List of students who have registered (full-time) for their Ph.D. programme at the University of Madras
Sl.No. |
Name of the
Candidate |
Source of Funding |
Title of the Ph.D. project |
Supervisor/Guide |
1. |
Mr. D. Anbarasu |
CSIR |
Identification and characterization of immunoreactive T-cell antigens of M.tuberculosis |
Dr. Alamelu Raja |
2 |
Mr. P.V. Ramana Rao |
ICMR |
Innate immunity in HIV infection |
Dr. Alamelu Raja |
3. |
Mr. M. Madhan Kumar |
CSIR |
Cytotoxic cellular response in tuberculosis |
Dr. Alamelu Raja |
4. |
Mr. S. Basirudeen |
ICMR |
Interferon gamma assay for latent TB infection in HIV patients |
Dr. Alamelu Raja |
5. |
Ms. S. Priya |
ICMR |
A study of natural killer cells in HIV-TB co-infected patients during and after treatment |
Dr. Alamelu Raja |
6. |
Ms.S. Lakshmi |
ICMR |
HIV drug resistance |
Dr.P.R.Narayanan |
7. |
Mr. Kaustuv Nayak |
ICMR |
Evaluation of cellular immune response to infection with HIV-I C subtype in South India |
Dr. P.R.Narayanan |
8. |
Ms. G. Shenbagavalli |
ICMR |
Serum and tissue complement profile in tuberculosis |
Dr. V.D.Ramanathan |
9. |
Mr. S. Manivannan |
CSIR |
The role of complement activation and antibody in the early interaction of M.tuberculosis and macrophages |
Dr. V.D.Ramanathan |
10. |
Mr.V.Narayana Rao |
CSIR |
Complement activation by strains of mycobacteria wild type and gene disrupted M.tuberculosis and recombinant BCG |
Dr.V.D.Ramanathan |
11. |
Ms.A. Nusrath Unissa |
ICMR |
Molecular studies on Isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Dr. N. Selvakumar |
12. |
Ms. Nisha Rajeswari |
ICMR |
Influence of HLA-DR antigens on immune functions in pulmonary tuberculosis |
Dr. P. Selvaraj |
13. |
Ms. M. Vidya Rani |
ICMR |
Regulatory role of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism on cytokine response in pulmonary tuberculosis |
Dr. P.Selvaraj |
14 |
Mr. K. Alagarasu |
ICMR |
Gene polymorphism studies on Chemokine, Chemokine receptors, Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) and Mannose binding lectin (MBL) gene in HIV and HIV-TB patients |
Dr. P. Selvaraj |
15. |
Mr. S.Raghavan |
ICMR |
Human Leucocycte Antigen (HLA) polymorphism studies in HIV and HIV-TB patients |
Dr. P. Selvaraj |
16. |
Mr. S. Prabhu Anand |
CSIR |
Regulatory effects of vitamin D 3 and vitamin D Receptor (VDR) genotypes on VDR expression and cytokine production in pulmonary tuberculosis |
Dr. P. Selvaraj |
17. |
Dr. P.L. Natarajan |
CSIR |
Cellular immunology of TB and HIV/TB |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
18. |
Ms. Harini Laxminarayan |
UGC |
Study on Molecular Biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
19. |
Ms. Aparna J Christy |
ICMR |
Development of epitope delivery system for construction of recombinant BCG vaccine for tuberculosis |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
20. |
Ms. V. Malini |
ICMR |
Functional characterization of FtsY, a signal recognition particle receptor from M.tuberculosis |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
21. |
Ms. S. Suba |
Corporate Funding |
Characterization of the lipoproteins of M.tuberculosis |
Dr.Sujatha Narayanan |
22. |
Ms. Neema Bourai |
CSIR |
Functional characterization of serine/threonine protein kinase 1 of M.tuberculosis |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
23. |
Mr. P. Dinesh |
ICMR |
A molecular approach to pathogenesis role of serine / threonine kinase PknE in signal transduction involved in host pathogen interactions |
Dr. Sujatha Narayanan |
24. |
Ms. C. Prabha |
ICMR |
Immune response in tuberculosis: TH1/TH2 paradigm |
Dr. Sulochana Das |
25. |
Ms. P. Supriya |
ICMR |
Role of chemokines in tuberculous immunity |
Dr. Sulochana Das |
26. |
Ms. P. Rajashree |
ICMR |
Role of Dendritic cells in tuberculous immunity |
Dr. Sulochana Das |
27. |
Ms. N.. Yamuna |
UGC |
Classification and regression trees |
Dr. P. Venkatesan |
Staff registered (part-time) for their Ph.D. programme at University of Madras, Chennai
Sl.No. |
Name of the staff |
Title of the Ph.D. degree |
Supervisor/Guide |
1. |
Ms. Nalini Sundar Mohan |
Measurement of drug resistance in tuberculosis |
Dr. C.N. Paramasivan |
2. |
Ms. Gomathy Sekar |
Optimizing sputum microscopy to detect AFB |
Dr. N. Selvakumar |
3. |
Ms. Mohanarani Suhadev |
Sociological aspects of HIV/AIDS |
Dr. Udaya Mahadevan |
4. |
Ms. N.S. Gomathi |
Rapid diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing of M.tuberculosis |
Dr. Vanaja Kumar |
5. |
Mr. V.N. Azgar Dusthackeer |
Mycobacterial latency and tuberculosis diagnosis |
Dr. Vanaja Kumar |
6. |
Mr. Sameer Hassan |
Genome analysis of phages and viruses |
Dr. Vanaja Kumar |
7. |
Mr. C. Ponnuraja |
Frailty models |
Dr.P.Venkatesan |
8. |
Mr. N. Arunkumar |
Causal Analysis |
Dr. P. Venkatesan |
9. |
Mr. B. Sukumar |
Statistical Methods for Microarray Data Analysis |
Dr. P. Venkatesan |
