Dr. D.I. AROCKIA SAMY HEAD

Department of Biotechnology St Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Trichy 620 002, INDIA

E-mail: darockia05@rediffmail.com; arockia2805@gmail.com Tel: (+91)-431-4226522 (Off)/ Mobile: +9443591050 / Fax: 0431-2701501

1. Name of the teacher with : DR. D.I. AROCKIASAMY

Date of Birth : 05.09.1952

2. Designation : Reader 3. Department and College where : Department Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology working now St Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli – 620 002.

4. Area of specialization : Plant physiology, Tissue culture, Biodiversity

Remote Sensing & GIS

5. Academic qualification : Copies of the Certificates enclosed – Annexure I

Degree Subject University Year Class/Division/

Grade/ Merit obtained

Ph.D. Botany Madras University, Chennai 1981 -

M.Sc. Botany Madras University, Chennai 1976 First Class

B.Sc. Botany Madras University, Chennai 1972 First Class

6. a) Research Experience & Training

Title of Work / Ph.D. Thesis : Effect of Distillery spent wash on

Water Hyacinth at lethal concentration

University/Institution where the St Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Research was carried out : Tiruchirappalli – 620 002. b) Publication of Research Papers : 41 (list attached at the end)

c) Research Guidance:

i) Ph.D. : Awarded – 9

ii) M.Phil : Awarded – 32

d) Training Programmes attended : 17

e) Major Research Projects carried out with Central / State assistance after Obtaining Ph.D. degree : 9

Project title: Evaluation of Natural Resources and Environment of the Kolli Hills,

Tamil Nadu Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Funded by The Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi Duration – 1997- 2000

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.11,61,776.00 Designation – Co-Investigator

Project title: Mapping Plant Diversity in the Eastern Ghats of

Tamil Nadu Funded by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi

Duration – 1998- 2001 Amount Sanctioned – Rs.10,68,075.00

Designation – Co-Investigator

Project title: Micropropagation of Selected Medicinal Plants and their Establishment in Wasteland with the Help of Am Fungi

Funded by The University Grants Commission, New Delhi Duration – 1998- 2001

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.2,79,800.00

Designation – Co-Investigator

Project title: Biodiversity Characterization at Landscape level in Western Ghats

of Tamil Nadu

Funded by The National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad

Duration – 1998- 2000

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.2,25,000.00 Designation – Co-Investigator

Project title: Micro- level planning of Forest Resources development using high

Resolution Satellite Data

Funded by The Department of Space, Bangalore

Duration – 2000 - 2002 Amount Sanctioned – Rs.3,50,000.00

Designation – Co-Investigator

Project title: Role of VAM Fungi in Rehabilitation of Degraded Reserve Forest in

Shevaroy Hills

Funded by The Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi

Duration – 1999- 2002

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.11,56,800.00 Designation – Principal Investigator

Project title: Temporal Assessment of Forest Cover Changes in the Eastern Ghats

of Tamil Nadu - A Remote Sensing Approach

Funded by The Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi

Duration – 2000 - 2002

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.16,99,770.00

Designation – Principal Investigator Project title: Evaluation and Generation of Geocoded Spatial Digital Database on the various Natural Resources of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu: Phase – II

Funded by The Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi Duration – 2003 - 2006

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.20,28,000.00

Designation – Principal Investigator

Project title: Production of QPM & Ex-situ conservation in wasteland & Transfer of the technology to the farmers

Funded by the National Medicinal plants Board ministry Of Health and Family Welefare, Govt.of India, New Delhi. Duration - 2004-2007

Amount Sanctioned – Rs.20,00,000

Designation – Principal Investigator 7. ii) Improvement of Professional Competence :

a) Refresher Courses / Orientation Courses attended : See Annexure - IV

b) Information regarding participation in Summer Schools, Workshops, Seminars, including Conferences in India / Abroad : 22.

Conferences/ symposia attended:

1. Arockiasamy, D.I. and J.L. Gnanarethinam (1980) Growth of Water hyacinth

on the distillery effluent. First Indian Conference on Ecology and Environmental Science. Jaipur. Feb. 18 – 20. 1980. Abstract No. 167. pp 80.

2. Karthikeyan P. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1997). Impact of UV –B on

photosynthetic and Biochemical characteristics of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Wall

cv. Pusa – 152 (Cow pea) and Ameliorating effect of GA3. National Symposium on “Natural Resources Management System” Abst. No. 95 pp. 51

3. Premalatha, Y.A., Franky Noronha and D.I. Arockiasamy, (1997). Relaltive importance of Concentration of SO2 and duration of exposure in causing phytotoxicity in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata.), National Symposium on

“Natural Resources Management System” Abst. No. 104 pp. 54.

4. Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1997). Induction of callus and multiple shooting in Datura metal (violet variety). National Symposium on “Natural

Resources Management System” Abst. No. 125 pp. 63..

5. Jayakumar, S., Arockiasamy, D.I. and S. John Britto (1998). Forest Cover mapping of Kolli Hill, Tamil Nadu Using IRS IC LISS III FCC. Abst. No. 85. International Symposium on Environmental Management in Mountain region,

Government Post Graduate College, Rishikesh, Oct. 4 – 7 1998.

6. Arockiasamy, D.I., Balaguru, B., Jayakumar. S. and S. John Britto (1998) Tree

Biodiversity in Sacred Grove in Tiruvalarcholai in Tiruchirappalli district. Abst. No. 11. International Symposium on Environmental Management in Mountain region, Government Post Graduate College, Rishikesh, Oct. 4 – 7 1998.

7. Jayakumar, S., Arockiasamy, D.I., and S. John Britto (1999). Loss of forest

cover and Floral Biodiversity due to Anthropogenic activities in the Semmedu

Shola Forest, Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu – a case study. State Level Seminar on Modern Trends in Plant Science, A.V.C. College, Mayiladuturai, March, 4-6, 1999.

8. John Britto, S., Balaguru, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (2000). Floristic analysis of

select sacred groves in Pudukottai and Tanjore districts of Tamil Nadu. 87th

Indian Science Congress, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) January, 3-7, Pune.

9. John Britto, S., Balaguru, B. Soosai raj, S., Natarajan, D. and D.I.

Arockiasamy (2000). Tree Diverisity In A Sacred Grove - A Case Study In A

Drought Prone Area In Pudukottai District Tamil Nadu, South India. National Symposium on Recent Trends in Crop Improvement for Sustainable Development, Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, January,

27 – 29. Tiruchirappalli.

10. Jayakumar, S., Arockiasamy, D.I. and S. John Britto (2000). Sustainable

Development and Utilization of Forest Resources - A Remote sensing approach. National Symposium on Recent Trends in Crop Improvement for Sustainable Development, Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, January,

27 – 29. Tiruchirappalli.

11. John Britto, S., Balaguru, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (2000). Ethno Botanical

Survey Of Some Sacred Groves In Pudukottai And Tanjore Districts Of Tamil Nadu. Ayurvedha 2000, January, 28 – 30, Chennai.

12. Jayakumar, S., D.I. Arockiasamy and S. John Britto, 2000. Temporal analysis of Forest cover changes in the Kolli hills using remote sensing, National Symposium on Recent Trends in Plant Science, Department of Botany,

University of Kerala, April 15 – 17, Trivandrum.

13. Natarajan, E., D.I. Arockiasamy and S. John Britto, 2000. Micropropagation of Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. Through Nodal culture, National Symposium on Recent Trends in Plant Science, Department of Botany,

University of Kerala, April 15 – 17, Trivandrum.

14. Jayakumar, S., D.I. Arockiasamy, and S. John Britto, 2000. Identification of Sensitive Forest Region prone to Degradation Using Remote Sensing and GIS. ISRS Symposium on Spatial Technologies for Natural Hazards Management held at, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur during 21 – 22, 2000.

15. Jayakumar, S., Arockiasamy, D.I and S. John Britto, 2001. Integrated resource monitoring and assessment for optimum land use in a mini watershed – A Case Study. National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing technology with special emphasis on High Resolution Imagery held at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, December 11-13, 2001.

16. Jayakumar, S. and D.I. Arockiasamy, 2002. Use of Remote sensing and GIS in planning and Assessing the Joint Forest Management – A case study in Kolli hills, Workshop on Joint Forest Management and Watershed Development, held at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai during 21 – 22 January 2002,

Organized by Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Srinivasan Service Trust, Chennai.

17. Jayakumar, S. and D.I. Arockiasamy, (2003). Remote sensing and GIS in conservation of Biodiversity, State level seminar on Biotechnology – A tool for conservation of biodiversity, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu, India, January 31st and February 1st, 2003.

18. Jayakumar, S. Jayaseelan, G., and Arockiasamy, D.I., (2004). Mapping of

endangered species in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu – A remote sensing and GIS approach, National Seminar on GIS development: Methodologies,

Prospects and Applications, Department of Geography, Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, March 29 – 30, 2004.

19. Jayaseelan, G., Jayakumar, S., and Arockiasamy, D.I., (2004). Mapping the

forest cover change detection using remote sensing and GIS, National Seminar

on GIS development: Methodologies, Prospects and Applications, Department of Geography, Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, March 29 – 30, 2004.

20. Nithya P, Richard Vijay J, Anupama M, & Arockiasamy D.I.,(2005). In Vitro

Callus Proliferation in Baliospermum Montanum (Willd.) Muell.Arg, National Seminar on Advances in Biology, Dept of Botany, St.Joseph’s college, Trichy-2.

21. Anupama M, Sheeba Gnana Deebam G, Nithya P & Arockiasamy D.I.,(2005). Direct Organogenesis using in Solanum violaceum - A Rarer medicinal plant,National Seminar on Advances in Biology, Dept of Botany, St.Joseph’s

college, Trichy-2.

22. Manikanda Venkata Krishnan G, David Raja H & Arockiasamy D.I.,(2005),

Micropropagation of Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) – A Medicinal plant National Seminar on Advances in Biology, Dept of Botany, St.Joseph’s college, Trichy-2.

Teaching Experience

Designatopn

Name of the Institution

Duration

Years From To

Worked as a Demonstrator

Worked as a Lecturer

Worked as a Senior Lecturer

Working as a Reader Head of the Department of Botany Head of the Department of Biotechnology

St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil nadu St. Joseph’s College,

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil nadu St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil nadu St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil

nadu St. Joseph’s College,

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil nadu St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil

nadu

1972

1981

1986

1994

2006

2011

1974

1986

1994 2006 2011 Till Date

2

5

8

12

5

8. Total Service Period : 34years

9. . Administrative Experience : HOD of Botany Department

HOD of Biotchnology Department

Member of Academic council 2002 to 2011

Member of Governing body

Purchase officer for Department of Plant Biology , Department of Biochemistry and Department of Biotechnology-1year

:

J. Membership

a) Membership of professional bodies,

Societies etc.

1. Swamy Botanical Club - Life member

2. Indian Society of Remote Sensing - Life member

3. GIS India - Life member

b) Editorship of Journals : Review member for Current Science

Research articles Published 1. Arockiasamy, D.I. and J.L. Gnanarethinam, 1980. Effect of distillery effluent on the

growth of 3 aquatic macrophytes. Comp. Physiol. Ecol. 5 (4), 290 – 295.

2. Arockiasamy, D.I., R.M. Meenakshi and J.L. Gnanarethinam (1981). Effect of Distillery

effluent on water potential of Rice seedlings. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 19, 95 – 96.

3. Rajendran, N. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1991). Studies on Nitorgen fractions on Some

Aquatic growth forms.

4. Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1994). Effect of Distillery waste on thenitrate

reduction system in Vigna mungo.J. Ecotoxicology. Environ. Monit. 4 (1) . 027 – 031.

5. Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1994). Role of metabolites and metal ions on

nitrate reductase activity of normal etiolated Corn seedlings. J. Ecotoxicol. Environ.

Monit. 4 (2) 252 – 256.

6. Jayashree, M., Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1994). Efficiency of Spirodela polyrhiza in absorbing and utilizing different forms of Nitrogen. Accepted for

publication, Journal of Environmental Biology. Ref. MSS. No.J/1124. dt. 5.4.94. 7. Senthil kumar, S. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1994). Role of Vesicular Arbuscular

Mycorrhizae in reducing the heavy metal toxicity in Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench. with reference to nitrate reduction system. J. Swamy Bot. Cl. 11: 25 – 27.

8. Antoine Lebel, L. and D. I. Arockiasamy (1995). Inhibitory Effect of Aluminium on Nitrate Reductase Activity and Its Recovery by IAA in Vigna Mungo L. J. Shiv. Univ. (Science) 31, 165 – 168.

9. Senthil kumar, S. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1995). Distribution of heavy metal in

different parts of Sorghum bicolor in the presence of VAM Fungi. Ind. J.

Microbiology. 35: (4) : 1-4.

10. Sami Veerappa, N. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1997). Effect of Nitrogen and Potassium on

Amino Acid under Normal and Etiolated Seedlings of Zea mays L. Geobios, 24: 236 – 239.

11. Senthil kumar and D.I. Arockiasamy (1997). Effect of VAM Fungi in Alleviating the

Zinc Phytotoxicity in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Ecol. Env. & Cons. 3 (3-4).

12. Sami Veerappa, N. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1997). Zinc toxicity and its alleviation by

Nitrate and Ammonia in Corn Seedlings (Zea mays L. ) with special reference to

Nitrate Reductase Activity. J. Phytol. Res. 10 (1-2): 119 – 124.

13. Sami Veerappa, N. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1998). Effect of Potassium on the Activity

of Nitrate Reductase and Nitrite Reductase under Normal and Etiolated conditions in Corn Seedlings (Zea mays L.). Ad. Plant Sci. 11 (1): 259 – 264.

14. Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy (1998). Regeneration of Plants from leaf explants of Datura metal L. J. Swamy Bot. Cl. 15:93-95.

15. Arockiasamy, D.I., Muthukumar, B. and S. John Britto (1999). Invitro plant

Regeneration from internodal segments of Datura metal L. Ad. Plant Sci. 12 (1): 227 – 231.

16. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 1999. Regeneration of plantlets from the Callus of Stem

Explants of Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. Plant Tissue Cult. 9 (2): 167 – 172.

17. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 1994-1995. Inhibitory Effect of Aluminium on Nitrate

Reductase Activity and Its Recovery by IAA In Vigna Mungo L. J. Shiv. Univ.

(Science) 31, (1994 – 95), 165 – 168.

18. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 2000. In vitro Prapagation of Datura metel L. from Hypocotyl

Explants. Plant Tissue Cult. 10 (1): 39 – 44.

19. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 2000. Heavy Metal Transport in Zea Mays with reference to

Mycrorrhizal colonization. Poll. Res. 19 (1) : 139 – 141.

20. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 2000. Visualization of Orchid mycorrhizal fungi with florescent

dye using florescent microscopy, Current Science, 79 (11) 1527 – 1528.

21. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2000. Estimates of Current Status of Forest Types in Kolli Hill

Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 28 (2&3): 141- 151.

22. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Comparative analysis of Tree diversity and its population density in a Sacred grove at Malligainatham, Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, Ad. Plant Sci., Vol. 14(1): 327-330.

23. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Micropropagation of Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.

(Labiatae) through Nodal culture, Ad. Plant Sci., Vol. 14(1): 561-565.

24. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Floristic analysis of a sacred grove at Vamban in

Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, South India, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Vol. 25(1) 81 – 90.

25. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Diversity of Plants in a Sacred grove in Pudukottai

district, Tamil Nadu, South India, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Vol. 25(1) 58-62.

26. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Phenology of Exotics and distribution of Lantana camera

L. in two forest types of Pacchaimalai hills, Geobios, Vol. 28: 236-238.

27. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Effect of extracts of two medicinal plants on some

phytopathogenic fungi, Geobios, Vol. 28: 223 - 224.

28. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Clonal propagation of Anisomeles indica L. from Nodal

explants, Plant Tissue Cult. Vol. 11(1): 93 – 96.

29. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2001. Check-list of plants in a Sacred Grove of Malliganatham, Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, J. Swamy Bot. Cl. Vol. 18: 15 – 20.

30. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2002. Conserving forests in the Eastern ghats of through remote

sensing and GIS – A case study in Kolli hills, Current Science, 82 (10): 1259 – 1267.

31. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2002. Similarity Analysis in Two Evergreen Forests in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil, The Journal of Hill Research, 15 (1): 4 – 11.

32. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I. 2002. Application of computers in floristic diversity analysis – a simplified approach. Journal of Hill research, 15 (2): 86-92.

33. ___Arockiasamy, D.I. 2002. Forest type mapping and vegetation analysis in part of Kolli hills, eastern ghats of Tamil Nadu, Tropical Ecology, 43(2): 345-349.

34. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I., (2003). Vegetation mapping and slope characteristics in Shervarayan hills, Eastern Ghats using remote sensing and GIS, Current Science, 85

(5), 645 – 653.

35. ___ Arockiasamy, D.I., (2003). Land use/Land cover mapping and change detection

in part of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu using Remote sensing and GIS, Journal of the Indian society of Remote Sensing, 31 (4): 251 - 260.

36. Muthukumar, B. and D.I. Arockiasamy Micropropagation of Daturametel L .Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants 4(2) 7-14. 2003

37. Jayaseelan G. Jayakumar S. Senthilkumar,M and D.I. Arockiasamy Assessment of Forest covers Density in Sirumalai hill, Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu using Remote Sensing. Convergence Vol.6, No.1-4 pp 98-101, 2004

38. A. Ramachandran, S. Jayakumar, and Arockiasamy, D.I. (2004). Need for

reclassification of forest types in India using high-resolution satellite data, field study for better management, Indian Forester, The Indian Forester Vol. 131, No 1,Janauary 2005

39. H. David Raja and D.I. Arockiasamy 2008. In vitro Propagation of Mentha viridis L. from Nodal and Shoot tip Explants. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 18(1): 1-6. (ISSN: 1817-3121)

40. H. David Raja and D.I. Arockiasamy 2008. Micropropagation of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants. Vol. 9(2): 400-403. (ISSN: 1511-8525)

41.