Curriculum Vitae
Nallusamy Sivakumar
Personal information
Address:
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Sultan Qaboos University
PO Box 36, PC 123
Oman
Tel: +968 2414 6891
email:apnsiva@squ.edu.om
Education
Ph.D.
Bharathidasan University, India (2004)
PGDCA
Bharathidasan University, India (2002)
M.Sc.
Manomaniam Sundaranar University, India (1993)
B.Sc.
Madurai Kamaraj University, India (1991)
SLET
Eligibility test for Lectureship in Universities and colleges throughout India (1998)
Employment
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Assistant Professor in Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan
Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman since September 2009
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Visiting consultant in Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos
University, Sultanate of Oman from September 2008- August 2009
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Assistant Professor in Microbiology, 7th April University, Libya from October
2007 to September 2008
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Lecturer in Department of Microbiology, J. J. College of Arts and Science,
Bharathidasan University, India from December 1994 to September 2007
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Market Development Executive in Vetcare Pharmaceuticals, India from June
1994 to December 1994
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Lecturer in Microbiology Arignar Anna Institute of Diagnostic Sciences and
Research,Thirumangalam, Madurai, India during Aug 1993 - June 1994
Major Research Areas
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Bioprocessing
Microbial enzymes
Bioactive compounds
Scholarly Achievements
Publications
Refereed Journals
1. Sivakumar, N., Shakilabanu, S. 2013. Production of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase by
Bacillus megaterium. Int J Current Micrbiol Appl Sci.2(7): 44-55
2. Sivakumar, N. 2013. Effect of edaphic factors and seasonal variation on spore density and
root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sugarcane fields, Ann Microbiol, 63,
151-160
3. Hisham , A., Padmaja, V., Sivakumar, N., Al Saidi, S., Al Kindy, S., Rameshkumar, K.B. 2012.
Composition and antimicrobial activity of Plectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) Singh &
Sharma. Curr top Phytochem. 11: 59-65
4. Karthikeyan, A., Ramesh kumar, R., Sivakumar, N., Al Amri, I. S., Karutha Pandian, S.,
Ramesh, M. 2012. Antibiofilm activity of Dendrophthoe falcata against different bacterial
pathogens. Planta Med. 78:1918-1926
5. Shanmugaraju, V., Chidambararajan R. Sivakumar, N. 2012. Partial purification and
characterization of Anti- MRSA Peptide from Marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 1(1):40-49
6. Murugan, A. M. , Shanthi, S., Arunachalam, C., Sivakumar, N., Elamathy, S., Rajapandian,
K. 2012. Study on cow urine and Pongamia pinnata Linn seed in farmyard: A natural, cost
effective, ecofriendly remedy to bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of paddy. Afr J Biotechnol., 40,
9591-9598
7. Saif, A.B, Sivakumar, N., Manal A. K. 2012. Effect of nalidixic acid on the morphology and
protein expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Med., 265-269
8. Salim, A.S., Rameshkumar, K.B., Hisham, A., Sivakumar, N., Salma A.K. 2012. Composition
and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oils of Four Commercial Grades of Omani Luban,
the Oleo-Gum Resin of Boswellia sacra Flueck. Chem . Biodiv., 9, 615-624
9. Sivakumar, N., Rajamani, Saif, A. B. 2010. Production and Partial Characterization of
Bacteriocin isolated from Lactobacillus acidophilus and Pediococcus acidilactici. Braz. Ach.
Biol. Technol., 53, 1177-1184.
10. Karthikeyan, A., Sivakumar, N. 2010. Citric acid production by Koji fermentation using
banana peel as a novel substrate. Bioresour Technol., 101, 5552-5556.
11. Ravikumar M., Sridhar K. R., Sivakumar T., Karamchand K. S., Sivakumar N. and Vellaiyan R.
(2009): Diversity of filamentous fungi on coastal woody debris after tsunami on the
southeast coast of India. – Czech Mycol. 61: 107–115.
12. Sivakumar, N., Remya, R., Saif, A. 2009. Partial charecterization of proteases produced by
three fungal isolates from the rhizosphere of wild yam Dioscorea wallichi. J. Appl. Biol. Sci.,
3, 71-75.
13. Sivakumar, N., Karthikeyan, A., Vivek, A., Santhamani, Sasikumar, D., Nouh
M.H.
Aljarari. 2009. Prevalence of etiological agents in superficial mycoses with reference to
dermatphytoses and pityriasis versicolor. Lib. J. Inf. Di., 3, 13-18.
14. Karthikeyan, A and Sivakumar, N. 2007. Sericulture Pupal waste – A new production
medium for mass cultivation of Bacillus thuringiensis. Ind. J. Biotech., 6, 557-559.
15. Sivakumar, T., Ravikumar, M. and Sivakumar, N. 2006. Abundance of Mangrove fungi
along the east coast of Tamilnadu, India, Asian J. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc., 8, 589-594.
16. Sivakumar, T., Ravikumar, M. and Sivakumar, N. 2006. Isolation of fungi from Tsunami
affected areas of Pondicherry, Geobios, 33, 221-222.
17. Sivakumar, N., Kishore Reddy, T. V. and Sivakumar, T. 2005. Extraction and purification of
antifungal compounds from garlic bulbs against Aspergillus sp., Ind. J. Appl. Microbiol., 111114.
18. Sivakumar, N., Kalidoss, A. and Sivakumar, T. 2005. Influence of UV radiation and
nutritional alteration on xanthan gum production in Xanthomonas campestris, Ind. J. Appl.
Microbiol., 29-33.
19. Ravikumar, M., Vellaiyan, R. and Sivakumar, N. 2002. Microflora in Muthupettai estuary
and adjoining coastal water system - South East coast of India, Asian J. of Microbiol.
Biotech. Env. Sc., 4, 445-450.
Conference proceedings
20. Prathibha, V., Sivakumar, N., Saif, A. B., 2013. Carboxymethyl cellulase production by a
thermophilic Bacillus licheniformis RW-3 isolated from Rustaq hot spring in Oman.
International Symposium on Biological Engineering and Natural Sciences, Thailand, 2-8.
21. Sivakumar, N., Saif A.B., Huda S. A. B. 2013. Screening of biopolymer producing bacteria
isolated from some Brassica plants. 4th International Conference on Environmental
Science and Development (ICESD2013), Dubai.
22. Sivakumar, N., Amira, A. Z., Saif, A. B., 2012. Production of cellulase by Bacillus
licheniformis. The 2nd Korea - Indonesia Workshop & International Symposium on
Bioenergy from Biomass, Indonesia, 54-59.
23. Sivakumar, N., Shakila Banu, 2011. Standardization of optimum conditions for cyclodextrin
glycosyltransferase production, 2011 International Conference on Food Engineering and
Biotechnology, Thailand, 102-106.
Papers Presented in Symposia
1. Antibacterial activities and chemical composition of Polyalthia coffeoides, Polyalthia
longifolia and Artabotrys zeylanicus essential Oils, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, April 1718, 2013
2. Antibiofilm activity of Dentdrophthoe falcata (L.f), International symposium of
Biotechnology and conservation of species from Arid regions, Muscat, Sultanate of
Oman,February 10-13, 2013
3. Isolation of thermophilic cellulolytic Bacillus sp. from compost, International symposium of
Biotechnology and conservation of species from Arid regions, Muscat, Sultanate of
Oman,February 10-13, 2013
4. Biopolymer production by some bacteria isolated from plants, International symposium of
Biotechnology and conservation of species from Arid regions, Muscat, Sultanate of
Oman,February 10-13, 2013
5. Validation of phenotypic and genotypic characterization methods for Streptococcus
mutans in caries active subjects, International conference on Genomics and Proteomics,
Calicut, India, July 14-16, 2011.
6. Participated in International conference on Education for sustainable development in
support of cultural diversity and biodiversity, Muscat, Oman, January, 24-26, 2011
7. Participated in the International symposium on New technologies for the food processing
industry at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, December, 19-21, 2010
8. Biodegradation of textile industry effluent using Aspergillus niger, National Conference on
Recent Trends in Mycological Research and 33rd Annual meeting of the Mycological Society
of India held at J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, December, 28-29, 2006.
9. Diversity of fungal species in hydrocarbon contaminated soil, National Conference on
Recent Trends in Mycological Research and 33rd Annual meeting of the Mycological Society
of India held at J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, December, 28-29, 2006.
10. Efficacy of AM fungi as bio-control agent against tomato wilt pathogen Fusarium
oxysporum, National seminar on Fungal Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and
32nd Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of India held at Centr for postgraduate
studies, Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer jain College, Bangalore, February 2-3, 2006.
11. Food borne bacteria in the etiology of Gastric Neoplasm, National Conference on Food
technology held at J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, December, 22-23, 2004.
12. Influence of UV Radiation and Nutritional alteration on - amylase production by Bacillus
sp., National Conference on Food technology held at J.J. College of Arts and Science,
Pudukkottai, December, 22-23, 2004.
13. Screening for mycotoxin in some agricultural commodities, National Conference on Food
technology held at J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, December, 22-23,2004.
14. Analysis of Malate and Glutamate Dehydrogenase activity in VAM inoculated 3Saccharum
officinarum L., National symposium on Recent Trends in Biological research held at
A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, and February 17-19, 2004.
15. Anti bacterial and Antifungal activities of some medicinal plants, National symposium on
Recent Trends in Biological research held at A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi,
February17-19, 2004.
16. Comparative Efficacy of VAM fungi Glomus mosseae and G.fasciculatum against Red rot of
Sugarcane in National conference on frontiers in Biotechnology held at J.J.College of arts
and science, Pudukkottai, July 21-23, 2003.
17. Isolation, Identification and Screening of Mosquito Pathogenic Bacteria from soil sample,
National conference on frontiers in Biotechnology held at J.J.College of arts and science,
Pudukkottai, July 21-23, 2003.
18. Microbiological studies on Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Treated Milk, National
conference on Frontiers in Biotechnology held at J.J.College of arts and science,
Pudukkottai, July 21-23, 2003.
19. Study of acid phosphatase for phosphate mobilization in VAM inoculated sugarcane, XII
Southern Regional Conference on Microbial Inoculants, held at Annamalai University,
Chidambaram, during 20-22, March 2002.
20. Genetic Engineering, National conference of Information technology and Biotechnology in
21st century, organized by Periar Biotechnological Research Foundation, Thanjavur, March
9-10, 2002.
21. Microflora of Muthupettai estuary and adjoining coastal water system along the South
East Coast of Tamilnadu, State level Seminar on Recent Developments in Applied
Microbiology, organized by Department of Microbiology, PSG College of Arts and Science,
Coimbatore, December 28-30, 1998.
22. Acid & Alkaline Phosphatase activity in VAM inoculated sugarcane, Diamond Jubilee
Symposia & 39 th Annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, organized
by Fisheries College, Mangalore, Karnataka, December 5-7, 1998.
23. Effect of VAM fungi on the production of Alkaline Phosphatase in Sacchaurum officinaram
L. VAR Co.Si., National Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Microbial
Research, organized by Departments of Microbiology and Biotechnology, J.J. College of
Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, May 20-21, 1998.
24. Isolation and Characterization of Endosulfan Degrading Bacteria, National Conference on
Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Microbial Research, organized by Departments of
Microbiology and Biotechnology, J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, May 20-21,
1998.
25. Enumeration of Mangrove fungi in Muthupettai Lagoon in Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu,
“National Symposium on National Resources Management system”, organized by Dept. of
Botany, St. Josephs College, Tiruchirappalli, February 26-28, 1997.
26. Microbial degradation of cellulose, X South Zone Regional Conference on Bioinoculants,
organized by Dept. of Botany, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, December 10 – 11,
1996.
Chapters in Books
1. Sivakumar, N. Fermentative products using dates as a substrate in Dates. In:
Manickavasagam, Mohammed Essa, Sukumar, editors . Production, processing, food and
medicinal values. USA: CRC press (Taylor and Francis group); 2012. p. 305-315
2. Sivakumar, N. Antimicrobial activity of natural products. In: Mohammed Essa,
Manickavasagan, Sukumar, editors. Natural products and their active compounds. USA:
Nova science publishers, Inc. 2012.p 205-221
3. Sivakumar, N. Nutritional and medicinal values of mushrooms. In: Mohammed Essa,
Manickavasagan, Sukumar, editors. Food as medicine. USA: Nova science publishers, Inc.
2013
Editorial member
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International journal of nutrition, pharmacology and neurological diseases
International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences
International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review
Reviewer
Oman Medical Journal, African journal of Biotechnology, Brazilian archives of biology and
technology, Global research journal of Microbiology, African journal of Microbiology research,
Scholar journals, Maejo Inernational journal of Science and Technology, Brazilian journal of
microbiology, International journal of biodiversity
Session chair
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International Symposium of Biological Engineering and Natural Sciences, Thailand,
2013
International symposium of Biodiversity, Conservation of species in Arid Region,
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2013
The 2nd Korea - Indonesia Workshop & International Symposium on Bioenergy
from Biomass, Indonesia, 2012
Administration
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SQU science journal – since 2013
Text book committee – since 2013
Library committee – since 2013
Safety officer, Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos
University, since 2011
Member in student project viva committee, Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos
University, 2010-2012
Member in news letter committee of College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
since 2009
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Chairman of the Under Graduate Microbiology board in Bharathidasan University,
India, 2006- 2007
Chief examiner in Under Graduate Microbiology board in Bharathidasan
University, India, 2001- 2006
Chief Superintendent for conducting university theory and practical examinations
at J.J.College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, 2006- 2007
Member in board of studies for both Under Graduate and Post Graduate
microbiology, Bharathidasan University, India, 2000- 2003
Community Service
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National Service Scheme (NSS) Program Officer (1999 – 2004), J. J. College of Arts
and Science, Bharathidasan University, India
Member in HE Link National Program in Development of training package for the
socially disadvantaged population (2003), Bharathidasan University, India
Campus Diversity Initiative (CDI) organizer (1998 –2001), J. J. College of Arts and
Science, Bharathidasan University, India
Youth Red Cross (YRC) program officer, J. J. College of Arts and Science,
Bharathidasan University, India
Workshops Organized
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Member in the organizing committee in the Workshop on “PCR, Electroporator,
GC and Fermentor”, held at J. J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, Feb 10,
2003
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Member in the organizing committee in the Workshop on “Bio Medical
Instrumentation” organized by the Departments of Microbiology and
Biotechnology, J. J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, Aug 10, 2001
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Member in the organizing committee in the Workshop on “Advance Techniques in
Molecular Biology”, organized by the Departments of Microbiology and
Biotechnology, J. J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai, Feb 24 to 26, 2001
Conferences organized
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International symposium of Biodiversity, Conservation of species in Arid Region,
Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, February 10-13, 2013
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National conference on Recent Trends in Mycological Research, organized by J. J.
College of Arts and Science and Mycological Society of India during December
28 –29, 2006
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National conference on frontiers in Biotechnology held at J.J.College of arts and
science, Pudukkottai, July 21-23,2003
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National Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Microbial Research,
organized by Departments of Microbiology and Biotechnology, J.J. College of Arts
and Science, Pudukottai, May 20-21, 1998
Orientation Courses Attended
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Attended UGC sponsored orientation course from 30.04.2005 to 27.05.2005 at
UGC – Academic staff, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Undergone the NSS General orientation course conducted by the Madras School
of Social work, Chennai, from 04.10.2004 to 13.10.2004
Attended a two day orientation training programme for YRC programme officers
held at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, on February 26 & 27, 2004 jointly
organized by YRC zones of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli and Anna
University, Chennai
Attended a thirty day Faculty Development programme in effective
communication skills, leadership and personality development and education
techniques, Organized by J.J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukkottai during
30/10/2001- 30/11/2001
Attended Faculty Orientation Course for Professional Excellence, organized by the
Academic Staff College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, during 26-30th
May 1997
Workshops Attended
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The first international workshop on Food, Alzheimer’s disease and other
Neurocognitive diseases, Sultan Qaboos University, September 24, 2013, Muscat,
Oman
Workshop on Promotion of whole grain consumption College of Agriculture and
Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, June 20, 2013, Muscat, Oman
Eppendorf PCR clinic at Sultan Qaboos University, October, 31, 2011, Muscat,
Oman
Workshop on bacterial identification: Current techniques and future needs
organized by College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos
University, 31 Jan – 1 February, 2011, Muscat, Oman
Short term course on Molecular Taxonomy of Fungi organized by TIFAC CORE,
Thapar University, Punjab, 19 – 24 March, 2007, Patiala, India
Training on the operation of Fermentor and computer control of the process
involved, at SCIGENICS (INDIA) Pvt Ltd., 15 – 17, December, 2000, Chennai, India