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ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2018</strong><br />
349<br />
External Research Projects Submitted<br />
Sl.No Title of the Project Principle Investigator with<br />
Dept. Name<br />
1 Attenuation of Virulence<br />
and Quorum Sensing in<br />
Streptococcus pneumoniae by<br />
Inhibiting Anthranilate Synthase<br />
Pathway: A Potential Target To<br />
Combat Multi-Drug Resistant<br />
Strains<br />
Submitted to Amount Duration of the<br />
Project<br />
Dr. S. Chandan VGST 6 Lakhs 3 Years<br />
Faculty Awards and Recognitions<br />
Staff and students of Division of Environmental Science participated in the two days National Conference on<br />
Sustainable Water Technology at Cresent University, Chennai on 21 & 22-9-2017. Smt. N. Pallavi , submitted<br />
an Oral presentation for which she got second prize. Smt. Pallavi, Mr. Anil Kumar K.M & Sri. Midhun<br />
G and two PG environmental science students Smt. Suryalakshmi C K & Ms. Ashika Onita Nazareth also<br />
submitted poster presentation.<br />
2 Abrogating cancer via inhibition<br />
of mitochondrial cholesterol<br />
uptake by targeting 18kDa<br />
translocator protein<br />
Dr. Raghu Ram Achar VGST 6 Lakhs 3 Years<br />
Determination of synergistic<br />
activity of proteolytic enzyme in<br />
combination with chemodrug<br />
and herbal augment in cancer<br />
therapy<br />
Dr.Latha K. C<br />
DST Biocare<br />
Women Scientist<br />
40 Lakhs 3 Years<br />
Publications Statistics<br />
Sl.No National Journal International Journal Total<br />
1. 08 30 38<br />
SmtN. Pallavi receiving the 2nd Prize for Oral Presentation on “Synthesis and Characterization of modified<br />
Titanium Dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of Paraquat “from the Chief Guest, Dr. David Jenkins<br />
List of Publications<br />
Smt. Kavitha Raj V, Mr.Avinash K O, Ms.Tej M Ganapathy, students of Dr J R Kumar from Neuro Immunology<br />
and Venom Pharmacology laboratory, Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, won the best<br />
poster and cash prize for their poster presentation titled, “Predicted, p38,Targeting Phytochemicals for<br />
Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment in Comparison with Current Therapeutic Drugs”, on 16-11-17,in the<br />
International Symposium on Neurodegenerative Disorders (ISND2017), organized by Society for Neuroscience &<br />
Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.<br />
L- R : Smt. V. Kavitha Raj , Ms.Tej M. Ganapathy, Dr. J. R. Kumar and<br />
Mr. K. O. Avinash at NIMHANS, Bangalore.