Department of Food Science and Technology
Name: Dr. Vanitha N M
Area: Microbiology
Affiliation: St. Josephs College, Bangalore
Qualification: M.Sc, B.Ed, Ph.D
Teaching Experience: 25 Years
Affiliation: St. Josephs College, Bangalore
Qualification: M.Sc, B.Ed, Ph.D
Teaching Experience: 25 Years
E-mail id: vanithanm@sjc.ac.in
Professional Qualification
| Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
| B.Sc | St. Joseph’s College/Bangalore University | 1991 |
| M.Sc | St. Joseph’s College/Bangalore University | 1993 |
| NET Ph.D | St. Joseph’s College/Bangalore University | 1994 - 2001 |
Publications
(1) Periodicals and Journals:
| Title | Name of Journal, Volume No., Issue No. Page nos |
ISSN/ISBN No | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production and Evaluation of Phosphocompost from Neem with Rock Phosphate. | Biofertilizers and Biopesticides, Technoscience Publications, Jaipur india. 1998, chapter 20, pg 128-131 | ISBN 81-900553-5-6 | 1998 |
| Enzyme kinetics of amylase from Bacillus brevis in spoilt banana. Vanitha NM and AnithaAnnamma Abraham. | Biovistas: Future and beyond. A National Journal of Plant Sciences, February 2006. Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 77-81. | KARE NGO 3251/10/1/2005-TC | 2006 |
| Occurance of fungi and the physico-chemical analysis of an untreated pharmaceutical effluent and its effect on the growth of horse gram plants. Vanitha NM and Rohit KC. | Biovistas: Future and beyond. A National Journal of Plant Sciences, February 2007. Vol. 3, No. 1, pg 35-41. | KARE NGO 3251/10/1/2005-TC | 2007 |
| Isolation of cellulose degrading bacteria and yeasts from pineapple waste. | International Journal of Current Research and Review. October 2012/Volume 4 issue 20, page 7-14 |
ISSN: 2231-2196 (Print) ISSN: 0975-5241 (Online) |
2012 |
| Ethanol production potential of bacterial and yeast isolates from ripe jackfruit wastes. | Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on Food Technology -(3rd Incoftech 4-5 th January 2013), Food Processing technologies-Challenges & Solution for Sustainable Food Security. Page 459 - 464 | ISBN: -1-0-978-81-926250-0-3. | 2013 |
| Fish Waste-An EffectiveBiocompost | Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Technologies for Sustainable Ecosystems and Trade Shows. IJBR, Vol-5, Issue 7, page 130-138 | ISSN-2321 - 0524 | 2016 |
Books
| Title | Publisher City, State: Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|
| ‘FOODMICROBIOLOGY’ 5th Edition, | Tata McGraw -Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi. | 2013 |
Paper Presentations
| Title | Name of the Conference/Seminar | Institution | Place | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “The Phosphates activity during composting with a fungal innoculant(Aspergillus awamori)” | National Symposium on Frontiers in applied Environmental Microbiology. | Cochin University of Science & Technology | Cochin | 11-13 Dec’95 |
| “Response of chilli(Capsicum annuum.L.) to combined inoculation with PSM and VA Mycorrhizal fungi and rock phosphate” | X Southern Regional Conference on Microbial inoculants. | Dept. of Botany. A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College. | Poondi | 10-11 Dec’96 |
| “Composting of Banana waste with ‘P’ solubilizing fungi and ‘P’ fertilizers” | National Symposium on Microbial Technologies for Environmental Management and Resource recovery. | University of Delhi-South Campus | New Delhi | 1-2 Oct’97 |
| “Production and Evaluation of Phospho-compost from Neem with rock phosphate” | National Conference on Frontiers in Bio fertilizers and Bio pesticides | YC college of sciences | Karad | 28-29 Dec’97 |
| “Effect of Neem compost with and without VAM and PSF on growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum)” | Xth Southern Regional conference on microbial inoculants | Vignan School of Post Graduate Studies | Guntur | 19-20th Feb.’99 |
| “Effect of Neem Compost with Microbial Inoculants on growth & yield of tomato" | National Symposium on Eco-Friendly approaches for plant disease management. | Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras | Chennai | 22-24th Jan 2001. |
| “Response of Okra Plants to Microbial Mixes (Aspegillusawamori and Glomus fasiculatum) with rock phosphate in pongamia compost”. | #05 Micro Ville, State Level Conference in Life Sciences- Role of microbes in today’s world. | St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore | Bangalore | 15th-16th April, 2005 |
| “Isolation of amylase producing fungi from spoilt fruits and enzyme kinetics of Aspergillus fumigatus” | #05 Micro Ville | St. Joseph’s College | Bangalore | 15th-16th April, 2005 |
| “Effect of Parathion on the growth of Aspergillus Niger in plant extracts and germination of green gram” | #05 Micro Ville | St. Joseph’s College | Bangalore | 15th-16th April, 2005 |
| “Fungi from pharmaceutical effluent and its effect on the growth of horse gram”. | fourth National conference of Indian association of applied micro-biologist on emerging trends in biosciences | M G R College Hosur. | Hosur | 20-21 Jan 2006 |
| “Effect of malathion on the growth of Aspergilusniger in plant extracts and germination of green gram | fourth National conference of Indian association of applied micro-biologist on emerging trends in biosciences | M G R College Hosur. | Hosur | 20-21 Jan 2006 |
| “Enzyme kinetics of amylase from Bacillus brevis in spoilt banana” | Biovistas | St. Joseph’s College | Bangalore | 24 -25 Feb 2006 |
| “The effect of pharmaceutical effluents on the growth of tomato plants” | Biovistas | St. Joseph’s College | Bangalore | 24 -25 Feb 2006 |
| “A study on the growth of species of Aspergillus in floral extracts of Tageteserecta”, | 3rd Global Summit On Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (GOSMAP-3) | Chiang Mai University and Century Foundation | CHIANG MAI, THAILAND | 21-23 November, 2007. |
| “A study on the mycoflora and the physico-chemical nature of a food industry effluent” | Bio-Vistas | St Joseph’s College. | Bangalore | Feb1-2 2008 |
| “Fish Waste-An Effective Biocompost” | International Conference on Green technologies for Sustainable Ecosystems and Trade Show | St Joseph’s College. | Bangalore | February 26-27 2016 |
MPhil/PhD
| Title | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
1. Ms. AnithaAnnamma Abraham: Isolation of amylase producing microorganisms from spoilt fruits and the characterization of the enzyme.
2. Mr. Rohit KC: Fungi from industrial effluents and their effect on the growth of crop plants. 3. Ms. Preeti D Nagapurkar: Degradation of pesticides using fungi in plant extracts. |
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY | 2005 |
|
1. Ms. Preethi Immaculate Mary A: Biocomposting of fish waste with Aspergillus niger and its effect on Tomato plants.
2. Ms. Mary Salomi A: Degradation of fungicides in soil and their effects on the growth of vegetable crops. |
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY | 2007 |
|
1. Ms. Kanchana V: Zinc solubilizing activity of Aspergillus niger and its effect on the growth of Tomato plants. 2. Ms. Reshma R: Influence of floral extracts on the growth of Aspergillus and their effect on green gram plants. 3. Ms. Vishwini V: Anti fungal properties of honey. 4. Ms. Mobeena Taj C : Data base for plastic degrading microorganisms- A bioinformatic approach |
BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY | 2008 |
|
1. Ms. Vinutha M : Study of rhizosphere microflora of Eucalyptus soils and the effect of Eucalyptus extracts on Tomato plants. 2. Mr. Rohit KC: A study of the fungal microflora in a food industry effluent and the physical and chemical characteristics of the effluent. |
PERIYAR UNIVERSITY | 2008 |
|
1. Ms. Marian Shirley Paul : Biodegradation of paper using Aspergillusniger and its effects on the growth of green gram -Vignaradiata(L.) R. WILCZEK
|
PRIST UNIVERSITY | 2011 |
|
Ph.D STUDENTS 1. Mrs. Catherine G : Ph. D awarded |
VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY, Salem | December 2015 |
Research Projects
| Title | Investigators | Sponsors | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Database for dengue virus- a bioinformatics approach | Dr. Vanitha NM | UGC minor project | 2014-2015 |
Conferences/Seminars Organized
| Name of the Conference | Other Collaborators | Level | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Biotrends-2003, a symposium on Recent developments in Life Sciences. | 23rd October 2003. | ||
| 2. #’05 Microville, SI(N)ZE- MATTERS. | Under-Graduate Departments of Microbiology and Biotechnology | Bangalore City | April 15-16th 2005. |
| 3. BIOINFORMATION: | State Level | 2010 |
Conferences/Seminars Attended
| Name of the Conference | Organizer | Level | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Role of microbiology in biotechnology | Department of Microbiology, Maharani Science College for Women. | State level | August 31st 2005 |
| 2. Genomics and Proteomics: Tools and applications | Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College. | State level | September 1-2, 2005 |
| 3. Faculty development program | ICFAI | State level | July 21, 2007 |
| 4. Seminar for HOD’s | SJC- Rev. Fr. Dion Vaz | State level | Dec 20th 2007 |
| 5. Bio-Vistas | Department of Microbiology, St Joseph’s College | State level | Feb1-2 2008 |
| 6. Bioneers | Shri BhagawanMahaveer Jain College, Bangalore | State level | 29th February 2008 |
| 7. National Seminar on Upgrading the Curriculum with the emerging trends in Biosciences | St. Philomena’s College, Mysore | State level | 28th Feb-1st March 2011. |
| 8. National Workshop ‘Bioinformatics Techniques in Drug Designing’ | Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College. | State level | 19th and 20th of January 2012. |
| 9. JESCOL Seminar on ‘Participatory Administration in the Institutions’ | SJC | State level | 30th Nov-2nd Dec 2012 |
| 10. AUTHOR WORKSHOP | Springer and Edanz group at Christ University. | State level | 28th Jan 2013 |
| 11. Advances in Microbiology for Human Welfare | AMI, Bangalore Chapter, DayanandSagar College. | State level | May 15th 2013 |
| 12. Glimpses and glory of stem cells | Department of Microbiology-SJC and MIRM | State level | 21st September 2013 |
| 13. National Conference on Biological advances and its relevance to the Environment. BARE-GSC 2014 | UGC sponsored Government Science College, Bangalore: 560 001. | State level | 2nd and 3rd September 2014 |
| 14. 6th International Conference on EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT (ICEFT-2015) | Southern Regional Station, ICAR-NDRI, Bangalore: 560 030. | State level | May 14-15, 2015 |
| 15. International Conference on Green technologies for sustainable ecosystems and trade show | Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College | State level | February 26th-27th 2016 |
Workshops/Training Programs Organized
| Name of the Workshop/Training program | Institution | Level | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Molecular Markers | UGC sponsored workshop in collaboration with the Department of Microbiology | State level | September 9-10th 2011 |
Workshops/Training Programs Attended
| Name of the Workshop/Training program | Organiser | Level | Month/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Advances in Immuno Molecular Diagnostics” | Government of Karnataka, Vision Group on Science and Technology, Department of IT,BT and S and T, in association with The Oxford College Of Science and Aristogene Biosciences.. | State level | 5th – 8th Feb 2013. |
Achievements (NET, SLET, KSET)
| Name of the achievement | Description | Organisation | Month and Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NET | STATE LEVEL | Government of Karnataka | 1994 |