Department of Biotechnology

Dr. Viji Mary Varghese

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining

: 26-09-2011

Area of interest

: Animal cell culture, Tissue engineering

No of years of experience

: 12

Course Institution Year
B.Sc. Biotechnology Government college, Karyavattom,University of Kerala 2001
M.Sc. Biotechnology Dr. G R Damodaran College of Science,Bharatiyar University 2003
Ph.D Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology 2009
Designation Institution Period
Guest Lecturer St. Berchman;s College, Changanassery Jun 2011 to Sep2011
Assistant Professor St.Joseph's College (Autonomous) Irinjalakuda Sep 2011 to till date

Oct 2007 to Sep 2008 Part time Ph.D fellow University of Nottingham, UK


Name of award/fellowship Awarded by Year
JRF CSIR 2003
Split Site Doctoral Fellowship Commonwealth 2007
Title Sanctioned By Amount Period
Physiochemical and biological screening of borewell water from different regions of Thrissur district UGC 1,85,000 2014-16
Title Year Indexed in Citation
Earth's Versatile gift: Cellulose 2023 Scopus
FISH SCALES AS SUBSTRATE FOR PRODUCTION OF PROTEASE USING LIQUID SURFACE FERMENTATION VISTAS Vol. 6, No. 1, 2017, pp. 121-126 2017 Nil
Preliminary microbiological analysis of borewell water from two different regions in Thrissur district.Vistas (2016)5: 138-142 2016 Nil
ESTABLISHMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A GOAT LIMBAL PROGENITOR CELL CULTURE SYSTEM, Vistas 2013 page 149-152 2013 Nil
In vitro cytocompatibility evaluation of a thermoresponsive NIPAAm-MMA copolymeric surface using L929 cells, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine volume 21, pages1631–1639 (2010) 2010 Nil
Optimization of culture conditions for an efficient xeno?feeder free limbal cell culture system towards ocular surface regeneration, Microscopy Research And Technique, Volume 73, Pages 1045-1052 (2010) 2010 Nil
Role Activity Period
Resource person Invited talk on 'Stem cells:Past Present and Future’ in the Annual meeting of Kerala Botanical society,SH college Thevara 2011
Resource person Invited talk on 'Stem cells & Tissue Engineering’,Sahrdaya College of Engineering 2013
Chair International Seminar.Sahrdaya College of Engineering 2016
Title Funded By Collaborators Period
National Seminar on Recent Advances in Biotechnology UGC Nil 2014
National Science Day KSCSTE Nil 2019
International Seminar on stem cells Department Nil 2016
Title Conference/Seminar Details Date
Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles and evaluation of its antimicrobial and antioxidant activity National Conference on Millets-Millet Magic sowing sustainable futures-2023 17-10-2023

National Society for Biotechnologists India


Role Year
Society for Biotechnologists India 2018-till date
Chairman, Even Semester University Examinations 2021
Title Organized By Period
FDP on Strategies for Enhancing Mental Health in Teachers and Students Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Center 2021
FDP on Teaching –Learning in Post Covid Era Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College (Universityof Delhi) in association with St.Joseph’s college Irinjalakuda 2021
Short term course in MOOCs and E-content Development JNU 2020
Short term course in Intellectual Property Right and Patents Goa University 2020
Short term course in Intellectual Property Right and Patents Goa University 2020
Moodle Course in Tissue engineering NPTEL 2019
Refresher course in Life sciences University of Kerala 2015
Orientation Program University of Calicut 2013
UG/ PG Paper Title
UG Practicals in Plant Biotechnology
UG Practicals in Immunology
UG Practicals in Environmental Biotechnology
UG Animal Biotechnology
UG Immunology and Immunotechnology
UG Intellectual Property Rights
UG Research Methodology
UG Microbiology
UG Cell Biology

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