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M. Muthukumaran

Also known as: Dr. Munusamy Muthukumaran

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous), University of Madras, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Institute of Advanced Study in Education

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2056-5741
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Dr.M. Muthukumaran did his B.Sc (Bot), M.Sc (Bot), B.Ed (Bio), M.Phil (Bot), Ph.D (Botany in the year 2010) from the University of Madras. He was born in 15th January 1978. He is an Assistant Professor of PG and Research Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous), (Affiliated to the University of Madras), Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Dr.Munusamy Muthukumaran has 14 years teaching and research experience. He has significantly contributed in the field of Plant Science, specifically Algal Bio-technology and he has accomplished his doctoral work on "Studies on the phycoremediation of industrial effluents and utilization of algal biomass". He is an expert in algal culture collection, isolation, identification and mass cultivation. He also has specialized knowledge on biological wastewater treatment and effluent reuse, especially industrial exposure in application of microalgae in waste water management and has done laboratory and field level pilot and scaled up working models pertaining to oil drilling, dying, detergent, electroplating, soft drinks and pharmaceutical industries. He has also done work on utilization of algal biomass for Biofuel, Pharmaceutical, Bio-fertilizer and production of other such useful byproducts. He is familiar with the fresh water algae of South India and has a sound knowledge of limnology and various other fields, which are very much related to the Algology and Environmental Science.

Dr.M. Muthukumaran received many prestigious awards. To site a few, his doctoral work credential was awarded best Ph.D thesis in the year 2010 in Botany (Prof. K. Kalyanasundaram Memorial Prize) by the University of Madras; The Appreciation of Good Service Merits Award for the year 2014 from the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board), Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai; Young Scientist of the Year 2016 Award; Best Oral Presentation Award 2017; Best Educationist Award for Talented Person 2017; Environmental Biologist of the Year Award 2017; National Teaching Excellence Award 2017, Fellow Academy for Environment & Life Sciences (FAELS) 2017; Eminent Young Scientist of the Year 2017 Award; Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam Award 2018 for Excellence; Leading Educationist of India Award 2018 / Bharat Excellence Award 2018 and Best Indian Golden Personalities Award 2018. He has done more than 40 special professional training programmes in National and International Workshops; participated in more than 189 National and International Conferences/Symposia/Webinars; He has 2 patent design; written 7 chapters in books; edited in 2 books; and about 75 research articles published in reputed National and International Proceedings & Journals. He was invited to present 11 special lectures in the National and International Conferences. He is Life Member of various scientific forums 10 more than like, International Water Associations (IWA), International Phycological Society (IPS), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Indian Botanical Society (IBS), National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Seaweeds Research asnd Utilization Association (SRUA) and Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology (KIA). Published his Biographies Note – Asia Pacific Who’s Who – Vol: XVI by Rifacimento International, New Delhi on November 2017 and Komugi Kalvi,– Vol: 6 (7) on August 2017, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Employment

  • Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous) Assistant Professor
    2009 - Present

Education

  • University of Madras Ph.D
    2005 - 2010
  • Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College M.Phil
    2002 - 2003
  • Institute of Advanced Study in Education B.Ed
    2001 - 2002
  • Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College M.Sc
    1999 - 2001
  • Arignar Anna Goverment Arts College B.Sc
    1996 - 1999

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