National Institute Of Oceanography( NIO ) -

Mohandass, C.

Designation:  Principal Scientist
Location: Headquarters, Goa
e-mail:  cmohan@nio.org
Telephone:  91-832-2450414/514
Fax:  91-0832-2450602

Publications

Academic Record:

Ph.D. Microbiology (Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India)

Career Record:

Scientist E-II (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2007 - till date

Scientist E-I (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2002 - 2007

Scientist C (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1997 -2002

Scientist B (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1992 - 1997

Professional Interests:

Marine bacteria and its enzymes for various industrial applications with special reference to biological deinking.

Understanding shallow water hydrothermal vent bacteria and their biotechnological potencial.

Scholarships and awards:

Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India), 2006

University Grant Commission Research Fellowship (UGC), 1988

Indian Council of Agricultural Research fellowship (ICAR), 1984

Professional Memberships:

Life member, Association of Microbiologist of India

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Meetings

Organizing committee Member for the Conference on Microbiology of the tropical Seas (COMITS) 13-15 th Decomber, 2004. National Institute of Oceanography, Dona-paula, goa. 403 004.
Attended the Association of Microbiologist of India Conference, which was held in Goa University during 3-7th November 1992.
Participated in the First Asia Pacific Marine Bio-technologist conference at Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan and presented the paper Behaviour of Marine Oil degrading bacterial populations in a continuous culture system during September 12-14,1995.
Presented a paper entitled Recent trends in Petroleum Bio-remediation in the Marine Ecosystem at the National Seminar on Recent trends in Biological Oceanography at Nation al Institute of Oceanography Dona-paula, Goa during 28-30th May 1996.
Participated in the Proceedings of the Third Ocean Mining Symposium held in Goa, India, November 8-10. 1999.

Patents/ Monographs:

C. Raghukumar, C. Mohandass, T. Oliveira, S. Raghukumar, P.A. Loka Bharathi, S. Nair and D. Chandramohan. (2002). A process for deinking of Office waste. Application filed for US patent. USPTO no:20030178162.
Chandralata Raghukumar , C.Mohandass, Antonio Mascarenhas and K.Vijay kumar(2004). A process for enzymatic deinking of printed papers. Submitted for US patent .Ref NIO-2004/P4 dt. 1/11/04.
Loka Bharathi, P.A. Shanta Nair, Chandralata Raghukumar, C. Mohandass (2001): Standardisation of Methods for Microbiological and Biochemical Analyses for environmental studies for Deep Sea Mining.(2001).
C.Mohandass (2004). Bacterial Siderophores for Biotechnological applications. Marine Microbiology: Research Facets, Opportunities and Directions .Mudran printers Pp 269.

Any other information:

Deputed to various countries like USA,Japan, Potugal to carry out scientific research and discussions.
Examinar for Doctoral studies, Goa, Mangalore and Cochin University.

Dissertation/Thesis Guidance

Guided Many students at Masters level for their dissertation from various Universities like Goa University, Mangalore university, Jiwaji University, Bangalore University, Bharathidasan University and Bharathiyar University.

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