{"id":717,"date":"2017-11-09T04:27:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T04:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bot.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=717"},"modified":"2022-12-29T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T10:41:00","slug":"mr-a-vengadaramana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bot.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/mr-a-vengadaramana\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr.A.Vengadaramana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"717\" class=\"elementor elementor-717\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3182a8ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3182a8ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68a4e98b\" data-id=\"68a4e98b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63271574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63271574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8e7b5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8e7b5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0d76c1\" data-id=\"c0d76c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1273ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1273ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/bot.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/venkadaramana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-244\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2a816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"7a2a816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Dr.A.Vengadaramana<br \/>\n<\/strong>Senior Lecturer Gr.I<br \/>\nB.Sc. [Hons] (Jaffna), M.Phil. (Jaffna), Ph.D. (Peradeniya)<\/p>\n<p>vengad@univ.jfn.ac.lk<br \/>\n+94 21 222 9645<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33c87c5\" data-id=\"33c87c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78024d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"78024d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1251\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1251\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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Science<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1253\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1253\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Teaching<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1253\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1253\"><ul>\n<li>Plant morphology and anatomy<\/li>\n<li>Biostatistics<\/li>\n<li>Plant Pathology<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Plant Pathology<\/li>\n<li>Plant Breeding<\/li>\n<li>Plant Responses<\/li>\n<li>Forest Biology (MSc)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1254\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1254\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\"> Research and Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1254\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1254\"><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biochemistry and Fermentation technology, Molecular plant pathology, Applied Microbiology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research articles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2011). Improving \u03b1-amylase production by <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346 with local nitrogen sources and amino acids supplementations.<strong> <em>Journal of Archives of Applied Science Research,<\/em> 3 (6):87-97<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2011). Purification and comparison properties of crude enzyme with purified \u03b1-amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346. <strong><em>European Journal of Experimental Biology,<\/em> 1 (3):58-69<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2012). Production and optimization of \u03b1-amylase by <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346 in lab bench-scale fermenter. <strong><em>Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research 2<\/em> (1): 190-211<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and V. Arasaratnam.(2012). Stimulation of thermal stability of \u03b1-amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346 by treating with cations. <strong><em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.) 41<\/em> (1): 35-44<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., and Jashothan, P.T.J (2012). Effect of organic fertilizers on the water holding capacity of soil in different terrains of Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka. <strong><em>Journal of Natural product and Plant resource 2 <\/em>(4): 500-503<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and V. Arasaratnam (2012). Supplementation of carbohydrate to enhance the \u03b1-amylase production by <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346 in presence of seed cakes. <strong><em>Malaysian Journal of Microbiology <\/em>8(4):242-247<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and V. Arasaratnam (2013). Characteristic Analysis of Crude and Purified \u03b1-amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346 and comparison with Commercial enzyme. <strong><em>Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy <\/em>2(2):31-35<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and V. Arasaratnam (2013). Optimization of fermentation medium components to improve \u03b1-amylase production by submerged fermentation technology. <strong><em>Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy <\/em>2(2):180-186 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. (2013). Industrial Important Microbial alpha-Amylase on Starch-Converting Process. <strong><em>Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy <\/em>2(3):209-221<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and D. M. De Costa (2014). <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=xvgW-pEAAAAJ&amp;citation_for_view=xvgW-pEAAAAJ:UHK10RUVsp4C\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Morphological and Pathogenic Variations of the Causal Organisms of Leaf Twister Disease of Red Onion (Allium cepa L.) in Jaffna District of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.<\/span> <strong><em>Tropical Agricultural Research <\/em>25(3): 412-431.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and D. M. De Costa (2014). Molecular and Pathogenic Diversity of the Causal Agents of Onion Leaf Twister Disease in Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. <strong><em>Universal Journal of plant science<\/em> 2(7): 121-127.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and V. Arasaratnam (2014). Effect of temperature, pH, substrate (Starch) and glucose on stability of \u03b1-amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy <\/em>3(6):492-495.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>K. Rasangi Priyadarshani and Vengadaramana, A. (2015). Some Preliminary Studies of <em>Colletotrichum musae <\/em>Associated with Banana Anthracnose Disease in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. <strong><em>Universal Journal of Agricultural research<\/em> 3(6): 197-202.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Mehala, U., Thananthika, S., Nirosha, R. and Kapilan, R. (2016). The Characterization of Amylolytic Enzyme Present in Fermented Sweet Sap of Palmyrah. <strong><em>Journal of Applied Biology &amp; Biotechnology <\/em>4(3): 020-023.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Asanka Indunil Kumari, Y.S.M and Vengadaramana, A. (2017). Stimulation of Defense Enzymes in Tomato (<em>Solanum lycopersicum<\/em>) and Chilli (<em>Capsicum annuum<\/em> L.) in Response to Exogenous Application of Different Chemical Elicitors. <strong><em>Universal Journal of Plant science<\/em> 5(1): 10-15.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and Laxmija, S. (2021). Morphological Characterization and effect of Extracts of some Medicinal Plants on the Control of <em>Colletotricum<\/em> isolates Associated with Papaya Anthracnose Disease. <strong><em>Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research<\/em> 5(4): 649-655.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Abstracts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Senthuran, A. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2004). Some preliminary studies on the production and properties of -amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 6346<\/em>. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 12th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p06<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2005). Effect of different nitrogen sources on -amylase production from <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 13th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p07.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2005). Influence of metal ions on activity and stability of -amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 13th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p10.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2006). The effect of carbohydrate and amino acids on production of -amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 14th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p32.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2006). Purifiction of extracellular -amylase produced by <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 14th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p39.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2006). Production of -amylase by <em>Bacillus licheniformis ATCC<\/em> 6346 in fermenter under controlled conditions. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 14th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p43.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam. (2006). Comparision kinetic properties of crude and purified -amylase from Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 6346 with commercial amylase from <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em>. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 14th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p46.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2008) Optimization of media compositions to improve -amylase production by <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 15th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p60<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2008) Scaling up of -amylase production by <em>Bacillus lichenifomis<\/em> ATCC 6346 to large laboratory level. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 15th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p59<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2008) Supplementation of amino acids to coconut seed cake to enhance \u03b1-amylase production by <em>Bacillus licheniformis <\/em>ATCC 6346. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 15th Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p56.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kanapathy Gajapathy, Sundaralingam Saravanan, Ranganathan Kapilan and Arumugam Vengadaramana (2009). Coliforms in the ground water of University of Jaffna premises and surroundings after the cyclone, Nisha 2008. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p06<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Balakumar, S. and Vasanthy Arasaratnam.(2009). Single step purification of -amylase production by <em>Bacillus licheniformis<\/em> ATCC 6346 Using DEAE-Sepharose. <strong><em>International Conference on Frontiers in Molecular Life Sciences, 16<sup>th<\/sup> to 18<sup>th<\/sup> September 2009 Colombo Sri Lanka<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Jeyaseelan, E. C. And Thavaranjit, A. C. (2010). Effect of selected soil borne Bacteria on the germination of some seeds of Fabaceae family. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p03.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., Jeyaseelan, E. C. And Thavaranjit, A. C. (2010). Study the effect of local Nitrogen sources on the development of bacterial culture. <strong><em>Proceedings of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Session of Jaffna Science Association, p04.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A., and Jashothan, P.T.J (2010). Preliminary studies on the effect of UV-A radiation on seedlings of Green gram and Black gram. <strong><em>Proceedings of the Vavuniya Campus Annual Research Session &#8211; VCARS 2010, p12.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>L. Madushani,<strong> A. Vengadaramana<\/strong> and D. M. De Costa (2013). Pathogenic variations of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> spp. causing the Leaf Twister Disease of onion. <strong><em>Peradeniya University Research Sessions PURSE 2012, <\/em>17:219<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>D. N. Menike,<strong> A. Vengadaramana<\/strong> and D. M. De Costa (2013). Molecular identification and characterization of <em>Fusarium<\/em> species causing Leaf Twister disease of onion. <strong><em>Peradeniya University Research Sessions PURSE 2012, <\/em>17:222<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>L. Madushani, A. Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa (2013). Morphological and pathogenic variations of causal organisms of leaf twister disease of onion. <strong><em>Proceedings of the undergraduate research of Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pradeniya, 3:115-118<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>D. N. Menike, A. Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa (2013). Molecular variations of Colletotrichum spp. and Fusarium spp. causing Leaf Twister Disease of onion. <strong><em>Proceedings of the undergraduate research of Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pradeniya, 3:148-151<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Arumugam Vengadaramana, G. D. N. Menike and D. M. De Costa (2013). Genomic variation of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> and <em>Fusarium <\/em>isolates causing Leaf Twister disease of onion (<em><u>Allium<\/u> <u>cepa<\/u><\/em>). <strong><em>International conference on Agriculture &amp; Animal sciences<\/em><\/strong> 2013, 8<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 9<sup>th<\/sup> July 2013, <em>p52<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Arumugam Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa (2014). Molecular and pathogenic diversity of the causal agents of onion leaf twister disease in Batticaloa district Sri Lanka. <strong><em>International conference on Agriculture and Forestry (ICOAF)<\/em><\/strong> 2014, 10<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 11<sup>th<\/sup> June 2014, Colombo, <em>p42<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Arumugam Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa. Identification of <em>Fusarium<\/em> species Causing Leaf Twister Disease of Onion in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka by DNA-Based Molecular Technique. <strong><em>International conference on Agriculture, Economical and Medical Sciences<\/em><\/strong> (AEMS-2014) July 3-4, 2014 London.<\/li>\n<li>Manahari, A. Vengadaramana, D. M DeCosta (2014). Morphological and growth variations of isolates associated with anthracnose disease of banana. <strong><em>Peradeniya University International Research Sessions IPURSE 2014, <\/em><\/strong>July 4<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><em>p531<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa. Molecular Identification and Variation of <em>Fusarium <\/em>Species Causing Leaf Twister Disease of Onion in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka. <strong><em>6<sup>th<\/sup> Indian Horticulre Congress-2014,<\/em><\/strong> November 6-9, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Tamil Nadu, India, <em>p390-391<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vishnuvarthan, A.Vengadaramana and D. M. De Costa (2014). Molecular Characterization of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> and <em>Fusarium<\/em> Isolates Associated with Leaf Twister Disease of Red onion in Jaffna District. <strong><em>Proceedings of 1<sup>st<\/sup> Faculty of Agriculture Undergraduate symposium (FAuRS)<\/em><\/strong>. 23<sup>rd<\/sup> December 2014 ,University of Perdeniya, <em>p149<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and D. M. De Costa (2015). Morphological and pathogenic variations of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> and <em>Fusarium<\/em> Isolates responsible for Leaf Twister Disease of onion in Trincomalee district, Sri Lanka. <strong><em>2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/em> <em>International conference on Agriculture and Forestry (ICOAF)<\/em> &#8211; 2015<\/strong>, 10<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 12<sup>th<\/sup> June 2015, Colombo, <em>p36<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and D. M. De Costa (2017). Molecular identification and genomic variation of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> causing leaf twister disease of onion in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka by PCR-RFLP techniques. <strong><em>2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/em> <em>Asia-Pacific conference on multidisciplinary Research <\/em>2017<\/strong>, 29<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 30<sup>th<\/sup> July 2017, Colombo, <em>p35<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Laxmija, S and Vengadaramana, A. (2017). Preliminary studies on <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> isolate associated with Papaya (Carica papaya L.) fruit anthracnose disease in the Jaffna district, Sri Lanka. <strong><em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> International conference on Dryzone agriculture (ICDA) 2017<\/em><\/strong>, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> November 2017, Faculty of Agriculture University of Jaffna Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Laxmija, S and Vengadaramana, A. (2017). Preliminary assessment of clove (<em>syzygium aromaticum<\/em>), cinnamon (<em>cinnamomum zeylanicum<\/em>), holy basil (<em>ocimum tenuiflorum<\/em>) and balloon vine (<em>cardiospermum halicacabum<\/em>) on growth of <em>colletotrichum<\/em> <strong><em>6<sup>th<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Annual Science Research Sessions &#8211; 2017<\/em><\/strong>, 28<sup>th<\/sup> November 2017, Faculty of Applied Science South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sammanthurai.<\/li>\n<li>Vengadaramana, A. and Laxmija, S. (2018). Development of <em>Colletotrichum<\/em> isolates Isolated from papaya (<em>Carica papaya<\/em>) fruit anthracnose disease in different culture media. <strong><em>3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/em> <em>Asia-Pacific conference on multidisciplinary Research <\/em>2018<\/strong>, 6<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 7<sup>th<\/sup> July 2018, Colombo, <em>p13<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Gowthamy, T and Vengadaramana, A. (2019). Role of salicilic acid in growth and induction of plant defense enzymes in brinjal (Solanum melongena) plants. <strong>International conference on agriculture and food security 2019 [Agrifood 2019]<\/strong> , 08<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 09<sup>th<\/sup> August 2019, Colombo, <em>p02<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Gowthamy, T and Vengadaramana, A. (2019). Role of salicilic acid in growth and induction of plant defense enzymes in okra (<em>Abelmoschus esculentus<\/em>) plants. <strong>First National symbosium of Sri Lanka associaton for mycology and plant Pathology (SLMPP)<\/strong>, 30<sup>th<\/sup> August 2019, Kandy, <em>p26<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Disanayaka, D. M. T. C., Pathmathas, T. and Vengadaramana, A. (2019). Some preliminary studies on the effects of gama radiation in corn, chilli and green gram seeds. <strong>International conference on agriculture and food security 2019 [Agrifood 2019]<\/strong> , 08<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 09<sup>th<\/sup> August 2019, Colombo, <em>p04<\/em><\/li>\n<li>F. Sabria and A. Vengadaramana. (2019). Pcr-rflp based genetic diversity of colletotrichum musae isolates of banana in jaffna district. <strong><em>Proceedings of 9th International Symposium (Full Paper), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka,Oluvil. 27th \u2013 28th November 2019<\/em><\/strong>: pp382-388.<\/li>\n<li>Ratnayake, H.K.L.M., Pathmathas, T., Vengadaramana, A. and Ramalingam, A. (2020). Effect of gamma irradiation on the growth and yield of green gram (<em>Vigna radiata<\/em>). <strong>Proceedings of<\/strong> <strong>7<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> <strong>International Science and technology conference [RITSTCON 2020]<\/strong>, <strong>22<sup>nd<\/sup> January 2020, Matara<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rafadha, M. R. F and Vengadaramana, A. (2020). Determination of kinetic parameters of Alpha-amylase from Baker\u2019s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). <strong><em>Proceedings of<\/em> <em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> National symposium of agriculture 2020.<\/em> <\/strong><em><strong>15<sup>th<\/sup> july 2020, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University of Sri Lanka<\/strong>,<\/em><em> p<\/em><em>21<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rafadha, M. R. F and Vengadaramana, A. (2021). Effect of locally available carbon and nitrogen sources on the simultaneous production of \u03b1-amylase and bioethanol from <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae<\/em>. <strong><em>Proceedings of<\/em> <em>4<sup>th<\/sup> National symposium of agriculture 2021.<\/em> <\/strong><em><strong>10<sup>th<\/sup> March 2021, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University of Sri Lanka<\/strong>,<\/em><em> p<\/em><em>25<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mathusha, M., Pathmathas, T. and Vengadaramana, A. (2021). Study the influence of UV-C radiation on growth of corn (<em>Zea mays<\/em>).<strong><em>Proceedings of<\/em> <em>International symposium on Agriculture and Environment 2021.<\/em> <\/strong><em><strong>07<sup>th<\/sup> May 2021, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka<\/strong>,<\/em><em> p<\/em><em>46<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rushani, V, Nirmala, R, Vengadaramana, A, Kapilan, R and Eustace Y Fernando (2022). Proceedings of the 5th National symposium on Agriculture, EUSL.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1255\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1255\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Awards and Grants<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1255\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1255\"><p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outstanding oral presentation award at the international conference on IMRF world research congress Sri Lanka 2016<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding oral presentation award at the international conference on Agricultural, Economical and Medical Sciences (AEMS-2014) 2014 in London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Principal Investigator National Research Council (NRC) grant 2019 (NRC-19-075) &#8211; LKR 3,655000.00 \u2013 going on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Title : Bioethanol production from marine algae<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2017 2017- Jaffna University Research Grant\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LKR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800,000.00- completed<\/li>\n<li>2016- Jaffna University Research Grant LKR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800,000.00 -completed<\/li>\n<li>2015- Jaffna University Research Grant LKR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 340,000.00- completed<\/li>\n<li>2011- University Grants Commission \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LKR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 750,000.00- completed<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1256\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1256\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Activity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1256\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1256\"><ul>\n<li>Research work in Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, Sweden (1st may 2005 to 31st Oct 2005) for six month under International Program In the Chemical Sciences (sida\/SAREC funding program).<\/li>\n<li>01-5-2005 to 31-10-2005 Guest researcher (on contract) Dept.of Biotechnology, University of Lund, Sweden on a Scholarship under Sida\/SAREC and International Science Program of Chemical Sciences, Sweden project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Record B.Sc\u00a0 Specialization in Botany (Jaffna) M.phil in Biochemistry (Jaffna) Ph.D in Molecular Plant Pathology (Peradeniya) Admin Roles Student\u2019s councellor Academic counsellor Member of the 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