he started the seaweed research and utilization association to encourage research on seaweed in india. on behalf of this association he published the journal "seaweed research utilization". he was the founding president of the association and he served as president until he died. he founded krishnamurthy institute of algology (kia), chennai, india. kia has the largest library in tamil nadu on algal studies, and it is fully equipped for algal research. prof. v. k. worked in this laboratory until his death.