ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ON CONTRACT
Mob :9447810122
Email :charlesmon@kecollege.ac.in
Date of Joining :07/01/2014
Qualification :M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
1. Studies on pollination biology. Micropropagation and hairy root culture of Rotula acquatica A rare riparian medicinal plant for conservation and sustainable utilization. Funded by UGC, New Delhi. 2012 – 2013.
2. Identification, propagation and documentation of underutilized ornamental plants of Kottayam and Idukki districts of Kerala. Funded by UGC, New Delhi. 2007- 09.
3. Rejuvenation of the Botanical Garden of St. Berchmans College. Funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 2005 — 07.
4. Ecogeography and Genetic diversity of Momordica L., Western Ghats-Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment. 2003—05.
5. Regional Herbarium Kerala — University Grants Commission, New Delhi.1986—89.
6. District flora Scheme Kottayam, Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore (Government of India Project). 1983 – 86.
1. Post graduate level—Taxonomy, Ethno-botany, Mycology, Evolution, Biostatistics and Anatomy
2. Undergraduate—Plant genetic resources Management, Evolution, Taxonomy, Morphology, Economic botany, Ethno-botany and Anatomy.
1. R. K. Arora Best Paper Award 2008 constituted by Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources for the article Occurrence, Distribution and Ex Situ Regeneration of Balsam Apple (Momordica balsamina L.) in India K. Joseph John and V.T. Antony
2. Research Fellowship from Botanical Survey India Calcutta in 1983.
3. Ph.D. Examiner of Floristic, Ethno botany and Phytochemistry studies
4. PG Board member, from 1995 onwards M.G. University, Kottayam
5. Resource person, CSIR – UGC (NET) UGC sponsored coaching programme for minority community conducted by the MG University, Kottayam 2005 onwards
6. Resource person, National symposium on underutilized horticultural crops on 8th June, 2006 at I I H R, Bangalore
7. Resource person, Biodiversity and Environment
INTERNATIONAL- 40
NATIONAL- 50
BOOKS PUBLISHED
1. Text Book of Botany, Green Sphere Publications,Changanacherry,Kerala.1995.
2. Text Book of Biology, Green Sphere Publications, Changanacherry. Kerala.1995.
3. Manual of Practical Botany , Green Sphere Publications, Changanacherry. Kerala.1995.
4. Biodiversity of Flowering Plants, Sonali Publications ,New Delhi.2011.
5. Campus Flora of S B College Campus, Changanacherry,Kerala.2014
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
1. EVALUATION OF IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF WHOLE PLANT ( FRUIT, LEAVES, STEM AND ROOT) OF SOLANUM TORVUM SWARTZ. Ejpmr, 2017, 4 (1), 546-549, SJIF Impact Factor 3.628
2. IN VITRO REGENERATION OF LIPPIA ALBA (MILL.) N .E.BR. AN ETHNOBOTANICALLY USEFUL PLANT. International journal of Bioassays, 2014, ISSN: 2278-778 X
3. LC- MS- ANALYSIS OF RIND AND PULP OF CITRUS LIMON (L.) BURM.F.FRUITS International Journal of Bioassays 201455\AND AGRICULTURE 2017, IMPACT FACTOR : 4.446 BY SJIF
4. PLUMBAGO AURICULATA Lam (REVIEW ARTICLE ) 2015 ISSN 0976-044X
5. Embelia ribes Burn f.,A POTENT NATURAL Ca2+ CHELATOR ISSN : 0972-2025
6. EFFICACY OF EMBELIA TSJERIAM- COTTAM (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.in CALCIUM CHELATION, International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Science ISSN: 0975-7538