Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

Director

+91 4565 - 223340

+91 9789809245

jjeyakanthan@alagappauniversity.ac.in

jjkanthan@gmail.com

Dr. J. Jeyakanthan, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Bioinformatics at Alagappa University since 2010, has enhanced the department’s infrastructure and research facilities from scratch to global standards. He has more than 32 years of prolific experience in Structural Biology, Macromolecular Crystallography, and Bio-Computing. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Madras and has also received the UGC Research Award and Young Scientist Travel Grants from UNESCO and DST. He has also been awarded SRF (CSIR), YSF (IUCr, UK), and PDF (IISc, Bangalore). He served as a Research Scientist for 10 years at RIKEN, Harima Institute (SPring-8, Japan), which helped him become a well-established structural biologist with global recognition. His research interests span both Structural Biology and Bio-Computing, with an exceptional track record of about 150 research publications, over 100 national and international presentations, more than 266 protein structure depositions in PDB, along with 23 GenBank depositions. He has successfully completed 27 research projects funded by DBT, DST-SERB, ICMR, and UGC, and currently leads six ongoing projects sponsored by US-FDA, MoE-STARS, DBT, and ICMR. The total funding received from various government agencies for these research projects amounts to Rs. 2216.85 lakhs. His valuable contributions to Structural Biology have encouraged many scientists and numerous students to pursue research and develop breakthrough solutions for diseases that challenge the sustainability of humankind. Under his guidance, four scholars have received their doctoral degrees, and 20 scholars are currently pursuing their Ph.D. Dr. Jeyakanthan holds life memberships in six scientific professional bodies and currently serves as an editor and reviewer for several SCI journals. Apart from his research accomplishments, he has served in various administrative positions at Alagappa University, including Syndicate Member, Senate Member, Director of the Alagappa University Ranking Cell (AURC), Nodal Officer for NIRF, Director of the Tamil Nadu State University Rating Framework (TANSURF), and Coordinator of DST-PURSE, DST-FIST, and UGC Innovative Programmes.

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Dr. J. Jeyakanthan
Senior Professor and Head
Department of Bioinformatics
Room No: 402, 4th Floor, Science Campus
Alagappa University
Karaikudi – 630003

1. NIRF-Ranking
2. QS-Ranking

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is one of the important initiatives laid out by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2015 which ranks the Institutions across India on the basis of parameters classified broadly.

1. Teaching Learning and Resources (TLR)
2. Research and Professional Practices (RPP)
3. Graduation Outcomes (GO)
4. Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
5. Perception (P)

Each of the main head parameters are provided with weightage and maximum of 100 marks. Further under each main parameter is classified into respective sub-parameters.

For more details on NIRF parameters and its sub-heads please visit

https://www.nirfindia.org/Parameter and https://www.nirfindia.org/Documents

QS, an elaborative ranking system since 2004 continues to lead innovation in ranking and evaluation of higher education institutions worldwide. QS Rankings are referred to be international organizations such as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and World Economic Forum (WEF). In Indian context, QS IGAUGE is an India-centric rating system introduced by QS taking into considering the dynamic Indian higher education. The eight indicators used to create the India ranking are:

1. Academic Reputation
2. Employer Reputation
3. Faculty/Student Ratio
4. Staff with a PhD
5. Papers per Faculty
6. Citations per Paper
7. International Faculty
8. International Students

Altogether, the indicators listed above are primarily used to create the INDIA counterpart for QS ranking and also can be used to compute QS-INDIA and QS-ASIA ranking.

For further details on QS ranking indicators kindly visit

https://www.topuniversities.com/rankings-by-location/india/methodology

The AURC has the responsibility to collect, analyze, compute and maintain the processed information for various sub-parameters pertaining to NIRF and QS ranking based on its respective methodologies. Also, comparative data is drawn for Alagappa University and top ranking Universities/Institutions corresponding to previous ranking years. In this way parameters which needs to be strengthened are consistently analyzed and monitored that will place Alagappa University in top of the ranking charts. Therefore, the AURC team is committed to bring significant improvements in the rankings of Alagappa University.

Prof. J. Jeyakanthan
Director
Alagappa University Ranking Cell (AURC),
Alagappa University
Contact Phone Office: (+91) 4565 223340
Mobile: +91-9789809245
Contact e-mail: jjkanthan@gmail.com / jjeyakanthan@alagappauniversity.ac.in