Bio-Data

DOB

July **,****

Father’s Name

A. Raja

Gender

Male

Marital Status

Single

Nationality

Indian

LANGUAGES

Speak, Write and Read (Tamil, English and Hindi)

Academic Qualifications and Achievements

Qualification

Institution

Significance

Ph.D.

May 2017

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu, India

THESIS HIGHLY COMMENDED

UGC PROJECT Fellow

SEPTEMBER 2011 – JUNE 2014

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu, India

Project completed successfully

M.Sc.

BOTANY

June 2009

JAMAL MOHAMED College, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, Tamil Nadu, India

(BHARATHIDASAN University)

76.0%

B.Sc.

BOTANY

July 2007

JAMAL MOHAMED College, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, Tamil Nadu, India

(BHARATHIDASAN University)

65.4%

HIGHER Secondary School Certificate

Examination (HSC)

March 2004

GOVERNMENT HIGHER. Secondary School, BUDALUR, THANJAVUR, Tamil Nadu, India

55.8%

Secondary School LEAVING Certificate Examination (SSLC)

March 2002

GOVERNMENT HIGHER. Secondary School, BUDALUR, THANJAVUR, Tamil Nadu, India

64.0%

PRATHAMIC & MADHYAMA HINDI EXAMS

DAKSHINA BHARATH HINDI PRACHAR SABHA, CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India

SECOND CLASS

Ph. D. Thesis

R. Thaniarasu (2017) “In vitro studies on Plectranthus bourneae Gamble – An endemic plant of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India” Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Research Experience

Research Scholar – In vitro studies on Plectranthus bourneae Gamble – An endemic plant of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India, Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University (2014 - 2017)

UGC Project Fellow – Ex situ conservation and antibacterial studies on Plectranthus bourneae Gamble, an endemic RED listed plant, Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (2011 - 2014)

Computer Skills

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) at High-End Software Training Division of Indian Software & Systems, Chennai-20 (2007 - 2008), with A grade

MS-DOS

MS-OFFICE

FOXPRO (DBMS)

C, C++

WINDOWS NETWORKING

OVERVIEW OF LAN

VISUAL BASIC

ORACLE (RDBMS)

Hobbies

Trekking, photography, music and reading

Publications

1.R. Thaniarasu, T. Senthil Kumar and M.V. Rao. 2016. Mass Propagation of Plectranthus bourneae Gamble through indirect Organogenesis from leaf and internode explants Physiol. Mol Biol Plants 22(1):143-151. ISSN: 0971-5894.

Impact factor – 0.8

2.R. Thaniarasu, T. Senthil Kumar and M.V. Rao. 2015. In vitro Propagation of Plectranthus bourneae Gamble An Endemic Red Listed Plant. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 25(2): 273-284. ISSN:1817-3721(Print) 1818-8745 (Online).

Impact factor – 0.3

3.R. Thaniarasu, Senthil Kumar T, Abubacker M.N, Rao M.V. 2015. Preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation of antibacterial activity of different solvent extracts of Plectranthus bourneae Gamble (Lamiaceae). Asian J Pharm Clin Res. 8(1):79-82. ISSN: 0974-2441.

Impact factor – 0.5

Conferences, Seminar and Symposium

PRESENTED

1.A paper entitled “In vitro propagation of Plectranthus bourneae Gamble using suspension culture”, presented in 24th Annual conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and International conference on Trends in Plant Systematics (TIPS), held at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, during Oct 31- 2nd Nov 2014.

2.A paper entitled “Preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation of antibacterial activity of different solvent extracts of Plectranthus bourneae Gamble”, presented in XXIII Annual conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and National Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy Research, held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, during Dec 27- 29, 2013.

3.A paper entitled “Micropropagation of the Plectranthus bourneae Gamble….India”, presented in International symposium and XXII Annual conference of Indian Association for angiosperm Taxonomy on Innovative Prospects in Angiosperm Taxonomy (ISIPAT- 2012), held at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Maharashtra, during Oct 28- 30, 2012.

PARTICIPATED

1.National conference on "Recent Advances in Plant Science", Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (March 09-10, 2017)

2.National conference on "Emerging Trends in Plant Science", Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (March 10-11, 2016)

3.National conference on "Recent Trends in Bioprospecting of Plants", Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (March 28-29, 2014)

4.National conference on "Recent Trends in Plant Biotechnology", Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (February 27-28, 2013)

5.National Dialogue on "Orchid Conservation & Sustainable Development for Community Livelihood", National Research for Orchids, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. (March 08-09, 2013)

Training and Workshops

1.National level Workshop on "Resources and Technologies for Scholarly Information", Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (August 12, 2014)

2.National level Workshop on “Modern Analytical Techniques”, National College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (February 18-20, 2013)

3.National level Workshop on “Environmental Protection”, Department of Botany, National College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (September 24, 2010)

Technical Skills and expertise

In vitro Culture Techniques in Plants

Micropropagation of endemic and endangered plants

Standardization of direct and indirect organogenesis

Establishment of direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis

Cell suspension culture of plant cells

Molecular Biology Techniques

Plasmid and genomic DNA isolation and cloning into plant transformation vectors

Primer design, PCR and RT-PCR

Genetic fidelity studies using DNA fingerprinting techniques such as SSR, ISSR, RAPD and SCoT

Phytochemical Analysis, Compound Isolation and Antimicrobial studies

Extraction using soxhlet apparatus

Phytochemical screening of various secondary metabolites

Compound screening using GC-MS analysis and purification using HPLC

Screening of Novel plant derived compounds for antimicrobial activity using disk diffusion and well diffusion methods

Summary of Ph.D. thesis work

Plectranthus bourneae is an endemic plant, belongs to the family Lamiaceae. It is distributed at Pambar Shola, Palni hills, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. Matthew (1999) reported the presence of this endemic species in Pambar Shola of the Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, since then it has been a rare plant to collect due to loss of habitat by anthropogenic activity. The present study deals with phenology, seed germination and standardization of in vitro protocols for germplasm conservation. The phenology of this plant provides monthly events of vegetative, flowering and seed set of P. bourneae at Palni hills. Micropropagation was achieved through solid and liquid medium from axillary bud and shoot tip explants. Of the explants, axillary bud explants in liquid medium produced the highest average of 21.42 shoots/explant on BA 0.7 mg/l + TDZ 1.0 mg/l + AdS 50 mg/l. Organogenesis was achieved using leaf, internode and petiole explants through direct and indirect phase. Among the two-different phases, indirect organogenesis developed highest number of 29.71 shoots from leaf explants. Rooting was best achieved on IBA 1.0 mg/l with an average number of 19.14roots/shoot. Somatic embryogenesis was achieved through direct and indirect phases. Embryogenic callus followed by successive stages of (globular, heart-shaped and torpedo-like) somatic embryos formed from leaf and internode explants. The genetic fidelity of plantlets obtained from micropropagation, organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis were cross checked against their respective mother plants using ISSR markers. Antibacterial activity of various solvent extracts (leaf and stem of P. bourneae) was studied for various Gram positive and negative bacteria. Of this ethanolic extract was found to be most potent, therefore the leaf and stem ethanolic extracts were subjected to GC-MS and several potential antibacterial compounds such as alpha.-Amyrin, n-Hexadecanoic acid, Palmitic Acid, and Stigmasterol were identified.

References

Dr. T. SENTHIL KUMAR (Ph.D. Supervisor)

Assistant Professor,

Department of Botany,

School of Life Sciences,

Bharathidasan University,

Phone: +91-944*******

E-mail: ac3gei@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. M. V. RAO,

UGC - Emeritus Fellow,

Formerly Professor and Head,

Department of Botany,

School of Life Sciences,

Bharathidasan University,

Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

Phone: +91-944*******; +917*********

Email: ac3gei@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. S. SEKAR,

Professor and Head

Department of Industrial Biotechnology,

School of Biotechnology

Bharathidasan University,

Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

Phone: +91-043*-*******/ 2407074 Extn. 648.

E-mail: ac3gei@r.postjobfree.com

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