Department of Botany
Dr.K.Jegatheesan
M.Sc.,M.Phil.,M.Tech.,Ph.D
jegatheesank@gmail.com
2013-12-23
Educational Background
- M.Tech. in Biotechnology (Distinction)(CGPA 8.45) Sathyabama University, Chennai (April 2009)
Ph.D. in Biosciences
Specialisation : Environmental Biology
Mangalore University, Mangalore (September, 1999)
M.Phil., in Botany (80.10%)
Specialisation : Soft Drinks Microbiology
Bharathidasan University (December, 1990)
State Level Screening Test (September, 1990)
Passed State Level Screening Test in Botany conducted by the University of Madras on 2nd September 1990
M.Sc., in Botany (79.50%)
Madurai Kamaraj University (1987 – 1989).
B.Sc., in Botany (84.02%)
Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi.
Madurai Kamaraj University (1984 – 1987)
Professional Experience
| 1 | Associate Professor /Botany | Thiagarajar College, Madurai | 21-07-2024 to Till date |
| 2 | Assistant Professor / Botany (Selection Grade) | Thiagarajar College, Madurai | 21-07-2021 to 20.07.2024 |
| 3 | Assistant Professor / Botany (Senior Grade) | Thiagarajar College, Madurai | 15-03-2016 to 20-07-2021 |
| 4 | Assistant Professor / Botany | Thiagarajar College, Madurai | 23-12-2013 to 14-03-2016 |
| 5 | Director Cum Principal | Vi Institute of Technology, Chennai | 07-04-2010 to 28-02-2011 |
| 6 | Professor/ Biotechnology | St.Michael College of Engineering and Technology, Kalayarkoil | 13-09-2010 to 09-11-2013 |
| 7 | Professor/ Biotechnology | Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar | 09-04-2003 to 31-03-2010 |
| 8 | Lecturer/ Biotechnology | K.S.R.College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode | 05-04-2002 to 04-04-2003 |
| 9 | Lecturer/ Botany (UGC – FIP – Substitute) | Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi | 19-06-2000 to 27-03-2002 |
| 10 | PG Assistant in Botany | S.H.N.V.Hr.Sec.School, Sivakasi | 01.09.1997 to 18.06.2000 |
Awards & Recognitions
Research Publications
Gopal Samy Balakrishnan, Jegatheesan Kalirajan, Karthik Rajendran 2024 Arsenic elimination from groundwater through plant-mediated magnetite nanoparticles synthesis and its characterization. Environmental Engineering & Management Journal (EEMJ) 23 (1): 99-112
Anusha Arasu and Jegatheesan Kalirajan 2023 Nanoparticles – a review on their properties and applications in targeted drug delivery. European Chemical Bulletin 12 (10), 8451-8480
Anusha Arasu and Jegatheesan Kalirajan 2022 Comparative analysis of Physico Chemical parameter and Chromium Level of Untreated and Treated Effluents of Tannery Industries of Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 10 (8), 557-564
Jegatheesan K and Anusha A 2020 Synthesis and characterization of chromium nanoparticles from tannery industries using plant extracts. International Journal of Modern Research and Reviews 8 (11):16-24
Gopal Samy Balakrishnan, Karthik Rajendran and Jegatheesan Kalirajan 2020 Microbial synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles for arsenic removal. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology 8(3) pp. 70-75
R. Paulose, B. Gopal Samy and K. Jegatheesan 2018 Text mining and Natural Language Processing on Social Media Data giving Insights for Pharmacovigilance: A Case Study with Fentanyl. Indian J Pharm Sci. 80(4) pp. 762-766
Renjith Paulose, Kalirajan Jegatheesan, Gopal Samy Balakrishnan 2018 A big data approach with artificial neural network and molecular similarity for chemical data mining and endocrine disruption prediction. Indian Journal of Pharmacology 50(4) pp.169-176
Infant Francina C., Gopal Samy, B. and Jegatheesan K.2017. In-Vitro Propagation of Dioscorea alata for Tyrosinase Production. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology 5(02): pp. 085-088
Shiny Guruce A., S. Rajanarayanan, Jegatheesan K. and Gopal Samy B. 2017. Isolation of microbes for remediation of textile dye industry effluent. Eco. Env. & Cons, 23(1): 443-440
Renjith Paulose, Jegatheesan Kalirajan and Gopal Samy B. 2016, Decision Tree Learning and Regression Models to Predict Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals - A Big Data Analytics Approach with Hadoop and Apache Spark, InternationalJournal of Machine Intelligence, 7(1): 469-473.
Gopal Samy Balakrishnan and Jegatheesan Kalirajan. 2016, Identification of Tyrosinase from Dioscorea alata Tuber Extract by Homology Driven Proteomics Approach, Current Proteomics, 13(1): 1-8.
Saravana Kumar, V.G and Jegatheesan Kalirajan 2015 Cloning, Gene Expression and Characterization of Xylanase Coding Gene from Mesophilic Filamentous Fungus Trichoderma reesei (Hypocreaceae ) in E.coli. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 9(4): 2921-2930
B. Gopal Samy, S. Sujitha, R. Thyagarajan and Jegatheesan Kalirajan. 2015, Isolation of Streptomyces sp. from soil and its medium optimization for microbial transglutaminase production by box-behnken design. Journal of Ecology and Ecography, 6(1):1000175.
Eswarapriya B and Jegatheesan K 2015 Antifungal activity of biogenic selenium nanoparticles synthesized from electronic waste International Journal of PharmTech Research 8(3): 383-386
Jegatheesan. K and Menaga. G 2015 Evaluation of Antidiabetic, Antihyperlipidemic and Histopathologic Effect of Dry Fruit Powders of Phyllanthus emblica Linn (Euphorbiaceae) in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Albino Rats. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res. 32(2):180-186
Jegatheesan K and Anitha G 2015. Potential Expression of cDNA of BHK21 cells -DerivedRecombinant Human Erythropoietin in E.coli cells. International Journal of Pharm Tech Research 8(6):19-25
Renjith Paulose and Jegatheesan Kalirajan, 2015, Machine Learning Classifier Algorithms to Predict Endocrine Toxicity of Chemicals, International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Research, 7(6):303-308. (Impact Factor 1.773)
Karthik Rajendran, Gopal Samy Balakrishnan and Jegatheesan Kalirajan. 2015, Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles for Arsenic Removal from Ground Water Pond, International Journal of PharmTech Research, 8(4):670-677.
Gopal Samy Balakrishnan and Jegatheesan Kalirajan, 2015, Characterization of Tyrosinase enzyme from the tubers of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, (Araceae), International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 7(3):585-589. (Impact Factor 1.10)
Bhuvaneswari R, Chidambaranathan N, Jegatheesan K2014 Hepatoprotective effect of Embilica officinalis and its silver nanoparticles against CCL4 induced hepatotoxicity in wistar albino rats. Digest J Nanomater Biostruct 9:223–235
Kanagavalli,U., Jegatheesan,K. and Rajalakshmi,G. 2014 Chemical Fingerprinting of Andrographis Paniculata for Quality Control studies using HPLC Technique. International Journal of Innovation in Pharma Biosciences and Research Technology 1(4): 84-93
Bardia,V., Reza,D., Eswarapriya,B., Jegatheesan,K., Bijan,Z., and Shahverdi, A.Z. 2014. Combined application of sub-toxic level of silver nanoparticles with low powers of 2450 MHz microwave radiation lead to kill Escherichia coli in a short time. Nanomedicine Journal1(2), pp: 63-70
Bhagyalakshmi, K.S. Leela, V. Jegatheesan, K. and Rajalashmi, G. 2013. Chemical Characterisation from GC-MS Studies of Ethanolic Extract of Andrographis paniculata for the Authentication and Quality Control. Int. J. Pharm. Res. Sch. 2(3)pp:151-156
Bhagyalakshmi, Leelavinodh, K. S., Jegatheesan, K., Rajalashmi, G. 2013Chemical Characterisation from GC-MS Studies of Ethanolic Extract of ‘Andrographis Paniculata’ for the Authentication and Quality Control. International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars (IJPRS) 2(3) pp 151-156
Rajalakshmi, G., Arul Jothi, K., Venkatesan, R.S. and Jegatheesan, K. 2012. Hepatoprotective Activity of Andrographis paniculataon Paracetamol Induced Liver Damage in Rats. Journal of Pharmacy Research 5(6) pp: 2983-2986
Rajalakshmi, G., Aruna,D,, Bhuvaneswari,B., Venkatesan, R.S., Natarajan,A and Jegatheesan, K. 2012. Prophylactic effect of Andrographis paniculata extracts against fungal species. J App Pharm Sci. 2(9): 058-060
Jayanthi,M., Jegatheesan,K., Vidhya, R and Kanagavalli,U. 2012 Hypoglycemic effect of 2-Hydoxychalcone on high fructose fed diabetic rat. Int. Journ. Pharm. Sci. Res. 3(2) pp: 600-604
Gopal Samy,B. Sujitha,S. Thyagarajan, R and Jegatheesan Kalirajan. 2012, Isolation of Streptomyces sp. from soil and its medium optimization for microbial transglutaminase production by box-behnken design. J Biotechnol Biomater 2:6
Thangaraja, A., Jegatheesan, K. and Arunkumar. C., 2011. Use of silica-gold core shell structured nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery system. Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology 2(6) pp:2-6
Ganesan,V., Pandiselvi, U., Jegatheesan, K. and Thangaraja,A. 2011. Induction of morphogeneic callus and organogenesis in Arachis hypogaea Willd. Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2(1) pp: 1-6
Karthikumar S., Jegatheesan K., Thangaraja A., Banupriya K., Dhivya T. and Malarvizhi J. M. 2011. Immunomodulatory activity of Eclipta prostrata in SRBC immunized mice. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy 3(4) pp. 52- 55
Ramya Durga,K., Karthikumar,S. and Jegatheesan, K. 2010.Isolation of potential antibacterial and antioxidant compounds from Acalypha indica andOcimum basilicum.African Journal of Plant Science 4 (5), 160-163
Savitha, V., Jegatheesan, K., Thangaraja, A.2010. Preparation and characterization of polyethylene glycol coated silica nanoparticles for drug delivery application. International Journal of Nanotechnology 4(1), pp. 31-38.
Savitha, V., Jegatheesan, K., Thangaraja, A.2010. Biological synthesis of nanocrystalline silica particle from TEOS (Terta ethyl ortho silicate) mediated by fungi Fusarium oxysporum, Journal of Advanced Biotech9(10) pp. 21-25
Karthikumar S., Ramya Durga and K. Jegatheesan., 2009. Evaluation of Hepatoprotective activity of Picrrorhiza kurroa.Journal of Advanced biotech. 6(02) pp. 1-8
Ramya Durga,K., Karthikumar,S. and Jegatheesan, K. 2009.Isolation of potential antibacterial and antioxidant compounds from Acalypha indica andOcimum basilicum.Journal of Medicinal Plants ResearchVol. 3(10), pp. 703-706.
Vigneswari K., Jegatheesan K and S. Karthikumar. 2009"Construction of Microbial Consortium for Improved Biodegradation of Starch Blended LDPE Packaging Polymer" Journal of Advanced biotech. 9(2) pp. 12-16
Karthi kumar S, Vigneswari K and Jegatheesan K.2007. Screening of Antibacterial and Antioxidant activities of Leaves of Eclipta prostrata (L).Academic Journals Scientific Research and Essay 2(4), pp. 101-104.
Ganesan, M., Jayabalan, N. and Jegatheesan, K.2004. Diuranal variation in the primary production of phytoplankton in Pilavakkal dam in India. J.Natcon. 16 (1):77-83
Ganesan, M., Jayabalan, N. and Jegatheesan, K.2004. Environmental status and seasonal variation in the water in the water quality studies of Pilavakkal reservoir at Western Ghats in India. Plant Archives 4 (1) : 195 – 201.
Ganesan, M., Jayabalan, N. and Jegatheesan, K.2005. Impact of sewage disposal and agricultural waste on the fresh water quality and phytoplankton density of a tropical stream in the Western Ghats in IndiaInEcology of Phytoplanktoneds Professor (Dr.) Arvind Kumar, Daya Publishing House, Delhi. pp: 153-158
Madhyastha, M.N. and Jegatheesan, K. 1995. Periphyton in Biological surveillance of water quality. InPollution and Biomonitoring Eds. B.C. Rana, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi. Pp:
Professional Memberships
Life Member in Indian Society of Technical Education