National Institute Of Oceanography( NIO ) -

Achuthankutty, S.

Designation:  Chief Scientist
Location: Headquarters, Goa
e-mail:  shanta@nio.org
Telephone:  91-832-2450239
Fax:  91-0832-2450602

Publications

Academic Record:

Ph.D. Marine Microbiology (Tokyo University, Tokyo), 1986

M.Sc. Biochemistry (Madras University), 1974

B.Sc. Chemistry (Madurai University), 1972

Career Record:

Scientist G (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2010 - till date

Scientist F (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2005 -2010

Senior Scientist (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1984

Junior Scientist (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1978 - 1984

Research Fellow (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1974 - 1978

Scholarships and awards:

Japanese Government Fellowship 1982 (Japanese Government), 1982

AIEJ Post doctoral Fellowship 1995, 1995

Professional Memberships:

Member, ASOLO ( USA)

Member, AMI ( India)

Member, Biotechnology Society (India)

International member of APMBC

Board of Examiner of Bharathiar University, Tamilnadu

Board of Question paper setter Poona University

Board of resource person / VC nomination for Ph.D students FRC- Goa university

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Meetings

16th Annual Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India held at Rishikesh, Oct. 18?20,1975.
All India Bio-energetics Seminar held at NIO, Goa, July 13-14, 1976.
Annual meet of the Society of Oceanography held at Tokyo, Japan, 17-20 April 1985.
Future of marine microbiology- Seminar held at Ocean research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 15-20th June 1985.
Annual Japanese society of Scientific Fisheries held at Kumamoto, Japan, 28-30 Oct '85.
Indo-US symposium on bioactive compounds from marine organisms held at Goa, India, 23- 27 Feb, 1989.
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME -5) held at Kyoto, Japan, 27 Aug-1st Sept 1989.
International symposium on the Oceanography of the Indian Ocean. 14-16 Jan 1990, held at NIO, Goa.
Symposium on Ocean Technology held at NIO from 27?29th August 1992.
The 33rd Annual Conference AMI. November 5-7, 1992.
Second International Oil Spill Research and Development forum organized by International Maritime Organization, London, U.K. 23-26 May 1995
First Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference held at Shimizu - Japan.12 -14 Sept.1995.
National Seminar in the recent advances in Biological Oceanography May 29-31 1996
Fourth International symposium on In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation held in New Orleans,Louisiana, USA April 28-May 1. 1997
The International Symposium on Environmental Study for Deep Sea Mining held at Tokyo Japan November 20-21, 1997
The 3rd ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium at Goa India ,Nov 8-10,1999.
Ninth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-9), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (26 - 31st August 2001).
Fourth Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference (APMBC ?02), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (22 - 26th April 2002).
8-Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (SAME-8), Taormina (Messina), Italy (25 ? 30th October 2002).
International Marine Biotechnology Conference MBC2003. Chiba , Japan, ( 20th-25th September 2003 ).
Workshop On Marine Pollution And Ecotoxicology (WPET 2004) 25-26th Febuary, 2004, NIO.Goa

Patents/ Monographs:

A process for the preparation of an extract with multiple properties from deep sea bacterium for use in food and cosmetics. ref. no.394/nf/2000 P.A. Loka Bharathi, Shanta Nair and D. Chandramohan
A process for biological deinking of office waste paper. 184nf2002 17-02-2003C. Raghukumar, C. Mohandass T. Oliviera, S. Raghukumar P.A. Loka Bharathi, Shanta Nair & D. Chandramohan

Any other information:

Specialised Training :

?Isolation and maintenance of plasmids", conducted by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Genetic Manipulation, University of Tokyo, Feb.2-8, 1986. (Trained on preparartion of media for propagation and maintenance of bacterial strains containing plasmid probes).

Workshop on Molecular Biology of Human Lymphoma and T-Cell Leukamia Virus", Held at Cancer Research Institute, Bombay, Jan 8-27, 1990. (Trained in various techniques of molecular biology :- Preparation of plasmids transformation, Southern, Northern and Western Blots, cDNA cloning and in situ hybridisation)

Guided M.Sc. students in the following dissertations :

    * Studies on Marine Streptomycetes. 1987. Jabalpur University.
    * Studies on plasmid borne Streptomyces sp. producing antibiotics. 1990.Goa University.
    * Studies on plasmid borne marine bacteria with antibacterial and metal resistance. 1990. Goa university.
    * Studies on marine phosphate solubilising bacteria. 1993. Goa University.
    * Studies on Protease producing marine Streptomyces sp1999 Goa University
    * Studies on size fractionated particle associated bacteria from Dona Paula Bay. 2000 Goa University
    * Studies on multiple resistances in Streptomycetes. Goa University.
    * Studies on DMSP metabolism by marine bacteria. Goa University.

Ph.D. :

Studies on carbon assimilation in the coastal waters.Dec.2003 Goa University.

Technical Report :

Survey of the proposed route from Bombay High to Bombay.Vol. II. Sea Bed Survey. 1976.
The Laccadive Sea (Lakshadweep).Technical Report 01/79.
Examination of water quality of some springs of Goa. Phase II. Dept. of Tourism. Govt. of Goa, 1990.
Ecobiological characterization of the Environs of Nuclear Power Station site at Jaitapur, 1991.
Microbial Life and Biochemical Composition of Deep Sea Sediments in A Report on BaselineBenthic Conditions in Indian Pioneer Area.phase I Indian Deep Sea Experiment compiled by Rahul Sharma and B.Nagendernath 70-93.5 (2/3) 168-171. 1997.
Benthic Disturbance and Impact studies. Index experiment Phase II of Environment Impact Assessment for Nodule Mining.(INDEX) Phase II of Environmental impact Assessment for Nodule Mining Biological Studies. Dec 1997.DOD GOI, New Delhi
Ecobiological, Toxicological and Environmental Impact Assessment studies of the effluent Discharge from MRL-CBR, in the Marine Environs off Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu; Sponsored by MRL, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. NIO/SP-12/97. June 1997.
Report on the collaborative Indo-US project on ?The Application of Biochemical and Molecular Techniques to study the Ocean Trophic Dynamics? .
Standardisation of Methods for Microbiolgical and Biochemical Analyses for environmental studies for deep Sea Mining P.A.Loka Bharathi, Shanta Nair, Chandralata Raghukumar, C. Mohandass.

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