Dr. Rogimon P. Thomas

Head of the Department
Email: [email protected]

Education

  • BSc., M.G. University, 2001
  • MSc., Botany, Studied at M.G.University, 2003
  • B.Ed. M.G.University, 2004
  • PhD., M.G.University, 2017

Area of Specialization

  • Taxonomy
  • Biodiversity Assessment

Research Experience 

Approved Research Guide in Botany, M.G. University Kottayam, Kerala (No. 6424/AC A 6/2021/MGU Priyadarsini Hills,Dated: 28.11.2021) with two active Research Scholars.

Ph.D. on the topic ‘Molecular based identification and phytochemical evaluation of selected members of Verbenaceae’ in the School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala,India.

Funded Research Project of University Grants Commission, Government of India on the title DNA Barcoding of Murdannia (Commelinaceae) in Western Ghats, India. MRP (S)-1409/11-12/KLMG002/UGC-SWRO.

Project supervisor for undergraduate, post graduate and research programmes with more than 100 dissertations leading to research publications.

Research Contributions

  • Discovery of Murdannia satheeshiana – a new species of Commelinaceae from the Western Ghats, India (2011).
  • Discovery of Murdannia nampyana – a new species of Commelinaceae from the State of Kerala,India. (2016).
  • Discovery of Rotala baileyana sp. nov.  of the family Lythraceae from Kerala,India (2019).
  • Project report on Phylogeny of Commelinaceae of South India and submission of 17 rbcL gene sequences in GenBank,USA. (2015-2019).

  • BY1815105      Plant Anatomy and Microtechnique
  • BY1816301      Agribusiness
  • BY1921102      Crop Pathology
  • BY 1920161     Crop Pathology (P):
  • BY1922107      Plant Anatomy and Angiosperm Systematics
  • BY1922604   Plant Anatomy and Angiosperm Systematics: (P)
  • BY1922105   Evolution
  • BY1923112   Taxonomy of Angiosperms
  • BY1923606  Taxonomy of Angiosperms and Biotechnology (P)
  • BY1923111    Biotechnology
  • BY1924301   Tissue Culture
  • BY1924302  Genetic Engineering
  • BY1924303  Genomics,Proteomics and Bioinformatics
  • BY1924304   Applied Biotechnology and Bioethics

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  • Co-ordinator of Two Day Hands-on workshop on Plant DNA Barcoding. 13th 14th December 2011. Organsed by CMS College Kottayam and sponsored by MG University Kottayam.
  • Co-ordinator of NEAC (National Environment Awareness Campaign) 2012-2013 in association with CED Thiruvananthapuram and funded by MoEF, New Delhi.
  • Coordinator of SEAC (State Environment Awareness Campaign) 2013-14 in association with Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Coordinator of One Day State Level Seminar on Angiosperm Systematics organized by Department of Botany in association with Kerala State Biodiversity Board.

  1. Joby Paul, Rogimon P. Thomas , Manuel Thomas and K. Sankaran Unni. Biological spectra, lifeform, landform and functional vegetation type in the riparian forests of Pamba river basin, southern Western Ghats, India. In Abstracts of National Conference on Recent Trends in Molecular Biology (12-14 December 2012) organized by Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Bishop Moore  College, Mavelikkara, Alapuzha,Kerala and sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, University Grants Commission and Council for Scientific & Industrial     Research.
  2. Manuel Thomas, Kiran V.S., Joby Paul and Rogimon P. Thomas . Diversity of Dematiaceous fungi among wetland rodents. In Abstracts of National Conference on Recent Trends in Molecular Biology (12-14 December 2012) organized by Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara, Alapuzha,Kerala and sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science,     Technology & Environment, University Grants Commission and Council for Scientific & Industrial Research.
  3. Rogimon P Thomas , Rameshan M and Sankaran Unni. Spatial Distribution of Riparian Endemic Trees of Pamba River Basin, Kerala State.2011. In abstracts of International Conference on Impact of Physical Sciences on Biology organized by Post Graduate and Research Department  of Botany, Queen Mary’s College (A), Chennai and sponsored by DST, CSIR, DBT, MoES and Science City.
  4. Rogimon P Thomas et al . 2010. A comparative study of essential oil constituents of Vitex L. 2010. XX Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Taxonomy Plant diversity and Conservation. Bharathiar University,Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India.
  5. Rogimon P Thomas and Stephy Kuriakose. 2010.Studies on floral biology of different color variants of Lantana camara L. 2010. XX Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Taxonomy Plant diversity and Conservation. Bharathiar University,Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India.
  6. George, K.V. and Thomas, R.P. 2009. Chemotaxonomic investigations on Vitex trifolia L. XIX Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny: Retrospects and Prospects. National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow,India.
  7. Thomas,R.P .,Mathew,S. and George,K.V.2005. Hepatoprotective effects of Premna serratifolia L. in abstracts of Int. Coneference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development held at St.Berchman’s College Changanacherry,Kerala,India.
  8. 8.Antony,J., Thomas R.P ., and Joseph S.P.2005. A comparative study on the antimicrobial effects of selected oils. in abstracts of Int. Coneference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development held at St.Berchman’s College Changanacherry,Kerala,India.
  9. 9.George,.K.V., Thomas,R.P . and Mathew,B.D.2005. Pharmacognostic studies on Agnimantha. in abstracts of Int. Coneference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development held at St.Berchman’s College Changanacherry,Kerala,India.

Capacity building Programmes attended in connection with Teaching/Learning Methodology

1.Massive Open Online Course on Pest and disease management through organic and bio-control methods organised by Centre for e-Learning Kerala Agricultural University held during 29-04-2020 to 22-05-2020.

2.UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences (Interdisciplinary)at UGC-HRDC,University of Kerala,Trivandrum from 11-07-19 to 24-07-19.

3.UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences (Interdisciplinary)at UGC-HRDC,University of Kerala,Trivandrum from 06-09-2018 to 26-09-2018.

4.Faculty Enrichment Programme organised by the IQAC,CMS College Kottayam,Kerala on 28-29 May 2015.

5.One  Day district level discussion on National Education Policy organised by the District Nodal Office,National Education Policy,Kerala,India on 20 August 2015.

6.Faculty Enrichment Programme organised by the IQAC,CMS College Kottayam,Kerala on 22-24 May 2014.

7.Feel Teacher,Learning and Development Intervention organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with CLHRD,Mangalore on 25-27 April 2013.

8.Workshop on Methodology Courses (Scienec Stream) organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council on 18-19 August 2011.

9.Two day orientation-cum-workshop on Methodology of Sciences for College Teachers organised by Union Christian College Aluva in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council on 06-07 December 2010.

10.UGC sponsored Orientation programme (IT oriented) at UGC Academic Staff College,University of Kerala,Trivandrum from 02-06-2010 to 29-06-2010.

11.UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences at UGC Academic Staff College,University of Kerala,Trivandrum from 15-12-2008 to 05-01-2009.

12.Participation on Presentation on Life is All About Growth and Servant Leadership organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with CLHRD,Mangalore on 27 September 2007.

Capacity building Programmes attended in Research Stream

  1. Two day National Seminar Advances in Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogenetics organised by Department of Botany, Government College Kottayam and Sponsored by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Kerala on 12 and 13 December 2023.
  2. Biotrends 2019. Two Day National Seminar on New Horizon for Biodiversity-Climate Change and Human Security organised by the Department of Botany,Govt.College Kottayam on 21st and 22nd November 2019.
  3. Two Days Hands-on training programme on RT PCR at UniBiosys Biotech Research labs,Cochin ,Kerala on January 2018.
  4. Two Days Hands-on training programme on Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics at UniBiosys Biotech Research labs,Cochin ,Kerala on 23-24 June 2017.
  5. Two day Workshop on Angiosperm Taxonomy organised by the department of Botany,Government College Kottayam on 2-3 November 2017.
  1. UGC sponsored National seminar on Bioprospecting-A Quest for Natural Solutions organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with School of Biosciences,M.G.University Kottayam on 5-6 December 2017.Two day National Seminar on Advances in Phytochemistry and Bioinformatics organised by the department of Botany,Government Collge Kottayam on 4-5 February 2016.
  2. One day seminar on pulses-seeds for a sustainable future in connection with International Year of Pulses organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with Kerala State Council for Science,Technology and Environment on 10 August 2016.
  1. UGC sponsored International Conference on Climate Change and the Developing World organised by CMS College Kottayam in association with Kerala State Council for Science,Technology and Environment,KSBB on 21-25 January 2015.
  2. National seminar on New Trends in Plant Diversity Studies organised by Department of Botany Catholicate College Pathanamthitta in association with Kerala State Council for Science,Technology and Environment on 31 July 2015.
  3. Workshop on Role of Instrumentation for Food Safety organised by the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India on 17-19 August 2015.
  4. Workshop on Basics of Molecular Biology Techniques organised by the School of Biosciences,M.G.university Kottayam,Kerala on 16-18 July 2014.
  1. Two Days Hands-on training programme on Modern Biological techniques at UniBiosys Biotech Research Labs,Cochin ,Kerala on 4-5 August 2014.
  2. UGC sponsored 2 day National Seminar on Utilization,Management and Conservation of Medicinal Plants organised by the Department of Botany,B.K. College Amalagiri Kottayam,Kerala on 10-11 December 2014.
  3. UGC sponsored 2 day National Seminar on Ethnobotany and Plant Genetic Resource Management organised by the Department of Botany,Baselius College Kottayam,Kerala on 16-17 December 2014.
  4. Two days National seminar on Modern Trends and Applications in Life Sciences organised by the department of Botany,Government Collge Kottayam on 5-6 December 2013.
  5. National Conference on Recent Trends in Molecular Biology organised by the bepartment of Botany and Biotechnogy,Bishop Moore College  Mavelikkara,Kerala on 12-14 december 2012.
  1. Consultation on Genetically Modified Crops at CMS College Kottayam on 07 February 2011.
  2. 19.National seminar on Nanobiotechnology at CMS College Kottayam on 21 February 2011.
  3. 20.International Conference on Impact of Physical Sciences on Biology organised by Department of Botany,Queen marys College (Autonomous) Chennai,Tamil Nadu India on 7-9 July 2011.
  1. National Symposium on Innovative and Modern Technologies for Agriculture Productivity,Food Security and Environmental Management organised by the Society for Applied Biotechnology at Mangalore,India on 22-23 July 2011.
  2. Two day Hand-on Workshop on Plant DNA Barcoding at CMS College Kottayam,Kerala on 13-14 December 2011.
  3. XX Annual Coneference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and International Symposium on Taxonomy,Plant Diversity and Conservation organised by the Department of Botany,Bharathiar University,Coimbatore,India on 26-28 November 2010.
  4. Workshop on Plant Taxonomy organised by MSSRF,CFL,Department of Botany MCC,Chennai and IAAT on 19-23 February 2009.
  5. XIX Annual Conference of IAAT and International SXymposium on Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny:Retrospects and Prospects organised by NBRI,Lucknow,India on 12-14 November 2009.
  6. International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture at CMS College Kottayam,Kerala on 6-7 February 2008.
  1. XVIII Annual Conference of IAAT and international Seminar on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Angiosperm Systematics at Department of Botany,University of Kalyani,West Bengal,India on 11-13 October 2008.
  2. National seminar on Biotechnology-Challenges and Prospects at CMS College Kottayam on 28 November 2008.
  1. National Wokshop on Genotoxicity at Amala Cancer Research Centre,Thrissur,Kerala,India on 1-7 December 2007.
  2. One day seminar on Natures secrets in plants-potential applications and future scope at MACFAST,Tiruvalla,Kerala,India on 10 August 2006
  3. International Coneference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development held at St.Berchman’s College Changanacherry,Kerala,India. 2005.

Webinars attended

  1. ‘Intellectual Property Rights: An Overview’ organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, St Thomas College, Kozhencherry, on 25 September 2020.
  2. ‘ The Magical World of Botanical Illustration by Ms.Nirupa Rao ’ organised by the department of Botany, St. Berchmans College, Changanassery, Kerala on 30 September  2020.
  3. Practical Session on Plant Taxonomic Keys organized by the Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam on 9th October 2020.
  4. Fundamental Aspects of Numerical Taxonomy organized by the Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam on 23rd October 2020.
  5. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Computer Aided Drug Discovery” Organised by Department of Biosciences, Union Christian College, Aluva, in association with U C College Alumni Association of North America (UCCAANA) On October 31st 2020.
  6. A Five Day FDP on NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Process in the Revised Accreditation Framework organized by CMS College Kottayam on 7-11 June 2021.
  7. One Day National eWorkshop entitled “Techniques in Plant Anatomy” organized by Poojya Sane Guruji Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s, S. I. Patil Arts, G. B. Patel Science & S. T. K. V. S. Commerce College, Shahada, Dist- Nandurbar, Maharashtra on 29th July 2021.
  8. Webinar Lecture on “SARS-CoV-2 : The Current Challenges” Organised jointly by Departments of Biosciences & Zoology, Union Christian College, Aluva As part of the Centenary Celebrations on August 28th 2021.
  9. Webinar lecture talk on “ Climate Smart Agriculture in the Era of Plant Genomic ” Organised by Department of Biosciences , Union Christian College, Aluva and Indian Women Scientists Association Vashi, Navi Mumbai Supported by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) – DAE On September 4, 2021.
  10. Webinar Lecture on “Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolites for Value Addition with reference to Economically Important Crops and Champion Algal Forms” Organised jointly by Department of Biosciences, Union Christian College, Aluva and The National Academy of Sciences India, Prayagraj, Kerala Chapter on September 18th 2021.
  11.  International Webinar on “CHASING COVID: VIROLOGY AND INTERVENTIONS” organized by the Research Committee, Devaswom Board College, Thalayolaparambu, Kottayam, Kerala on 16th October 2021.

  • Funded Research Project of University Grants Commission, Government of India on the title DNA Barcoding of Murdannia (Commelinaceae) in Western Ghats, India. MRP (S)-1409/11-12/KLMG002/UGC-SWRO.

Reviewer of Journals Phytotaxa and Tropical Ecology (Springer)

  • Renji Varghese: Year of joining 2022. IN-VITRO PROPAGATION AND BIOPROSPECTING OF SELECTED PLANTS OF THE FAMILY MENISPERMACEAE.
  • Therese Jose: Year of Joining 2022. Phytochemical,Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Studies on Selected Members of Zingiberaceae

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