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Dr. LS. Afinisha Deepam. MSc, BEd, PhD
● Nano Chemistry
● Bioactive Phyto chemicals in Natural Products
● Oil Seeds Research
● Synthetic Chemistry
● Research in Ayurvedic Drugs
● Invited Member in Board of Studies of Home Science
● Invited Member in UG Board of Studies in Chemistry
● IQAC Coordinator
● DST-FIST Coordinator
● KSCSTE-SARD Coordinator
● Website Admin
● Member of Research Committee
● Teaching using E-learning classroom- Digital Podium, Interactive Board etc.
● Skill in using MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Origin, SPSS Data Analysis etc
● Proficiency in using the web platform of Google Class room, Google Meet, Zoom, Skype etc
● Extensively involved in several studies using techniques,
♦ High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Analysis. Expertise in method development for the separation of
various biologically active phytochemicals of different polarity and their quantitation- CAMAG HPTLC.
♦ Gas Chromatographic analysis of fatty acid methyl esters and fatty alcohols GC-2010
♦ High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Analysis of tocopherols, tocotrienols, phytosterols, flavanoids using
UV-detector. Neutral lipid and polar lipid analysis by ELSD (Evaporative Light Scattering Detector)
♦ GC-MS analysis natural compounds
♦ E-Spin Nanotech Fiber Spinning Machine-Nanofiber synthesis
♦ UV-Visible Spectrophotometre estimation of Carotenoids, oryzanols etc.
♦ Lovibond Tintometre quantitation of Chlorophyll A and Chlorophyll B
May 2002 to March 2008 (6Years)
Designation : Junior Project Fellow/Senior Project Fellow
Institute : National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) CSIR, TVPM
April 2008 – March 2011
Designation : CSIR- Senior Research Fellow
Institute : National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) CSIR, TVPM
April 2011 – May 2013
Designation : Assistant Professor
Institute : School of Food Processing, Karunya University, Deemed to be University, Coimbatore.
May 2013
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)
Research project under the scheme of Selective Augmentation of Research and Development (SARD) from the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) was sanctioned for 25 Lakhs
1. Afinisha Deepam L.S., Kumar, DRS., Sundaresan, A., Arumughan, C.,2007. A new method for simultaneous estimation of unsaponifiable constituents of rice bran oil using HPTLC, Journal of Separation Science, 30: 2786-2793.
2. Afinisha Deepam L.S., C. Arumughan. 2010. Characterization of sn-2 alk-1-enyl ethers of glycerol from refined rice bran oil, Journal of Oleo Science, 59, 521-526.
3. Afinisha Deepam L.S., Sundaresan, A., Arumughan, C., 2011. Stability of Rice Bran Oil in terms of oryzanol, tocopherols, tocotrienols and sterols Journal of American Oil Chemists Society, 88, 1001-1009.
4. Afinisha Deepam L.S., Arumughan, C., 2012. Effect of saponification on composition of unsaponifiable matter in rice bran oil, Journal of oleo science, 61(5),241-247, 2012
5. Afinisha Deepam L.S. and Kardile Amol., Effect of Essential Oil and Oleo Resin on Stability of Edible Oil Blends, Asian Journal of Chemistry; Vol. 28, No. 11 (2016), 2424-2430
6. Afinisha Deepam. L. S , Jisha. M. J., Activity Studies of Selected Tuber and Vegetable Powder Mix. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 7, Issue 9, 117-127, September 2017.
7. Afinisha Deepam L.S., and Jyothi Viswanadhan, Green Protocols for the One-Pot Synthesis of Vanillin Based amino alkyl and Amido alkyl Naphthols and their Antibacterial Activity. Oriental Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 33, No. (2):1-12, 2017.
8. Afinisha Deepam L.S., Divya S., Jisha M.J., Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vol.37 C (Chemistry), No.1, 2018: P.158-162. Isolation and characterization of active compounds from Jasminum multiflorum leaves.
9. Comparative study on bioactive phytochemicals of rice bran oil from ten paddy varieties collected from kerala. Journal of American oil Chemists Society. (Communicated). Afinisha Deepam L.S., C. Arumughan. (communicated).
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● Resource person in the School Anniversary of CSI English Medium School, Mangalathukonam, Trivandrum
● Resource Person in the Motivation class organized by the CSI Venganoor
● Paper presented in 8th National Seminar on Rice Bran Oil, Unsaponifiable Matter in Rice bran Oil: Scientific and Legal Dimensions. C. Arumughan, D.R. Soban Kumar, Afinisha Deepam L.S., 29th July 2005, New Delhi.
● Paper presented in National Seminar on Nutritional phytochemicals. Oryzanol in rice bran a nutritional phytochemical. Afinisha Deepam L.S., C. Arumughan., A.Sundaresan, 25th June 2010, Trivandrum.
● Policosanol as major unsaponifiable constituent in refined rice bran oil. Afinisha Deepam,L.S. C. Arumughan. “97th Indian Science Congress”, Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Page No. 253. Thiruvananthapuram, 2010.
● Antioxidant Activity of Rice Bran Oil Micronutrients at Different Combinations Afinisha Deepam L.S., C.Arumughan., A.Sundaresan. International Conference on Advances in Free Radical Research, Natural Products, Antioxidants and Radioprotectors in Health and Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society of Free Radical Research, page No. 133, Hyderabad, January 11-13, 2010.
● 5th Mid CRSI Symposium in Chemistry, held at National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology) CSIR, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, July, 2010.
● Essenzz, The Association of Food Processing Engineers, Karunya University, 9th December 2011.
● “Phytochemicals in Gandhakasala and Geerakasala Geographical Indicative Rice Varieties of Kerala” Afinisha Deepam L.S., C. Arumughan., National Workshop on “HACCP and Food Safety in Food Industries”, 24th June 2011, IICPT, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
● “Fatty Aldehydes and Policosaol as New Constituents in Unsaponifiable Matter of Refined Rice Bran Oil” Afinisha Deepam L.S., Sundaresan, A., Arumughan, C., Evogen, School of Biotechnology & Health Sciences, 5th March, 2012, Karunya, Coimbatore.
● Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Tomorrow’s Material Science (TMS-2013) at Government College for Women, TVPM sponsored by the Director of Collegiate Education on 11. 10. 2013.
● Participated in the National Science Day celebrations organized by the Post Graduate Department of Botany, Christian College Kattakada on 26 February 2014 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)
● Participated in the two day workshop on ‘Microscale Experiments in Chemistry’ organized by the Board of studies in Chemistry, University of Kerala in association with the Academy of Chemistry Teachers at HHMSPBNSS College for Women on March 4 and 5 of 2014.
● Presented a poster in the International Conference on Emerging Frontiers and Challenges in Chemistry organized on 17 and 18 February 2014.
● Participated in the World Wetland Day Celebrations organized by the Post Graduate Department of Botany, Christian College Kattakada on 12 February 2016 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)
● Participated in the World Environment day celebrations organized by Post Graduate Department of Botany, Christian College Kattakada on 16 June 2016 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)
● Presented a paper in National Seminar on Photonics, Medicine and the Environment (NSPME-2016) organized by the Department of Chemistry, All Saint’s College, TVPM on 22 and 23 of June 2016.
● Participated in the national seminar on Advanced Functional Materials (NSAFM 2017) jointly organized by Materials Research Society of India and PG & Research Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Mar Ivanios College on 12-14 of December 2017.
● Paper presented in the state level seminar on ‘Medicinal Chemistry’ organized by Department of Chemistry, Fathima Mata National College, Kollam organized on 28 March 2017.
● Participated in the National Seminar on Advances in Physics organized by the Department of Physics, Christian College, Kattakada on 27 and 28 of February 2018.
● Participated in the International Seminar on Intriguing Aspects of Chemistry-2020 organized by the Department of Chemistry, Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram from 13.1.2020 to 15.1.2020 sponsored by Directorate of College of Education, Govt. of Kerala.
● CSIR-SRF, Post Doc-KSCSTE ● Best Teacher Award-Karunya University ● Best Poster Award-International Seminar
Profile : Female, Married
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 05.02.1979
Current Location : Kanjiramkulam, Trivandrum, Kerala
Name of Father : Mr. D. Lawrance
Qualification : MSc, BEd, PhD
Languages known : Malayalam, English, Tamil, Hindi
Hobbies : Writing songs, Hearing songs
Dr. LS. Afinisha Deepam
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
Christian College,Kattakada
Thiruvananthapuram
email:afinishadpm@gmail.com
Mob +91 9895609859
PhD in Chemistry
“Investigation on Unsaponifiable Phytochemicals Of Rice Bran Oil”.
Research Centre: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), CSIR, TVPM.
Registered:Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)
Year: 2012
MSc Chemistry
University of Kerala
Year: 2003
BEd
University of Kerala
Year : 2002
BSc Chemistry
University of Kerala
Year: 1999
Kamala Nivas Thanponnankala, Kanjiramkulam P.O. - 695524 Trivandrum, Kerala
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