Detailed Profile
Research articles
- Muthumperumal, C., Stalin N., Das A.K., Swamy P.S. 2016. Chemical profiling of leaf essential oil, Antioxidant potential and Antibacterial activity of Syzygiumlanceolatum(Lam.) Wt. &Arn. (Myrtaceae). Free Radicals and Antioxidants. 6 (1): 13-22, http://antiox.org/sites/default/files/10.5530fra.2016.1.2.pdf.
- Das A.K., Muthumperumal, C.Rameshprabu, N and Swamy, P.S. 2015. Ethnomedicnal knowledge of Valaiyan community residing in the foothills of Nagamalai hills, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. Medicinal Plants – International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries. 7:145 – 153.
- Das A.K., Stalin N., Muthumperumal. C, Swamy P.S. 2013. Wild plants used by Muthuvan and Kattunaikkan tribal communities of Palakkayam settlement in Nilambur of Malappuram district, Kerala. Medicinal Plants – International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries. 5: 82 – 89.
- Muthumperumal, C. and Parthasarathy, N. 2013. Diversity, distribution and resource values of woody climbers in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Forestry Research (Springer) 24 (2): 365−374.
- Muthumperumal, C. and Partasarathy, N. 2010. A large-scale inventory of liana diversity in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India. Systematics and Biodiversity (Taylor and Francis)8: 289-300.[Impact factor:1.985]
- Muthumperumal, C and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Angiosperms, Climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Check List: Species and Distributions 5: 92-111.
- Murugesan, A.G., Muthumperumal, C. and John Ruby. 2007. Physico-chemical and Biological study of the River Chittar at Courtallam, Tamil Nadu (India), Journal of Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering (NEERI) Nagpur. 49 (2): 121-126.
Book
- Parthasarathy, N., Pragasan, L.A, Muthumperumal, C. and Anbasashan, M. 2010. Flora of Pondicherry University Campus. Pondicherry University Publication. Puducherry. Pp.398. ISBN: 978-81-920894-1-6.
Book chapters
- Parthasarathy, N., Vivek, P., Muthumperumal, C. Muthuramkumar, S. and Ayyappan, N. Biodiversity of lianas and their functional traits in tropical forests of peninsular India. In: N. Parthasarathy (e.d). Biodiversity of Lianas. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. pp 123- 148.
- Sundarapandian, S.M., Muthumperumal, C and Subashree, K. 2015. Biological Invasion of Vines, Their Impacts and Management. In: N. Parthasarathy (e.d). Biodiversity of Lianas. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. pp. 211- 253.
- Khadanga, S.S, Muthumperumal, C and Parthasarathy, N. 2015. Changes in liana diversity over a decade in Indian tropical dry evergreen f In: Tripathi, S. K. (e.d). Biodiversity In tropicalecosystems. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers. New Delhi. India.pp. 61-79.
- Parthasarathy, S. Muthuramkumar, C. Muthumperumal, P. Vivek, N. Ayyappan, and M. Sreedhar Reddy. 2015. Liana composition and diversity among tropical forests of peninsular India. In: Schnitzer, S.A., Bongers. F., Burnham.R., Putz, F.(e.d). The Ecology of Lianas. John Wileyand sons Publishers. US. pp. 36-49.
- Saara J. DeWalt, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Luciana Alves, Frans Bongers,………………………. Muthuramkumar, C. Muthumperumal, ………………NarayanaswamyParthasarathy, et al. 2015. Biogeographic patterns in liana abundance and diversity in tropical forests.In: Schnitzer, S.A., Bongers. F., Burnham.R., Putz, F.(e.d). The Ecology of Lianas. John Wiley and sons Publishers. US. pp. 131-146.
- Parthasarathy, N., Pragasan, L.A., Muthumperumal, C. Invasive alien plants in tropical forests of Southern-eastern Ghats, India: Ecology and management. In: Bhatt, J. R. et al. (e.d). Invasive Alien Plants: An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian Subcontinent.CABI Publishers, Oxfordshire, UK. pp. 162-173.
- Pragasan, L.A., Muthumperumal, C. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Shola forests and some important species of southernmost Eastern Ghats. In: Rawat, G (e.d). Special habitats and threatened plants of India.ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and protected areas, Vol. 11 (1). Wildlife institute of India, Dehradun, India, pp.195–200.
Proceedings
- Vivek, P., Parthasarathy, N., Muthumperumal, C.,Muthuramkumar, S., Davidar, P., Puyravaud, J-P., Mohandass, D. and N. Ayyappan. Patterns of liana diversity in different forest types of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. ATBC-16, 19-23rd June, Montpellier, France. Pp. 229.
- Parthasarathy, N., Pragasan, L.A, Muthumperumal, C., Raja, S. and Rajkumar, M. 2007. Quantitative assessment of plant diversity, bioresource values and conservation of tropical forests of Southern Eastern Ghats, India. In: Proceedings of National Seminar on Conservation of Eastern Ghats by EPTRI, Hyderabad. Pp. 14-18.
Paper presented in National/International conferences
- Muthumperumal C. Research Trends in Environmental Sciences – with special reference to plant diversity studies in southern Ghats, India. In, National level seminar on “Frontier Research in Applied Biology and Environmental Sciences” on 30th January 2016, King Nandhivarman college of arts and science, Thellar, Thiruvannamalai Dist., Tamil Nadu.
- Muthumperumal C., Stalin N., Das A.K. and Swamy P.S. Leaf essential oil composition, Antioxidant potential and Antibacterial activity of Syzygiumlanceolatum(Lam.) Wt. &Arn. In, National Conference on Recent Trends in Modern Biology & 46th Aqua-Terr Annual Conference on Feb. 27th 2015. Department of Plant Science, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University. Madurai.
- Muthumperumal, C and Swamy P.S. 2014. Plant diversity inventory and biomass estimation in tropical forest of Sathuragiri hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu. In, Tropical Ecology Congress 2014, on 10th to 12th Dec. 2014. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- Muthumperumal, C and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Liana diversity in forests of southernmost Eastern Ghats. In, Third Annual review workshop on Quantitative assessment and mapping of Plant resources of Southern Eastern Ghats. 22nd & 23rd Dec. 2008. Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anatapur.
- Muthumperumal, C. Arunachalam, M. and Murugan, M. 2005. “Evolving a new concept for the conservation of biodiversity using geographical information system (GIS)” Student project scheme seminar cum exhibition organised by TNSCST & Oxford Engg. College, Trichy – 620 009 during 19th& 20th 2005.
Workshops and Training programs attended (Selective)
- A five days workshop attended on “Introduction to Landscape Ecology applications using opensource GIS and remote sensing” at FERAL, Pondicherry on 9th to 13th of September, 2013. Organized byFoundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning (FERAL) and French Institute, Pondicherry.
- A month of training program attended on “Introduction to GIS and its applications” at National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Balanagar, Hyderabad, on 4th – 28th March 2013.
- A three days Training Workshop attended on “Capacity Building for Conservation Planning using GIS with open source software” conducted by Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University and FERAL, Pondicherry From 23rd to 25th March 2012.
- A two days workshop on Disaster Management and Environmental Protection, jointly organized by the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education and Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University on 20th& 21st February 2009.
- A four days workshop on orientation to GIS and Remote sensing applications held by the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University on 11th – 14th February 2009.
Conferences and Seminars attended
- National seminar on Geospatial Technologies for resources evaluation and environment (GEOTREE 2015) on 13 & 14th August 2015. Department of Geography, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University,
- National Conference on Recent Trends in Modern Biology & 46th Aqua-Terr Annual Conference on 27-28th February 2015. Department of Plant Science, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
- Tropical Ecology Congress 2014 on 10th to 12th December 2014. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- Academies’ Lecture Workshop on recent Research in Biological Sciences, National Science Day & 45th Aqua-Terr Annual Conference on Biological Sciences held at the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai on 27-28th February 2014.
- National Science Day & 44th Aqua-Terr Annual Conference on Biological Sciences held at the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, on 28th February 2013.
- International Conference on Challenging and Emerging Dimensions in Medicinal/Herbal Plants and their Products: A Global Perspective. In: Chennai Trade Center, Chennai, India on 26th-28th November 2010. Organized by, Society for Conservation and Resource and Resources Development of Medicinal Plants (SMP), New Delhi.
- National symposium on Eco-sustainable Management of Plant Diseases: Current Status and Emerging Trends, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, held during 12 & 13th March 2010.
- International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs: Challenges and Opportunities in Cultivation Sustainable Utilization and conservation (ICMPHD 2010), organized by the Post-Graduate & Research Department of Botany, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai-30, during 4 – 6th March 2010.
- National seminar on Emerging trends in Biotechnology held in Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University on 26th February 2010.
- National seminar on plant resources of Western Ghats sponsored by National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, held at SathishDhawan Auditorium, IISc Campus, Bangalore on 7 & 8th December 2006.
- State level seminar on Recent trends in Bio-Technology, Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli on 28th January 2006.
- National Symposium on Recent trends in Bioscience, Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi on 28th February 2004.
- One day National Seminar on Impact on quality of life by Department of Atomic Energy, M.S. University, Abishekapatti July 2004.
- International Conference on Recent Advance in Biosciences. PGP College Namakal-637 206 during 12 & 13th February 2004.