Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous

Department of Zoology & Genetics

Dr. S Devi Thangam

Assistant Professor

Academic Experience:

Research Experience: 8 Years
Teaching Experience: 14 Years
Qualification:

M.Sc., M. Phil, Dip. Basic Biotech, PhD, Post Doc

Dr. S Devi Thangam

Assistant Professor

#	Degree	Subject	University, place ,year
1	Ph.D	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE	Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India, 2010- 2015
2	M.Phil	ZOOLOGY	The New College, Chennai, India, 2000
3	Dip. In basic Biotechnology	BASIC BIOTECHNOLOGY	The Loyola College, Chennai, India, 1998
4	M.Sc.(Special Zoology)	ZOOLOGY	University of Madras, Guindy campus, 1993-1995
5	UG	B.Sc. Zoology	University of Madras, Chennai, 1990-1993
6	Any other	i) Dip. Basic Biotechnology ii) Post Doc	Loyola College, Chennai, 1999 ICAR fellowship 2015-2017

Online Course	Agency	Month and Year
PLANT HEALTH DIAGNOSIS: Assessing, Plant Diseases, Pests and Problems	Conducted By Penn State Extension. Pennsylvania State University	June 2020

FDP	Agency	Month and Year
Research, Innovation & Industry Connect – Empowering Excellence in Education	IQAC of Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous	21st -27th April 2025.
Faculty Enrichment Programme	Institute of Biosciences, West Virginia, USA	June 2024- January 2025
IP awareness training program under on	National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission, Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry	21st January 2025
Short term certificate course on Vermicomposting Technique-An Overview”	Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, India in association with Biotechnology Society of Nepal (BSN)	14th October 2024 – 20th October 2024
National Level FDP- Importance of Communication in the Teaching - Learning Process’.	Seshadripuram Degree College, Mysuru and MES college of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bengaluru	17th July 2020
Insights of molecular mechanism and therapeutic strategies.	Department of Biotechnology and Genetics, (an IQAC initiative) by M S Ramaiah College for Arts, Science and Commerce	March 08 – March 12, 2022
Short Term training programme on Contrivance of sustainable development for Environmental Conservation	Raj Rishi Govt. Autonomous College, Rajasthan	24-30th June 2022.
National Education Policy: 2020 and Higher education in India.	Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Bangalore	24-29th May 2021.
Training programme on Entrepreneurship development in Pest Management in Youth- Virtual.	College of Agriculture, Iroisemba College Agricultural University Imphal, Manipur	29 June to 3rd July 2020
Faculty Enrichment Programme on Learning, Teaching And Technology In The Digital Era	MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bangalore	17-06-2020
Faculty Orientation Programme for students (Training of Trainers (ToT))	University Grants Commission	May 30 -1st June 2019

Diversity of Insects in two botanical gardens of Urban Bangalore from December 2018- March 2020, sponsored by the MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: (Post Doc) 17 October 2015- 31 March 2017 in National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore. Project Title: ICAR “Network Project on Insect Systematics”
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL II (YP II): 25 March 2015-16 October 2015 in National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore. Project title: ICAR- Network project on “Insect Bioinformatics and computational Biology”
Senior Research Fellow: 26 August 2009 – 24 March 2015 in Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hessaraghatta, Bangalore. Project Title: Outreach Programme on the Management of Sucking Pests in Horticultural Ecosystems.
Research Scholar in Department of Biotechnology: 1995 May -1996 May in R&D, Tamilnad Hospitals, Chennai, India in Cancer antigens.

Assistant Professor- Zoology and Genetics (05th July 2024 to till date) for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students in Jyoti Nivas College, Autonomous, Kormangala, Bangalore-560095
Assistant Professor –Zoology (02nd July 2018 to 30th June 2024) for B.Sc. students in MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003
Lecturer – Biotechnology (2002-2003) for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students, Reva Institute for Science & Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Guest lecturer – Zoology (1996-2001) for B.Sc students in Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

1. S. Devi Thangam and Dawood Shareif S (2003), Influence of Cadmium on the Humoral Immune Response of Swiss Albino rats & Swiss Albino Mice, Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 4 (1):1-13.
2. Kamala Jayanthi P. D, Rajinikanth R, Sangeetha P, Ravishankar KV, Arthikirubha A, Devi Thangam S and Abraham Verghese (2012), Rapid isolation of high molecular weight DNA from single dry preserved adult beetle of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, African Journal of Biotechnology,11(90) : 15654-15657.
3. S. Devi Thangam, Verghese, A., Dinesh, M. R., Vasugi, C., and Jayanthi, P. K. (2013). Germplasm evaluation of mango for preference of the mango hopper, Idioscopus nitidulus (Walker)(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): The first step in understanding the host plant resistance. Pest Management In Horticultural Ecosystems, 19(1), 10-16.
4. S. Devi Thangam, Selvakumar, G., Verghese, A., and Kamala Jayanthi, P. D. (2014). Natural mycosis of mango leafhoppers (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera) by Fusarium sp. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 24(2), 229-232.
5. S. Devi Thangam, S. V. Krishnamurthy, P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, M. R. Dinesh, and Abraham Verghese. 2017. Does spatial distribution of herbivorous insect vary across intraspecific variation in plant host? A case study of the hopper Idioscopus nitidulus in mango (Mangifera indica L.). Current Biotica, 10(4): 268-272.
6. Nagalakshmi, G., Verghese, A., S. Devi Thangam, Rakshitha, Mouly and Sunil Joshi. 2018. Advanced prediction to facilitate biocontrol of the mealybug Rastrococcus iceryoides in organic mango orchards. Canadian Entomologists, 150 (1): 116-119
7. Abraham Verghese, Prakya Sreerama Kumar, S. Devi Thangam, Senthil Kumar Radhakrishnan, Nallur Kothandaraman Krishna Kumar and Gopalakrishna Pommaiah Shetty. 2018. Pest management services through conservation of biological control agents: review, case studies and field experiences. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 28(10): 961-969.
8. S. Devi Thangam, Abraham Verghese, and P. D. Kamala Jayanthi. 2019. Report of Hyalopeplus similis Poppius (Hemiptera: Miridae) infesting mango in India. Entomological News, 128(4): 404-406.
9. Pankaj Kumar Choudhary and S. Devi Thangam. 2020. An Epidemiological Study of COVID-19. MES Bulletin of Applied Sciences COVID-19 Special Issue. 3(C-19)
10. S. Devi Thangam and Abraham Verghese. 2021. Rearing of mango leafhoppers both in field and laboratory conditions using the natural host. Insect Environment. 24 (1): 119-123.
11. S. Devi Thangam, T. Thulasipathi Naidu and U. M. Ganesh. 2021. Diversity of insect orders from two botanical gardens of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Insect Environment. 24(2):300-305.
12. Abraham Verghese, C.B. Soumya and S. Devi Thangam. 2021. An ecosystem service to a horticultural farm by the spotted owlet, Athene brama (Temminck). Pest Management in Horticultural ecosystems. 27(2):305-306.
13. Ashalatha, B and S Devi Thangam. 2024. Exploring butterfly diversity: A comparative review of Lalbagh botanical garden and Cubbon park of Bengaluru. Insect Environment. 27(2): 117-130. 14. S. Devi Thangam, Thierry Bourgoin and Charles R. Bartlett 2025. Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Delphacoidea) of the Indian sub-continent: annotated checklist with keys to subfamilies and tribes. Zootaxa 5653 (3): 301–323.

Extension folders:

1. Abraham Verghese and S. Devi Thangam, (2011-2012) Mango Hoppers and their Management, Folder No; 71-11, Atic Series 31-11, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
2. Human Animal Conflict in Agro-Pastoral Context: Issues & Policies Book published by Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Designed by Verghese, A., Subaharan, K., Gupta, A., Soumya, C.B., Sharath Pathar, Gosh, Enakshi, Viyolla, P.M. and S. Devi Thangam.

Book Chapter:

1. S. Devi Thangam, C. B. Soumya, Rashmi M. A and Abraham Verghese. 2024. Ecosystem service of birds: Documentation and Indexing in an integrated farming system in Contemporary studies in arts, humanities and science, Eds. Patil et al. Nature light publications. P38-42.

• Abraham Verghese, S. Devi Thangam, N.K.Krishna Kumar and K.N.Chandrashekara (2012). Critical infestation level of leafhopper Amrasca biguttla biguttla on the yield of Okra, presented at ‘IV National symposium on plant protection in horticultural crops: Emerging challenges and sustainable pest management’, held at Bangalore, India from 21-24 April 2012.
• S. Devi Thangam, Abraham Verghese and C. A. Viraktamath (2013), Diversity of Cicadellids attracted to yellow sticky trap in a mango (Mangifera indica .L) ecosystem, presented at ‘IV International Conference on Insect Science’ held at Bangalore, India 14- 17 February 2013.
• Abraham Verghese, S. Devi Thangam, G. T. Geetha (2012), Management of mango hoppers Idioscopus spp. and Amritodus spp. (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera), attendded XXIV International Conference on Entomology’ held at Daegu, Korea from 19-24 August 2012.
• S.Devi Thangam, Abraham Verghese, Shivashankar, S and N. K. Krishna Kumar (2013). Effect of Mango hopper induced changes in amino acid and sugar levels affecting flower and fruit development, presented at International Chemical Ecology Conference held at Melbourne, Austrailia, 19-23 August 2013. (Abstract accepted)
• S. Devi Thangam and Abraham Verghese (2015) Diversity of Leafhoppers in Mango Ecosystem, presented at ‘International conference on innovative insect management approaches for sustainable agro ecosystem (IIMASAE)’ held at Madurai, India, 27 – 30 January 2015.
• S. Devi Thangam, S. V. Krishnmurthy and Abraham Verghese (2015) Biodiversity of cicadellids in a mixed horticultural ecosystem, presented at the ‘III World Biodiversity Congress held at Mokra Gora, Serbia’, 26-29 October 2015
• S. Devi thangam, S. V. Krishnamurthy and Abraham Verghese (2016) Does temperature regulate insect populations?: A case study on leafhoppers in mango presented at ‘National Conference on Ecology, Sustainable Development and Wildlife Conservation (NCESW)’ held at St. Josephs College (Autonomous) Bangalore, 15th and 16th December 2016.
• S. Devi Thangam and Abraham Verghese (2016) Does monophagy regulate diversity within an insect family?: A case study of mango leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), presented ‘9th Karnataka Science and Technology Academy Annual Conference’, held at Christ University, Bengaluru, 20 December -21 December 2016.
• S. Devi Thangam and Arpitha S. (2020) Diversity of Insects in botanical gardens of Bangalore. Presented “National Seminar on Wildlife Biology” held at St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru, 11-12 March 2020
• S. Devi Thangam and Verghese A, (2023) Does the size of a sticky trap influence the surveillance of leafhoppers, Presented “International Conference on Retrofitting Strategies for Sustainable Development Goals” at Mount Caramel College, Bengaluru, 18 &19th January, 2023.
• S. Devi Thangam (2024). Birds: An Ecosystem Provider. Presented in International Conference on Transdisciplinary Research in Life Sciences: Perspectives and Prospects at Kristu Jayanthi College in association with Trans Disciplinary University 22md-23th February 2024.

1. International Sympossium on Insect Pest Management conducted by Entomological Research Unit, St. Xavier’s college, Palyamkottai, Tamil Nadu, 23rd -25th February 2011.
2. ‘Global conference on Augmenting Production and utilization of mango: biotic and abiotic stresses’, held at Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow, India, from 21-24 June 2011.
3. National Seminar on Current Issues of Western Ghats-Problems and Solutions conducted by Department of Environmental Science, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka 21st-22nd April 2012.
4. ‘IV National symposium on plant protection in horticultural crops: Emerging challenges and sustainable pest management’, held at Bangalore, India from 21-24 April 2012.
5. IV International Conference on Insect Science’ held at Bangalore, India 14- 17 February 2013.
6. III World Biodiversity Congress held at Mokra Gora, Serbia’, 26-29 October 2015.
7. Two days Seminar “Human Animal Conflict in Agro-Pastoral Context: Issues & Policies” conducted by National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources 2015.
8. ‘National Conference on Ecology, Sustainable Development and Wildlife Conservation (NCESW)’ held at St. Josephs College (Autonomous) Bangalore, 15th and 16th December 2016.
9. 9th Karnataka Science and Technology Academy Annual Conference’, held at Christ University, Bengaluru, 20th -21st December 2016.
10. First International Conference on BIOLOGICAL Control: Approaches and Applications, Organised by Society for Biocontrol Advancement, India ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru and Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) UK., 27th -29th September 2018.
11. International Symposium on India’s Biodiversity- Origin, Evolution and Conservation, conducted by Atree on the eve of Dr. Kamal Bawa’s 80th Birthday on 3rd February 2020.
12. “National Seminar on Wildlife Biology” held at St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru, 11th -12th March 2020.
13. International Conference on Retrofitting Strategies for Sustainable Development Goals conducted by Mount Caramel College, Bengaluru, 18th -19th January 2023.
14. International Conference on Transdisciplinary Research in Life Sciences: Perspectives and Prospects at Kristu Jayanthi College in association with Trans Disciplinary University, 22nd- 23rd February 2024.

• December 2024- Outstanding Environmentalist Award from AVIAN TRUST Bangalore.
• October 2024- Academic Excellence Award from Mevisha Foundation, Noida.
• May 2024. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing.
• 2022-Insect Environmentalist Award (Best Insect Essay) Senior Category by Insect Environment Quarterly Journal.
• 2021- Chairing a session during national virtual conference on Diversity and Distribution of Indian Birds 1-5-2021. St. Joseph’s College Autonomous, Bangalore 27.
• 2020- Biodiversity Conservation Award- Issued by Dr. BL Vasanth Raj David Foundation, Chennai.
• 2018- Cleared Karnataka State Level Education Testing for Lectureship (KSET)
• 2013- Insect Study and Conservation Network, Bangalore, Presented the Award of Excellence to Insect Studies under students category

Trainings Undergone:

• Training in Preservation of Biological Specimens Conducted by Chennai Museum (June 1997)
• Training in Permanent Slide Preparation, Chennai India (May 1998)
• Training in Instrumentation (techniques like chromatography, electrophoresis) at University of Madras, Guindy Campus Chennai India (June 1998)
• Training in Computer course viz, MS-Dos, Windows, WordStar, Excel at Bharathi Women College, Chennai, India (April 1998)
• Training programme on Taxonomy of leafhopper and Planthopper Vectors at UAS, Bangalore, India (September-October 2013)
• Training programme on System biology at Indian Academy of Sciences from 4 May 2016-9 May 2016.

Trainings Undergone:

Life member of Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems (AAPMHE)

Trainings Undergone:

• Delivered a talk on “Insects and its Role in Ecosystem” during National Seminar on Insects and Ecosystem organized by the Department of Zoology, Bharathi Women’s College (A), Chennai-108 on 6th January 2025.