Madurai Kamaraj University

RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)

Entrepreneurial, Innovation, Skill and Career Hub

Internship opportunity for PG students

Madurai Kamaraj University-RUSA presents an internship opportunity.
MKU provides opportunity for the aspiring Postgraduate students to gain
hands-on experience to boost their academic profile.

I & II year PG students from Universities and Colleges can apply.

Internship period – 27 May 2024 - 28 June 2024

Highlights

 To utilize the expertise and facilities available within our esteemed

Faculty & Departments.

 Enhance your skills and knowledge in your field of interest.

 Receive an internship stipend of Rs.4,000/- for a month and working

expenses of upto Rs.10,000/-

 Obtain a internship certificate from Madurai Kamaraj University – RUSA

Skill Hub.

This Internship Program aims to bridge the gap between theoretical

knowledge and practical application by offering 4 weeks internship in
various Departments of our University. Go through the following pages and
MKU Department links to find out the Department and Faculty member to
suit your interest. For other information about Faculty and Departments,
visit MKU website (mkuniversity.ac.in).

Please use this opportunity to kickstart your career journey and stand out.
Make your summer break count! Apply now and pave the way for a bright
future.

To register - https://forms.gle/3YhGaPUqg1GbV8hx9

Timeline : 14.05.2024
 School of Biological Sciences
S.No Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Member Internship Department/School/Lab
1 Prof. Genetics / Biological  Cancer Genomics  Cell Culture Labs
G.Kumaresan Sciences  Drug Discovery  Ancient Genomics Lab
 Ancient Genomics  High Content Drug Screening Facility
 High Performance Computing system
2 Dr. M. Immunology  Immunology  Nucleic acid extraction laboratory
Jayalakshmi  Microbiology  PCR, RT-PCR
 Bioinformatics  Electrophoresis
 Phytochemistry  Equipped Microbiology & Phytochemistry
lab
3 Dr. S. Plant Science  Ecology  Facilities to carry out ecological research
Chandrasekaran
4 Dr. K. Jayakumar Animal Behavior  Coral Identification,  Molecular biology laboratory
 Coral Reef Genomics  Coral SCUBA diving facility
 Marine Bioprospecting,
 Marine Genomics
5 Dr. A. Justin Biochemistry  Natural products  Immunoblotting
Thenmozhi  Antioxidants  Cell culture facility
 Neuro degenerative
diseases, Cell culture
 Western blot
6 Dr. J. Genetics  Microbial Genomics  Molecular biology equipments
Rajendharan  Computation facility
7 Dr. C. Amutha Animal Behavior  Aquaculture  Soxhlet apparatus
 Xenobiotics-molecular  PCR
detoxification  Epifluorescent microscope
mechanisms, Endocrine  Gel Doc
disruption
 Bioremediation using
microbial enzyme
nanoparticle conjugates
 Induced breeding
technology in shell and
fin fishes, Nutri-
genomics
8 Dr. S. Ramasamy Biochemistry  RNA Biology,  RNA isolation and Characterization
Toxicological  Western-Blotting
Biochemistry,  Gel electrophoresis
 Molecular cardiology  Cell cytotoxicity
9 Dr. V. Microbial Technology  Microbial metabolites  PCR
Shanmugaiah  Fermenter
10 Dr. M. Murugan Microbial Technology  Exopolysaccharide  PCR
11 Dr. U. Ramesh Molecular Biology  Fish Biology  PCR
 Toxicology  Microtome
 Histo techniques
12 Dr. T. Jebasingh Plant Science  Plant virology  DNA, RNA, Protein Research
 Small RNA Biology  Small RNA Genomics
 Transcriptomics
 Recombinant protein expression and
purification
 Protein-protein interaction
 Plant tissue culture
 Plant protoplast isolation and transfection
 Plant Agrobacterium mediated
transformation and infiltrations
 Metabolomics, Lateral flow device
13 Dr. B. Ashok Genetic Engineering  Genetic disoreder  DNA Mutational analysis
Kumar /SBT diagnosis  PCR
 Microbial degradation  RT-PCR
 Cell cytotoxicity
 C.elegans culturing
 School of Biotechnology
S. No Name of Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Faculty Internship Department/School/Lab
Member
1 Dr.N.Sivakumar Molecular  Probiotics,  Yes (required facility)
Microbiology  Prebiotics – aquaculture
nutrition
2 Dr. G. Sridevi Plant  Plant Genetic Engineering  Plant tissue culture,
Biotechnology  transformation,
 Plant Functional  Recombinant DNA technology,
Genomics,
 RNA silencing  NGS analysis

3 Dr. Molecular  Bioactive Metabolites  PCR

P.VARALAKSH Microbiology from Algae for cancer,  Chem Doc system
MI Diabetes, obesity.  Lyophilizer
 Cell culture facility
 Neurological disorders  Algal culture facility
 Renewable energy from  Microplate reader
Algae  Sonicator

School of Chemistry
S.No Name of Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Faculty Internship Department/School/Lab
Member
1 Dr. G. Physical Fuel Cells, Batteries, 3-Electrochemical work stations, 2- Fuel
GNANA Chemistry Electrochemical Sensors Cell Test Stations, Electrospinning,
KUMAR Chemical vapor Deposition, Muffle
furnace, Laminar flow hood
2 Dr.M.Jeyanthinat Materials Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Magnetic stirrers and Muffle furnace,
h Science thermo electric materials. Probe Sonicator, Autoclave.

Fabrication of Dye sensitized Solar cell fabrication and testing

solar cell device. laboratory

Fabrication of Supercapacitor CH Instruments.

and electrochemical studies.
UV – Visible.
Dye and Drug Degradation
using Photocatalytic materials. Spectroscopy.

Electrochemical etching for Electrochemical etching setup.

nanostructure formation in Furnance, bellet press etc.
various Silicon materials.

High entropy alloy formation

3 Dr.J.Annaraj Materials Drug Delivery, Biosensor, Probesonicator,Diode-Array, cyclic
Science Bioinorganic chemistry, volbonetry
Photocatalysis, Nanocomposites
4 Dr.Sivakumar Organic Organic Synthesis, photo NMR, UVFloroscience, GC-MS
Chemistry chemistry
5 Prof.V.S.Vasantha Natural Electro chemical optical UV-VISIBLE NIR, UV – visible
Products biosensors, Photocatalyst spectroscopy, Electrochemical work
Chemistry station (SP – 150,300)
6 Dr.P.Suresh Organic Medicinal Chemistry NMR, GC-MS 7
Chemistry &
Photo pysical
studies of
supermolecules
7 Dr.V.Padmini Organic 1. Synthesis of Heterocyclic 1.UV-VIS spectroscopy, 2. Fluorescence
Chemistry compounds Spectroscopy, 3. Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy, 4. GC-MS, 5.BET,
2. Chemosensor, Biosensor 6. Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
 School of Physics
S. Name of Depart Area of Expertise for Facility available in the Department/School/Lab
Faculty ment Internship
No Member
1 Dr.Sujin P. Comput Energy Materials, Supercapacitor Fabrication Unit
Jose ational Supercapacitors, Batteries,
Physics, Biomedical Applications,  Glove Box
Assistant School  Coin Cell Crimping Machine
Professor & of Environmental Remediation  Automatic Film Coater
Head (i/c) Physics  Electric Hot rolling Press
 Analytical Balance for electrode weighing
 Electrochemical work station charge-discharge unit
(Bio-Logic SAS –France)
 Electrochemical workstation (CHI6008E)
 High-temperature tubular furnace
 Vacuum Oven
 Workstation for Computational Study
 Magnetic stirrer with hot plate
 Magnetic stirrer
 Ultrasonicator
 Centrifuge
 Distillation unit
 Hot air oven
 Argon cylinder47 litr
Argon-Hydrogen Mixture gas 47 Ltr. (94% -Ar &
6%- H2) (
 Stainless Steel Argon Gas Cylinder (99.999%)
2 Dr.A.Basherr Theoret Quantum INFORMATION, Theoretical Work
ndin ical Quantum Computation
Mahmud Physics
Ahmed

School of Information Technology

S. Name of Department Area of Expertise for Internship Facility available in the
Faculty Department/School/Lab
No Member
1 Dr.R.Rathinas Department of Machine learning(using python), The facilities are available in
abapathy Computer the department of computer
Applications Image processing(using python and opencv), Web applications and RUSA
technology(using php,html,css,mysql,node js etc.), laboratory.
Data mining, text mining, NLP (using python),

Distributed computing using Hadoop and Hadoop

ecosystems.

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the

Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.Suja Rosa Environmental Remote sensing, GIS and GPS Maps as hard copies and soft copies,
Remote Sensing technologies Census data, Digital Atlas for 10
and Catography southern districts of Tamilnadu, GIS
software, GPS Equipment, Total station,
GPR equipment.
 School of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.S.Kannan Environmental Water ans waste water Lab and Field facility
Studies treatment, home gardening,
medicinal plants probagation
2 Dr.M.Anand Marine and Aqua Culture, Climate change Marine field research facility at
Coastal Studies and Ocean acidification Pudumandabam, Ramnad

School of Linguistics and Communication

S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.S.Ngarathinam Mobile Media Content Creation Media Skill Lab

2 Dr.K.Umaraj Linguistics Translatrion, Natural Language Computer Lab

Processing
3 Dr.J.Balasubramani Journalism and Photography, Videography, Film Computer Lab, Digital Camera, Video
am Science Studies, Reporting and Editing, catching camera, Editing Facility
Communication Media Economics, Media
Management, New Media, Social
Media and Film Editing

School of Performing Arts

S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr. C. Justin Department of Visual Ethnography, Platform for Content making, Provision
Selvaraj Fine Arts and for Coordinating Fieldwork and so on.
Aesthetics E-Content Making,

Entreprenerial Skills to
Traditional Craftsmanship

Kinship Studies,

Socio-Cultural Anthropology,

Folk Culture Studies,

Palmyra Palm Leaft Arts,

Aesthetics of Communication.

2 Dr.T.Gopinath Folklore and Documentation culture items, Lectures can be provided

Cultural Studies Ethnography research and field
methodology, Folklore field
methodology
 Centre for Tourism and Hotel Management
S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the
Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.S.Praveen Tourism and Entrepreneurship in Food Hotel management Lab and Food Lab
Kumar Hotel quality management & tourism
Management management

School of English and Foreign Languages

S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the

Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.R.Rajesh English Communicative Competence in Smart Classroom – 2 (Each with 18
Language English, English Language Seating capacity)
Studies Teaching Methods, Techniques
and Strategies, Language Lab, Language Lab (14 systems)
Spoken English, Technology got Classroom with 30 movable chairs
Teaching – Learning English,
Micro-teaching Skills, English
for Competitive Exams

Centre for Film and Electronic Media Studies

S. Name of Faculty Department Area of Expertise for Facility available in the

Member Internship Department/School/Lab
No
1 Dr.Ilamparithi Film and Cinematography, Video Editing, Available
Electronic Media Sound recording and DTS
Studies mixing, Photoshop, Color
grading, Short film making, Ad
film making

*Note – For other Faculty members, Departments and Schools,

please visit MKU website pages.

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