Profile
Name Dr. P. K. Praveen Kumar
Designation Professor
Areas of Interest Drug/Vaccine Design & Development, Pharmacognosy, Computational Biology, Immunopharmacology
Room No. 12-109
Intercom No. 582, 576
Mobile 9444495008
Email Id (Official) praveenpk@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal) pkpraveen2006@gmail.com
Qualification
  • Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai, 2020.
  • PG (Biopharmaceutical technology), A.C.Tech Campus, Anna University Chennai, 2006.
  • UG (Chemical Engineering), VIT, Vellore, Madras University, 2000.
Academic Experience
    Teaching

  • Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil nadu (Nov 2022 – present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil nadu (Dec 2019 – Oct 2022)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil nadu (Jun 2010 – Nov 2019)
  • Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil nadu (Jun 2008 – May 2010)
  • Lecturer, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamilnadu (Jul 2007 – May 2008)
  • Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Engineering College, Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu, India (Jul 2006 – Jun 2007)
  • Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (May 2006 – Jul 2006)

    • Research

  • ANRF-TARE Research Associate, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (Dec 2021 – Feb 2025).
  • SERB-TARE Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (Dec 2021 – Nov 2024).

    • Industry

  • CEO & Founder – Phytonanos Drug Technologies, Chennai (Dec’2024 – Present)
  • Software Engineer, SSI Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Nov 2000 – Jul 2002)
  • Software Programmer, Unique Computers., Chennai, Tamil Nadu (May 2000 – Nov 2000)
Courses Handled
    Theory Courses

  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Computational Systems Biology
  • Thermodynamics for Biotechnologists
  • Protein Engineering and Proteomics
  • Research and Research Methodology in Biotechnology
  • Animal Biotechnology
  • Genomics and Proteomics

    • Laboratory Courses

  • Bioinformatics Laboratory
  • Chemical Engineering laboratory
Research & Consultancy
    Research Grants Received from External Agency:

  • Name of the Team Leader: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Team Members: Ms. Preethi J, Ms. Magdalene P, Ms. Nithyasree V
    Title of the Project: Withanolide A – A potent inhibitor of mitochondrial HSP90 of Hepatocellular carcinoma
    Name of the funding agency: All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, Govt. of India,
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 5,00,000/-
    Duration: 01/05/2024-31/08/2025
    Status: Completed
  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): Prof. Michael Gromiha (Mentor)
    Title of the Project: Efficacy of HSP90 mitochondrial targeting of Withanolide A & Withaferin A in Hepatocellular carcinoma
    Name of the Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation, Govt. of India
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 18,30,000/-
    Duration: 03/12/2021-28/02/2025
    Status: Completed

    • Student Project – Use the following format:
    Project-1

  • Name of the Student: Ms. Sakthi Lalitha Sri S
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Plant based- selection of functional algae and their fractionation to create suitable proteins and fats for seafood product application.
    Name of the Funding Agency: The India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge – Good Food Institute, India
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 1,07,000/-
    Duration: 2021-2022
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-2

  • Name of the Student: Ms. Harinee S, Ms. Gomathi T, Ms. Aakanksha Venkateswar, Ms. Preyadarshne T, Ms. Angelin Selva Princess K
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Identifying covalent spike protein inhibitors to control the infection of SARS COV-2 from small molecule databases
    Name of the Funding Agency: Drug Discovery Hackathon funded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor., Govt. of India
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 3,00,000/- Internship
    Duration: 2020-2021
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-3

  • Name of the Student: Ms. Arthi U, Ms. Subashree S
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Nipah virus vaccine design by reverse vaccinology approach.
    Name of the Funding Agency: Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Tamilnadu
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
    Duration: 2018-2019
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-4

  • Name of the student: Ms. Sneha N, Ms. Priyaranjani
    Name of the Faculty mentor: Dr.P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: In vitro studies of Withaferin A on mitochondrial targeting of mitochondrial HSP90 in Hepatocellular carcinoma
    Name of the Funding Agency: Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Tamilnadu
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
    Duration: 2022-2023
    Status: Completed

    • Intramural Research Grants: Use the format as mentioned above for external agency
    Project-1

  • Name of the Student: Ms. Arthi U, Ms. Subashree S
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Nipah virus vaccine design by reverse vaccinology approach.
    Name of the Funding Agency: Intramural Grant, SVCE
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
    Duration: 2018-2019
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-2

  • Name of the Student: Mr. Karthik Raj, Ms. Deva priya S
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Effect of Withanolide A treated Dendritic cells on T cell proliferation.
    Name of the Funding Agency: Intramural Grant, SVCE
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 9,500/-
    Duration: 2017-2018
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-3

  • Name of the Student: Ms. Akila M, Mr. Naresh M
    Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Title of the Project: Effect of Boeravinone B on DCs-T cell interaction.
    Name of the Funding Agency: Intramural Grant, SVCE
    Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 9,000/-
    Duration: 2016-2017
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Consultancy Projects:
    Project-1

  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar (Mentor)
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): Mrs. I. Sri devi(Ph.D Student)
    Title of the Project: Epitope based vaccine design for genotype3 of Hepatitis C virus
    Name of the Sponsor: VelTech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology
    Consultancy Amount: Rs. 11,800/-
    Duration: 2022-2023
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-2

  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar (Mentor)
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): Mr. Mohammed Salman (M.Sc Student)
    Title of the Project: In silico binding studies of Withaferin derivatives targeting KRAS and its associated genes linked with pancreatic cancer
    Name of the Sponsor: Shri Krishna Arts and Science College (Bharathiar University)
    Consultancy Amount: Rs. 5,000/-
    Duration: 2021-2022
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-3

  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar (Mentor)
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): Mr. Aakash Raj (M.Sc Student)
    Title of the Project: In silico binding studies of Withanolide derivatives targeting TP53 and its associated genes linked with pancreatic cancer
    Name of the Sponsor: Shri Krishna Arts and Science College (Bharathiar University)
    Consultancy Amount: Rs. 5,000/-
    Duration: 2021-2022
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-4

  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): -NA-
    Title of the Project: Content Developing in B.Voc in Manufacturing Technology (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and B.Voc in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    Name of the Sponsor: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai)
    Consultancy Amount: Rs. 91,000/-
    Duration: 2014-2017
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Project-5

  • Name of the Principal Investigator: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Co-PI (if any): -NA-
    Title of the Project: Curriculum Developing in P.G diploma in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and P.G diploma in Life Sciences
    Name of the Sponsor: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai)
    Consultancy Amount: Rs. 14,000/-
    Duration: 2016-2017
    Status: Completed / Ongoing

    • Patent Details:
    Patent-1

  • Name of the Inventor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Applicants: Dr. Nikhat Farhana, Dr. S. Thenmozhi, Ms. Bhawana Kapoor, Dr. S. Srinivasan, Dr. Shubhajit Halder, Dr. Manoj kumar katual, Dr. Amarendranath Choudhury, Dr. Sunil kumar, Dr. Deepika Kapoor, Dr. Harikumar Pallathadka.
    Title of Invention: Bacillus cereus can cause experimental Endophthalmitis, which can be treated with Moxifloxacin with or without dexamethasone
    Application No & Date of Filing: 202241040267, 13.07.2022
    Status of Patent: Filed / Published / Granted 22.07.22
    Patent No and Date (If Granted): -NA-

    • Patent-2

  • Name of the Inventor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Applicants: Ms. Rakhi Bakuli, Dr. Ponnu Kangeswari, Dr. Abdul Rahman H Ali, Dr. Priti Nilesh Bhagat, Mr. Prasanna Lohe, Mr. Pranit Dinesh Thakare, Mr. Jyotirmay Sarkar, Mr. Soumitra Sahana, Mr. Logeswaran and Dr. V. Kannan.
    Title of Invention: Biomedical imaging system for cancer screening using artificial intelligence
    Application No & Date of Filing: 202231059318, 17.10.2022
    Status of Patent: Filed / Published / Granted 21.10.2022
    Patent No and Date (If Granted): -NA-
  • Research Supervisorship: Recognized as research supervisor for MS (By research and PhD by Anna University, Chennai (Ref. No: 3950003).
    Number of PhD Completed:-NA-
    Number of currently Pursuing PhD: 1
    Number of UG Students Guided: 42
    Number of PG Students Guided: 9
  • Details of Research Scholars guided/guiding:
    Name of the Scholar: Ms. Sakthi Lalitha Sri S
    Category: Full Time / Part Time
    Title of the Research Work:
    Year of Registration: Jan’2023
    Status: Registered / Confirmation / Synopsis Submitted / Thesis Submitted / Completed
    Date of Completion: Jan’2027

    • Patent-3

  • Name of the Inventor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Applicants: Dr.Gargishankar verma, Mr. Ibrar Ahmed, Dr.S.Vijayanand, Colonel Prof. Dr. N N. Murthy, Prof. (Dr.) Varsha Deva, Dr. Preet Jain, Dr. V.Kannan
    Title of the Invention: Liver cancer detector
    Application No.& Date of Filing: 439080-001, 21.01.2025
    Status of Patent: Granted

    • Patent-4

  • Name of the Inventor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Applicants: Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited
    Title of the Invention:Nano drug delivery device for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    Application No.& Date of Filing: 449492-001, 09.06.2025
    Status of Patent: Granted

    • Patent-5

  • Name of the Inventor: Dr. P.K.Praveen Kumar
    Name of the Applicants: Dr. Balakumar Balakrishnan, Mr. Satnam singh khanuja, Dr. Dheerendra kumar, Ms. Riddhi bhatt, Mrs. Preethi jaya prakash, Prof. Ashutosh gohel, Ms. Akshaya shivani, Mr. Adhithya vishagan
    Title of the Invention:IOT-Based Drug waste Management Device
    Application No.& Date of Filing: 6507326, 05.03.2026
    Status of Patent: Granted

    • Research Supervisor details:

  • Recognized as research supervisor for MS (By research and PhD by Anna University, Chennai (Ref. No: 3950003).
  • Number of PhD Completed – NIL
  • Number of currently pursuing PhD: 2
  • Number of UG students guided: 60+
  • Number of PG students guided: 10+
  • DC member for Ph.D scholars: 7
  • External Examiner for PhD scholars: 3
  • Details of Ph.D Scholars guiding:
  • Name of the Scholar: Mr. Koustav Adhikary
    Category: Full Time
    Title of the Research Work: Immunomodulation on the effect of Phyllanthus niruri on HSP90 in dendritic cells for breast cancer treatment .
    Year of Registration: Jul’2025
    Status: Registered
    Date of completion: Jul’2028
  • Name of the Scholar: Ms. Preethi J
    Category: Full Time
    Title of the Research Work: Studies on the effect of Withanolide-A nanoparticles on HSP90 in type-2 diabetes mellitus and its association with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. .
    Year of Registration: Jan’2024
    Status: Completed Provisional Registration
    Date of completion: Jul’2027
  • Name of the Scholar: Ms. Preethi J
    Category: Full Time
    Title of the Research Work: Studies on the effect of Anthocyanin on HSP90 in type 2 diabetes and its association with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
    Year of Registration: Jan’2024
    Status: Registered
    Date of completion: Jul’2027

    • Publications: (Published and accepted articles only)
    Review papers:

  • Kevin M, Srinidhi Varadharajan, P.K.Praveen Kumar*, Shreeiya Swaminathan, R.Dharshini (2025), Mitochondrial-based nanomedicine in treatment of Liver Cancer, Molecular Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s12033-025-01523-4.
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar* (2025). Docking profiling and prediction of drug targets. Global Journal of Basic Science. 2025, 1(4). 1-5. DOI: 10.63454/jbs20000018. ISSN: 3049-3315
  • Shanmugam DAS, Balaraman AD, Kar A, Franco A, Arjun Chandra Balaji B, Meenakumari S, Praveenkumar PK, Gayathri R, Ganesan VK, Vijay Kumar M, Senthilkumar K, Shanthi B (2025), Mini review: Bidirectional Regulation of Circadian Rhythm by Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Nuclear Receptors in Female Mammals. Journal of Circadian Rhythms. 23(1): 4, 1–16. DOI: 10.5334/jcr.245.
  • Nithyasree V, Magdalene P, Praveen Kumar PK*, Preethi J, Michael Gromiha (2025), Role of HSP90 in Type2 Diabetes mellitus and its association with Liver diseases, Molecular Biotechnology, Vol. 67, 2997–3009. DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01251-1. ISSN: 1559-0305
  • Praveen Kumar PK*, Harini Sundar, Kamalavarshini Balakrishnan, Sakthivel Subramaniam, Hemalatha R, Kevin M, Michael Gromiha, (2025), The role of HSP90 and TRAP1 targets on treatment in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Molecular Biotechnology, 1-15.
  • Ashwini Devi Balaraman, Dharani Abirama Sundari Shanmugham, Meenakumari S, Abhijit Kar, Abishek Franco, Arjun Chandra Balaji B, Praveen Kumar P K, Gayathri R, Dharshene K (2023), Two novel SNPs, rs1545 and rs1547, in the BBS6/MKKS gene of Bardet Biedl syndrome have been linked to metabolic syndrome: Review, Tamilnadu Journal of Public Health and Medical Research, Vol.3, Issue.1, Pg. 73-86.
  • Praveen Kumar P K*, Ashwini Verma Nayaker, Priyadharshini A, Dharani Abirama Sundari S, Sivanandham M, Amrutha K, Prasanna D Revanasidappa, (2023), Molecular docking and simulation binding analysis of Boeravinone B with Caspase-3 and EGFR of Hepatocellular carcinoma, Letters in Drug Design and Discovery, Vol.20, No.2, 238-244. DOI: 10.2174/1570180819666220805163725.
  • Hamed Ishaq Khouja, Ibraheem Mohammed Ashankyty, Leena Hussein Bajrai, P.K Praveen Kumar, Mohammad Amjad Kamal and Mohammad Mobashir, (2022), Stage-wise gene expression profiling reveals potential genes and the pathways in kidney cancer, Scientific reports, 12 (1): 7240, pp. 1-10. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-523406/v.
  • Rekha Ravindran, Praveen kumar P.K*, Sriram Kumar, Sujata Roy, Sakthi Abbirami Gowthaman, Johanna Rajkumar, (2022), In silico studies of PARP1 and P2Y1 receptors as prospective targets of Withaferin-A for Cardiovascular diseases, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 323-336. DOI: 10.2174/1570180819666211228103102.
  • Praveen Kumar P.K*, Sekar Subasree, Udhayachadran Arthi, Mobashir Imam, Chirag Gowda, Prasanna D Revanasiddappa (2020) T-cell epitope-based vaccine design against Nipah virus by Reverse Vaccinology approach, Combinatorial Chemistry and High throughput Screening, Vol. 23, No.8, pp.788-796. DOI: 10.2174/1386207323666200427114343.
  • Praveen Kumar P.K, Mohammad Asrar Izhari, Saad Mustafa, Mohammad Hossein Nasirpour, Mahboobeh Mehmankhah and Mohammad Mobashir (2020) In-silico study reveals immunological signalling pathways, their genes and potential herbal drug targets in ovarian cancer, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Vol.20, No.100422, pp.1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2020.100422.
  • Praveen Kumar Posa Krishnamoorthy*, Sivanandham Muthukumaran (2018) In vitro studies to determine the effect of Boeravinone B on Human dendritic cells, Pharmacognosy Magazine, Vol.14, No.56, pp. 465-470. DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_625_17
  • Praveen Kumar P.K*, Sivanandham M, Akila M and Prabhu S (2017) Isolation, purification and characterization of Boeravinone B from Boerhaavia diffusa Linn., International Research Journal of Pharmacy, Vol.8, No.11, pp. 140-144.
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar*, M.Sivanandham and D.Lavanya (2016) In silico binding analysis of Withanolides with the Human GM-CSFR, Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol.29, No.4, pp. 1279-1286.
  • Devarajan C, Praveen Kumar P.K*, and Sulochana Somasundaram (2015) In silico docking studies of novel phytoligands of Mimosa pudica against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.10, No. 63, pp. 233-238.
  • P.K. Praveen Kumar*, M. Swarnalakshmi and M. Sivanandham (2015) , Phytochemical analysis of Boerhaavia diffusa, Emblica officinalis, Terminilia chebula, Terminilia bellirica, Withania somnifera, World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol.4, Issue 5, pp. 1747-1756
  • Praveen Kumar P.K*, Sivanandham M, Kathick J, Sivagami S (2013) Insilico analysis of activity of binding of BoeravinoneE with GMCSFR and TNF?R, International Journal of Biological, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 103-107.
  • Krishna Moorthy P, Praveen Kumar P.K, Ramesh Babu P.B (2013) Community based evaluation of PhenylThioCarbamide (PTC) sensitivity and Dermatoglyphics as a genetic marker in Tamilnadu, India, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 5705-5712.
  • Karthick J, Praveen Kumar P.K, P. Krishna Moorthy (2013) Analysis of targeted delivery of ribavirin to hepatic cells in treatment of hepato-cellular carcinoma, World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp.5681-5696.
  • Karthick J, Praveen Kumar P.K (2013) In-Silico analysis of targeted drug delivery to hepatic cells using Lipid Nano-particles to treat liver diseases, Asian J. Pharm. Tech, Vol.3, No. 4, pp. 93-97.
  • Karthick J, Praveen Kumar P.K (2013) A computational analysis to study the application of lipid nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery to treat liver diseases, Research J. Engineering and Tech, Vol.4(4), pp.284-287.
  • P. Krishnamoorthy, T. Jayalakshmi, P.B. Ramesh Babu, P. Rajasulochana, P.K.Praveen Kumar (2013) ABO blood grouping and inheritance of palm print pattern in devanga community of Madras, International Journal of Pharmacy & Technology. Vol.5(2), pp.5521-5529.
  • P. Krishnamoorthy, P.K.Praveen Kumar, T. Jayalakshmi and Sivaganesh M (2013) In silico drug target identification and potential drug for obesity – A novel drug designing approach. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. Vol. 4(2), pp.228-237.
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar*, C.V. Priyadarshini, S. Arulmozhi and P.Krishna moorthy (2013) Evaluation of antibacterial activity of human bacterial pathogens with novel synthetic oxindole derivatives. International Journal of Pharmacy & Technology. Vol. 5(1), pp.5240-5256.
  • P. Krishnamoorthy, P.K.Praveen Kumar, P. Rajasulochana and D. Krishna Priya (2013) Structural and functional analysis of dormancy causing PDK4 gene from Human and Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, Vol. 4(1), pp.823- 832.
  • P.Krishnamoorthy, P.K.Praveen Kumar, T.Jayalakshmi and B.V.V Kiran (2013) Data analysis techniques to determine the efficacy of an active drug on treating the periodontal disease. International Journal of Pharmacy & Technology. Vol. 4(4), pp.5063 – 5068.
  • P.Krishnamoorthy, P.K.Praveen Kumar, P.Rajasulochana and Bala Pavan Kumar (2013) Insilico analysis of proteins involved in tuberculosis and its domain and motif search using BioPERL. International Journal of Pharmacy & Technology. Vol. 4(4), pp.5046 – 5054.
  • R.S.Sreenivasan, M.Arivalagan, S.Vijayananth, P.K.Praveen Kumar, P.Krishna Moorthy and M.Deccaraman (2009) Effect of Cypermethrin, a Pyrethroid Compound on the Neurosecretory Cells in a Freshwater Field Crab, Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma (Herbst). Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Vol. 5(4), pp. 566-571.
  • R.S.Sreenivasan, M.Arivalagan, S.Vijayananth, P.K.Praveen Kumar, P.Krishna Moorthy and M.Deccaraman (2009) Effect of Cypermethrin, a Pyrethroid Compound on the Nutritive Value in a Freshwater Field Crab, Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma (Herbst). Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Vol. 5(4), pp. 572-577.
  • P. K. Praveen Kumar*, V. Mathivanan, M. Karunakaran, S. Renganathan and R. S. Sreenivasan (2008) Studies on the effects of pH and incubation period on protease production by Bacillus spp. using groundnut cake and wheat bran. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.1 No.4, pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2008/v1i4.2

    • Review papers:

  • Praveen Kumar P.K*, Priyadarshini A, Sivanandham M (2021), A Review on Rotenoids: Purification, Characterization and its Biological Applications, Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 1734- 1746. DOI: 10.2174/1389557521666210217092634.
  • P.K. Praveen Kumar*, M.Sivanandham, Karthick J, C.V.Priyadarshini (2014) Protease – An Important Enzyme in Detergent Industry, Everyman Science, Vol. XLIX, No.4, pp. 222-226.

    • Book Chapters:

  • J.Preethi, P.K.Praveen Kumar*, Srinidhi Varadharajan, M. Kevin (2025), Advance Characterisation and Applications for Green Nano Materials, ‘Green Chemistry in Nanotechnology for Sustainable Synthesis, Characterisation, and Applications of Nanoparticles’, Chapter 11, Vol. 1, pp.112-120, CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9781003644439-11. ISBN: 9781041082361
  • Lokapriya D and Praveen Kumar P.K* (2020), Enzyme inhibition applications in treatment of neurological disorders, ‘Frontiers in Enzyme Inhibition’, Chapter 13, Vol. 1, pp.263-287, Bentham Science. DOI: 10.2174/9789811460821120010015.
  • Subasree Sekar, Praveen Kumar P.K* and Arthi Udhayachandran (2020), Enzyme inhibition applications in treatment of human viral diseases, ‘Frontiers in Enzyme Inhibition’, Chapter 12, Vol.1, pp. 228-262, Bentham Science. DOI: 10.2174/9789811460821120010014.
  • Praveen Kumar Posa Krishnamoorthy, Hariharan Jayaraman, Lakshmi Suresh, Mahalakshmi Varadan, Aparna Madan, Balu Ranganathan (2020), Enzyme inhibitors for breast cancer therapy. ‘Frontiers in Enzyme Inhibition’, Chapter 11, Vol.1, pp. 204-227. Bentham Science, DOI: 10.2174/9789811460821120010013.

    • Editorial/Reviewer Accomplishments:

  • Reviewed manuscripts submitted for Archiv der Pharmazie (Germany), Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Italy), Journal of Biomolecular structure & dynamics (USA), Letters in Drug Design & Discovery (USA), Current Computer-Aided Drug Design (USA), Global Journal of Medical Research (USA), ScienceAsia Journal (The Science Society of Thailand), International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (USA), Science Research (USA), Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pakistan), Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (UAE), Phytotherapy Research (Italy), Molecular Medicine Reports (Spain), American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics (India), International Annals of Ethno medicine (India), American Journal of Ethnomedicine (India), American Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics (India) and, Journal of Agriculture and Biodiversity Research (India).
Conference / Workshop / FDP
    FDP/Workshop/CEP Organised:

  • National-level STTP on Current Trends & ML applications in Green Nanomedicine Development and its Sustainable goals in future (Rs. 0.24 Lakhs), 16/03/2026 to 20/03/2026, Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate Course on “Disease detection using Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning”, 21/01/2026 to 05/02/2026, Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate Course on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design”, 29/12/2025 to 12/01/2026, Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate Course on “Computer-aided drug and vaccine design”, 08/12/2025 to 22/12/2025, Role: Coordinator
  • Workshop on “Awareness on IPR” from IQAC Cell on 24/10/2025. External Guest Speakers: Mr Palanisamy, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Chennai and Mr Naveen Andrew, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs, Chennai. Role: Coordinator
  • Competition on “Standards on food safety, health and medical biotechnology safety practices” from the BIS Biotechnology Chapter on 05/11/2025. Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate course on “Bioinformatics”, 18/08/2025 to 01/09/2025, Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate course on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design”, 14/07/2025 to 28/07/2025, Role: Coordinator
  • Online Certificate course on “Computer-aided Drug and Vaccine Design”, 09/06/2025 to 23/06/2025, Role: Coordinator
  • Guest lecture on “Food Safety Codes and FSMS” in SVCE, Sriperumbudur on SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 04/02/25. Guest speaker: Ms. Arul Sathya Murugasamy, Joint Director & Scientist – ‘D’, BIS, New Delhi, Role: Coordinator
  • Guest lecture on “Storage of Agricultural Produce (Foodgrains/Perishables)” in SVCE, Sriperumbudur on SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 28/01/25. Guest speaker: Ms. Lavika Singh, Deputy Director & Scientist-‘C’, BIS, New Delhi, Role: Coordinator
  • Guest lecture on “Post-harvest Processing Equipment” in SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 22/11/24. Guest speaker: Dr. Ravindra Naik, Head, ICAR-CIAE regional Centre, Coimbatore, Role: Coordinator
  • Guest lecture on “Demystifying Java Fundamentals” in SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 11/11/24. Guest speaker: Ms. Aneetha Nagendran, Lead Software Engineer, Vice President, Chief Technology Office at Wells Fargo, USA, Role: Coordinator
  • Quarter -III IIC mentoring session on “How to plan for startup, legal and ethical steps” in SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 08/07/24. Guest speaker: Mr. Shyam Prashad Rajasekaran, Cofounder & CEO, Veg. Route Agri Tech Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Role: Coordinator
  • National FDP on “Unravelling molecular mechanisms and Artificial Approaches of Drug design in Cancer, Funded by AICTE (GoI), (Rs. 3.5 Lakhs), 18/12/2023 to 23/12/2023, Role: Coordinator
  • Popular Lectures in Biotechnology on “Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by DBT (GoI), (Rs. 8,000/-), 09/11/2021, Role: Organizing Secretary.
  • Online certificate course on “Computer-aided drug and vaccine design” in association with Altem technologies, Bengaluru, (Rs. 21,500/-), 10/05/2021 to 26/05/21, Role: Organizing Secretary.
  • Online National workshop on “Genomics data science in precision medicine design”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur in association with Altem technologies, Bengaluru, Funded by CSIR (GoI), (Rs.27,000/-), 05/02/2021 to 06/02/2021, Role: Organizing Secretary.
  • National Workshop on “Ethics, selection, handling and immunization of laboratory small animals”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 07/03/2019 to 09/03/2019, Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on “Innovations in TB diagnostics”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by CSIR (GoI) (Rs. 40,000/-), 18/12/2018 to 20/12/2018, Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on “Immunoinformatics for Drug and Vaccine Design”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 24/08/2018 to 25/08/2018, Role: Organizing Secretary.
  • National Workshop on “Metabolic approaches for bioenergy generation”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by DBT (GoI) (Rs. 55,000/-) and CSIR (GoI) (Rs.25,000/-), 17/08/2017 to 18/08/2017, Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on ‘Contemporary research in Genetic Engineering’, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by DBT (GoI) (Rs. 50,000/-) and CSIR (Rs. 25,000/-), 09/09/2016 to 10/09/2016, Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on “Recent trends in Computer Aided Drug Design”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 26/09/2014 and 27/09/2014, Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on “Current Trends in the Biotechnology of Vaccines”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 19/10/2011 and 20/10/2011. Role: Coordinator.
  • National Workshop on “Current Trends in Drug Design by Bioinformatics Tool”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 24/02/2011 and 25/02/2011. Role: Coordinator.

    • Conferences Organized:

  • Online International e-Conference on “Smart Technologies in Electric Vehicles and Power Grid”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by AICTE (GoI) (Rs. 5,00,000/-), 27/01/21 to 29/01/21. Role: Coordinator.

    • Webinars Organized:

  • International webinar on “Recent trends in AI and data science in Biotechnology”, 14/03/23. Role: Coordinator.
  • National webinar on “Innovation in Biopioneer -NexGen HM Protease and Proteinase K inhibitors”, 10/03/23. Role: Coordinator.
  • International Guest Lectures on “Sequence alignment”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 26/10/22 to 14/11/22. Role: Coordinator.
  • International webinar on “World of Drug Discovery: A brief overview from drug discovery to deliverance to patients”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 24/01/2022. Role: Coordinator.
  • National webinar on “Machine learning in Life sciences”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 15/06/2020. Role: Coordinator.
  • National webinar on “Perspectives on the biological effects of radiation exposure: public vs biologist”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 12/06/2020. Role: Coordinator.
  • National webinar on “Computational Disease Biology – Trends, Challenges and Opportunities”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 28/05/2020. Role: Coordinator.

    • Invited Talks Delivered:

  • Delivered guest lecture on “Databases and Tools for Plant derived Secondary Metabolites” in National Level STTP on “Current Trends & ML applications in Green Nanomedicine Development and its sustainable goals in future” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai and SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 16/03/2026.
  • Delivered guest lecture on “Technology Readiness Level (TRL)” organized by Institution Innovation Council, 13/03/2026.
  • Delivered Certificate course on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 29/12/2025 to 12/01/2026.
  • Delivered Certificate course on “Computer-Aided Drug and Vaccine Design” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 08/12/2025 to 22/12/2025.
  • Delivered guest lecture on “Innovations in Computer-Aided Drug Design” commemorating National Innovation Day organized by IIC SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 16/10/2025
  • Delivered Certificate course on “Bioinformatics” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 18/08/2025 to 01/09/2025.
  • Delivered guest lecture on “Prototype Design and Development” organized by IIC SVCE, Sriperumbudur on 09/08/2025.
  • Delivered Certificate course on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 14/07/2025 to 28/07/2025.
  • Delivered Certificate course on “Computer-aided Drug and Vaccine Design” organized by Phytonanos Drug Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 09/06/2025 to 23/06/2025.
  • Delivered an expert talk on “Molecular Interaction- Case study” in National Workshop on “Bioinformatics with special focus on Molecular Interaction” organized by TANUVAS University, Chennai, 21/08/2024.
  • Delivered an expert talk on “Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and Commercialization of Lab technologies and Technology Transfer” organized by IIC-SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 13/07/2024.
  • Delivered an expert talk on “Biological sequence mining from databases and molecular structure determination from tools” and “Molecular docking” organized by Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, 07/06/2024
  • Delivered internship and certificate course on “Bioinformatics” organized by Institute of Innovations, Thiruvanamalai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 16/09/2024 to 30/09/2024.
  • Delivered one month internship and certificate course on “Bioinformatics” organized by Institute of Innovations, Thiruvanamalai, (Registered MSME, GoI), 08/07/2024 to 07/08/2024.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Systems Biology”, Internship and Online Certificate Course on “AI & ML approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design in Cancer” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 16/05/2024 to 30/05/2024.
  • Delivered “Plant-based secondary metabolites in treatment of diseases”, Virtual seminar on “The Importance of Natural Products in Therapeutics” organized by Altem Technologies, Bengaluru, 21/05/2024.
  • Delivered “Computer-aided Drug Design in Cancer”, National Workshop on “Applications of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Genomics in Health and Biological Research”, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, 17/05/2024.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Systems Biology”, Internship and Online Certificate Course on “AI & ML approaches of Drug and Vaccine Design in Cancer” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 08/01/2024 to 22/01/2024.
  • Delivered “Computer-aided Drug design for Cancer” in Seminar on Computer-aided Drug design for Cancer, Saveetha Dental college, Chennai, 10/02/2024
  • Delivered “Start-up opportunities in India” in Seminar on “My story – motivational session by successful Innovator/ Start-up founder” organized by Institution Innovation cell, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 06/02/2024.
  • Delivered “Molecular docking and virtual screening methods of Computer-aided drug design” in AICTE sponsored National ATAL FDP on “Unravelling molecular mechanisms of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning approaches of Drug design in Cancer”, organized by SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 19/12/2023 & 20/12/2023.
  • Delivered “Prototype design and development in Biotechnology”, IIC-SVCE organized workshop on “Prototype/Process design and development”, 15/08/2023.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Systems Biology”, Internship and Online Certificate Course on “Systems Biology Approaches of Drug Discovery in Cancer” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 12/06/2023 to 26/06/2023.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Vaccine design”, Online Certificate and Internship Course on “Computer aided drug and vaccine design” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 12/12/2022 to 26/12/2022.
  • Delivered “Innovations in Computer-aided Drug Design”, Ministry of Education (MoE) Innovation cell sponsored seminar in the National Innovation Day on “Innovative Technologies” organized by IIC, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 02/11/2022.
  • Delivered “Startup Opportunities in Biotechnology”, Ministry of Education (MoE) Innovation cell sponsored seminar in the World Entrepreneurship Day celebrations organized by IIC, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 20/07/2022.
  • Delivered “Molecular Docking & Virtual Screening Methods of Drug Design”, SERB (GoI) sponsored workshop on “Hands-on training on Computer aided drug design and discovery tools” organized by Ganpat University, Gujarat, 13/07/2022.
  • Delivered “Innovation, NEAT, DDH”, MoE (GoI) and IIC sponsored training and exposure visit on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” under Mentor-Mentee scheme organized by IIC, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 16/06/2022.
  • Delivered “Role of IPR in Biotechnology”, Ministry of Education (MoE) Innovation cell sponsored seminar in the World IPR day celebrations organized by IIC, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 26/04/2022.
  • Delivered “NEAT, DDH”, AICTE sponsored Quarter-I Progress Review Committee Meeting on Mentor-Mentee to Kongu Arts & Science College, Erode organized by IIC SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 20/02/2022.
  • Delivered “Drug Discovery Hackathon”, IIC SVCE Chennai organizing Ministry of Education (MoE) Innovation cell sponsored Mentor-Mentee Orientation Session on “Innovation & Entrepreneurship”, 10/02/2022.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Vaccine design”, Online Certificate Course on “Computer aided drug and vaccine design” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 29/01/2022 to 12/02/2022.
  • Delivered “Innovations in Computer-Aided Drug Design”, International webinar on “Computer Aided Drug Design” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai, 23/01/2022.
  • Delivered “Innovations in Computer-Aided Drug Design”, National Education Day celebrations organized by IIC, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 11/11/2021.
  • Delivered “Artificial intelligence in drug repurposing for variant strains of SARS-CoV-2”, AICTE sponsored ATAL FDP on “AI in Drug repurposing and Polypharmacology” organized by Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Tirupati, 21/09/2021.
  • Delivered “Identifying covalent spike protein inhibitors to control the infection of SARS COV-2 from small molecule databases”, Global Virtual Online Summit’2021 organized by AKT Healthcare Analytics, Hyderabad, 03/09/2021.
  • Delivered “Drug design, Vaccine design, Precision medicine design”, Online short-term course on “Drug design for SARS COV-2 & Precision medicine design” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 11/07/2021 to 15/07/2021.
  • Delivered “Molecular Mechanics, Drug Design and Vaccine design”, Online Certificate Course on “Computer aided drug and vaccine design” organized by Institute of Innovations, Tiruvanamalai (Registered MSME, GoI), 16/06/2021 to 30/06/2021.
  • Delivered “Perspectives of In silico approaches in drug design for SARS-COV-2”, National webinar organized by Department of Genetic Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 04/06/2021.
  • Delivered “Recent trends on computational approaches in personalized medicine”, BMESI, ISTE, IEEE and IEEE-EMBS sponsored National seminar on “Computational approaches in personalized medicine” organized by Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, 22/02/2019.
  • Delivered “Protein-Protein Interaction Tools and Databases”, Faculty Improvement Program on “Protein-Protein Interactions” conducted by Department of Biotechnology, SVCE, 27/10/2015.
  • Delivered “Insilico analysis of activity of binding of BoeravinoneE with GMCSFR and TNFαR”, International Conference on Biological and Medical Sciences (ICBMS’2014), Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, 16/01/2014.
  • Delivered “Biological and Insilico Analysis of binding of Oxindole derivative compounds with ACE, a surface protein of Enterococcus faecalis”, National Conference on Computational Biology and Chemistry (NSCBC’2012) organized by Department of Biotechnology, VIT, Vellore, 03/04/2012.
  • Delivered “Bioinformatics and its applications in Drug Design”, National Students Symposium organized by Kamban Arts and Science College for Women, Tiruvanamalai, 21/12/2007.

    • Industry-Institute Interaction:

  • Coordinated for creation of MoU agreement with Dr. Mohan, Director, Experteze (USA) with SVCE, Sriperumbudur for the period of 14/10/2022 to 13/10/2025.

    • FDP/Workshop/Training Attended (Last 5 years):

  • Online FDP on “Frontiers of Environmental Science: Integrating AI/ML and Biotechnology for Sustainable Development” organised by the Department of Biotechnology, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, from 15/12/2025 to 20/12/2025.
  • AICTE-sponsored ATAL FDP on “AI-driven green Biotechnology- pioneering a sustainable future” organised by the Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Kerala, from 24/11/2025 to 29/11/2025.
  • Online technical session on “Paper and Paper-based packaging products” organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on 28/10/2025
  • Workshop on “Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)” organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), SVCE, Sriperumbudur, on 24/10/2025.
  • NPTEL-AICTE FDP on “Adolescent Health and Well-Being: A Holistic Approach” organised by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India from 18/08/2025 to 12/09/2025.
  • Workshop for “Mentors of BIS Student Chapters from MoU Partner Institutes” at the National Institute of Training for Standardisation (NITS), Noida, on 30/07/2025.
  • Hands-on-Workshop on “Spectroscopy and Biophysical Characterization” in IITM, Chennai from 14/06/25 to 15/06/25.
  • Industrial training in Esjay Pharma Pvt. Ltd, Irungattukottai from 09/06/25 to 13/06/25.
  • Masterclass Series under IP Utsav, organized virtually by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Ministry of Education’s Innovation cell (MIC) from 21/04/25 to 26/04/25.
  • Annual BIS convention with Academic Institutions and Research Organization in the Healthcare Sector in NITS, Noida on 31/01/25.
  • International GIAN course on “Sustainable Bio-manufacturing of High-Value Phytochemicals” from 02/12/24 to 14/12/24.
  • Participated in Hands-on Workshop on “Bioengineering Life: exploring microbial and animal cell culture” organized by Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur from 18/10/2023 to 20/10/2023.
  • Participated in ATAL sponsored National FDP on “Unravelling Molecular Mechanisms and Artificial Intelligence Approaches of Drug design in Cancer” from 18/12/23 to 23/12/23.
  • Participated in 2-days training programme for “Mentors of Standards Clubs” organized by Bureau of Indian Standards on 15/02/24 and 16/02/24.
  • SERB sponsored workshop on “Hands-On Training on Computer Aided Drug Design and Discovery Tools”, Shree S.K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Gujarat, 11/07/2022 to 17/07/2022.
  • ATAL Academy Online Elementary National FDP on “Artificial intelligence in drug repurposing and polypharmacology”, Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Tirupati, 20/09/2021 to 24/09/2021.
  • FDP on “PALS-VLAB”, NITK, Surathkal, 06/09/2021 to 08/09/2021
  • ATAL Academy Online Elementary National FDP on “Molecular Modelling and In -silico drug designing”, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, 23/08/2021 to 27/08/2021.
  • AICTE sponsored STTP on “Impact of polyphenols in enzyme inhibition and formulation of healthcare apparels”, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 03/08/2020 to 08/08/2020.
  • TEQIP-III sponsored FDP on “Recent advancements in Chemical, Biological, Energy and Environment”, CIT, Coimbatore, 22/04/2019 to 26/04/2019.
  • AICTE sponsored STTP on “Advances in RNA biology”, IISC, Bengaluru, 03/12/18 to 07/12/18.
  • AICTE sponsored QIP short term course on “Powder X-ray diffraction theory, practical and applications”, 14/05/18 to 18/05/18, IISC, Bengaluru.
  • AICTE sponsored QIP short term course on “Genetic Engineering – Principles and Applications”, 24/04/17 to 28/04/17, IISC, Bengaluru.

    • Conferences Attended:

  • Praveen Kumar P.K (2026). “Studies of Withaferin A in HSP90 targeting of Hepatocellular carcinoma” in the 5th International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology- Sustainable Innovations towards Viksit Bharat Vision, organised by the Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai- 106, dated 30/01/2026 & 31/01/2026. ISBN: 978-93-5655-519-8 (Second Prize).
  • Mr. Balasubramanian JM, Srihari J, Praveen Kumar P.K (2026). “Nano-encapsulated Phyllanthin as a dual HSP90α and TRAP1 modulator for targeted Glioblastoma therapy” in 5th International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology- Sustainable Innovations towards Viksit Bharat Vision, organised by Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai- 106, dated 30/01/2026 & 31/01/2026. ISBN: 978-93-5655-519-8 <(Second Prize).
  • Praveen Kumar P.K (2025). “Synthesis and anticancer activity studies of Withanolide A for Hepatocellular carcinoma” in 7th International Conference on “Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies”, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai on 29/01/2025 (Best Paper Award)
  • Praveen Kumar P.K(2024). “Mitochondria Targeted Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma” in International Conference on advances and applications of Biotechnology (ICAAB 2024) organized by the School of life sciences, B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai in association with the University of East London, UK, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, and the National Council for Science & Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India on 30/07/2024. (Young Scientist Award)
  • Praveen Kumar P.K (2024). “HSP90 isoforms – important targets for Liver Fibrosis” in the National Conference on “Recent Advances in Biological Sciences” organized by the Department of Biochemistry, St. Joseph’s College for Women (A), Visakhapatnam on 26/07/2024.(First Prize)
  • Nithyasree V, Magdalene P, Praveen Kumar P.K (2024). Insilico studies on the effect of Withaferin A on HSP90 in Type2 Diabetes and its association with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease, National Conference on “Innovations in management of lifestyle diseases – EMBIOS’24”, 27/03/24 and 28/03/24 (First Prize).
  • Kamalavarshini B, Harini S, Praveen Kumar P.K (2023). Computational binding studies of Withanolide A on mitochondrial targeting of HSP90 in Hepatocellular carcinoma, Students research day’2023, 30/03/23 (Second Prize).
  • Kamalavarshini B, Harini S, Praveen Kumar P.K (2022). Stage-wise gene expression profiling reveals potential genes and the pathways in renal cell carcinoma, SymBiot’22 – National level symposium, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, 11/11/22 (First Prize).
  • Vibhushini, Praveen Kumar P.K (2022). In silico approaches on the phytochemicals of Withania somnifera for identification of potential inhibitor against NS2B-NS3 protease of Dengue virus, International Conference on Drug Discovery’2022, BITS Pilani KK Birla, Goa Campus, 10/11/22 to 11/11/22.
  • Akshara B S, Praveen Kumar P.K (2022). T-cell epitope-based vaccine design for Nipah virus by reverse vaccinology approach – A personalized vaccine design, International Conference on “Advances in Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine”, Anna University, 15/09/22 to 17/09/22.
  • Praveen Kumar P.K (2020). Computational binding analysis of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis compounds with W, P, GpG and F proteins of NiV, Young Scientist’s Conference, India International Science Festival, 23/12/20.
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar (2020). Isolation, purification and characterization of Withanolide A from Withania somnifera and its activity against COVID19, AICTE sponsored International e-Conference on Frontiers in Industrial Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, 27/07/20 to 29/07/20 (Id: 004).
  • Sonia K.P, Praveen Kumar P.K, Sivanandham M (2018). Effect of Boeravinone B treated dendritic cell on T-cell proliferation, National conference on Transfigures in Bioscience and Technology, Madha Engineering College, 16/03/18 (First Prize).
  • Janani M, Praveen Kumar P.K, Leena K.B, Sivanandham M (2017). Computational binding analysis of Boeravinone B with GM-CSFR, TNF-?R and IL-4R, IIT Madras – Tokyo Tech Joint Symposium on “Frontiers in Bioinformatics: Large scale data analysis, resources and drug design”, IIT Madras, 10/11/17 & 11/11/17.
  • K.P. Sonia, K. Kushmitha, P.K.Praveen Kumar (2016). A distinctive novel hypothesis to treat neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease, Invente, SSN College of Engineering, 09/09/16 (First Prize).
  • Devarajan C, Praveen Kumar P.K, Sulochana Somasundaram (2014). In silico docking studies of novel phytoligands of Mimosa pudica against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, International Conference on Computational Systems in Engineering and Technology, SVCE, Chennai. 07/03/14 – 08/03/14.
  • Praveen Kumar P.K, Sivanandham M, Kathick J (2014) Insilico analysis of activity of binding of BoeravinoneE with GMCSFR and TNF?R, International Conference on Biological and Medical Sciences (ICBMS’2014), Kula Lumpur, Malaysia. 15/01/14 – 16/01/14
  • Kathick J, P.K.Praveen Kumar (2013) Insilico analysis of targeted delivery of a drug to hepatic cells to treat primary sclerosing cholangitis using lipid bilayer nanoparticles, National Conference on Recent trends in Nanobiotechnology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai. 04/10/13. (First Prize).
  • Kathick J, P.K.Praveen Kumar (2013) A computational analysis to study the application of Lipid Nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery to treat liver disease, Transfigures in Bioscience and Technology (TSBT-2013), Madha Engineering College, Chennai. 13/08/13 – 14/08/13 (First Prize).
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar, Sharmila anishetty. (2006) Study of Siderophores and antibiotics conjugates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, International Conference on Bioinformatics & Biotechnology (INCOB’2006), IIT, Delhi, 18/12/06 – 20/12/06.
  • P.K.Praveen Kumar. (2005) National Symposium on Biotechnological Tools in Preserving the Biodiversity of Rare Medicinal Plants, Vel’s College of Science, Chennai, 03/02/05 – 04/02/05 (First Prize).
Laboratory Handled
Training Attended
Additional Responsibilities
    Current Responsibilities

  • AQAR Critieria 3 Leader and Coordinator (College-Level)
  • BIS Mentor (Department-Level)
  • Faculty Advisor (2024-28 batch)
  • IIC/ ATAL/ARIIA Coordinator
  • IQAC/ AQAR Coordinator
  • NAAC Criteria 7.1.9, 7.3 Coordinator
  • Co-curricular activity Coordinator
  • IAEC Scientist Incharge
  • IHEC Scientist Incharge
Achievements
  • Founder & CEO – AICTE and MIC sponsored DPIIT and MSME recognized Startup, 17/12/2024
  • ANRF-TARE Research Associate– IIT Madras, Chennai (Dec’2021 – Feb’2025)
  • Top 5% rank in NPTEL online certification examination with Elite-Gold grade and consolidated score of 95% marks – “Adolescent Health and Well-Being: A Holistic Approach” organized by IIT Kharagpur for the period Aug-Sep 2005.
  • Session Chair – International Conference on “Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2025)”, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvanamalai, 30/01/2025.
  • Associate Editor – Global Journal of Basic Science
  • External Examiner– Ph.D Public Viva-Voce Examination in Postgraduate and research department of Zoology, Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous) from Madras University, Chennai on 24/01/2025.
  • Team Leader – Winner of Yukti 2.0 Innovation Challenge 2023
  • Sesson Chair – Evaluation of presentation, National conference on “Recent trends in Biotechnology Research”, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvanamalai, 22/03/24.
  • Leading Educationist of India Award – for recognition of flattering merit excellence performance & outstanding contribution for the progress of the Nation & Worldwide from the Friendship Forum, New Delhi, 2023
  • Bharat Excellence Award – Outstanding achievements & distinguished services to the nation in the field of educational welfare of the highest repute from the Friendship Forum, New Delhi, 2023.
  • External Auditor – Academic Audit, Departments of Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering, Vel Tech University, 18/07/2022 & 16/06/2023.
  • Peer Judge – Poster presentation in STAR Summit’2022, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, 02/12/2022.
  • Institution Innovation Council Innovation Ambassador (Advanced level) – completed training in Ministry of Education (GoI), Institution Innovation Council (GoI), AICTE (GoI) and MoE’s Innovation Council (GoI), 2022.
  • Best Indian Gold Personalities Award Gold Medal for contribution in the field of functional therapeutics to cancer from the Friendship Forum, New Delhi, 2022.
  • IIC Innovation Ambassador approved by Ministry of Education (GoI), Institution Innovation Council (GoI), AICTE (GoI) and MoE’s Innovation Council (GoI), 2022.
  • National Travel grant from SERB (GoI), Hands-on-session on Molecular docking, Ganpat University, Gujarat, 2022.
  • External Auditor – Academic Audit, Departments of Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering, Vel Tech University, 18/07/2022
  • Certificate of Appreciation for honorary chairing/ evaluation of poster presentation, AICTE sponsored International Conference, “Modern Advancements in Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Cancer”, 07/05/2022.
  • Ph.D Research Advisory Committee member/ DC member in Vel Tech University, Chennai, 2022.
  • Teachers Associateship Research of Excellence Research Fellow, Science and Engineering Research Board (GoI), 2021 (Rs. 18.3 Lakhs grant).
  • Certificate of Appreciation for honorary chairing a session on AICTE sponsored International Conference on Bioprospecting (ICONBIO’21) organized by Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvanamalai, 29/01/2020.
  • Certificate of Appreciation as a Team Mentor in India International Science Festival 2020 organized by Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India in collaboration with VIBHA by CSIR, 22/12/2020 to 25/12/2020.
  • Best Researcher Award, 12th International Scientist Awards 2020 on Engineering, Science and Medicine organized by VDGood Organization, Visakhapatnam, 20/11/2020 and 21/11/2020.
  • Best Researcher Award, 11th International Scientist Awards 2020 on Engineering, Science and Medicine organized by VDGood Organization, Kolkata, 17/11/2020.
  • Certificate in “Drug Discovery”, UC San Diego (USA), Coursera, 13/08/2020 (Id: PHZ7QG75R69Y, Duration: 3 weeks, 100% grade).
  • Certificate in “Introduction to Genomics Technologies”, John Hopkins University (USA), Coursera, 27/07/2020 (Id: HL7TPFDG7AQM, Duration: 4 weeks, 91% grade).
  • Certificate in “Fundamentals of Immunology: T cells and Signaling”, Rice University (USA), Coursera, 27/05/2020 (Id: HP49MGYLMBXL, Duration: 4 weeks, 96.3% grade).
  • Certificate in “COVID-19 Contact Tracing”, John Hopkins University (USA), Coursera, 17/05/2020 (Id: 39FPVTC3U5X3, Duration: 1 week, 99.1% grade).
  • Certificate in “Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine”, The University of Edinburgh (UK), Coursera, 14/05/2020 (Id: UFUKLF8XNDSY, Duration: 5 weeks, 96% grade).
  • Certificate in “R Programming” from John Hopkins University (USA), Coursera, 02/05/2020. (Id: 7FVZTTN6YVDT, Duration: 4 weeks, 98% grade).
  • International Travel Grant from CSIR (GoI) and ICMR (GoI), Malaysia, 2013.
  • Certificate in “Java Programming”, Brainbench (USA), 13/12/2000.
  • Certificate as Programmer in C, C++ (id: 5351503 & id: 5351511) and Java (id: 5350871), e-Certifications (USA), 2000.
  • Diploma in UNIX, C & C++, CSC, Chennai, 2000.
  • Diploma in e-Commerce, SRM Software, Chennai, 2000
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