MKU-School of Biotechnology

Details of MoU signed with industries

Dr. K. DHARMALINGAM [2009]

Advisor - Gland Pharma, Hyderabad.

Dr. P. Varalakshmi and Dr. B. Ashokkumar (2017 & 2018)

Memorandum of Agreement is made at Madurai, the 3rd day of January, 2018 between Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, and Extreme ProTech, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota, USA, to encourage the direct contact and research collaboration between Dr. P. Varalakshmi, and Dr. B. Ashokkumar, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and Dr. Rajesh Sani, Chief Scientific Officer, Extreme ProTech, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA to develop innovative methods and technologies for the Product and Process development from extremophiles.

Expected outcome: Products from extremophiles will be used for cleaning the bio wastes in the environment.

Memorandum of Agreement is made at Madurai, the 28th day of October, 2017 between Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, and Algoma Algal Biotechnology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA for doing collaborative research between Dr. P. Varalakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and Dr. Toivo Kallas, Co- Founder Algoma Algal Biotechnology, University of Wisconsin, USA for gaining the knowledge and to transfer the technologies to be established in cultivation and production of bioproducts from microalgae.

Expected outcome: Algal products like advanced fuels will be commercialized using low cost technologies.

Details of University-Industry collaborative research projects/exchange programs
Internship
Dr.P. Varalakshmi, Department of Molecular Microbiology
A Ph.D research scholar Mr. Jawahar Raj Kalimuthu, pursuing Ph D under the guidance of Dr. P. Varalakshmi from the Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, of MK University bagged the prestigious DBT (B-ACER) fellowship among six Indian nationals to pursue a part of their research at Department of Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh United States of America under Prof. Toivo Kallas, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, to extend his further research on “Alternate biofuel production from genetically engineered cyanobacteria”, USA.

Collaborative research

Dr.B.Ashokkumar, Department of Genetic Engineering

S. No.	Name of the Collaborator	Institute	Collaboration Details	Collaboration Output (Papers/Patents/Research/Online)
1	Prof. Henry Houlden	University College London, UK	Research Collaboration	5 Papers
2	Prof. Hamid M Said	University of California, Irvine, USA	Research Collaboration	2 Papers
3	Dr. Markus A. Keller	Medical University Innsbruck, Austria	Research Collaboration	On line
4	Dr. Vykunta K Raju	Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore	Research Collaboration	1 Paper
5	Prof. John Abraham	Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram	Research Collaboration	Having joint collaborative research project from DBT
6	Dr. K. Thangaraj	Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad	Research Collaboration	1 Paper
7	Dr. Saravanan Matheswaran	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	Research Collaboration	1 Paper
8	Dr. A. Rathinavel	Madurai Medical College, Madurai	Research Collaboration	1 Paper
9	Prof. A. Nalini,	NIMHANS, Bangalore	Research Collaboration	Submitted a collaborative research Project to DBT
10	Dr. R. Ganesh	Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital, Chennai	Research Collaboration	2 Papers

Dr.N.Sivakumar, Department of Molecular Microbiology

S. No.	Name of the Collaborator	Institute	Collaboration Details	Collaboration Output (Papers/Patents/Research/Online)
1.	Prof. Sundararaman M	NFMC, Bharathidasan University	Research Collaboration	3 papers
2.	Dr. Selvakumar G	Allagappa University	Research Collaboration	12 papers
3	Sri Ramkumar S. R	Bharathiar university	Research Collaboration	3 papers
4	Dr.T.Selvankumar	Mahendra Arts & Science College, Namakkal	Research Collaboration	2 papers

Dr.P.Varalakshmi, Department of Molecular Microbiology

S. No.	Name of the Collaborator	Institute	Collaboration Details	Collaboration Output (Papers/Patents Research/Online
1.	Dr. Navanietha Krishnaraj	NIT Durgapur	Research	2
2	Dr. Pathik Kumbakar	NIT Durgapur	Research	1
3	Dr. M Saravanan	IIT Kanpur	Research	1
4	Dr. Muthu Arumugam	NIIST Trivandrum	Research	1
5	Ms. C.N Pratheeba	Anna University, Chennai	Research	3
6	Dr. Ganesha Moorthy	Kamaraj University Virudhunagar	Research	1
7	Dr. S. Sudhakar	Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.	Research	1

S. No.	Institute	Collaboration Details	Collaboration Output (Papers/Patents Research/Online
1.	Bioextract, Bangalore	Industry Collaborative Research	Online
2.	Algoma Algal Biotechnology, University Wisconsin, USA	Collaborative research	Online
3	Exterme Protech South Dakota School of mines and Technology USA	Collaborative research	Online

Dr.B.Anand, Department of Genetic Engineering

S.No	Name of the Collaborator	Institute	Collaboration Details	Collaboration Output (Papers/Patents Research/Online
1	DR Shailaja Bhattacharya	Pararasitology lab, CSIR- CDRI	Research	1 paper
2	DR Madhulika Dixit	Dept of Biotechnology, IIT MADRAS	Research	1paper
3	DR Sara Lustigman	Parasitology lab, New York blood centre, USA	Research	Online
4	DR Ramaswamy	Biomed University of Illinois, USA	Research	Online
5	DR Amutha	University of Madras	Research	2 papers