AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
FLAIR International Internship Award 2014-15
International Internship by ‘FLAIR’ (Fostering Linkages in Academic Innovation and Research of Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala) and is a lifelong FLAIR Member
Peer Evaluator of Dr. Luke Deforges, Lecturer, Natural and Built Environment Division, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Served as participant-Convener for the Short-Term Course Leadership Development Programme conducted online during 29.01.2021 to 04.02.2021 at the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala
Acted as Joint Secretary, Committee for Sustainable Urban Planning, Capacity and Communication Development Unit, Government of Kerala
Member, Board of Studies in Environmental Sciences with effect from 28.11.2018
Question Paper Setter of other Universities such as Cochin University of Science and Technology, M G University, Calicut University, St. Berchman Autonomous College, Changanassery
External Examiner for practical exams (UG and PG), Viva Voce (UG, PG and M Phil)
Acted as Member, State Level Consultation Workshop for the framing of a ‘New Education Policy’ by the Government of India, on 26th and 29th October, 2015 at the Seminar Hall of Government Women’s College and Conference Hall, Directorate of Technical Education, Trivandrum respectively
Served as participant-Convener for the Refresher Course in Environmental Sciences conducted during 05-01-2016 – 25-01-2016 at the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala
Acted as Co-ordinator of Famelab South India Regional Finals organised by British Council held at Tagore Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 30.11.2016
Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala and the Special Office of New Initiatives in Higher Education identified to act as Rapporteur at the ‘International Skill Conclave SEEK’15: Skill Enterprise Engagement for Empowering Kerala’ organized by the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala on 16.12.2016 and 17.12.2016
EDITOR (ACADEMIC AND CHIEF)
Chief and Academic Editor of the Journal ‘Archives of Current Research International’
Editor of the Asian Journal of Research in Botany
REVIEWER
Reviewer of 32 International Journals
Life Member of Indian Academy of Science
Qualified UGC-NET
Selected as Project Fellow in a UGC sponsored Major research Project
Awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the “Kerala Biotechnology commission”
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT
As part of One-month FLAIR International Internship, at SEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY, SHEFFIELD, UK, could work as a Teaching Faculty in the university for one month and got to involve in the academics (both theory and practical) in the Department of Natural and Built Environment. Privileged to get mentoring support of Dr. Fraser Douglas, Professor, Final Year Manager and Course Leader for a suite of environmental degrees and the recipient of Best Teacher Award successively over three consecutive years. Could do Peer Evaluation and Assessment of Dr. Luke Desforges (course leader for the Higher Education Academy)
Received training in advanced teaching pedagogy at Sheffield Hallam University, including:
• Quality assurance
• Curriculum design
• E-learning and the use of Virtual Learning Environments
• Research-informed teaching
Assessment and feedback methodsPUBLICATION IN PEER REVIEWED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
2024
Sabu Joseph and Ayona Jayadev. Kalavasthavyathiyanam Cherukkaam. Yojana 52(4), pp. 18-25 (2024)
Ameen, H. M., Rohini, P., Madhu, M., Rajani, V., & Jayadev, A. Impact of Microplastic (Mp) Pollution in Seagrass Ecosystem: A Review. Curr World Environ 2024;19(1).
Krishna, A. B., Madhu, M., & Jayadev, A. (2024). Investigation of microplastics and microplastic communities in selected river and lake basin soils of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(1), 66. Springer
Rohini P & Jayadev, A. (2024). Microplastics On Mangrove Ecosystem and Scope of Biodegradation—a Review. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 235(9), 1-27. Springer
Prasad, G., Arunav, H., Dwight, S., Ghosh, M. B., Jayadev, A., & Nair, D. I. (2024). Advancing Sustainable Practices in Additive Manufacturing: A Comprehensive Review on Material Waste Recyclability. Sustainability, 16(23), 10246. MDPI
Ameen, H. M., Jayadev, A., Prasad, G., & Nair, D. I. (2024). Seagrass Meadows: Prospective Candidates for Bioactive Molecules. Molecules, 29(19), 4596. MDPI
2023
Pillai, K. S., Sneha, M. L., Aiswarya, S., Anand, A. B., Prasad, G., & Jayadev, A. (2023). Unlocking Hidden Water Resources: Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones using GIS and Remote Sensing in Kerala, India. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 405, p. 04021). EDP Sciences.
2022
Owens, K. A., Divakaran Sarasamma, J., Conlon, K., Kiruba, S., Biju, A., Vijay, N., Smitha Asok Vijayamma, Ayona Jayadev... & Khanolkar, C. (2022). Empowering Local Practitioners to Collect and Report on Anthropogenic Riverine and Marine Debris Using Inexpensive Methods in India. Sustainability, 14(3), 1928. MDPI
2020
Jayadev, A., & Krishnan, N. (2021). Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles and its characterization. J. Sci. Res, 65, 80-84.
2018
Jincy Rose K R and Ayona Jayadev (2018) A comparative phytochemical evaluation of two exotic fruits and two fruits native to Kerala International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts 6(11) pp. 211 – 219.
Jincy Rose K. R , Ayona Jayadev, Divya M U and Jisha K (2018) A Comparative Phytochemical Study and Evaluation of Alkaloid Content of Four Exotic Fruits and Five Fruits Native to Kerala. International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 6(10) pp 616 – 620 (Oct 2018).
Jisha K, Ayona Jayadev, Divya M U, Jincy Rose K. R (2018) Comparative Study of Flavonoid Content of Three Types of Onion International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 6(10) pp 726 – 728 (Oct 2018).
Divya M U, Ayona Jayadev, Jincy Rose K. R, Jisha K (2018) Comparative Estimation of Phenolic Content in Seven Selected Herbs used for Post Paternal Care International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 6 (10) pp. 650 – 652 (Oct 2018).
Ayona Jayadev, Jisha K (2018) A comparative analysis of phytochemicals in three different varieties of onions International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 6(12) pp. 22 – 27.
Divya M U and Ayona Jayadev (2019) A study on Phytochemical charateristics of three herbs used for post-partum care International Journal of Innovative Knowledge concepts 7(1) Pp 139 – 144.
2017
Sandra Yesudasan Miranda and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Efficiency of Nutrient Mobilization of Green Gram (Vigna Var. radiate) Plant with and without applying fertilizers Environment and We: An International Journal of Science and Technology 12 January 2017 pp. 1-13
Shilpa Sasidharan and Ayona Jayadev (2017) A comparative analysis of antioxidant properties of three varieties of Annona sp. International Journal of applied Research 3(7) pp. 1174 – 1178.
Swathy Lekshmi S. and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Influence of Salt Stress on the Morphological and Physiological activity and anatomy of Cow Pea Plant (Vigna unduiculata) International Journal of applied Research 3(8) pp. 281 – 288.
Ayona Jayadev (2017) Activity Screening and optimization of marine fungal strains for protease activity World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 6(9) pp. 1195 – 1201.
Haritha MC and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Analysis of total carbohydrates and total cyanide content in varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Tubers International Journal of Applied Research 3(8) pp. 289 – 292.
Shilpa Sasidharan and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Anti-nutritional factors in three varieties of Annona species International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(9) pp. 1776 – 1783.
Haritha M C and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Comparative study of moisture crude fiber, protein and mineral composition in five varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz) Tubers International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(9) pp. 1954 – 1959.
Swathy Lekshmi S. and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Effect of Heavy Metal stress (Cadmium) on morphological and physiological activity and anatomy of pea plant (Vigna uncuigulata) International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(10) pp. 1954 – 1959.
Shilpa Sasidharan and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Comparative Analysis of Nutritional and Anti-nutritional components of selected citrus fruit species International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(10) pp. 1954 – 1959 pp. 309 – 312.
Shilpa Sasidharan and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Nutritional factors in three varieties of Annona species International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(10) pp. 73 – 79.
Haritha M C and Ayona Jayadev (2017) Determination of tannin, phytate and total oxalate content in selected varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz) Tubers International Journal for Research in Applied science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) 5(11) pp. 141 – 145.
2016
Aneesa Abdul Jabbar and Ayona Jayadev (2016) A comparison of nutrient mobilization activity of rhizosphere microflora of a leguminous plant with the rhizoflora of a non-leguminous plant and non-rhizospheric soil. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Vol. 2, Issue 1, 164-177.
V. Sreelekshmi, Lekshmi M. and Ayona Jayadev (2016) Effects of Co-substrates on Biodegradation of Azo Dyes: A case study of Marine Bacteria. Environment and We an International Journal of Science and Technology 11 (2016) pp. 09-16.
Athira S. A., Lekshmi, M and Ayona Jayadev (2016) Isolation and Partial Characterization of Fungal Strains from Marine Samples. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agriculture 2(8).
Ayona Jayadev and Lekshmi M. (2016) Isolation and Screening of Marine Bacterial Strains for Biosurfactant Production. International Journal of Current Research (8) pp. 36856 – 36859.
Ayona Jayadev, Pooja Niju, Athira S. A. and Lekshmi M. (2016) A comparison of selected enzyme activities by marine fungal and mangrove actinomycete isolates. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 8.
Pooja Prasannan, Lekshmi M. and Ayona Jayadev (2016) Isolation and Characterization of Actinomycetes from Mangrove Samples. International Journal of Current Science Research Volume: 2; Issue: 9.
Lakshmy S. Baby, Mary Franceena, Lekshmi M. and Ayona Jayadev (2016) Isolation and screening marine bacterial for the production of amylase and phosphate solubilization. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 7, Issue, 10, pp. 13658-13661.
Mary Franseena, Ayona Jayadev and Lekshmi M. (2016) Screening of Marine Bacteria for IAA production. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5 (11) pp1194 – 1200.
Ayona Jayadev, Lekshmi M. and Mary Franceena (2016) Screening and Isolation of EPS producing Marine Bacteria and Optimization of EPS production. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5(11) pp 1248 – 1256.
Ayona Jayadev, Soniya P. and Lekshmi M. (2016) Comparative analysis of bioremediation potential of native and marine bacteria by germination study. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Vol. 2, Issue 5, 159-174.
Ayona Jayadev and Lekshmi M. (2016) Screening and Isolation of Protease producing Marine Bacteria. Emergent Life Sciences Research 2(2) pp. 73 – 76.
2015
Jayadev, A. and Sajitha Rajan (2015) Comparative Nutritional Evaluation of three Plant Modifications, Cladode, Phyllode and Phylloclade. Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences 5(2) pp – 1408 – 1414.
Jayadev, A., Parvathy V. and Rajika Lekshman, V. (2015) Activity Screening of Mangrove Microbes through a Metagenomic Approach. International Journal of Pure and Applied Biosciences 3(4) July-August pp 202-207.
Sandra Yesudasan Miranda and Ayona Jayadev (2015) Differential Capacity of Nutrient Mobilization of microbial flora from a chemical fertilizer applied and biofertilizer applied rhizosphere. Journal of Global Biosciences 4(2) pp. 1439 – 1447.
Nova Francis, Lekshmi M. and Ayona Jayadev (2015) A Comparative Evaluation of the activities of a leguminous and non-leguminous rhizoflora and non rhizosphere microflora. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agriculture 1(9) pp. 46 – 53
Sreelekshmi V., Lekshmi, M. and Ayona Jayadev (2015) Decolourization of azo dyes by marine strains. International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) 3(9).
Ayona Jayadev, Lekshmi M., Sreelekshmi, Mary Franceena and Lekshmi (2015) Marine Bacteria: a potential bioresource for multiple applications. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) 6(9) pp. 442 – 449.
Navami S. S., Lekshmi M. and Ayona Jayadev (2015) Isolation and partial characterization of marine actinomycetes. International Journal of Advanced Research 3(11) 686 – 693.
2014
Jayadev, A. and Navami S. S. (2014) Bioprospecting Microorganisms of Marine Environment – A Review. Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 16(1) 137 – 143.
Jayadev, A. and Navami S. S. (2014) Isolation and Characterization of Lipase Producing Bacteria from a Biofertilizer. Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 16(2) 107 – 110.
Jayadev, A. (2014) Isolation and Characterization of Cellulolytic Bacteria from a Biofertilizer generated from Municipal Solid Waste. International Journal for Biotechnology and Biochemistry' (IJBB) 10(2) pp 91 – 98.
Lekshmi M., Ayona Jayadev and Navami, S. S. (2014) Isolation and Screening of Actinomycetes from Marine Samples for Enzyme Production. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 5(12) pp 199 – 204.
2013
Jayadev, A. and V.S.G. Thanga (2013) Seasonal changes in bacterial indicators in drinking water of Thiruvananthapuram corporation, Kerala, India. Ecology and Fisheries 6(1) 43 – 52.
Jayadev, A. and S. S. Navami (2013) Isolation of Amylolytic Bacteria from a Biofertilizer generated from Municipal Solid Waste. The Ecoscan 7(3&4) 109 – 113.
Jayadev, A., S. Sari and G. M. Nair (2013) Phytochemical Analysis and Evaluation of Antibacterial and Antioxidant activities of Vitex negundo and Ophiorrhiza mungos. The Bioscan 8(2) 661 – 664.
Navami S. S. and Jayadev, A (2013) Global Climate Change and the Activities of Marine Microbes. Ecology and Fisheries 6 (2) 85 – 94.
Anila G. J., Jayadev, A. and Navami (2013) Isolation of Protease Producing Bacteria from a Biofertilizer generated from Municipal Solid Waste. Asian Journal of Environmental Science 8(2) 101 – 105.
Jayadev, A. and Navami, S. S. (2013) Effect of Pollution on the fish diversity in mangrove ecosystem of Akkulam Veli Lake, Thiruvananthapuram. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, 7(3), pp 42 – 44.
2009
Jayadev, A. and V.S.G. Thanga (2009) Seasonal Changes in coliform contamination of potable water sources in Thiruvananthapuram corporation, Kerala, India. Asian Journal of Environmental Sciences 4(2) 181 – 195. 2015 - 2016 Comparative Evaluation of the Bioremediation Potential of Industrial effluent by native and marine bacteria
2015 – 2016 Mangrove Ecosystem: a potential bioresource for biologically important actinomycetes (KSCSTE Student Project)
2015 - 2016 Isolation and Characterization of Marine Fungus for the production of commercially important resources
2014 – 2015 Screening of marine bacteria for IAA production, EPS production and Phosphate solubilization
2014 – 2015 Isolation of Marine Bacterial strains for the production of Biosurfactants and some selected enzymes
2014 – 2015 Biodegradation of azodyes by marine bacteria
2013 – 2014 Nutrient mobilization action of microbial flora of a leguminous and non-leguminous rhizosphere - A comparison
2013 – 2014 Comparative analysis of activities of microbial flora of a leguminous and non-leguminous rhizosphere (KSCSTE Student Project)
2013 – 2014 Differential capacity of nutrient mobilization of microbial flora from a chemical fertilizer applied and Biofertilizer applied rhizosphere (KSCSTE Student Project)
2012 – 2013 Screening and isolation of amlysase producing microorganisms from a Biofertilizer (KSCSTE Student Project)
2012 – 2013 Screening and Isolation of protease producing microbes from a Biofertilizer generated from a waste management site
2012 – 2013 Isolation of lipid degrading microbes from a waste degrading Site
2012 – 2013 Isolation and identification of cellulose degrading bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Analysis of bacterial isolates from a Biofertilizer generated from biowaste
2011 - 2012 Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of a Phylloclade, a Phyllode and a Cladode
2011 - 2012 Evaluation of Antioxidant potential of a Phylloclade, a Phyllode and a Cladode
2011 – 2012 Evaluation of Photosynthetic Pigments and Photosynthetic Efficiency of a Phylloclade, a Phyllode and a Cladode
2010 – 2011 Post Doctoral Research in Biotechnology in the emerging field of Environmental Biotechnology, Metagenomics on the topic “Management of Pesticide Residues through a Metagenomic Approach” (Kerala Biotechnology Commission, KSCSTE)
2010 – 2011 Guided an M. Sc. Project “Activity Screening of Mangrove Microbes Through conventional and Metagenomic Approach”
2009 – 2010 Guided an M. Sc. Project “Phytochemical analysis and Evaluation of antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Vitex negundo and Ophiorrhiza mungos”
2005 – 2007 Worked as Project Fellow in a UGC Sponsored project on “Biomonitoring Microbial pathogens and Indicators in the Potable water of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kerala,India which was converted to PhD.
2003 – 2004 Did a relevant research on “Biodegradation of Azo-dyes”
2000 – 2002 M. Sc. Dissertation entitled “Bacteriological Evaluation of Drinking water of Thiruvananthapuram Coporation” submittedin partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Sciences
1997 – 2000 A Review Work entitled “Transgenic Plants” submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Bachelor of Science in BiotechnologyTrainings Undergone
Did a workshop on Basic Techniques in Microbiology and Biotechnology organized by the Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala from 31.05.1999 to 04.06.1999.
Completed a Certificate Course (Roll No. 2007-OM 008) on ‘Eco-Informatics’ conducted by IIITM-K, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram from 02.01.2008 to 30.04.2008.
Undergone a training “National Trainers Certification on A-View” in National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) MHRD conducted during A-VIEW workshop at Amritapuri and is a certified A-VIEW Trainer.
Did a workshop on Environmental Informatics conducted by the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala on 10th February, 2012.
Undergone Orientation Programme in the UGC-Academic Staff College, Kerala.
Undergone a hands on workshop on “DNA Barcoding and Fingerprinting” (7th and 8th February, 2013).
Undergone a summer School on “Environmental Impact Assessment” from 22nd April, 2013 to 26th April, 2013 organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K).
Undergone a workshop on “Molecular Tools and Techniques” organized by State Inter-University Centre for Genomics and Gene Technology (IU – CGGT) from 27th May to 31st May, 2013.
Participated in the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India sponsored training workshop on “Biodiversity Conservation” conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun from 11-15 November, 2013.
Participated in a National Workshop on “Mordern Tools in Biotechnology Information conducted by the Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram on 25th and 26th February, 2014.
Participated in a ten days’ refresher training on “Gene expression Analysis” conducted from 14.07.2014 to 24.07.2014 organized by Integrated Biotechnology Course, Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, sponsored by the Kerala Biotechnology Commission, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram.
Participated in a Leadership Programme and Training of Trainers (ToT) jointly conducted by UNEP and Institute of Management in Government on 3rd - 4th September, 2014.
Participated in a three day residential induction training conducted by ‘FLAIR’, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala from 29th September to 1st October, 2014.
Participated in a two day residential training 'Towards Confident Communication in the New World' organized by ‘FLAIR’, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala from 14th to 15th November 2014.
Participated in a Regional Experience Sharing Meet on Climate Change, extreme Events and Environmental Resilience from 15th to 16th December, 2014 jointly organized by Institute of Management in Government and UNEP.
Undergone an Orientation Programme on Quality Enhancement of Higher Education in the Higher Education Academy, York, UK under FLAIR (Fostering Linkages in Academic Innovation and Research – a new initiative of Kerala Government on 9th February, 2015.
Attended and completed an International Internship in Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK from 10th February to 6th March 2015 under FLAIR.
Got training in Quality assurance, Curriculum Design, E-learning and the use of Virtual Learning Environments, Research-Informed teaching and Assessment and Feedback methods from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Actively participated in the UNEP workshop on Sustainable Development held at IMG, Thiruvananthapuram on 19th April, 2016.
Invited Lectures and as Resource Person
Attended as an expert member in a two day Content Development Workshop conducted by Institute of Management of Government in Collaboration with UNEP on 2nd and 3rd August, 2013.
Participated and delivered an invited lecture titled ‘Environmental Changes and Food Security’ in a National Seminar on “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition” on 22 – 23rd October, 2013.
Participated as a member of expert panel in a panel discussion on ‘Decentralised management of Water Resources’ organized jointly by the University of Kerala, College of Engineering and Technology and the NSS on 22nd March, 2014.
Delivered an Invited Lecture on the topic ‘Environmental Conservation with special reference to Biodiversity’ in a three day training on “Sustainable Development & Natural Resource Conservation” conducted by the Institute of Management in Government for Government Officials of various Department.
Delivered an Invited Lecture on the topic ‘The risks of Global Climate Change’ in a three day training on “Sustainable Development & Natural Resource Conservation” conducted by the Institute of Management in Government for Government Officials of various Department.
Conducted Peer Review and Evaluation of Dr. Luke Deforges, Lecturer, Natural and Built Environment Division, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Delivered and Invited Lecture on the topic “30 years of Healing the Ozone together” at St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam, as part of Observance of Internationals Day for the protection of Ozone (Funded by KSCSTE).
Peer- reviewer of thirteen International Journals of repute forty two original research articles
Advances in Research.
African Journal of Biotechnology.
British Biotechnology Journal.
British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research.
British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.
British Microbiology Research Journal.
European Journal of Medicinal Plants.
International Journal of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics.
Journal of Biology and Biotechnology.
Journal of Advances in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Journal of geography, Environment, and earth Science International.
Journal of International Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology.Faculty-in-charge of Bhoo Mithra Sena Club functioning in the college, under the support of Department of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Kerala
