1. Scientist C: CSIR –National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (RRL ) -2001-05
2. Scientist E1: CSIR –National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology -2005-09
3. Principal Scientist: CSIR –National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology -2009-2014
4. Senior Principal Scientist : CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology - 2014 -

1. Alexander Von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation  Germany, 1998-2000
2. Wellcome Trust Fellowship, Wellcome Trust , UK, 2000-2001
3. Young Scientist Award, Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India, 2003
4. Best Performance Award, CSIR NIIST, 2009
5. Elected as Fellow , Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India,2016
6. Editorial board Member and reviewer 
7. Member , Board  of Studies ( PG course) , Biotechnology , University of Kerala
8. DBT nominee , Insitutional Biosafety committee (IBSC), Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences university , Mannuthy

1. DrRojan P John (2003-2008), Microbial Production of Lactic acid, University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
2. Dr  Dhanya G Dharan (2004-2009), Microbial Production of alpha amylase , Kerala University, 
3. DrShyam Krishna (2006- 2011) Mannolipids and mannose metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
4. DrSaishyam N (2006-2012) Molecular studies on peptide deformylase and methionine aminopepidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, University of Kerala, Trivandrum. Guide- 
5. DrBindhu Ismail (2007-2012), Studies on exopolysaccharide production by probiotic lactic acid bacteria, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 
6. DrVipinGopinath (2008-2013), Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to glutamic acid and lysine using Corynebacterium glutamicum , University of Kerala , Trivandrum. 
7. DrAryaNandan S (2007-2014), Proline specific aminopeptidase from Streptomyces lavendulae University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
8. Ms.Nimisha R Nair (2010-2015)Poly (L) Lactide: Synthesis and Biodegradation, University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
9. Ms.KK Varsha (2009-2015) -Isolation and characterization of antifungal compounds from lactic acid bacteria, University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
10. Mr.Kiran S. Dhar (2012-2015) Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for xylitol production from pentoses ,Cochin University of Science and Technology , CUSAT , Cochin , 
11. Ms. Divya JB - (2010-2015) Studies on folate production by lactic acid bacteria having probiotic characteristics", University of Kerala, Trivandrum. 
12. Ms.Anusree M (2010-2015) - Utilization of agro residual biomass for amino acid production by Corynebacterium glutamicum, Cochin University of Science and Technology , CUSAT , Cochin
13. Mr. Nishant Gopalan (2012- 2017), Biorefining of wheat bran for the production of feruloyl esterase and ferulic acid and their application,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

K. Madhavan Nampoothiri, PhD FBRS, is presently working as Senior Principal Scientist and Head of Biprocesses and Product Section of the Microbial processes and technology division of CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum.  Dr.Madhavan took his graduation and Post graduation in Zoology from University of Kerala. In 1997, he obtained his PhD in Microbial Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). After the doctoral studies, he worked as Research Associate in Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and As Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Post-doctoral fellow at IBT 1 , Forschunzentrum , Juelich in Germany and as Welcome Trust Post Doctoral fellow in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
In 2001 he joined in CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum. He is actively involved in Microbial Biotechnology R&D and has nearly 185 publications which include research papers in International journals, reviews articles and book chapters. Dr. Madhavan also made around 40 NCBI gene sequence submissions and he also has one Indian patent and Six US patents. In 2003, he received Young scientist award from Biotech Research Society of India and was the recipient of outstanding performance award for the year 2008-09 from CSIR-NIIST. In 2016, he was elected as Fellow of the BRSI. He is a reviewer of many international journals in the field of Microbial Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology and in the Editorial boards several biotechnology journals. Dr. Madhavan has research collaborations with institutes and universities in Germany, France, Hungary and Mexico. His Research interests are in the areas of functional genomics, bioprocess and microbial products, infectious diseases, therapeutic enzymes and inhibitors, probiotics and biopolymers etc. His credibility include google citation more than 11,000 (11,404 ) and  h index of 45 ( as on November 2020).