Dr. K. Kaleshkumar

Dr. K. Kaleshkumar, M.Sc., M.Phil., PhD.

Research Writer
Name Dr. K. Kaleshkumar, M.SC., M.PHIL., PHD.
Designation Research Writer
Under Graduation College & Year Achariya Arts & Science College, Puducherry. (2007- 20010)
Post Graduation College & Year Bharathidasan University, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu ( 2010 - 2012)
Master of Philosophy (M.phil) (College & Year) Bharathidasan University, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu (2012 - 2013)
Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) (College & Year) Bharathidasan University, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu ( 2014 - 2019)
Research & Working Experience 10 Years and 3 Months
Expertise Marine Biologist, Marine Fish Taxonomist (Traditional & Molecular), Antidiabetic & Computational Studies of Marine Resources
Area of Interest Diversity and Distribution, Ecology Study, Phenotypic Study, DNA Barcoding of Marine Resources, Bioinformatic Studies, Nutritional Evaluations of Marine Fishes, Toxicity Studies, Toxic Metal Pollution in Fishes & Biomedical Applications
No. of Publications and Book Chapter 12 Publications, 2 Book Chapter
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HoPdrYYAAAAJ&hl=en
Orcid ID 0000-0002-6219-0669

AWARDS /ACHIEVEMENTS/ RECOGNITIONS/ POSITIONS/ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES HELD

  • 02-06-2025 – till date: Research Writer, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRMIST.
  • 10-05-2021 – 31-03-2023 –  Senior Molecular Biologist – Bioline Lab Pvt. Ltd., (NABL accredited) West Mambalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • 03-06-2020 – 10-12-2020 – Senior Technologist – Krsnna Diagnostic Lab Pvt. Ltd. , Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu, India.
  • 2018 – 2019, UGC – Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • 2016 – 2018, UGC – Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Awarded Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) by University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi. Award letter number and date or UGC Circular number and date: F1-17.1/2016-17/RGNF-2015-17-SC-TAM-19298 / (SAIII/Website) & January 2016.
  •  2014 – 2016, University Research Fellow (URF) - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

RESEARCH SHIP CRUISE EXPERINCE

  • Underwent 36 days National programme on “Equatorial Indian Ocean Cruise” ORV Sagar Kanya 317, National Institute of oceanography (NIO), Goa, from October 18th to November 23th, 2014.
  • Underwent 40 days National programme on “Equatorial Indian Ocean Process Study - Dynamics and Biogeochemistry (EIOPS)” ORV Sagar Kanya 289, National Institute of oceanography (NIO), Goa, from 14th September - 24th October, 2011.
RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED
Published in SCI Journals Published in Non -SCI Journals Book chapters Total
09 03 02 14
H index i10 index Total Citations Cumulative Impact Factor
07 06 393 30.43
PROGRAMMES ATTENDED
Seminars Conferences Workshops and Trainings
04 06 12
NUMBER OF GENE SEQUENCES SUBMITTED (NCBI)
    27
NUMBER OF GENE SEQUENCES SUBMITTED (BOLD)
14

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS LIST

  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Paray, B. A., & Ali, S. (2022). Are pufferfishes a viable source of nutritional value for human consumption—an investigation on recently commercialized marine pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae: Tetraodontiformes). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(31), 47350-47362. (I.F. – 5.4)
  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Vinothkumar, S., & Vinothkannan, A. (2021). Distribution of Marine Puffer and Porcupinefishes (Order: Tetraodontiformes) from Tamil Nadu Coast, Southern India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 91, 153-162.
  • Arun G, Rajaram R, Kaleshkumar K, Gayathri N, Sivasudha T and Kandasamy S (2020). Synergistic effect of novel chitosan combined metformin drug on streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus rat. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 153, 1335-1349 (I.F. – 8.5)
  • Kaleshkumar, K., & Rajaram, R. (2020). Analysis of mtCOI and 18S rRNA sequence-based characterization of recently commercialized marine edible pufferfishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 90, 391-403.
  • Arun, G., Rajaram, R., & Kaleshkumar, K. (2020). Additional description of the Algae Hydroid Thyroscyphus ramosus (Hydrozoa: Leptothecata: Thyroscyphidae) from Palk Bay, India with insights into its ecology and genetic structure. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(8), 15852-15863.
  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Gayathri, N., Sivasudha, T., Arun, G., Archunan, G., Gulyás, B. and Padmanabhan, P (2019). Muscle extract of Arothron immaculatus regulates the blood glucose level and the antioxidant system in high-fat diet and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Bioorganic Chemistry, 103072. (I.F. – 4.7)
  • Gayathri, N., Kaleshkumar, K., Arun, G., Rajaram, R., Ruckmani, K., Abbirami, E. & Sivasudha, T. (2018). Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of bud and flower of Avaram Senna (Cassia auriculata L.) In high fat diet and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 108, 1495-1506. (I.F. – 7.5)
  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Purushothaman, P. and Arun, G. (2018). Morphological variations in marine pufferfish and porcupinefish (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes) from Tamil Nadu, southeastern coast of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(13), 12726-12737.
  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Dhinesh, P. & Ganeshkumar, A. (2017). First report on distribution of heavy metals and proximate analysis in marine edible puffer fishes collected from Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, South India. Toxicology Reports, (4) 319-327.
  • Dinesh Kumar, S., Ananth, S., Santhanam, P., Kaleshkumar, K and Rajaram, R. (2017). First record of marine phytoplankton, Picochlorum maculatum in the Southeastern coast of India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 46 (04); 791-796. (I.F. – 0.43)
  • Kaleshkumar, K., Rajaram, R., Vinothkumar, S., Ramalingam, V. and Khangembam Brajamani Meetei (2015). DNA barcoding of selected species of pufferfshes (Order: Tetraodontiformes) of Puducherry coastal waters along south-east coast of India. Indian Journal Fisheries, 62(2): 98-103. (I.F. – 0.40)
  • Ramalingam, V., Rajaram, R., PremKumar, C., Santhanam, P., Dhinesh, P., Vinothkumar, S. and Kaleshkumar, K. (2013). Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from deep sea bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa JQ989348 for antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and cytotoxic activity. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 53, 1–9. (I.F. – 3.5)

BOOK CHAPTERS

No. Organism names No. of Sequence(mtCOI gene)/ Barcode index number (BIN)
1 Chilomycterus reticulatus 01 BOLD:ABX7694
2 Arothron sp. 01 BOLD:AAB9202
3 Lagocephalus guentheri 03 BOLD:AAB5967
4 Arothron hispidus 03 BOLD:AAB9202
5 Arothron immaculatus 02 BOLD:AAD2857
6 Chelonodon patoca 02 BOLD:ACZ3485
7 Takifugu oblongus 02 BOLD:AAD9286

SEQUENCE IN NCBI GENBANK DATABASE

No. Organism GenBank Accession No
mtCO1 Gene
1 Arothron sp. BDU-DMSRRK01 KU978617
2 Arothron hispidus BDUDMS 106 KF422720
3 Arothron hispidus BDU - RKK03 KX758088
4 Arothron hispidus BDU - RKK04 KX758093
5 Lagocephalus guentheri BDUDMS 105 KF442241
6 Lagocephalus guentheri BDU - RKK01 KX675919
7 Lagocephalus guentheri BDU - RKK02 KX758092
8 Takifugu oblongus BDU - RKK07 KX758090
9 Takifugu oblongus BDU - RKK08 KX758095
10 Arothron immaculatus BDU - RKK05 KX758089
11 Arothron immaculatus BDU - RKK06 KX758094
12 Chelonodon patoca BDU - RKK09 KX758091
13 Chelonodon patoca BDU – RKK10 KY553284
14 Chilomycterus reticulates Cr1 - 01 JX495771
18S rRNA Gene
15 Arothron sp. BDU-DMSRRK02 KU978618
16 Arothron hispidus BDU – RKK13 KY792548
17 Arothron hispidus BDU – RKK14 KY792549
18 Lagocephalus guentheri BDU – RKK11 KY783585
19 Lagocephalus guentheri BDU – RKK12 KY792547
20 Takifugu oblongus BDU – RKK17 KY792552
21 Takifugu oblongus BDU – RKK18 MF113220
22 Arothron immaculatus BDU – RKK15 KY792550
23 Arothron immaculatus BDU – RKK16 KY792551
24 Chelonodon patoca BDU – RKK19 MF113221
25 Chelonodon patoca BDU – RKK20 MF113222
16S rRNA Gene
26 Arothron sp. BDU-DMSRRK03 MK642988

CONFERENCE / SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAM ATTENDED (Cont.,)

  • Served as an Executive Committee Member in the Hands on Training Programme on “Taxonomic Identification of Coastal and Oceanic Copepods (TICOC-2018)” held during 25-28th September 2018 at Marine Planktology & Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in Industry-Academia Light Microscope Workshop “Form Basics to Optical Sectioning” organized by Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd. In association with NCAAE between 14-15th May, 2018.
  • Participated in ICMR and SERB sponsored “IV National Workshop on Research Methodology” held from 22-24th March 2018, organized by Institutional Research Board (IRB) and Medical Education Unit (MEU), Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Reseach Centre, Irungalur, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamilnadu.
  • Participated in the National Seminar on “Emerging trends in cancer and stem cell biology (ETCSCB-2018)” organized by Department of Biomedical Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, held on 20th March, 2018.
  • Participated in “Recent Advances in Medical Research (RAMR-2018)” on 7th March 2018, organized by Department of Biomedical Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated and presented a paper (Oral) in the “International Conference on Aquatic Animal Health and Parasitic diseases (ICAAP-2017)” held on 6-7th March 2017 at CAS, Annamalai University, Parangipettai – 608 502.
  • Participated in the Two day National Workshop on “Climate Change Impact on the Marine Environment (CCIME-2017)” held on 3-5th February, 2017, Organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024.
  • Participated in the Training Programme on “Shrimp Culture Methodologies” held on 1st November 2016 at CAS, Annamalai University, Parangipettai – 608 502.
  • Participated and presented a Poster in “International Conference on Environmental and Health in Changing Climate” held on 14–16th September 2016, Organized by Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in the Training Programme on “Advances in Taxonomy of Marine Fishes” held on 17th March 2016 at CAS, Annamalai University, Parangipettai – 608 502.
  • Participated and presented a Poster in “International Conference on Translational Medicine and Imaging (ICTMI–2016)” from 4-5th March 2016, jointly organized by Rajiv Gandhi centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram and Mar Ephraem Colleage of Engineering and Technology, Marthandam.
  • Participated in the one day seminar on “Genome & Protein Engineering” held on 12th, February 2016, Organized by Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Associated in the conduct of National Workshop cum training n “Toxic Metals in environmental & Seafood samples using AAS (THEMES - 2016)” held on 3-5th February 2016, Organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in National Training Programme on “Molecular Markers for Genetic Analysis” from 14-19th December 2015, Conducted by the Peninsular and Marine fish Genetic Resources Centre, NBFGR at Kochi, (CMFRI campus).
  • Participated in the Two day National Workshop on “Information and knowledge Analytic” held on 12-13th August 2015 at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Associated in the conduct of National Training cum Workshop on “DNA Barcoding of Fish and Marine Life – Molecular Analysis and Bioinformatics Approaches (FISHCODE – 2012)” held on 12-14th September 2012, organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in National Conference on “Marine Environmental Challenges and Coastal Zone management Strategy (MARINA’12)” held on 13-14th February 2012 organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in “National Training cum Workshop on Analytical and Technical Advancement in AAS and GC (WATA-AG)” held on 24-25th January 2012, organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tituchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in National Conference on “Coastal Typology” held on 15-17th March 2011, organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in National Conference on “Explorations of the Natural Bioactive Compounds from the Marine resources” (Bioactiva’ 11) held on 10-11th February 2011, organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in National conference on “Marine Biodiversity Present Status and Prospectus (MABPSAP - 2010)” held on 16-18th September 2010, organized by Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.
  • Participated in “Mushroom Spawn Production and Cultivation Training Programmeheld at MS Swaminathan Research foundation, Puducherry during 18-19th August 2009.