| Dr. R. Samiyappan,
Ph.D, Director (CPMB)
Dr. R. Samiyappan, is the Director, Centre for
Plant Molecular Biology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
since 4.7.2009. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1988 from TNAU, Coimbatore
and got postdoctoral training in Molecular Plant Pathology and biotechnology
career fellowship training in Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas, USA during 1990-1993 and 1995-1999 respectively. He served
at TNAU in different positions for 32 years as Teacher for UG, PG
students & Plant Protection Scientist & Director, Centre
for Plant Protection Studies for three years (2006-2009). Currently
his area of specialization is Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
of plant pathogens, insect pests and their interactions with crop
plants and their management.
Dr. R. Samiyappan has been working on biotechnology
based diagnosis and management in plants to reduce the harmful effects
of pest and diseases. He developed Pseudomonas and Bacillus based
ecofriendly disease management strategies for the management of
many plant diseases, insect pests and nematodes in major Agricultural
and Horticultural crops in India. He has also developed DNA and
ELISA based molecular diagnostic kits for early detection and molecular
tracking of plant pathogens viz., Ganoderma, Colletotrichum and
Banana bunchy top virus pathogens in agricultural ecosystem.
As a teacher, he offered several courses in Agricultural
Sciences to M.Sc (Ag) and Ph.D. students. So far he guided 20 Ph.D.
and 12 M.Sc (Ag) students, who did their research on Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology aspects of pests and diseases management in crop
plants. Currently 5 are placed in good position in USA, 1 in Canada,
1 in Singapore and 5 are in Taiwan and 7 are in ICAR & CSIR
Institutes as Scientists and 2 are in SAU & Bank and 2 as SRF
in ICAR & TNAU. As Principal Investigator, he has got 42 externally
funded schemes with a total budget outlay of Rs. 929.14 Lakhs from
Rockfeller Foundation, USA and DBT, ICAR, CSIR and Ministry of Environments
and Forests, NATP New Delhi, ASPEE, Mumbai and several Private Agencies.
Further, he is acting as chairman and Member of several professional
bodies of Government of India, ICAR, New Delhi & Tamil Nadu
State Government related Committees.
He has isolated and characterized several plant protection related
genes like chitinase, ACC deaminase and coat protein genes and deposited
them in the GenBank, NCBI, USA. Some of the above said Genes were
cloned & transformed into rice and tomato and transgenic plants
are under evaluation for yield and disease resistance. Besides,
differentially expressed 150 ESTs in rice plants primed with P.
fluorescens were cloned and sequenced. He has published one book
and 250 International and National level research papers. He was
conferred with 17 awards and honors and recognitions include Dr.
Noel Deerr Gold Medal for best research work in sugarcane crop during
2000 and Tamil Nadu Scientists Award (TANSA) in the field of Agricultural
Sciences for the year 2005. He has travelled several countries which
include USA, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Australia mainly
for the purpose of research trainings and attending international
conferences.
For further information please contact:
Dr. R. Samiyappan., Ph.D
Director
Centre for Plant Molecular Biology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore
India
Pin code - 641 003
Phone: +91 - 422 - 6611462
+91 - 422 - 6611262
Fax: +91 - 422 - 6611462
email:
directorcpmb@tnau.ac.in
rsamiyappan@hotmail.com
rsamiyappan@rediffmail.com |
