RESUME

Dr.D.Gnanasekaran, M.Pharm.,Ph.D,

Professor, and HOD, Dept.of Pharmacology

Bharathi College of Pharmacy, Bharathi Nagar,

Mandya District, Karnataka, India, Pincode 571422.

Mobile:+919********* E.mail: acosix@r.postjobfree.com

Date of Birth and Age : 04/06/1964 (50Years)

Nationality : Indian

Educational Qualification : M.Pharm., Ph.D.,

Marital status : Married

Passport Number: H 8497024

SCHOLASTIC PROFILE

Course Institution/University Year of completion

Doctor of Philosophy Sri Ramachandra University 2013

Master of Pharmacy

Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy 1999

[Pharmacology]]

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Madurai Medical College 1991

Diploma in Pharmacy Thanjavur Medical College 1983

EXPERIENCE PROFILE

Total Experience in Teaching and Research: 20 years

At present working as Professor at Bharathi College of Pharmacy,BharathiNagar, Karnataka from 2007

January to till date [8 years]. Served as Assistant Professor at Farooqia College of Pharmacy, Mysore,

Karnataka from 2003 July to 2006 December [3 years and 6 months]. Worked as a Lecturer at Ac harya

and B.M. Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka from 1999 October to June 2003 June [3

years and 6 months] served as a Lecturer at M.M.U College of Pharmacy, Ramanagaram, Karnataka from

1993 November to 1996 November. [3 years] As a Lecturer at K.K. College of Pharmacy, Chennai,

June1992 to July 1993[1 year].

SHORT TERM COURSES ATTENDED UNEDER QUALITY IMPROVEMNT PROGRAMME FOR

PHARMACY TEACHERS.

1. Participated in the ‘INDUCTION TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR TEACHERS IN

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES’ at University College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Kakatiya

University, Warangal. (Three weeks)

2. Participated in short term course in ‘INSTRUMENTATION’ at University College of

Pharmaceutical sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal (Two weeks)

3. Participated in short term course in ‘PHYTOPHARMACEUTICALS AND HERBAL

MEDICINE’at University College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal. (Two

weeks)

4. .Participated in short term course in ‘RECENT ADVANCES IN INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

AND PHAMACEUTICS’ at University College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Kakatiya University,

Warangal. (Two weeks).

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Gnanasekaran D., C.Umamaheswara Reddy, Jaiprakash B, Narayanan N, Ravi kiran and

Hannah Elizabeth. Antioxidant activity of siddha medicinal plant Inularacemosaroots.

Int.J.Research and Reviews in Pharmacy and Applied Sciences 2012[6 ]Vol-2, Issue 3 578-587

2. Gnanasekaran D., C.Umamaheswara Reddy, Jaiprakash B, Narayanan N, Ravi kiran and

Hannah Elizabeth. Adaptogenic activity of siddha medicinal plant Inularacemosaroots. Int. J .

Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences 2012, 1(6): 870-880

3. Gnanasekaran D., C.Umamaheswara Reddy, Jaiprakash B, Narayanan N, Ravi kiran and

Hannah Elizabeth. Adaptogenic activity of a siddha medicinal plant: Sidacordata. Int J Pharm Res

2012,3(1),7-11.

4. Gnanasekaran D., C.Umamaheswara Reddy, Jaiprakash B, Narayanan N, Ravi kiran and

Hannah Elizabeth. In vitro hepatoprotective activity of Siddha medicinal plant Indigoferatinctoria.

Int J Pharm Biomed Sci 2012, 3(1), 1-4.

5. Gnanasekaran D., C.Umamaheswara Reddy, Jaiprakash B, Narayanan N, Ravi kiran and

Hannah Elizabeth. Invitrohepatoprotective activity of a selected siddha medicinal plant Sidacordata

using chang liver cells. American Journal of Pharmtech Research 2012, 2(1).

6. Jayarama Reddy, Gnanasekaran D, Vijay D, Ranganathan T.V. Studies on hepatoprotective

activity of traditional Ayurvedic formulation ‘VidakanaChoornam’ against carbon tetrachloride

induced hepatotoxicity in albino rat. Int. J Pharm Analysis 2010;2(2): 05-16.

7. Jayarama Reddy, Gnanasekaran D, Vijay D, Ranganathan T.V. In vitro studies on anti asthmatic,

analgesic and anti convulsant activities of the medicinal plant Bryonialacinilosa.Linn. Int. J Drug

Discov 2010;2(2): 01-10.

8. Vijay D, Abdul Bakrudheen Ali Ahmed, .Arunkumar R, Gnanasekaran D, Panagal Mani,

Sebastian Rajasekaran C. Comparative Evaluation of Extracts of Sennauniflora for anti-inflammatory

activity. Int. J Pharm and Tech 2010;2(2) :325-332.

9. Gnanasekaran D, Vijay.D, Channabasvaraj K.P, Channamma G Majege. Antipyretic activity of

methanolic extract of Ficusglomerata bark. Pharmakine 2010 VolII,Issue IV

10. B. Shyam Kumar, D.Gnanasekaran,V.Jayashree K.P. Channabasavaraj. Hepatoprotective activity

of Coccinia leaves extract Int.J.Pharm and Biomed Research 2010 Vol1, Issue 4,154-156

PROJECTS UNDER MY GUIDANCE

1. “Comparative Studies On Production and Purification of Fibrinolytic enzyme (Nattokinase) From

Bacillus subtilus and Rhizomucor sp.”

2. Antidepressant activity of newly synthesized paroxetine derivatives compared with standard

fluoxetine.

3. Molecular characterization of multi-drug resistant klebsiellapneumoniae in the urine samples of

diabetic patients with urinary tract infection.

4. "Pharmacological and pharmacokinetic evaluation of serratia peptidase".

5. Process level standardization and characterization of serine proteases possessing coagulant

properties.

6. "Molecular characterization of streptococcus pneumonia obtained from urine samples of

pneumonia patients using amplified fragment length polymorphism".

7. Comparative studies on production of L.Asparaginase from Aspergillusniger and its Anti Cancer

activity.

8. Sub chronic toxicity of Capsaicin and Triethylamine combination on guinea Pigs.

9 Evaluation of diuretic, anti-pyretic and anti-acne activities of unriped pulp extracts of

CucumissativusLinn.

10 Evaluation of hepatoprotective and adaptogenic and anti cancer activities of Breyniavitis-

idaealeaves(burm.f)c.fisher.

11 Evaluation of analgesic,anti-fungal and anthelmintic activities of whole plant

ofAcmellaoppositifolia.

List of Abstracts poster/oral accepted in International Conferences during 2012

Global Biofuels &Bioproducts Summit November 19-21, 2012 Hilton San Antonio Airport,

Texas, USA

BIOREMEDIATION- A new weapon for mass destruction of environmental pollutants

4th International Conference on Medicinal Plants & Herbal Products" September 6-8, 2012, at

Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville,

MD 20850, United States of America.

1 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA LEAF EXTRACT ON

SELECTIVE BACTERIAL STRAINS”

2“Scientific understanding of traditional methods of diagnosis and newer techniques unexplored in

Ayurvedic medical practice.”

3“BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN ULTRA MODERN ERA”

List of International Conferences attended during 2011

“3rd International conference on medicinal plants and herbal products” held at Coloumbo,

1.

Sri Lanka, 19-21.12.2011.

2. “Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioenergy” as a speaker on “Bio based

products -A endless resource’’held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21- 23.11.2011.

List of Poster presentation in International Conferences during 2011 and 2010

“Stem cell Biology and its therapeutic applications”- 1st Conference of the International Chemical

Biology Society in Kansas City, MO, USA on 11th and 12th October 2011.

“Systems Biology- An experimental tool in identification of disease models”- 1st Conference of the

International Chemical Biology Society in Kansas City, MO, USA on 11th and 12th October 2011.

“Role of Virtual screening in drug discovery” -1st Conference of the International Chemical Biology

Society in Kansas City, MO, USA on 11th and 12th October 2011.

“High throughput technology in Bio molecular drug screening” -1st Conference of the International

Chemical Biology Society in Kansas City, MO, USA on 11th and 12th October 2011.

“High Conent Screening- A Newer Approach in Bio molecular Screening”- 1st Conference of the

International Chemical Biology Society in Kansas City, MO, USA on 11th and 12th October 2011.

“Micro RNA as signatures of diagnostics”- RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23 November

2011 in Singapore.

“MICRO RNA – A NEWER TOOL OF PLURIPOTENT CELLS ”-RNAi Asia conference, to be held

on the 22 – 23 November 2011 in Singapore.

“In vivo applications of RNA interference”-RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23 November

2011 in Singapore.

“Drug target validation by siRNAs”-RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23 November

2011 in Singapore.

“Regulation of viral transcripts through miRNA”- RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23

November 2011 in Singapore.

“Transfection- A newer tool in transgenic organisms and gene therapy”- RNAi Asia conference, to be

held on the 22 – 23 November 2011 in Singapore.

“MicroRNAs floating markers in disease biology”-RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23

November 2011 in Singapore.

“Emerging trend of siRNA in molecular medicine ” -RNAi Asia conference, to be held on the 22 – 23

November 2011 in Singapore.

“Role of Biobanking in Regenerative medicine and Stem Cell biology” Stem Cells World Congress in

San Diego, CA, USA on 24th and 25th January 2011.

“CURRENT TRENDS IN HIGH CONTENT SCREENING TECHNOLOGY” Screening Asia

conference 15th- 16th November 2010 in Singapore.

“Fluorescent Proteins in Molecular Biology” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery Conference in

Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Dyes As Biological Diagnostics” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery Conference in Washington,

USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Newer Technologies in Antibody Production” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery Conference in

Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Failed Drug Candidates as Probes” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery Conference in Washington,

USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Role of Chemicals and Genetics in Ion Channel Dysfunction” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery

Conference in Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Biological Role of Transporter Proteins” Ion Channel Dysfunction Ion Channel Targets / Probe

Discovery Conference in Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Cellular Imaging Agents” Ion Channel Dysfunction Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery Conference

in Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

“Innovative Assay Technologies For Probe Discovery” Ion Channel Targets / Probe Discovery

Conference in Washington, USA on 28th and 29th September 2010.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Registered Pharmacist in Tamilnadu Pharmacy council since 1985-Reg.No.6553-A2

Life member in The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India-Reg.No.KA/LM-945

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Athlete

Football Player

Represented many state level tournaments.

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Represented many all India Medical College tournaments and Inter-college state level tournaments.

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Former Captain – Madurai Medical College, Tamilnadu State.

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OTHER CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

OTHER CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

External Examiner for PG, Evaluator for Ph.D, Paper setter,Curriculum developer in leading government

south Indian universities and Reviewer in indexed journals.

JOB DESCRPTION

Subjects Theory and Practical

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Undergraduates- Pharm D/B.Pharm

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Pathophysiology

Molecular Biology

Postgraduate Teacher and Guide Pharmacological Screening methods and Clinical

Evaluation

Recognized P.h.D Supervisor and Post graduate

Guided 11 Post graduates

Guide in Rajiv Gandhi university of Health

Sciences, Bangalore,Karnataka,India.

REFERENCE

Prof.Dr.G.Divakar M.Pharm.,Ph.D

Principal

Acharya and B.M.Reddy college of Pharmacy

Soladevanahalli,

Bangalore – 560 029

Mobile:+919*********

E.Mail: acosix@r.postjobfree.com

Prof. Dr. B. Jaiprakash,M.Pharm, Ph.D.

Rted Professor,Bangalore.

Phone: +919*********

E-Mail: acosix@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. K.P. Channabasavaraj,M.Pharm, Ph.D.,

Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Government College of Pharmacy,

Bangalore.

Phone: +919*********

E-Mail :acosix@r.postjobfree.com

From,

Dr.D.Gnanasekaran, M.Pharm.,Ph.D,

Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology

Bharathi College of Pharmacy

Bharathi Nagar,Mandya Dt, Karnataka, Pincode 632007

Mobile;+919********* E.mail:acosix@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject:Application for this Post

I have learnt that vacancies are available for this position in your esteemed institute. I would like to

apply for the same.

I am Dr.D. Gnanasekaran, Doctoral degree holder in Pharmacy and my specialization in Pharmacology.

At present working as Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, at Bharathi college of

Pharmacy, BharathiNagara, Mandyadistrict,Karnataka, India.

I understand the position requires a candidate who is team worker and detail-oriented, work well under

pressure, and able to deal with people in different departments throughout the institute.

I am confident that I can perform the job effectively and equip myself to the international standards. I am

excited about the idea of working for a dynamic and esteemed institute. I am meeting all the essential

selection criteria as mentioned. I am competent enough in academic, research and administration.

I am capable of work in the following research areas

Liver Diseases/Sexually Transmitted Diseases[ HIV/HSV]/Obesity/ Cancer

Non-Alcoholic hepatitis

Mechanisms of wound healing and Inflammation

Oxidative Stress

Neurodegenerative diseases/Sleeping disorder/ Psychopharmacological disorders

cardiovascular diseases

Environmental toxicological studies/ Phytopharmaceutical screeningFurthermore I am addressing

periodically and consistently publishing research articles and attending international conferences in

multidisciplinary research areas from conventional to current advancements and updating my exposure to

variety of Pharmacological expanded areas and it would be clear from my publications. I am tireless in

reaching the goals of any kind of research work. I am a quick learner and deliver the newer research

projects at the highest levels. I am indeed a trust worthy individual in all confidential related matters too. I

am a god fearing Christian submitting my resume, cover letter for your kind and favorable

considerations. Looking forward your reply with keen interest and full of anticipation.

Sincerely,

Dr.D.Gnanasekaran

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