faculty Profile

• Currently pursuing Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai, .
• PG (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai, 2009.
• UG (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai, 2006.

Teaching

• Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Research

• Research Assistant, AU- KBC Research Centre, Anna University Chennai

Theory Courses

• Microbiology
• Computational Biology
• Protein Engineering and Proteomics
• Genetic Engineering and Genomics

Laboratory Courses

• Microbiology laboratory
• Computational Biology laboratory

Publications: (Published and accepted articles only)

• Naga Vignesh S & Ghone NV (2025), ‘Enrichment Analysis of Significant Variants from Multiple GWAS Datasets for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus’, Journal of Applied Biotechnology Reports, Vol. 12, pp. 1570–1585.
• Sukumar T, Vidhya V, Aiswarya S, Naga Vignesh S & Hariharan J (2023), ‘Penta Cancer Detection Using Deep Learning Technique’, Computational Vision and Bio-Inspired Computing: Proceedings of ICCVBIC 2022, pp. 781–796.
• Sivagami S, Rathna R, Naga Vignesh S, Ghone NV & Sivanandham M (2021), ‘In silico binding analysis of human CD40 ligand mimetic molecule with CD40 receptor molecules of various mammalian species’, Journal of Environmental Biology, Vol. 42, pp. 186–191.
• Jaibiba P, Naga Vignesh S & Hariharan S (2020), ‘Working principle of typical bioreactors’, in Bioreactors: Sustainable Design and Industrial Applications in Mitigation of GHG Emissions, pp. 145–173.
• Naga Vignesh S, Narayanan S & Sivanandham M (2015), ‘Mutational analysis on human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor stability using computational approaches’, Trends in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8.
• Murugan K, Shanmugasamy S, Al-Sohaibani S, Naga Vignesh S, Palanikannan K, Vimala A & Kumar GR (2015), ‘TaxKB: a knowledge base for new taxane-related drug discovery’, BioData Mining, Vol. 8.
• Malliappan Sivakumar P, Naga Vignesh S, Ramesh G, Mohanapriya J, Prabhawathi V & Doble M (2012), ‘Computational approaches to improve aggrecanase-1 inhibitory activity’, Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 8, pp. 673–682.
• Sivakumar PM, Naga Vignesh S, Ramesh Kumar G & Doble M (2012), ‘Computational approaches to enhance activity of taxanes as antimitotic agent’, Medicinal Chemistry Research, Vol. 21, pp. 2557–2570.
• Sailakshmi G, Mitra T, Gnanamani A, Kumara Raja ST, Thiruselvi T, Naga Vignesh S, Ramesh G & Mandal AB (2011), ‘Bonding interactions and stability assessment of biopolymer material’, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol. 22, pp. 1419–1429.
• Sivakumar PM, Naga Vignesh S, Senthilkumaran M & Doble M (2011), ‘Quantitative structure–cytotoxicity relationships for semi-synthetic Taxoteres against cancer cell lines’, Molecular Simulation, Vol. 37, pp. 1122–1130.
• Mitra T, Sailakshmi G, Gnanamani A, Raja ST, Thiruselvi T, Gowri VM, Naga Vignesh S, Ramesh G & Mandal AB (2011), ‘Preparation and characterization of a thermostable and biodegradable biopolymers’, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Vol. 48, pp. 276–285.
• Sailakshmi G, Mitra T, Gnanamani A, Kumara Raja ST, Thiruselvi T, Naga Vignesh S, Ramesh G & Mandal AB (2011), ‘Bonding interactions and stability assessment of biopolymer material’, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol. 22, pp. 1419–1429.
• Kannan KP, Subazini TK, Rajadurai CP, Naga Vignesh S & Kumar GR (2009), ‘Computational Motif Signature Discovery and Validation of Gene Prediction in Aspergillus terreus NIH 2624’, J Comput Intell Bioinform, Vol. 2, pp. 13–19.
• Sukumar, T., Vidhya, V., Aiswarya, S., Nagavignesh, S., Hariharan, J. (2023). Penta Cancer Detection Using Deep Learning Technique. In: Smys, S., Tavares, J.M.R.S., Shi, F. (eds) Computational Vision and Bio-Inspired Computing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1439. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9819-5_56
• Taxane Knowledge Base (Tax KB)” at International Conference on Molecular Medicine“ Molmed-2009” Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai during January 2009.
• Screening of Effective Taxane from TaxKB” at 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists” Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai during December 2008
• Screening of Effective Taxane with Improved Anticancer Activity” at 12th International Conference on “The Interface of Chemistry-Biology in Biomedical Research” Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani during February 2008

Research Grants Received from External Agency:

• Name of the Principal Investigator: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Name of the Co-PI (if any): Not Applicable
  Title of the Project: Foldscope as a environmental monitoring tool
  Name of the Funding Agency: Department of Bio Technology, Govt. of India
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 8,00,000/-
  Duration: 2018-2021
  Status: Completed
• Name of the Principal Investigator: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Title of the Project: Foldscope – An Environmental Monitoring Tool
  Name of the Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 8,00,000/-
  Duration: 2018-2019
  Status: Completed.

For Student Project – Use the following format:

• Name of the Student: Ms. A. Meena
  Name of the Faculty Mentor: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Title of the Project: Efficient and Selective Chromium and Cadmium
  Sequestration From Ground Water Using Extracellular Polymeric Substances
  Extracted from Rhizobium sp.; Adsorption Behaviour and Mechanism Assessment
  Name of the Funding Agency: TNSCST, Govt. of India
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
  Duration: 2018-2019
  Status: Completed
• Name of the Student: Mr. V. Vikkram, Mr.B.Syed Huzair, Mr.J. Harikara Suthan
  Name of the Faculty Mentor: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Title of the Project: Exploration of an extra cellular polymeric substance from
  earthworm gut bacterium for heavy metals removal potential.
  Name of the Funding Agency: TNSCST, Govt. of India
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
  Duration: 2020-2021
  Status: Completed

For Student Project – Use the following format:

• Name of the Student: Mr. B. Syed Huzair, Mr. B. Vikkram, Mr. V. Hariharasudhan
  Name of the Faculty Mentor: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Title of the Project: Exploration of an EPS from Earthworm Gut Bacterium for Heavy Metals Removal Potential
  Name of the Funding Agency: Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai (TNSCST)
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
  Duration: 2020-2021
  Status: Completed
• Name of the Student: Ms. A. Meena
  Name of the Faculty Mentor: Mr. S. Naga Vignesh
  Title of the Project: Efficient and selective chromium and cadmium sequestration from ground water using extracellular polymeric substances extracted from rhizobium sp.; adsorption behavior and mechanism assessment
  Name of the Funding Agency: Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai (TNSCST)
  Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 7,500/-
  Duration: 2018-2019
  Status: Completed

Chapters in Book:

• Jaibiba P, Naga Vignesh S & Hariharan S (2020), ‘Working principle of typical bioreactors’, Singh L, Abu Y & Mahapatra DM (Eds.), Bioreactors: Sustainable Design and Industrial Applications in Mitigation of GHG Emissions, pp. 145–173.
• Hariharan J & Naga Vignesh S (2023), ‘Penta Cancer Detection using Deep Learning Technique’, in *Computational Vision and Bio-Inspired Computing*, pp. 781–796, Springer Nature Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9819-5_56.

• SERB Workshop on “RT-qPCR”, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 09/01/2025 – 10/01/2025. Attended by Mr. S. Naga Vignesh.
• National Workshop on “OMICS Data Analysis Using Computational Tools & Techniques”, Organized in association with ZoomInfo, Chennai, 24/04/2025 – 25/04/2025. Role: Coordinator.
• Hands-on Workshop on “Bioengineering Life: Exploring Microbial and Animal Cell Culture”, 18/10/2023 – 20/10/2023, Role: Coordinators –Mr. S. Naga Vignesh.
• Hands-On workshop on Bioinformatics “BIOBLITZ”, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, 24/08/2023 to 25/08/2023, Role: Coordinator.
• Certificate Course on “Medical Biomaterials”, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, 02/08/2021 to 18/08/2021, Role: Organizing Secretary.
• National level workshop on “Food Safety & Quality Control”, 11/04/2016 to 12/04/2016, Funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (Rs. 30,000/-), Role: Coordinator.
• Short-Term Training Course on “Techniques for Bioprocess & Downstream Process Engineering and Tools for Systems Metabolic Engineering”, 01/12/2014 to 19/12/2014, Funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (Rs. 5,75,000/-), Role: Coordinator.
• National level workshop on “Recent Trends in Computer Aided Drug Design”, 26/09/2014 to 27/09/2014, Role: Coordinator.
• National level workshop on “Isolation, Culture and Differentiation of Stem Cells”, 20/03/2014 to 21/03/2014, Funded by DBT & ICMR, Govt. of India (Rs. 1,00,000/-), Role: Coordinator.
• Faculty Development Programme on “Entrepreneurship” under NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 02/12/2013 to 14/12/2013, Funded by DST (Rs. 5,75,000/-), Role: Coordinator.
• National level workshop on “Recent Developments in Drug Designing through Bioinformatics”, 24/02/2011 to 25/02/2011, Role: Coordinator.
• Mr. Naga Vignesh Asistant Professor of Biotecnonology Departmenthave attended Workshop on “Recent Trends in the Diagnosis of Malignant Diseases” on 27th November, 2010. Organized by Clinical Biochemistry Department, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adayar, Chennai- 20
• S. Naga Vignesh attended AICTE sponsored STTP on “Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering” held on February 6 – 10, 2012 at Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

FDP/Workshop/CEP Organised:

• Bioengineering Life: Exploring Microbial and Animal Cell Culture, 18.10.2023 to 20.10.2023 , Role: Coordinator.
• BIOBLITZ – Hands-On workshop on Bioinformatics as part of iGEM activity, 24.08.2023 to 25.08.2023, Role: Coordinator.

Webinars Organized:

• Point of Care/Need for Infectious Diseases and its Impact on Global Health 17.11.2023, Role: Coordinator.
• Guest Lecture on “Mathematical Modeling and Wet Lab Experiments” 29.01.2024, Role: Coordinator.

FDP/Workshop/Training Attended:

• Skill Development Training Program on “Analytical Techniques in Genomics & Proteomics” at SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 23/02/2026 – 03/03/2026 Role: Co-Coordinator.
• ATAL FDP on “AI-driven Innovations – Transforming Core Engineering Disciplines”, Organized by SSN College of Engineering (Online AICTE-ATAL FDP), 20/01/2025 – 25/01/2025.
• National Workshop on “OMICS Data Analysis Using Computational Tools, Techniques” at SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 24/04/2025 and 25/04/2025, Role: Coordinator.
• ATAL FDP on Unleashing the Power of Data Science for Industry 4.0, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani, Chennai, 11/12/2023 to 16/12/2023.
• ATAL FDP on 3D Printing in Industry 4.0, B S A Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, 05/12/2022 to 16/12/2022.
• National Conference on Computational Techniques for Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, 18/03/2024.
• AICTE sponsored ATAL FDP on Microbial Metagenomics and Next Generation Sequencing, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, 05/02/2024 to 10/02/2024.
• AICTE sponsored ATAL FDP on Unleashing The Power Of Data Science For Industry 4.1 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani, Chennai 11/12/2023 to 16/12/2023

Conferences Attended:

• National Conference on Computational Techniques for Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, 18/03/2024.

Current Responsibilities

• Bioinformatics Lab Incharge
• ERP coordinator
• Timetable coordinator

Previous Responsibilities

• Department Placement Coordinator