- V. Indra: Water quality studies in and around the Chennai coast,Tamilnadu. 2002 (UGC JRF)
- M. Vadivelu: Promising role of native entomopathogenic Bacillus thuringensis in controlling early shoot borer (Chilo infuscatellus Snellen) of sugarcane. 2002 (Co-Guide)
- Y.N.K. Eswari: Urban environmental gradients and zooplankton diversity. 2003 (CSIR –SRF)
- D. Bharathi: Limnological studies of few freshwater habitats in and around Chennai City. 2004
- P. Elayaraja: Studies on Seasonal and Diurnal Variation of Plankton and Water Quality in estuaries along the Coast of Tamilnadu. 2006 (CSIR JRF – SRF)
- E. Malini: Hydrobiological studies of Mathuranthagam lake, Tamilnadu. 2006
- A.T.Sumitha: Studies on biology, population growth and biochemical composition of freshwater Cladoceran, Moina micrura (Crustacea: Cladocera; Moinidae). 2008 (UGC- JRF)
- J. Chitra: Environmental and Experimental investigations on some copepods from Muttukadu backwaters, Tamilnadu, South India. Earn While Learn Fellow 2008*(Best Thesis Award)
- T.R. Kameswaran: Chemoprotective effect of Indigofera tinctoria against benzo Pyrene induced lung cancer – in vivo and in vitro study. 2009 UPE PF
- S. Indumathi: Benthic invertebrate community diversity in Krishnagiri reservoir, Ponniayar River, Tamilnadu. 2010
- M. Shanthi: Influence of onshore discharges on the heavy metal distribution in the coastal ecosystem of Chennai, Bay of Bengal, India. 2010 (SAP Meritorious Fellowship)
- N.S.Bharathi Devi: Influence of some environmental parameters on the survival and reproduction on the copepods from Muttukadu backwater adjoining Bay of Bengal. 2011 (SAP Meritorious Fellowship)
- D. Loganathan: Diversity of microbial community in ground water using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in and around Chennai in Tamil Nadu- India. 2012 (IOM JRF)
- M. Ramabai : Ecological studies of few freshwater lakes of Chennai city, Tamilnadu – (UGC FIP) 2012
- K. Renuga: Planktonic Diversity and its relation to water quality in Krishnagiri reservoir in Ponnaiyar river, Tamilnadu. 2012
- T. Balakrishnan: Biological control of aquatic weed, Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (mart) solms. A case study in Chennai Tamilnadu, India. 2013 (INCID JRF)
- K.Rajabunizal: Studies on the diversity of zooplankton with special reference to protozoans of a fresh water body – Velacherry Lake Chennai. 2013
- J. Gopinath: Influence of probiotic supplementation on biochemical haematological and biomarker enzyme in L. rohita (Hamilton 1822) fingerlings. July 2015 (UGC- BSR)
- A. Madhavarani: Antiproliferative activity of sulphated polysaccharides from marine seaweeds. July 2014 (UGC- BSR)
- S. Kanniga: Evaluation of Cyclopoid copepod as potential predator on mosquito larvae. 2015 Aug 26th (UGC JRF, DST PF)
- R. Sonia: Kolavoi Lake and its life with special emphasis on cladoceran diversity. (UGC-JRF) 2015 August 31st