NAME: DR (MRS) S.PADMINI DESIGNATION

DESIGNATION:READER IN BOTANY

                          SAROJINI NAIDU VANITA MAHAVIDYALAYA

                          EXHIBITION GROUNDS

                          HYDERADAB-50001

                          ANDHRA PRADESH

                          INDIA

RESIDENTIAL ADRESS: 6-1-320

                                         PADMARAO NAGAR

                                         SECUNDERABAD-500025

                                          ANDHRA PRADESH

                                          INDIA

TELEPHONE: 2750051(RESIDENCE)

                      24603266(COLLEGE)

                      9885034290 (CELL)

E-MAIL ADRESS ; padsripada@yahoo.com

WEBSITE: www.reddymed.com/botany

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED

NAME AND OCCUPATION OF HUSBAND: V.VENKATESAM

                                                                      ENGINEER

                                                                      RAILWAYS

PLACE OF BIRTH: BHUSAWAL(MAHARASTRA STATE)

DARE OF BIRTH: 17-12-1950

NATIONALITY: INDIAN

SEX: FEMALE

 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS : M.Sc.-OSMANIA UNIVERSITY  1972(MYCOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY)

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 31 yrs-undergraduste(1972 onwards)

                                              12yrs-postgraduation(1991 onwards)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:18YRS

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH: 13 YRS

NUMBER OF RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL JOURNALS: 17(List enclosed)

NUMBER OF PROJECTS : 4 PROJECTS -UGC

( One major and three minor)

details enclosed

NUMBER OF CONFERENCES

ATTENDED AND PRESENTED PARERS : 7( Details enclosed)

RECOGNIZED AS SUPERVISOR TO : 2002

GUIDE PhD students in the year

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Shanmukha Rao SR,Padmini S,Yashodhara K.1987-Structure and deveplopment of

stomata in Allmania nodiflora(L.)R Br .Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 4:67-70.

2.Shanmukha Rao SR, YashodharaK,Padmini S.1988-Trichome studies in Cithaexylum

subserratum SW Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 5 (1) 35-39.

3.S.Padmini& S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 1993-Foliar stomatal distribution in relation to

taxonomy:Amaranthaceae. Feddes Repertorium 104 7-8,481-484.

4.S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 1995-Structure,distribution and taxonomic

importance of foliar stomata in some Indian Amaranthaceae .Botanical Journal

of the Linnean Society 118:149-161.

5.S.Padmini&S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 1998-Stomatal distribution patterns on the

axiate parts in some Amaranthaceae .Journal of Swamy Club 15 97-100.

6.S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao1998-Trichomes and their taxonomic significance

in Indian Aerva and Trichuriella (Amaranthaceae). Journal Indian Botanical Society

77 251-252.

7.S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao1999-Structure,distribution and development of

uniseriate macroform osteolate anchor hair in Alternanthera pungens Kunth.

(Amaranthaceae) 16 85-86.

8.S.Padmini &S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2001-Stomatogenesis in some members of

Amaranthaceae Phytomorphology .15 (2) 129-135.

9 .S.Padmini &S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2001-Foliar costal cells in relation to taxonomy:

Amaranthaceae Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 18 3-7.

10. S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao2001-Structure ,distribution, classification

and taxonomic studies of trichomes of some Indian Amaranthaceae- Beitrage

Biol.Pflanzen 72 199-214(Berlin).

11. S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2002-Taxonomic importance of trichomes in

Alternanthera Forsk.(Amaranthaceae). Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 19 3-8.

12 S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2002-Development of macroform basal stellate

conical hair in Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss.Ex.Schult(Amaranthaceae) -Journal of

Swamy Botanical Club 19: 69-70

13 S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2002-Development of macroform multi-

hamulate hair in Pupalia lappacea (L) Juss.var.velutina (Moq) Hook.f.Jswamy

Botanical Club19: 71-72

14. Sulochana,S.Padmini,KYashodhara and UVR. Padmavathi 2003--Venation in Indian

Gmelina Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 20:11-14.

15. . S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2003-Trichome ontogenesis in some members

of Amaranrhaceae-- Beitrage Biol.Pflanzen 73: 1-15.

16 S.Padmini & S.Raja Shanmukha Rao 2004-Development of macroform multi-

macroform conical hair in Allmania nodiflora(L) RBr.ex.Wight(Amaranthaceae)

communicated.

17.Bhagyalaxmi and Padmini 2004-Phytochemistry of Tephrosa sp.(communicated).

NUMBER OF PROJECTS : 4 PROJECTS -UGC

( One major and three minor)

details enclosed

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

International Conference on Biodiversity, Environment and Sustainable Development 

 2 Days(4.8.1994-6.8.1994)-S.N.Vanitha Maha Vidyalaya,Hyderabad.

Paper presented-Trichome Frequency in relation to habitat: Alternanthera Forsk.

2 .State level conference on medicinal plants-Traditional cure-2 Days(13&14.3.1999)-

Department of Botany Rajamundry, A.P.

Paper presented- Epidermology of the medicinal plant Gmelina arborea.

3. National Symposium on ‘’ Frontiers in plant Sciences”(10&11 March 2001)

paper presented-Pharmacognosy on the aerial parts of Achyranthes aspera L.

4. 24th All India Botanical conference & National Symposium on ‘National Symposium on ‘

Botany in the new Millennium”( 19-21 Nov.2001)OU.Hyd.

Paper presented- Structure, distribution, classification and taxonomic importance of

trichomes in some Amaranthaceae-Awarded the best oral presentation.

5. National conference on Aerobiology (27&28 feb 2002)SNVMV. Hyd.

papers presented

1.Antimicrobial studies of Achyranthes aspera L.

2.Effect of industrial pollution on the foliar epidermis in some members of

Amaranthaceae

6. 90TH Indian Science Congress held at Bangalore on” Frontier science and cutting-edge technologies: vision for the future” ( 3-7,Jan.2003).

paper presented-Development of multiseriate conical trichome in Allmania nodiflora

7 .National seminar on Biodiversity, Conservation and commercial Exploitation of Medicinal

plants (8-10Nov 2003 ) OU Hyd

Paper presented-Pharmacognostic studies of the root of Achyranthes aspera L.

8.Seminar-washington university. Washington U.S  -17^th may 2004-dinogfagellates.harmful algae and  human health 

RESEARCH PROJECTS   (One Major and Three Minor )

Major Research Project –Embryology , tissue cultural and Pharmacognostic studies in Gmelina arborea-1995-1998.

Minor Research Projects:

1.Pharmocognosy,morphplogy and anatomy in some Dicotyledons(Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae)1989-1990.

2.Pharmacognosy of the medicinal plant Achyranthes aspera. L. 2000-2002

3.Study of the antimicrobial effect of the medicinal plant Achyranthes aspera and its utility in the storage of food grains. 2004-2006

AWARDS

Awarded the best oral presentation in 24th All India Botanical conference & National Symposium on “National Symposium on

Botany in the new Millennium on 19-21 Nov.2001 held at OU.Hyd.

.

Title of the Paper presented-

Structure, distribution, classification and taxonomic importance of trichomes in some Amaranthaceae.

Member of the International and National journals:  Women of the year 2004-American biographical society.

2004-Women of the year by American biographic society.

MEMBERSHIPS

1) PHYTOMORPHOLOGY

2)RHEEDIA

3)J.SWAMY BOTANICAL CL.