This document contains the curriculum vitae of E. Selvarajan, who has a PhD in biotechnology. It summarizes his personal and contact information, educational background, professional experience, publications, conferences attended, skills, and references. He has over 3 years of experience working as a senior research fellow and has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. His areas of expertise include downstream processing, bioprocess engineering, and chromatographic techniques.

1. Communication
Address
E.Selvarajan, M.Tech, Ph.D
MISTE
Permanent Address
#86, Thanthai periyar st,
th
#5,4 cross, C Sector,
V.G.Rao Nagar,
Katpadi,Vellore
St.Joseph nagar, Kondur,
Cuddalore - 607 006,
Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu.
e-mail : selrajan@gmail.com
Mobile : 09843430425
D.O.B
: 24.11.1985
Objective:
A self motivated, enthusiastic individual looking for an opportunity in an Industrial sector and in
thirst to apply my academic skills in a practical work environment to prove myself in the field I am
affianced with.
Professional Experience (3 years, 7 months)
1. Organization
Designation
: ICMR [VIT University]
: Senior Research Fellow.
Duration
: From Sep’13 to till date
Organization
:
Designation
: Research Associate.
Duration
: From Mar’11 to Aug’ 13
2.
3. Organization
:
VIT University
Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering &Technology
Designation
Duration
: From June’10 to Dec’10
Organization
:
Designation
: Trainee (Biotech Industrial Training Programme)
Duration
: From November’09 to April’10
Area
4.
: Assistant Professor.
: Production.
Bangalore Biotech Labs Pvt. Ltd. (BIOZEEN)
Educational Qualification
Master of Technology in Industrial Bio-Technology - SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu with
CGPA of 9.11/10 and placed in First class with distinction (May 2009).
Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Bio-Technology - Arunai Engineering College, Anna
University,Chennai with 78% and placed in First class (April 2007).
Higher Secondary Education – St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore with 82.83 %
(March 2003).
SSLC – St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore with 92.2 % (April 2001).

2. Academic Projects (9 months)
1. “Purification of growth factor expressed as fusion protein in E.coli” at INBIOPRO Solutions
pvt.ltd, Bangalore (Dec–2008 to May--2009).
2.
“Contamination studies and its antibiotic treatments in tissue cultured system of
banana plant” at Spic agro biotech centre, Coimbatore (Jan–2007 to Mar–2007).
Area of Interest
Downstream Processing
Bioprocess Engineering
Technical Skills
AKTA PRIME PLUS, AKTA PILOT, AKTA PROCESS, HPLC (SHIMADZU).
Column Packing and Protein purification by Chromatographic techniques (IEC, GFC, HIC, AC).
Tangential Flow Filtration (Millipore, Sartorius) and its optimization.
Microbial Fermentor (5L, 40 L) and scale up, Fermentation growth kinetics.
IEF and SDS Electrophoresis (BIO-RAD).
Integrity testing of liquid and gas filters, Sterilization and cleaning in place (FSIP, ESIP) with
valve matrix and P & ID’s, validation.
Cryopreservation, monolayer culture and microcarriers, Karyotyping, MTT Assay, Suspension
culture and scale-up.
Aspen tech V7.1 (Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS)
MATLAB (Basics)
Book Publications
Book: V.Mohanasrinivasan, C.Subathra devi, V.Suganthi, E.Selvarajan (2012).”Nisin based
Lantibiotic Engineering”. Lambert Academic publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-659-25473-4.
Book: Selvarajan Ethiraj, V.Mohanasrinivasan, V.Suganthi (2011).”Purification of growth
factor expressed
as
a fusion
protein
in
E.coli”.
Lambert Academic
publishing,
Germany.ISBN:978-3-8443-8167-2.
Paper Publications (Total Impact Factor= 3.815)
V.Mohanasrinivasan*, C.Subathra Devi, E. Selvarajan, V.Suganthi. “Bioremediation of
endosulfan contaminated soil”. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment (Article in
press).
E. Selvarajan, V.Mohanasrinivasan.”Biosynthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles
using Lactobacillus plantarum VITES07” Materials Letters 112 (2013) 180-182.
Damini D, Sukriti P, E. Selvarajan, V.Suganthi and V.Mohanasrinivasan*.
“Removal of Heavy
Metals from Leather Industry Effluent Using Saccharomyces sp In a Packed Bed Reactor”
Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4(2) 2013.
V. Mohanasrinivasan*, Mudit Mishra, Jeny Singh Paliwal, Suneet Kr. Singh, E.Selvarajan,
V.Suganthi, C.Subathra devi. “Studies on heavy metal removal efficiency and antibacterial
activity of chitosan prepared from shrimp shell waste”. 3Biotech (Article in press)

3. Mohanasrinivasan V.*, SriramKalyan P, Ipsita Nandi, Subathradevi C, Selvarajan E, Suganthi V
and Jemimah Naine S.”
Fermentative production
of
extracellular pigment
from
”
Streptomyces coelicolor MSIS1”. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 8(4) 2013.
V.Mohanasrinivasan*, C.Subathra Devi, Ritusree Biswas, Falguni Paul, Mohor Mitra,
E.Selvarajan, V.Suganthi.”Enhanced production of nattokinase from UV mutated Bacillus
sp.” Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology 8(2) 2013.
V. Mohanasrinivasan*, C.Subathra devi, Akata Saha, Madhumanti Mondal, Sudeshna dhar,
V.Suganthi, E.Selvarajan. “Screening for Staphylokinase producing Staphylococcus sp
from bovine milk sample”. IJPPS, 5(2) 2013.
Damini D, Jayasmita D, Sukriti P, Selvarajan E, Suganthi V, Mohanasrinivasan V*.
“Fermentative
production of ergosterol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Journal of
Applied Sciences Research 9(2) 2013.
C.Subathra
Devi,
V.
Mohanashrinivasan,
B.Vaishnavi,
E.Selvarajan,
S.Jemima
Naine.”Optimization studies for enhanced production of streptokinase by Streptococcus
equisimilis UVM6” Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology 7(3) 2013.
Mudit Mishra, Jeny Singh Paliwal, Suneet Kumar Singh, E Selvarajan, V. Mohanashrinivasan*. ”
Biological synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Lactobacillus sporogens and its
inhibitory activity against a food borne pathogen Staphylococcus aureus”. Journal of Pure
& Applied Microbiology 7(2) 2013.
M.Ramya and E.Selvarajan*.” Purification of human recombinant granulocyte colony
stimulating factor from Escherichia coli”. African Journal of Biotechnology 2012, 11(50),
11104-11109.
V.Suganthi, E.Selvarajan, V.Mohanasrinivasan*, C.Subathra Devi.”Lantibiotic nisin: Natural
preservative from Lactococcus lactis”. International Research Journal of Pharmacy 2012,
3(1), 13-19.
M.Ramya, E.Selvarajan, V.Suganthi, V.Mohanasrinivasan*, C.Subathra Devi. ”Determination
of human T-cell leukemia virus-1 among pregnant women”. Elixir Virus Research 2012, 42,
6345-6348.
Paper/Poster presentations
Presented a poster entitled “Optimization studies of protease production using Aspergillus
niger” in the National Symposium on New Horizons in Biotechnology and Bionanomedicine at Periyar
University, Salem (Sep 2012).
Presented a poster entitled “Effect of nanoparticles encapsulated nisin on enhancement of
storage &stability of packaged foods” in the International Symposium on Recent Trends in
Processing & Safety of Specialty and Operational Foods at DFRL, Mysore (Nov 2011).
Presented a poster entitled “Lactose free milk production” in the National Conference on Career
and Research trends in Food Processing at IICPT, Thanjavur (Jun 2011).
Presented a paper entitled “Lactose free milk production” in the 2
nd
Science, Engineering and Technology at VIT University (Apr 2011).
Sequence deposited at NCBI
Enterococcus mundtii MVS1 (16S rRNA partial) JX123479
Lactobacillus plantarum VITES04 (16S rRNA partial) KC538945
Lactobacillus plantarum VITES07 (16S rRNA partial) HF571129
International Conference on

4. Leuconostoc mesenteroides VITMS1 (16S rRNA partial) KC539103
Leuconostoc mesenteroides VITMS4 (16S rRNA partial) HF586418
Pseudomonas aeruginosa TMSS (16S rRNA partial) JX112658
Pseudomonas aeruginosa CMSS (16S rRNA partial) JX112657
Pediococcus pentosaceus VITMS7 (16S rRNA partial)
Bacillus pumilus VITMDS02 (16S rRNA partial)
KC692718
KC991039
Training Programme / Workshop/ International Conference
Participated in the Faculty development programme on “MATLAB“at VIT University (Aug 2013).
Participated in the Faculty development workshop on “Chemical Process Modeling and
Simulation “at AMRITA University, Coimbatore (Jun 2013).
Participated in the lecture workshop on “Microbes, Minerals and Environment” at VIT
University, Vellore (Jan 2013).
Participated in the Faculty development programme on “An introduction to Statistical
Analysis System” at VIT University (Nov 2012).
Participated in the workshop on “How to write research paper” at VIT University, Vellore (Sep
2012).
Participated in the National Workshop on “Microbial Enzyme Technology” at Pondicherry
University, Puducherry (June 2012).
Participated in the Faculty development programme on “Functional Nanomaterials-Synthesis
and Characterization” at SASTRA University (Dec 2011).
Attended the Training programme on “Recent Research Developments in Biotechnology” at
VIT University (Oct 2011).
Participated in the Lecture workshop entitled “Products from Natural Resources: Prospecting
and Utilization” at VIT University (July 2001).
Participated in the Faculty development programme on “Biostatistics and Mathematics for
Biologist” at VIT University (July 2011).
Participated in the National Workshop on “HACCP and Food Safety in Food Industries” at
IICPT, Thanjavur (June 2011).
Attended an awareness workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights” at VIT University (March
2011).
Participated in the International Symposium on “Environmental exposures to Mutagens and
Carcinogens on Human Health” at VIT University (Feb 2011).
Attended a “National Level Orientation Program for Designing Doctoral Research” at AMET
University, Chennai (Feb 2011).
Attended the Training programme on “Animal Handling and Immuno Techniques” at the
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai (Aug 2006).
Undergone Job Training in “IMMUNOTECHNOLOGY” at Sangene Institute of Bioscience,
Bangalore (Jun 2006).
Attended a Short-term course on “Electrophoresis Techniques” at The Electrophoresis
Institute, Yercaud (Feb 2006).

5. Undergone In-plant training on “Bioreactor” at Shasun chemicals & drugs, Cuddalore (Jun
2005).
Undergone Industrial Training Programme on “Bio Informatics Databases and Tools” at Sai’s
Biosciences Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., Chennai (Jun 2005).
Undergone Training Programme on “Wet lab Training for Bioinformatics” conducted by
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai (May 2005).
Attended International conference on “Environment Ecology & Pollution” at Arunai
Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai (Jan 2005).
Bioinformatics Skills
Biological Databases -- NCBI, DDBJ, EMBL
Sequence analysis tools – BLAST, FASTA
Professional Membership
Indian Society for Technical Education-ISTE (Life Time)
International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology-IACSIT
International Society for Environmental and Information Science-ISEIS
Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society-APCBEES
Journal Reviewer/Editorial Board Member
African Journal of Biotechnology
Journal of Biotechnological Sciences
Innovare Journal of Engineering and Technology
Achievements
Got Research scholar award for the year 2012
References
1. Dr.V.Mohanasrinivasan,
2. Dr.C.Subathra Devi,
Assistant Professor (Sr),
Assistant Professor (Sr),
Environmental Biotechnology Division,
Industrial Biotechnology Division,
VIT University.
VIT University.
v.mohan@vit.ac.in
csubathradevi@vit.ac.in
9486802902
9486420509.
I hereby declare that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sincerely yours,
(E.SELVARAJAN)