faculty Profile

• PhD (Chemical Engineering), SSN College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, 2017.
• M tech (Biotechnology), SRM University, Chennai, 2009
• B Tech (Industrial Biotechnology), Arulmigu Kalasalingam college of Engineering, Anna University, 2007

Teaching

• Assistant Professor, Sri Venkateswara college of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil nadu (Dec 2020 – till date)
• Assistant Professor, Saveetha School of Enginneering, Chennai (Sep 2019- Nov 2020)
• Assistant Professor- Aarupadaiveedu institute of Technology (Aug 2017- Sep 2019)

 
Research

• Junior Research Fellow, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (August 2013 – Dec2017)
• Senior Research Fellow, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil NaduMay 2020 – June 2021)

 

Industry

• Programmer analyst, Cognizant Technology solutions Pvt Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Feb 2009 – Jan 2010)

Theory Courses

• Biomedical Nanotechnology (UG)
• Nanobiotechnology (PG)

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• Bioprocess Engineering (UG)
• Tissue Engineering (UG)
• Environmental biotechnology (PG)
• Advanced Bioprocess Technology (PG)
• Bioengineering and Regenerative medicine (PG)
• Research methodology and IPR (PG)

Laboratory Courses

• Chemical Engineering Laboratory (UG)
• Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory (UG)
• Downstream Processing Laboratory (UG)

Extramural Research Grant

• Name of the Student: Ms. Preyadharshene T and Lakshmi B
• Title of the Project: Marine microalgae as a sustainable source of cosmeceutical:
• Formulation of anti-aging sheet mask
• Name of the Funding Agency: TNSCST Grant Sanctioned
• Amount: Rs. 7500/-
• Duration: 2022-2023

 

Intramural Research Grant

• Name of the Student: Ms. Akshara B S and Nivashini Vindhya S
• Title of the Project: Exploring the electrogenic potential of symbionts for the sustainable generation of green power
• Name of the Funding Agency: SVCE Intramural Grant
• Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
• Duration: 2023-2024

 

• Name of the Student: Mr.Karthikeyan M, Mr K Ajay
• Title of the Project: Marine Polysaccharides based scaffolds for Tissue engineering applications
• Name of the Funding Agency: SVCE Intramural Grant
• Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
• Duration: 2022-2023

 

• PG-Name of the Student: Ms. Abisherline
• Title of the Project: Cosmeceutical perspective of marine Polysaccharides for skin aging Applications
• Name of the Funding Agency: SVCE Intramural Grant
• Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
• Duration: 2022-2023

 

• Name of the Student: Ms. Nivedha
• Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr. G. Karthigadevi
• Title of the Project: Microalga for Biosurfactant production
• Name of the Funding Agency: SVCE Intramural Grant
• Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
• Duration: 2021-2022
• Status: Completed

 

• Name of the Student: Ms. Srinidhi and Ms. Monica
• Name of the Faculty Mentor: Dr G Karthigadevi
• Name of the Co-PI (if any):
• Title of the Project: Bioactive postbiotic gel for the treatment of post sun skin recovery
• Name of the Funding Agency: SVCE Intramural Grant
• Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10,000/-
• Duration: 2025-2026
• Status: Ongoing

 

Research Supervisorship:

• Recognized asresearch supervisor for PhD by Anna University, Chennai.

 

Publications:
Research articles

• Karthigadevi G, Sherline A, Anbuselvan V A, Sivasankaran C, Ramasamy S, Natchimuthu K, Maragathavalli S, Jones S, Gopalasamy T & Ravi Karthikeyan (2025). Processing Sargassum tenerrimum-derived polysaccharides for antioxidant face cream formulation and characterization. Waste and Biomass Valorization.
• Karthigadevi G & Sathish Kumar Annamalai (2020). Comparative antimicrobial and anticancer activity of biologically and chemically synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles toward breast cancer cells. Nanomedicine Journal, Vol. 7(4), pp.272–283.
• Chozhavendhan S & Karthigadevi G (2019). Production of dihydroxyacetone by Gluconobacter oxydans from crude glycerol. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 39(2), pp.110–114.
• Chozhavendhan S & Karthigadevi G (2019). Substantial purification of waste glycerol – A byproduct of biofuel industry and its product characterization. Research Journal of Pharmacology and Technology, Vol. 12(2), pp.649–654.
• Subbaiya R & Karthigadevi G (2019). Vegetable waste as an alternate plant tissue culture media for laboratory and industry. Research Journal of Pharmacology and Technology, Vol. 12(4), pp.1521–1528.
• Karthiga Devi G, Sathish Kumar K, Parthiban R & Kalishwaralal K (2017). An insight study on HPTLC fingerprinting of Mukia maderaspatna: Mechanism of bioactive constituents in metal nanoparticle synthesis and its activity against human pathogens. Microbial Pathogenesis, Vol. 102, pp.120–132.
• Karthiga Devi G, Senthil Kumar P & Sathish Kumar K (2016). Green synthesis of novel silver nanocomposite hydrogel based on sodium alginate as an efficient biosorbent for dye wastewater treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 57, pp.27686–27699.
• Saravanan A, Senthil Kumar P, Karthiga Devi G & Arumugam T (2016). Synthesis and characterization of metallic nanoparticles impregnated onto activated carbon using Mukia maderaspatna leaf extract. Microbial Pathogenesis, Vol. 97, pp.198–203.
• Karthiga Devi G & Sathish Kumar K (2015). Synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Mukia maderaspatna plant extract and its anticancer activity. IET Nanobiotechnology, Vol. 11(2), pp.143–151.
• Karthiga Devi G, Sathish Kumar K & Arivalagan K (2014). Microwave assisted nanohydrogels for drug delivery systems. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 6(4), pp.118–123.
• Karthiga Devi G & Alamu A (2013). Production of biopolymer levan by Bacillus subtilis using non-ionic surfactants. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology, Vol. 3(4), pp.93–99.

 

Review papers:

• Karthigadevi G, Nakkeeran E & Sherly Debora George (2025). Recent innovations in biodegradable alginate-based hydrogel systems: Polysaccharide-mediated drug delivery matrices for osteogenic regeneration and bone tissue engineering. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vol. 21(SUPP 13), pp.137–155.
• Divyasakthi M, Sarayu Y C L, Shanmugam D K, Karthigadevi G, Subbaiya R, Karmegam N, Kaaviya J J, Chung W J, Chang S W, Ravindran B & Khoo K S (2025). A review on innovative biotechnological approaches for the upcycling of citrus fruit waste to obtain value-added bioproducts. Food Technology and Biotechnology, Vol. 63(2), pp.238–261.
• Aashabharathi, M., Kumar, S. D., Shobana, S., Karthigadevi, G., Srinidhiy, C., Subbaiya, R., Karmegam, N., Kim, W., & Govarthanan, M. (2024, April). Biohythane production techniques and recent advances for green environment – A comprehensive review. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 184, 400–410.
• DilipKumar S, Ashabharathy M &Karthigadevi G (2022), ‘Insights of Crisper- Cas systems in stem cells: Progress in regenerative medicine’, Molecular Biology reports,49, 657-673.
• DilipKumar S, Yassave M & Karthigadevi G (2022), ‘Efficiency of microbial fuel cells in the treatment and energy recovery from food wastes: Trends and applications – A Review’, Chemosphere, 287, 132439.
• DilipKumar S, Yassave M & Karthigadevi G (2022), ‘Current treatment options for COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis Present status and Future perspectives’, Journal of clinical medicine, 11,3620.
  Manikandan S, Karmegam N, Subbaiya R & Karthigadevi G (2020). Emerging nano-structured innovative materials as adsorbents in wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology, Vol. 320, p.124394.
• Chozhavendhan S & Karthigadevi G (2020). A review on influencing parameters of biodiesel production and purification processes. Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Vol. 1–2, pp.1–6.
• Karthiga Devi G (2019). A review on metallic gold and silver nanoparticles. Research Journal of Pharmacology and Technology, Vol. 12(2), pp.935–943.

 

Book Chapters:

• Chozhavendhan, S., Karthigadevi, G., Praveen Kumar, R., Karthiga, D., Magesh, A. (2023). Integrated Approaches for Economic Sustainability of Biofuel Industries. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, pp. 45–66. Springer
• Vidhyarathi, A., Chozhavendhan, S., Karthigadevi, G., Nirmal Kannan, V., Praveen Kumar, R. (2023). Sustainable Development of Bioenergy and Its Impacts on Ecosystem. Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, pp. 25–44. Springer
• Karthigadevi, G., Geor Malar, C., Dey, N., Sathish Kumar, K., Roseline, M. S., & Subalakshmi, V. (2021). Alginate-based nanocomposite hydrogels. Plant and algal hydrogels for drug delivery and regenerative medicine, pp. 395–421. Elsevier.
• Karthigadevi, G., Krishnan Vignesh, S., Chozhavendhan, S., & Rajaram , S. (2021). Nanocatalyst-mediated biodiesel production from microalgae: Sustainable renewable energy feedstock. Nanomaterials: Applications in biofuels and bioenergy production systems, pp. 411–424. Elsevier
• Karthigadevi, G., Chozhavendhan, S., Rajamehala, M., Kumar, R. P., Bharathiraja, B., & Jayakumar, M. (2021). Application of nanotechnology for the sustainable development of algal biofuel industries. Nanomaterials: Applications in biofuels and bioenergy production systems, pp. 406–410. Elsevier.
• Karthigadevi, G., Chozhavendhan, S., & Bharathiraja, B. (2019). Thermochemical conversion: Bio-oil and syngas production. Biofuel and biorefinery technologies, pp. 251–267. Springer.
• Chozhavendhan, S., & Karthigadevi, G. (2020). Assessment of crude glycerol utilization for sustainable development of biorefineries. Refining biomass residues for sustainable energy and bioproducts: Technology, advances, life cycle assessment, and economics, pp. 195–212. Semantic Scholar.
• Karthigadevi, G., Vignesh, K., & Chozhavendhan, S. (2019). Effective utilization of sugarcane trash for energy production. Energy production from biomass, pp. 259–273. Elsevier.
• Chozhavendhan, S., Gnanavel, G., Karthigadevi, G., Subbaiya, R., Kumar, R. P., & Bharathiraja, B. (2019). Enhancement of feedstock composition and fuel properties for biogas production. Energy, environment, and sustainability, pp. 113–131. Semantic Scholar.
• Karthigadevi, G., Chozhavendhan, S., Jayamuthunagai, J., Bharathiraja, B., & Kumar, R. P. (2019). Conversion of biomass to methanol and ethanol. In Pogaku, R. (Ed.), Horizons in bioprocess engineering, pp. 195–212. Springer.
• Chozhavendhan, S., Karthigadevi, G., Jayamuthunagai, J., Bharathiraja, B., Kumar, R. P., & Raman, J. K. (2019). Conversion of glycerol to valuable products. In Pogaku, R. (Ed.), Horizons in bioprocess engineering, pp. 157–169. Springer.

 

Patent Details:

• Name of the Inventor: Karthigadevi G
  Name of the Applicants: Vimal Arasan A, Dharshini , Janani Harikrishnan
  Title of Invention: A Transdermal Hydrocolloid Patch and its Process of Preparation Thereof
  Application No & Date of Filing: 202541039298A, 16.05.2025
  Status of Patent: Filled / Published / Granted

 

Research Supervisorship:

• Number of PhD Completed:0
• Number of currently Pursuing PhD:2
• Number of UG Students Guided: 18
• Number of PG Students Guided: 4

 

Details of Research Scholars guided/guiding:

• Name of the Scholar: Ms. J Mathu Priya
  Category: Full Time
  Title of the Research Work: Valorisation of Feather Waste: Utilizing Extremophilic Enzymes from Coal Sediment
  Microbial Consortia for Sustainable Bioproducts
  Year of Registration: 2024
  Status: Confirmation
• Name of the Scholar: Ms. K Vidhya
  Category: Part Time
  Title of the Research Work: Cosmeceuticals: Unveiling the potential of Biomaterial scaffold innovations for enhanced skin care solutions
  Year of Registration: 2024
  Status: Registered

 

Editorial/Reviewer Accomplishments:

• Reviewed manuscripts submitted for Material Science and Engineering C, International Journal of Pharmaceutical science & Research.

 

FDP/Workshop/CEP Organised:
• Student mobility program at MUCM, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Funded by SVCE, 27/09/2025 – 11/10/2025 Role: Coordinator
• Ab Initio 3.0 – Expo cum Experimental Demonstration, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 01/09/2025 to 02/09/2025 Role: Coordinator
• Staff mobility Program, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 23/08/25 to 31/08/25 – Coordiantor
• Certification course on Experimental Bioprocess Design and Optimization Strategies Using Advanced Statistical & AI Tools, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 24/10/2024 to 05/11/2024- Role: Coordinator
• Two days National level Technical symposium “Technoways 2024”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 15/03/2024 to 16/03/2024.
• Two days problem solving competition “Biobids -Bid auction”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, 30/01/2024 to 31/01/2024. Role: Coordinator.
• Two Days Hands-on Training Workshop on “Unlocking Spectroscopic Techniques: ” (SPEC’23) on 11/10/2023 to12/10/2023. Role: Coordinator
• Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights & Patents and Design Filing” under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission, 02/11/2022, Role: Coordinator
• Popular Lectures in Biotechnology on “Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery”, SVCE, Sriperumbudur, Funded by DBT (GoI), (Rs. 8,000/-), 09/11/2021, Role: Coordinator

 

Invited Talks Delivered:
• Academic Writing – Mastering the Research Paper using AI tools “, seminar organized by SVCE Student Council of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering on 27th March 2025.
• Exploring marine cosmeceuticals unveiling the science behind beauty products” at Vivekanandha college of engineering for Women in association with Biotech Research society, India on 29th November 2023.

 

FDP/Workshop/Training Attended:
• Certification course on Design Thinking and Innovation, SaiBalaji International Institute of Management Sciences (SBIIMS), Pune, 24/11/2025 – 29/11/2025
• Certification course on Harnessing AI for Pedagogical Excellence and Academic Productivity, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, 13/12/2025 – 24/12/2025
• Faculty/Staff Mobility Program at MUCM, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, 27/09/2025 – 11/10/2025
• Seminar on Empowering Academic Excellence through Outcome-Based Education (OBE), Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, 06/08/2025
• Lecture on The Concept and Goals of Synthetic Biology, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 1/07/2024 – 5/07/2024
• Certification course on Reverse Transcription – Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 9/01/2025 – 10/01/2025

FDP ATTENDED
• FDP on “Microbial metagenomics and Next generation sequencing”, Sri Venkateswara college of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 05/02/2024 to 10/02/2024.
• Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education sponsored by AICTE 12/12/2023 to16/12/2023.
• Attended one day faculty sensitization programme organized by SVCE on 10/01/2023
• Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education sponsored by AICTE 19/12/2022 to 23/12/2022.
• FDP on “3D Printing and Design”, B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 7/12/2021 to 12/12/2021.
• FDP on “Sustainable Green composites: Design, Manufacturing and Characterization”, National Institute of Technology, Megalaya, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 09/08/2021 to 13/08/2021.
• FDP on “Novel Materials”, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 05/07/2021 to 09/07/2021.
• FDP on “Functional materials for energy, environment and healthcare”, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 21/06/2021 to 25/06/2021.
• FDP on “Green Entrepreneurship for AtmanirbharBharath”, National Institute of Technical Teacher Training Research, Bhopal, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 14/06/2021 to 18/06/2021.
• FDP on “Waste Technology”, IILM College of Engineering and technology, Bhopal, Funded by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) academy, 27/01/2021 to 31/01/2021.
• FDP on “Recent Advances in Pollution control ad Mitigation measures” organized by Vel Tech High Tech Engineering college, 17/6/2019 to 21/06/2019.
• FDP on “Green chemical technology and Application for sustainable developments in chemical industry” organized by SSN college of engineering, 4/12/2017 to 9/12/2017.

Workshop Attended
• Training Program on Innovative Teaching and Learning Pedagogy sponsored by Research foundation of India, 26/06/2023 to 30/06/2023.
• Two – day workshop in EAT, TSA, CNA & SNA in PFMS E – governance, SVCE 31/10/2022 to 01/12/2022.
• R programming for budding data analysts sponsored by Research foundation India, 08/12/2022 to 17/12/2022.
• Virtual Refresher program sponsored by AICTE-ISTE on “Bioanalytical techniques”, Kumaraguru college of Technology, Coimbatore, 19/03/2021 to 25/03/2021.
• One -week short term training Programme (STTP) on “Practical approaches for next generation sequencing technologies and data analysis towards Healthcare”, Chennai, 4/01/2021 to 09/01/2021.
• Workshop on Brain Machine Interface’ at AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology Chennai, 07/02/2021 to 08/02/2021.
• Workshop on Bioinformatics-AtoolkitforBiotechnology at AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology Chennai, 16/08/2017.
• Workshop on “Analytical techniques for Research in Chemistry” organized by B.S. AbdurRahman University, 21/04/2016 to 22/04/2016.
• National workshop on Animal cell line techniques conducted by Sathyabama University, 12/04/2016 to 13/04/2016
• UGC sponsored Training Programme on “The state of Art – Analytical Techniques”, conducted by Anna University, 26/10/2015 to 30/10/2015.

Conferences Attended:
• International Conference on Bioengineering for Health and Environment Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, 09/10/2025 – 10/10/2025
• National conference on “Future Prospects for Basic Science”, AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, Chennai conducted by AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, 16/3/2019
• Faculty Orientation Programme on “Instructional design and delivery system” at AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, Chennai conducted by AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, February 2019
• Workshop on “Nanomaterial research for improved healthcare” at AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, Chennai conducted by AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, January 2019
• National Conference on “Digital agriculture” Organised by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), December 2018
• Faculty Orientation Programme on “Effective Implementation of Outcome Based Education (OBE)’’organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) by AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, Chennai, July 2018
• Faculty Development Programme on “Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep learning in Research applications Organized by AarupadaiVeedu Institute of Technology, Chennai, 9th – 11th July 2018.
• One week Induction/ Refresher Programme on “Innovations and Recent Development in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology and Clinical Research” conducted at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, 23rd -28th July 2018.

Accomplishments
• Awarded Star performer of the year 2023-2024 during the collegee day event
• Awarded ELITE silver in the NPTEL courses – Industrial Biotechnology, Nanotechnology in Agriculture , cell culture technologies, Bioreaactor and design, Medical Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering.
• Ph.D Research Advisory Committee member/ DC member
  Sathyabama University, Chennai
  St. Joseph,College of Engineering, Chennai
  Bharath University, Chennai
• Awarded IMPREZ AVIT 2019 award in the National level symposium at AVIT
• Awarded Excellent Educator award from AVIT, Vinayaka Missions’ Research foundation during the academic year 2017-18
• Awarded Young Researcher during the National Conference (CTSE) organized by SSN College of Engineering
• Recognized Reviewer on Elsevier Journal : MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C
• Life Member in International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
• Life Member in Indian society for technical education (ISTE)
• Life Member in Healthcare & Biological Sciences Research Association (HBSRA)

Current Responsibilities
• Faculty in-charge Immunology laboratory, June 2025- till date.
• Faculty in-charge GATE-Student Biotech Forum, Jan 2023 – till date.
• Research objective Coordinator (since 2021-2022)
• Journal club in charge (since 2021-2022)
• Class Committee chairperson (2022-26 Batch)
• NBA Criteria 5 Coordinator
• NAAC Criteria 3 Coordinator

Previous Responsibilities

• Department, Time Table Coordinator (2022-2023)
• Department, IQAC Coordinator (2021-2022)
• Department, YRC Coordinator (2021-2022)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• INAE CEEE (Indian National Academy of Engineering -Centre for Engineering Education excellence) fellowship (at IIT Madras) – 2025.
• Outstanding Teacher award SVCE, 2024-25.
• Awarded IMPREZ AVIT 2019 award in the National level symposium organized by AVIT, Chennai
• Awarded Excellent Educator award from AVIT , Vinayaka Missions’ Research foundation during the academic year 2017-18
• Awarded Young Researcher during the National Conference (CTSE) organized by SSN College of Engineering, 2017

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

• Recognized Reviewer on Elsevier Journal : MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C
• Doctoral committee member for Ph.D. programme at Bharath University, Chennai
• Recognized as a Research Supervisor for Ph.D./MS (by research), Vinakayaka Missions Research foundation, Chennai.
• Life time member- ISTE