Prakashkumar, Raveendran Pillai

Elected Fellow –2012

Basic Sciences- Botany

DB: 01-08-1962

Birth place

Kilimanoor Town, Chirayinkil Taluk, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala State, India.

Education

University of Kanpur,  M Sc.,  (1985);  University of Kerala, Ph. D. (1993).

Positions held 

Aerobiologist , STEC, Kerala State(1985-1986);  Research    Scholar (JRF&SRF),  I C M R , New Delhi (1986-1991); Research Associate , ONGC , Dehra Dun (1992-1994); Research Associate,  CSIR ,New Delhi (1994-1995);

As Faculty
Scientist F & Head, Science &  Technology Promotion Division, KSCSTE,  STEC & KSCSTE Government of Kerala (2009- continuing); Managing Director,  Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of Kerala , Malabar Botanical Garden, Kozhikode ( 2010- continuing); Joint Director & Head, Science &  Technology Promotion Division, STEC & KSCSTE , Government of Kerala (2002 –  2009) ; Scientist B,  TBGRI (1996-1998);  Lecturer,  Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala (1995-2002).

Research Area

Biodiversity and    Science &Technology management

Awards and fellowships

Awards :
Young Scientist Award, Government of Kerala (1996); Outstanding Young Person Award, Indian Junior Chamber (1996); Hitachi National Award  Electron Microscope Society of India (1999); Special Award  Department of Science and Technology (2003); Good Service Entry,  KSCSTE, Government of Kerala (2004); Good Service Entry,  KSCSTE, Government of Kerala (2009); Best Expo Award in the Indian Biodiversity Congress (2010); Prof John C Jacob Award in Biodiversity Conservation (2011); Best Science Expo Award in the 24th Kerala Science Congress (2012); Chartered Biologist (CBiol MlBiol)–Institute of Biology, London (1994); Doctorate in Science (D Sc), International University, Washington

Fellow:
Academy of Environmental Biology (1996); United Scientific Writers Association (2001);  Indian Botanical Society (2004); Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2006); Electron Microscope Society of India (2008);  Indian Association of Bio Medical Scientists (2008); Linnean Society of London (2011).

Address

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State, India
[Ph : 91-471-2548212 / F : 91-471-2540085 / E-mail : rprak62@gmail.com]

Residence

TC No. 2/2155, Gowreesham, Adarsh Nagar 217, Thekumoodu, Pattom Post, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala–695 004
[M: 094465 56113 / e-mail:  rprak62@gmail.com]