Dr Ambili S

Designation

• Assistant Professor and HOD

Department

• Biochemistry

Edu. Qualifications

• M Sc Biochemistry
• Ph D Biochemistry
• PGDCA

Areas of Interest/Specialisation

• Drug development from higher plants
• Environment related programmes
• Nutrition and food security
• Tree gardening
• Women Empowerment

Courses/subject Taught

• UG Biophysical chemistry
• Biomolecules
• Enzymes and Bioenergetics
• Intermediary Metabolism
• Introduction to biochemistry
• General Biochemistry
• Physiological  aspects in Biochemistry
• Metabolism

Field of Research

• Pharmacology

Experience

• 11 years of Teaching Experience (since 2011)
• Science & Technology Management -5 years
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Women Scientists’ Cell, KSCSTE

Memberships in Learned Bodies/Societies, If any

• Life Member of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists (IABMS)
• Life member of Kerala Academy of Sciences
• Life Member of ASCI Association

Scholarships/Fellowships Obtained

• Post doctoral fellowship, Women Scientist Cell  Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. Sasthra Bhavan , Pattom Thiruvananthapuram. 2010

Extension Activities

• World Environment Day 2022, June 5th – All students, teachers and other staff members planted a tree sapling at their homestead on World Environment day organized by Nature Club and IQAC
• Rain Water harvesting and ground water recharging project by Nature Club and IQAC in collaboration with Environment Science Department, University of Kerala, Feb 2022
• “Green the red- a seminar on sustainable menstruation” giving awareness on use of menstrual cup, organized by Nature Club, Green Protocol Monitoring Committee and IQAC on 12-10-2021
• World Environment Day 2021 June 5th jointly organized by Nature Club, Biodiversity Club ,Bhoomithra Sena Club and IQAC. All students, teachers and other staff members planted a tree sapling at their homestead on World Environment day. Drafted and submitted  a five year  plan for the ecological restoration activities in college
• Programme-Svasthya – Encouraging homestead garden aiming popularization of traditional food plants- Students created homestead garden growing traditional food plants  22-05-2021, by Nature club and IQAC
• Webinar   on “Gender: Lets get sensitized” as part of   Agora International Multidisciplinary Webinar series on 29-04-2021, organized by Biochemistry Department, SN College, Kollam
• Observed International day of Forests (Mar 21st) by initiating   Conservatory of Endemic and Endangered Lesser Known Fruit Trees of Western Ghats at Sree Narayana College  kollam in collaboration with JNTBGRI ,Palode, Thiruvananthapuram  on 20-03-2021  organized by Nature Club and IQAC
• During the covid-19 pandemic lockdown period planted 31 fruit trees were planted in the neighbour hood  in view of increasing the nutritional as well as economic status of the state, May 2020
• Planted Mango and Jack fruit tree sapling at S N College, Kollam campus in collaboration with NCC cadets, 04-06-2020
• Programme- Svasthya – Encouraging homestead garden aiming popularization of traditional food plants- a programme ensuring  food security, safety and economy of the State in july 2020
• Coordinated the planting of 50 tree saplings in the campus of SN College, kollam  in collaboration  with NSS unit  with the help of State  Medicinal plants board, and JNTBGRI  10-12-2019.
• Healthy Diet  Awareness Programme – Diet Chart Prepared and Displayed in College Canteen Oct 2019
• Healthy Diet  Awareness Programme – Diet Chart Prepared and Displayed in College Canteen -Jan 2019
• Coordinator for the extension activity on “Solid waste management and development of homestead garden” Sree Narayana College, Kollam, 26th Oct, 2016.
  

  Papers Published

• Ambili S, Subramoniam. A and Nagarajan. N.S. Studies on the Anti-hyperlipidemic Properties of Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. Fruit in Rats.   Planta Medica 2009;75:55-58.
• Ambili  S, Anilkumar  S and Subramoniam  A. Hypolipidemic, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of Benincasa hispida fruit juice.  Biomedicine (2007);   27(2):72-76.
• Ambili S and Subramoniam. A. Prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia with neutraceuticals and herbal drugs in: Medicinal plants: Ethno-botanical Approach. Agrobios (India), Jodpur (2006) pg.(319-345). ISBN: 81-7754-253-2
• Varsha KK , Savithri A, *, Ray U , Sharma S , Kaninathan A and Raghavan SC “Extracts from dietary fern, Ceratopteris thalictroides enriched in alkaloids induce apoptosis and lead to tumor regression in mice without causing toxicity to normal cells” Trends Med, Volume 21: 1-8 ,2021
• Chandrasekharan Rajalekshmi Dhanya ,Aswathy Shailaja , Aarcha Shanmugha Mary , Sumodan Padikkala Kandiyil, Ambili Savithri , Vishnu Sasidharan Lathakumari, Jayakrishnan Therthala Veettil, Jiji Joseph Vandanamthadathil and Maya Madhavan “RNA Viruses, Pregnancy and Vaccination: Emerging Lessons from COVID-19 and Ebola Virus Disease” Pathogens 2022, 11, 800

Papers Presented

• Ambili S “Drug discovery from natural sources” in Multidisciplinary Annual Seminar Series AGORA-2020 on 24/02/2020 at Sree Narayana College, Kollam.
• Ambili S “Interdisciplinary approach for drug development from traditional knowledge” as a part of Refresher Course in Life Sciences UGC-HRDC, Kerala University 13-09-2022 to 26-09-2022
• Suma Somasekharan Ambili Savithri, , Reaction of resourcinol and acetophenone; green method. Presented in the National Symposium on The Innovative Trends in Chemical Education and Research: Hurdles and Successive Progress (ITCER-2017), March  22-24, 2017, Sree Narayana College, Kollam.
• Ambili Savithri, Suma Somasekharan. Characterization of a few compounds from Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. Presented in the National seminar on Augmentation of ground water resources: problems, constraints and challenges.29^th and 30^th June 2016, Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kollam.
• Ambili Savithri, Suma Somasekharan. Studies on the antioxidant properties of Averrhoa bilimbi Linn fruits and isolation of compounds. Presented in the RBAT-II (2015) International Seminar on Recent Biochemical Approaches in Therapeutics Dec 9-11,2015. Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom 695581
• Ambili  S, Subramoniam A and Nagarajan NS.  Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. fruits-A promising neutraceutical. Presented in the 3rd National Seminar on ‘Phytochemicals and Nutrition’ Feb 2009, Fatima Matha National College , Kollam, Kerala, India.
• Ambili S, Subramoniam A and Nagarajan NS. Promising Anti-hyperlipidemic Properties ofAverrhoa bilimbi Linn. Fruits in Rats. Presented in the 1^st International Conference on Drug Design and Discovery held in Dubai, UAE, 4-7 Feb 2008. which hosted 15 Nobel Laureates.
• Ambili.  S, Anilkumar  S and Subramoniam  A. Hypolipidemic, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties ofBenincasa hispida fruit juice.  Presented in the Symposium on Bioresources in the Development of Medicine & 28^th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists. Tiruchirapalli., Tamilnadu , India,2007.
• Ambili  S, Subramoniam A and Nagarajan NS.  Studies on the Antihyperlipidemic property ofAverrhoa bilimbi Linn(Fruit) in High Fat Diet Fed Rats. Presented  in the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Isolation, Characterization, Synthesis and Biological Studies of Organic Compounds” 5^th and 6^th March 2004. GRU, Tamil Nadu, India

Invited Talks

• Ambili S “Drug discovery from natural sources” in Multidisciplinary Annual Seminar Series AGORA-2020 on 24/02/2020 at Sree Narayana College, Kollam.
• Ambili S “Interdisciplinary approach for drug development from traditional knowledge” as a part of Refresher Course in Life Sciences UGC-HRDC, Kerala University 13-09-2022 to 26-09-2022

Research Projects Undertaken

• Minor-UGC funded- Studies on the antioxidant properties of Averrhoa bilimbi Linn fruits MRP(S)-246/12-12/KLKE006/UGC-SWRO, Dated
  29/3/13
• M Sc student project titled “Studies on the chemical components and antioxidant properties of Ceratopteris thalictroides (L) bronguiart” funded by KSCSTE, 2017
• M Sc Project Titled “Invitro study on the effect of Tinospora Cordifolia extracts on cellular autophagy and apoptosis in experimental neurodegeneration” done in partial fulfilment of the requirement for award of the degree of Master of Science in Biochemistry by Arya S, M Sc Biochemistry, TKM College of Arts and Science, Karicode, Kollam 2021-2022
•  M Sc Project Titled “Study on the protective effects of Tinospora Cordifolia extract on cellular senescence and neurite outgrowth in B amyloid treated SHSY 5Y Cells ” done in partial fulfilment of the requirement for award of the degree of Master of Science in Biochemistry , Priyanka P S, M Sc Biochemistry, TKM College of Arts and Science, Karicode, Kollam 2021-2022

Orientation Courses Attended

• UGC –Sponsored Orientation Programme conducted by UGC-Academic staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from 01-01-2013 to 28-01-2013

Refresher Courses Attended

• Refresher Course in Life Sciences by Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom , Thiruvananthapuram from 02-07-2014 to 22-7-2014
• Refresher Programme in Environmental Studies, UGC-HRDC, Kerala University during 11-01-2020 to 24-01-2020
• Short term course in Gender Sensitization at UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, during 22-11-2019-28-11-2019.
• Short term course in climate change at UGC-HRDC, Kannur University during 13-12-2019 to 19-12-2019.
• Refresher Programme in Environmental Studies, UGC-HRDC, Kerala University 11-01-2020 -24-01-2020
• Online short term faculty development programme on “ ICT Tools for Teaching Learning Process-Post Pandemic Educational Strategies”by Department of Physics and IQAC, Sree Narayana College, Kollam from 17 th – 23rd August 2020
• One week FDP programme on Outcome Based Education, conducted by Sree Narayana College, Kollam in academic collaboration with Kerala State Higher Education Council 14-06-2021 to 21-06-2021
• Refresher Programme in Life Sciences, UGC-HRDC, Kerala University 13-09-2022 to 26-09-2022

Seminars/Workshops/Trainings Organised

• Seminar on “Green the red- a seminar on sustainable menstruation”  awareness programme on use of menstrual cup  organized by Nature Club, Green Protocol Monitoring Committee and IQAC on 12-10-2021
• Observed  International day of Biological Diversity and in connection with that a webinar titled “Assuring food security through underexploited plants ” on 22-05-2021 by Nature Club and IQAC
• Agora International Multidisciplinary Webinar series  talk on “Gender: Lets get sensitized” 29-04-2021 by Biochemistry Department
• Department level coordinator- Department of Science and Technology, Golden Jubilee Commemoration- Webinar on “Startup Innovatives in Traditional Higher Education System” jointly organized by Science Departments of Sree Narayana College, kollam and ndian Science Congress Association: Cochin Chapter 30-11-2020
• Webinar   entitled “Role of phytochemicals in COVID-19 management” on 29-07-2020.
• Seminar on “Life style and Chronic Diseases” as a part of AGORA seminar series on 13/02/2019 at SN College, Kollam
• Wetland Day Celebration February 01-03, 2017 seminar on “Wetland Conservation and Disaster Management” and “Mangroves for disaster risk reduction”

Seminars/Conferences Attended

• Attended sixth Annual National Knowledge Conclave from September 23 to 25, 2021 at Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute, Nimli, Rajasthan organized by  CSE and the Green Educators’ Network.
• National seminar on “Biomedical Research :Changing Paradigms across time held during Jan 30^th to Feb 1^st , 2019 at Department of Biochemistry, Government College, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram.
• 31^st Kerala Science Congress  held during 2^nd and 3^rd Feb 2019 at Fatima Mata National College, Kollam
• Seminar on Wetlands, Climate Change and Future Security (World Wetland day 2019) organized by Department of Zoology & Nature Club , SN College, Kollam on 8^th Feb 2019.
• International symposium on “Metabolism and aging” organized by Mar Ivanious College(Autonomous ) Thiruvananthapuram on 16-17 July 2019.
• National Seminar, Sree Narayana College, Kollam Reaching the unreached through science and technology RURTST-2018,  12-14 Feb 2018, funded by The Indian Science Congress Association Cochin Chapter and Department of Environment & Climate Change.
• New Horizons in Cancer Treatment and Prevention: From Bench to Bedside National Seminar,Biochemistry Department,  Sree Narayana College, Kollam,16th and 17th Mar 2018 funded by DST (SERB) and KSCSTE.
• National Symposium on The Innovative Trends in Chemical Education and Research: Hurdles and Successive Progress (ITCER-2017) Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kollam March  22-24, 2017.
• Seminar on Augmentation of ground water resources: problems, constraints and challenges. Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kollam29th and 30th June 2016
• National seminar on Cancer Biology: New Frontiers and Avenues, Department of Biochemistry, University College, Thiruvananthapuram on 16-12-2016 sponsored by Directorate of Collegiate Education.
• International seminar on Recent Biochemical Approaches in Therapeutics (RBAT-II) Dec 9-11, 2015 conducted by Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom.
• International Symposium on Phytochemistry & Dr A Hisham Endowment Award Ceremony organized by Kerala Academy of Sciences (KAS) on 25th April 2015, at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Participated in the national seminar “ Physical and Bio-medical Applications in Nano Technology” held during October 12-14, 2011 at S N College, Kollam.
• International Seminar on Recent Developments in Stem Cell Research. Payyanoor, 2009, Kerala
• Participated in the Brain Storming Session of the Women Scientist’s Cell, KSCSTE on 27th July 2009 at Sasthra Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
• XXVII Annual Conference of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists and National Symposium on Current Trends in the Development of Herbal Drugs held at Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 2006.

Workshops/Trainings Attended

• Attended NPTEL E-Awareness Workshop for Students     & Mentors in association with IQAC and NPTEL SNC Kollam Local Chapter on 02.01.2021
• One  day workshop on “Basic Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques” organized by Department of Biochemistry in collaboration with PTA Sree Narayana College, Kollam on 29/10/2019.
• Participated in the two day workshop on “Microscale  Experiments in Chemistry” organized by the Board of Studies in Chemistry (Pass) University of Kerala and Academy of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) on March 13th and 14th 2014 at S N College, Kollam.
• International two day Worshop- at University College, Thiruvananthapuram on Human Chromosomes, 9th   and 10th January 2018 funded by Directorate of collegiate education.
• Research Methodology, Writing Practices, Language and soft skills 27/3/2017 and 28/3/2017 funded by KSCSTE
• Participated  in the Workshop on the recommendations of Prof. B. Hrdayakumari Committee Report organized by Board of Studies in Biochemistry held on 25th March 2014 at Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom.
• DST training programme on “Ethnic issues and community resources management”     for young women scientists – at Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India during  18th -22nd Jan 2010.
• DST training programme on “Leadership and Team Building”  for women scientists at Administrative Staff College of India, Bella Vista, Hyderabad, India during 26th-30th July 2010.
• Training in Intellectual Property Right (IPR) conducted in the Institute of Management in Government, Kerala, India from 28 to 30 July 2008.
• Participated in the one day workshop on “50 years of DNA- the blue print of life and 25 years of IVF” at the Institute of Engineers, Thiruvananthapuram, on 2003.
• National Workshop on Indigenous knowledge organized by TBGRI at Kanakakunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, 2002.
• Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation, 18 to 23, Feb 1993 at TBGRI.

Academic Responsibilities Undertaken

• Member of Board of Studies  of Biochemistry(2012-2015)).University of Kerala
• Involved in the revision of syllabus of  Botany & Biotechnology (CBCSS restructured)
• In the revision  of syllabus Biochemistry (Core) and Industrial Microbiology  for the implementation  of Environmental Studies  as a core course.
• Member of Board of Studies   of Biochemistry of    St Berchmans College(Autonomous), Changanassery, Kottayam, Kerala. Affiliated to M G University (2021-2024)
• Chairman, Board of Studies, Certificate course in “Oils and fats from plants -Future prospects”, Sree Narayana College, Kollam

Duties Performed at College

• Member, Green Protocol Officer of the Department 2017-2018
• Quiz club coordinator-2017-2019
• Member of ARIIA-2021 Team
• Coordinator-Nature Club 2021, 2022

Awards/Honours/Patents

• Received travel award from INSA for presenting paper in the 1^st International Conference on Drug Design and Discovery held in Dubai, UAE-2008
• Received travel award from Centre for Cooperation in Science and Technology among Developing  Societies (CCSTDS ) for presenting paper in the 1^st International Conference on Drug Design and Discovery held in Dubai, UAE-2008

Collaboration/Consultancy

• Research collaboration with TKM College for Arts and Science, Karicode, Kollam
• Collaboration with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Research collaboration  with Savitr Bioscience Pvt. Ltd,No.6, Kunnathusseril Building; Pulikillam East Road,Chembumukku,Kakkanad (P.O),Kochi, Kerala