Curriculam Vitae of N.S. Nagarajan
Curriculam Vitae of N.S. Nagarajan
Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry &Dean, Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences
M.Sc., Ph. D
Undergone trainging in rural development in NIRD, Hyderabad
35 years of UG & 27 years of PG teaching experience
30 years of research experience in Chemsitry of Natural Products
5. New courses / programmes Evolved / Organised
Evolved along with other faculty members a two year M.Sc (Chemistry) – Non-semester ( Week end ) course
Evolved a one year Post Graduate Diploma programme in " Herbal Processing, Drug design & Development" – Approved by the authorities of GRI
Renovated UG & PG laboratories of the Department of Chemistry as Head of the department of Chemistry with financial assistance from DST-FIST and SAP-UGC
Served / serving in the Institute as
N.S.S. Programme Officer for 4 years
Programme Co-ordinator for N.S.S for 2 years
Resident Warden for 3 years
Coordinator for Coaching Centre for Tamilnadu Professional Courses Entrance
Examinations (CCPEE) for 3 years
Contoller of Examinations for 3 years
Head of the department of Chemistry for 3 years (2001 – 2004) and from Feb 2007 till date
Member of Academic Council since 1986
Member of Senate since 2008
Dean of the Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences since 2008
Chairman for Counsil for Self Supporting Programmes for I year
Co-ordinator for M.Sc (Chemistry) – Non-semester (week end ) course for 7 years
Coordinator for M.Phil (Chemistry) programme since 2007
Coordinator for Steering Committee for NAAC Re-accreditation
Coordinator for Choice Based Credit system for 6 years
Has 30 years of research guidance in Chemistry of Natural Products - both phytochemical and pharmacological examination aspects of medicinal plants
9. Research projects undertaken
Has completed two research projets in the area of chemical and biological aspects of medicinal plants , one from the un assigned grants of UGC and the other from L RAMP
1. Understanding of the mass spectrometric fragmentation pathways of a few potentially genotoxic holoaniline isomers in their protonated form by collision – induced dissociation Rex Patricka*., N.S.Nagarajanb, Hefeng Panc, Subhra Kanti, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 56, 721 – 727, 2011.
2. Chemical Analysis and Evaluation of Analgesic and CNS Depressant Activity of Polianthes Tuberosa Absolute, Sugumar Pandian D., Nagarajan.N.S., Natural Product Communications, 6, 1-3, 2011.
3. Antifibrotic and Hepatoprtotective activities of 5,7 – dihydroxy-2’, 3’, 5’, 6’ – tetramethoxy isoflavone from Dalbergia rubiginosa, Senthamarai. R, N.S.Nagarajan and Ismail. A.M., Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Products and Traditional Medicine, Xian, China Aug 2010.
4. “Bio-active isoflavones from seeds of Dalbergia sissoides” T. Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Products and Traditional Medicine, Xian, China, Aug. 2010.
5. Studies on the antihyperlipidemic properties of Averrhoa bilimbi fruit in rats, Ambili.S, Subramoniam A, Nagarajan N.S., Planta Med. 75 (1) : 55-8, 2009.
6. Antilithiatic Activity of Leaves of Dalbergia rubiginosa Roxb, N.S.Nagarajan, V. Nandagopalan, R.Senthamarai, A.J.M. Christina and A.M. Ismail, Hamdard Medicus, Vol.51, No.1, 2008.
7. Antioxidant activity of Dalbergia rubiginosa (Roxb) against ethanol induced liver damage, N.S. Nagarajan, V. Nandagoplan, R. Senthamarai and A.M. Ismail, Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine, 10, 84, 2006.
8. Two new isoflavonoids from the roots of Dalbergia congesta (Grah) R.Priya Rao, C.N. Manoj, M.G. Sethuraman and N.S. Nagarajan, Journal of Asian Natural Product Research, 8, 143, 2006.
9. Dalsympathetin, a new isoflavone gentiobioside from Dalbergia sympathetica N.S. Nagarajan, M.G. Sethuraman, C.N. Manoj and R.Priya Rao, Natural Product Research, 20, 195, 2006.
10. Antidiabetic and antihyperlipemic effects of Clemeo felina, N.S. Nagarajan, N.Murugesh, P.Thirupathy kumaresan, N.Radha and A.Murali, Fitoterapia, 76, 2005, 310 – 315.
11. Piperidone derivative from Dalbergia sympathetica, N. Shanmugam N.S.Nagarajan, R.Priya Rao, C. Narayanan Manoj and M. Gopalakrishnan Sethuraman, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 43, 2005, 264 – 265.
12. Studies on anti-inflammatory activity of Dalbergia malabarica (Prain), N.S.Nagarajan, R.Senthamarai, A.J.M. Christna and A.M.Ismail. Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 6(1) 2005, 45-49.
13. Antioxidant activity and wound healing activity of the benzene extract of Derris benthamii, N.S.Nagarajan, P.Gnanasoundari and P.Thirupathy kumaresan International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2 (1), 2004, 116 – 119.
14. Antiulcer activity of Dalbergia sissoides (Grah), N.S.Nagarajan, D.Sukumar pandiyan and P.Thirupathy kumaresan, Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 5(1), 2004, 53 – 57.
15. Complete 13C and 1H spectral assignments of two isoflavones from the roots of Dalbergia horrida ,C.N.Manoj , R.PriyaRao, N.S. Nagarajan and Muralitharan Kaliyaperumal, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2003, 41, 227 – 228.
16. Flavonoid constituents of Dalbergia sisssoids, N.S. Nagarajan and V.Narayanan, Fitoterapia, 1988, 5, 430.
17. Chemical constituents of the roots of Dalbergia sissoids, N.S.Nagarajan and V. Narayanan, Fitoterapia,1988, 4,341.
18. Two isoflavone galactosides from Dalbergia spinosa, N.S. Nagarajan and V.Narayanan, Phytochemistry,1988, 27,2364.
19. Dalspinin and Dalspinosin- Two new isoflavones from Dalbergia spinosa, N.S.Nagarajan, P.V. Raman, V,Narayanan , N. Neelakantan and R.Gandhidasan, Indian Journal of Chemistry,1982, 21 B, 385.
List papers presented in conferences / seminars
1. “Microwave Assisted One Step Green Synthesis Of Silver Nanoparticles Using Dalbergia Sissoides”, N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, International Conference on Synthetic and Structural Chemistry (ICSSC 2011), Mangalore University, Mangalore, India, Dec. 8 – 10, 2011
2. A study on phenolic mordants for vegetable dyeing, N.S.Nagarajan and K.Rajkumar, The Fiber Society 2011 spring conference, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 271, May 23 – 25, 2011.
3. “In-vitro evaluation of Biological activities silver nanoparticles synthesized by using Dalbergia rostrata stem”, N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Synthetic Methods and Chemistry of Natural Products (SMNP-2011), Annamalai Nagar, Oct. 14 – 15, 2011.
4. “Green Ultrasonic assisted template synthesis of Silver nanoparticles using Dalbergia rubiginosa root aqueous extract and in-vitro evaluation of Anti-inflammatory activity” N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, International Conference on Nano science and Nano Technology (ICNN 2011), CIT, Coimbatore, Jul. 6 – 8, 2011.
5. “Green Corrosion Inhibitors of Dalbergia sympathetica leaf Ethanolic Extract for Mild Steel in 1N H2SO4 and 1N HCl Media”, N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, XI Tamilnadu Science Congress, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, India, Jun. 26-27, 2011.
6. “Chemical Composition and In-vitro Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil from Atlantia monophylla Leaves”, N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, XI Tamilnadu Science Congress, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, India, Jun. 26-27, 2011.
7. “Evaluation of Anticorrosion, In vitro Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Composition of Essential Oil from Chloroxylon sweitenia Leaves” N.Muniyappan and N.S.Nagarajan, XI Tamilnadu Science Congress, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, India, Jun. 26-27, 2011.
8. “Invitro Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory activity of Dalspinin isolated form Dalbergia coromandaliana”, T. Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, XI Tamilnadu Science Congress, Jun. 26-27, 2011 Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
9. “Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Ethanolic Extracts Dalbergia rostrata for Mild Steel in Acid Media” , T. Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, XI Tamilnadu Science Congress, Jun. 26-27, 2011 Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
10. Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Acid Extracts of Citrus medica for Mild Steel in Acid Media, A.Karthika, T.Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, National Conference on Recent Advances in Elctro analytical Techniques, Feb. 25-26, 2010
11. Development of Green Corrosion Inhibitors – Anti Corrosions Studies and Azima tetracantha Stem in Mild Steel, B.S. Binitha, T.Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, National Conference on Recent Advances in Elctro analytical Techniques, Feb. 25-26, 2010.
12. Corrosion inhibition effect of Dalbergia sympathetica root extract for mild steel in H2SO4 medium, T. Radha and N.S.Nagarajan, National Conference on Materials Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Oct. 9-10 2009, PP-33
13. Anti convulsant activity of olibergin a from Dalbergia rostrata, N.S.Nagarajan, P.Gnanasoundari and P.Thirupathy Kumaresan, National Seminar on Current developments in chemistry,(NSCDC- 2007) Jan. 18-19, 2007.
14. Hepatoprotective activity of olibergin-A isolated from Dalbergia rostrata, National seminar on Recent advances in Chemistry P.Gnanasoundari and N.S.Nagarajan, Annamalai Nagar, Mar. 10-11, 2006.
15. Isolation, charcterisation and Neuropharmacological Studies of the Phytoconstituents from Dalbergia rostrata, IUPAC International conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products (ICOB-5 & ISCNP-25), P. Thirupathy Kumaresan and N.S.Nagarajan, Kyoto, Japan, Jul. 23-28, 2006.
16. Diuretic activity of the roots extract of Dalbergia rubiginosa, N.S.Nagarajan, V.Nandagopalan, R. Senthamarai and A.M. Ismail, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Applied Chemistry, St. Joseph’s college, Tiruchirapalli, Jan. 10-11, 2005, p 20
17. Antifertility activity of caviunin from Dalbergia malabarica in male Albino rats, N.S.Nagarajan, P. Thirupathy kumaresan and P. Gnanasoundari, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Applied Chemistry, St. Joseph’s college, Tiruchirapalli, Jan. 10-11, 2005, p 25
18. Anti-inflammatory activity of alcoholic extract of dried flowers of Radermachera xylocarpa, P. Thrupathy kumaresan, N.S. Nagarajan, P.Gnanasoundari and N. Murugesh, National Seminar on Cheminformatics & Drug a design, Fatima college, Madurai, Sep. 29-30, 2005, p. 14
19. Antipyretic activity of 5,7-dihydroxy,2’3’5’6’-tetramethoxy isoflavone from the alcoholic extract of Dalbergia malabarica leaves, N.S. Nagarajan, P.Gnanasoundari and P. Thirupathy kumaresan, National Seminar on Cheminformatics & Drug design, Fatima college, Madurai, Sep. 29- 30, 2005, p. 13
20. Hepatoprotective activity of flavonoids from the flowers of Carteava maralinga, N.S. Nagarajan, P.Gnanasoundari, P.Thirupathy kumaresan, K. Uma Alwar and A. Dhanraj National Seminar on Cheminformatics & Drug design, Fatima college, Madurai, Sep. 29-30 2005, p. 55
21. Antidespair activity of Dolichandrone ursata, N.S.Nagarajan, P.Thirupathy kumaresan, N. Murugesh, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Isolation, Characterization, Synthesis and Biological Studies of Organic Compounds, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Mar. 5-6 2004, p. 26.
22. Studies on the antihyperlipimic property of Averrhoa bilimbi (Linn) in the high fat diet fed rats, S. Ambili, A. Subramoniam and N.S. Nagarajan, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Isolation, Characterization , Synthesis and Biological Studies of Organic Compounds, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Mar. 5-6, 2004, p.65
23. Modulating effect of Dalbergia rubiginosa against ethanol induced liver damage, N.S.Nagarajan, V.Nandagopalan, A.J.M.Christiana and R.Senthamarai, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Isolation, Characterization, Synthesis and Biological Studies of Organic Compounds, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Mar. 5-6, 2004, p. 64
24. Antilithiatic effect of Dalbergia rubiginosa, N.S.Nagarajan, V.Nandagopalan, A.J.M. Christiana and R. Senthamarai, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Isolation, Characterization, Synthesis and Biological Studies of Organic Compounds, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Mar. 5-6, 2004, p. 48
25. Dalhorrinin, a new acylated isoflavone glycoside from the roots of Dalbergia horrida, N.S.Nagarajan, R.Priya and C.N.Monoj, International Federation of World Conference of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sydney, Sep. 4-9, 2003
26. Anti oxidant activity of Dalbergia rostrata leaves, N.S.Nagarajan, R.Priya and C.N. Monoj, International Federation of World Conference of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sydney, Sep. 4 -9, 2003
11. Short term Courses / Symposium / Conferences organized
12. Membership in Scientific Bodies / Association
Life Member of Indian Pharmacy Association
Resource person for invited lectures in a number of National seminars / Conferences /Refresher courses
Reviewer in Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
Member of a number of committees ( in GRI only )
Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Japan, and Sri Lanka
Controller of Examinations (3 years)
Head of the Department of Chemistry ( 2002- 2005 and since Feb 2007
Dean, Faculty of Rural Orientd sciences since August 2008