Curriculum Vitae of Dr.KATHIRVELU SAMBANDAN

Name                           :           Dr. K. SAMBANDAN                      

Father’s Name           :           P. Kathirvelu

Sex: M/F                     :           Male

Date of Birth              :           28-05-1965  

Designation                :           Assistant Professor in Botany (SS)

Communication Address

Office :  P.G.Department of Plant Science, Avvaiyar Govt. College for Women,  Karaikal - 609 602 U.T of Puducherry, India

Residence  : No.34, First Floor, North Street, Kovilpathu, Karaikal – 609 605   U.T of Puducherry

E.mail  :  Sambandhan@gmail.com \

Phone/Mobile  :  04368-226380 (Resi); Mobile: 9489260386

Qualification  :         

Ph.D Degree  (Botany – Mycology) was awarded  in  April 1997 with  highly commended.  Title: Investigations on mycorrhizal associations of Neem (Azadirachta indica), Centre for Advance         Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India. 

M.Phil  Degree (Botany - Agricultural  Microbiology) was  awarded in April 1990 with First class  and  Distinction, AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India  

M.Sc (Botany) Degree was awarded in April l988 with First Class, AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu under Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Research Experience:  

     

Worked as CSIR-Senior Research Fellow (1993-96), CSIR-Provisional Research Associate (1996-97) and CSIR-Research Associate (1997-98) under Professor Dr.N.Raman, Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600 025.

Worked as Research Associate in Institute of Applied Manpower Research, IP Estate, New Delhi   from Nov 1998 to May 2002 to develop Science and Technology manpower information system.

Worked as Scientist-B in Botanical Survey of India  (Ministry of Environment  & Forests, Govt. of India) from May 2002  to J an 2004  in  Central  National  Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, West Bengal.

At present, working as Senior Assistant Professor, P.G Dept. of Plant Science, Avvaiyar Government College for  Women, Karaikal -609 602,  U.T of Puducherry  from Jan 2004 to till date, i.e. Sep 2015.

I. Awards, Appriciations & Fellowships  Received

1. Appreciation Certificate for acted as EVALUATOR AT NATIONAL LEVEL for National Children Science Congress, Bangalore December, 2014 organized by Dept of Science and Technology, Govt of India.
2. Best paper award in the NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYTOMEDICINE organized at Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046 from 4-5^th October 2012.
3. Best paper award in MODERN TRENDS IN PLANT TAXONOMY for the paper entitled “Studies on the Preparation of E-flora of Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry”. In: The XXI Annual conference of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and the National Seminar on “Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change” was held at the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Odhisa, India from 2 to 4 December, 2011.
4. Appreciation Certificate for BEST PARTICIPANT COORDINATOR in UGC Sponsored Refresher course from 09^th to 29^th November 2010 from Academic staff college, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
5. Bharatha Rathna Sir.M.Visveshvaraya Memorial NATIONAL PARISARA RATHNA AWARD, 1999 in recognition on contributions in Pollution Control and Environment conservation at the National Seminar on Environmental Pollution and Control at Bangalore, India December 1999.
6. CSIR-Research Associateship, 1997, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
7. CSIR-Provisional Research Associateship, 1996, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
8. CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship, 1993, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.

II. Research Publications:                           

i.  Journals

1. Sambandan, K., Kannan, K, and Raman, N. 1991. Effect of VAM fungus, Glomus geosporum on effluent tolerance of Casuarina equisetifolia. Pollution Research 10 : 55-67  (ISSN: 0257-8050, Published Quarterly Since 1982) (SCOPUS - H Index Rating 16, NAAS Rating - 3.4)
2. Sambandan, K., Kannan, K, and Raman, N.  1992. Distribution of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in heavy metal polluted soils of Tamil Nadu, India. J.Environ.Biol. 13 : 159-167  (ISSN: 0254-8704,  Impact Factor:0.684)
3. Raman, N., N.Nagarajan and K.Sambandan. 1992. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae of tree species in Mamandur forest of Tamil Nadu. J.Tree Sci 11 : 135-139 (ISSN:0970 7662, Published half yearly Since 1982).
4. Raman, N., Nagarajan,N., Gopinathan,S. and Sambandan, K. 1993. Mycorrhizal status of plant species colonizing a Magnesite minespoil in India. Biology and fertility of soils 16: 76-78 (ISSN: 0178-2762, Impact factor 2.505)
5. Sambandan, K., Kannan, K and Raman, N. 1994. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae of Casuarina equisetifolia in different soil types of Tamil Nadu. Indian forester 120 : 510-514 (ISSN: 0019-4816, Published Since 1875)
6. Raman, N and Sambandan, K. 1998. Distribution of VAM fungi in tannery effluent polluted soils of Tamil Nadu, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60 : 142-150 (ISSN: 0007-4861) (Impact factor: 1.105)
7. Raman,N and Sambandan, K. 2000. Axenic germination of Scutellospora erythropa and Scutelospora nigra in in vitro conditions. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 38 : 1159-1163 (ISSN: 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print)) (Impact factor: 1.19).
8. Sambandan, K and Chowdhery, H.J. 2003. Development of herbarium database   in Botanical Survey of India. ENVIS News Letter 9 : 8-9.
9. Sambandan, K and Chowdhery, H.J. 2004. Digital herbarium databases. Indian Journal of Forestry 27 (3): 261-272.  (ISSN: 0971-9431)
10. Sambandan, K and Raman, N. 2005. Studies on neem-arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) profiles in disturbed soils. In: Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Emerging Trends in Plant Microbe Interactions, (Eds.) S.S.Gnanamanickam, R.Balasubramanian and N.Anand. Centre for advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, India. 350-356 p.
11. Newmaster, A.F., Berg, K.J., Ragupathy, S., Palanisamy, M., Sambandan, K and S G Newmaster. 2011. Local Knowledge and Conservation of Seagrasses in the Tamil Nadu State of India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 7:37 (17 pages) (ISSN: 1746-4269) (Impact factor: 2.42).
12. Sambandan, K. and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2011. Diversity of Aquatic macrophytes in Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 35 (3):497-503 (ISSN: 0250-9768)
13. Sambandan, K and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2012. Studies on the Phytodiversity of a Sacred Grove and its Traditional Uses in Karaikal District, U.T. Puducherry. Journal of Phytology 4(2): 16-21 (EISSN: 2075-6240)
14. Sambandan, K., Seethala Devi, K., Santosh Kumar, S., Nancharaiah, M and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2012. Effects of Solar Eclipse on Photosynthesis of Portulaca oleracea and Phyla nodiflora in Coastal Wild Conditions. Journal of Phytology 4(2): 34-40. (EISSN: 2075-6240)
15. Santhosh Kumar, S., Subramanian, A., Uma, C., Rengaiyan, R., Sambandan, K., Sekar, K. G., Sudarshan M and A. Chakraborty. 2012. Trace elemental analysis and antimicrobial activities of Elephantopus scaber L. Journal of Phytology 4(4): 08-13. (EISSN: 2075-6240).
16. Sambandan, K and Dhatchanamoorthy, 2013. Studies on rare medicinal plants of Karaikal district, U.T of Pududcherry. In: Turning Plants into Medicines: Novel approaches (Eds.) T.Parimelazhagan, New India Publsihing Agency, New Delhi, pp 203-212. (ISBN: 978-93-81450-46-8)
17. Sambandan, K, 2014. E-flora and Digital Herbaria: Complementary tools for Plant Taxonomy. In. Trends in Angiosperm Taxonomy (Eds.) R.Ramasubbu and R.Kumythakalavalli, published by Department of Biology, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul, Tmail Nadu, India, pp 113-124  (ISBN: 978-81-909179-7-3)
18. Sambandan, K, 2014. Studies on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) profiles of coastal soils in Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry, India. International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research 03/2014; 2(March/April):307-312. (ISSN: 2321-3124).
19. Ragupathy, S., Newmaster, S.G., Sambandan, K.,  Nirmala, C.B.,  Narasimhan, D and Patel, K., 2014. Securing biocultural diversity of the lost ancient small millets. International Journal on Biodiversity issues (Biodiversity Watch) 4:89-108. (ISSN: 2348-4497)
20. N. Dhatchanamoorthy, K. Sambandan, P. Raja and S. Soosairaj. Drymaria villosa Chamisso & Schlechtendal (Caryophyllaceae) - A New Report to the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology 2 (9): 74-76. (ISSN : 2349-8080).

 ii) Conferences

a. List of Papers Presented in International Conferences

1. Ganesh, K.A., Sambandan, K. and Kannan, K. 1989. Influence of VAM colonization in heavy metal tolerance in plants. In : International symposium on bio-inoculants. Nov 1989, Poondi, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Raman, N., Nagarajan, N., Sambandan, K. and Gopinathan, S. 1991. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal association with teak plantations in Yercaud hills, Tamil Nadu, India. In : International teak symposium, Thiruvanandapurum, Kerala, Dec 1991, pp 69-77
3. Raman, N., Nagarajan, N., Gopinathan, S and Sambandan, K. 1991. Mycorrhizal activity in the pioneering vegetation magnesite and Bauxite mine spoils in India. In : International seminar on managing red lateritic soils for sustainable agriculture, Bangalore. September 1993, 85 p
4. Sambandan, K., Kannan, K. and Raman, N. 1993. VAM fungi with Casuarina equisetifolia at different soil types. II Asian conference on mycorrhizae, Thailand, March 1991. In : Proceedings of second Asian Conference on Mycorrhiza, Ching Mai, Thailand, March 1991, Biotrop special publication No. 42, Bogor, Indonesia. 61-66 p.
5. Raman, N. and Sambandan, K. 1995. Axenic germination of Scutellospora erythropa and Scutellospora nigra using root exudate and soil extract. In : proceedings of the second symposium on biology and biotechnology of mycorrhizae and Third Asian conference on mycorrhizae, Yogakarta, Indonesia, April 1994, Biotrop special publication No. 56, Bogor, Indonesia. 15 p.
6. Raman, N. and Sambandan, K. 1996. Mycorrhizal fungi for reclamation of effluent polluted soils. In : International Conference on the remediation and management of degraded lands. Hong Kong, December 1996.
7. Raman, N and Sambandan, K. 1997. Bio-remediation of tannery effluent polluted soils using mycorrhizal fungi. In : Proceedings of the International conference on Industrial pollution and control technologies, Hyderabad. Allied Publishers limited, p 241-254.
8. Raman, N. and Sambandan, K. 1997. Ecorestoration of tannery effluent polluted soils using mycorrhizal fungi. In : International seminar on ecorestoration, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, Bangalore, organized by Environmental Research Academy International, Visakhapatnum, pp 3.
9. Raman, N. and Sambandan, K. 1998. Ecological studies of VAM fungal association in neem in different soil types of Tamil Nadu, India. In: International symposium on ecology of fungi to be held at Goa University, Goa from Jan 20-22, 1998.
10. Sambandan, K., Kaliamoorthy, S., Selvam,A.B.D. and  Chowdhery, H.J. 2002. An analysis on the importance and utilities of some herbarium databases. In: International symposium on plant biodiversity: conservation and evaluation, organized by Bose Institute, Kolkata, India December 2002, 58 pp.
11. Sambandan, K. and Pathak, A.K. 2003. Herbarium databases. In: Ecoinformatics workshop organized by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, University of Masschusetts, Boston, USA and Indo-Science Technology Forum, New Delhi, held at Bangalore, June 2003.    
12. Pradeep Kumar G. Pillai and Sambandan, K. 2003. Phytodiversity of Shoolpaneshwar wildlife Sanctuary. In: XIII Annual conference of Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy and International symposium on plant taxonomy: advances and relevance. Organized by Department of Botany, T.M.Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, India, November 2003, 56 pp.
13. Sambandan, K. 2006. studies on plant and mycorrhizal diversity in tsunami affected soils of Karaikal district, U.T of Pondicherry. In: International seminar on present trends and future prospects of Angiosperm Taxonomy, organized by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune – 411 004, Maharastra State, October 2006, 95-96 p.
14. Anandanayaki, S., Sambandan, K. and Rajamurugan, J. 2006. Floristic studies of medicinal plants in Karaikal district of Union Territory of Pondicherry. In: International seminar on present trends and future prospects of Angiosperm Taxonomy, organized by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune – 411 004, Maharastra State, October 2006, 121 pp.
15. Sambandan, K. 2007. Studies on arbuscular mycorrhizal profiles of coastal soils of Karaikal District of Puducherry: Post Tsunami scenario. In : 2^nd Asian Conference of Mycology and Plant Pathology, organized by Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology and Osmania University, Hyderabad, India,  December 19-22, 2007
16. Sambandan, K. and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2009. Studies on floristic changes in Tsunami affected coastal vegetation of Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry. In : International Symposium on Angiosperm Systematics & Phylogeny: Retrospects & Prospects organized by National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, November 12-14, 2009
17. Sambandan, K., Dhatchanamoorthy, N. and Nadimuthu, N. 2009. Diversity of aquatic macrophytes in Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry, India. In : International Symposium on Angiosperm Systematics & Phylogeny: Retrospects & Prospects organized by National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, November 12-14, 2009.
18. Sambandan, K. and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2010. Studies on diversity of rare medicinal plants of Karaikal district (U.T of Puducherry). In : International Conference  on Medicinal plants and Herbal Drugs. Challenges and Opportunities in Cultivation, Sustainable Utilization  and Conservation at Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany . Pachaiappa’s College, Chennai – 60 030, India from 4 - 6 March 2010. 35 pp.   
19. Sambandan, K. and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2010. Studies on Riparian flora of Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry. In : International Symposium  on Taxonomy, Plant Diversity and Conservation organized by Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India from 26 - 28 November 2010. 
20. Sambandan, K. and N. Dhatchanamoorthy. 2010. Studies on floristic changes of coastal vegetation of Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry. In : International Symposium  on Taxonomy, Plant Diversity and Conservation organized by Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India from 26 - 28 November 2010.   
21. Sambandan, K and P.Raja, 2013.  Studies on mycorrhizal status of tsunami affected coastal vegetation in South India: Post tsunami scenario In: International Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM7) organized by The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India from Jan 06 -11, 2013.
22. Sambandan, K and P.Raja, 2013.  Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) profiles of coastal soils in South India: a case study from Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry, India. In: International Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM7) organized by The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India from Jan 06 -11, 2013.
23.  K.Sambandan*,  N.Dhatchanamoorthy and J.Jagadeesan., 2014. On-line Version of E-flora at District Level: A Case Study from Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry. Presented in 24^th Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) & International Conference on Trends in Plant Systematics (TIPS) at Department of Botany, Bharathidasan University, Trichy at 31^st October - 2^nd November 2014.
24. K.Sambandan  and N.Dhatchanamoorthy, 2015. Floristic Analysis of Medicinal Plants and its Traditional Practices in the Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry, India. Presented in  International Conference on “Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs  for Human Welfare” Organized by Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, University of Madras from 28^th – 30^th, January 2015.

b. List of Papers Presented in National Conferences

1. Raman, N and Sambandan, K. 1993. Mycorrhizal association of neem trees in the coastal region of Madras. In : All India symposium on bio-fertilizers with reference to nitrogen fixing microorganisms and mycorrhizae, Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, University of Madras ,Chennai,  February 1993.
2. Raman, N., Sambandan, K., Sahadevan, C. and  Selvaraj, T. 1995. Distribution of VAM fungi in tannery effluent polluted soils of Tamil Nadu. In : National conference on mycorrhizal technology, Centre for Advance Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, March 1995.
3. Raman, N., Sambandan, K., Sahadevan, C. and Selvaraj, T. 1995. VAM fungal occurrence in tannery effluent polluted soils of Tamil Nadu. In : Mycorrhizae : biofertilizers for the future, Third national conference on mycorrhizae, Tata energy research Institute, New Delhi, March 1995.
4. Raman, N. and  Sambandan, K. 1996. Studies on mycorrhizal association of neem in Tannery effluent polluted soils of Tamil Nadu, India. In : 37th Annual conference of the association of microbiologists of India, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, December 1996.
5. Sambandan, K. and Raman, N. 1999. Bioremediation trials of tannery effluent polluted soils using mycorrhizal fungi. In : National seminar on environmental pollution and control, NPCECC, Bangalore, December 1999.
6. Raman, N. and Sambandan, K. 2000. VAM fungi for tannery effluent polluted soils. In : Microbes in bioremediation for eco-friendly environment in the new millennium, CAS in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai, January 2000.
7. Dwarakan, P., Selvam, A.B.D., Sambandan, K. and Palanisamy, M. 2002. Diversity of medicinal plants in Othumalai, Salem District, Tamil Nadu. In: National seminar on taxonomy in the study and conservation of plant diversity: a national priority. Organised by Association of Plant Taxonomy at National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, October 2002.
8. Sambandan, K., Kaliamoorthy, S. and Chowdhery, H.J. 2003. Herberium databases: An analysis. In: National seminar on bioinformatics and biodiversity data management organized by Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, May 2003, 8 pp. 
9. Sambandan, K, Pradeep Kumar, G and Narasimhan, K.L. 2004. Herbarium databases for medicinal plants. In : National Symposium on Rural and Ethonobotanical plant remedies – Concervation and Utilization. Organized by Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore  India, 23^rd -25^th September 2004
10. Sambandan, K and Chowdhery, H.J. 2004. Herbarium databases : An essential tool for Taxonomists. In : XIV Annual conference of Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy and National symposium on Biodiverisity conservation. Organized by Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvanathapuram,  Kerela, India, December 2004
11. Pradeep Kumar, G and Sambandan, K, 2004. Ethnobotany of Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary in Bihar: A Preliminary Survey. In : XIV Annual conference of Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy and National symposium on Biodiverisity conservation. Organized by Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvanathapuram,  Kerela, India, December 2004
12.  Sambandan, K and Raman, N. 2005. Studies on neem-arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) profiles in disturbed soils. In: Asian Conference on Emerging Trends in Plant Microbe Interactions, Organized by Centre for advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai-25, India
13. Anandanayaki, S.,  Sambandan, K., Rajamurugan, J. and Jagadeesan, M. 2006. Studies on medicinal plant diversity of Karaikal region of Union Territory of Pondicherry. In: National Symposium on current trends in medicinal plants and herbal technology, organized by National Medicinal Plant Board and Department of Plant Science, K.M.Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Pondicherry, July 2006. 31 pp.
14. Sambandan, K. 2006. Investigations on mycorrhizal profiles of medicinal plants in tsunami affected coastal soils of Karaikal region.  In: National Symposium on current trends in medicinal plants and herbal technology, organized by National Medicinal Plant Board and Department of Plant Science, K.M.Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Pondicherry, July 2006. 71 pp.
15. Sambandan, K. and Raja, P. 2006. Studies on mycorrhizal biofertilizes and their application in cultivation of some medicinal plants. In: National Symposium on current trends in medicinal plants and herbal technology, organized by National Medicinal Plant Board and Department of Plant Science, K.M.Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Pondicherry, July 2006. 73 pp.
16.  Anandanayaki, S.,  Sambandan, K. and Jagadeesan, M. 2007. Studies of ethomedicinal plants of Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry with reference to diuretic and rheumatic diseases. In: National conference on recent trends on medicinal plants research, organized by Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai – 200 025, January 2007, 13 pp.
17. G.Pradeep Kumar and Sambandan, K. 2007. Studies on ethno-medical plant diversity of Rajgir wildlife sanctuary, Bihar. In: National conference on recent trends on medicinal plants research, organized by Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai – 200 025, January 2007, 13 pp.
18. Attended the Seminar on Herbal Analysis and Applications in Centre for Herbal Sciences, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600 025 on 29^th October 2008.
19. Sambandan, K. 2008. Virtual Herbarium Databases. In: DST sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Biodiversity Conservation and Documentation” organized by Post Graduate Department of Plant Science, Mahatma Gandhi Government College, Mahe,– 673311, November 2008`
20. Sambandan, K. 2010. Diversity of less known medicinal plants of Karaikal District (U.T of Puducherry). In: “National Seminar on Modern Trends in Plant Sciences” organized in Department of Botany, Telangana University, Nizamabad, Andra Pradesh, India.
21. Sambandan, K. 2011. Review on the impact of climate changes on selected issues of Phytodiversity. In: UGC sponsored “National Seminar on Impact of climate change on biodiversity” organized by Department of Plant Science, Kanchimamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Puducherry, India, 21 & 22 January, 2011.
22. Sambandan, K and N.Dhatchanamoorthy, 2011. Studies on the phytodiversity of a sacred grove and its traditional knowledge in Karaikal District, U.T. Puducherry" In UGC sponsored “National Seminar on Conservation and utilization of Rural and Ethnomedical plants” (CUREMP-2011), Dept of Botany, Gobi Arts & Science College, Gobichettipalayam, 28 & 29 January 2011.
23. Sambandan, K and N.Dhatchanamoorthy, 2012. Studies on the rare medicinal plants of Karaikal district, U.T. of Puducherry. In: National Conference on Phytomedicine organized at Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046 from 4-5^th October 2012.
24. Sambandan, K., 2013. Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Common Weeds.  In: National Seminar on approaches and applications of Nanoscience  and Nano Technology organized by Ayyanadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu  on September 12-13, 2013.
25.  Sambandan, K and Dhatchanamoorhty, N. 2013. Preparation of online application of E-flora of Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherr. In: XXIII Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and National Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy Research Organized by the Department of Botany, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India on December 27-29^th 2013.
26. Sambandan, K and Dhatchanamoorhty, N. 2014. Digital flora of Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry, India: A complementary tool for monitoring and protection of Phytodiversity. In: National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilization organized by Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from January 28-29^th 2014.
27. Dhatchanamoorthy, N., Soosairaj, S and Sambandan, K. 2014. Threatened plants of the Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.National Symposium on recent advances in medicinal and aromatic plants organized by St.Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India on 5^th February, 2014.
28. Sambandan, K and Dhatchanamoorthy, 2014. Studies on Traditional Health Care practices of selected medicinal plants of Karaikal District, U.T of Puducherry. In: Nation Seminar on Conservation, characterization and cultivation of Medicinal plants for sustainable utilization and community welfare organized by Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamuniver Centre for Post-Graduate Studies, Puducherry and Society for conservation and Resource development of Medicinal Plants (SMP), New Delhi on 23-25 February, 2014, abstract book p 67.
29. Sambandan, K, 2014. Arbuscular mycorrhizal profiles of coastal soil of Karaikal district, U.T of Puducherry. In. National Conference on Fungal biotechnology for Food and Chemicals and 40^th Annual meetings of Mycological Society of India organized by Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Portonovo, Tamil Nadu from February 27 – 28^th 2014 , abstract book pp 17-18.

III) Workshops Attended

1. First Asian Conference on Mycorrhizae, January, 1988, University of Madras, India.
2. National level workshop on application of Tissue Culture in Plantation Forestry improvement, Department of Botany, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Ecoinformatics Workshop organized by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, University of Masschusetts, Boston, USA and Indo-Science Technology Forum, held at Bangalore, June 2003.    
4. National Symposium cum Workshop on Animal Cell Culture and Bioinformatics organized by Department of Biotechnology, E.G.S.Pillay Arts and Science College, Nagapattinam – 611 002, Tamil Nadu, February 2006.
5. UGC Sponsored 85^th Orientation course for college teachers from 03^th to 30^th August 2006 from Academic staff college, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India with ‘A’ grade.  
6. Capacity Building Training in Plant Taxonomy Organized by Botanical Survey of India from January 19-31, 2009, BSI Southern Circle, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
7. Two day Training Programme on Art of Counselling for faculty members organized by the Puducherry Women’s Commission held on 26-27 July, 2010 at Karaikal, U.T of Puducherry, India.
8. UGC Sponsored Refresher course in Botany from 09^th to 29^th Novermber 2010 from Academic Staff college, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India with ‘A’ grade.  
9.  UGC Sponsored Refresher course in Biology from 30^th to 20^th December 2012 from Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India with ‘A’ grade.  
10.  Three days workshop on “Certificate Program on Climate change and Health” was organized by Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai – 600 016, Tamil Nadu, India from 18th – 20th   November 2013.

IV)  Research Projects Handled

1. Botanical Survey of India (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt of India)  departmental project on Flora of Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary, Nalanda Distrct, Bihar was successfully completed on December 2003.
2. UGC Research Project on Studies on diversity of mycorrhizal profiles in coastal saline soil vegetation around Karaikal, U.T of Pondicherry was successfully completed on April 2007 (MRP-661/05 (UGC-SERO) Link No: 1661.0 dated Feb 2005.
3. UGC Major Research Project on “Phytodiversity of Karaikal district (U.T of Puducherry) and preparation of e-flora” from Feb 2009 to Feb 2012. Total grant of Rs.9,14,000/-

V) Membership in Professional Societies

1. Life membership in Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) from 2005, Calicut University – 673 635, Kerala, India
2. Life membership in Association of Plant Taxonomy (Phytotaxonomy) from 2004, Kolkata, India.
3. Membership in International Directory of Mycorrhizologists (IDM) maintained by the International Mycorrhiza Society (IMS) from 2001.   http://idm.mycorrhizas.org/
4. Life Membership in Mycological Society of India from 2011, Chennai, India
5. Membership in Climate Change network from 2012

VI. Lead lectures

1. Sambandan, K., 2011. Lead lecture on effect of climate change on phytodiversity: in : Seminar on Climate change and Biodiversity Conservation organized by Department of plant Science,  Kanchimamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Puducherry, India, 21 & 22 January, 2011.

2. Sambandan, K., 2012, Resource person for UGC Sponsored National level workshop in Angiosperm Systematics and delvered invited lecture on Taxonomy at Digital age at Centre for Research and PG Studies in Botany, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu on 03-03-2012

3. Sambandan, K., 2013. Invited lecture on “E-flora” delivered in the Botany Association inauguration and Seminar at Department of Botany, Tagore Arts College, Puducherry on  08-08-2013.

4.  Sambandan, K., 2013. Resource person for One day Workshop on e-flora and e- herbaria at Post Graduate Department of Botany, Ayya nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi -626 124 , Tamil Nadu on 26-07-2013.

5. Sambandan, K., 2014. Resource person for National Workshop cum training program on conventional and modern aspects of Plant Taxonomy at Department of Biology, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram – 624 302 Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu.

6. Sambandan, K., 2014. Invited Lecture on “Digital Flora” delivered in the National Conference on Biotechnology…., Parasakthi College for Women, Courtallam, Tamil Nadu, India on …..2014.

7. Sambandan, K., 2014. Invited Lecture on E-flora at district level delivered in the Inauguration of Botany Association at Department of Botany, St’Joseph College, Tiruchirappallli on  … 2014.

8. Sambandan, K., 2014. Special Lecture on Global warming delivered in the Plant Biology and Biotechnology Association at Sri AVVM Pushpum College Poondi, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu on  … 2014.

VII. Other Scientific Activities

1. Working as President in Puducherry Science Forum in Karaikal District and initiated various science research projects at school level.

2. Course Coordinator for UGC- Carrier Oriented programme in Mushroom Culture and Biofertilizers at Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Karaikal from 2009 to 2011.

3.  Act as Technical Consultant in Biotrack Technology (P) Ltd, an International Biofertilizer company at Chennai from 2004.

4.  Act as Technical Consultant for Centre for Bio-cultural Diversity (CBD), a non-governmental organization working towards conservation of biodiversity at Chennai from 2008.   

5.   Science awareness lectures to various school students from 2004 to till date in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

VIII. Awareness Lectures

1. Chief guest and Invited lecture on “Environmental awareness” for NSS School Students in the District Level NSS Camp at Govt High School, Thalatheru and planting the tree saplings.
2. Invited Lecture on “Mind and Social service” and in NSS College students in the NSS camp site at Sabastiyar kovil, Karaikal on  December 2013
3. Chief Guest and Invited Lecture on “Science temper” in the National Science Day Celebrations in the Thandai Periyar Hr.Sec.School, Kovilpathu, Karaikal on 27^th January 2014.
4. Chief Guest and Invited Lecture on “Science Awareness” in the CSS Programme in Ammaiyar High School, Karaikal on 03-03-2014
5. Special Lecture on “Solid Waste Management” in NSS Programme in our college on 10-04-2014.

XI. Others

1.     External member for Botany in the Board of Studies Meeting conducted by SFR College for Women, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu on Feb 2014.

2.     Doctoral committee Member for a Ph.D scholar at Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu.

3.  External Examiner for Ph.D Viva voce at Sri AVVM Pushpum College Poondi, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu on 10-10-2014.

4.  External Examiner for Ph.D thesis at Kundavai Naacchiyar Govt Arts College for Women, Thanjavur December 2014.

5.     Editorial board in the Phytotaxonomy Journal from 2014

6.     Referee for editing research papers in various national and international journals

X. Web Resources

1. Coordinator for preparation of Eflora of Karaikal District, 2014: A Complete web resource acted as flora of Karaikal District with its correct name, description, distribution and multiple images of all plant species.  http://www.eflorakkl.in/
2. Team member for preparation of WEED ID: Digital flora of weeds for University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2015. http://www.weedid.ca/
3. Digital herbarium database for Dilleniaceae, for Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, 2003.