Dr. K. K. Janardhanan

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• Professor - Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur(1998 – Till date)​
• Deputy Director - CSIR - Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow (1974 – 1996)
• Scientist - CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu (1961-1974)
• Consultant - Garnett – McKeen Laboratories, Inc, New York (2007 – 2019)
• Consultant - Daehsan Trading (India) Pvt. Ltd (DXN Holdings, Malaysia) (2008 – 2015)
• Director - Dr.Patani Scientific & Industrial Research (A constituent of INGA Laboratories, Mumbai) (2007 – 2019)

Education

• Master of Science - University of Rajasthan -1969
• Doctorate- University of Rajasthan - 1979
• Post-Doctoral Research - Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czechoslovakia- 1980
  

Research

• Research experience 45 years
  Research publications 200
  Books 5

Areas of Research

• Medicinal and Aromatic plants, Medicinal mushrooms, Mycomedicine, Nutraceuticals, Food supplements

Highlight of major scientific contributions

• Isolation,characterization and identification of fungal metabolites showingnovel therapeutic properties.
• Development of a process for the production of ergot alkaloids by fermentation.
• Studies on the therapeutic uses of medicinal mushrooms.
• Currently working on anticancer and cardioprotectivebioactives from medicinal mushrooms fordrug development

Membership of learned bodies

• Association of Microbiologists of India,
• Association of Food Scientists and Technologist (India)
• National Society of Ethnopharmacology,
• Mycological Society of India,
• Society for Free Radical Research- India

Recognition as University Research guide

• Recognized as Research guide by Univ of Lucknow, Lucknow, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh, Gorakhpur Univ,
• Gorakhpur, Avadh Univ, Fizabad, M.G.Univ, Kottayam, Calicut Univ, Calicut, Annamalai Univ. Annamalai

Awards

• Dr.Agnihothrudu Memorial Endowment Oration Award, 2007
• Bharath Jyoti Award for outstanding Services, Achievements & Contributions, 2015
• Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Award for Life time Contributions, 2017
  

Recognitions

• Fellow National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS)
• Fellow National Society of Ethnopharmacology (FNSE)
• President, Mycological Society of India, 2008
• Vice- President, National Society of Ethnopharmacolgy
• Number of Ph.D thesis supervised: 20