Synthetic Organic, Medicinal & Material Chemistry Group

Dr. Seenuvsan Vedachalam

Assistant Professor,

Department of Chemistry,

National Institute of Technology Puducherry,

Karaikal-609 609, U. T. of Puducherry, India

seenuvasanv@gmail.com

seenuvasan.v@nitpy.ac.in

 

Professional Experience

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• Aug.2021- till date: Assistant Professor, P.C. Ray Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal-609 609

• Oct.2015- Aug. 2021: DST-INSPIRE faculty, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-620015

• July.2015- Sep-2015: Temporary Faculty, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-620015

• March.2013 to March. 2015: Postdoctoral fellow at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA with Prof. Aloke Dutta.

• July.2012 to March. 2013: Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with Prof. Liu Xuewei

• Jan.2008-June. 2008: Scientist at Anthem Bioscience Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India

• Oct. 2006- Dec. 2007: JRF, DST Project, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai with Prof. Anilkumar, Department of Chemistry.

 

Professional Activities

• Guest Editor for “GEL” Journal (2023-2024)

• Life time Member of Chemical Research Society of India

• Life Time Member of Material Society of India

• Member of American Chemical Society

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Institute-level Responsibilities

• Member, NEP-2020, Syllabus framing coordinator for Chemistry courses, B. Tech and M.Sc. program (2021-till)

• Member, Innovation Ambassador and coordinator, IIP, (2022-till)

• Member, Doctoral Committee (2021-till)

• Member, Security Committee (2022- till)

• M.Sc. Coordinator – First batch M.Sc (2022-2024).

• Associate Dean Academic UG (2023-till)

 

Education

• 2008 to 2012 Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry (Ph.D.): First class; 85% (Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry) Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore-637371.

• 2004 to 2006 Masters in Organic Chemistry (M.Sc.): First class; 68% Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India

• 2001 to 2004 Bachelors in Chemistry (B.Sc.): First class; 85% R.V. Govt. Arts College, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

• 1989 to 2001 Tamilnadu State Board Exam: Science group, St. Joseph's Hr. Sec. School, Chengalpattu, India.

 

Awards and Honors

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1. Won "SERB-SRG grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, (Amount 31 Lackhs) (2022-2024), Ongoing

2. Won "DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award- from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.(Amount, Rs.85 lacs), 2015-2021, Completed

3. The 11th annual EACPHS Research Forum” Wayne State University, USA, Oct 01, 2014"Won Outstanding Poster Award by Post-Doctoral Researcher"

4. NIH-Postdoctoral Fellowship, Wayne State University, USA Under Dr. Dutta NIH-Drug Discovery Project.

5. 7th WOCJC National Tsing Hua University” Taiwan Sep 4−6, 2010 (Poster, Won best poster award)

6. Nanyang Graduate  Research Fellowship, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Aug 2008-July2012).

7. Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) qualified, 2008, 99.14% (All Indian rank 55); 2006, 87.12% (IIT), India.

8. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) qualified, Lectureship (Dec 2007), India.

9. Defense Research and Development Organization  (DRDO), Scientist Entry Test, qualified (Dec 2007) India

10.  “National Candidate Corps” (NCC) achieved “C-Certificate”. R.V. Govt. Arts College, University of Madras, Chennai, India. (2001-2004)