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Name:
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Dr. Chakkaravarthi Saravanan
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Designation:
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Assistant Professor
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Department:
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Basic and Applied Sciences
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Contact No:
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130-2281220
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chakkaravarthiniftem[at]gmail[dot]com
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Area of Interest/Specialization:
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- Prebiotics
- Lipid Oxidation
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Qualification:
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| Degree Name | Subject/Research Area | University/College | Year |
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Systems Biology
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CNC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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2008-2012
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Ph.D.
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Biotechnology
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VIT University, India
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2003-2008
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M.Sc.
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Biochemistry
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Madurai Kamaraj University, India
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1998-2000
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Experience:
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| Degree/Designation Name | Subject(s) Taught* | University/College | Year |
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Assistant Professor
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Food Chemistry and Biochemistry
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NIFTEM
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2012-Till Date
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Scientist
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Department of Bioinformatics
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Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation, Bangalore
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2007-2008
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Awards & Honours (if any):
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- Science Enrichment Award in Biochemistry, PEARL Foundation for Educational Excellence (2017).
- Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Science (June, 2015 - July,2015)
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Foundation of Science and Technology, Portugal. (July 2008 - Feb 2012).
- Young Travel Fellowship, Federation of European Biochemical Society, United Kingdom (2010).
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Major Publications (Last 5 years):
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- Simran Sharma, Sit-Foon Cheng, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, S. Chakkaravarthi, (2019) Efficacy of free and encapsulated natural antioxidants in oxidative stability of edible oil: Special emphasis on nanoemulsion-based encapsulation, Trends in Food Science & Technology 91: 305-318.
- Rupali Dolas, Chakkaravarthi Saravanan, Barjinder Pal Kaur (2019) Emergence and era of ultrasonic’s in fruit juice preservation: A review. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 58: 104609.
- VintiSingla and S Chakkaravarthi (2017) Applications of prebiotics in food industry: A review. Food Science and Technology International 23(8): 649-667.
- Chakkaravarthi, S and Venkatesh, Y. P., (2014) Exploration of cation-π interactions in the structural stability of food allergens.International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences, 3; 32-44.
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International Experience(s)/Collaboration(s)/Consultancy:
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- Research work visit to Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Nutraceutical and Functional Food, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand from 1st June to 30th June 2019.
- Participated in FEBS International course on systems biology of metabolism at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden. May 24th to 11th June, 2010.
- Foundation of Science and Technology, Portugal, Post Doctoral Fellow at Molecular Systems Biology Group at Centre For Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. July 2008 to February 2012.
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Externally Funded Projects:
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- Evaluation of green functional food fortified with cereal grasses in reducing risk of metabolic syndrome – SERB – DST Project – As Co-Principle Investigator.
- Development of protocol for reduction of acrylamide leaves in selected potato based snack foods - MoFPI Project – As Principle Investigator.
- Preparation, Characterization and evaluation of encapsulated eggplant peel extract in edible oil - MoFPI Project - As Co-Principle Investigator.
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Patent(if any):
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Books(if any):
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Chakkaravarthi Saravanan, (2016) Computational analysis of weak interactions in TIM-Barrel Proteins. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN 978-3659873041.
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R. Sasikumar, S. Chakkaravarthi and K. Vivek (2016) Food Processing Technology – A technical manual. Biotech Books, New Delhi. ISBN 978-8176223706.
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