TARA SANTHOSH

Education

• Masters (Msc) Calicut University 2020 ([hidden])
• Bachelors (Bsc) Calicut University 2018 ([hidden])
• [hidden] School Kendriya Vidyalaya 2014 ([hidden])
• Secondary School Kendriya Vidyalaya 2012 ([hidden])

Project

• Research Project (Bsc Botany): Water quality assessment of selected rivers in Malappuram district Kerala, India
• Research Project ([hidden] Botany): Evaluation of ethyl acetate extract of selected sacred grove plants against colletotrichum causing leaf spot on Pongamia pinnata L.
• Project Student (Currently): Effect of chemicals mutagen in plant breeding

Technical Skills

• MS Office: Excel, Power Point

Leadership Experience

• Led a team of 25 People
• Design Club Coordinator
• Anchored & Conducted Seminars Within College

Achievements

• GATE 2023 QUALIFIED
• GATE 2024 QUALIFIED
• ICAR JRF AIR 199 CATEGORY RANK 16
• CSIR NET 2024

Joint CSIR – UGC NET June 2024

Subject: Life Sciences (703)

Total Percentile Score Obtained: [hidden]

Rank: 294

Result: QUALIFIED FOR UGC-JRF AND ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF ([hidden]) Rank Card

Overall Rank: 199

Category Rank: 16

Subject for Admission: Plant Physiology

Marks Scored in AICE-JRF/SRF ([hidden])-2024: [hidden]

Result: Eligible for registration and choice filling

Skills: Botany, Zoology, Plant Physiology, Lab Research, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Seminar Conducting, Statistical Analysis, Project Management

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Cover Letter:

**COVER LETTER**
Tara santhosh
Kerala, India

**EDUCATION**

PROJECT STUDENT: KAHM UNITY WOMENS COLLEGE MANJERI, KERALA (CURRENTLY)

Currently I am doing a project in (plant pathology) under Dr Usman HOD botany department, KAHM Unity women’s college, Manjeri, Kerala (INDIA).

MENTOR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT AN ED-TECH COMPANY (BYJUS THE LEARNING APPLICATION)
Byjus the learning application
Jul 2021 – Jan 2022

I took job in 2020 in an Ed tech company as student mentor for high school students (helping them with academic doubts) now I am planning to pursue my PhD which is my aim. Job was work from home due to the pandemic.

POST GRADUATION (CALICUT UNIVERSITY)
Zamorins Guruvayurappan College, Calicut, India 2018-2020
Msc botany: [hidden]
Research project: Evaluation of ethyl acetate extract of selected sacred grove plants against colletotrichum causing leaf spot on Pongamia pinnata L.

In my post-graduation I got good experience in lab works, pathogen isolation, evaluation of phytochemical components and statistical analysis using MSTAT-C, these were used during my post-graduation project. As my project in PG was related to medicinal plants and its usage to control a pathogen in economically beneficial plants. My project objectives were:

• Taxonomic identification of the pathogen
• Isolation and proving pathogenicity of leaf spot pathogen of P. pinnata.
• Conducted experiments on healthy and diseased plants and analyzed results to determine symptoms and possible preventions.
• Isolated and studied disease-causing agents.
• Formulated procedures, methods, or substances that may prevent disease-causing agents.
• Preliminary phytochemical screening of crude extract of selected mangrove plants.
• In vitro screening of ethyl acetate extract of selected mangrove plants at different concentrations against the leaf spot pathogen of P. pinnata L

According to my research phytochemical screening of the plant showed the presence of phytochemical compounds which played an important role in inhibiting the pathogen in vitro. Many reports are available on management using chemical fungicides but very few are available on the management of the disease using botanicals. By this method, inhibition of the pathogen is not only easily accessible but also environmentally friendly too.

UNDER GRADUATION (CALICUT UNIVERSITY)
Unity women’s college Manjeri, Kerala, India 2015-2018
[hidden] botany – Complementary subject (chemistry and Zoology) – [hidden]
Water quality assessment of selected rivers in Malappuram district Kerala, India During my undergraduate, I got training from professors on lab culture and how to handle instruments. From childhood, I was always concerned about environmental problems. So during undergraduate, I took the project ‘water quality assessment of selected rivers…

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL- 2014
Kendriya Vidyalaya Malappuram, Kerala, India
Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Math, English- 72%

HIGH SCHOOL – 2012
Kendriya Vidyalaya Malappuram, Kerala, India
Science, Social Studies, Math, English, Hindi- [hidden]

SKILLS
– Knowledgeable of epidemiology, mycology of plants
– Ability to perform specialized, standardized, and routine laboratory tests
– Establish and maintain effective working relations with co-workers and with the public.
– Ability to prepare a variety of written documents; make independent decisions; work with limited supervision.
– Pathogen isolation, biochemistry analysis, taxonomic identification of species, tissue culture

Thank you very much and I appreciate your time. I am looking forward to your kind communication.

REFEREE
Dr Usman A
HOD Botany department (KAHM Unity Women’s College, Manjeri, Kerala, India)
Email: [hidden][hidden] /> Ph: [Phone Hidden]

Thank you