Mrs. Kothai Kaveevendran

Educational/ Professional Qualifications

• BSc (Honours), Second class upper division, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (Botany-Major)
  Research: - “Effect of warm natural extract dip treatments on KaruththaKolumban Mango”.
• M.Sc. in Experimental Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  Research: - “Development of Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic DNA (CAP) assay to distinguish the subpictus of Anopheles subpictus in Sri Lanka”.

Working experience (EUSL)

• Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Sri Lanka since 05.02.2018 to date.

• Google Scholar
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• ResearchGate
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kothai_Kaveevendan/experience

1. Christy Jeyaseelan, E., Kothai, S., Kavitha, R., and Thavaranjit, A.C., Bioactivity of some macro algae present in the coastal areas of Northern Sri Lanka. Jaffna University International Research Conference (JUICE). 2012, P-184.
2. E.C.Jeyaseelan , S. Kothai, R. Kavitha, S. Tharmila and A.C. Thavaranjit ,
   Antibacterial Activity of Some Selected Algae Present in the Costal Lines of Jaffna Peninsula. International Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biological Archives 2012; 3(2):343-347.
3. S. Kothai and N. Krishnapillai, Effect of natural extract dip treatments on Karuthakolumban mangoes, Institute of Biology (IOB), Sri Lanka, 2013, P-48.
4. S.Kothai, S.Tharmila and A.C.Thavaranjit, In Vitro screening of soil mycoflora on some plant seeds germination, Jaffna Science Association, 2014, P- 14-15.
5. S.Kothai, S.Tharmila and A.C.Thavaranjit, Screening of locally available tuber flours as alternative culture media for fungal growth, Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE), 2014, P – 428.

Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

Plant cell

• Awarded for Mootatamby Swaminathan prize for the best performance in the special degree examination in Botany