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List of Staff & Students who have obtained their Ph.D Degree

 

 

Sl. No.

Candidate Name

Thesis Title

Supervisor Name

Awarded on

Department

University

1 Dr. Alamelu Raja Modulation of host immune response in individuals with Bancroftian filariasis Dr. P.R. Narayanan June 1985 Immunology University of Madras
2 Dr. Sujatha Narayanan Studies on the influence of environmental mycobacteria on the immune response in humans and experimental animals Dr. C.N. Paramasivan January 1986 Immunology University of Madras
3 Dr. Rajiswamy Lymphocyte and macrophage functions in human tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan March 1988 Immunology University of Madras
4 Dr. C.R. Vanamala Studies on cellular and humoral immune responses in Bancroftian filariasis Dr. P.R. Narayanan April 1988 Immunology University of Madras
5 Dr. Thilakavathi Subramaniam Sociological study on tuberculosis of spine Dr. S.P Tripathy 1989 Social Work University of Madras
6 Dr. Geetha Ramani Shanmugam Socio economic profile of tuberculosis patients Dr. S.P Tripathy 1989 Social Work University of Madras
7 Dr. Sivadasan Acute respiratory infection Dr. C.N. Paramasivan 1990 Bacteriology University of Madras
8 Dr. P. Venkatesan A study on survival models and their biomedical applications Dr. K. Viswanathan, Reader, Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Madras, Chennai
Co-Guide: Dr. R. Prabhakar
1990 Statistics University of Madras
9 Dr. Kanakalata Production and characterization of monoclonal antibody against animal filaria and their application for detection of antigen in human filarial gene Dr. Ramesh S. Paranjape December 1990 Immunology University of Madras
10 Dr. V.K. Vijayan Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia Dr. R. Prabhakar 1991 Cardio Pulmonary Medicine Unit University of Madras
11 Dr. K.V. Kuppu Rao Calcium efflux from heart muscles Dr. Krishna Bai Krishnasamy, Prof. of Physiology, Madras Medical College, Chennai 1991 Cardio Pulmonary Medicine Unit University of Madras
12 Dr. N. Venkataprasad Immunological functions of alveolar macrophages in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan January 1992 Immunology University of Madras
13 Dr. M. Kannapiran Biochemical and immunological functions of macrophages in experimental mycobacterial infections in mice Dr. Raghupati Sarma August 1992 Biochemistry University of Madras
14 Dr. Daniel Herbert Antigenic cross-reactivity in mycobacteria and its relevance to immune response in experimental systems and in humans Dr. R. Prabhakar April 1992 Bacteriology University of Madras
15 Dr. V. Kumaraswami Clinical and immunological aspects of eosinophilia in relation to lymphatic filariasis and the influence of anti-filarial drugs on the parasite eosinophil relationship Dr. K.V. Thiruvengadam June 1994 Clinic University of Madras
16 Dr. N.S. Rajeswari Clinical and CT-scan assessment of neurological recovery in brain tuberculoma and Pott's paraplegia Dr. R. Prabhakar February 1995 Clinic University of Madras
17 Dr. Aparna Rao Generation and screening of a gt11 expression library of the M. tuberculosis (south Indian clinical isolate) genomic DNA with affinity purified antibodies from human TB sera and hyper immune rabbit serum Dr. P.R. Narayanan July 1995 Immunology University of Madras
18 Dr. B. Raghu Iron metabolism in M. tuberculosis Dr. Raghupati Sarma 1995 Biochemistry University of Madras
19 Dr. T. Kamala Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in the environment of the south Indian BCG trial area Dr. C.N. Paramasivan 1995 Bacteriology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
20 Dr. V. Vishwanath Studies on cell mediated immunity in tuberculosis – Fate of M. tuberculosis inside activated monocytes Dr. P.R. Narayanan 1996 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
21 Dr. R. Sahadevan Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific DNA probes for diagnosis and DNA fingerprinting Dr. Sujatha Narayanan November 1996 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
22 Dr. H. Uma Studies on the influence of human leucocyte antigens (HLA-DR and -DQ) on immune responses in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj January 1998 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
23 Dr. H. Shakila Immunopathological studies of naturally occurring and experimental dermal granuloma induced by M. tuberculosis Dr. V.D. Ramanathan March 1998 Pathology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
24 Dr. R. Sattanathan
(external candidate)
A study on generalised additive models and their applications Dr. P. Venkatesan April 1998 Statistics University of Madras
25 Dr. K. Jayasankar Studies on the biochemical and histochemical changes relating to fibrosis following infection with M. tuberculosis Dr. V.D. Ramanathan 1998 Biochemistry The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
26 Dr. K.S. Senthil Kumar Purification of mycobacterial antigens and production of monoclonal antibodies to M. tuberculosis Dr. Alamelu Raja July 1998 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
27 Dr. Geetha Ramachandran Studies of cytochrome-P450 in relation to drug resistance in mycobacteria Dr. Prema Gurumurthy November 1999 Biochemistry The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
28 Dr. S.K. Vasan Isolation and characterization of mycobacterial promoters: cloning and molecular studies of the guaA gene encoding GMP synthetase of M. tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan November 1999 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
29 Dr. S. Arvindh Pradheep Cloning, sequencing and expression studies of the ace A gene encoding isocitrate lyase from M. tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan January 2000 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
30 Dr. Nirmala Raman Role of natural killer cells in tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan March 2000 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
31 Dr. V. Chandrasekaran Repeated measures in clinical trials: analysis using summary statistics and its applications Guide: Dr. G. Gopal, Univ. of Madras and Co-Guide: Dr. B N Murthy, IRMS March 2001 Epid. Statistics University of Madras
32 Dr. A.K. Hemanth Kumar Biochemical and pharmacological aspects of Ofloxacin in relation to tuberculosis Dr. Prema Gurumurthy April 2001 Biochemistry The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
33 Dr. K.R. Uma Devi Purification and evaluation of 38, 30 and 16 kDa antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid diagnosis Dr. Alamelu Raja January 2002 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
34 Dr. G. Kubendiran Evaluation of the activity of anti-tuberculosis drugs and the drugs that act on dormant tubercle bacilli under in vitro and in vivo conditions Dr. C.N. Paramasivan February 2002 Bacteriology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
35 Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna Compartmentalization of immune responses in lymphatic filariasis & tuberculosis lymphadenitis Dr. R. Prabhakar May 2002 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
36 Dr. Sunil Mathan Kurian Studies on Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) and non-HLA gene polymorphisms on lymphocyte response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in spinal tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj October 2002 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
37 Dr. Cheruvu Mani Rapid identification of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis – development of a new tool and comparison with other methods Dr. N. Selvakumar October 2002 Bacteriology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
38 Dr. S. Rajasekaran (external candidate) Clinical and chemotherapeutic aspects of lymphatic filariasis Dr. V. Kumaraswami March, 2003 Clinic The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
39 Dr. S. Muthiah (external candidate) A study on new culture medium with coconut water as supplement in human semen preparation Dr.M. Kannapiran March, 2003 March, 2003 The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
40 Dr. S. Selvakumar Molecular studies on the regulatory elements of highly inducible acetamidase gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan April 2003 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
41 Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi Early diagnosis of tuberculosis using molecular methods and cloning and expression of oxy-R gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan April 2003 Immunology University of Madras
42 Dr. Daisy Vanitha Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from south Indian BCG trial area and their role in immune response in murine tuberculosis Dr. C.N. Paramasivan August 2003 Bacteriology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
43 Dr. S. Anitha A study on statistical modeling of artificial neural networks Dr. P. Venkatesan August 2003 Statistics University of Madras
44 Dr. V. Kamalakannan Transcriptional analysis of guanosine monophosphate synthase (guaA) gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Dr. P.R. Narayanan August 2003 Immunology University of Madras
45 Dr. R. Govindarajan (external candidate) A study on reliability models and their applications Dr. P. Venkatesan 2003 Statistics University of Madras
46 Dr. B. Ramalingam Cloning, expression, purification and characterization of 27 kDa (MPT51, Rv3803c) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dr. Alamelu Raja September 2003 Immunology The T.N. Dr MGR Medical University
47

Dr. R. Selvaraj

Epidemiology of statistics Dr. G. Gopalan, Prof, Dept. of Statistics, University of Madras, Chennai 2004

Epid. Statistics

University of Madras
48 Dr. R. Ravanan (external candidate) Statistical modelling of HIV/AIDS epidemic: A back calculation approach Dr. P. Venkatesan August 2004 Statistics University of Madras
49 Dr. Beena E. Thomas Psychosocial and sexual impact of HIV/AIDS gender differentials Dr. Shanmuga Velayutham, Reader, Dept. of Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai 2005

Social Work

University of Madras
50 Dr. M. Muniyandi Economic and health studies of TB patients registered under RNTCP Dr. G. Rama Rao, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

May 2005

Clinic International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
51 Dr. G. Chandra Studies on the influence of vitamin D3, and the polymorphic variants of vitamin D receptor gene on the immune functions to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj June 2005 Immunology University of Madras
52 Dr. V. Aravindhan Construction of recombinant BCG based HIV-1 epitope delivery system Dr. P.R. Narayanan November 2005 Immunology University of Madras
53 Dr. C. Nandakumar (external candidate) Some contribution to the modelling of sero-conversion time of human immunodeficiency virus Dr. P. Venkatesan 2005 Statistics University of Madras
54 Dr. V. Selvaraj (external candidate) Statistical modelling of correlated categorical data: A generalized estimating equation approach Dr. P. Venkatesan 2005 Statistics University of Madras
55 Dr. Sulochana Somasundaram In vitro studies of quinolones against M. tuberculosis Dr. C.N. Paramasivan November 2005 Bacteriology University of Madras
56 Dr. V. Vallinayagam (external candidate) A study on Markov chain Monte Carlo methods Dr. P. Venkatesan (Joint guidance) 2006 Statistics University of Madras
57 Dr. S. Srimathi (external candidate) Characterization of homologous series of microbial a-amylases and their neoglysosylated analogs Dr. P.R. Narayanan June 2006 Immunology University of Madras
58 Dr. G. Radha Molecular studies on PknI, a Eukaryotic-like Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Dr. Sujatha Narayanan September 2006 Immunology University of Madras
59 Dr. A. Sumathy (external candidate) Biochemical and pharmacological studies in patients with diabetes and diabetes and tuberculosis Dr. Prema Gurumurthy January 2007 Biochemistry University of Madras
60 Dr. Deepak Jayakumar Functional Genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv with focus on PknE, a serine/threonine kinase Dr. Sujatha Narayanan February 2007 Immunology University of Madras
61 Dr. L. Prabakaran Isolation and characterization of mycobacteriophages and construction of luciferase reporter phage for diagnosis of tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan March 2007 Bacteriology University of Madras
62 Dr. S. Vijayalatha (external candidate) Biochemical and pharmacological studies with the fruits of piper longum in relation to tuberculous disease Dr. Prema Gurumurthy March 2007 Biochemistry University of Madras
63 Dr. P.G. Gopi Impact of DOTS on some of the epidemiological parameters of tuberculosis over a period in a selected district of Tamil Nadu. Dr. B.N. Murthy, ICMR-NIE, Chennai January 2008 Epid. Statistics University of Madras
64 Dr. C. Prabha Immune response in tuberculous pleuritis Dr. D. Sulochana February 2008 Immunology University of Madras
65 Dr. G. Shenbagavalli Serum and tissue complement profile in tuberculosis Dr. V.D. Ramanathan April 2008 Pathology University of Madras
66 Dr. V. Narayana Rao Interaction of gene-disrupted Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with human complement system Dr. V.D. Ramanathan August 2008 Pathology University of Madras
67 Dr. M. Gomathi Studies on sputum microscopy for detection of acid fast bacilli Dr. N. Selvakumar August 2008 Bacteriology University of Madras
68 Dr. K. Chandrasekaran (Madurai) Some contribution to disease mapping and spatial modelling of TB data Prof. G. Arivarignan, Prof. of Statistics, Madurai Kamaraj Univ., Madurai September 2008 Statistics Madurai Kamaraj University
69 Dr. M. Vidya Rani Regulatory role of variant genotypes of Vitamin D receptor gene on Vitamin D3 modulated cytokine and Granzyme-A response in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj October 2008 Immunology University of Madras
70 Dr. R. Priya Human monocyte and macrophage apoptosis induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and its implication on cell mediated immune response Dr. D. Sulochana October 2008 Immunology

University of Madras

71 Dr. P. Supriya Chemokines and their cognate receptors in tuberculous immunity with special focus on pleural mesothelial cells Dr. D. Sulochana November 2008 Immunology University of Madras
72 Dr. Nisha Rajeswari Influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on macrophage phagocytosis, cytokine response and perforin positive cells in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj November 2008 Immunology University of Madras
73 Dr. S. Manivannan The role of complement activation and antibody in the interaction between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human mononuclear cell Dr. V.D. Ramanathan February 2009 Pathology University of Madras
74 Dr. S. Porchelvan (external candidate) Estimating size of HIV epidemic Dr. P. Venkatesan February 2009 Statistics University of Madras
75 Dr.C. Dharuman (external candidate) Pattern recognition methods for fourier transform infrared spectral data Dr. P. Venkatesan April 2009 Statistics University of Madras
76 Dr. Kaustuv Nayak Characterization of cellular immune responses in HIV-1 positive individuals with and without pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P.R. Narayanan July-2009 Immunology University of Madras
77 Dr.C. Ponnuraja Survival models for clinical trials with treatment-patient interactions Dr. P. Venkatesan September 2009 Statistics University of Madras
78 Dr. Harini Laxminarayan Cloning, expression and functional characterization of a serine/threonine protein kinase, PknL, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Dr. Sujatha Narayanan January 2010 Immunology University of Madras
79 Dr. Nusrath Unnissa Molecular studies on isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dr. N. Selvakumar January 2010 Bacteriology University of Madras
80 Dr. P.L. Nataraian MAP kinase signalling in tuberculosis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan January 2010 Immunology University of Madras
81 Dr. S. Lakshmi Molecular characterization of anti-retroviral drug-resistant mutations among HIV-1 infected adults and children in south India Dr. P.R. Narayanan April 2010 Immunology University of Madras
82 Dr. D. Anbarasu Identification of human T-cell antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by immuno-proteomics  Dr. Alamelu Raja May 2010 Immunology University of Madras
83 Dr. P. Rajashree Maturation and function of dendritic cells during M. tuberculosis infection – defensive or offensive to the host Dr. D. Sulochana June 2010 Immunology University of Madras
84 Dr. S. Prabhu Anand Studies on plasma vitamin D3 level and the modulatory effect of vitamin D3 on vitamin D receptor expression, matrix metalloproteinase production and intracellular cytokine positive T-cell subsets in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj June 2010 Immunology University of Madras
85 Dr. K. Alagarasu Studies on mannose binding lectin, CD209 vitamin D Receptor gene polymorphisms in south Indian HIV-1 infected patients with and without tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj June 2010 Immunology University of Madras
86 Dr. P.V. Ramana Rao Natural killer cell response in human immunodeficiency virus associated pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. Alamelu Raja July 2010 Immunology University of Madras
87 Dr. K. Ramakrishnan A study on epidemiology of co-existing infections and health status of TB patients in Madurai region Dr. R. Shenbagarathai, Prof. & Head, PG and Research Dept. of Zoology and Biotechnology, Lady Doak College, Madurai August 2010 Bacteriology Madurai Kamaraj University
88 Dr. Mohanarani Suhadev Knowledge, burden, coping and social support of the wives of HIV infected men in India Dr. Udaya Mahadevan, Reader in Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai September 2010 Social Work University of Madras
89 Dr. N.S. Gomathi Rapid detection and drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis : New phage constructs, optimal assay format, alternate sputum processing method and evaluation of TB diagnostic kits Dr. Vanaja Kumar November 2010 Bacteriology University of Madras
90 Dr. S. Raghavan Studies on Human Leucocyte Antigen -A, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 polymorphisms in south Indian HIV-1 infected patients with and without tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj November 2010 Immunology University of Madras
91 Dr. M.L. Suresh (external candidate) Disease classification and prediction using artificial neural networks Dr. P. Venkatesan January 2011 Statistics University of Madras
92 Dr. S. Basirudeen Role of interferon gamma release assay in the diagnosis of TB Dr. Alamelu Raja June 2011 Immunology University of Madras
93 Dr. M. Madhan Kumar Immune response to ESAT-6 and CFP-10 in M. tuberculosis infection Dr. Alamelu Raja July 2011 Immunology University of Madras
94 Dr. V.N. Azger Dusthackeer Luciferase reporter phages for rapid detection of dormant and active tubercle bacilli Dr. Vanaja Kumar July 2011 Bacteriology University of Madras
95 Dr. G. Rama (external candidate) Estimating and modeling cancer survival in registry based censored data Dr. P. Venkatesan August 2011 Statistics University of Madras
96 Dr. S. Balaji Bacteriophages and their lysins as alternative to antibiotics for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in liquid media Dr. Vanaja Kumar November 2011 Bacteriology University of Madras
97 Dr. Aparna J Christy Development of recombinant BCG based epitope vaccine candidates for tuberculosis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan February 2012 Immunology University of Madras
98 Dr. R. Rathinasabapati Institutional repository of the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis Dr. A. Amudavalli, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Library and Inf. Science, University of Madras, Chennai March 2013 Library Science University of Madras
99 Dr. E. Thiruvalluvan Gender inequalities in access to health during lifespan - a south Asian perspective Dr. K.R. Murugan, Associate Prof., Centre for Women's Studies, Alagappa Univ., Karaikudi. April 2013 Social Work Alagappa University, Karaikudi
100 Dr. M. Radhakrishnan Isolation and characterization of pigmented anti-tuberculous compound from Streptomyces species isolated from rare ecosystem Dr. Vanaja Kumar April 2013 Bacteriology University of Madras
101 Dr. P. Dinesh Kumar Role of PknE, a serine/threonine protein kinase from M. tuberculosis in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan June 2013 Immunology University of Madras
102 Dr. Neema Bourai Characterization of a penicillin binding protein from M. tuberculosis and M. smegmatis mc 2 155 Dr. Sujatha Narayanan July 2013 Immunology University of Madras
103 Dr. M. Muthusamy (external candidate) Screening of anti-tubercular activity of some medical plants from Western Ghats Dr. Vanaja Kumar September 2013 Bacteriology University of Madras
104 Dr. N.R. Yamuna (external candidate) Statistical pattern classification using decision trees Dr. P. Venkatesan October 2013 Statistics University of Madras
105 Dr. D. Ramamurthy (external candidate) Stochastic modeling of the spread of HIV/AIDS Dr. P. Venkatesan November 2013 Statistics University of Madras '
106 Dr. Sameer Hassan Codon usage analysis of mycobacteriophage genomes: development and evaluation of reporter phage constructs with codon optimized luciferase gene Dr. Vanaja Kumar January 2014 Bioinformatics University of Madras '
107 Dr. P. Karthigeyan History of medical and spiritual sciences of siddhas of Tamil Nadu Dr. M. Sundara Raj, Research Co-ordinator, Tamil Nadu Archives & Historical Research (Retd.), Egmore, Chennai January 2014 Administration University of Madras '
108 Dr. R. Srinivasan Bayesian spatial models for disease mapping of HIV and tuberculosis Dr. P. Venkatesan March 2014 Statistics University of Madras '
109 Dr. S. Suba Characterization of lipoproteins of M. tuberculosis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan August 2014 Immunology University of Madras '
110 Dr. N. Arunkumar Causal modeling of treatment effects using propensity scores Dr. P. Venkatesan October 2014 Statistics University of Madras
111 Dr. L. Sekar Semi-parametric and competing risk models in the analysis of censored survival data Dr. P. Venkatesan October 2014 Statistics University of Madras
112 Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose Computational identification of T-cell epitopes in the entire expressed genome of HIV-1 subtype C Dr. Luke E Hanna November 2014 Bio-informatics University of Madras
113 Dr. N. Amudha (external candidate) Screening of selected medicinal plants and characterization of Andrographis paniculata against clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis Dr. Vanaja Kumar December 2014 Bacteriology University of Madras
114 Dr. N. Pavan Kumar Characterization of T-cell responses in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis with or without other co-morbidities Dr. Luke E Hanna December 2014 Immunology University of Madras
115 Dr. R. Anuradha Characterization of immune responses in lymphatic filarial infection and disease Dr. Luke E Hanna February 2015 Immunology University of Madras
116 Dr. V. Malini Characterization of components of signal recognition particle pathway from M. tuberculosis H37Rv Dr. Sujatha Narayanan February 2015 Immunology University of Madras
117 Dr. M. Mullai (external candidate) A study on self-organizing map neural networks in disease diagnosis and classification Dr. P. Venkatesan March 2015 Statistics University of Madras
118 Dr. Brijendra Singh Chemokine gene polymorphisms and chemokine expression in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj April 2015 Immunology University of Madras
119 Dr. K. Srinivasan Role of M. tuberculosis PknI, a serine / threonine protein kinase and DacB2 a penicillin binding protein in the pathogenesis of TB Dr. Sujatha Narayanan July 2015 Immunology University of Madras
120 Dr. Muthu Vijayalakshmi Fuzzy logic based novel approach for disease classification and prediction Dr. P. Venkatesan August 2015 Statistics Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
121 Dr. R. Lakshmi Drug resistance in ethinomide and its association with resistance towards isoniazid in M. tuberculosis Dr. Vanaja Kumar November 2015 Bacteriology University of Madras
122 Dr. S. Sivakumar Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis from Tiruvallur, south India Dr. Sujatha Narayanan March 2016 Immunology University of Madras
123 Dr. M. Harishankar Studies on the effect of 1,25-Diohydroxy-vitamin D3 on chemokine expression and the regulatory role of variant vitamin D receptor genotypes on vitamin D3 modulated chemokines in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj June 2016 Immunology University of Madras
124 Dr. K. Afsal Effect of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on innate and adaptive immunity in pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. P. Selvaraj July 2016 Immunology University of Madras
125 Dr. J. Nancy Hilda Neutrophil mediated innate immune responses in tuberculosis Dr. D. Sulochana July 2016 Immunology University of Madras
126 Dr. Jovvian George Influence of helminth infections on the immune response to latent and active tuberculosis Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna October 2016 Immunology University of Madras
127 Dr. M. Vasantha A novel structural equations modeling approach for latent class analysis of TB and HIV diseases Dr. P. Venkatesan October 2016 Statistics University of Madras
128 Dr. Maddineni Prabhavathi Immuno proteomically identified human T-cell antigens of M. tb for differential diagnosis of latent TB infection and active TB disease Dr. Alamelu Raja February 2017 Immunology University of Madras
129 Dr. Ahmed Kabir Refaya Role of transcriptional regulators in the adaptation of M. tuberculosis Dr. Sujatha Narayanan March 2017 Immunology University of Madras
130 Dr. V. Arunkumar Molecular characterization of protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions in mycobacteria Dr. Sujatha Narayanan March 2017 Immunology University of Madras
131 Dr. D. Santhi Novel subunit vaccine targets from M. tuberculosis Dr. Alamelu Raja April 2017 Immunology University of Madras
132 Dr. A.S. Shainaba Drug target identification for tuberculosis: Mycobacteriophage Che12 based approach Dr. Vanaja Kumar May 2017 Bacteriolog University of Madras
133 Dr. P. Balaji Evaluation of antigen specific immune response for identification of M. tb infection Dr. Alamelu Raja October 2017 Immunology University of Madras
134 Dr. P. Pugazhvanthen Immunoproteomic identification of B cell antigens of M. tb Dr. Alamelu Raja April 2018 Immunology University of Madras
135 Dr. G. Akilandeswari Biophysical and biochemical characterization of two DNA binding proteins (Rv3716c and Rv3405c) from M. tuberculosis Dr. B. Ramalingam March 2019 Immunology University of Madras
136 Dr. Narayanaiah Cheedarla Identification and characterization of neutralizing antibodies in clade ‘C' HIV-1 infected individuals Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna May 2019 Immunology University of Madras
137 Dr. S. Valarmathi (external candidate) Statistical Methods for Evaluating Treatment Outcomes in the Presence of Competing Risks Time to Event Clinical Trial Data Dr. C. Ponnuraja

March 2018

Statistics Bharathiar University
138 Dr. S. Santhi (external candidate) Selection and Implementation of Sampling Procedures Indexed Through Acceptable Quality Level and Limiting Quality Level : A Zero Inflated Poisson Approach Dr. C. Ponnuraja March 2018 Statistics Bharathiar University
139 Dr. C.L. Babu (external candidate) Evaluating Clinical Trials Healthcare Data Using Clustering and Classification Procedures- A Data Mining Approach Dr. C. Ponnuraja

October 2019

Statistics Bharathiar University
140 Dr. Ashokkumar Manickam Genetic Identity and Unique biological phenotype of early transmitted/founder viruses in recent HIV-1 infection Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna January 2020 Immunology University of Madras
141 Dr. Vidya Vijayan Characterization of viral and host factors responsible for clinical differences seen in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna July 2020 Immunology University of Madras
142 Dr. Sivasankaran Munusamy Ponnan Evaluation of mucosal immune responses to HIV in HIV-exposed uninfected women Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna August 2020 Immunology University of Madras
143 Dr. Hemalatha Babu Inflammation and aging in HIV-1 infected individuals on long-term antiretroviral therapy Dr. Luke Elizabeth Hanna May 2022 Immunology University of Madras
144 Dr. B. Sukumar

Machine Learning Based Novel Approaches for Modeling High Dimensional Biological Databases

Dr. P. Venkatesan June 2022 Statistics University of Madras
145 Dr. Bharghavi Gunapati Functional Characterization of Oxidoreductase Rv 0148 and alkylhydroperoxidase Rv2159 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dr. P. Kannan

April 2023

Immunology University of Madras