Dr. A.K.Kathireshan
Director, Life Sciences & Professor, Dept. of Microbiology

Dr. A.K.Kathireshan
Director, Life Sciences &
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
Dr. A.K.Kathireshan, a Post Graduate from King Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Guindy, Chennai under University of Madras and holds a Doctoral degree from Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras on 2010. He is a Rank holder in both UG and PG Microbiology, University of Madras. He has 28 years of teaching experience at VISTAS since Sept 1994 and presently severing as Director, School of Life Sciences, VISTAS & Professor in Microbiology. His Current Thrust areas of Research include Metagenomics, Molecular Drug Resistance mechanisms, Plant Microbiome, Bio-prospecting study of marine algae and Microbial diagnostic methods.
He has also published over 65 articles in international and other scientific journals, as well as book chapters in well-known scientific publishers. He has received “Outstanding Teacher Award” from Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists (IAAM), 2014. He has guided 3 research scholars to his credit. He is an Executive Members of Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists (IAAM)