- General
- ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- RESEARCH POSITIONS
- HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- SCIENTIFIC SERVICES AND EDITORIAL RECOGNITIONS
- PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- BOOK CHAPTERS
- RESEARCH SUPPORT AND FUNDING
- RESEARCH GUIDANCE
- INVITED SPEAKER, RESOURCE PERSON, CHAIRPERSON, KEY-NOTE SPEAKER
- SEMINARS/SYMPOSIUM/LECTURES ATTENDED:
- WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED IN THE SEMINAR /SYMPOSIUM (ABSTRACT /FULL PAPER)
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
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- Member, Research Committee, MSU (2024)
- Nodal Officer- DST Project grant allotted to the MSU (2024)
- Director, Planning & Development (2022)
- Co-ordinator, RUSA (2022)
- Co-ordinator, PURSE (2022)
- Subject Expert, Project Assistant Selection Committee for SERB-CRG Project(03.06.2022)
- Chairperson, Inspection Committee, Merit Arts and Science (Co-education) College, Idaikal (02.06.2022)
- Higher Education Expert - Professor, Principal Selection Committee, Thiruvalluvar College, Papanasam, Vickramasingapurm(30.05.2022)
- Director, Planning and Development Section (2021), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.
- Member, Core Committee, Central Sophisticated Instrument facility, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (2019-till date)
- Verifier in the Annual Stock Verification Committee to conduct the physical verification in the department of MSUCC, Kadayanallur (24.01.2022)
- Verifier in the Annual Stock Verification Committee to conduct the physical verification in the department of Bharathi Archives, Ettayapuram (19.01.2022)
- Member of Technical Support Group in the category “Expert in Environment Science” (2021) to
assist the Biodiversity Management Committee, Tirunelveli District.
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- Member of Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)2021
- Head- In-charge (2014), Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, MSU, Alwarkurichi 627 412, Tamil- Nadu.
- Member Syndicate - Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, 2017-2018
- Member, Disciplinary Action Panel, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, 2016- till date, MSU
- Member, NAAC core committee, 2018 to till date, MSU
- Head- In-charge (2002-03), Post Graduate and Research Department of Biotechnology, Vivekandha College, (Periyar University) Trichengode, Tamil-Nadu.
- Academic and Scientific Societal Service
- Editor-in-Chief - Journal of Natural Pesticide Research (Elsevier Inc.) (2021-till date)
- Senior Editor -Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (Elsevier Inc.) (2021-2023)
- Section Editor-Toxin Reviews (Taylor and Francis) (2021-till date)
- Editor-Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (Elsevier Inc.) (2017-2024)
- Subject Editor-Nature- Scientific Reports (Nature Inc) (2012-till date)
- Academic Editor- Plos One (Plos.Org) (2019-till date)
- Associate Editor- Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture (Springer) (2018-till date)
- Associate Editor-Phytoparasitica (Springer) (2021-till date)
- Associate Editor- Neotropical Entomology (Springer) (2019-till date)
- Associate Editor – Toxicology Reports (Elsevier Inc) (2018-2021)
- Associate Editor-Frontiers in Invertebrate Physiology (Frontiers Publisher) (2013-till date)
- Associate Editor-International Journal of Pest Management(Taylor and Francis) (2015-till date)
- Associate Editor-Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection (Taylor and Francis) (2013- till date)
- Associate Editor Florida Entomologist (www.ufl.edu/)(2013-2024)
- Editorial Board Member- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology (Elsevier Inc.) (2021 to till date)
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- Editorial Board Member-Microbiology Research (Elsevier Inc.) (2023-2024)
- Editorial board member – Current Research in Insect Science (Elsevier Inc.) (2021-till date)
- Editorial Board Member-Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology (Elsevier Inc.) (2013-till date)
- Editorial Board Member- Biologia (Springer) (2015-till date)
- Editorial Board Member-Biopesticide International (Biopesticide.org) (2014-till date)
- Editorial Board Member -Journal of Applied Research in Plant Protection (2020 -till date)
- Editorial Board Member-Agrochemicals (MDPI) (2022 -till date)
- Editorial Board Member-Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (Else Inc.) (2024-till)
- Guest Editor-MDPI-Agriculture, Journal of Fungi, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
- Ad-hoc and panel reviewer for DST-SERB, DBT, ICMR, NSF, CSF.
- Academic Programming
- MANO Environmental club organizing committee (member), 2015 - till date
- Stakeholder-Thamiraparani River conservation, Southern Western Ghats, 2009 - till date.
- Co-Convener, National Conference Global Climatic Change and Mitigation, SPKCEES, 2017.
- Co-Convener, National Conference Environmental Science and Technology, SPKCEES, 2017.
- Organizing Secretory, National seminar - ‘Impact of Climate Change on Environment and Biodiversity (NCCEB - 2015), SPKCEES, 2015.
- Member, National advisory committee for the international conference (Member)- ‘Ecofriendly Plant Protection and production for Food Security, Food Safety and the role of Biopesticides in Global Economy, 4th Biopesticide International Conference, Crop Protection Research Centre, St. Xavier's College Palayamkottai, 2013.
- Member, National advisory committee for the international conference (Member)-‘Third International Congress on Global Warming on Biodiversity of Insects: Management and Conservation Strategies’ (GW-BIMC, ‘13)’, Bharathiar University, 2013.
- Organizing committee member, National conference- ‘Environ Nano-2011’ (UGC sponsored)
2011.
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- National advisory committee for the national conference (Member) - ‘Impact of Climate
Change on the Biodiversity of Insects and Environment’, Organized by the Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 2010.
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- Organizing committee, National conference sponsored by the UGC (member) - ‘Environ Nano-2010’, 2010.
- Organizing committee, State level conference on River Ecosystems and Climatic Change, SPKCEES, Alwarkurichi, 2010.
- National advisory committee (member) - ‘Biopesticide International Conference (BIOCICON-2009) ‘Crop Protection Research Centre, St. Xavier's College Palayamkottai, 2009.
- National advisory committee (member) - ‘International Congress of Global Warming on Biodiversity of Insects: Management and Conservation’ at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, 2009.
- International advisory committee International Conference (member) - ‘Biodiversity of insects: Challenging Issue in management and conservation’ at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, 2006.
- National advisory committee for National Conference (Member) - "Recent Trends Insect Control”, Bharathiar University, 2003.
- Organizing committee member - ‘National Seminar on Biotechnology in the new Millennium’ at Vivekanandha College, Elaympalayam, TN, 2002.
- Recruitment
- Qualification approval committee (member), 2010 - till date
- Assistant Professor Recruitment panel (member) - 2015 and 2016, 2002-till date
- Assistant Professor Recruitment panel (member) - 2015 to till date (VOC college)
- Department of Animal Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
- Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
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- Department of Environmental Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
- Infrastructure
- Chairperson, SPKCEES Plant Science Growth Chamber Committee, 2009 - present.
- Chairperson, SPKCEES Insect culture facility, 2009-present.
- SPKCEES Greenhouse Committee (Member), 2012-present.
- SPKCEES Animal house Committee (Member), 2012-present.
- Strategic Planning Committee (Member) for climate change studies, 2009 -present.
- Co-ordinator, SPKCEES sophisticated instrument facility, 2018 - present.
- Campus infrastructure development committee, RUSA (member), 2017 – present
- Academic
- Member-Board of studies, Environmental Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kerala
- Chairman- Board of studies, Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
- Chairman- Board of studies, Environmental Sciences for Colleges, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
- Chairman- Question paper setter, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala
- Member, Board of studies, Department of Zoology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
- Member, Board of studies, Department of Zoology, Sri Parsakthi College for Women, Courtallam (2018-2021)
- Question paper setter - M.Phil. and M.Sc., - Zoology, Environmental Science, Insecticide Toxicology, Biotechnology; Sri Sankara Arts and Science college, Periyar University, Bharathiar University, Bharathidasan University, University of Calicut.
- Doctoral thesis evaluation panel member – Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Bharathidasan University, Calicut University; Department of Biotechnology -Periyar University.
- Doctoral Committee (member) - Research Scholars of Periyar University, Bharathidasan University, Madurai Kamaraj University, Bharathiar University, Karpagam University.
- External examiner, Ph. D viva-voce - Scholars of Periyar University, Bharathidasan University, University of Calicut and Thiruvalluvar University.
- External Member, Graduate Research dissertation, Anna University, Chennai
- Member, Board of studies, Department of Zoology, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai
- Funding Agency Advisory
- Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic.
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India
- Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
- Development
- Honorary observer, NAAC peer team visit - Nanjil Catholoc College of Arts and Science, Kanyakumari, 2017.
- Inspection Committee (member) - Constitution colleges of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, 2017-2018
- Mentor, College development council - M.S. University Constituent college, Sathankulam, 2017
- Convener and Subject expert, Inspection Commission - Department of Zoology, Muslim Arts College, Thiruvithancode, 2017.
- Convener, Inspection Committee - Diploma in Human Care Services, Zion trust, Madurai, 2018
- Chair Person, Inspection Commission - Thiruvalluvar college, Papanasam, 2017
- Convener, Inspection Commission - ELP Centre, Diploma in Siddha Human Care, Sigaram Foundation, Kallidaikurichi, 2018.
- Convener, Inspection Commission - ELP Centre, Diploma in Human care, Subam Education Trust, Dindigul, 2019.
- Convener and Subject Expert, Diploma in Human care and Diploma in Biochemical Microbial Technology, Annai Indragandhi ELP centre, Thoothukudi, 2019.
- International Association
- Non-funded cooperative agreement - United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Fort Pierce Florida, 2018.
- Member, International Society for Pest Information (ISPI), Darmstadt, Germany.
- Member, International Commission for Plant – Bee relationship, France.
- Member, The Science Advisory Board, USA.
- Member, Indian Entomological Society
- Member, Entomological Society of Korea
- Member, Weed Science Society
- Member, Orthopterists' Society
- Member, Indian Association of Invertebrate Reproduction
- Member, Society of Biopesticide Sciences
- Member (Life-time, Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture, USA
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