Dr.M.Gunasekaran

M.Sc., Ph.D. Plant Sciences

Principal Scientist

Contact: cycasguna@gmail.com

Projects Ongoing

Principal Investigator – 1. Biodiversity Assessment, 2. Assessment of Regeneration Status, 3. Assessment Studies in RET Species, 4. Water Yield Study, Gudalur Forest Division, Working Plan, Coimbatore Forest Division, Tamil Nadu. 2024

Projects Completed

Principal Investigator – 1. Biodiversity Assessment, 2. Assessment of Regeneration, 3. Water Yield Studies of Dindigul Forest Division, Working Plan, Coimbatore Forest Division, TN.- 2023

Principal Investigator – Assessment of Field Vegetation, Survey, Enumeration, Demarcation etc. for Preparation of Working plan of Namakkal Division, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Working Plan Division, Coimbatore, Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. 2020

Principal Investigator – A short-term Taxonomical Study on the status of Flora and Fauna in Noyyal River basin, Funded by Public Works Department-WRO, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. March 2003.  

Principal Investigator – Assessment of Crop pattern change and Flora and Fauna in Sulur small tank area, Palladam Taluk, Funded by Public Works Department- WRO, Govt. of   Tamil Nadu. March 2003.

Principal Investigator – Studies on Sustainable Collection Methods of MFP’s and selected Medicinal Plants in Coimbatore, Gudalur, Nilgiri North and Sathiyamangalam Forest Divisions, Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. July  2010.

Principal Investigator – Status survey on globally threatened Cycas circinalis L. in Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary and forest division, Tamil Nadu, Southern  India, Wildlife Trust of India. August 2010.

Co-Investigator – Biodiversity Assessment of Craigmore Plantation, Founded by Wildlife Trust of India. December 2011.

Principal Investigator – Socio-Economic and Biodiversity Evaluation in Periakallipatti TAP village, Erode District, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. March 2008.

Principal Investigator – Socio-Economic and Biodiversity Evaluation in Kogurarkuttai (Lingamavur) TAP village, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. March 2008.

Principal Investigator – Biodiversity Documentation of Thadiankudisai Spice Tourism Circuit, Kodai Hills, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. Funded by UNDP, Govt. of India, Tourism Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.  2008. 

Principal Investigator – Socio-Economic and Biodiversity Evaluation in Masagavandanur TAP village, Erode District, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. March 2009.

Principal Investigator – Survey and Assessment of Forest Resources in Salem Forest Division, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Working Plan Division, Coimbatore, Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. 2015.

Principal Investigator – Survey on Status, Distribution and Management Recommendations on Wildlife in Dharmapuri Forest Division, Tamil Nadu. Funded by Working Plan Division, Vellore, Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. August  2009.

Principal Investigator – Documentation of Reptiles diversity in Gudalur Forest Division, part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, southern India, Funded by Forest Working Plan Division, Coimbatore, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. 2011

Principal Investigator – Studies on Mammal diversity and its Conservation prospective in Gudalur Forest Division, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, southern India, Funded by Forest Working Plan Division, Coimbatore, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. 2011

List of selected publications

M. Gunasekaran and C. Kalidass 2022. Ethnobotanical investigation in Masagoundanur Village, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India. Geophytology 52(1&2): 153–158.

Gunasekaran M. & Balasubramanian P. 2016. Sthalavrikshas (temple trees): the indicator species for remnant flora of Tamil Nadu, India. Geophytology 46(1): 25-32.

Gunasekaran, M . Ramakrishnan, B. Muralidharan, M. Sundar, S. Srinivas, G. Manikandan and Vimala Rani, M. Diversity of Butterflies and their conservation in Dharmapuri Forest Division, Tamil Nadu, India. J. Sci. Trans. Environ. Technov. 2015, 9(2): 76-81.

Ramakrishnan, B., Aranivazhagan, C., Gunasekaran, M., Karthich, S. and Ilakkia, M. Human- Elephant Conflict Issues in the Gudalur Reserve Forest Division of the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Southern India – A case study. J. Sci. Trans. Environ. Technov. 2015, 9(1): 21-26.

Gunasekaran, M., Anand Prem Rajan and Muralidharan, M. 2014. Checklist of plant diversity in Sulur Tank, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu: with a note on urbanization  induced changes in the floral composition. Botanical Report, 3(4):7-13.

Gunasekaran, M and Balasubramanian, P. 2012. Ethno-medicinal uses of sthalavrikshas (temple trees) in Tamil Nadu, southern India. In Ethnobotany Research & Applications. 10:253-268.

Gunasekaran, M.  Problems, Prospective Wetlands Jan-Mar. 2011 in STREAM, PWD, Coimbatore, Environmental Cell Division News letter.

Gunasekaran, M. and P. Balasubramanian, Butterfly diversity and its Conservation in temple premises of Tamil Nadu, Southern India, IJBT (2010)1(Special Issue):1-5. 

Gunasekaran, M. and P. Balasubramanian, TAXONOMIC ENUMERATION AND ECONOMIC   VALUES OF “STHALAVRIKSHAS” (TEMPLE TREES) IN TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY, SOUTHERN INDIA, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Vol. 34 No. 4 (2010).

 Books Published:

One of the authors in ‘Birds of Coimbatore Forest Division, Published by Forest Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. 2008.