Dr.V.V.Subramanian

Principal and Head, Dept of Botany, R.K.M.Vivekananda College

Chennai 600004, India

Email : [email protected]

 Current Interest :

Currently engaged research on the ecophysiology and bioremediation with special reference to marine and fresh water environments.

List of Publications:

1.      Subramanian, V.V, Sivasubramanian V. and Gowrinathan, K.P. 1994. Uptake and Recovery of heavy metals by immobilized cells of Aphanocapsa pulchra. (Kurtz) Rabenh J. Environ. Sci. Health. A29 (9): 1723 – 1733.

2.      Sivasubramanian V. and Subramanian V.V. 2000. Assessment of the efficiency of an algal bioreactor employing Atomic Spectrophotometer. Proceedings of the II National Conference on Spectrophysics NCONC 2000, August 9-11, 2000 Chennai, India.

3.      Anandraj V., Sivasubramanian V., Subramanian V.V. 2001. Studies on the kinetics of phosphate uptake by some fresh water micro algae. Indian hydrobiology, 4(1): 1 – 10.

4.      Bojarajan A., Arumugam M., Sivasubramanian V. and Subramanian V.V. 2001. A preliminary report on the phosphate levels and plankton in a few selected water bodies in Kancheepuram district, South India. Indian Hydrobiology. 4(1): 11-14.

5.      Sivasubramanian V. and Subramanian V.V. 2001. Studies on the heavy metal tolerance of Aphanocapsa pulchra (Kurtz) Raben. Indian Hydrobiology. 4(1): 15 – 24.

6.      Bojarajan A., Arumugam M., Sivasubramanian V. and Subramanian V.V. 2001. Heavy metal tolerance, uptake and accumulation by the fresh water plankton, Scenedesmus acuminatus and Mesocyclops aspericornis. Proc.National Conference on environment Biodiversity and Bioethics: Current trends and future directions.

7.      Murali S., Bojarajan A., Dhandayuthapani K., Arumugam M., Sivasubramanian V. and Subramanian V.V 2001. Studies on the ecotoxicity of heavy metals in certain marine plankton communities. Proc. National Conference on trends and future directions.

8.      Murali R.  Subramanian V.V., and Sivasubramanian V., 2002 Studies on growth and kinetics of Phosphate uptake in the Blue-Green algae Cylindrospermum sp., and Nostoc sp., Indian Hydrobiology.

9.      Subramanian V.V., and Sivasubramanian V., Studies on Fe requirement for nitrogen utilization by marine micro algae Amphiprora paludosa; Thalassiosira weissflogii and Lyngbya infixa, Europian Journal of Phycology, 2002 (communicated)

Refresher Courses attended

a.       From 07 – 03 – 1989 to 27 – 03 – 1989 in ‘plant Physiology’ conducted by the academic Staff College, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore.

From 12 – 08 – 1991 to 05 – 09 – 1991 in ‘Microbiology’ Conducted by Academic Staff College, Madras University, Chennai.

Other activities

1. Executive member, Limnological Society of India
2. Executive member of Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology, Chennai.
3. Member of board of examiners (UG, PG, M.Phil and Ph.D) in the following Colleges and Universities:

·        Queen Mary’s College, Chennai

·        Presidency College, Chennai

·        Loyola College, Chennai

·        Stella Maris College, Chennai

·        Madras Christian College, Chennai

·        Women’s Christian College, Chennai

·        Bharathidasan university, Tiruchirappalli

·        Pondicherry University

·        Dept of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum.

4. Involved in training students (National Level) in Phycological methods.
5. Involved in organizing and also as resource person in National Workshop on Gracilaria spp. from Indian Shores” May 2001 which was attended by 35 participants from allover India. Nearly 35 species of Gracilaria were worked out during the week long workshop (http://server22.hypermart.net/kioa/workshop.htm)
6. Involved in organizing a national symposium on Limnology in India (http://server22.hypermart.net/kioa/symposium.htm) held in our college during 17^th to 19^th Aug, 2002.
7. Involved in organizing a National Workshop on Carrageenans and Carrageenophytes of India (http://server22.hypermart.net/kioa/carrawrkshop.htm) to be held in our college during 21^st to 23^rd Nov, 2002.