Departments
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Department of Zoology
The Department of Zoology is one of the oldest departments in the College having 7 regular staff, 9 Academic Consultants and 1 Part-time Lecturer to cater to the needs of B.Sc. and M.Sc. teaching. This is also a centre for research, guiding Ph.D. students. In B.Sc. III year there are 45 students; Clinical Science is being offered as an elective in V and VI Semesters. The M.Sc. strength is 48 with 2 batches. The special papers offered for Group-I, include Animal Physiology, Sericulture and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). For Group-II, Agricultural Entomology, Entomophilic Nematodes (EPN), Medical Entomology and Phytonematology are being offered. For Ph.D. students, the Department is equipped and specialized in the areas of Entomology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Entomophilic Nematodes. So far more than 35 scholars have taken PhD degree and published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals. Many research projects funded by DST and UGC have been carried out. Presently one minor project is also being carried out by Dr.VanithaDas. |
Professors
1. Dr. S. Sabita Raja,
M. Sc PhD
Professor
Dept. of Zoology
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Dr. S. Sabita Raja joined service on 6th June 1989. She is Professor since August, 2005. Her area of specialisation in teaching is Entomology, Sericulture, |
| Insect Physiology and in research area are Entomology and Sericulture. She published 50 research articles. Her important research papers are Antifeedant Activity of Some Pentacyclic Triterpene Acids and Their Fatty Acid Ester Analogues, Mallavadhani, U. V.; Mahapatra, A.; Raja, S. S.; Manjula. C (2003)J. Agric. Food Chem 51(7); 1952-1955 & Sujjiol a potent growth regulator in Spodoptera littura, Deena vardhini S.Sabitaraja, Varalakshmi Journal of Applied Entomology 2001. |
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2. Dr. S. Sriramkumar,
M. Sc PhD
Professor and Head
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Dr. S. Sriramkumar joined the service on 3rd August 1983. His area of specialisation in teaching is Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology and in research are Immunology, |
| Cell and Molecular Biology. He published 29 research papers in national journals and 5 in international journals. He has written 5 books. His important publications are Scanning Electron Microscope Studies on the Gills of Fishes Collected from a Polluted Fresh Water Lake, S. Anitha kumari, N. Sree Ram Kumar and L. Singatomu. The journal of Electron Microscopes, vol: 21(2):157-158, (1999) & Some Polymorphic Enzymes from A.P. N. Sree Ram Kumar and Rao P.R., Human Heredity 32; 121-123 (1982). |
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3. Dr. V.Vanitha Das,
M. Sc PhD
Professor
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Dr. V. Vanitha Das joined service in 1989. Her area of specialisation is Helminthology. She has published 10 papers. |
| Her important research papers are Histochemical Distrubution of Carbohydrates in Singhiarema longifurca(trematoda), in Trends in life Sciences, 2005 postgraduate 57-60 & Histochemical localization of Proteins in Singhiatrema longifurca (trematoda) Int. J.mendel Vol 23 (3-4) 2006. Currently has an on going UGC minor project on “Survey of Nematode Biodiversity in Cotton Agro Systems Related Biochemical Studies in an Insect Host”. |
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Assistant Professors
1. Dr. S. Padmaja,
MSc, B.Ed,PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Zoology
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Dr. S. Padmaja joined on 15th May 2007 and is Assistant Professor since then. |
She has done certificate courses in Journalism, Singing, Computer Applications and Programming(N.C.C Manchester,U.K.), French, Soft skills and 8 band score in the academic module of IELTS. Her area of Specialisation in Teaching is Physiological Chemistry, Animal Physiology, Comparative Animal Physiology, Biochemical and Physiological studies on Toxicant Stress and Oxidative Damage, Development of Nuclear and Cortical Cataracts and Anti Oxidative effect of Natural Products.
She has 6 publications including Antioxidant effect of Curcumin in Selenium Induced Cataract of Wister rats co-authored with T.Naga Raju in Indian Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 42, June 2004 pp 601 to 603 and Protective Effect of Curcumin during Selenum Induced Toxicity on Dehydrogenasis in Hepatic Tissue co- authored with T.Naga Raju in Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 49(1); 111-114; 2005. |
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2. Dr. I.Suryakala,
MSc PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Zoology
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Dr. I. Suryakala joined service on May 15th, 2007. Her areas of Specialisation are Entomology and Integrated Pest Management. |
| She has 8 publications to her credit including Juvenomimtic Activties and Insesticidal Acitity of Extacts from Allium Sativum and Butea Monosperma on Spodoptera Litura (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae)Suryakala etal., Zoology.Jb.Physiol (W germany journal) 1984 and Insect growth regulators from some plants of Andhra Pradesh Suryakala etal.,J. Reprol. biol. comp. endocrinol (India) 1983. |
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3. Dr. A. Venkata Rajashekhar,
M. Sc PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Zoology
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He joined on 14th May 2007 and is Assistant Professor since then. His areas of specialisation are Immunology, Helminthology and Instrumentation, and |
| Fish immunity to Helminth Parasites. He has 12 publications to his credit including A description of new species (Nematoda: Allontonematidae) Howardula Saginata n.sp from a polyphagous pest Monolepta saginata (Insecta : Coeloptra) Afro- Asian Nematology Network, 2:25-27and Effect of Abiotic Factors on the Egg Hatching of Romanomermis Manjeerensis (Nematoda: Mermithidae)from Anopheles sp. Mosquitoe larvae in Indian Journal of Nematology, 34 (1): 111-113 |
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4. J. Venkateshwara Rao,
MSc, B.Ed, M.Tech
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Zoology
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J. Venkateshwara Rao joined on 17th May 2007 and is Assistant Professor since then. His areas of Specialisation are Bioinformatics, |
| Molecular Biology and Animal Biotechnology. He has 2 publications to his credit. |
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