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 Programme” held at MS Swaminathan Research foundation, Puducherry during 18-19th August 2009.