School of Life Sciences

Since, several million years of God's creation is still to be researched, Life Science offers world of opportunities.
 

The school has excellent and state-of-the-art equipment and laboratory facilities.
HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph)
Digital UV-Vis Spectrophotometer,
Gene Sequencer
Gel Documentation Unit
PCR
Fermentor
Electroporometer
Advanced Research Microscopes
...And a whole lot of other equipment.

Ongoing & long-term research projects in the School with external funding are:
Formulation of suitable fish/prawn using biowaste.
Antibiotic and hepatoprotective drugs from Indian ethnomedicines
Chemoprevention for aflafoxin toxicity by plant extract and animal extract
Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical and Antimicrobial studies of a Paliyan Ethnomedicine - Swetia corymbosa
Radio ecological aspects of Palk strait


Dr. C. Lakshminarasimhan,
Director - Research Consultancy - PR Group of Institution

  M.Sc., Ph.D. Dip. Mycol & Pl. Pathol. FNRS
 















33 Years of Research Experience
25 Years of teaching Experience
Handled project in DST, DOEN, ICAR & UGC.
Director Young Student Scientist training programme.
Served as Dean Science Faculty.
Established Research Department.
Consultant for Sugar Federation (TN).
Guided 10 Ph.D., 22 M.Phil, in Botany, Microbiology & Biotechnology.
Won awards & Honours.
Vice President Soilbiology association
Member American Phytopathological Society, Mycological Society & Environmental Society.