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Selvakumar Murugesan
SERB-CII Prime Minister's Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
Tirupati-517619, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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"Biotechnology is the next big frontier. It’s about the biological and chemical processes that make technology work." - Bill Gates
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Selvakumar M
SERB-CII Prime Minister’s Fellow
(2021-2025)
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About Me
- I am a Ph.D. Research Scholar, working under the guidance of Prof. KSMS Raghavarao & Dr. Trivikram Nallamilli at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati-517619, Andhra Pradesh, India
- My main research interests focus on Emulsion Technology, Microencapsulation, soft matters such as Hydrogel & Oleogels for food and wellness applications.
- My aim is to integrate different fields of engineering such as biotechnology, food technology, chemical engineering that would produce impressive technologies to benefit mankind.
My Background
M. Tech Biotechnology
(2017-2019)
Anna university
Junior Research Fellow (2020 and 2021)
For 1 year
B. Tech Biotechnology
(2013-2017)
Anna university
Internship student
(2017 and 2019)
For 6 months
- Selvakumar M, Srinivasan V, Dinesh Kumar L, Meenakshi V, Sasidharan J, Muthukumar MSA. Arunkumar K, Asha Jhonsi M, Siva Sudha T, Sureshkumar P. (2020) “Invigorating the Anti-Arthritic Property of Thymol Using Carbon Dots and Validating its Therapeutic Role in Adjuvant Induced Arthritic Rats”. Food & Function. 12, 5038-5050. (IF-5.396)
- Selvakumar M, Devi R, Dinesh Kumar L, Velusamy A, Karthick R, Geetha K, and Siva Sudha, T. (2020) “Evaluation of anti arthritic activity of Betelvine (Piper betle L.) extract using in vitro and in vivo experiments supported by computational screening”. Bioorganic Chemistry. 103, 104227. (IF-5.275)
- Selvakumar M, Sanjay K, Inchara C, Sreevathsan S, Usharani D, Madankumar P, Sandeep M. (2021) “Targeting COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease through active phytocompounds of ayurvedic medicinal plants – Emblica officinalis (Amla), Phyllanthus niruri Linn. (Bhumi Amla) and Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) – a molecular docking and simulation study” Computers in Biology and Medicine. 136, 104683 (IF-4.589)
- Selvakumar M, Palanikumar P, Velusamy A, Manigandan V, Suriya A, Hema Nandini Pugazhendhi A, Brindhadevi K. (2021) “In silico potential of nutraceutical plant of Pithecellobium dulce against GRP78 Target protein for Breast cancer”. Applied Nanoscience (Accepted) (IF-3.674)
- Selvakumar M, Maran L, Manigandan V, Ronaldo Aunf A, “Microwave assisted extraction of polyphenols from Pithecellobium dulce benth fruit peels and evaluation of its anticancer and antioxidant activity” Waste and Biomass Valorization (Accepted) (IF-3.449)
- Selvakumar M, Meenakshi V, Sasidharan J, Sureshkumar P. (2020) “Evaluation of the antioxidant and anti-arthritic potential of Zingiber officinale Rosc. by in vitro and in silico analysis”. South African journal of Botany. 130, 45-53. (IF-2.315)
- Selvakumar M, Ragavendran, C., Ali, A., Arumugam, V., Lakshmanan, D.K., Palanichamy, P., Venkatesan, M., Kamaraj, C., Luna-Arias, J.P., Fabián, F.L. and Khan, S.U., 2022. Screening and Druggability Analysis of Marine Active Metabolites against SARS-CoV-2: An Integrative Computational Approach. International Journal of Translational Medicine, 3(1), pp.27-41.
- Selvakumar M, Dinesh Kumar L, Velusamy A, Ronaldo Aunf A, 2019. “Nutritional and therapeutic benefits of medicinal plant Pithecellobium dulce (Fabaceae): A Review”. Journal of applied pharmaceutical science. 9 (07), 130-139. (Cite score-1.4)
Book chapters
&
Patents
List of Book chapter publications
- Sai Prasanna N, Nandan Y, Selvakumar M, Raghavarao KSMS. 2024. “Coconut protein powder: invaluable food additive or supplement”. In: Ramesh SV and Shelly Praveen (eds) Coconut-based nutrition and nutraceutical perspectives. Springer Nature Singapore.
- Manigandan V, Selvakumar M, Nishakavya S, Rathinam A, Saravanan R, Umamaheswari S, Velusamy A, 2020. “Alkaloids from Marine Ascidians (Tunicates) and Potential for Cancer Drug Development”. Marine Niche: Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. 265-282.
- Manigandan V, Velusamy A, Rathinam A, Selvakumar M, Nishakavya S, Umamaheswari S, Saravanan R, Manivasagam T, 2020. “Bioactive metabolites from Marine ascidians: Future treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)”. In: Essa M., Qoronfleh M. (eds) Personalized Food Intervention and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Management. Advances in Neurobiology, Springer Nature Singapore. 24, 661-678.
List of Patents
- A product of stable-liquid black pepper oleoresin emulsion (Submitted)
- A product of black pepper oleoresin incorporated VCO oleogels (Under progress)
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- I received a prestigious Prime Minister Fellowship for Doctoral Research from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Government of India. This fellowship is jointly sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Industry partner M/s. Turfpearl AgriTech Pvt. Ltd., Andhra Pradesh (2022-2025).
- BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD in “Conference on Biotechnological Innovations in Agriculture, Health and Environment” on March 30th to April 1st, 2017 at School of biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India
- Research work entitled “Development of stable black pepper oleoresin emulsion using natural emulsifiers and stabilizing agents” will be presented at the 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Remini, Italy, on 8-13 September 2024.
- Research work entitled “Stabilization of Black Pepper Oleoresin Emulsion using Biopolymers” will be presented at the International Conference - Food Innovation Asia Conference 2024, Bitec, Bangkok, Thailand. on 13-14 June 2024.
- Research work entitled “Development of stable liquid emulsions of spice oleoresin using modified surfactant based emulsifiers” was presented at the International Conference of ACS SPRING 2023, Indianapolis, United States, from March 26th to 30th, 2023.
- Research work entitled “Development of black pepper oleoresin emulsion using nonionic surfactants based emulsifiers” presented for National Conference of ACES-2023, IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India on March 30th to April 2nd 2023
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References
Prof. KSMS Raghavarao
Professor & Dean, Administration and Finance
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
Tirupati - 517619, Andra Pradesh
Former Director, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore.
Assistant professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
Tirupati - 517619, Andra Pradesh
Chief Scientist
Department Plant Cell Biotechnology CSIR−Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI)
Mysore -570 020, Karnataka
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