Faculty achievements
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University (last 3 years)
Dr . N. Selvamurugan
New York University, USA
Dr. K. M. Ramkumar
Dr. V. Vinoth Kumar
Sherbrooke University, Canada
Awards and Accolades
| Faculty Name | Year of Award | Name of the award, fellowship, received from Government or Government recognised bodies | Name of the Awarding Agency |
| Prof. N. Selvamurugan | 2023 | Outstanding Faculty Award | The Honorable Union Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
| Dr.B.Samuel Jacob | 2019 – 2020 | Technology Demonstration Award of Rs. 50000 for the project KISAN VAHYU | Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Ministry of Education (formerly HRD), Govt. of India |
| 2017-2018 | Best oral presentation award | In International Conference on Environmental Biotechnology (EBIO)-2017 conducted by Andhra University, Visakhapattinam | |
| Dr.S.Rupachandra | 2018-2019 | DR.APJ ABDUL KALAM AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE | MARINA Labs, Chennai |
| 2019-2020 | Young Scientist Award | B.S.ABDUR RAHMAN, CRESCENT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Chennai | |
| Dr. V.Vinoth Kumar | 2017-2018 | Merit scholarship program for foreign students | Fonds de recherche du Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 2021 – 2022 | Top 2% Scientists – 2022 | Stanford University, USA | |
| 2020 – 2021 | Mentor – ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship | ASEAN-India Science & Technology Development Fund (AISTDF) | |
| Prof. N. Selvamurugan | 2020-2021 | Top 2% Scientists-2021 | Stanford University |
| 2021-2022 | Top 2% Scientists-2022 | Stanford University | |
| Dr. Amala Reddy | 2020-2021 | Teaching Excellence award | VEDANT EDUCATIONS |
| Dr. P. Radha | 2017-2018 | Best Research Paper Award | International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2017-2018 | Best Poster Presentation Award | International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | |
| Dr. Koustav Sarkar | 2021 – 2022 | Early Career Research (ECR) Award from Government | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India |
| 2017-2018 | Early Career Research (ECR) Award | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India | |
| Dr.K.M. Ramkumar | 2020 – 2021 | Young Scientist Award | Nature Science Foundation |
| 2021 – 2022 | Stanford University | Top 2% Scientist |
Faculty Achievements
| Faculty Name | Achivement Title | Year | |
1 | Dr.R.A.Nazeer | Radical scavenging activity of Antioxidant peptides from marine cephalopods. (DBT) | 2012-2015 |
| Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory (ACEI) peptides from two Squilla species. (DST-SERB) | 2014-2017 | ||
| JFST Best Paper Award 2013 by AFST(I), Mysore, India. | 2014 | ||
2 | Dr. Waheeta Hopper | Identification of efflux protein inhibitors to gram negative organisms using bioinformatics tools and in vitro analysis and Crystallographic studies of target membrane protein-inhibitor complexes (DBT INDO-JAPAN Bilateral Project) | 2009-2014 |
| Development of drug lead molecules against microorganisms used as bioweapons (DRDO Grant) | 2012-2015 | ||
| Travel Grant by AIST, Japan, to attend The 3rd Japan-India Bilateral Symposium on Bioinformatics, Tokyo, Japan | 2009 | ||
| International Conference -Convenor- “Next Generation Bioinformatics – ICNGB” | 2013 | ||
3 | N. Selvamurugan | Ranked among top 2% Scientists in Polymers, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chemistry by Global list, The Standfod University, USA. | 2019-2024 |
| Adjunct Professor, Department of Nano Science and Nanotechnology, Directorate of Natural Resource Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India | 2013-present | ||
| Adjunct Professor, Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA | 2015-present | ||
| ATF-3: A Potential Target Gene for Breast Cancer Progression in vivo (ICMR grant) | 2011-2014 | ||
| Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells towards Osteogenic Cell Lineage by MicroRNAs (ICMR grant) | 2011-2014 | ||
| A Novel Hydrogel for Bone Tissue Engineering (CSIR grant) | 2013-2016 | ||
| In vitro and In vivo Biocompatibility of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering (CSIR grant) | 2014-2017 | ||
| Regulation of Runx2, a Bone Transcription Factor by Transforming Growth Factor-β1 in Osteoblastic Cells (DST-SERB grant) | 2015-2018 | ||
| A Molecular Study of Activating Transcription Factor-3 and its Interacting Proteins in Human Breast Cancer Cells (DBT grant) | 2016-2019 | ||
| Regulation of Parathyroid Hormone Stimulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Expression in Osteoblastic Cells by MicroRNAs (DBT grant) | 2017-2020 | ||
| Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Activates Runx2, a bone transcription factor by a phosphorylation-acetylation cascade for Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Expression in Osteoblastic cells (DST-SERB grant) | 2019-2022 | ||
| Identification of MicroRNAs Regulating TGF-β1-stimulated ATF-3 Expression in Human Breast Cancer cells (ICMR grant) | 2019-2022 | ||
| Identification of MicroRNAs Regulating Runx2 activity for TGF-β1 Stimulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Expression in Osteoblastic cells (ICMR grant) | 2021-2024 | ||
3 | E. Berla Thangam | Molecular mechanism of neonatal sepsis (DBT grant) | 2011-2014 |
| Targeting histamine H4 receptor for the development of new antihistamines (DBT grant) | 2012-2015 | ||
| Effect of new selective H4R antagonist N-(2-aminoethyl)-5chloro-1H-indol-2-carboxamides in a mouse model of allergic asthma (DST-SERB) | 2018-2020 | ||
4 | Lilly M Saleena | In vitro validation of MMP8 and MMP13 inhibitors A step towards drug development for osteoarthritis (ICMR) | 2016-2019 |
| Genetic engineering of closteridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 for effective conversion of lignocellulose to ethanol (DST SERB) | 2010-2013 | ||
| 5 | Dr. S.Sahabudeen | DST-SERB Early Career Award | 2016-19 |
Dr.K.M. Ramkumar | Ranked among top 2% Scientists Global list, The Standfod University, USA. | 2022-2024 | |
6 | Best presentation Award at Research Society for the Study of Diabetes | 2019 | |
| DBT-International Travel Grant to attend American Diabetes Association Conference | 2016 | ||
| Best presentation Award at World congress on Diabetes India | 2013 | ||
| DBT-International Travel Grant to attend American Diabetes Association Conference | 2013 | ||
| DST-SERB Early Career Research Award | 2013-2016 | ||
7 | Dr.S.Rupachandra | Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Teaching Excellence | 2018 |
| Young Scientist award | 2019 | ||
8 | S Barathi | Screening of Environmental Estrogens (EE2) Using Zebrafish Brain Aromatase Gene (Cyp19a1b) As A Biomarker (DBT RGYI) | 2103-2016 |
| Development of EXT sensors (SRM – LMU, Germany) | 2015-2017 | ||
| 9 | Dr. W. Richard Thilagaraj | DST- SERB- TARE Award | 2019-2021 |
| 10 | P. Velusamy | Ranked Top 2% Scientists of the World in Microbiology by Stanford University, USA | 2019-2020 |
| Visiting Professor award Kyung Hee University, South Korea | 2016 | ||
| Synthesis, Characterization and Application of 2D-Graphene Nanoparticles in the Electrochemical Aptasensors for The Diagnosis of Pathogenic Bacteria {SATU-JRS 2020 by NCKU, Taiwan} | 2020 | ||
| Development of Clinical Drugs and Nutraceuticals for Treatments and Prevention of Various Diseases by Multidisciplinary Approaches (Project File No: NCKU 14:) | 2020 | ||
| 11 | Dr. R. Pachaiappan | Visiting Professor in University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA | 2017 |
| 12 | Dr.K.Ramani | Tamil Nadu Young Women Scientist Award for the contribution of research in the field of Environmental Sciences-Awarded by Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. | 2014 |
| DST-SYST Grant-An integrated technology for the treatment of microplastics and plastic derived compounds from municipal landfill leachate | 2020-2023 | ||
| DBT Grant-A mariner transposon based mutagenesis system for the enhanced production of biosurfactant to be applied for the oil removal from petroleum oil refinery sludge | 2017-2020 | ||
| Industry funded Project-HCPL, Gujarat-Upgradation/Performance improvement of biological wastewater treatment plant located in the ETP of HCPL | 2013-2016 | ||
| Industrial Consultancy Project-CPCL, Chennai-Evaluation of biosurfactants for the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons from petroleum oil sludge | 2015-2016 | ||
| Industrial consultancy-Orchid Healthcare, Chennai-Orchid Pharma drug products analysis | 2020 | ||
| SRM Selective Excellence Grant-Tertiary Treatment of domestic wastewater for the destruction of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens using a non-conventional antimicrobial agent derived from leather industry waste | 2017-2018 | ||
| International Conference-Convener-International Conference on “Sustainable Technologies for Industrial Hazardous Waste Management and Bioenergy”-STIWMB-2019 | 2019 | ||
| Revolutionary Research on Clean Water Sustainability Award, World Environment Day, SRMIST, 2024. | 2024 | ||
| ACS Sustainable Resource Management_Website Front Page & Cover Page Publication: Tuning Interfacial Interaction Mechanisms of Ameliorated Surface-Active/π-Electron-Rich Designer Bioamphiphile via Environmental-Waste Bio-upcycling for Trace Bisphenol A Removal from Municipal Landfill Leachate | 2024 | ||
| 14 | Dr. V. Vinoth Kumar | Invited guest professor, Sherbrooke University, Canada | 2019 – 2020 |
| Merit scholarship program for foreign students, Fonds de recherche du Québec, Québec, Canada | 2018 – 2019 | ||
| Excellence Program Scholarships for Foreign Students, Fonds de recherche du Québec, Québec, Canada | 2016 – 2017 | ||
| Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship | 2012 – 2013 | ||
| DST Indo-Mexican Grant – Genetically engineered Trichoderma atroviride: A robust biotechnological tool for the production of second generation lignocellulosic biofuels and subsequent wastewater treatment | 2017 | ||
| AICTE Grant – Sludge derived surface active compounds assisted mycoremediation of costal zones contaminated with hydrophobic organic compounds | 2020 | ||
| International conference on sustainable technologies for industrial hazardous waste management and bioenergy | 2019 | ||
| Ranked among top 2% Scientists by Global list, The Standfod University, USA. | 2021 | ||
| Adjunct professor, Sherbrooke University, Canada | 2017 | ||
| 15 | Dr.Priya Swaminathan | TNSET qualified | 2016 |
| 16 | G.Dhanavathy | Adjunct faculty, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India, | 2020 – 2021 |
| 17 | Dr.Amala Reddy | Vedant Teaching Excellence award | 2020 |
| 18 | Dr. Koustav Sarkar | DST-SERB Early Career Research Award | 2017-2020 |
| Convener of International Conference on Immunology (Theme: Major breakthroughs and advances in immunology for human diseases) | 2018 | ||
| Convener of “Workshop on Flowcytometry” to celebrate World Day of Immunology in association with Indian Immunology Society | 2018 | ||
| Co-Convener and Resource Person for National Level Hands-on Workshop on CRISPR-Cas9 | 2019 | ||
| Phoenix Project Award for Waste to Value Addition – World Environmental Day (WED) 2024 – REACH, SRMIST | 2024 | ||
| 19 | B.Samuel Jacob | Phoenix Project Award – World Environmental Day (WED) 2020 – CENR, SRMIST | 2020 |
| Top-20 Innovation of BEST ABLE Competiton for VAHYU (Mentor) | 2018 | ||
| Top – 20 Innovation of BEST ABLE Competiton for iBIN Technology (Mentor) | 2019 | ||
| Gold Medal – Research Day 2018 (KISAN VAHYU) | 2019 | ||
| Technology Implementation Grant – Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) | 2019 | ||
| 20 | Dr. P. Kanagaraj | Start-up-Seed Grant – SRM Institute of Science and Technology | 2018-2019 |
| DST-SERB Grant awardee | 2018-2021 | ||
| Adjunct Faculty – Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, India | 2019-2021 | ||
| 21 | M.Ramya | Bioenergy Award for Cutting Edge Research | 2016 |
| Development of diagnostic method based on Loop- mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid and early detection of Leptospirosis ( ICMR) | 2017 -2020 | ||
| Concurrent production of acetone, butanol and ethanol by inactivation of acidogenesis pathway in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 – a marker free approach – DST SERB | 2013 – 2016 | ||
| Metabolic pathway engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for homobutanol production through strategic manipulation of solvent production pathways- BIRAC | 2020- 2021 | ||
| 22 | Devi.A | Evaluation of nutraceuticals derived from indigenous millets for anti-tumorigenic activity and its action on the potential therapeutic targets, Notch4 and TBX3, in OSCC – DST, India and NRF, South Africa | 2016-2020 |
| Genetic and Molecular analysis of human Low Density Lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), Apolipoprotein B (APOB) and Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) genes in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) (SRM-Excellence Project) | 2016-2018 | ||
| Member of the Institutional Committee on Stem Cell Research (IC-STR) of Medical Park,Chennai | 2018-2019 | ||
| 23 | A. Swapna Geetanjali | Studies on the role of suppressor proteins of chilli leaf curl virus in the development of leaf curl disease-DST SERB-ECR | 2018-2021 |
| 24 | Dr. S. K. M. Habeeb | Comparative resistance study to identify molecular markers for the control of dusky cotton bug Oxycarenus laetus Kirby (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) across habitats using Mitochondrial DNA and Transcriptomics approaches | 2015-2018 |
Dr.S.Sujatha | Patent – Standardized Bioactive Herbal Extracts Having Anti-Diabetic activity (Patent No. 1222/DEL/2007) | 2009 | |
| Patent – Standardized Bioactive Extracts of Annona squamosa (Patent No. WO/2008/125) | 2008 | ||
| convenor – National workshop on Animal cell culture techniques for teaching faculty with funding by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India.(1.5 lakhs) | December 16-20, 2013 | ||
| Co-Convenor – Workshop on advanced biology for school teachers | anuary 04-06, 2018 | ||
| convenor – Faculty Development Program on mammalian cell culture and molecular expression techniques | December 13-18, 2021 | ||
| 25 | Awarded with CV Raman Prize 2022 in recognition of outstanding professional and research achievements in the field of Biotechnology | 2022 | |
| 26 | Dr. S. Balamurugan | Awarded Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India | 2020-2025 |
| 27 | Dr. Harinarayana Ankamreddy | Awarded best researcher award for publishing in Nature Indexed journals | March 4th, 2024 |
Semester Abroad Programme (SAP)
List Of SAP Students - Fall 2024
| Name of the University | Country | Name of the student | Program attended | Year |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Akshaya Kalyanaraman | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Ananya Anandkumar | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Krishna Velayutham | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Sindu Raman | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Devsarthi Rawat | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Lehigh University | USA | Meera Madhavan | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
| Lehigh University | USA | Sri Lakshmi Sriya Palaparty | Research Internship | 2024 – 2025 |
List Of SAP Students Selected - Spring 2025
| Name of the University | Country | Name of the student | Program attended | Year |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | Geetha AVS | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Uppsala University | Sweden | Jennifer B | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Uppsala University | Sweden | Suditi | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Uppsala University | Sweden | S. Poornima | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Tzu-Chi University | Taiwan | J.Sonaakshi | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Tzu-Chi University | Taiwan | Charan Praneeth R | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Tzu-Chi University | Taiwan | Manomey Rahul A | Research Internship | 2025 |
| Tzu-Chi University | Taiwan | Eeshan Nair | Research Internship | 2025 |
