Prof. Dr. Gunasekaran Paramasamy

Ph.D., D.Sc., FAMI, FBRS, FNABS, FTAS



Vice Chancellor, VIT Bhopal University, Sehore, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Former Pro Vice-Chancellor, VIT University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Former Vice-Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Former Senior Professor & Head, SBS, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

The following are the summary of his research contributions

  • Research Projects: 30 (Completed), 2 (Ongoing)
  • Grants Received: Rs. 4950 lakhs (as Coordinator), Rs. 560 lakhs (as Principal Investigator)
  • Workshops & Conferences Organized: 20
  • Students Awarded: 44 (Ph.D.), 25 (M.Phil.)
  • M.Sc. Students Projects: 87
  • Publications in Journals : 175
  • Book Chapters Written: 30
  • Papers Presented in Conferences: 192
  • Books Written: 20
  • Citation Index
    • Total Impact Factor: 350
    • Total Number of Citations: 4327
    • H-index (SCOPUS; Google Scholar): 32
    • i10 Index: 102

Dr. Sundaresan Periasamy
Senior Scientist, Department of Genetics Aravind Medical Research Foundation

Dr. P.Sundaresan, is working as Senior Scientist and heads the Department of Genetics, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Mukundan Attur
Associate Professor, Director, Rheumatology Research laboratory, NYU Langone Orthopedic

Dr. Mukundan is studying inflammatory mediators in osteoarthritic cartilage, aiming to elucidate autocrine, paracrine mechanisms of inflammatory cytokines, lipids in chondrocytes using genomics approaches.

Dr. Ganesh Babu Malli Mohan
Planetary Protection Engineer, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Dr. Ganesh currently lead environmental and spacecraft sampling events and conduct microbiological and molecular biological assessments for Mars 2020 and Europa missions.

Dr. Rajesh T
Scientist, Biotechnology, CSIR-NEERI, Chennai, India

Dr. Rajesh has worked as a research associate in University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and as a scientist in CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar and CSIR-NEERI, Chennai, India.

Dr. Shankar Manoharan
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India

Dr. Shankar currently working towards finding solutions to tackle hospital associated pathogens

Dr. Anish Babu
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stephenson Center Oklahoma University Health Science Center

Dr. Anish Babu have been working as a post-doctoral researcher in cancer therapeutics and drug/gene delivery at the Cancer Center of Oklahoma University, Health Science Center, Oklahoma, USA

Dr. N. R. Kamini
Principal Scientist & Head, Biochemistry & Biotech, Central Leather Research Institute

Dr. Kamini is a Principal Scientist and Head in the department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR) Adyar, Chennai, India.

Dr. Amutha Santhanam
Professor, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, India

Dr. Amutha, a professor at the National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, focuses her research on targeted drug delivery and therapeutic applications for cancer and infectious diseases.

Dr. Rajendhran Jeyaprakash
Assistant Professor, Madurai Kamaraj University

Dr. Rajendhran currently does research in the area of microbial genomics and metagenomics at the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India                               .

Dr. Priyadharshini R
Women Scientist, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

Dr. Shankar currently working as s scientist and scheme investigator in DBT sponsored BIOCARe scheme at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Dr. Senthil Kumar Velusamy
Research Associate, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers The State University

Dr. Senthil currently develops a rhesus monkey model to test the role of two major virulence factors of A. actinomycetemcomitans such as leukotoxin ltxA

Dr. Ponraj Paramasivan
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Dr. Ponraj Paramasivan is currently doing research work in the field of Plant-Microbe interactions and Synthetic Biology.

Dr. Narayanan Rajnish K
Associate Professor, Genetic Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

Dr. Rajnish research interests include functional genomics, recombinant DNA technology and molecular microbiology.

Dr. Illakkiam D
Assistant Professor, Biotechnology, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, India

Dr. Illakkiam is currently working as assistant professor in department of biotechnology, MTWU from 2015 April onwards

Dr. Rameshkumar N
Scientist, Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, India

Dr. Rameshkumar is currently working as DST-SERB Young Scientist, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, India.

Dr. Sheik Asraf S
Assistant Professor, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India

Dr. S. Sheik Asraf research focus on metagenome of Indian one rupee coin reveals plethora of microbiota and metagenome of computer mouse disclose over abundance micro-organisms.

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