UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

DOCTORAL SCHOOL
RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS OF ACADEMIC STAFF

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

 Consumer Food Safety
 Evaluation of Food Control and Food Safety Management
Systems
 Food Safety Culture
 Instrumental, Chemical & Sensory Methods in Assessment of
Food Quality
Mrs B AUMJAUD [email protected]
 Effectiveness of Quality Management Systems
 Embedding Pedagogy in Online Teaching & Learning
 Characterisation and value addition to underutilised food crops
 Indigenous knowledge and traditional food as sustainability
innovations

 Food safety
 Food control system
 Food composition Assoc Prof D
[email protected]
 Postharvest technology Goburdhun
 Food waste and loss

 Food Safety
 Food Microbiology, Detection, Isolation, Biochemical and
Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens
 Processing of Plant and Animal Produce into Value-Added
Products: Processing Conditions, Changes in Physical,
Dr S J Santchurn [email protected]
Chemical and Microbiological Characteristics during
Processing
 Simultaneous Drying and Salting using Soaking in
Concentrated Solutions: Mass Transfer during the Process,
Combined Treatments
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 Fried Foods: Study of Oil Uptake and Water Loss during

Frying, Methods to Reduce Oil Content of Fried Products

 Food Safety
 New Food Product Development
 Functional foods Dr D Ramful-
[email protected]
 Food Products Reformulation Baboolall
 Phytochemicals in foods

 Plant Sciences and taxonomy

 Marine biology and aquatic ecosystems
 Molecular markers and systematics Dr. Bhoyroo
[email protected]
 Conservation and evolutionary biology Vishwakalyan
 Systematics of marine organisms

 General Theme :Genomics and Bioinformatics

 Genes Evolution
Professor Y
 Genome analysis
JAUFEERALLY [email protected]
 Protein Structure and molecular docking
FAKIM
 Disease genes and population genetics

 Sustainable Agriculture (inc. Biofarming, Organic Agriculture,

LEISA, Biodynamic Farming, Zero Input Sustainable
Agriculture, Agroecology)
 Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in various
aspects of Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Aquaponics Professor S.
[email protected]
 Climate Smart Agriculture FACKNATH
 Sustainable Aquaculture, Aquaponics
 Sustainable Forestry, Agroforestry
 Entomology, Applied Entomology; Crop Protection

 Microbiology
 Plant Biotechnology
ASSOC PROF D
 Marine Biotechnology [email protected]
PUCHOOA
 Phytochemistry

 Microbial Safety and Quality of Foods

 Environmental Microbiology
 Plant Pathology DR H NEETOO [email protected]
 Climate Change & Food Safety
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 Natural Products Research

 Biotechnology
 Metabolomics
 Crop Science Dr J GOVINDEN
[email protected]
 Biodiversity Conservation SOULANGE
 Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SYSTEMS (APS)

 Welfare Economics of Food Security and Climate Change

 Socio-Economics of Aquaculture
Dr R BRIZMOHUN-
 International Trade of Agricultural Products [email protected]
GOPAUL
 Labor Economics and gender

 Analysis and upgrading of agri-food value chains

 Design and Analysis of Surveys/focus groups
 Application of qualitative Techniques (e.g discourse analysis)
 Evaluating the agribusiness potential of start-ups in the agri-
food sector Dr B RAMASAWMY [email protected]
 Application of entrepreneurship concepts in the agri-food
sector & Development of business plans for agribusinesses
 Financial analysis of existing or new proposed agribusinesses

 Climate smart agriculture technologies

 Agricultural extension for small farmers
 Food security
 Business planning Mr S Hardowar [email protected]
 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
 Management of small agribusinesses
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

RESEARCH THEMES/ INTERESTS ACADEMIC STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

 Power Systems Analysis, Computing and

Economics
 Power Systems Stability and Dynamic Performance
Assoc Prof Dr AH
 Computational Intelligence and Applications [email protected]
KING R T F
 Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization

 Wireless Communications, 5G, Internet of Things,

Networking Dr. V D BASSOO [email protected]

 Error Control Coding

 Mobile, Wireless & Satellite Communications
 Next Generation Communication Systems
 SDN & NFV
 Big Data Analytics
 Internet of Things Dr. Y BEEHARRY [email protected]
 Artificial Intelligence
 Real-Time Communications
 Cloud Computing / Networking,
 Data Privacy and Anonymisation,

 Digital Signal Processing; Electromagnetic Sensing;

 Image Processing and Computerized Imaging Dr Y BISSESSUR [email protected]

 Communications Theory, Mobile and Wireless

Communications
 Multimedia Communications, Networking, Security,
Assoc Prof Dr T P
 IoT and Telecommunications Applications [email protected]
FOWDUR
Development
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 Wireless and Multimedia Communications

 Coding and modulation
 5G and beyond mobile technologies
 Massive MIMO systems Asssoc Prof Dr M A
[email protected]
 Biological communication systems HOSANY
 Machine learning for communication systems

 Power Electronics and control of motor drives,

 Renewable energy systems and grid integration
 Energy efficiency Assoc Prof Dr M I
 Power quality and harmonic mitigation [email protected]
JAHMEERBACUS

 Mobile and Wireless Communications

 Mathematical modeling and forecasting models Mr R A
[email protected]
 Digital Signal Processing JUGURNAUTH

 Renewable Energy Integration

 Power Systems Control
 Smart Grids Mr A P MURDAN [email protected]
 IoT
 Renewable energy planning and integration
 Multi-criteria decision-making
 Energy Efficiency Assoc Prof (Dr) V
 Robotics [email protected]
OREE
 IoT
 Artificial intelligence
 Smart grids
 Wireless and power line communications
 Power and Energy systems Dr B
 Artificial intelligence [email protected]
RAJKUMARSINGH
 IoT
 Engineering education

 Photovoltaic Energy Systems - Modeling and

Optimisation
Assoc. Prof. (Dr) Y K
 Solar Energy Engineering [email protected]
RAMGOLAM
 Renewable Energy

 Observation and control of Dynamical Systems

 Robotics Mrs. R RAMJUG-
[email protected]
BALLGOBIN

Dr G RAMSAWOCK [email protected]
 Modeling Systems Dynamics and Control
 Data-driven Science and Engineering
Assoc Prof Dr S Z
 Grid Integration of Renewable Energy systems [email protected]
SAYED HASSEN
 Optimisation and Control
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 Building Energy Systems Control

 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Mr H SHAMACHURN [email protected]

MECHANICAL AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (MPED)

 Corrosion and materials Assoc Prof B Y R

[email protected]
SURNAM
 Sustainability in the built environment
 Passive design for buildings
 Green building design and certification
 Building energy modelling and dynamic simulations
 Energy efficiency and energy auditing in buildings
 Image Processing and Analysis
 Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning and Machine Dr M
Learning [email protected]
GOOROOCHURN
 Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation
 Mechatronics in Medicine

 Energy Studies
 Energy Management
 Sustainable Energy
 Thermal Engineering
 Steam Engineering
 Power generation
 Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management
 Energy Policy and Governance
 Renewable Energy Integration Professor M K
[email protected]
 Smart Energy Systems ELAHEE
 Concentrated Solar Power /Solar Thermal
 Hydropower technology
 Climate Change Mitigation

 Natural fibres and bio based composites.

 Nano reinforced composites
 Surface integrity aspects of non-conventional
machining and surface modification processes. Assoc Prof (Dr) H
[email protected]
 Corrosion Engineering RAMASAWMY

 Natural fibres and bio based composites.

 Knitting Technology Dr J CHUMMUN [email protected]
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 Energy Engineering
 Heat transfer Applications Assoc Prof (Dr)
[email protected]
A.KHOODARUTH

 Computational Modelling and finite element analysis

 Vibration and Noise
 Condition Based Monitoring Mr L SANASSEE [email protected]

 Sustainable Manufacturing
 Green Supply Chain Management
 Supply Chain & Logistics Management
 Lean Management Dr D CALLYCHURN [email protected]
 Cleaner Production
 System Dynamics

 Quality Management Systems

 Manufacturing strategy
 Performance and Productivity management Assoc Prof (Dr) D K
[email protected]
systems HURREERAM
 Engineering Education

 Quality and reliability in cold supply chains

 Sustainable supply chains Mr B S TOOLSY [email protected]

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Field of Research Construction Engineering and Management

 Hybrid Concrete Construction (prefabrication plus in

situ) Dr A SEEBOO [email protected]

 Defects assessment in buildings

Dr A SEEBOO [email protected]

Mr A CADERSA [email protected]

 Environmental Impacts and Risk Assessment of

recycling wastes in Construction
Prof T RAMJEAWON [email protected]

 Durability and performance of new products in the Dr.A.SEEBOO

construction industry. [email protected]
Miss R
RUGHOOPUTH [email protected]

 Assessment of methods of construction Dr.A.SEEBOO

[email protected]
[email protected]
Mr Z. DOOMAH
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 Green Buildings Design Dr.A.SEEBOO

 Construction waste Miss R
[email protected]
 Building Information Models RUGHOOPUTH
[email protected]

Field of Research - Hydraulic Engineering

 Urban Stormwater and Drainage systems

Prof T RAMJEAWON [email protected]

 Modeling of flow in Hydraulic Structures

 River and Stormwater Hydraulics
 Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Assoc Prof (Dr) M
 Computational hydraulics [email protected]
NOWBUTH
 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Coastal
Engineering

Field of Research - Hydrology and Water Resources

 Flood forecasting and Disaster Risk Reduction
Assoc Prof (Dr) M
[email protected]
NOWBUTH
 Drought forecasting
 Groundwater and Contaminant transport modelling
 Geophysical investigations
 Integrated Water Resources Management
 Climate Change and Water Resources Prof T RAMJEAWON [email protected]

 Water quality
Mr D JOGEE [email protected]

Field of Research - Water Services

 Urban hydrology and Rainwater Harvesting Assoc Prof (Dr) M
Systems [email protected]
NOWBUTH
 Hydraulic modelling of water distribution systems
 Water Demand Modelling
 Economics of Water supply/Wastewater Treatment Prof T RAMJEAWON [email protected]

Field of Research - Geotechnical/Pavement Engineering

 Numerical Modeling, field monitoring and lab based
testing of properties of soils Miss R
[email protected]
RUGHOOPUTH
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 Slope stability analysis and soil stabilisation

 Geological and geotechnical soil mapping
 Sustainable Road Construction Materials
 Use of Recycled Asphalt Pavement and Warm Mix
technology, crumb rubber and additives in
pavement construction
 Use of additives (wax- based) and RAP in Miss R
pavement mixes to lower the production [email protected]
RUGHOOPUTH
temperature of the traditional HMA to produce
Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA)
 Modification of Geotechnical Properties of soil with
Waste Additives

Field of Research - Concrete Technology

 Sustainable Concrete
Dr.A.SEEBOO [email protected]

 Use of Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM)

and aggregate replacement in concrete
Mr A CADERSA [email protected]

 Use of fresh concrete waste in concrete and

concrete blocks, replacement of virgin aggregate in Miss R
concrete; Designing for disassembly RUGHOOPUTH
[email protected]
Dr A SEEBOO
 Use of pervious concrete and sustainable
stormwater management
 Sustainability Assessment of using waste additives Mr S NUNKOO [email protected]
in Soil and Concrete

Field of Research - Environmental Engineering/Water Treatment/Wastewater Treatment

 Life cycle Assessment of Infrastructural systems
(Buildings/Roads/Transport/ Energy /Water/
Wastewater/Solid Waste Mr A CADERSA [email protected]

 Sustainability of Water and Wastewater Treatment

Technologies
 Wastewater Treatability Studies Prof T RAMJEAWON [email protected]

Field of Research - Structural Engineering

 Structural Analysis/Design modeling Dr A SEEBOO [email protected]

Mr S NUNKOO [email protected]
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 Materials behavior and applications

 Assessment of local available structural materials,
e.g local timber.
 Assessment and behavior of structural materials
and structures subject to the local climatic
conditions.
 Behaviour of steelwork connection at large
deflection in fire.
 Behaviour of steelwork connection under dynamics Dr A SEEBOO [email protected]
loading
 Torsion of thin-walled single cell section.
 Response of structures to extreme loading-Design
and analysis of blast resistant structures
 Design and analysis of innovative Architectural
Structures.

Field of Research - Civil Engineering Informatics/ GIS

 Applications of Geographical Information Systems
Assoc Prof (Dr) M
[email protected]
NOWBUTH
 Applications of spatial data in civil engineering Mr D JOGEE
[email protected]

Field of Research - Urban Planning /Integrated Infrastructural Development/ Traffic studies and
Sustainable transportation
 Sustainable infrastructure designs
Dr Y BAGUANT-
[email protected]
MOONSHIRAM

 Urban and spatial planning, Environmental

planning, Community and neighbourhood planning
Miss R
[email protected]
RUGHOOPUTH

 Modeling and prediction of transportation demands

 Traffic Impact Assessment
 Road safety
Mr Z. DOOMAH [email protected]
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DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SUSTAINABILITY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (DASED)

Field of Research - Colouration Technology

 Colour Science and Technology and its application

Assoc Prof (Dr) N
 Colour Analysis, Measurement and Communication
KISTAMAH [email protected]
 Sustainable Development in Colouration Industry
 Nanotechnology applications in textile industry

 Geometrical modelling of fibrous materials and

textile structures
 Computer visualization and realistic rendering
of fibrous materials Dr R UNMAR [email protected]
 Sustainable product design and manufacture
 Development of sustainability metric models
 Modelling and design of comfort in textiles

Field of Research - Sustainable Product Design and Development/ Entrepreneurship

 Sustainable Fashion, Textiles, Craft and Apparel

Design
 Plant Fibers, Fibrous materials,Biodegradable
Materials and Bio-Composites
 Surface Design for Textiles with Eco Prints and
Weaves, Natural Dyes
 Product Design and Development for Recyclable
Materials
 Women Empowerment & Income generation
projects
 Fashion Technology, Fashion Design, Garment
Construction and Costume Design Circular
Dr A VAIDYA
Economy [email protected]
SOOCHETA
 Sustainable Fashion and Textile Design/Product
Development/Use of Indigenous Materials through
Design, Innovation for Entrepreneurship/ Circular
Economy
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Field of Research - Quality System and Risk management

 Environmental Risk Management. Process Safety

and loss prevention, quality systems and
environmental management. Sustainability
standards
 Environmental modelling and contaminant Dr V DOOKHUN [email protected]
transport.
 Industrial ecology.
 Climate Change

Field of Research - Environmental Engineering

 Bioremediation of solid & liquid wastes
 Ultrasound & microwave–assisted biomass
processing
 Adsorption Dr A MUDHOO
[email protected]
 Chemical Process Analysis
 Mathematical & sensitivity analysis

 Bioenergy (biogas & biohydrogen) production Dr A MUDHOO

[email protected]
Assoc Prof Dr P
JEETAH [email protected]

Assoc Prof Dr [email protected]

D SURROOP
Field of Research - Chemical Management
 Chemical safety, chemical management, chemical
weapons, life cycle analysis of environmental and
energy processes; Degradability/biodegradability of
solid wastes; microplastics,
 Composting; Anaerobic digestion processes. Dr G SOMAROO [email protected]

Field of Research - Waste Management

 Waste Characterisation; waste minimization; waste Assoc Prof Dr P
to energy; waste valorization; bio-ethanol JEETAH [email protected]
production; composting
Assoc Prof Dr [email protected]
D SURROOP
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Field of Research - Wastewater engineering

 Water pollution control; constructed wetland;
wastewater treatment Dr A K RAGEN [email protected]

Field of Research - Energy management; climate change

 Energy Management; Climate Change; Small Island
Developing States Assoc Prof Dr
 Waste to Energy, energy access, energy security [email protected]
D SURROOP
and climate change

Field of Research - renewable energy

 Sustainable development, renewable energy Assoc Prof Dr P
technologies JEETAH [email protected]
Dr V SEEBALUCK
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FACULTY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL

TECHNOLOGIES

ACADEMIC
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DEPARTMENT OF SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 Image Processing
 Biometrics
 Data Analytics
 Surveillance Systems Assoc Prof (Dr) S
[email protected]
 Artificial Intelligence (Machine learning, Deep Learning) BAICHOO
 Computer Vision; Geographic Information Systems

 Computer Vision
 Artificial Intelligence(AI)I and Applications of AI Dr (Mrs) M
 Machine Learning and Deep Learning HEENAYE- [email protected]
 Biometrics MAMODE KHAN
 Data Analytics
 Problems in Software Development with focus on
Team Effects
 Empirical Research in Technology Acceptance (Models
and Proof of Concepts)
Dr M Y [email protected]
 (Big) Data Organization, Access, and Retrieval
 Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques CHUTTUR
(Machine Learning)
 Smart Energy Monitoring and Management

 Computational Intelligence (AI and Optimisation

Algorithms) - Domain: Transportation and Traffic
Management Dr O GUKHOOL [email protected]
 AI for Edge Computing

 Navigation in virtual environments

 Pedestrian behaviour and path planning
Dr N
 IoT Architectures [email protected]
CHOORAMUN
 Mobile/Ubiquitous systems
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 Artificial Intelligence
 Human Computer Interaction Dr (Mrs) N G
 Speech Recognition SAHIB- [email protected]
 ICT4D (ICT for Development) KAUDEER

 Enterprise systems
 Analytics Mrs B Zarine
[email protected]
 ICT4D CADERSAIB

 Vulnerabilities in Systems Development

 Green Computing
 Requirement Engineering
Dr A Q
 Project Management [email protected]
MOHABUTH
 Education Informatics
 Student Placement in IT Programmes

 Web & Database systems

 Object-Oriented techniques
Mr V
 Software Engineering [email protected]
HURBUNGS
 IoT with focus on Edge computing

 AI in Education (AIED)
 AI Techniques for personalisation
 Technology Enhanced Learning Dr R K
 Blockchain [email protected]
SUNGKUR
 Information Systems

 ICT4D, AI, Automatic Speech Recognition Machine

Learning(includes deep learning),Conversational Dr (Mrs ) B A
Agents , Enterprise Systems, Smart Cities , Smart GOBIN- [email protected]
Campus RAHIMBUX

DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

 Internet of Things (IoT)
 Wireless Sensor Networks
 Mobile Computing Assoc Prof (Dr) K
 Health Informatics [email protected]
K KHEDO
 Computational Intelligence

 Data Mining Techniques in Computational Genomics

 Cancer Genomics analysis Assoc Prof (Dr)
 Machine Learning & Big data analytics (Mrs) S [email protected]
 Health Informatics BAICHOO

 Data Mining in Bioinformatics

 Structural Bioinformatics
Dr (Mrs) A
 Genome Analysis [email protected]
GHOORAH
 More details at
https://sites.google.com/a/uom.ac.mu/anisah-ghoorah/
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STAFF
 Exergaming
 Social and Mobile Computing
 ICT Tools in Behaviour Change Interventions and Dr R
Education [email protected]
ELAHEEBOCUS
 Internet of Things (IoT)

 Mobile Computing
 Web Technologies and Tools Mr S
 Physical Computing and Smart Objects [email protected]
JAUNBUCCUS

 Mobile & Ubiquitous Computing,

 ICT for Development (ICT4D)
 Image analysis, processing and computer vision
 Online Learning and MOOCs - focus on low literacy Mr R K MOLOO [email protected]
 Internet of Things (IoT)

 Computational Biology and bioinformatics -

Transcriptomics Mrs Zahra
 Machine Learning and Deep Learning Mungloo- [email protected]
 AI and its applications Dilmohamud
 Health Informatics
 Network (IPv6)
 Mobile Computing and Internet of Things
Mr. A. Chiniah [email protected]
 Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage
 Technology Adoption

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

 Artificial intelligence and Cybersecurity

Dr N PAVADAY [email protected]

 Multimedia Systems and Security

Dr B SONAH [email protected]

 Multimedia & Computer Vision Systems, Wireless

Network Security, Biometrics & Pattern Recognition Dr. R DOOMUN [email protected]

 Computer Networks and Security, Future Internet

Architecture, Routing Protocols, IoT and Mobility Dr A MUNGUR [email protected]

 Health Informatics, Biomedical Text Mining, Biomedical

Literature Search Mrs S
CHEERKOOT- [email protected]
JALIM

 Trust Establishment and Evaluation in Pervasive and

Dynamic Environments. Reputation Appraisal and
Evaluation in Communication Networks and Open Mr J SEETOHUL [email protected]
Environments. Computer Networks (Ethernet
Networks). Computer Architecture and Digital Systems.
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STAFF
 Internet of Things
 Indoor Localization
 Privacy-Preserving Sensing Dr P APPAVOO [email protected]
 Activity Detection using Wearables

 Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep

Learning, Natural Language Processing, Machine
Translation, Image Processing and Computer Vision Dr S PUDARUTH [email protected]

 Educational Technologies, Natural Language Mrs V

Processing, Big Data and Data Analytics RAMNARAIN- [email protected]
SEETOHUL
 Algorithms for highly dynamic environments
 Machine learning (online learning) algorithms Dr (Mrs) A
 Game theory MEETOO- [email protected]
APPAVOO

 Internet of Things
 Computer Security
Mr. Selvanaden
[email protected]
SATHAN
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FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH THEMES ACADEMIC STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
● Management
● Marketing
Dr E BINDAH [email protected]
● Entrepreneurship

● Business Strategy
● International Business
● CSR
Dr O BISSOON [email protected]
● Sustainable Development and
● Development Economics

● Talent management
● Employer branding
● Decent work
Dr P GUNESH [email protected]
● Artificial intelligence and the future of work
● Social media

● Entrepreneurship related themes

● SMEs
Assoc Prof (Dr) P M
● Entrepreneurship and Gender [email protected]
GUNGAPHUL
● Marketing

● Tourism development
● Festivals and Events
Dr C HURNATH [email protected]
● Culture and Heritage

● Customer Relationship Management Sustainable

and Environmental Marketing Assoc Prof (Dr) T
[email protected]
● Service Quality in Hospitality and Tourism Digital JUWAHEER
and Social Media Marketing
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● Brand Management
● Service Quality
Assoc Prof H KASSEEAN [email protected]
● Marketing Strategy and Communications

● Ethics Assoc Prof (Dr) G NAPAL [email protected]

● Tourism Development
● Sustainable Tourism
Assoc Prof (Dr) P R
● Travel/Consumer Behavior [email protected]
NUNKOO
● Political economy and Government

● Customer Relationship Management

● Strategic Management Dr V OOGARAH
[email protected]
● Social Media Marketing HANUMAN

● Internationalisation
● SME
Dr R SANNEGADU [email protected]
● International Business Strategy

● Quality Management
Dr A SEEBALUCK [email protected]
● Higher Education

● Quality Management
Dr V [email protected]
● Higher Education
TEEROOVENGADUM .mu
● Services Marketing and Management

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

● Financial Accounting
● Management Accounting
● Integrated Reporting
● Accounting Education Dr K SEETAH [email protected]
● Accounting Issues Relating to SMEs Public
Sector Accounting

● Stock Markets
● Risk management
● Corporate governance
Dr U SUBADAR AGATHEE [email protected]
● Behavioural Finance
● Management Accounting

● Corporate Governance
● Board Diversity
Dr (Mrs) V RAMLUGUN [email protected]
● Gender Roles and Equality
● Accounting Education
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● Technology Management
● CSR

● FDI
● Tourism Economics
● Development Economics
Dr S B FAUZEL [email protected]
● International Trade
● Banking Financial Economics

● CSR
● Accounting Education
● Technology Management
● Corporate Governance Dr Dineshwar RAMDHONY [email protected]
● Public Sector Accounting
● SDGs & Sustainability

● International Finance
● International Trade
● Tourism
Professor B SEETANAH [email protected]
● Development Economics
● Financial Economics

● Corporate Finance
● Stock Market
● FinTech & Blockchain
● Integrated Reporting & Taxation Dr B JUGURNATH [email protected]
● Performance Management
● Accounting Education

● Corporate Finance
● Stock Market
● FinTech
Dr J S MATADEEN [email protected]
● Risk Management
● Behavioural Finance, Derivatives

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

● Labour and Industrial Relations Law

● Civil Law Professor R P GUNPUTH [email protected]
● International Humanitarian Law
● Criminal Law Dr D. MICHEL [email protected]
● Civil Law Dr G. GEORGIJEVIC [email protected]

● Human Rights Dr R. MAHADEW [email protected]

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FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

 Public Health with particular interest in Non-

Communicable Diseases such as Diabetes, Obesity,
Hypertension, Stroke, Cancer as well as Communicable
diseases, namely HIV/AIDS, COVID-19.

 Health promotion with respect to tobacco, synthetic

drug and technology addictions. Assoc Prof
M F CHAN SUN [email protected]
 Validation of the efficacy and safety of traditional
medicine and medicinal food with particular interest in
Moringa oleifera (Brede/Baton Mouroum)

 Research to be undertaken through qualitative and/or

quantitative studies including clinical trials.
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 Prevalence and prevention of Non Alcoholic Fatty

Liver Disease
 Genetics of cardiometabolic diseases in the
Mauritian population.
 Interventions for the prevention of Alzheimer’s
disease

Dr Meera MANRAJ
[email protected]
Senior Lecturer

 Diabetes Mellitus
 Anemia
 Health of Migrants
 Mental Health (Stress/depression)
 Hypertensive Nephropathy
 Stroke, Parkinson s disease
 Hypertensive heart disease Senior Lecturer,
 Myeloproliferative disease Dr Imteaz [email protected]
 Maturity onset diabetes of the Young(MODY) MOHAMADHOSEN
 Upper Endoscopy in GI bleeding


DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES

 Hygiene and Health

Dr S D BIRANJIA-
 Medical Microbiology [email protected]
HURDOYAL
 One Health
 Molecular systematics (phylogeny & DNA based
identification) of microbes
Assoc Prof R
 Mycology [email protected]
JEEWON
 Characterisation of fungal pathogens

 Applied Biochemistry
Assoc Prof Fawzi
 Pharmaceutical Sciences [email protected]
MAHOMOODALLY
 Nutraceuticals and Functional foods
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 Traditional/ Complementary and Alternative Medicines

 Phytotherapy and natural product chemistry

 Disability and Inclusion

 Mental Health Mrs SD Chemen [email protected]
 Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

 Financial Mathematics
 Financial Data Science
Professor M BHURUTH [email protected]
 Computational Partial Differential Equations

 Computational Fluid Dynamics

 Mathematical Modelling
 Dynamical Systems Professor M Z DAUHOO [email protected]
 Optimisation

 Numerical Linear Algebra

 Computational Statistics and Data Science
 Geographical Information System and Geostatistics
Assoc. Prof. R.
 Scientific Computing and Visualisation [email protected]
BOOJHAWON
 Renewable Energy, Climate and Environmental
Modelling

 Mathematical Modelling (field of Environment,

Economics, Finance)
 Risk Analysis
Assoc Prof P. GONPOT [email protected]
 Data Analytics
 Mathematical Education

 Derivatives pricing
 Numerical solution of partial differential equations Assoc Prof Y D TANGMAN [email protected]

 Pure Mathematics
 Mathematical, Financial and Risk Modelling
 Statistical Analysis and Forecasting Assoc Prof N SOOKIA [email protected]
 Data Analytics
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 Financial Mathematics: Equity and Interest Rate
Models Dr N THAKOOR [email protected]
 Computational Finance: Numerical Solution of PDEs
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
 Epidemiology.
 Climate Dynamics
Professor S K RAMCHURN [email protected]
 Molecular modelling

 Climate Change
 Renewable Energy
Professor S D D V
 Geospatial Modelling [email protected]
RUGHOOPUTH
 Polymer Physics

 Radio Frequency electronics

 Radio signal processing
 GPU and FPGA data processing
Assoc Prof G K BEEHARRY [email protected]
 Theoretical astrophysics
 Computational climate/weather modelling

 Radioastronomy (Pulsar, Radio transients including

Fast Radio Bursts and SETI)
 Satellite Communication and Satellite Data
Assoc Prof N HEERALALL-
Applications [email protected]
ISSUR
 Energy efficient buildings

 Computational Fluid Dynamics

 Computational electromagnetism
 Multiphase flow
 Parallel computing
Assoc Prof R LOLLCHUND [email protected]
 Climate research
 Renewable Energy

 Complex systems Dr D BAIJNATH [email protected]

 Teaching (and Learning) strategies Dr KIS-SION [email protected]

 Electromagnetic/Microwave Measurements
 Wireless Power Transfer
 Heat and Mass transfer
Dr S OREE [email protected]
 Corona Discharges
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 Dualities between gauge and gravity theories
 Topics in String Theory
Dr N RUGHOONAUTH [email protected]
 Teaching and Learning and Assessment in
Mathematics & Science educations

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES AND OCEAN STUDIES

● Marine Biodiversity, Biology, Taxonomy,

Ecology and Conservation
● Mangrove Ecosystems, Carbon sequestration
● Coastal Ecosystems, Importance, Pressures and Assoc Prof C APPADOO [email protected]
Livelihoods
● Fisheries Biology and Ecology
● Marine Litter/Marine Debris
 Marine Biodiversity, Biology & Ecology
 Molecular eco-physiology of seaplants and symbiotic
marine invertebrates
 Coral reef health, coral bleaching and climate change Assoc Prof R BHAGOOLI [email protected]
 Biological Oceanography
 Phytoplankton and zooplankton dynamics
 Sustainable Marine Environment
 Human Gut Microbiota
 Marine Microbiology
 Antimicrobials
Assoc Prof S DYALL [email protected]
 Human Genetics
 Seafood quality and authenticity

● Ecology
● Conservation
● Biodiversity Assoc Prof. F B V
[email protected]
● Ecological restoration FLORENS
● Invasive alien species

 Food / Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology

 Human Ecology
 Public Health Nutrition Assoc Prof P PUGO-
[email protected]
 Food Security & Safety GUNSAM
 Health and Nutrition

 Molecular Biology
 Molecular Plant Pathology Assoc Prof N TALEB-
[email protected]
 Marine Molecular Genetics HOSSENKHAN

 Electrochemical Biosensors
 Plant Characterization and Physiology (mineral Dr S JAWAHEER [email protected]
nutrition and photosynthetic apparatus)
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 Mangrove Ecosystem
 Production of secondary metabolites from plants
and microorganisms
 Biomass - energy from plants
● Marine Litter, Plastics Pollution, and Solid Waste
Management
● Marine Biodiversity, Biology, Ecology and
Conservation
● Seagrass Ecology
● Coastal Ecosystems, Connectivity, and Livelihoods Dr S Mattan-MOORGAWA [email protected]
● Coral Stress Physiology, Coral bleaching and
diseases
 Environmental monitoring, Marine Pollution and
Bioindicators

● Marine Malacology
● Marine Ecology
Dr D KAULLYSING [email protected]
● Marine Biodiversity
● Corallivory

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

 Coordination chemistry
 Natural products Professor M BHOWON [email protected]

 Organic Chemistry
 Surfactant Chemistry
Professor S JHAUMEER
 Natural Product Chemistry [email protected]
LAULLOO
 Forensic Science

 Computational Chemistry Methods to Solve

Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Problems Professor P RAMASAMI [email protected]

Assoc Prof R CHOONG [email protected]

 Environmental Science
KWET YIVE

 Coordination Chemistry Professor H T Y LI KAM

[email protected]
 Forensic Science WAH

 Ocean Acidification
 Coastal Zone Management
 Environmental Chemistry
Assoc Prof R T RAMESSUR [email protected]
 Climate Change
 Sustainability
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 Environmental chemistry/marine AssocProf R.T.RAMESSUR [email protected]

pollution/environmental monitoring /Dr K.BOODHOO [email protected]

 Supramolecular chemistry Dr K.BOODHOO [email protected]

 Organic Chemistry
 Chemical Biology
Dr P.CAUMUL [email protected]
 Surfactant Chemistry derived from Natural Product
Backbone
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

 Cosmopolitanism
Dr S WONG [email protected]
 Transnationalism

 Multiculturalism
 Diasporic Muslim Cultures and Identities Assoc Prof Dr N L
[email protected]
 Subaltern counterpublics (Diasporic, intimate and AUMEERALLY
cyberpublics)

 Cultural Studies and Critical theory

 Cinema Studies and Popular culture Dr N. BHAUTOO-
[email protected]
 Contemporary/ World Literatures DEWNARAIN
 Postcolonial Studies. Mauritian Literature

 Literacy
Assoc Prof A M AULEEAR
 Multilingualism [email protected]
OWODALLY
 English Language Teaching

 Sociolinguistics
Dr T AUCKLE
 Language contact and multilingualism [email protected]
RAMKALAWAN
 Language policy and planning
 Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies
 Mauritian Studies
 Diasporic Studies
 Translation Studies
Dr S RAJKOMAR [email protected]
 Religion and the Sacred
 Ecocriticism
 Memory and Trauma Studies

 Postmodern Theories & Literature

 Canonical Literature
 Literatures in Translation Mrs S KOTIAH
[email protected]
 The Fairy Tale
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 American Studies (Literature, Culture)
 Post-colonial Studies Ms A RAMSOONDUR
 Gender Studies
 Shakespeare Adaptations (Advertisements, Online
[email protected]
Games, Comics, Movies)
 African Studies (Literature, Culture)
 Diaspora Studies (Asian and African)

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH STUDIES

 General Linguistics
 Syntax
 Mauritian Creole
 Mauritian French [email protected]
Dr M. ALLEESAIB
 Morphology
 Lexicon-Syntax Interface
 Language contact

 Sociolinguistique
 Sociolinguistique urbaine
 Linguistic Landscape / Environnement graphique
 Toponymie
Dr. Y BOSQUET [email protected]
 Contact des langues
 Etudes Créoles
 Francophonie

 Linguistique Française
 Sociolinguistique
 Plurilinguisme
Professor A CARPOORAN [email protected]
 Créolistique
 Droits Linguistiques

 Feminism
 Gender studies
 Literature of the 20th and 21st century
Assoc. Prof. B CUNNIAH [email protected]
 Literature of the Indian ocean
 Indiaoceanic poetry

 Structuralisme
 Sémiotique
 Stylistique
 Critique psychanalytique
Dr K DABY [email protected]
 Littérature française
 Jean-Paul Sartre
 L’île

 Littératures française, francophones et comparée

 Traduction littéraire et traductologie
 Didactique/Didactologie de la littérature
Dr S R SAMBOO [email protected]
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 Littératures francophones
 Littérature et mémoire
 L’enfant, L’Autre et le Même
 Littérature comparée
 Littérature française du XVIIIe siècle Dr S W DOSORUTH [email protected]
 Le fantastique
 Le théâtre
 La poésie

 Language acquisition
 Psycholinguistics
 French and Creole linguistics
 French, Francophone and Creole studies
 Language policies
 Sociolinguistics Dr. G FLORIGNY [email protected]
 Language teaching and learning
 Pedagogy and evaluation of acquired knowledge
 Teachers’ practice of and behaviour towards
languages in education

 Littératures francophones et comparées : Océan

Indien/Caraïbe
 Littérature, histoire et mémoire
 L'écocritique Assoc. Prof. K. ISSUR [email protected]
 Transculturalités, indianités et créolités
 Le cinéma hindoustani/Bollywood
 Les humanités océaniques

 Learning, development and Mediation in Higher

Education
 Pedagogy and Curriculum [email protected]
Ms D BALLGOBIN (Vina)
 Technologies in Learning
 Interculturalism, Cultural diversity and Cultural
Heritage

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES (Psychology Unit)

 Self and Identity

 Group Identification
 Self-uncertainty
Dr F GRANT [email protected]
 Health Psychology
 Social Influence

 Health Psychology
 Explanatory models of illness, Health behaviours,
help-seeking and coping strategies
Dr M M E LECOQ
 Trauma and Abuse [email protected]
BAMBOCHE
 Psychology of migration
 Educational psychology
 Counselling
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 Mental Health
Mrs H BUNDHOO-
 Personality [email protected]
POONOOSAMY
 Culture and its influence

 Personality & Self-Esteem

 Ethical & Moral Behavior
 Interpersonal Relationship
Mrs S RAMPAT [email protected]
 Gender & Family
 Health & Nutritional Psychology
 Positive Psychology

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES (Communications Unit)

 Media development
 Democratic Governance and Development Assoc Prof Dr R
[email protected]
 Political Communication and Political Discourses KASENALLY
 New Technologies for Empowerment

 ICTs
 Intercultural Communication Assoc Prof M.
[email protected]
 Development Communication PAROOMAL
 Media Studies
 Media Ethics and Media Regulation/Self-regulation
 Freedom of Information and Freedom of the Press
 New Media / Social Media
 Gender and the Media
Mrs C CHAN-MEETOO [email protected]
 Media and Information Literacy
 Popular Culture, Language and Identity
 Creole language in Media and Communication

 Journalism & Media Cultures

 Critique of media & society Dr A CHENGANNA [email protected]
 Media Literacy

 Educational Technologies
 Sustainable Course development - MOOCs
 Hybrid mode of teaching and learning
MrS G NARRAINEN [email protected]
 Textométrie-Lexicométrie
 Multimedia/Hypermedia

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES (Sociology Unit)

 Gender and politics

 Gender and citizenship Assoc Prof Dr R
[email protected]
 Gender, globalization and development RAMTOHUL
 Women's activism in social movements
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 Family
 Gender issues
 Migration
 Higher Education Ms D GOKULSING [email protected]
 Social Development
 Poverty & Social Policy

 Crime & Deviance

 Domestic Violence Mr I KOODORUTH [email protected]
 Sustainable Development

 Race & Ethnicity

Mr R SUNTOO [email protected]
 Ageing
 Social Responsibility
 Social Inequality
 Poverty
Mr N J F RAGODOO [email protected]
 Social Injustices in Higher Education
 NGOs & Social Policies

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES (Social Work Unit)

 Social Work, civil society organisations and NGOs

 Community engagement, participatory
development and poverty alleviation
Ms F RAMSAMY [email protected]
 Social Work Education and professionalization
 Social work, social justice and human rights

 Multiculturalism
Ms C SAUPIN [email protected]
 Cultural Diversity and Social Work Practice

 Social Resilience
 Social Protection
 Social Policy
 Climate Change Mr A GOPAUL [email protected]
 Social Welfare
 NGOs & Poverty Alleviation
 Social Capital
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
 Political, Social & Economic History of Mauritius
 Democracy and Governance
 Heritage Studies
 Public History
 Cultural Studies Dr (Mrs) M AKUNG [email protected]
 Constitutional and Political History
 Indian Ocean Studies
 War & Society
 Environmental History
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 Crime and Punishment 19th & 20th Century

 Ethnicity and Politics

 Political Parties
 Institutional Design
Miss S S SOOKRAJOWA [email protected]
 Democracy and Governance
 African Politics

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS & STATISTICS

 Public Sector Economics & Public Policies Professor S K SOBHEE [email protected]

[email protected]
Assoc Prof T RAMESSUR
[email protected]
Mrs R PRAYAG-
BEESOONDIAL
 Economics of Early Childhood Education and Mrs R PRAYAG- [email protected]
Economics of Education BEESOONDIAL

 Corporate Finance /Financial Assoc Prof K BUNDOO [email protected]

Economics/Investment Analysis
Assoc Prof Dr I RAMLALL [email protected]

Assoc Prof H KASSEEAH [email protected]

 Central Banking
 Banking
Assoc Prof Dr I RAMLALL [email protected]
 Financial Stability
 Investment analysis
 Quantitative Techniques
 Development Economics Assoc Prof T RAMESSUR [email protected]

Assoc Prof V TANDRAYEN-

RAGOOBUR [email protected]

Assoc Prof H KASSEEAH

[email protected]
Dr B SOOREEA- BHEEMUL
[email protected]
Mrs R PRAYAG-
BEESOONDIAL
[email protected]
 Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Professor S K SOBHEE [email protected]
Management
Dr R SULTAN [email protected]
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 Climate change economics and sustainable
development (micro and macro)
 Fisheries economics, bioeconomic modelling, Dr R SULTAN [email protected]
ocean/blue economy
 Energy Economics

 Statistical Modelling & Computing Assoc Prof N [email protected]

 Structural Equation Modelling MAMODEKHAN/Mr M [email protected]
 Survey Methods and sampling HOSENALLY
 Actuarial Modelling [email protected]
Dr Z JANNOO
[email protected]
Mr J NARSOO
 Econometric Modelling & Forecasting Dr B NOWBUTSING [email protected]
 Time Series Modelling
 Longitudinal and Cluster Data Analysis Mr J NARSOO [email protected]
 Spatial Data Modelling
Assoc Prof N [email protected]
MAMODEKHAN

 International Trade & Regionalisation Assoc Prof T RAMESSUR [email protected]

Assoc Prof V TANDRAYEN-

RAGOOBUR [email protected]

Dr B SOOREEA- BHEEMUL
[email protected]
Dr B NOWBUTSING

[email protected]
 Applied Macroeconomics Prof S K SOBHEE [email protected]

Dr B SOOREEA- BHEEMUL [email protected]

 Labour Economics Assoc Prof V TANDRAYEN- [email protected]

RAGOOBUR

 Gender Studies Assoc Prof T S RAMESSUR [email protected]

Assoc Prof V TANDRAYEN-

RAGOOBUR [email protected]
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 Economics of Poverty and Welfare State Assoc Prof T S RAMESSUR [email protected]

Assoc Prof V TANDRAYEN- [email protected]

RAGOOBUR

Mrs R PRAYAG- [email protected]

BEESOONDIAL

 Biostatistics/ Epidemiology Mr M. HOSENALLY [email protected]

 Data Mining and Applied Statistics
Mr R THOPLAN [email protected]

 ICT and Governance

Assoc Prof T RAMESSUR [email protected]

 Applied Statistics
 Multilevel Modelling
Mr N AUCHOYBUR [email protected]
 Bayesian Hierarchical Models
 Time Series Analysis

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