Research – Megamalai
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN SRIVILLIPUTHUR DIVISION OF SMTR, MADURAITR
| Sl. No. | Name of the Researcher | Organization Name | Topic | Name of the Species | Period of Research | Extension period if any | Final Report Submitted | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Manigandan Selvaraj, Tr. Chetan Sharma, Tmt. Chitra George | Chief Executive Officer, Datamation Consultant Private Limited, Haryana. | Creation of Fodder Resources and Wildlife Habitat improvements inside the forest areas to mitigate the Human Animal Conflict | -- | 15.01.2025 to 30.03.2025 | Upto 30.03.2025 | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 2 | Thiru.Arul Raj Rajappa Thiru.T.Jose Benjamin Dr.M.Srinivasan | Dept. of Criminology University of Madras, Chennai | Study on illegal Cannabis Cultivation in Tamil Nadu : An analysis of patterns and spatial distribution | -- | October 2023 to September 2024 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 3 | Dr.S.Kaliamoorthy, Dr.T.S Saravanan, Thiru.S.K Arjun, | Botonical Survey of India, Coimbatore | Study on Ex-situ conservation of endemic and threatened plants (Orchids, Medicinal, Economic important and Ornamental plants) | Aenhendrya rotundifolia, Jewel Orchid, Brachycorythis wightioo Summerh -White short Helmet Orchid Cryptocarya Stocksii Meisn Elaeocarpus gaussenii Weibel Hedyotosi rajasekaranii Karupp Symplocos monatha Wight Syzygium myhendrae Gamble | March 2025 to February 2026 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 4 | Dr.K.Venkatesan, Mr.S.Sathis Kumar, Mr.K.Karthick, Mr.J.Saravanan, Mr.R.Ajin S Raj | National Institute of Siddha, Ministry of Ayush, GOI, Chennai (Tambaram) | To collect the raw drugs fro establishment of Regional Raw Drugs Repositories under CSS Scheme | NA | July 2021 to December 2026 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 5 | Dr.Antony Raj | College of Foresty SAM Higginbottom University of Agriculture Tech & Science, Allahabad | Study on Factors Governing the Distribution of Grizzled Giant Squirrel | Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa Macroura) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 6 | Dr.Prakash Kumar | Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute Thiruvananthapuram | Study on Inventory Systemactics and Conservation of the family Annonaceae of southern Western Ghats | -- | 01.08.2022 to 31.07.2025 | NA | -- | |
| 7 | Tr.D.Boominathan, Landscape Co-ordinator | World wide fund for Nature India, Wildlife and Habitat Division, Western Ghats Nilgiris Landscape, Coimbatore. | Study on Creating a state wide data base on Human Elephant Conflict in Tamil Nadu | HEC | December 2022 to November 2023 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 8 | The Director, AIWC, Vandalur | The Director, AIWC, Vandalur | Permission to forensic samples from forest areas | Sample collections from dead animals | March 2019 to March 2022 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 9 | Dr.R.Suresh Kumar Dr. R.Gautam Talukdar Ms.Harshal Waghmare | Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun | Study on Pan India Assessment and Monitoring of Vulture population covered under the IDWLH | Vulture | May 2023 to April 2024 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 10 | Tr.V.Sakkamuthu Dr.R.Murugan | Center for Research and Postgraduate Studies in Botony, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi | Study on Chemodiversity of the different species of Syzygium in Tamil Nadu | Syzygium laetum Syzygium montanum Syzygium lanceolatum Syzygium mundagam | May 2023 to April 2024 | June 2025 to May 2026 | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 11 | Dr.T.S Rana Chief Scientist Dr.K.Narayana Nair, Dr.Vijay V.Wagh Dr.Prabhu Kumar, Dr.Khuraijam J Singh | CSIR National Botonical Research Institute Luknow | Study on Conservation of Threatened Plant of India | Actinodaphne lanata Meisn Boswellia ovalifoliolata Cayratia pedata (Lam) Ganep Chloroxylon swietenia DC | September 2022 to August 2024 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 12 | Dr.Miling M. Sardesai Professor | Dept of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune | Study on Systematics and metabolite profiling of medicinally important genus Embelia Brum | Myrsinoideae Primulace | June 2025 to June 2027 | NA | ||
| 13 | Dr.A.S. Kanthraj Dr.K.Narayanan Nair | Plant Diversity Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR National Botanical Research Institute Luknow | Study on Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Studies on the genus Henckelia Spreng | Henkelia fischeri Henkelia gambleana Henckelia humboldtiano | January 2023 to June 2023 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 14 | Dr.V.Sundaresan Dr,V.S.Pragadheesh Dr.K.Devanathan | CSIR Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow | Study on Understanding the genetic & Chemical diversity distributional mapping and phylongeny of selected medicinal and aromatic plants | Pogostemon Spp. Garcinia Spp. Eugenia Spp. Pueraria tuberosa Rauvolfia Spp Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn | April 2025 to April 2028 | NA | ||
| 15 | Director, AIWC Vandalur | AIWC Vandalur | Study project sanctioned under TANII 2024-25 - Development of a micro satellite panel fro differentiating cattle, gaur, and deer to the level of species and individuality | Synthesis of fluorescent primers and single plexing / multiplexing of the markers, Validation of the micro satellite markers panel | 19.05.2025 to 18.05.2026 | NA | ||
| 16 | Dr.Manudev, K.M Thiru.Prasanth M.K | PG & Research Dept. of Botany Saint Joseph College, Kerala | Study on Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Studies on the genus Bupleurum L. in India (Apiaceae) | Genus Bupleurum L.(Apiaceae) | July 2023 to July 2024 | NA | Not submitted the final reply in this office | |
| 17 | Dr. Chetan Nag | Jain Deemed to be University Bangalore | A Molecular genetic approach to study hybridization between common langur (Semnopithecus priam) and Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnil) | March 2022 to February 2024 | NA | |||
| 18 | Ms. G. Kanagambika | Research Scholar PG & Research Department of Botany Govt. Victoria College Palakkad | Taxonomic and Molecular revision of the genus Senecio L(Asteraceae)in south India | |||||
| 19 | Prof Praveen Karanth Dr.Kartik Sunagar-Assistant Professor | Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012 | Designing and preclinical delivery of the next generation antivenom with unsurpassed pan India efficacy to reduce snakebite death and disability, | Indian Cobra King Cobra Russells Viper Saw Scaled Viper | September 2023 to August 2024 | |||
| 20 | Tr.S.Udaya Sankar | Western ghat of Forests to do a herbal research | ||||||
| 21 | Dr. E.Sanoj Ms.S.Athira | The Zomorins Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode & Research Scholar | Taxonomic and Molecular Phylogeny of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) in Penninsular India. |