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KARUPPUSAMY Subbiah

Madura College

ORCID iD 0000-0001-6397-576X

About

Dr. S. Karuppusamy obtained his M.Sc. (1996) degree from Madurai Kamaraj University and Ph.D (2002) from Gandhigram University, Tamil Nadu. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow of Sri Krishndevaraya University (2000 – 2004), Anantapur. At present he is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, The Madura College, Madurai since 2008. He has published 120 scientific research papers in nationally and internationally reputed journals. He is the co-author of Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Vols. 3 nad 5), Flora of Eastern Ghats (Vols. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Orchids of Eastern Ghats (2018), Caralluma (sensu lato) – Antiobesity plants (2012), Biodiversity in India (Vol.7), Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India (CRC, Press, 2019) and Camptothecin producing plants (Elsevier, 2020). He is the recipient of Young Botanist Award 2006 from Indian Botanical Society and Fellow award from Indian Botanical Society (2013). He also recipient of Rolla S. Rao award from Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) (2012) and Fellow of Indian Angiosperm Taxonomy (2012). He has also received a prestigious Prof. Y.S.Murthy gold medal award from Indian Botanical Society for contribution of Angiosperm Taxonomy. He is the Principal Investigator of major research projects funded from UGC, New Delhi, NIF, Ahmedabad, SERB, New Delhi and TBGP-Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Greening Project, Forest Department of Tamil Nadu. He is life member of many scientific societies in India. His research interests in the areas of Angiosperms Taxonomy, Phytochemistry, Ethnopahrmacology, Plant tissue culture and conservation biology.

Employment

  • Madura College Assistant Professor
    2008 - Present

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