DETAILS OF THE RESEARCH PROJECTS

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr.T.Palvannan
Novel MASP-2 inhibitor from Indian
CSIR-
1 medicinal plants for protection against 2012-2015 15 Lakhs Ongoing
HRDG
myocardial infarction
Dr. M. Suriyavathana
Bioefficacy of Nutraceuticals –
1 UGC 2010-2013 9.3 Lakhs Completed
The Future Safe Medicine
Dr. V. Manju
Synergistic effects of selected
13.36
1 anti-cancer drugs with Vitamin - C UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
against coloncarcinogenesis models
Molecular and Biochemical approach to
the anti-carcinogenic effect of eriodictyol, 18.9
2 DST 2013-2016 Ongoing
dietary flavonoid in DMH induced colon Lakhs
carcinogenesis

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr.P.PERUMAL
Marine ecotoxicological studies on
MoES – 8.65
1 planktonic organism for deriving sea 2007-2010 Completed
ICMAM Lakhs
water quality criteria
Investigations on the fish parasites of
2.25
2 Coleroon estuary with reference to CSIR 2007-2008 Completed
Lakhs
crustaceans
Studies on the molecular taxonomy and
phylogeny of marine zooplankton 8.80
3 UGC 2011-2014 Completed
(Calanoida : Arthropoda) from the Tamil Lakhs
Nadu and Puducherry Coast
Antimalarial activity of Marine Seaweeds
DRDO – 15.16
4 from Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu (Co- 2012-2014 Completed
LSRB Lakhs
PI: Dr. N. Elangovan)
Studies on copepod, Macrosetella gracilis
as a possible vector for Macrobrachium
5 rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV) and extra TNSCST 2010-2011 10,000/- Completed
small virus (XSV) to freshwater prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii post – larvae
Studies on screening of non-nucleoside
methyltransferase inhibitor from marine
6 TNSCST 2012-2013 10,000/- Completed
seaweeds of Rameshwaram, southeast
coast of India
 Dr. P. VENKATACHALAM
Development of an Efficient Protocol for
in vitro Clonal Propagation and DNA
13.49
1 fingerprinting analysis of selected UGC 2010-2013 Completed
Lakhs
Endangered Medicinal Plants of
Conservation concern from South India
Enhanced production of secondary
metabolites in callus, suspensions and
37.3
2 hairy root cultures of Gloriosa 2uinin by CSIR 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
elicitation, immobilization and
permeabilization techniques
Elucidation of molecular 2uinine2e for
the lack of latex 2uinine2esis during the
55.3
3 onset of tapping panel dryness (TPD) DBT 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
syndrome in high yielding rubber tree
(Hevea brasiliensis)
Monitoring and remediation of heavy
metal contamination in Coimbatore 7.85
4 UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
wetlands by green approach (Co-principal Lakhs
investigator)
Screening and Identification of fluoride 3 months
5 hyperacculator plant species: A green TNSCST (2014) 7,500/- Completed
phytoremediation approach
Dr. N. ELANGOVAN

Waste-to-Biofuel: Exploration and

exploitation of soil and cassava waste
13.29
1 microbial diversity for enhanced bio- UGC 2010-2013 Completed
Lakhs
butanol producing novel bacterial
isolate(s)(Co-PI: Dr. P. Indra Arulselvi)

Neuroprotective effect of 7,8

dihydroxyflavone nanocomplex against ICMR/35
22.75
2 rotenone induced SK-N-SH cellular /34/2013- 2014-2017 Ongoing
Lakhs
model of Parkinson disease: Insights into BMS
heat shock protein regulation
Dr. D. NATARAJAN
Screening of antimicrobial and
insecticidal activity of selected medicinal 6.38
1 UGC 2010-2013 Completed
plants from eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Lakhs
(Co-PI: Dr. M. S. Shivakumar)

Validation of herbal Practices in Salem NIF

2 2011-2012 4.2 Lakhs Completed
Region sourced from NIF Database (DST)

Molecular characterization and DST-

degradation ability of prevailing microbes SERB –
16.1
3 associated with heavy metal polluted sites Young 2013-2016 Ongoing
Lakhs
(Bauxite mines), kolli hill, Eastern Ghats, Scientist
Tamilnadu. Scheme
 Identification of novel plant based
bioactive compounds for controlling
4.15
4 multi-drug resistant bacterial (MDRB), TNSCST 2014-2016 Ongoing
Lakhs
isolated from infected patients of Salem
and Namakkal districts
Larvicidal, pupicidal and adulticidal
potential of two Ocimum spp. Against TNSCST 03 months
5 7,500/- Completed
Aedes aegypti and Culex (2013-2014)
quinquefasciatus
Dr. P.INDRA ARULSELVI
Bioprospecting of hydrocarbon
DST- 23.26
contaminated soil and using agro waste(s) 2012- 2015
1 SERB Lakhs Ongoing
for enchanced production of Polyhydroxy
Alkanotes (PHA)
Dr. M.S. SHIVAKUMAR
Molecular mechanisms underlying
DST-
insecticide resistance among mosquito 21.00
1 SERB 2012-2015 Ongoing
vectors Ae. aegypti, Cx. quinquefasciatus Lakhs
and An. stephensi
Development of new plant based
ICMR 14.51 Ongoing
2 insecticides for larval and adult mosquito 2013-2015
Lakhs
control (Co-PI: Dr.D.Natarajan)
Gene expression studies on mechanisms
UGC-
underlying the role of melatonin as a free 12.55
3 MRP 2013-2016 Ongoing
radical scavenger and developmental Lakhs
enhancer in insects

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr.D. ARUL BALACHANDRAN
Lead induced chromosomal
aberrations in Black gram (Vigna
1 UGC 2014-2016 6.0 Lakhs Ongoing
mungo L. Hepper)

Dr. S. MURUGESAN
Phytochemistry, Pharmacological
and Pharmacognostical studies on
1 UGC 2014-2016 6.0 Lakhs Ongoing
Justicia gerdarussa Linn. Potential for
Pharmaceutical Applications
 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Funding Duration of Amount

S. No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. A.K. RAMASAMY
Tuning the band gap of Titanium
Dioxide photocatalyst to enhance
5.29
1 its activity in sunlight for the UGC 2011-2014 Completed
Lakhs
application in remediation of
polluted environment
Dr. V. RAJ
Salem-
Wealth from waste: Production of Dharmapuri
1 2006-2007 52,000/- Completed
ethanol from sago solid waste Chamber of
Commerce
Formation of ceramic alumina
nanocomposite coatings on 4.31
2 UGC 2007-2010 Completed
aluminium by plasma electrolytic Lakhs
oxidation
Carbon nanotube modified
electrodes for enhanced 33.6
3 DST 2007-2010 Completed
voltammetric sensing of organic Lakhs
pollutants
Synthesis of nanocrystalline nickel 1.75
4 UGC 2009-2011 Completed
on aluminium Lakhs
Fabrication of magnetic and
17.26
5 semiconductor nanostructures on CSIR 2010-2013 Completed
Lakhs
aluminum
Synthesis of nanocrystalline copper UGC 2011-2013 18.0
6 Completed
by pulse electrodeposition Lakhs
Dr. P. VISHWANATHAMURTHI
Transition metal based
homogeneous catalysts containing
25.18
1 N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: DST 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
Synthesis, characterization and
applications
Transition metal complexes
containing quinone derivatives of
13.80
2 semicarbazone/thiosemicarbazone: CSIR 2011-2013 Completed
Lakhs
Synthesis, structure and
applications
Synthesis, structural and catalytic
studies of Ru (II) and Ru (III)
6.50
3 complexes containingPPh3/AsPh3 UGC 2011-2014 Ongoing
Lakhs
and unsymmetrical Schiff base
ligands
New Ruthenium chalconate
CSIR 2006-2009 10.20
4 complexes and their catalytic Lakhs Completed
activity
Dr. D. GOPI
A cost effective approach of
4.46
1 protection against scaling and UGC 2007-2010 Completed
Lakhs
corrosion
 Funding Duration of Amount
S. No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Development of
TNSCST 1.61
2 nanohydroxyapatite coatings for 2009-2011 Completed
Lakhs
biomedical applications
Development of
6.15
3 Nanohydroxyapatite coatings for DST 2009-2012 Ongoing
Lakhs
orthopedic applications
A facile and versatile approach for
the development of hybrid nano
ICMR 28.8
4 hydroxyapatite synthesis, structure 2011-2014 Ongoing
Lakhs
refinement and its coatings for
biomedical applications
A New Class of Triazole
Derivatives As Effective And Eco-
6.98
5 Friendly Pitting Corrosion UGC 2011-2014 Ongoing
Lakhs
Inhibitors For Low Nickel Stainless
steel
Development of hybrid bio-ceramic
23.85
6 coatings on surface treated titanium DST-TSD 2011-2014 Ongoing
Lakhs
alloy for implant applications
Fabrication of mineralized
14.00
7 nanobioceramic coatings for CSIR 2011-2014 Ongoing
Lakhs
orthopedic applications
Coating of Strontium substituted
DST-
hydroxyapatite on surgical grade
Women 18.4 Mentor Dr.
8 316 L SS by electrodeposition
Scientist – Lakhs D.Gopi
method for biomedical applications
A

A new class of triazole derivatives

as effective and eco-friendly pitting UGC 2011-2014 6.98 Ongoing
9
corrosion inhibitors for low nickel Lakhs
stainless steel
Development of carbon nanotubes
39
reinforced hydroxyapatite coatings DST 2013-2017 Ongoing
10
for orthopedic applications Lakhs

Development of novel conducting 15.65 Ongoing

11 copolymer coating for anti DRDO 2014-2016
Lakhs
corrosive applications
Synthesis and coating optimization
of carboxy-methyl chitosan/ carbon
31.64
nanotubes/ strontium substituted UGC 2014-2016 Ongoing
12
hydroxyapatite composite coating Lakhs
on surgical grade stainless steel for
biomedical applications
Dr. R. RAJAVEL
Synthesis, spectroscopic studies of
Binuclear Schiff base Metal
Complexes of Cu(II),Ni(II) and 7.11
1 UGC 2010-2013 Completed
VO(IV) and their Application in Lakhs
DNA Binding, Cleavage and
Antimicrobial Activity
 Funding Duration of Amount
S. No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. A. LALITHA
Photochemistry of non-steroidal
16.92
1 anti-inflammatory drugs in zeolite DST 2004-2007 Completed
Lakhs
cavities
Effect of light on fluoroquinolone
6.684
2 antibiotics encapsulated inside UGC 2007-2010 Completed
Lakhs
mesoporous materials
Design and utilization of metal
nitrate supported HY-Zeolite as 14.94
3 CSIR 2012-2015 Ongoing
catalysts for the Eco-friendlier Lakhs
Organic Syntheses
Dr. V. SUJATHA
To determine the phenolics and
flavanoids content and their free 1.72
1 UGC 2010-2012 Completed
radical scavenging effect in Cassia Lakhs
fistula flower extracts
Studies on isolation, structural
elucidation and invitro
biochemical applications of free
11.786
2. radicals quenching compounds UGC 2015-2018 Ongoing
Lakhs
(Phenolics and Flavonoids present
in Albizia amara and Albizia
Saman leaves)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. A. ELANGOVAN
Waste Management – An
interdisciplinary post consumption
methane reduction project in select Interim
3.887
1 ward of Salem district, Tamil UGC Report
Lakhs
Nadu – A holistic behavioural submitted
approach

Dr. A. JAYAKUMAR
A study on impact VAT 3.85
1 UGC Completed
implementation in India Lakhs
Dr. A. VINAYAGAMOORTHY
Malcolm
A study on awareness and attitude
and Elizaeth
with postal investors investment
1 Adiseshiah 1.1 Lakhs Ongoing
pattern and rural savings in Tamil
Trust,
Nadu
Chennai
International Financial Reporting
Standards –Current Scenario 7.988 Ongoing
2 UGC
(Problems and Prospects). Lakhs
 Funding Duration of Amount
S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Micro Insurance: An Effective
Strategy to Reduce Poverty (A Ongoing
3 ICSSR 7 Lakhs
Study with Special Reference to
Salem District.
Dr. K. MARUTHAMUTHU
Marketing strategies and financial
5.75
1 viability of tribal self help groups UGC 2012- Ongoing
Lakhs
– A study in Tamil Nadu
Dr. K. PRABHAKAR RAJKUMAR
The impact of NABARD refinance
6.04
1 on socio-economic development of UGC Completed
Lakhs
self help groups in Tamil Nadu

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. K. THANGAVEL
Motif Detection in Protein 7.49
1 UGC 2009-2012 Completed
sequences using Data Mining Lakhs
A study on interior point methods
2 UGC 1999-2001 30,000/- Completed
for solving optimization problems
Developing an efficient algorithm
for solving linear fractional
programming and quadratic
3 UGC 1995-1997 70,000/- Completed
programming problems using
Fourier-Motzkin variable
elimination method
Dr. C. CHANDRASEKAR
Seamless Mobility across different 7.56
1 UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
mobile networks in 4G Lakhs
Mr. S. SATHISH
Study on Cache based Routing in
1 Mobile ad-hoc networks using UGC 2 Lakhs Ongoing
rough set theory
Dr.H.HANNAH INBARANI
Web 2 Technology enhanced UGC - 11.84
1 Ongoing
personalized E-Learning Major Lakhs
Mr. I. LAURENCE AROQUIARAJ
Early detection of Breast cancer
UGC -
1 from Mammogram using soft 2012-2014 2 Lakhs Ongoing
Minor
computing techniques
Mrs. R. RATHIPRIYA
A Study on evolutionary
biclustering approach to identify UGC – 1.90
1 Ongoing
the optimal customer groups for Minor Lakhs
target marketing
 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. S. RAJENDRAN
Estimation of Demand and Supply TNEDA, 3.50
1 Completed
of Rural Energy in Salem District Chennai lakhs
Comparative Study of Income and
Employment Generation under 4.43
2 UGC Completed
Organic and Conventional lakhs
Farming System
Availability and Access of
TNSPC
3 Educational Service in Backward 5.5 lakhs Ongoing
Region of Salem District
Chennai
Statistical Survey for Concurrent
Estimation of Coconut Production in 69,730/-
4 CSIR 2012-2013 Completed
Dharmapurai and Krishnakrishi
Districts
Statistical Survey for Concurrent
Estimation of Coconut Production 1.10
5 CSIR 2013-2014 Completed
Dharmapuri and Krishnakrishi in Lakhs
Tamil Nadu
Statistical Survey for Concurrent Coconut
Estimation of Coconut Production Developme
1.45
6 Vellore and Krishnagiri in Tamil nt Board, 2014-2015 Ongoing
lakhs
Nadu for 2014-2015 Government
of India
Dr. A. SUGIRTHA RANI
Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and Dimensions of
1 UGC 5.6 lakhs Ongoing
Social Exclusion in Marginalised
Communities
Integrated Health, Education and Malcom
Living Environment in Urban Elizabeth
Slum Seshaiah
2 One Lakh Ongoing
Trust
(MEAT),
Chennai
Dr. D. JANAGAM
Malcom &
Economic and Environmental Elizabeth
1.17
1 implications of Hospital Waste Adiseshiah 2007-2009 Completed
Lakhs
Management is Salem City Trust,
Chennai
Mr. V. VAITHIANATHAN
Malcom
Access, Equity and Quality Elizabeth
Health care Through National Seshaiah
1 92,000/- Completed
Rural Health Mission Trust
(MEAT),
Chennai
 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. K. NIRMALA
Proliferation of value education
through technology enhanced 6.36
1 ICSSR Completed
pedagogy and methetics in Lakhs
schools
Mr. M. VAKKIL
Effectiveness of Attention
Activating Strategies among the 4.00
1 UGC Completed
Students with Attention Deficit Lakhs
Hyper Activity Disorders
Effectiveness of Integration of
information and Communication 3.31
2 ICSSR Completed
Technology in B.Ed Teacher Lakhs
Education Curriculum
Computer Basics Education to
3.00
3 Muslim Women of Salem District MKU Completed
Lakhs
in Tamil Nadu

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Mrs. K. SINDHU
Socio Economic Barriers in
Second Language Acquisition – A
1 UGC 2010-2012 80,000/- Completed
study among school dropouts in
Rural Areas of Salem District
Mrs. B.J. GEETHA
Role of English Language Portals
in Imparting Communication
1 UGC 2010-2012 95,000/- Completed
Skills of College Students of
Salem District

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Duration
Funding Amount
S.No Title of the project of the Status
agency (Rs.)
project
Dr. T. POONGODI VIJAYAKUMAR
Development and evaluation of
Nutrition composite bar as a
9.26
1 breakfast supplement for mid day UGC 2009-2012 Completed
meal beneficiaries and its
Lakhs
technology transfer
Nutritional and non-nutritional Malcolm
consequences on mental health and Elizabeth and 1.00
2 2007-2008 Completed
academic performance of adolescent Adiseshiah Lakhs
girls and education for better living Trust, Chennai
Holistic approach to empower the Malcolm
nutritional status, mental health Elizabeth and
3 2007 15,000/- Completed
and academic performance of Adiseshiah
Adidravidar adolescent girls Trust, Chennai
 Duration
Funding Amount
S.No Title of the project of the Status
agency (Rs.)
project
Curriculum based intervention Malcolm
strategy to combat malnutrition and
Elizabeth and
4 learning disability among 2008 27,500/- Completed
Adidravidar and tribal children (3-6 Adiseshiah
years) Trust, Chennai
Evaluation of Nutritional and
17.25
5 Medicinal characteristic of wood DRDO 2014-2017 Ongoing
Lakhs
apple seed (limonia acidissima)
Dr. P. NAZNI
Glycemic index of potato based
Malcolm
preparations by different cooking
Elizabeth and
1 methods in healthy and NIDDM 2007-2008 10,000/- Completed
Adiseshiah
subjects
Trust, Chennai
Extraction and assessment of
glycemic index of dietary and
2 herbal based mucilage’s on the TNSCST 2007-2008 5,000/- Completed
selected type II diabetic subjects

Efficacy of Neutraceuticals on Blood

glucose and lipid profile among south
3 Indian type 2 diabetic population-the RSSDI 2007-2008 40,000/- Completed
Salem urban population study

Nutritional assessment and impact

Malcolm
of casein and gluten free dietary
Elizabeth and
4 intervention on behavioural 2008-2009 14,750/- Completed
Adiseshiah
pattern of the selected autistic
Trust, Chennai
children
Supplementary effect of potato
based amylase rich foods (ARF)
on the cognitive development in Malcolm
children and impact of IEC on the Elizabeth and
5 2008-2009 49,500/- Completed
nutritional knowledge and Adiseshiah
practice of adhidravidar mothers Trust, Chennai
to combat malnutrition in rural
homes of Salem district
Preparation, nutritional evaluation
and consumer attitudes towards
6 TNSCST 2008-2009 5,000/- Completed
acceptability of enhanced duck
meat products
Effect of Yogic exercise on
7 mental health and academic TNSCST 2009-2010 6,000/- Completed
achievement of school children
Antidiabetic and antilipidemic
effect of Cardiosporum
8 halicacabum Linn. Leaf extract on TNSCST 2010-2011 6,000/- Completed
STZ-induced type 2 diabetic
model
In vitro and in vivo glycemic
responses of various medicinal 4.7
9 RSSDI 2009-2011 Completed
plants among south Indian type II Lakhs
diabetic population
 Duration
Funding Amount
S.No Title of the project of the Status
agency (Rs.)
project
Breakfast and Yoga patterns and its
impact on nutritional status,
10.56
10 academic performance and UGC 2009-2012 Completed
Lakhs
personality traits of South Indian
adolescents (13-18 years)
Nutri ball supplementation and its
impact on nutritional affective and 7.92
11 DST 2010-2013 Completed
health among south Indian senior Lakhs
citizens
Effect of a Green Vegetable
(HIBISCUS Sabdariffi 6.26
12 ICMR 2012-2013 Completed
calyces) on Mildly Hypertensive Lakhs
Adults
Nutritional Assessment and
21.19
13 Nutrition Education to the ICMR 2014-2016 Ongoing
Lakhs
Mothers of Autistic Children
Evaluation of Physiochemical, 40. 15
Nutritional Pasting and DST
14 2014-2017 Lakhs Ongoing
Textural Characteristics of
processed millets based foods
Technological and biochemical
evaluation of barnyard millet
13.28
15 bran for the production of UGC 2014-2017 Ongoing
Lakhs
high nutritive and low
glycemic bakery products
Dr. R. PARIMALAVALLI
Malcom
Empowering tribal women towards
Elizabeth and 2006-
1 food security to comb malnutrition 1.04 Lakhs Completed
through education
Adiseshiah 2008
Trust,Chennai
Provenance of Childhood
Obesogenic life style and a
2007- 7.53
2 concerted health approach for DST Completed
reducing the prevalence of
2010 Lakhs
overweight
An evaluation study on malnutrition Malcom
and psycho social development in Elizabeth and 2007- 1.23
3 Completed
ICDS beneficiaries and non ICDS Adiseshiah 2009 Lakhs
children Trust, Chennai
Formulation and Effect of
processing methods on 2011- 9.52
4 UGC Ongoing
nutritional quality of extruded 2014 Lakhs
complementary food
Dr.K.KARTHIKEYAN
Effect of Ketogenic Diet on 2014-
6.00
1 Cases of Parkinson disease in UGC 2017 Ongoing
Lakhs
Animal Model
 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

Duratio
Funding Amount
S.No Title of the project n of the Status
agency (Rs.)
project
Dr. S. ANBAZHAGAN
Realization of Lunar Soil Simulant ISAC DOS- 2011- 12.68
1 Completed
(Project LSS) ISRO 2012 Lakhs
Geological, Geomorphological and
Geotechnical Studies for Landslide NRDMS, 2009- 11.63
2 Completed
Assessment along Ghat road from 0 DST 2012 Lakhs
km of Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India
Remote sensing and reflectance
23
3 spectral Studies of kadavur ISRO-PRL Ongoing
Lakhs
Anorthorsite
ISRO under
Reflectance Spectra and Petrological
PLANEX
studies of Kadavur structure – a 2012- 26.69
4 Programme Ongoing
possible Terrestrial analog for Lunar 2015 Lakhs
PRL,
Highland Region
Ahmedabad
Microlevel (Farm level) artificial
2007- 5.38
5 recharge studies in drought prone UGC Completed
2010 Lakhs
areas
Dr. R. VENKATACHALAPATHY
Cretaceous Bio-Events and Stage
20.63
1 Boundaries in Southern India – the DST Completed
Lakhs
Regional and Global perspectives
DST-RFBR
Sponsored
Internationa
Cenomanian-Turonian planktic l Project
protests, biotic and abiotic events and with
15.88
2 their relationship: A Comparative Geological Completed
Lakhs
Joint Study of Indo-Russian Institute
Cretaceous Deposits Russian
Academy of
Science,
Moscow
Dr. S. VENKATESWARAN
Integrated Artificial Rainwater
Harvesting Structure and
Groundwater Resource Development
Ongoing
in Hard Rock Terrain Using 2011- 12.72
1 UGC (R. Suresh
Geophysical data, Remote Sensing 2014 Lakhs
– Co-PI)
and GPS in GIS: A case of Sarabanga
sub-basin of Cauvery River, South
India
Assessment on the impact of
Artificial Recharge Structures,
Identification Non-Functional
Structures and Evolve Strategies to 2014- 17.55
2 DST Ongoing
make them Functional in the Vaniyar 2016 Lakhs
Sub Basin, Ponnaiyar
River, South India
 Duratio
Funding Amount
S.No Title of the project n of the Status
agency (Rs.)
project
Dr. R. NEELAKANTAN
Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping
In Coonoor And Kothagiri Areas of 8.89
1 UGC Completed
Nilgiri Mountains Using Geospatial Lakhs
Technology
Dr. K. ANBARASU
Petrology and Geochemistry of the
late archean chromitites and
associated ultramafic instrusions from
Bhavani layered complex in the 19.21
1 DST Completed
western part of the Cauvery shear Lakhs
zone, Tamil Nadu, Southern India:
Implications for PGE metallogency
(PLATINA )
Environmental and Climatic
conditions of Cretaceous – Tertiary 10.55
2 UGC Completed
transition in the Cauvery basin, South Lakhs
India (ENCOINDIA)
Dr. Mu. RAMKUMAR
Deutsche
Sedimentological, geochemical and
Forschung
palaeontologic characterization of 2009- 8.00
1 Geminschaft Ongoing
Oxfordian condensed section of 2013 Lakhs
(DFG),
Gujarat, Western India
Germany
Documentation of environmental and
climatic conditions during the transition 2007- 11.45
2 UGC Completed
of Cretaceous-Tertiary in the Cauvery 2011 Lakhs
basin, south India.
Development of an automated
deterministic and predictive scheme for 2008- 19.31
3 CSIR Completed
coastal sedimentary environments of 2012 Lakhs
Krishna delta, India.

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. R. SUBRAMANI
The Reach and Use of Social
ICSSR, 1.60 Ongoing
1 Media among the University 2011-2014
MHRD Lakhs
Students of Tamil Nadu
Social History of pre 3.60 Ongoing
2 UGC 2013-2015
Independence Tamil Periodicals Lakhs
Dr. M. ANURADHA
Role of Interpersonal
Communication in Identifying 5.28
1 UGC 2010-2013 Completed
Sexual Abuse among School Girls Lakhs
in Salem
 DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. N. SUBRAMANIAN (Librarian)
A Study on Electronic
Information use Pattern of UGC
1 2013-2014 1.45 Lakhs Completed
Yercaud Tribal Students in (Minor)
Salem District

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (PRIMS)

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. V.R. PALANIVELU
To Study on the Problems Faced by
6.21
1 the Women Entrepreneurs in Tamil UGC 2011-2013 Completed
Lakhs
Nadu-PWET
Dr. J. SENTHIL VELMURUGAN
The role of SHG in upliftment of
rural poor in the backward areas- 6.30
1 UGC 2013-2015 Ongoing
with special reference to Lakhs
Dharmapuri District
Dr. R. SUBRAMANIYA BHARATHY
A Study on Problems and Practices
in Procurement & Marketing Milk 6.54
1 UGC 2011-2014 Completed
and Milk Products in Salem Lakhs
District
Dr. P. THIRUMOORTHI
A Study of Need, Importance and
Policy Approaches to Technology
4.99 Ongoing
1 Transfer and upgradation with UGC 2012-2014
Lakhs
reference to Textile Units of
Coimbatore Region
A Study of Awareness of Fake
Products in Rural Market and
2 Framework for Consumer IIPA 2013-2014 3.2 Lakhs Ongoing
Protection – with special reference
to North Tamil Nadu

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. C. SELVARAJ
Cellularly Stratified Algebras and 11.65
1 UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
Tilting Modules Lakhs
The study of characters and 5.62
2 UGC 2007-2010 Completed
cellularity of G-Brauer Algebras Lakhs
Dr. A. MUTHUSAMY
Decomposition and Factorization
10.62
1 of Graphs DST 2007-2010 Completed
Lakhs
 Decompositions of Graphs and
DST- 11.86
2 Product Graphs into Paths, Cycles 2015-2018 Ongoing
SERB Lakhs
and Stars
Dr. GOWRI NAVADA
Representation of functions of
several variable in terms of
1 CSIR 2007-2010 2 Lakhs Completed
functions of functions of one
variable
Dr. P. PRAKASH
Qualitative Behavior of solutions 2.52
1 DST 2007-2010 Completed
of fuzzy differential Equations Lakhs
Inverse Problems for Hyperbolic 9.29
2 UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
PDEs Lakhs
Mixed and Hybrid Finite Element
10.97
3 Methods and NBHM 2011-2014 Completed
Lakhs
Optimal Control Problems

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. R. BALAGURUNATHAN
Potential anti-TB compounds from 9.16
1 DST 2008-2010 Completed
Actinomycetes Lakhs
Potential antifouling compounds 11.61
2 UGC 2010-2013 Completed
from marine Actinomycetes Lakhs
Study to evaluate the baseline anti-
TB and anti-HIV properties of
3 novel antibiotic Transitmycin (Tr) ICMR 2011-2012 7.5 Lakhs Completed
isolated from novel marine
Streptomyces species R2
Potential anti-leptospiral drugs
4 ICMR 2012-2015 19.5Lakhs Ongoing
from marine actinomycetes
Diversity (Cultivable and
culture independent), ex situ
conservation and (Sanctioned -
5 bioprospecting of marine DBT October 180Lakhs Ongoing
actinobacteria for antibiotics, 2014)
anti-tuberculosis, anti-HIV and
immunomodulatory substances
(Sanctioned,
Purity and In-vitro Efficacy Ongoing
6 ICMR - October 7.5 lakhs
studies on Transitmycin
2014)
Dr. P.M. AYYASAMY
Prototype development and
bioreactor designing for lab scale
12.96
1 treatment of ground water& soil UGC 2010-2013 Completed
containing nitrate and fluoride Lakhs

Detoxification of arsenic and iron

from ground water and soil 15.92
2 CSIR 2012-2015 Ongoing
through bioreactor designing and Lakhs
different treatment columns
 Funding Duration of Amount
S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. R. DHANDAPANI
Combined approaches on acetyl
CoA carboxylase activity in 16.3
1 DBT 2011-2014 Ongoing
enhanced lipid production of Lakhs
microalgae
The role of Probiotics in the
Control of Blue Green Algae and DST- 19.6
2 2012-2015 Ongoing
Zoothamnium sp for Sustainable SERB Lakhs
South Indian Shrimp Culture
Dr. D. ARVIND PRASANTH
Apoptosis inducing microbial
metabolites of endophytic fungi DST-
1 2013-2015 12 Lakhs Ongoing
isolated from medicinal plant from SERB
eastern ghats, Tamil Nadu

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. S. KADHIRAVAN
Enhancing Emotional Intelligence
3.78
1 and Mental Health among College UGC 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
Students
Exploring the Psychosocial
correlates of online deviant and UGC 1.20
2 2013-2015 Ongoing
dishonest behaviour among (Minor) Lakhs
college students

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

S. Funding Duration of Amount

Title of the project Status
No agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. V. KRISHNAKUMAR
Nonlinear optical crystals for 14.99
1 DRDO 2009-2012 Completed
Terahertz generation Lakhs
Nono composite materials for 10.48
2 UGC 2011-2014 Ongoing
optical applications Lakhs
Synthesis growth and optical
properities of pure and rare earth 24.6
3 CSIR 2012-2015 Ongoing
doped MgWO4 crystals for Lakhs
scintillating applications
Influence of swift heavy ion
irradiation on the dielectric and 18.43
4 DST 2007-2010 Completed
optical properties of non-linear Lakhs
optical crystals
Growth and spectroscopic
investigations of swift heavy ion 11.82
5 UGC 2006-2009 Completed
irradiated single crystals for Lakhs
photonic applications
Dr. P. KUMARADHAS
Design of high energetic material
1 via experimental electron density DRDO 6.6 lakhs Completed
method: A feasibility study
S. Funding Duration of Amount
Title of the project Status
No agency the project (Rs.)
Design of high energetic material:
A combined molecular modeling
2 DRDO 24.6 lakhs Completed
and electron density analysis
approach
Design of monopropellant
3 molecules via high resolution X- UGC 3.72 Lakhs Completed
ray diffraction
Dr. P.M. ANBARASAN
Design, optical study and light
trapping scheme of low order 10.20
1 UGC Completed
aberration microlens for Lakhs
micromachined silicon solar cells
Centre for nanoscience and Govt. of
2 nanotechnology & Conversion of Tamil 1 Crore Ongoing
sunlight into electricity schemes Nadu
Dr. L. KAVITHA
DAE-
Soliton dynamics inhomogeneous 2010- 11.69
1 BRNS- Completed
magnetic media 2013 Lakhs
YSRE
Exact propagating soliton solutions
of some nonlinear PDEs govering 2012-
2 NBHM 9.66 Lakhs Ongoing
the director dynamics of nematic 2015
liquid crystal medium
Soliton dynamics in spin ladder 2009-
3 UGC 6.79 Lakhs Completed
systems 2012
Dr. G. VELRAJ
ESR dating of Archaeological
6.16 Lakhs Ongoing
1 samples recently excavated in UGC
South India
Provenance studies and
Archaeomagnetic dating of 20.68 Ongoing
2 BRNS
recently excavated archaeological Lakhs
artifacts
Dr. E.K. GIRIJA
Investigation on the synthesis of
Biocompatible and biodegradable 2012- 10.21
1 UGC Ongoing
nanohydroxyapatite based 2015 Lakhs
bioprobes
Biomimetic nanocomposite for 2011- 16.08
2 DST Ongoing
biomedical applications 2014 Lakhs

Substituted nanohydroxyapatites –
2009- 18.25
3 Investigations on low temperature DST Completed
2012 Lakhs
synthesis

Dr. J. KALYANASUNDAR
Synthesis, bulk size growth and
2013-
1 characterization of Glycine based UGC 6 Lakhs Ongoing
2016
metal nitrates and sulphates
 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr.C.VENKATACHALAM
Preparation of perspective plan
State
for ten blocks located at
1 Planning 2013-2020 10 Lakhs Ongoing
Dharmapuri and Namakkal
Cell
districts
State
District Human Resource
2 Planning 2013-2015 3 Lakhs
Development (DHRD) Ongoing
Cell
Status and Position of BC
3 Artisan and Service Caste ICSSR 2014-2015 29,000/- Ongoing
Groups
Dr.M.JAYASEELAN

Status of Elders in Rural Areas

7. 10
1 and Urban Areas of Salem UGC 2013-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
District
Social Status and Empowerment
of Disabled Women in Madurai 2.0
2 District –A Sociological ICSSR 2014-2015 Lakhs Ongoing
analysis

DR. T. SUNDARA RAJ

Social Exclusion and Inclusion
22.0
1 of Transgender in Salem ICSSR 2015-2017 Ongoing
Lakhs
District

DEPARTMENT OF TAMIL

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. T. PERIASAMY
A Social Cultural Study of the
Malayali Tribals in the Sitheri 3. 33
1 UGC 2010-2012 Completed
Hills of Dharmapuri District of Lakhs
Tamil Nadu
Dr. M. TAMILMARAN

The Contribution of Tamil

Journals to the development of 6.00
1 UGC 2012-2014 Completed
Tamil Language and literature in Lakhs
the first 50 years of 20th Century

Dr. V. RAMARAJAPANDIAN
A Social Cultural Study of the
7.42
1 Malayali Tribals in the pala hills UGC 2011-2013 Completed
Lakhs
of Salem District of Tamil Nadu
Dr. S. VELAYUTHAN
A social Cultural Study of the
6.75
1 Irular Tribes in the Dharmapuri UGC 2012-2014 Completed
Lakhs
District of Tamil Nadu
 DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL DESIGN

Duration
Amount
S.No Title of the project Funding agency
of the Status
(Rs.)
project
DR.S.LAKSHMI MANOKARI
Synthesis of phytonanoparticles
using wrightia tinctoria and
2014- 9.91
1 developing wound dressing with UGC Ongoing
2017 Lakhs
viscose nonwoven for diabetic
wound

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

Funding Duration of Amount

S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Dr. S. KANNAN
Studies on Development of
ORMOSIL Nanoparticles based
60.76
1 gene transfer System: An DST 2012-2015 Ongoing
Lakhs
innovative approach in Breast
Cancer Gene Therapy
Studies in Expression,
Purification and Micro-
sequencing of Sex Pheromone 10.82 Ongoing
2 UGC 2010-2013
receptor : A feasible approach to Lakhs
develop immuno-contraceptive
inhaler
Food localization and foraging
by echolocating and non-
7.80 Ongoing
3 echolocating fruit bats and their UGC 2010-2013
Lakhs
impact on pollination and seed
dispersal
Tigatzumab antibody
conjugated palladium
nanoparticle loaded γ- 14.50 Ongoing
4 UGC 2015-2018
sitosterol delivery to Lakhs
suppress c-MET expression
in breast carcinoma
pH- sensitive PLGA Coated
Mesoporous Silica
Nanoparticles for Co-
Delivery of Multivalent Budget Ongoing
5 DST Approved
siRNA (RRBP1) and 82 lakhs
Chemotherapeutic Drug to
Target Drug Resistant Breast
Cancer cells
Dr. N. KAYALVIZHI
DST –
Mechanistic action of
Women
bacteriocin in eukaryotic cells 21.56
1 Scientists 2013-2016 Ongoing
and its potential application as a Lakhs
Scheme
drug
(WOS-A)
 Funding Duration of Amount
S.No Title of the project Status
agency the project (Rs.)
Insect Gut Microbes: production
17.8
2 of tannase with potential use in DST 2014-2016 Ongoing
Lakhs
food industry
Dr. A. NARESHKUMAR
Use of GIS in predicting
proliferation of vector borne
19.04
1 diseases and related DST-SERB 2014-2016 Ongoing
Lakhs
environmental factors in Salem
District, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. R. MAHESWARAN
Development of novel
13.35 Ongoing
1 mosquitocidal biopesticide UGC 2015-2018
lakhs
from actinomycetes