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Inhouse
News |
About our
New Vice Chancellor |
Prof.
S.P. Thyagarajan has been our New Vice
Chancellor. He is a D.Sc., in Microbiology
in addition to his Ph.D. and M.D. Degrees. He has also
been conferred with several Fellowship titles including
those by National Academy of Sciences and National Academy
of Medical Sciences. He has put in 34
years of UG/PG teaching and research experience in Tamilnadu
Medical Colleges and in University of Madras. He has
till date completed 50
research projects funded by national and inter-national
funding agencies and mobilized grants over Rs.35.0
crores to the University of Madras. He has published
283
research papers and 16 books in the area of infectious
diseases especially hepatitis, STDs and HIV/ AIDS. |
He is member of expert committees of UGC,
ICMR, DBT, DOD, Ministry of Health, WHO etc., He has guided
69
students for research and 24 candidates have been awarded
Ph.D. under his supervision |
He had conducted international
collaborative research projects with scientists from
25 countries including USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan etc., with mutual visits to these countries. His
research contributions have been recognized by 19 international
and national awards. The awards of excellence include
the Consultant Epidemiologist award of Glasgow University,
UK; ICMR award in Virology and Kamal Kumari National
award in Science and Technology |
He is the inventor
of a drug for the treatment of chronic jaundice, called
Hepatitis-B from the Indian medicinal plant, Phyllanthus
amarus, [Kizhanelli in Tamil]. He has also secured national/
international patent for this discovery on the name
of University of Madras and the patents have already
been awarded in USA, South Africa and North Korea. The
drug has already been marketed by an University-Industry
agreement under the brand name "VIROHEP" by
Rallis India Pharmaceuticals/ Shreya Life Sciences,
Mumbai, bringing financial benefits to the' University |
Prof. Thyagarajan
has served the Madras University also in several administrative
positions as Director, Dr. A.L. Mudaliar Post-Graduate
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Taramani; Founder
Director of the University-Industry Interaction Centre;
Dean [Industrial Consultancy]; Registrar in-charge and
as Special Officer [Development Programmes]. As Co-
ordinator, he facilitated the FIVE STAR level accreditation
to the University of Madras by NAAC in 1999 and also
secured the award of status of "University with
Potential for Excellence" with a grant of Rs.30.0
crores by UGC in the year, 2001 |
Association of Microbiologist of India (Chennai
Unit) |
Association of Microbiologist of
India (Chennai Unit) has organized a meeting on 13th
October 2003 to honor its member Prof. S.P.Thyagarajan
who has been appointed as a Vice Chancellor, University
of Madras.
Prof. Usha Anand Rao, President AMI (Chennai
Chapter) welcome the gathering and briefed
the Vice Chancellor's achievements, important findings
and research endeavors. On this occasion, Prof. S.P.Thyagarajan
gave a lecture on "Microbiology and Interdisciplinary
Research". He highlighted the importance of microbiological
research and their application in science, industry,
etc. Many microbiologists, researchers, and students
participated in the function. Prof. J. Muthumary,
Secretary, AMI (Chennai Chapter) proposed vote
of thanks.
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Association of Microbiologist
of India (Chennai Unit) |
Association
of Microbiologist of India (Chennai Unit) has organising
series of lecturer programs to the benefit of microbiologists,
students and environmentalists. Under this, Dr.S.Sreenivasaprasad,
Research Leader and Project Co-ordinator, Wellesbourne,
UK gave a lecture on "Molecular and Biotechnological
approaches to understanding fungal development and diversity"
on 9th December 2003 at University of Madras, Guindy
Campus, Chennai. AMI members, microbiologists from various
organizations and students attended the lecture. |
Courses offered by University of Madras
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University of Madras is offering the following teaching
and research programs related to Microbiology.
M.Sc Medical Microbiology - Contact-
Dr.T.Sundararaj, Professor & Head,
IBMS, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai
-600 113.
M.Sc Industrial Microbiology - Contact-
Dr.N.Anand, Professor & Head,
CAS in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus,
Chennai - 600025.
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