraguru College of Technology, since July 2008. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Madras Guindy Campus, Chennai, India during 2007 in the field of Applied Microbiology and currently working in the fields of Antimicrobials, Bioactive Natural products, Probiotics and Nutraceuticals. He has received many research fellowships and awards. Some of the notable research fellowships are Indian National Sciences Academy (INSA) and Young Scientist Fellowship Scheme(YSFS)Tamil Nadu State council of science and Technology (TNSCST). He has published 40+ research articles and book chapters in reputed journals. He has organised many Government funded programs in his research specialization. He has collaborated with central government institute such as CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru and CLRI, Chennai. He is a recognized research supervisor under Anna University Chennai and has guided PG students/ Doctoral scholars. He is a reviewer in reputed journals and a Life member in International and National Professional bodies.
Dr. A. Thirumurugan
Assistant Professor III
Dr. A. Thirumurugan has specialized in Master’s and Doctoral Programme in Biotechnology and has 13 years of teaching cum research experience. His main focus of work is on Nanotechnology applications in Environment pollutant removal and Food Packaging and Film Development. Also, his research focuses on Bioproducts from microbial sources and its bio-separation. He has published more than 20 research papers in National and International peer- reviewed journals and Book chapters. He has completed a funded project on Starch nanoparticles and its drug delivery, funded by, KCT-Re. He is also an active reviewer in various peer- reviewed international journals.
Dr. N. Sivarajasekar
Assistant Professor III
Dr. N. Sivarajasekar obtained his B.Tech (Chemical Engg) degree from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, M.Tech (Chemical Engg) degree from A.C.College of Technology and Ph.D (Technology) degree from Anna University Chennai. He has obtained his Ph.D in the field of Dye Effluent treatment. He has adequate knowledge on building batch and continuous water treatment set ups and carry out scale up studies. Currently he is working on the pharmaceutical waste water treatment in the past three years and published many high impact factor journals in that area. He has published 20 SCI indexed journals, 40 Scopus indexed journals, authored 8 book chapters and 2 books, and presented more than 20 National/International Conference papers.
Dr. K. Ram
Assistant Professor III
Dr. Ram K has completed his Doctorate from BITS -PILANI, Rajasthan in the field of Computational Biology and has be awarded with CSIR – Senior Research Fellowship. Dr. Ram is the Board of Studies Co-ordinator for both PG and UG Biotechnology courses. His research interest are Molecular Dynamics of Macromolecules and Biological Data Analysis. His hobbies include photography and cycling.