Journals
K. K. Nisha and M G Purushothama, 2018. Cytokinin benzyl adenine oversides the inhibitory effects of Gibberellins and low sucrose concentrations during microtuberisation of potato. Trends in Biosciences 11(7): 1535-1538.
K. K. Nisha, Apsara I G, Rejitha R F, Ancy Antony, Saranya A S, Sruthy A Chandran and Swathy R U, 2018. In vitro culture of Philonotis falcata (Hook) Mitt., a moss species from Nilgiri Hills. Trends in Biosciences 11(7): 1310-1313.
K. K. Nisha, 2017. Cytotoxic effect of Crotalaria laburnifolia L. leaf extract on Allium cepa root tip cells. Journal of Advances in Biological Science 4 (2): 72-75.
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2013. Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of two important Indian varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Journal of Phytological Research 26 (1&2): 1 – 5.
K. K. Nisha and Sajitha Rajan S., 2013. Allelopathic effects of some leguminous cover crops and rice weeds on seed germination of paddy. Journal of Phytological Research 26 (1&2): 31 – 34.
Cinthya Christopher and K. K. Nisha, 2013. Aquatic vascular plants in Karikkakom and Venpalavattom. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology 7 (3): 73 - 76.
K. K. Nisha, K. Seetha, K. Rajmohan and M. G. Purushothama, 2003. Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of Brahmi [Bacopa monniera (L.) Wettst.], a popular medicinal herb of India. Current Science 85: 85-89
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2004. Development of phenotypically normal transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Kufri Jyoti) plants expressing isopentenyl transferase (ipt) gene transcriptionally fused to patatin promoter. Int. J. of Bioscience Reporter 2 (2): 542 – 549
Books
K. K. Nisha and Cinthya Christopher, 2013. Ortus Planta.
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2007. Tuber specific overproduction of cytokinins results in enhanced tuber number in transgenic potato. In Recent Trends in Horticultural Biotechnology Eds. Raghunath Keshavachandran et al, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, pp. 727-730.
Proceedings
Nisha K K, 2015. Phytochemical screening and phytotoxic effects of Crotalaria pallida Aiton. in the Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Recent and emerging advances in chemical science” conducted by the Department of Chemistry, All Saints’ College, January, 2015.
Newby Joseph and Nisha K K, 2011. Cyanobacterial diversity of Alappuzha district in the Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Conference on Biodiversity “Conservation of Nature’s Endless and Unexplored Resources” conducted by Department of Botany, All Saints’ College, September, 2011
Shilpa Biju, Niza,A., Lakshmi,M. Athira A. and Nisha K K, 2011. “Diversity of Fresh water Algae in All Saints’ Campus” in the Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Conference on Biodiversity “Conservation of Nature’s Endless and Unexplored Resources” conducted by Department of Botany, All Saints’ College, September, 2011
Shruthi Sreekumar and Nisha K K, 2011. “Documentation of Terrestrial and Freshwater Algal Flora of All Saints’ College Campus” in Proceedings of the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management (ETBCSM) organized by the Department of Zoology, Christian College, Chengannur on 25-26 August 2011.
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2010. “Production and Analysis of Vermicompost from Common Aquatic Weeds of Alappuzha” in Proceedings of the National Conference on Conservation of Wetlands – A Multi-disciplinary Approach held at St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha from 28-29 January, 2010
Newby Joseph and Nisha K. K., 2010. “Bluegreen algae as biofertilizer” in Proceedings of the National Conference on Conservation of Wetlands – A Multi-disciplinary Approach held at St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha from 28-29 January, 2010
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2009. “Effect of Benzyl Adenine on Microtuber Induction in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivar Kufri Jyoti” in Proceedings of the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Green Biotechnology held at Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam from 24-25 September 2009
Lakshmi Mahadevan, Nisha K. K. and M. G. Purushothama. 2008. “Metabolic Engineering of the Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathway Results in Enhanced Levels of Bacosides in Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst- A Popular Medicinal Plant” in abstracts 13th Asian Symposium On Medicinal Plants, Spices & Other Products (ASOMPS XIII), November 2008, Hyderabad, India.
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2008. ‘Indirect regeneration of two potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars, Kufri jyoti and Kufri Swarna’ in Proceedings of the National Seminar on Endemic and Endangered Species of the Nilgiris held at Govt. Arts College, Udhagamandalam from 21-22 August 2008.
Lakshmi Mahadevan, K. K. Nisha, G. Divya and M. G. Purushothama. 2007. “Overexpression of the gene for HMGCoA Reductase leads to enhanced bacoside accumulation in Brahmi (Bacopa monierri (L.)Wettst)” in abstracts National Symposium on Current Trends in Stem Cell Biology, Annual Meeting of Society of Biotechnologists, India, December 2007.
K. K. Nisha and M. G. Purushothama, 2002. ‘Transgenic Approach to Understand the Physiology of Potato Tuberisation’ in Proceedings of “National conference on Recent trends in plant science” held at Pala, Kottayam from 13-15 November 2002
Oral presentation in the National Seminar organized by Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram during 26th to 28th February 2018
Oral Submission as Member of Parliament in the All India Students Energy Parliament organized by Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust at Thiruvananthapuram during 25th February 2016
Poster presentation in the National Seminar on Recent and Emerging Advances in Chemical Science organized by the Department of Chemistry, All Saints’ College during 8-9 January 2015
Poster presentation in the International Seminar on Advances in Aquaculture Technologies organized by the Department of Zoology, All Saints’ College during 18-19 July 2013
Oral presentation in the Regional Science Congress organized by Indian Science Congress Association, Coimbatore chapter and Kongunad Arts and Science College at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu during 15-16 December 2012
Oral presentation in the National Symposium on Crop productivity, food safety and environmental sustainability organized by the Society for Applied Biotechnology at Thrissur, Kerala during 19-20 November 2012
Poster presentation in the National Conference on Biodiversity organized by the Department of Botany at All Saints’ College during 28- 29 September 2011
Oral presentation in the National Seminar on Conservation of Wetlands – A Multi-disciplinary Approach organized by the Department of Botany at St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha during 28-29 January, 2010
Oral presentation in the National seminar on Emerging Trends in Green Biotechnology organized by Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam during 24-25 September 2009
Oral presentation in the National Seminar on Endemic and Endangered Species of the Nilgiris organized by Govt. Arts College, Udhagamandalam during 21-22 August 2008
Oral presentation in the ICAR National Symposium on Biotechnological Interventions for Improvement of Horticultural Crops - Issues and Strategies organized by Kerala Agricultural University during 10 - 12 January, 2005
Poster presentation in the National conference on Recent trends in plant science held at Pala, Kottayam from 13-15 November 2002
Principal Investigator of UGC Minor Research project titled ‘Identification of bioactive allelochemicals from the genus Crotalaria’
Co-ordinator of Mahatmaji Jaivodhyanam project funded by Kerala State Biodiversity Board
Recognized as Research Supervisor in Botany at the University of Kerala- Order No. Ac.EV(1)/36643/2017 dated 26.10.2017
M.Sc. Botany – II Rank in the University of Calicut - Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad
B.Sc. Botany – III Rank in the University of Calicut - Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad
Qualified CSIR-UGC JRF & NET in December 1999
Qualified GATE-2000 with score of 89.57% ( All India 159th Rank in Life science category)
Biodiversity documentation
Documentation done at Bishop’s House, Punalur; St. Mary’s church, Pongummoodu
Orientation/ Refresher/ Short Term Courses
Attended the Short Term Course in Student Counselling and Mentoring organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom during 24.10.2018 to 31.10.2018
Attended the Refresher Course in Life Sciences organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom during 18.11.2017 to 28.11.2017
Attended the Refresher Course in Life Sciences organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom during 05.07.2012 to 26.07.2012
Attended the Orientation Course (IT Oriented) organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom during 21.02.2008 to 19.03.2008
Attended the Skill Enhancement Computer Training conducted by Kerala State IT Mission during 6- 11 December 2010
Online Courses
Two day Faculty Development Program on ‘MS Excel Essentials for Academicians’ organized by the Department of Commerce and Professional Studies in association with IQAC, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences during 20 & 21 November 2020
Online short term course in ‘Biodiversity – Status, Services & Management Practices’ organized by the Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, TN during 1st to 10th September 2020
Ten day course on ‘A Short Term Course in E-teaching with Learning Management Systems’ conducted by AKPCTA in June 2020
Online training course ‘Make & Edit Video Classes’ organized by IQAC of Christ College, Irinjalakkkuda from 1st May 2020 to 5th May 2020
International Webinar Series on ‘Food Chemicals and Nanomaterials Toxicity’ organized by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology and Central University of Kerala in association with Kerala Academy of Sciences from 26th to 28th November 2020
National Webinar on ‘Discovery and Development of Phyto-Pharmaceuticals with special reference to Reverse Pharmacology, System Biology and Nutrigenomics’ organized by the Kerala Academy of Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram in association with Inter-University Centre for Genomics & Gene Technology (IUCGGT) University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on 2nd November 2020
National Webinar on ‘Backyard Aquaculture Practices’ organized by the Dept of Zoology, SN College, Varkala on 9th October 2020
International Virtual Seminar on ‘Biological Models in Modern Research’ organized by the PG Department of Biotechnology & Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Tvm on 18th, 19th and 22nd September 2020
National Webinar on ‘Human-animal Conflict’ organized by the Department of Zoology, All Saints’ College, Tvm on 24th August 2020
National Webinar on ‘Taxonomical tools in Life Science’ organized by the Department of Zoology, All Saints’ College, Tvm on 13th August 2020
National Webinar Series on Biodiversity Conservation organized by the Department of Botany, MES Kalladi College, Mannarkkad on 6th & 7th August 2020
Webinar on ‘Interpreting Plant Taxonomy’ organized by the Department of Botany & IQAC, SN College, Kollam on 3rd August 2020
National Webinar on “INFERENCE FOR CONTINUOUS DATA USING SPSS” organized by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 27th June 2020
National Webinar on ‘Importance of e-Reading on Pandemic Periods’ organized by Department of Malayalam and the Library All Saints’ College, Trivandrum on 25th June 2020
Webinar on ‘Role of Chromosome in Plant Taxonomy’ organized by the Department of Botany & IQAC, VIVA College, Maharashtra, India on 15th June 2020
Regional Seminar on ‘Keep cool and carry on: the Montreal Protocol’ organized by Dept. of Environmental Sciences, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram during 11th August 2018
National workshop on ‘Nature for water: Solution for water-related crisis from Nature’ organized by Bhoomitra Sena Club, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram during 23rd March 2018
National seminar on ‘Insights into the Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Chemical and Biosciences’ organized by Govt Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram during 26th to 28th February 2018
International conference on climate change and Global Sustainability (ICCCGS-2017) sponsored by Directorate of Environments and Climate Change organized by Dept. of Zoology, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram during 18th to 19th December 2017
National seminar on ‘Popularisation of Remote Sensing Based Maps and Geospatial Information’ organized by ISRO and Indian Society for Remote Sensing during 11th August 2017
International Symposium on Phytochemistry organized by Kerala Academy of Sciences held at Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Kozhikode during 27th February 2016
All India Students Energy Parliament organized by Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust at Thiruvananthapuram during 25th February 2016
Yuva Meet 2016 organized by TERI University, Delhi at New Delhi during 29th to 30th January 2016
National Competition organized by TERI University, Delhi as part of the project ‘Inter-University Competition on Water Resources Management’ at New Delhi during 28th January 2016
Edu-excursion camp organized by TERI University, Delhi as part of the project ‘Inter-University Competition on Water Resources Management’ at Gurgaon, Haryana during 26th to 31st October 2015
Regional Competition organized by TERI University, Delhi as part of the project ‘Inter-University Competition on Water Resources Management’ at Kochi from 16th to 17th September 2015
27th Kerala Science Congress held at Alappuzha during 27-29 January 2015
National Seminar on Recent and Emerging Advances in Chemical Science organized by the Department of Chemistry, All Saints’ College during 8th to 9th January 2015
Workshop on Techniques in Phytochemistry organized by the Department of Botany, KKTM Govt. College, Thrissur during 25th to 27th November 2013
Workshop on the revision of the syllabus of FDP Botany under CBCSS organized by the Board of Studies in Botany (UG) of University of Kerala from 18th to 19th March 2014
Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture Techniques organized by the Department of Botany, All Saints’ College during 7th March 2014
National Workshop on Illustration and Photography: A Botanical Perspective organized by the Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad during 18th to 20th November 2013
International Seminar on Advances in Aquaculture Technologies organized by the Department of Zoology, All Saints’ College during 18th to 19th July 2013
Regional Science Congress organized by Indian Science Congress Association, Coimbatore chapter and Kongunad Arts and Science College at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu during 15th to 16th December 2012
National Symposium on Crop productivity, food safety and environmental sustainability organized by the Society for Applied Biotechnology at Thrissur, Kerala during 19th to 20th November 2012
Seminar on Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety organized by the Department of Environmental Science at All Saints’ College during 27th February 2012
National Conference on Biodiversity organized by the Department of Botany at All Saints’ College from 28th to 29th September 2011
Seminar on ‘Need and Importance of Extension Activities in Higher Education Institutions’ organized by Xavier Board of Higher Education in India at Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum during 6th August 2011
First Indian Biodiversity Congress held at Thiruvananthapuram during 28th to 30th December 2010
National Workshop on Aspects and Prospects of Plant Taxonomy Teaching and Research organized by during 29-30 October 2010
Seminar on Ornamental Fish Culture & Aquarium Keeping organized by the Department of Zoology at All Saints’ College during 28th July 2010
National Seminar on Conservation of Wetlands – A Multi-disciplinary Approach organized by the Department of Botany at St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha during 28th to 29th January 2010
National Seminar on Gender and Culture organized by Women’s Studies, University of Kerala at All Saints’ College during 21st to 22nd January 2010
National seminar on Emerging Trends in Green Biotechnology organized by Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam during 24th to 25th September 2009
Workshop on Restructuring the Undergraduate Course in Botany organized by the University of Kerala during 16th to 20th February 2009
National Seminar on Endemic and Endangered Species of the Nilgiris organized by Govt. Arts College, Udhagamandalam during 21st to 22nd August 2008
ICAR National Symposium on Biotechnological Interventions for Improvement of Horticultural Crops - Issues and Strategies organized by Kerala Agricultural University during 10th to 12th January 2005
National Seminar on Bioinformatics organized by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram during 25th to 27th November 2004
International Symposium on Steroid Hormone Receptor Superfamily and Molecular Signaling organized by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram during 25th to 27th November 2004
National Seminar on Trends in Biotechnology organized by TBGRI during 24th July 2002
National Workshop on Bioinformatics: Principles, Algorithms and Tools organized by TBGRI during 10th to 12th June 2002
XXVII Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Human Genetics, “Recent Trends in Genomics” organized by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram during 14th to 16th February 2002
Professional/ Scientific Memberships and Activities
Lifelong member of Society of Biotechnologists, India
Lifelong member of Kerala Academy of Sciences
Rapporteur for a section in the Regional Science Congress organized by Kongunad Arts and Science College at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu during 15-16 December 2012
Member of Board of Studies for Botany and Biotechnology of Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) during 2014-16
Question paper setter for BSc Botany of Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) during 2016 and 2017
• External Examiner of Marion Villa ISC School to conduct practical examination during 2011
Professional Experience:
01. 08. 2000 to 09. 08. 2005 – Research fellow in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
Five year teaching experience - 20.09.2006 to 17.11.2009 - Lecturer in the Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College for Women, Alappuzha
