Dr R Ranjani Ramakrishnan joined in July 2007 in Virology department as teaching faculty, S V University, Tirupati.
Dr. R. Ranjani obtained her BSc. MSc., PhD., PGDPD from SV University, Tirupati. She worked as JRF in CSIR project. She qualified GATE in 1996.
She worked as teaching faculty taught for MSc students on contract basis for 4 years and acted as Academic Counselor for MSc – DFN, IGNOU students, member in SPMVVCET, Admission Committee and BOS in SPMVV, Tirupati.
She worked as teaching faculty taught for BSc students for 3 years. She worked as the guest faculty for both BSc and MSc students in Nellore College, SPMVV, SPWC, and SVU – DDE.
She has Completed Certificate courses in Communicative English and soft skills; Devotional Music in SPMVV and E-Commerce at APTECH, Tirupati.
She published 32 research papers, 2 books, co-author in 2 books for co- edited 4 books and 10 articles in college magazines.
She received UGC-MRP (2011) project grant, completed 4 MSc projects, and successfully supervised PhD students. She participated in conferences and workshops. She visited SRI LANKA. Worked as Joint Organizing Secretary in VIROCON 2010.
She received 14, National and International awards
Acted as a Member in Anti-ragging committee, Examiner, Inspection committee, Observer, resource person, BOS member in Virology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, SVU, Biochemistry, Organized the workshop in SPMVV. Co-coordinator for virology alumni. She worked as deputy warden of SVU Women’s hostel for 2 months. She acted as the Invited speaker and key note speaker on the occasion of birth anniversary of National leaders.
She is Life member in ISCA, APAS, NESA and NEA.
General Publications
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R. Ranjani, Nagendra Babu, G. and Murthy, S.D.S.(2007).Effect of copper on photosynthetic electron transport activities of the cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis. Vegetos,Vol. 20 (2): 63-67.
Nagendra Babu, G. R. Ranjani, Fareeda and S.D.S. Murthy (2007). Heavy metal binding polypeptides in plants and their role in metal detoxification. J. Phytol. Res. Vol: 20(1), 1-6.
R. Ranjani, Sarma. A. P. and S.D.S. Murthy (2007). Heat shock proteins and their role in thermo tolerance in plants. Asian Journal of Microbial. Biotech and Environ Sci. vol.9, (No.4): 879-889.
R. Ranjani, D. Prasanna Kumar Nagendra Babu, G. and S.D.S. Murthy (2006). Variation in the thermal sensitivity of electron transport and proton uptake in wheat thylakoids under high temperature stress. Vegetos. Vol: 19, no: 1&2, 63-68 .
R. Ranjani, M. Subba Rao and S.D.S. Murthy (2006). A review on metallothionines and their possible functions in animals. Ind. J. comp. Animal. Physiol. Vol. 24 (1): 100-106.
R. Ranjani, D. Prasanna Kumar and S.D.S. Murthy (2003). Characterization of heavy metal ions induced damage in photochemical functions of the cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis. Proc.Int. Sem. Recent Adv. in Biotech. PP: 112-117.
R.Ranjani and M. Ayyaraju (2012).Anticancer properties of Allium sativum – A Review, Asian j . Biochem and Pharm. Res., 3 ( 2), 190 – 196.
R,Ranjani (2013). Potential Clinical Applications of Natural Products of Medicinal Plants as Anticancer Drugs – A Review, International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3 (4), 127-138.
R.Ranjani (2013).Anticancer Properties of Zingeber officinale – A Review, International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(5), 11- 20.
R. Ranjani (2013). Anticancer Properties of Blue Green Algae Spirulina Platensis – A Review, International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3 (4), 159-168.
R.Ranjani, Antiviral Properties of cyanobacterium, Spirulina Platensis – A Review, (2013). International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 3(5), 1- 10,
R. Ranjani and Murthy, S. D. S, Effect of Lead (Pb) on Photosystem II Photochemistry of the Cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis, International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, 3 (4), 71-76, (2013).
P, Ranjani. R , Rao, M.R and Sudarsanam, G. (2013). Identification of antidote medicinal plants against snake venom – a field survey, International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3 (5), 21-32.
P, Ranjani. R , Rao, M.R and Sudarsanam, G. (2013). Impact of Antidote Medicinal Plant- Corallocarpus epigeus Extract on Lipid Peroxidation Induced by Naja naja- Snake Venom in Albino Rat, International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3 (5), 23 -30.
Sandeep, M. Ranjani, R. Mallikarjuna Rao, N. and Prasad Naidu.M, (2013). Selection of ideal carbon nitrogen source and fruit waste for the induction of enhanced levels of pectinases in case of bacteria, Journal of Medical Science & Technology, 2(3); Page No: 140 – 145.
R, Adam. S and Murthy,S.D.S, (2014). Zinc induced alterations in the photosystem II mediated photochemistry of cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, Res. J. Pharmaceutical, Biol. and Chem Sciences, 5 (2), 1039 – 1044.
B, Taranath. V, Sai Gopal D.V.R and Ranjani, R. (2014). Antiviral activity of Sphaeranthus indicus against Bluetongue virus (BTV) in BHK 21 cell lines. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol.Sci. 1(9): 298–308. (ISSN : 2348-8069; IF: 0.653).
B and Ranjani, R. (February-2015). Antimicrobial activities of selected medicinal plants against bacteria and fungi, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 6, (2), 121- 125. (IF: 3.2; ISSN 2229-5518).
B and Ranjani, R. (2015). Antibacterial properties of Sphaeranthes indicus. In: New Horizons in Biotechnology. (Eds. Viswanath B and Indravathi G) Paramount Publishing House, India, pp. 085 -088.
NataruSavithramma , PulicherlaYugandhar , PallipatiSuvarnalatha Devi , Sade, Ranjani, (2017). Documentation of ethnomedicinal information and antimicrobial validation of Thespesiapopulnea used by Yanadi tribe of Ganugapenta village, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India, J IntercultEthnopharmacol, 6(2), 158-169. ISSN: 2146-8397
JeelanBashaShaik, Ramakrishnan Ranjani, KandrakondaYalamanda Rao , Damu Amooru Gangaiah, (2018), In Vitro Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Inhibitory And Antioxidant Activities, Phytochemical Screening Of Methanolic Extract, And Its Fractions From SolanumNigrum, I J . Adv. ChemSci., 6 (4), 223-229. ISSN: 2320-0898.
Suvarnalathadevi. P.Sudharani,T. SwethaTejaswi, M.Rajeswari Devi, R. Ranjani, (2019), Microbial degradation of Fenitrothion (an Insecticide) found in Agriculture soils –A Review. International, Conference proceedings on Computational and Bio Engineering. Springer publishers, 339-346.
Ranjani R., Madan Mohan V., Manipal .K (2019), Phytochemical and Antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of Dypetes seperia (Putranjivaceae) fruit. Annals of Plant Sciences, 8 (8), 3597-3601, ISSN 2287- 688X.
PrabhakarYellanur Konda, Vijayakumar Poondla , Krishna Kumar Jaiswal , Sreenivasulu Dasari, Reddemma Uyyala, Venkata Prasad Surtineni , JanardhanYadav Egi , Anthony JohnsonAntony Masilamani , Lakshmi Bestha , Sreenath Konanki , Muthukumaran Muthulingam, Lakshman Kumar Lingamgunta , Bindu PrasunaAloor, SrideviTirumalaraju, Ankanna Sade, Venkata Ratnam Kamsala, Sreeharsha Nagaraja, Ranjani Ramakrishnan and Vijayakumar Natesan, (Oct. 2020), Pathophysiology of high fat diet induced obesity: impact of probiotic banana juice on obesity associated complications and hepatosteatosis, Scientific Reports Nature research, 1-17. (IF: 3.998).
Mahammad Sadik Shaik, Maheshwara Reddy Nadiveedhi, Mohan Gundluru , Ananda Kumar Reddy Narreddy , Krishna Reddy Thathireddy , Ranjani Ramakrishnan , Suresh Reddy Cirandur (Sep.2020), 2‐Amino‐3‐cyano‐4H‐chromene‐4‐ylphosphonates as Potential Antiviral Agents: Synthesis, In ovo and In silico Approach, Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1-16. (ISSN:1943-5193, IF: 1.484, © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.).
Prabhakar Yellanur Konda, Vidyasagar Chennupati, Sreenivasulu Dasari , Nishesh Sharma , Muthukumaran Muthulingam , Ranjani Ramakrishnan, Ankanna Sade, Vigneshwari Jagadheeshkumar , Vijayakumar Natesan, Krishna Kumar Jaiswal , (EPub Nov.2020), Ethno-pharmacological insulin signaling induction of aqueous extract of Syzygium paniculatum fruits in a high-fat diet induced hepatic insulin resistance, J. Ethnopharmacology, Vol, 268, doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113576. Epub 2020 Nov 7. (ISSN: 0378-8741, IF: 3.691)
R, Krishna Reddy T, and Annapoorna B. In-vitro Antioxidant Capacity And Membrane Protection By Leaf Aqueous Extract of Piper betle L. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 12 (3), 79 – 86. .ISSN: 0975-8585. IF: 0.35
Nagalakshmi Devamma , P. Suvarnalatha Devi , B.Jyothi , R.Ranjani , M. Rajaswi Devi, (October 2021). Trichoderma species as bio-control agents against anthracnose of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides P, ENZ, JETIR, Volume 8, Issue 10, 421-427. IF: 7.95.
Ajina, Muthukumar Subramanian, R. Anitha, Pasupathi Perumalsamy, R. Ranjani. (2021). Estimation and Performance Analysis of Convolutional Neural Networks in Image Recognition. Design Engineering, 16692 – 16698.
Books
List of Books:
1. Characterization of heavy metal ion effect on photochemical functions of Cyanobacteria. Dr. R. Ranjani, S.V.University publishers, 2010.
Books Co-editor and Co-author in Text Books for M.Sc. Botany, DDE, SVU publishers:
1: Co-editor, Paper III: Systematics of angiosperms, phytomedicine and ethnobotany. Part- A.
2. Co-editor, Paper III: Systematics of angiosperms, phytomedicine, and ethnobotany. Part- B.
3. Co-editor, Paper 203: plant physiology and metabolisms. (for M.Sc. Botany, SVU publishers – 2014) (Part – 1)
4. Co-editor, Paper 203: plant physiology and metabolisms. (for M.Sc. Botany, SVU publishers – 2014) (Part – 2)
4. Book Author: Paper- IV: plant tissue culture and biotechnology (Part – 1) (for M.Sc. Botany, SVU publishers – 2014)
5. Book Author: Paper- IV: plant tissue culture and biotechnology (Part – 2) (for M.Sc. Botany, SVU publishers – 2014)
6, RanjaniRamakrishnan (2021),Therapeutic Properties of Medicinal plants – Natural compounds, Anticancer and Antiviral activity of Plant products – a Book Review, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
Research interest
- Biochemical components of Viruses
- Antiviral and Anticancer Activities
Research projects
- Received The Grant from UGC – MRP Project, entitled “Antiviral and Anticancer activity of Spirulina platensis” (2011)
Conference
Attended: Both National and International conferences.
Attended: FDPs. OPs. RCs. Workshops and Training, both offline and online.
- ‘Young Scientist Award’ in 2009 from NEA, New delhi.
- ‘Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award’ – 2013 from GSHEG, New Delhi.
- ‘Scientist of the year Award’ – 2013 from NESA, New Delhi.
- ‘Indian Achievers award for Education Excellence award’ from AIBDA, New Delhi.
- ,Indira Gandhi Sadbhavana Award,- 2014 from IBC, New Delhi.
- ‘India – International Achievers award’ for of Education Excellence from AIBDA, Delhi.
- ‘Indo-Nepal Gold Star award’ – 2014 from GSHEG, New Delhi.
- ‘Bright Idea Innovator’ (Prospective Innovator) award in 2016 by TePP, SPMVV, DSIR- TOCIC.
- Received ‘Associate fellow’ in Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, Amaravathi, on 07/11/2016.
- Received ‘Life time achievement award’ for education excellence with medal on 7/4/1018 from GSHEG, New Delhi.
- Received ‘Best Presentation Award’ in NCNMDA – 2018 on 5/11/2018.
- Received ‘ The Best Women Scientist award in 2021’ from Genesis edu, Rurkhee.
- Acted as a ‘JURY MEMBER in District level exhibition cum projects competitions, Inspire Awards MANAK -2019 at Nellore sponsored by DST, New Delhi 29th -31st2019.
- Received ‘Proficiency in Botany’ (College first in Botany) certificate in Intermediate (in – 1991).
- Received ‘WINNER’ (College first in Quiz) certificate in Intermediate (in -1991).
- Key note speaker/ chief guest in ‘Women day celebrations’ and National leader Birth Day celebrations every year.
- Counselor and create awareness among people in the meetings about Health and Education.
Guided 2 PhD students. handled MSc projects.
Title of the thesis:
- Antiviral activity of Sphearanthus indicus.
- Evaluation of the antiviral and anticancer activity of Bougainvillea spectabilis.
Coordinator for LMS for Virology
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