A Short Biography

Dr.K.Ramasamy

Dr. K. RAMASAMY
PROFILE

Vice-Chancellor

Dr.K.Ramasamy, Born on 01, May 1948 at Nilaiyoor,

Aranthangi in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, Dr. K. Ramasamy received
secondary education at Veludaiyar High School, Tiruvarur and Board High
School, Aranthangi. He completed his basic and masters' degrees at
Annamalai University. He went on to study M.S. in Fermentation Technology
and Ph.D. degree in Industrial Microbiology at Catholic University of Leuven,
Belgium. In the same University, he gained Post-Doctoral experience in
Electron Microscopy and later at Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan, USA on Gene Cloning. He joined in Tamilnadu Agricultural
university and served in the departments of Soil Science, Plant Pathology,
Microbiology, Bio-Energy, Environmental Science and Biotechnology. He has
worked in Private and Public Agricultural Institutions at the Managerial
Cadre.
He initiated the Oyster mushroom work and later linked it to All India
Co- ordinated Project. From the early period, he started getting externally
funded projects and the establishment of Bio Energy Centre with DST
support in 1982 was his first solid initiative. Popularization of Biogas
programme and Mushroom cultivation brought laurels and recognition to
three districts of Tamil Nadu by Ministry of Non conventional Energy
Sources. The Department of Environmental Science was revived in 1988 with
his team of colleagues who worked in 6 externally funded projects. Through
active State Government of India and Corporate assistance, he established a
referral laboratory, which was acclaimed as the best laboratory facility in
Asia-Pacific and rewarded with a Australian AICAR project on reclamation of
tannery effluent contaminated soil in Vellore Dt. His team also worked for
the Ecological Authority and finalized the compensation for the tannery
effluent polluted farms. He is associated with the textile and distillery
effluent remediation and disposal.
As a lab-bench worker, he established that, cellulolytic bacteria
release the enzymic catalyst for cellulose degradation and deduced the
pathway of degradation, which is the text book information for
biodegradation students. His personal research publications played a key
role in understanding the mechanism of cellulose and lignin degradation. His
research activity is continuously supported from 1982 by different funding
agencies like Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Department of Science
and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research, BRNS-Atomic Energy Centre, MNES and international
agencies like AICAR-Australia, FAO-Rome, USDA and EU. He has published
120 research publications, 7 books, 23 bulletins and organized 18 trainings
and international workshops to provide hands on training to fellow
colleagues. He has three patents and three more in line.
The knowledge gained from his research was developed into practical
technologies and he established academic industry partnership for the
past 20 years. He provided need based solutions for waste recycling and
disposal and worked with industries like SPIC, TNPL, Seshasayee, SIV, Sakthi

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and Bannariamman to solve the environmental difficulties. Scientific solution

provided by him, helped the Tannery and Distillery Industries from closure.
He also served as a member for the Research and Development for SISMA.
He established the protocol and monitoring criteria for the disposal of
treated spent wash on land, a national directive. He has served in the
National Committees of Energy, Environment and Biotechnology. Currently
he is a Member of State Planning Commission. He previously held the post
of Vice-Chancellor, Karpagam University, Coimbatore.
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He is a still continuing as member in the following Professional bodies and

the membership are very much active till date.

ICAR Academic Infrastructure Committee

E-courses and Mooc Committee
Accreditation Committee
ICAR Council Member
NAAS University Ranking Committee