Dr.K.VENKATESH

MD
Scientist ‘E’ 
MYAS-NIN, Extension and Training Division


Email:  [email protected]
Contact:  +91-40-27197330

Brief Profile

MD (Clinical Microbiology) and MBBS from JIPMER, Pondicherry. Post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and the University of Tokyo, Japan. Worked as a Consultant Scientist at the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry department, IISc, and as Research Scientist at the DHR Regional Virology Laboratory, JIPMER.


Interested in mapping metabolic network signatures in relation to nutrition, health and disease states. Areas of work: Redox biology, Gut microbiome, Nutritional status assessment using novel methods.

Publications: 10
  1. Venkatesh K, Ramadass B. A perspective on gut health: The redox potential and pH. Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice. 2023 Jan 1;3(1):12.
  2. Panigrahi MK, Kaliaperumal V*, Akella A, Venugopal G, Ramadass B. Mapping microbiome-redox spectrum and evaluating Microbial-Redox Index in chronic gastritis. Scientific Reports.2022 May 19;12(1):1-4.
  3. Shivekar SS, Kaliaperumal V*, Brammacharry U, Sakkaravarthy A, Raj CV, Alagappan C, Muthaiah M. Prevalence and factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South India. Scientific Reports. 2020 Oct 16;10(1):1-1
  4. Thanigainathan S, Kaliyaperumal V, Sivanandan S, Rengaraj S, Dhodapkar R, Bethou A. Is SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted Through Breastfeeding?. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 Feb 8:1-2.
  5. Barathidasan R, Vanathy K, Venkatesh K, Sharmila FM, Dhodapkar R. Epidemiological and molecular investigation of a hepatitis A outbreak in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2020 Dec 31;14(12):1475-9.
  6. Sharmila PF, Vanathy K, Rajamani B, Kaliaperumal V, Dhodapkar R. Emergence of dengue virus 4 as the predominant serotype during the outbreak of 2017 in South India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2019 Jul 1;37(3):393. Original article
  7. Bharadwaj B, Sathyanarayanan G, Kaliaperumal V, Dhodapkar R. Anti-NMDA receptor antibody positivity in acute psychotic states: An exploratory study. Asian journal of psychiatry. 2019 Jun 1;43:95-8.
  8. Kalipatnapu S, Kuppuswamy S, Venugopal G, Kaliaperumal V, Ramadass B. Fecal total iron concentration is inversely associated with fecal Lactobacillus in preschool children. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2017 Aug;32(8):1475-9.
  9. Kaliaperumal V, Hamaguchi HO. Casting new physicochemical light on the fundamental biological processes in single living cells by using Raman microspectroscopy. The Chemical Record. 2012 Dec 14;12(6):567-80
  10. Kakita M, Kaliaperumal V, Hamaguchi HO. Resonance Raman quantification of the redox state of cytochromes b and c in-vivo and invitro. Journal of biophotonics. 2012 Jan;5(1):20-4.


Awards and Honours

  1. ICMR- Junior Research Fellowship 2003
  2. CSIR- Junior Research Fellowship 2004
  3. DBT-Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006
  4. MD, Microbiology, Gold Medal, Pondicherry Central University
  5. Visiting Fellow, National Chiao Tung University Taiwan, 2012
  6. Certificate of Honor in Clinical Biochemistry (MBBS)