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Dr. Asha Ramachandran
Contact Info
Date of Birth
24/10/1981
Permanent address
Plathottathil, Kunnumbhagam, Kanjirappally P.O., Kottayam 686507
Mobile 9747486857
Email asharam2007@gmail.com
Date of Joining
19-08-2010
Assistant Professor (Botany)
  1. Education:

Sl. No.

Course

Institution

Period

Achievements

1

PhD.

University of Calicut

2013 

 

2

NET

CSIR-UGC

2009

 

3

M.Sc. Botany

M.G. University, Kottayam

2005

 

4

B.Sc. Botany

M.G. University, Kottayam

2003

 

 

  1. Area of specialization / Research interests 

Cell and Molecular Biology, Phytochemistry and Ethnobotany

 

  1. Academics:

Courses attended

Orientation course

University of Calicut, 

15-06-2011 to 12-07-2011

Refresher courses

1. In Life Sciences, University of Calicut.

22-11-2013 to 12-12-2013

  1. In Life Sciences, UGC-HRDC, Kannur University.

14-02-2018 to 06-03-2018

  1. In Life Sciences, UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala.

17-11-2021 to 30-11-2021.

Training programmes

1. FLAIR Induction Training Programme.

26-09-2016 to 28-09-2016

2. Teaching Learning and Research Methodology programme, National Internship at IIT, Bombay.

5-06-2017 to 30-06-2017

3. CEP course on Proteomics- From Protein purification to Characterization, IIT, Bombay.

27-06-2017 to 1-07-2017

  1. Capacity Building to Teachers of Collegiate Education Department, IMG, Govt. Of Kerala.

14-02-2019 to 16-02-2019

 

  1. Career profile:

Sl.no.

Name of institution

Designation

Period

1

Government College Kottayam

Assistant Professor

2018-till date

2

Bishop Moore College Mavelikara

Assistant Professor

2010-2018

 

  1. Official role in College administration:

Sl.no.

Category

Role (Coordiantor/ Member etc.) 

Period

1

UGC Cell

Coordinator

2021-2022

2

Science Club

Member

2020-2021

2021-2022

  1.  

Herbal Garden

Co-ordinator

2020-2021

4.

Extension Activities

Member

2020-2021

5.

Women’s Club

Member

2021-2022

 

VII: Awards and Achievements

Sl. No.

Name / Category

Name of organization / Institute

Year

1

FLAIR National Fellowship

Government of Kerala

2017

 

VIII.   PUBLICATIONS

Research articles

Sl. No.

Publication details 

Year

1

Arsha K., A. Sivaprasad, Asha Ramachandran and Dinesh Raj R., 2017. Phytochemical analysis of in vitro generated callus and leaves of Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC., International Journal of Current Trends in Science and Technology. ISSN: 0976-9730.

2017

2

Soumya S., Asha Ramachandran, Dinesh Raj R. and Sivaprasad A. 2017. Mosquito larvicidal and cytotoxic studies on Annona reticulata L. International Journal of Advanced Research. ISSN: 2320-5407

2017

  1.  

Lekshmi S., Dinesh Raj R., Asha Ramachandran and Sivaprasad A. 2017. Anatomical and molecular characterization of selected species of Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Advanced Research. ISSN: 2320-5407.

2017

 

Books/ Book chapters 

Sl. No.

Name of book

Year of publication

Name of publisher

ISBN 

Nature of contribution

1

Book Chapter-Ethnobotany in Kerala- Past, Present and Future Perspectives

Book- Kerala: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

2020

Nova Science Publishers, New York

978-1-53618-710-6

 

2

Book Chapter-COVID-19 pandemic- A boon or bane for nature

Book- Pandemics and Global Health

2021

Nova Science Publishers, New York

978-1-68507-228-5

 

 

IX. Positions held / holding if any *

Sl. No.

   

1

Member of P.G. Board of Studies, M.G. University, Kottayam (2020-till date)

 

 

X. RESEARCH PROJECTS

b. Minor projects

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Title of the project

Funding agency

Amount

Period

Investigator(s)

1

Conservation strategies, Genotoxic studies and Phytochemical Assay on Trichopus zeylanicus ssp. travancoricus Burkill ex Narayanan (Dioscoreaceae)

UGC

2,00,000/-

28-09-2012 to 28-05-2014

Principal investigator