Awards/Recognitions/Honours received by Faculty Members of Sri Ramachandra University during last 5 years â 2006 to 2012
I. Padma Shri Award:
1) Dr. S. Thanikachalam, Chairman and Director Cardiac Care Centre 2) Dr. C. U. Velmurugendran, Chairman and Director, Dept. of Neurology II. Hari Om Ashram Award (2000) for Outstanding Scientist by UGC
Dr. Kalapna Balakrishnan, Head of the EHE Department III. Dr. B.C. Roy National Awards in Medicine:
1) Dr. S. Thanikachalam, Chairman and Director, Cardiac Care Centre.
2) Dr. C. U. Velmurugendran, Chairman and Director, Dept. of Neurology 3) Dr. R. Ponnudrai, Professor and Head, Dept. of Psychiatry.
4) Dr.T.P.R. Bharadwaj, Prof. of Haematology, in the category of Eminent Medical Teacher.
IV. Honorary Doctorates:
1) Dr. C.U. Velmurugendran, Chairman and Director, Dept. of Neurology D.Sc. (Honoris causa) by the University of Madras and the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
2) Dr. S.S.K. Marthandam, Chairman and Director, Orthopaedic Centre. D.Sc.(Honoris causa) by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
3) Dr. S. Thanikachalam, Chairman and Director, Cardiac Care Centre. D.Sc. by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
V. International awards:
1) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan, Director & Chief Advisor (Research), was conferred with the, âItalian Chavaeliar Award of International Educational Co-operationâ by Government of Italy in October, 2007.
2) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan, Pro-Chancellor (Research) was nominated by WHO- European centre for Environment & Health Bonn, as reviewer & member of the working group for the WHO publication, âWHO guidelines on indoor air quality: dampness and mouldâ in July 2009 3) Prof. P.V. Ramachandran, Chairman, Nursing Education. Florence Nightingale Award by the
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA:
4) Dr. J. S. N. Murthy, Professor & Head of the Cardiology Department was conferred with the Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Glasgow University on 10th November 2010.
5) Prof. Asha Moorthy, Consultant Cardiologist Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiology by the World Congress on Clinical, Preventive and Geriatric Cardiology:
6) Dr.Kalpana Balakrishnan, Department of Environmental Health Engineering was awarded
âWireless innovation project awardâ by Vodafone Americas foundation, California, USA.
7) Prof. Melani Rajendran was awarded D Sc degree by the Open International University for Complementary Medicine in Malaysia in April 2009.
8) Prof. B.W.C.Sathiyasekaran, Department of Community Medicine was nominated as the Editor in Chief of CITI India program in 2010.
9) Prof. Preetham Arthur, Department of General Medicine was conferred FRCP by the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow in July 2009.
10) Dr. Padmanabhan is the President elect of Asian Academy of osseointegration.
11) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Department of Environmental Health Engineering has been nominated to serve as the Regional Editor for âEnvironmental Health Perspectivesâ, the official journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, USA.
12) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Department of Environmental Health Engineering served as member, Expert Panel for Food-borne disease burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) and as Temporary Advisor, UNIDO for Global Energy Assessment Report Lead Authors meeting in Vienna, Austria in June 2009.
13) Department of Telemedicine is selected to execute the Pan-African E-Network programme of Government of India for African countries on Tele-Health and Tele-CME.
14) Prof. Sunil Shroff represented India at the International Forum to formulate guidelines on living kidney donor held at Amsterdam.
15) The first prize of the âAsian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics Young Interventionist Awardâ was presented to Dr. G. Sengottuvelu, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology by Prof. Yean Leng Lim of the University of Melbourne in recognition of a challenging angioplasty procedure performed.
16) Sri Ramachandra University has been recognized as a Regional Training Center of the American Heart Association for Provider and Instructor courses in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support & Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
17) Sri Ramachandra University has been recognized as a training center and member of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM), UK
18) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan has been selected to serve in three international technical committees; two for the World Health Organization and one for the UN Global Energy Assessment Program.
19) Dr.J.S.N. Murthy was awarded Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC) Fellowship at 2nd AICT, New Delhi.
20) American Association for Respiratory Care and American Respiratory Care Foundation presented an International fellowship award in Respiratory Care at Las Vegas in Dec. 2006 to Prof. Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine.
21) The World Health Organisation has selected Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan to serve as one of the lead authors for the 2005 Edition of The WHO Air Quality Guidelines to be presented in the United Nations World Health assembly in 2007.
22) Professor S. Arumugam, Professor and Head of the Department of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine was awarded Fellow qua Surgeon title of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow on 1st June 2011.
VI. National Awards/Honours:
The following were honoured by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University Life time achievement award:-
Dr. S.P.Thyagarajan, Pro-Chancellor (Research)
Prof. S. Thanikachalam, Chairman & Director, Cardiac Care Center Dr.J.S.N. Murthy, Professor & Head, Cardiology
Prof.P.V.Ramachandran, Chairman, Nursing Education, College of Nursing Dr. Rajeswari Vaidyanathan , Principal, College of Nursing
Best Doctor award:-
Prof. S. Arumugam, Professor & Head of the department of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine.
Best teacher award:-
Dr.T.R.Muralidharan, Professor of Cardiology
Prof.P.V.Vijayaraghavan, Professor & Head, Orthopaedics Prof. Venkatesh, Principal, College of Physiotherapy
Dr.J.S.N. Murthy, Professor & Head, Dept. of Cardiology, received NBE Alumnus Awardâ â National Board of Examinations â February 2012.
Prof. S. Arumugam, Professor and head of the department of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine was awarded Fellow qua Surgeon title of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow on 1st June 2011.
Prof.P.V.Vijayaraghavan, Professor & Head Dept. of Orthopaedics, was elected as Vice-President, Indian Orthopaedic Association in November, 2011.
Dr. T.V.Padmanabhan, Professor & Head, Dept. of Prosthodontics, Sri Ramachandra Dental College took over as the President of the Asian Academic of Prosthodontics (AAP). He is the first Indian to hold this prestigious post.
1) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan , Director & chief Advisor (Research), was conferred with
âDr.P.N.ChhuHani Oration Awardâ by National Academy of Medical Science(NAMS), in 2007.
2) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan , Director & Chief Advisor (Research), Sri Ramachandra University was conferred with âDr. Anantibai Joshi Memorial Awardâ by University of Mumbai, in 2007.
3) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan , Pro Chancellor (Research), Sri Ramachandra University, from 2008 till date was nominated as Chairman of MHRD/UGC committees on UGC Regulations on:
(i) Pay Scales & Minimum Standards for Appointment of Teachers
(ii) Minimum standards for M.Pil / Ph.D
(ii) Mandatory Accreditation of Universities / Colleges (iv) Affiliation Norms for colleges and
(v) MHRD committee on Strengthening of Basic Science Research in Universities/ College (vi) Approach Paper/Road Map for Higher Educational for 12th plan etc.
4) Innovators Competitition Award at the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth
Programme 2009: for developing the technology for âNanopolymer coating of coronary stentâ to:
Prof. T.R. Muralidharan, Cardiac Care Centre.
i) Dr. Preetam Arthur, Professor, Dept. of Medicine ii) Dr. J.S.N. Murthy, Professor of Cardiology
5) Dr. Ravi M. was elected for the Membership of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad.
6) Dr. Walter Charles Emmanuel Jebaraj, Associate Professor, received the âICMRâs Young Biomedical Scientist International Fellowship for the Year 2010â - Council of ICMR - Stanford University Medical Centre, California, USA - May 1st to 2nd November, 2010
7) Bhaskar LVKS., Assistant Professor was nominated as Associate Editor of International Journal of Parasitology Research - Bioinfo Publications, India: October, 2010
8) Bhaskar LVKS., Assistant Professor was nominated as Associate Editor of Advances in Medical Informatics - Bioinfo Publications, India: October, 2010
9) Prof. A. Ravikumar, Department of ENT was elected as Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in October 2009.
10) Dr. Krishna Seshadri, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism was honored to deliver the B.N.Shah Oration (Endocrine Society of India) for the year 2009 at Udaipur in October 2009. He was also nominated as a member of the Editorial Board of âClinical Update in Diabetesâ a quarterly journal published by the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India.
11) Dr. P. Sampath Kumar, Department of Forensic Medicine was elected as Vice President of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine.
12) Prof. N.Sanjeeva Reddy, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology was elected as Vice President of OGSSI in April 2009.
13) Dr. Sunil Shroff, Department of Urology was invited to deliver the Oration in connection with Post-Centenary Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Madras Medical College in November 2009.
14) Dr. T.V.Padmanabhan Head of the Department of Prosthodontics was elected as President of Indian Prosthodontics Society.
15) Mr. P.V.Ramachandran, Chairman, Nursing Education received the âNational Florence Nightingale Award for Nursing Personnel 2009â initiated by the Nursing Division of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare from the Honorable President of India in May 2009.
16) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Department of Environmental Health Engineering was nominated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India to serve as a member for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 5th Assessment Report (IPCC AR 5, 2013) 17) Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Department of Allied Health Sciences received âDr. M.M.Cooper
Memorial awardâ instituted by the Association of Anatomists of Tamil Nadu for the year 2009.
18) Dr. Prakash Boominathan, Ms. Sembagavalli M & Mr. Subramaniyan B, Department of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences received the âMuktesh Awardâ for best paper in Language in the Indian Speech & Hearing Association Conference in Bangalore in January 2010.
19) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Head of the Department of Environmental Health Engineering received the âOutstanding Scientist in Public Healthâ award from the Public Health Foundation of India.
20) Prof. S. Viswanathan, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology received the IIRSI Medal in recognition of his services rendered to Ophthalmology in September 2008 at Mumbai.
21) Prof. Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaran received the Indian Chest Society âICS Oration award 2008â
at NAPCON â08 held at Lucknow in November 08 for her contributions in the field of pulmonary medicine.
22) Prof. Roopa Nagarajan, Department of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences was nominated as the President of Indian Speech and Hearing Association for the year 2008.
23) Prof. Umamaheswara Reddy, Principal, Pharmacy College was honored as Fellow of Biotechnology and Pharmacy during the 2nd Annual convention of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy at Bangalore.
24) Dr. K. Selvakumar, Department of Neurosurgery was elected as a member of Telemedicine Task Force committee, Govt. of India for 2008-2009. Dr. Selvakumar continues to serve as a member in the Implementation Committee for Telemedicine, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
25) Prof. Roopa Nagarajan was the recipient of âDr. Rathna Oration Awardâ at the 39th Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference on 20th January 2007.
26) Prof. A G Dhandapani, Principal of the College of Physiotherapy received the award of Excellence during the International conference of Manual Therapists on 28.10.06 at New Delhi.
27) Dr.R.K.Bagadi, HOD, Paediatric Surgery was awarded Rajasthan Sree Award for best medical services to the society.
28) Dr.S.Arumugam received the âAppreciation Awardâ by Committee for Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association in the field of Arthroscopy at Mumbai, December 2005
29) Prof. P. Sampath Kumar was elected as Joint Secretary (IAFM) of the Governing Council of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, and Vice-President of Tamil Nadu Medico Legal Society.
30) Prof.S.Thanikachalam has been appointed as the Member of the Governing body of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (2003-2006).
31) Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan has been nominated as a member of the Local Area Environment Committee to serve under the direction of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee, Govt. of India.
32) Dr. Hannah R Vasanthi was awarded Young Scientist Fellowship under the SERC Scheme of Fast Tract Proposal for Young Scientists (DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi).
33) Dr.Asha Moorthy is the1st Women Cardiologist to get Fellow of Indian College of Cardiologist (FICC) 2005.
34) Prof.C.U.Velmurugendran has been awarded the Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) - FAMS
VII. Regional/State level Awards:
1) Dr. S. P. Thyagarajan , Director & Chief Advisor (Research), Sri Ramachandra University was conferred with âDiamond Star Awardâ by Indian Medical Association Tamil Nadu on 4/11/2007 2) Tamil Nadu Scientist Award by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology to Prof.
P. Rajendran, Professor of Microbiology.
3) Young Scientist Award by the ICRB NISRRO 2010 to Mr Chinna Durai Mani, Research scholar, dept of Human Genetics.
4) Prof. Dr. Sir Anton Jayasuriya Memorial Award of Excellence by the World congress on Holistic Medicine to Dr. Melani Rajendran, Professor of Anatomy
5) D. Jagadeswaran, Tutor in Dialysis Technology was awarded the Medal of Honor for Teaching and Research by the National Foundation for Entrepreneurship development, Chennai in September 2010.
6) Prof. C. U. Velmurugendran was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, 2010.
7) Prof. P.V. Ramachandran, Chairman Nursing Education and Prof. Dr. Rajeswari Vaidyanathan, Principal were awarded The Eminent Nursing Teacher Award by the Dean, Madras Medical College, Chennai on 27th February 2010.
8) Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Department of Allied Health Sciences, won the Dr. M. M Cooper
Memorial Award for the Best Paper presented in the 32nd Annual Conference of Association of Anatomists, Tamil Nadu held in Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical and Dental Sciences, Maduranthagam, September 2010.
9) Mr. Jagadeswaran, Tutor, received Medal of Honor for Teaching and Research on the eve of Teacherâs Day celebration at the National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development on 5th September 2010
10) Prof. Melani Rajendran received the Dr. M.M.Cooper Memorial award and Dr.Arumugam Krishnamurti award from the Association of Anatomists of Tamil Nadu for the year 2005.
11) Dr. Sumathi Latha, Department of Anatomy received Dr. M.M.Cooper memorial award the award from the Association of Anatomists of Tamil Nadu.
12) Prof. S.Arumugam, Department of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine received the âOutstanding Personality Awardâ from the Indian Medical Association, Vellore in August 2009.
13) Dr.P. Soundararajan was awarded âPondicherry Chief Minister â Rotary Excellence awardâ for Tsunami Relief Camp conducted in Pondicherry.
14) Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Department of Allied Health Sciences received Dr. M.M.Cooper Memorial award instituted by the Association of Anatomists of Tamil Nadu for the year 2009.
15) Ms. V.Supriya, Department of Clinical Nutrition Tutor, won the Gold Medal & Award for the Best Poster (Dialysis) instituted by the Indian Association of Nephrology Southern Chapter in ISNSC CON-2010 held in Puducherry in February 2010.
16) Prof. Jyotsna Murthy, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery received the Dr.K.S.Sanjivi Award 2008 instituted by the Confederation of Indian Organization for Services and Advocacy and Udavum Ullangal, Chennai for her exceptional contribution in plastic surgery to the poor and needy.
17) Prof. D. Prathiba, Professor and head of the Department of Pathology was conferred with the
âLife Time Achiever Awardâ by the Chengalpattu Medical College Alumni Association in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements
18) Dr.SSK.Marthandam was awarded âLife Time Achievement Awardâ on 30.04.06 by the Indian Medical Association at Vellore.
19) Prof.P.V.Ramachandran, Chairman, Nursing Education was awarded âLife Time Achievement Awardâ 17th July 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
20) Prof.Rajeswari Vaidyanathan, Principal, College of Nursing was awarded âLife Time Achievement Awardâ 17th July 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
21) Dr.S.Thanikachalam, Chairman & Director, Cardiac Care Centre was awarded âLife Time Achievement Awardâ 5th September 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
22) Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan, Professor & Head, Depat. Of Orthopaedics was awarded âBest Teacher Awardâ 5th September 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
23) Prof.N.Venkatesh, Principal, College of Physiotherapy was awarded âBest Teacher Awardâ 5th September 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
24) Dr.S.P.Thyagarajan, Pro-Chancellor (Research) was awarded âLife Time Achievement Awardâ
3rd November 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.
VIII. Faculty Best Paper awards/orations:
1) Prof. K. Selva kumar - Delivered lectures on Improving Accessibility of Care & Health outcomes for Rural communities in Telemedicine and was panelist for âCan Telemedicine be transformed into a profitable value add?â at the International conference of âInnovations in Health care Management and Informaticsâ held in February 2010 in Singapore & Delivered the
Prof.P.Narendran Oration on âVegetative state in Neurosurgery and the application of Telemedicineâ in March, 2010 in Madras Medical College.
2) Dr. G. Moorthy, Assistant Professor won the Best Paper Award â âLaproscopic Management of Ovarian pathology in childrenâ, CCPS Meet of Chennai City Pediatric Surgeons, Chennai in April 2010.
3) Dr. G. Moorthy, Assistant Professor won the Best Poster Award for âLong term results of Gastrocystoplastyâ at the World Congress of Pediatric Surgeons, New Delhi in October 2010.
4) Dr. Pratheeba, Medical officer secured the Best Paper Award for âIntestinal pseudo-obstructionâ
presented the CCPS Meet â Chennai City Pediatric Surgeons, Chennai in September 2010.
5) âPredicting grade of prostate cancer using image analysis soft wareâ - by Dr. Sandhya Sundaram won the best paper Award at the International conference âTrends in Information Sciences and Computingâ 2010, Chennai.
6) S. Gopinath, Assistant Professor won the Best paper award for the paper entitled âA Factorial study on the Evaluation of Formulation Variables on the Dissolution Rate of Etoricoxib tabletsâ
in the Indian Congress of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences â 2010 and IPA Convention - 2010 at SRU in March-2010.
7) G. Kannan, Assistant Professor won the First prize for poster presentation at the Indo-American Pharmaceutical Regulatory symposium at SRU from 20th to 21st November 2010.
8) Dr. Venkatesh Babu Department of Conservative Dentistry was awarded the Best paper award in the national conference of Indian Society of Dental Research.
9) Ms. Savitha V.H, Dr. Prakash Boominathan and Ms Svetha V were awarded âDr B.M.Abrol award for the best p
10) aper in speechâ at the 41st Indian Speech & Hearing Association Conference at Pune.
11) Dr.Hannah Rachel Vasanthi won the Best Paper Award for her paper âThe Glucose Paradox of Cerebral Stroke: Nimodipine can be Neuroprotective?â presented in the Annual conference of the Indian Society of Atherosclerosis Research -16th and 17th December 2006 at Madras University, Chennai.
Students Awards
International
1) Deepak D. Barnabas, IV Year B.Sc. BMS Student secured Visiting Scholarship - School of Anatomy &
Human Biology, The University of Western Australia from May to July 2010
2) Malavika R., III Year B.Sc. BMS Student obtained Summer Fellowship, at Harvard University, USA from June to August 2010.
National
1) Dr. Hari Govind S. won the Best Oral Paper on âAirway Managementâ at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine ICEM 2010 in Singapore on June 2010.
2) Dr. Srihari Cattamanchi won the Best Oral Paper Consolation Prize at the International Emergency Medicine Conference INTEM 2010, Ahmedabad, Gujarat on November 2010.
3) Dr. Premananth, PG Student (DTCD) won the Best Young Scientist Award Third Prize at NAPCON 2010, Jodhpur
4) Ms. Yoshitha, MBBS Student V Semester bagged the Best paper Award by South India Medico-Legal Association, Vijayawada on 19th September 2010.
5) Ms. Afra Ismail B. Sc, (AHS) III Year obtained the 1st prize in oral presentation, RITE 2010, Department of Radiology, SRMC on 10th January 2010.
6) Mr. Vineeth V. S., M. Sc (MIT) I year won the 1st Prize in oral presentation at the Indian Radiographers Academy (KIRANA 2010), Bangalore on April 11th 2010.
7) Dr. Vinayaga Priya, MD Final year won the 1st Prize for platform presentation in Madurai in the 13th Annual Conference of Indian Society, Neuroradiology ISNR 2010 on 12th December 2010.
8) Mr. Haresh, Junior Technologist and Mr. Yasar Mohammed, B.Sc., AHS won the 1st Prize for Quiz program in the 14th National Conference of Society of Indian Radiographers, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai on 18th & 19th December 2010.
9) Dr. T. R. Aravindhan won the Prize for Best Paper Award at the 35th National ISP Conference Bangalore in October 2010.
10) Dr. J. Raghunathan, IIyear PG student won the Best E Poster Award at Givadent Raja Muthiah Dental College, Chidambaram in August 2010.
11) Dr. Deepika Gopal won the Dr. R. V. Mehta Award for the best scientific paper at IAOMP, Chennai on 12th December 2010.
12) Ms. Harini Padmanabhan won the prize for best paper in the National seminar on Basic Medical Sciences, Saveetha Dental Collage, Chennai on 18th December 2010.
13) Dr. R. Tamil Selvi, PG, won the Overall Best Paper and for session at the Bangalore PG convention in Bangalore â May 2010.
14) Mr. Vignesh, UG, won the Overall Best paper and for the session at the State IDA Kancheepuram, Chennai â October 2010.
15) T. Srivani, M. Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy â II semester) won the First prize in oral presentation, Periyar College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & AICTE, Trichy on 26th & 27th April - 2010.
16) Rohini Reddy & S. Ramalakshmi, Student & Lecturer bagged the First prize for poster presentation âAn excellent Pharmacy Service system for Ambulatory careâ SRU 15th -17th November 2010.
17) Mr. Chinnadurai M. (Student) received the Young Scientist award at ICRB NISSRO 2010 conference held at Chennai
18) Ms. Swarna R., Ms. Raheema Beevi., Ms. Vineeta, (students) won the Best Poster Award
âIntersex Genetic: Case Reportsâ at the 3rd International Conference in Genetic and molecular diagnosis in modern medicine and biology held in Mangalore
19) Ms. A. Padma, Ms. K. T. Nafseela, (students) College of Management won the II Prize at the Inter collegiate Paper presentation on âGreen Initiative: Managerial issues and challengesâ
conducted by Guruvayurappan Institute of Management, Coimbatore on 25th September 2010.
20) Dr. Vaidyanathan R., Ms. Sharon and Ms. Varshini Department of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences won the Best Paper award for their work on âLanguage status seen in children with asphyxia â A pilot studyâ from the Association of Dravidian linguists in Thiruvananthapuram in May 2009.
21) Ms Gunjan Gupta, student of Department of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences, was awarded âExemplary Performance Awardâ by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi in December 2009
22) Dr. Srihari, post graduate student, Accident & Emergency Medicine was awarded the first prize for his paper âPrevention of self-inflicted injuriesâ in the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society Annual Conference in Cochin in August 2008.
23) Student Ms. Aishwarya was awarded the first prize for her paper âConnective tissue skeleton of the heart: a scanning electron microscopic studyâ in the 28th Annual Conference of the Electron Microscopic Society of India, held in Thiruvananthapuram
24) Dr. Teena Jacob, post graduate student in the department of Oral Pathology: best paper award in the XVII National Conference, Indian Association of Maxillofacial Pathology, Kolkatta.
25) Mr. Khuskaran Singh Pannu (CRI), department of Orthodontics: Best paper award at the Indian Dental Studentsâ Conference, Belgaum
26) Mr. S. Raghuram, CRI, department of Oral Medicine and Radiology: First prize for paper presentation in Tamil Nadu Dental Conference, Madurai.
27) Ms.K. Vijayalakshmi, Research Scholar, Department of Human Genetics won the best poster presentation award for the paper entitled âGlutathione S-transferase as susceptibility and prognostic marker for prostate cancer, Indo-Australian Symposium of Pharmacogenomics, organized by Department of Biotechnology, MAHE, Manipal, March 2006.
28) Ms. P. Kanimozhi, M.Pharm student College of Pharmacy was awarded IInd prize in Poster Presentation at the National Symposium on Phytopharmaceuticals.
