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Educational Qualification

  • M.Sc Botany ( MG University Kottayam)
  • Ph.D Botany ( FRI Deemed University Dehra Dun)
  • Employment History

  • Asst. Professor at St. Alberts College, ernakulam(01-12-2011 to 24-06-2014)
  • Asst. Professor at Govt. College Chittur, Palakkadd(25-06-2014 to 08-06-2017)
  • Present Responsibilities

  • UG/PG Admission - Co-ordinator / Convenor
  • Attendance committee - Co-ordinator / Convenor
  • NAAC - Committee Member
  • Class Tutor - Committee Member
  • Board of Studies-Botany - Committee Member
  • College beautification committee - Committee Member
  • Board of Studies - Botany (Alberts College, Ernakulam) - Committee Member
  • Achievements

  • Young Scientist Award
    Received young Scientist Award during the 17th Kerala Science Congress held at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala, India
  • Research Interest

  • Lichenology
  • Ecology
  • Pteridology
  • Orchidology
  • Epiphytes
  • Doctoral Thesis Under Supervision






    Doctoral Thesis Under Supervised






    Publications

  • Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) Naithani - A bamboo new record to Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 19(3), 525-528, 1995
  • Impatiens sivarajanii - A new species of Balsaminaceae from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 6(2), 51-54., 1996
  • Report of abnormal branching in two species of orchids from Kerala., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S. Joy, C.C., Indian For., 122(4), 343-345., 1996
  • Lichen flora of Western Ghats: An appraisal, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 21(1), 27-39, 1997
  • New records of macrolichens from Silent Valley, Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 21(1), 67-73, 1997
  • Diversity, systematics, distribution and taxonomy of epiphytic pteridophytes of Kerala part of Western Ghats, South India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 15, 106-130, 1998
  • Some new records and little known species of ferns from Kerala, South India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 15, 102-105, 1998
  • Two new species of Oberonia Lindl. from Kerala, India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Orchid Soc. India, 12(1/2), 12(1/2), 1998
  • Two new species of Ochlandra Thw. Poaceae - Bambusoideae from Southern India, Kumar, M; Seethalakshmi, K.K; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 9(1), 31-35, 1999
  • Liparis walakkadensis, A new species from Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Orch. Soc. India., 13(1-2), 29-31, 1999
  • Oberonia josephii (Orchidaceae) - a new record for Kerala, 11. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 9(2), 173-175, 1999
  • A little known bamboo - Sinarundinaria microphylla (Munro) Chao & Renv. from Southern Western Ghats, India, 12. Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S.; Unnikrishnan, N., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 24(1), 215-219, 2000
  • The position of bamboos in Bamboo Systematics, 13. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S. and M. Remesh, Rheedea, Rheedea, 33-48, 2000
  • Bulbophyllum maskeliyense Livera (Orchidaceae) - A new record for India, 14. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S.; Anto, P.V., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 24(1), 207-209, 2000
  • A new species of Schoenorchis (Orchidaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Kew Bull., 55, 241-245, 2000
  • J. Econ. Tax. Bot., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 25(1), 239-246, 2001
  • An enumeration of macrolichens from Palakkad District, Kerala State, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian J. For., 25(3), 347-353, 2001
  • Notes on a collection of some lichens from Chembra and Thirunelly hills of Wayanad district of Kerala state, India, 18. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot, 27 (Suppl.), 1029-1039, 2001
  • Ochlandra keralensis (Poaceae-Bambusoideae) - A new reed bamboo from Southern Western Ghats, India., 19. Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 25(1), 49-51, 2001
  • Two new species of Bulbophyllum Thouars (Orchidaceae) from Southern Western Ghats, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 98(1), 98(1), 2001
  • . Field Identification key to the native bamboos of Kerala, India, Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., .J. American Bam.Soc., 15(1), 35-47, 2001
  • Two new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Sida, 19(4), 795-802, 2001
  • A new species of the hitherto monospecific genus Xenikophyton Garay (Orchidaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S.; J.J. Wood, Kew Bull., 57, 227-230, 2001
  • Medicinal ferns of Kerala, Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 20, 1-28, 2003
  • Preliminary survey on the lower groups of plants of Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India), Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian J. Forestry, 31(2), 261-268, 2008
  • Epiphyte Host Relationship of Macrolichens in the Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of Silent Valley National Park, Western Ghats of India., Sequiera, S. and Kumar, M., Tropical Ecology, 49(2), 211-224, 2020
  • Macrolichens from Kerala Forests, Kumar, M. Sequiera, S. and Remesh, M., Evergreen, 61/62, 1-7, 2009
  • Status of Lichen diversity in Kerala, India, Sequiera, S., Samagra, 8, 28-39, 2012
  • Phytosociology of lichens in an urban area of Ernakulam District, Kerala State, Sequeira, S.; Rincy,M and Anuja,V., Devagiri J. Sci., 1(1), 49-56, 2015
  • Lichens and their utilization potential: A Scenario from High ranges of Idukki District, Kerala State, Sequeira, S., Sci. & Soc, Sci. & Soc, 7-13, 2015
  • Lichens of Western Ghats - An overview, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Aravali Books International, New Delhi, Biology of Lichens: K.G. Mukherji et al. (Eds.), 297-331, 1999
  • Concepts in bamboo taxonomy - Past, present and future: A global perspective, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Mentor Books, Calicut, Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Conservation of Flowering Plants Sivadasan, M., Philip Mathew, (Eds), 167-188, 1999
  • Observations on the epiphytic flora of Silent Valley, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Kerala Forest Department, Trivandrum, Silent Valley - Whispers of Reason Manoharan, T.M. et.al. (Eds), 251-256, 1999
  • Vascular Epiphytes of Southern Western Ghats with special reference to endemic species, Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun, Forest Conservation and Management: Challenges of the Millennium Rethy, P. et. al. (Eds.), 121-163, 2001
  • First report of teleomorphic stage of Normandina pulchella from India, Y. Joshi, V.B. Sreekumar and S. Sequeira, KAVAKA, 47, 155-157, 2016
  • Effect of different oil cakes and leaf extracts on growth of Ganoderma in in vitro condition, Sureshkumar, K. A., Sequeira, S., ManojKumar, A. and Smitha, C. K., Devagiri J. Sci., 1(1), 57-60, 2015
  • Distribution of South Indian bamboos and their taxonomic status, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bamboo, 28-29 November 1996, 18-24, 1996
  • Diversity and ecology of lichens of Silent Valley National Park, , Kerala, India, Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., Proc. XVII Kerala Science Congress, XVII Kerala Science Congress, 166-168, 2005
  • Lichens: the unsung members of Kerala forests., Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., Proc. XVII Kerala Science Congress, January 29-31, 181-182, 2005
  • Diversity and distribution of macrolichens in the Kerala part of Western Ghats, India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, National Conference of Forest Biodiversity Resources: Exploitation, Conservation & Management, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai., 21-22 March, 77-78, 2006
  • Diversity and Composition of Lichens of Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests – A case study from Silent Valley National Park, Western Ghats, India, Sequiera, S., Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Biodiversity and Bioprospecting with reference to plants and microbes, 8-9 December, 8-9 December, 2011
  • Diversity of lichens of high altitude forest ecosystems of Kerala part of Western Ghats, Sequiera, S, Proc. National Seminar on Western Ghats: Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation, Manjeri, 14-16, 2013
  • More sites for the endangered Malabar Daffodil, Kumar, M, Sequiera, S.; Remesh, M., Biodiversity India, ISCB Newsletter, 8-12, 12, 2000
  • Lichens of high ranges and their utilization potential, Sequeira, S., Proc. National Seminar cum Workshop on Herbarium techniques, 24th and 25th September, 2014
  • Lichen Diversity on trees of central coast of Kerala: A preliminary study, Aswathi, A., Sequeira, S., Christy, A. and Arsha, S. M, Albertian J. Mult. Res., 1, 72-75, 2019
  • Scope and Advancements in Lichenology, Arsha, S. M., Sequeira, S., Aswathi, A. and Christy, A., Albertian J. Mult. Res., 1, 147-152, 2019
  • Diversity and Conservation of Lichens of Kerala: An Overview, Christy, A., Sequeira, S., Aswathi, A. and Arsha, S. M., Albertian J.Mult. Res., 1, 153-155, 2019
  • Parmelioid lichens of Kerala, Current status and need of taxonomic and phylogenetic updation of the family Parmeliaceae, S.M. Arsha, Stephen Sequeira, A. Aswathi and Arun Christy, Proc. 31st Kerala Science Congress, 2-3 February (Extended abstract), 120-121, 2019
  • Arecanut and coconut trees, the unique hosts preferred by epiphytic lichens in lower altitude: A case study from Ernakulam district, Kerala, A. Aswathy, Stephen Sequeira, Arun Christy and S.M. Arsha, Proc. 31st Kerala Science Congress, 2-3 February (Extended Abstract), 121, 2019
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