Research (B.Tech.Bio-Tech)

Research

List of Faculty Members Recognized as Research (Ph.D.) Supervisors

S.No	Name of the Staff	A.U. Chennai Supervisor Recognition Lr. No./ Date	Recognition no.
1.	Dr.Puniethaa Prabhu	Lr.No.CFR/NEWSUP/2015 & 23.01.2015	2370438
2.	Dr.Philip Robinson	Lr.No. AUC / CFR / SUP. Reg /2009/018	0901222
3.	Dr.Sidra	Lr.No.SUPR/27^th /DB & 14.10.2016	2870101
4.	Dr Mythili Ganamangai B	Lr.No.SUPR/27^th /DB & 14.10.2016	2870099
5.	Dr.Ayyappadasan G	Lr.No.SUPR/27^th /DB & 26.12.2017	3150010
6.	Dr.Balasubramanian M	Lr.No.SUPR/27^th /DB & 26.12.2017	3170003
7.	Dr. K. Syed Zameer Ahmed	Lr.No.SUPR/34^th /AR2 & 09.02.2021	3770006

Details of Patents Granted and Filed

The details of patents filed at international and national level by faculty and research scholars are furnished in the table below.

Patent/ Copyright details

S.No	Patent/ Copy right	Name of the Inventor	Title	Year of Publication and App. No.	Granted/ (Yes / No)
1.	Patent	K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, A. Thangakumar, S. Sidhra, S. Syed Tajudeen.	Ameliorative potential of Parmotrema reticulatum against Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats and isolation of novel secondary metabolites.	21/12/2018. Application No.201841046961 A	Yes Grant No. 363466
2.	Patent	K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, A. Thangakumar, S. Sidhra, S. Syed Tajudeen	Novel compound from Leucas aspera L. and its Anti – Cancer activity.	05/01/2018. Application No.201741046766 A	Under Progress
3.	Patent	K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, A. Thangakumar, S. Sidhra, S. Syed Tajudeen	Novel Phenolic Compounds from Nerium indicum with Anti – Breast cancer activity.	05/01/2018. Application No.201741046767 A	Under Progress
4.	Patent	K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, S. Sidhra, A. Thangakumar,	Therapeutic effect of Parmotrema tinctorum against complete Freund’s adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats and identification of novel Isophthalic ester derivative.	31/08/2018. Application No.201841031516 A	Under Progress
5.	Patent	K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, A. Thangakumar, S. Sidhra, S. Syed Tajudeen.	Novel compound from Leucas aspera L. and its Anti – Cancer activity.	Application No.PCT/IN2018/050876.	Under Progress
6.	Patent	Ayyappadasan G., P. Ponmurugan Rama S Verma Sanjeeva Nayaka P. Deepak Kumar	Microwave assisted detection of UV-absorbing compounds from lichen	2860/CHE/2013	Yes Granted
7.	Patent	Ayyappadasan G., Rubavathi S., Gnanaprakash J., Sadhana N., Harshapradha P.	Process for preparation of Anti fouling Biopaint formulations for domestic applications	202041013659	Under Progress
8.	Copyright	Ayyappadasan, G. Rubavathi S. Deepak kumar and Philip Robinson J.	Experimental Laboratory Manual for Fermentation Technology	5115/2019-CO/L	Yes Granted
9.	Patent	Dr.S.Poornima	Standardization of culturing techniques for the isolation of mycobiont from Parmotrema reticulatum	E-2/2176/2019-CHE	Under Progress
10.	Patent	Dr .K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, Dr.S.Sidhra	Noval Phenolic Compounds from Nerium Indicum with ant breast cancer Activity	201741046767 Patent No: 420602	Granted
11.	Patent	Dr .K. Syed Zameer Ahmed, Dr.S.Sidhra	Therapeutic effect of parmotrematinctorum against complete freund’s adjuvant induced aarthritis in rats and identification of novel isophthalic ester derivative. No:	201841031516 Patent No: 428986	Granted
12.	Patent	Dr.G.Ayyappadasan, Ms.S.Rubavathi	Sustainable method of Processing AgNPs	Patent No:435889 Applicatin No:202241069984 Date:05.12.2022	Granted

Funds applied for various Funding Agency

S.No.	Title of the proposal	Principal Investigator / Co Investigator	Funding Agency	Amount Rs.
2023-24
1.	Sustainable reduction of exhaust emission in diesel engine using bifunctional nanocomposite embedded three way catalytic converter	Dr.S.Poornima	TNSCST, Chennai	4,95,000/-
2.	Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning approaches for Drug Designing and Development	Dr. Puniethaa Prabhu	ATAL – FDP	6.00.000/-
2022-23
1.	Molecular dynamics simulation attenuation of type 2 diabetes	Dr. K.Syed Zameer Ahmed	CMRG, New Delhi	36,00,000/-
2.	Parallel exact alignment using Bayesian spectral clustering for metagenomics sequences.	Dr. Puniethaa Prabhu	SERB-MATRICS, New Delhi	6,00,000/-
3.	Bioprospecting potential of microalgae for sustainable production of 3G-bioethanol using solar powered photobioreactor for engine applications	Dr.S.Poornima	SERB-POWER, New Delhi	25,00,000/-
4.	Strategic design and development of sustainable biodiesel production from spent edible oil doped with green nano additives for electrification in rural areas – A way towards waste to energy approach.	Dr.S.Poornima	MNRE, New Delhi	25,00,000/-

SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

S.No.	Name	Name of the Fellowship	Funding agencies with sanction reference No. & date	Period of fellowship	Total grant received	Fellowship availed at University/ Country
1.	C.Shanmathi	Summer Research Fellowship	Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. LFS973 Dated 20^th March, 2018	56 Days	10,000 per month	Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
2.	A.Suvitha	Campus Ambassador Internship	Internshala Internships 20.06.2018	71 Days 20^th June – 31^st August, 2018	30,000/- per month	Scholiverse Educare Pvt. Ltd. Nirvana Country, Gurgoan.
3.	A.Stephy Mary (Internship)	Title: “Bioprocessing Bacterial Isolates from Sewage Foam for recovery of Value Addedm Products”	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Chennai.	June, 2017-April, 2018	10,000 per month	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Chennai Zonal laboratory, CSIR Madras Complex, Taramani (PO), Chennai.
4.	G.Sasikala (Internship)	Title: “Induced Pluripotent Stemcells generation using a multigene expressing mammalian baculovirus system”	National Centre for Cell Science, Pune	14.07.2017 – 28.02.2018	10,000 per month	National Centre for Cell Science, Department of Biotechnology, Pune.
5.	K.V.Lakshana (Internship)	Title: “Cloning and Characterization of long non-coding RNA LNC707”	National Centre for Cell Science, Pune	11.07.2017 – 15.03.2018	10,000 per month	National Centre for Cell Science, Department of Biotechnology, Pune.
6.	Sheika Sumaya Fathima	IITM Research Internship	IIT, Madras	6 Months	10,000 /-	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
7.	Robin Jabaraj Dhanasingh	IITB Research Internship	IIT Bombay Research Institute, Mumbai	6 Months	12,000/-	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
8.	Mr.J.Suresh Kumar	IASA-INSA NASI Summer Research Fellowship-2017	IIT, New Delhi	56 Days	10,000/-	IASC, Bangalore University of Deli, New Delhi
9.	S.Madumitha	Summer Research Fellowship	IIT, Madras	2 Months 15^th May, 2017 – 26^th July, 2017	12,000/-	IIT, Madras
10.	S.Madumitha	ICAR	ICAR- NRCPB	20 Days (01.01.2018 – 20.01.2018	–	University of Delhi (PUSA)
11.	S.M.Sandhiya	Summer Research Fellowship	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/-	Central Food Technological Research Centre, Mysuru.
12.	Mr.K.Dheenadhayalan	Summer Research Programme	IGCAR, Kalpakkam	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Department of Atomic Energy, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
13.	Mr.K.S.Ghanapathy Ram	Summer Research Programme	IGCAR, Kalpakkam	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Department of Atomic Energy, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
14.	Mr.V.Vishnupriyan	Summer Research Programme	IGCAR, Kalpakkam	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Department of Atomic Energy, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
15.	Mr.M.Sanjay	Summer Internship	Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, Chennai
16.	Ms.P.Megala	Summer Research Fellowship	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, New Delhi.
17.	Ms.P.Priya	Summer Research Fellowship	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore	2 Months 15.06.2016 to 15.08.2016	8000/	Dr.Chidambaram Prahalathan Bharathidasan University , Trichirappalli.
18.	Mr.S.Jeya Prakash	Summer Research Fellowship	CSIR, New Delhi.	12.02.2016 -21.04.2016		Institute of Genomics & Integrtive Biology, New Delhi