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International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’ (RABT-2020) 31st January 2020 Proceedings of the International Seminar Organized by Department of Biotechnology Thiruvalluvar University (State University) Serkkadu, Vellore – 632 115, Tamil Nadu, India. International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’ (RABT-2020) Department of Biotechnology Thiruvalluvar University Organizing Committee Chief Patron Dr.S. THAMARAI SELVI Honourable Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University. Paron Dr.S. Syed Shafi Registrar i/c. Thiruvalluvar University. Program Co-ordinator Dr. Ernest David Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University. Convener Dr. R.Babu Janarthanam Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University. Organizing Secretaries Dr. A.Rajasekar Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University. Dr. M.C.Harish Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University. Dr. S.Vijayanand Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University. International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) International Seminar On “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’ (RABT 2020), 31st, January 2020 Organized by Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore – 632 115 Program Schedule 31-01-2020 Registration 09.30 AM ‐10.00 AM Inaugural Session Invocation – Tamil Thai Vazhthu Lighting of Kuthu Vilakku Welcome Address Dr. R.Babu Janarthanam Convenor, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore – 632 115 10.00AM – 11.00 AM Inaugural address Prof. Dr. S.Thamarai Selvi Vice Chancellor Thiruvalluvar University Prof. Dr. Alaa Y Ghidan, Pharmacy School, Aqaba University of Technology, Jordan Felicitation Dr.S.Syed Shafi Registrar i/c Thiruvalluvar University Syndicate members Dr. G. Thangaraj Member-Syndicate Director i/c. (Affiliation & Admission) Dean i/c, CDC, Professor, Department of Mathematics Dr. R. Jeyaraman Member-Syndicate Director i/c, Centre for Academic Courses and Students Affairs, Professor, Department of Tamil Dr. M. Chitra Member-Syndicate Associate Professor , Head i/c, Department of Mathematics Dr. K. Sivachandrabose Member-Syndicate, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology Dr. Ernest David Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology Dr. S. Vijayanand, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology Department of Biotechnology Vote of Thanks: Dr. M.C.Harish, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) 11.00 AM ‐11.30 AM Technical Session – I Lecture –I: Bioremediation of Metal Contaminated Soils Dr. Seralathan Kamalakannan Professor, Division of Biotechnology Collage of environmental and Bioresources Chjonbuk National University - Iksan Campus,South Korea 11.30 AM - 11.45 AM Tea break Lecture –II: Photo-biodegradation of Imidacloprid - A novel approach 11.45 AM ‐ 12.15 PM Dr.P. Elumalai Post-Doctoral Fellow School of Environment, South China Normal University, University city campus, Guangzhou, Guangdong China 12.15 PM ‐ 12.45 PM Lecture- III Mitigation of Inhibitor for Microbial Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel X70 in Marine Environment Dr.J. Narenkumar Postdoctoral Researcher Corrosion and Protection Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China 01.00 PM ‐ 01.45 PM Lunch Break Technical Session – II 01.45 PM ‐0 2.15 PM Lecture- IV: Water Pollution Control Engineering Dr.Saraschandra Naraginti Associate Professor School of Biological and Chemcial Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu-Anhui Province, China 02.15 PM ‐ 02.45 PM Lecture- V: Electrochemical behavior of biochar and its effects on microbial nitrate reduction: Role of extracellular polymeric substances in extracellular electron transfer Dr. K. Sathishkumar Research Fellow Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development of Shallow Lakes College of Environment Hohai University #1 Xikang Road, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province P.R. China, 210098 02.45 PM ‐ 03.15 PM Tea Break 03.15 PM ‐ 04.30 PM Poster Session 04.30 PM ‐ 05.00 PM Cultural Program 05.00 PM – 5.30 PM Valedictory Session : Distribution of Prizes Feedback session Vote of Thanks Dr. A. Rajasekar. Assistant Professor & DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellow, Department of Biotechnology International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) About the Vellore Vellore is privileges as the “Fort City” and was rules by Pallavas, Cholas, Nayak, Maratha, Arcot Nawabs and Bijapur Sultan. The district lies between 12o15’ to 13o15’ north and 78o20’ to 79o50’ east in Tamilnadu state. Situated at the banks of Palar River, the city covers an area of 6077 sqkm with a total population of 3,936,331 as of 2011. “The Vellore”, emphasis on “Unity in diversity” by housing the Jalakanteswarar Temple, the St. John’s Church and a Mosque, of which the Jalakateswarar Temple is famous for its magnificent carvings. Also, Vellore is known for its Sepoy mutiny outbreak against British in the year 1857 for which a memorial pillar is built at Hazratmakkan Junction, Vellore. Adding to these, the other landmarks in Vellore include, Golden Temple, Amirthi Zoological Park & Government Museum. Vellore has become one of the best educational destinations due to Christian Medical College & Hospital, VIT University, Voorhees College, Auxilium College, Thanthai Periyar Engineering College, Muthurangam Arts College & DKM College for Women. The city is also a home to serval manufactures such as Bharath Heavy Electricals Ltd, MRF Ltd, TVS Brakes Ltd, TEL & SIPCOT. About the University Thiruvalluvar University was established at Vellore in the year 2002 under Government of Tamilnadu Act 32/2002. It has a sprawling campus of about 112.68 acres at Serkkadu near Valliamalai. The University is situated about sixteen kms away from the Vellore city in NH4 read connecting Chennai & Bangalore. The University was named after the great Tamil Saint “Thiruvalluvar” who wrote Ulagappothumari “Thirukkural”. The University was inaugurated by our Honorable Former Chief Minister SELVI. Dr. J.JAYALALAITHA on 16th October 2002 as a State University. The University has created four new departments, viz. Tamil, English, Mathematics and Biotechnology. Now, the total strength of the departments is Ten including six existing departments, viz, Zoology, Economics, Physics, Computer science, Commerce and Chemistry. International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) About the Department of Biotechnology The department was established in 2010. The department offers M.Sc., M.Phil.&Ph.D. courses. Since its inception, the department has witnessed a consistent rise demand from the students for the subject. The department has been aptly infused with highly innovative expertise & state-of- the-art infrastructure to pursue research & development in the thrust areas of Biotechnology. All the basic infrastructural facilities needed for conducting teaching & research programs have been developed in the department. The department is housed with smart class room facilities, well equipped student laboratories & research laboratories. A separate instrumentation room consisting of sophisticated equipment & a seminar hall with public address system are also available. So far 8 batches of students have completed their M.Sc. degree course and several of them qualified in CSIR/UGC National level eligibility tests & are working in various research institutes, several prestigious institutions & biotech companies. The areas of research specialization in the department include Environment Biotechnology, Genomics, Proteomics, Metagenomics, Microbial Corrosion, Bioinformatics, Nano Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Biology & Bioprocess Engineering. The department functions effectively both in administration & in disseminating knowledge with the tireless efforts of dedicated & efficient faculty members. Faculty members are actively involved in research activities with several research projects with extra-mural funds by DBT, DST-SERB, BRNS, AYUSH & UGC (2 Crores). Post Graduate students of the department regularly bring laurel to the department by grabbing University ranks. M.Phil & Ph.D. Research Scholars actively presented their research work in various International& national Conferences, Symposiums etc., &consistently got 1st prizes for best oral & poster presentations. Biotechnology department regularly organize the International & National Conferences, Symposiums, Science Day Celebrations, Eminent scientists & researchers from abroad are being in regular basis for delivering lectures to interact & ignite the research acumen among the students. Recently the exchange of research scholars to HKBU, Hong Kong through the memorandum of understating (MoU). We made 3 MOU between, HKBU, Hong KONG, National Taiwan ocean University, Taiwan University of Teesside, UK. International Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremedial Technology’’(RABT-2020) About the Seminar International Seminar on Recent Advances in Biomedical Technology (RABT) 2020 provides the stake holders such a student. A platform to share knowledge & experience on their research findings, from all parts of the country to enrich their knowledge & share