Praveen Kumar B R
Associate Professor-
praveenrcc@gmail.com
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9447465973
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Head of Department
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Botany
Academic Profile
MSc, PhD, JRF-NET
15 years 5 months
Phytochemistry & Molecular biology
22 Dec, 2010
Key Responsibilities
Head of the Department of Botany, NSS College Nilamel from April 2025- Till Date.Organized a Webinar in commemoration of World Ozone Day on 16th September 2024.Head of the Department of Botany, NSS College Cherthala from July 2021– July 2024.Organized a Webinar in commemoration of World Ozone Day on 16th September 2021.IQAC member of NSS College Cherthala for the years July 2021– July 2024.Head of the Department of Post Graduate Department and Research Centre of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi College from June 2019 – July 2021.Senior Assistant Superintendent for Kerala University Examinations at Mahatma Gandhi College for the year 2019-2020.Member of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan at Mahatma Gandhi College for the year 2018-2019.Coordinator of Scholar Support Programme of 'New Initiatives in Higher Education, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala, at Mahatma Gandhi College for the years 2014 to 2017.Admission Committee Co-coordinator at Mahatma Gandhi College for the year 2015 Member of expert panel to scrutinize the applications received under Student project Scheme of KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala for the year 2020 & 2021.Worked as Charge Officer at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in connection with Covid 19 containment activities under District Disaster Management Authority, from 26-12-2020 to 12-01-2021.Syllabus and Model Question Paper setter for SET exams for candidates with MSc Biotechnology and BEd in Natural Science at SCERT for the year 2019.Evaluation of PhD Course work examination, Kerala UniversityChief Superintendent / Invigilator for various examinations conducted by UGC, Kerala PSC, Travancore Devaswom Board, etc.Observer for examinations conducted by EDCIL and NTA, CBSE, MHRD, Govt. of India.
Awards & Recognitions
Research & Academic Contributions
Chinthu RV, Raveendran M, Raveendran PB (2025). Effects of moisture content in developing seeds of Calophyllum apetalum Willd., an economically important endemic tree species of Western Ghats". International Journal of Botany Studies 10(8), 2025, Page No. 35-38
Chinthu R V, Raveendran M, Raveendran P B (2024). Phenological studies of Calophyllum apetalum Willd., an economically important medicinal tree of Western Ghats. J. Indian bot. Soc., Doi: 10.61289/ jibs2024.month.date. 2025 (Published Online)
S.S Gayathri and P.B Raveendran (2024) Estimation of pigments from Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg. Indian J. Applied & Pure Bio. 39(2), 995-999
Gayathri S S and Raveendran P B (2024) Comparative Analysis of Cold Maceration and Soxhlet Extraction Methods for Assessing Secondary Metabolites in Gnidia glauca. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 15(84): 74416 – 24.
Gayathri S. S. and Raveendran P. B. (2023), Exploring Ethnomedicinal, Biological and Toxicological Aspects of The Genus Gnidia: A Comprehensive Review . Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences. 12[12]: 358-367
Chinthu R V, Raveendran P B, Raveendran M. (2023), A review on the genus Calophyllum L. (Clusiaceae): a potential medicinal tree species. Plant Science Today. 10(3): 01–05.
Shalaj Rasheed, Raveendran P.B. and Lubaina Abdulhadeef Shereefa (2023). Polyphenol Compounds and their Benefits of Mangifera indica L. (Var. Kottukonam) Grow in varied Seasons and Altitude. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 784-795.
Shalaj Rasheed, Raveendran P.B. and Lubaina Abdulhadeef Shereefa (2023), Effect of Seasonal and Altitude Variations in the Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Antioxidant’s Concentration in Mangifera indica L. (var. kottukonam). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 177-184.
Rohini B R, Akhila Jayan, Raveendran P B. (2018), Documentation of Medicinally Important Plants Near Parvathy Puthanar, A River Canal in South Kerala. Trends In Biosciences, 11(40)
Rohini B. R. Akhila Jayan, Praveen Kumar B. R. (2018), Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution on Parvathy Puthanar, An Artificial River Canal in South Kerala, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 5(3):309a – 312a
Santhoshkumar R., Rajesh Kumar T., Arya S., Lalithambika R., Raveendran P.B. (2017), Allelopathic effect of different concentrations of water extract of Zingiber zerumbet against the germination of Cicer arietinum with a special attention to assess variation in percentage of chemical constituents after germination. Indian J Trop Biodiv 25(2):199 – 203.
Santhoshkumar R., Rajesh Kumar T., Raveendran P.B., Lalithambika R., Arya S. (2017), Allelopathic effect of Shampoo Ginger: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith against the germination of Bengal Gram: Cicer arietinum (L.). Journal of Advances in Biological Science. 4(2):58 – 59.
Sreeja Devi, P.S., Jijymol, K.K., Neethu, S. Kumar, Santhoshkumar, R. and Raveendran, P.B. (2016), Variation in Density and Moisture content in Bamboo culms, Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Lodd.ex Lindl.) before and after the sprouting in vegetative propagation. Journal of Advances in Biological Science.
Raveendran PB, Neethu S. Kumar, Sumitha VR, Rajesh Kumar T, Sreeja Thankappan (2015), Herbs as home remedies: a cross sectional survey of people in selected areas of Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Indian J Trop Biodiv 23(2):213 – 217.
Priyanka L. P., Raveendran P. B. (2015). Allelopathic effect of Quisqualis indica L. Flower Extract on the Germination of Cicer arietinum L. Journal of Advances in Biological Science 2(1&2): 30-36.
Reshma Mohan, Anchu Jayaraj L, Athira AP, Raveendran PB, Santhoshkumar R (2015) Selected traditional uses of medicinally and economically important plants grown in Kallara Panchayath area of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Indian J Trop Biodiv 23(1): 58-63.
Raveendran PB and Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 Mutations in Indian Colorectal Cancer Patients With Suspected Lynch Syndrome. Proceedings of 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 28-31 January 2010, KFRI, Peechi, pp. 679-680.
Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Hariharan S, Sreeja L, Santhi S, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Ravindran Ankathil. The Intron Splice Acceptor Polymorphism (IVS13-6T>C) in hMSH2 Gene and Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Proceedings of 20th Kerala Science Congress, 28 to 31 January 2008, Thiruvananthapuram, pp 637-639.
Syamala V, Syamala VS, Sreeja L, Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Sheeja VR, Santhi S, Kuttan R, Abraham EK and Ankathil R: Hereditary breast/ovarian cancer: clinicopathological characteristics and survival of BRCA2 positive and negative cases. J. Exp. Ther. Oncol. 2008, 7(3) 227-236.
Syamala VS, Syamala V, Sreedharan H, Raveendran PB, Kuttan R and Ankathil R: Contribution of XPD (Lys751Gln) and XRCC1 (Arg399Gln) Polymorphisms in Familial and Sporadic Breast Cancer Predisposition and Survival: An Indian Report. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 2008.
Sreeja L, Syamala V, Hariharan S, Syamala VS, Raveendran PB, Sivanandan CD, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: Glutathione S-transferase M1, T1 and P1 polymorphisms: susceptibility and outcome in lung cancer patients. J. Exp. Ther. Oncol. 2008, 7(1) 73-85.
Sreeja L, Syamala V, Raveendran PB, Santhi S, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism predicts survival outcome in lung cancer patients in Indian population. Cancer Invest 2008, 26(1) 41-46.
Syamala VS, Sreeja L, Syamala V, Raveendran PB, Balakrishnan R, Kuttan R and Ankathil R: Influence of germline polymorphisms of GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 in familial versus sporadic breast cancer susceptibility and survival. Fam. Cancer 2008, 7(3) 213-220.
Sreeja L, Syamala VS, Syamala V, Hariharan S, Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: Prognostic importance of DNA repair gene polymorphisms of XRCC1 Arg399Gln and XPD Lys751Gln in lung cancer patients from India. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 2008, 134(6) 645-652.
Syamala V, Sreeja L, Syamala VS, Vinodkumar B, Raveendran PB, Sreedharan H, Kuttappan R, Balakrishnan L and Ankathil R: Novel germline mutations in BRCA2 gene among 96 hereditary breast and breast-ovarian cancer families from Kerala, South India. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 2007, 133(11) 867-874.
Sunil k Sidharthan, Raveendran PB, Sreejith Nair, Geetha Narayanan, and Ravindran Ankathil. Prognostic Significance of FLT3 Mutations in Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia. Indian J Med Research (suppl) February 2005, pp 158
Chinthu R V, Raveendran M, Raveendran P B (2024). Phenological studies of Calophyllum apetalum Willd., an economically important medicinal tree of Western Ghats. J. Indian bot. Soc., Doi: 10.61289/ jibs2024.month.date. 2025 (Published Online)
S.S Gayathri and P.B Raveendran (2024) Estimation of pigments from Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg. Indian J. Applied & Pure Bio. 39(2), 995-999
Gayathri S S and Raveendran P B (2024) Comparative Analysis of Cold Maceration and Soxhlet Extraction Methods for Assessing Secondary Metabolites in Gnidia glauca. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 15(84): 74416 – 24.
Gayathri S. S. and Raveendran P. B. (2023), Exploring Ethnomedicinal, Biological and Toxicological Aspects of The Genus Gnidia: A Comprehensive Review . Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences. 12[12]: 358-367
Chinthu R V, Raveendran P B, Raveendran M. (2023), A review on the genus Calophyllum L. (Clusiaceae): a potential medicinal tree species. Plant Science Today. 10(3): 01–05.
Shalaj Rasheed, Raveendran P.B. and Lubaina Abdulhadeef Shereefa (2023). Polyphenol Compounds and their Benefits of Mangifera indica L. (Var. Kottukonam) Grow in varied Seasons and Altitude. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 784-795.
Shalaj Rasheed, Raveendran P.B. and Lubaina Abdulhadeef Shereefa (2023), Effect of Seasonal and Altitude Variations in the Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Antioxidant’s Concentration in Mangifera indica L. (var. kottukonam). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 177-184.
Rohini B R, Akhila Jayan, Raveendran P B. (2018), Documentation of Medicinally Important Plants Near Parvathy Puthanar, A River Canal in South Kerala. Trends In Biosciences, 11(40)
Rohini B. R. Akhila Jayan, Praveen Kumar B. R. (2018), Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution on Parvathy Puthanar, An Artificial River Canal in South Kerala, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 5(3):309a – 312a
Santhoshkumar R., Rajesh Kumar T., Arya S., Lalithambika R., Raveendran P.B. (2017), Allelopathic effect of different concentrations of water extract of Zingiber zerumbet against the germination of Cicer arietinum with a special attention to assess variation in percentage of chemical constituents after germination. Indian J Trop Biodiv 25(2):199 – 203.
Santhoshkumar R., Rajesh Kumar T., Raveendran P.B., Lalithambika R., Arya S. (2017), Allelopathic effect of Shampoo Ginger: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith against the germination of Bengal Gram: Cicer arietinum (L.). Journal of Advances in Biological Science. 4(2):58 – 59.
Sreeja Devi, P.S., Jijymol, K.K., Neethu, S. Kumar, Santhoshkumar, R. and Raveendran, P.B. (2016), Variation in Density and Moisture content in Bamboo culms, Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Lodd.ex Lindl.) before and after the sprouting in vegetative propagation. Journal of Advances in Biological Science.
Raveendran PB, Neethu S. Kumar, Sumitha VR, Rajesh Kumar T, Sreeja Thankappan (2015), Herbs as home remedies: a cross sectional survey of people in selected areas of Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Indian J Trop Biodiv 23(2):213 – 217.
Priyanka L. P., Raveendran P. B. (2015). Allelopathic effect of Quisqualis indica L. Flower Extract on the Germination of Cicer arietinum L. Journal of Advances in Biological Science 2(1&2): 30-36.
Reshma Mohan, Anchu Jayaraj L, Athira AP, Raveendran PB, Santhoshkumar R (2015) Selected traditional uses of medicinally and economically important plants grown in Kallara Panchayath area of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Indian J Trop Biodiv 23(1): 58-63.
Raveendran PB and Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 Mutations in Indian Colorectal Cancer Patients With Suspected Lynch Syndrome. Proceedings of 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 28-31 January 2010, KFRI, Peechi, pp. 679-680.
Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Hariharan S, Sreeja L, Santhi S, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Ravindran Ankathil. The Intron Splice Acceptor Polymorphism (IVS13-6T>C) in hMSH2 Gene and Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Proceedings of 20th Kerala Science Congress, 28 to 31 January 2008, Thiruvananthapuram, pp 637-639.
Syamala V, Syamala VS, Sreeja L, Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Sheeja VR, Santhi S, Kuttan R, Abraham EK and Ankathil R: Hereditary breast/ovarian cancer: clinicopathological characteristics and survival of BRCA2 positive and negative cases. J. Exp. Ther. Oncol. 2008, 7(3) 227-236.
Syamala VS, Syamala V, Sreedharan H, Raveendran PB, Kuttan R and Ankathil R: Contribution of XPD (Lys751Gln) and XRCC1 (Arg399Gln) Polymorphisms in Familial and Sporadic Breast Cancer Predisposition and Survival: An Indian Report. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 2008.
Sreeja L, Syamala V, Hariharan S, Syamala VS, Raveendran PB, Sivanandan CD, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: Glutathione S-transferase M1, T1 and P1 polymorphisms: susceptibility and outcome in lung cancer patients. J. Exp. Ther. Oncol. 2008, 7(1) 73-85.
Sreeja L, Syamala V, Raveendran PB, Santhi S, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism predicts survival outcome in lung cancer patients in Indian population. Cancer Invest 2008, 26(1) 41-46.
Syamala VS, Sreeja L, Syamala V, Raveendran PB, Balakrishnan R, Kuttan R and Ankathil R: Influence of germline polymorphisms of GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 in familial versus sporadic breast cancer susceptibility and survival. Fam. Cancer 2008, 7(3) 213-220.
Sreeja L, Syamala VS, Syamala V, Hariharan S, Raveendran PB, Vijayalekshmi RV, Madhavan J and Ankathil R: Prognostic importance of DNA repair gene polymorphisms of XRCC1 Arg399Gln and XPD Lys751Gln in lung cancer patients from India. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 2008, 134(6) 645-652.
Syamala V, Sreeja L, Syamala VS, Vinodkumar B, Raveendran PB, Sreedharan H, Kuttappan R, Balakrishnan L and Ankathil R: Novel germline mutations in BRCA2 gene among 96 hereditary breast and breast-ovarian cancer families from Kerala, South India. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 2007, 133(11) 867-874.
Sunil k Sidharthan, Raveendran PB, Sreejith Nair, Geetha Narayanan, and Ravindran Ankathil. Prognostic Significance of FLT3 Mutations in Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia. Indian J Med Research (suppl) February 2005, pp 158
Raveendran PB, DNA Mismatch Repair (MMR) Mutations in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) Patients: A Genetic Analysis. International Seminar on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Culture, Society, Environment and Sustainable Development, 24th to 26th March 2025.NSS College Nilamel, in Association with Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Malaysia and KSHEC, Govt. of Kerala.
Praveenkumar B. Raveendran and Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 mutations in Indian colorectal cancer patients with suspected Lynch Syndrome. Proceedings of 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 28-31 January 2010, KFRI, Peechi, pp. 679-680 (Young Scientist Award)
Raveendran PB, Vani S, Volga S. Syamala, Vijayalekshmi R. V, Santhi S, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Choondal D. Sivanandan , Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 Gene Mutation analysis in Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Patients. A Preliminary Report: 26th Annual Convention of Indian Association for Cancer Research and International Symposium on Translational Research in Cancer, January 17 to 19 2007, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, pp 158.
Raveendran PB, Syamala VS, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Sivanandan C Devan, Ravindran Ankathil. Germline Mutation analysis of hMLH1 Gene in Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Patients. International Symposium on Translational Research: Apoptosis and Cancer, December 18 to 21, 2005, Thiruvananthapuram, pp 31.
Praveenkumar B. Raveendran and Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 mutations in Indian colorectal cancer patients with suspected Lynch Syndrome. Proceedings of 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 28-31 January 2010, KFRI, Peechi, pp. 679-680 (Young Scientist Award)
Raveendran PB, Vani S, Volga S. Syamala, Vijayalekshmi R. V, Santhi S, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Choondal D. Sivanandan , Ravindran Ankathil. Germline hMLH1 Gene Mutation analysis in Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Patients. A Preliminary Report: 26th Annual Convention of Indian Association for Cancer Research and International Symposium on Translational Research in Cancer, January 17 to 19 2007, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, pp 158.
Raveendran PB, Syamala VS, Jayaprakash Madhavan, Sivanandan C Devan, Ravindran Ankathil. Germline Mutation analysis of hMLH1 Gene in Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Patients. International Symposium on Translational Research: Apoptosis and Cancer, December 18 to 21, 2005, Thiruvananthapuram, pp 31.
Participated in the “Five Days National Level FDP on Empowering Educators with Modern Pedagogy and use of AI in Teaching and Research” IIRA, Ministry of MSME, from 13th to 17th September 2024.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Botany conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Madras, Chennai, from 07-10-2022 to 20-10-2022.
Participated in Faculty Development Programme from 01-09-2020 to 15-09-2020 on Moodle Learning Management System organized by Prabhat Kumar College, Contai with course material provided by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay and funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.
Participated in the 5-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Online Education in Higher Education Institutions conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Thiruvananthapuram on online mode from 13th to 17th July 2020 for the faculty members from science disciplines in the state universities and affiliated colleges.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Winter School conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, from 05-12-2019 to 18-12-2019.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, from 11-07-2019 to 24-07-2019.
Short Term Training Programme on ‘Course Design’ conducted by the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB) on behalf of FLAIR Kerala Programme of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, from 18th to 22nd January 2016.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored 99th Orientation Programme conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from 16-11-2015 to 12-12-2015.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Special Summer School conducted by the UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, from 30-07-2014 to 19-08-2014.
Participated in Continuing Education and Quality Improvement Programme on ‘Proteomics’ conducted for FLAIR Kerala by IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 6th to 10th December 2014.
Participated in the FLAIR Induction Programme, ‘Good Learning” of New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, from 22-12-2014 to 24-12-2014 held at Institute of Management in Government, Trivandrum.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Botany conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Madras, Chennai, from 07-10-2022 to 20-10-2022.
Participated in Faculty Development Programme from 01-09-2020 to 15-09-2020 on Moodle Learning Management System organized by Prabhat Kumar College, Contai with course material provided by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay and funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.
Participated in the 5-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Online Education in Higher Education Institutions conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Thiruvananthapuram on online mode from 13th to 17th July 2020 for the faculty members from science disciplines in the state universities and affiliated colleges.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Winter School conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, from 05-12-2019 to 18-12-2019.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, from 11-07-2019 to 24-07-2019.
Short Term Training Programme on ‘Course Design’ conducted by the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB) on behalf of FLAIR Kerala Programme of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, from 18th to 22nd January 2016.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored 99th Orientation Programme conducted by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from 16-11-2015 to 12-12-2015.
Participated in the UGC – Sponsored Special Summer School conducted by the UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, from 30-07-2014 to 19-08-2014.
Participated in Continuing Education and Quality Improvement Programme on ‘Proteomics’ conducted for FLAIR Kerala by IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 6th to 10th December 2014.
Participated in the FLAIR Induction Programme, ‘Good Learning” of New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, from 22-12-2014 to 24-12-2014 held at Institute of Management in Government, Trivandrum.
Participated the Online workshop for revising the existing Syllabus of First Degree Programme in Botany and Double Main First Degree programme in Botany and Ayurvedic Pharmacy under CBCS System and for introducing Industry based courses in the curriculum of said programmes, held on 14, 15 and 21 February 2022.
Participated in the one-week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Edu. Tech Hands-on Online Workshop’ conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Thiruvananthapuram on online mode from 23rd to 28th June 2021 for the faculty members from science disciplines in the state universities and affiliated colleges.
Workshop on ‘Bee Keeping & Management’ organized by the Post Graduate Department of Zoology & Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi College, Sponsored by Horticultural Products Development Corporation (HORTICORP), Government of Kerala on 2nd August 2019.
Participated in National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ organized by the Post Graduate Department of Zoology & Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi College, Sponsored by KSCSTE, Government of Kerala on 22nd and 23rd March 2019.
Participated in The Capacity Building Residential Workshop for Co-ordinators of Scholar Support Programme of New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, from 24th to 25th October 2016 held at Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum.
Participated in Workshop on ‘Modern Tools in Biotechnology Information’ held at Dept. of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. 25th to 26th February 2014.
Participated in Workshop on ‘Gel Based Proteomics’ conducted at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Proteomics Society, India PS(1) held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 10th to 11th December 2014.
Participated in the one-week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Edu. Tech Hands-on Online Workshop’ conducted by the Faculty Development Centre of the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Thiruvananthapuram on online mode from 23rd to 28th June 2021 for the faculty members from science disciplines in the state universities and affiliated colleges.
Workshop on ‘Bee Keeping & Management’ organized by the Post Graduate Department of Zoology & Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi College, Sponsored by Horticultural Products Development Corporation (HORTICORP), Government of Kerala on 2nd August 2019.
Participated in National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ organized by the Post Graduate Department of Zoology & Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi College, Sponsored by KSCSTE, Government of Kerala on 22nd and 23rd March 2019.
Participated in The Capacity Building Residential Workshop for Co-ordinators of Scholar Support Programme of New Initiatives in Higher Education, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, from 24th to 25th October 2016 held at Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum.
Participated in Workshop on ‘Modern Tools in Biotechnology Information’ held at Dept. of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. 25th to 26th February 2014.
Participated in Workshop on ‘Gel Based Proteomics’ conducted at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Proteomics Society, India PS(1) held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 10th to 11th December 2014.
Mahatma Gandhi College (Ac.E.VI(1)/11259/2016, Dt.17/08/2016)
Dr. Rohini B. R., A Comprehensive study to evaluate the Anthropological pollution of Parvathy Puthanar on nearby vegetation and ground water quality. (Awarded - 2022)Dr. Shalaj R, Study of biochemical parameters related with seasonal variation in the flowering of Mangifera indica L. (var. Kottukonam) (Awarded - 2025)Gayathri S. S., Phytochemical, Molecular and Bioactivity screening of Gnidia glauca (Thymelaeaceae) from Wester Ghats. (Awarded - 2026)Thanka Greeshma Nair, Evaluation of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for Enhancing Salt Stress Tolerance in Sesame (Sesamumindicum L.) (Ongoing)
Yearly membership in Indian Association for Cancer Research for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007.
Yearly membership in Indian Society for Human Genetics for the years 2009 and 2010.
Life member of Indian Science Congress Association Since 2016
Yearly membership in Indian Society for Human Genetics for the years 2009 and 2010.
Life member of Indian Science Congress Association Since 2016
Research Committee, NSS College Nilamel - Member (2025-26)
Nature Club (Ecoclub), NSS College Nilamel - Coordinator (2026-27)
Nature Club (Ecoclub), NSS College Nilamel - Coordinator (2026-27)