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Academic Profile:

B.Sc. Chemistry (1993) - Bharathi Women’s College, University of Madras, Chennai

M. Sc. General Chemistry (1995) – Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai

Ph. D Organic Chemistry (2001) – University of Madras

Field of Specialization

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Research Interests

Fluorescent Chemosensors, Asymmetric Synthesis, Organometallic catalysts, Macromolecules synthesis, Heterogenous catalysts, Optical sensors, Photocatalysis and Microwave mediated organic transformations

Visiting scientist

  1. At Department of Applied Chemistry, National ChiaoTung University and Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica Taiwan during May 01-15, 2015

  2. Visiting Researcher at Dong-A University, Busan Korea, Kanuary , 2014.

  3. Visiting researcher at Dong-A university, Busan, Korea, January 2013

  4. At (WPI-MANA) World Premier Institute-Center for Materials Nano Architectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan June-July, 2008

  5. Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, USA, (Dec-Feb 2008)

  6. At Fuel Cell Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan May-July-2007

Post Doctoral Fellowship:

  • At Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, Advanced Polymer Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial science and Technology, AIST Central 5-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. (2003 –2006)

Professional Experience

  1. From March 2018, Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute Technology (NIT), Trichy-620 015

  2. Nov 2011-Feb 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute Technology (NIT), Trichy-620 015

  3. Nov 2008-Oct 2011 Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, National Institute Technology (NIT), Trichy-620 015

  4. August 2006-Oct 2008 Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, National Institute Technology (NIT), Trichy-620 015

  5. April 2002- November 2002 Research Associate in SPIC Science Foundation, Chennai-32

  6. April 2001 - March 2002 CSIR extended SRF

  7. April 1998 - March 2001－CSIR Senior Research Fellow.

  8. 1996 October –1998 March Junior Research Fellow in a project sponsored by SPIC – Biotech division

  9. 1995 July -1996 October Junior Research Fellow in the project sponsored by ICAR

Countries Visited

Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, UAE, USA

Awards and Honors

  1. Selected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (MNASc), India, 2019

  2. Received the Faculty achiever award in the NITT institute day 2019, for the contribution in terms of research publications and citations in the year 2018

  3. Elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) - January 2019

  4. Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)-2018 onwards

  5. Received the Faculty achiever award in the NITT institute day 2018, for the contribution in terms of research publications in the year 2017

  6. Chaired a session in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT-2017), Organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS, Pilani Dubai Campus 28-29 November, 2017

  7. MRSC- Member of Royal Society of Chemistry from 2017

  8. Editorial Board member in the journal Bentham's Current Catalysis

  9. Received the Faculty achiever award in the NITT institute day 2017, for the contribution in terms of research publications in the year 2016

  10. Fellow of Academy of Sciences, Chennai. (FASCh)

  11. Selected for INSA International collaboration/exchange fellowship for visiting Taiwan-2015

  12. Received the Tamil Nadu Young Women Scientist Award 2012 under Chemical Sciences Category

  13. Editorial Board member of ISRN Analytical Chemistry Journal

  14. Received International Travel grant from DST, to visit South Korea for presenting a paper n the 14th Tetrahedron symposium held at Seoul, South Korea, Oct 21-24, 2013

  15. Chaired a session in the International Conference on Key Engineering materials ICKEM 2012, Held at Singapore Feb 26-28, 2012

    1. International Travel grant from DST, to visit Australia for presenting a paper n the International Conference of 11th Pacific Polymer Conference held at Cairns, Australia, Dec 06-10, 2009

    2. DST-SERC Fast Track Young Scientist Award –2007 Research Grant of 20 lakhs

    3. Received the best poster award in the 5th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2005

    4. Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR, India – April 1998

    5. Senior Research Fellowship (Extended), CSIR, India-April 2001

Publications

150 Full length articles in international journals (Around 3000 citations with h-index -31, i10 index -77)

3 Japanese patents

10 papers published in International Conference proceedings

70 papers presented in International/National Conferences

2021

  1. Triple action sensing behaviour of a single receptor for the detection of multiple analytes via different approaches, G. Punithakumari and Sivan Velmathi* J. Fluorescence,1-13, 2021

  2. In situ Integration of Copper Microspheres and Carbon Nanodots for the Catalytic Reduction of p-Nitrophenol K.Anusuya Devi and Sivan Velmathi, Inpress Emergent Materials, 2021

2020

    1. Invitro, molecular docking, and Insilico binding mode analysis of organic compounds for antimicrobial and anticancer activity against Jurkat, HCT116, and A549 Cell lines. S Naha, S Govindaiah, S Sreenivasa, JK Prakash, S Velmathi Chemistry Select, 2020, 5 (41), 12807-12818

    2. Ultrasonic aided heterogeneous Fenton degradation of Acid Blue 15 over green synthesized magnetite nanoparticles Lekshmi V Prakasha, Ashitha Gopinathb, R. Gandhimathia,*, S. Velmathic, S. T. Ramesha, P. V. Nidheeshb,* Separation and Purification Technology, 2020, 118230

    3. Nano Molar Detection of H2S in Aqueous Medium: Application in Endogenous and Exogenous Imaging of HeLa cells and Zebrafish Sanay Naha, Natesan Thirumalaivasan, Somenath Garai, Shu-Pao Wu*and Sivan Velmathi*ACS Omega, 2020, (31), 19896-19904

    4. ESIPT triggered swift determination of cysteine and its in vivo imaging in HeLa cell line during redox imbalance, K. Anusuya Devi, Shu Pao Wu and Sivan Velmathi, J. Photochem. Photobio, A. Chem. 2020, 403, 112875

    5. ESIPT-AIE based Sequential Fluorescence ‘off-on-off’ Marker for Endogenous Detection of Hypochlorite and Cobalt (II)" Authors: Naha, Sanay; Velmathi, Sivan Inpress Microchemical Journal 153, 104499, 2020

    6. RGO Supported h-MoO3 Hybrid Nanocomposites (RGO-h-MoO3): High Performance Electrode Material for Supercapacitor and Photocatalyst Applications R. Dhanabal, P. Muhammed Shafi, S.Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose. J. Nanosci. Nanotech, 2020 (7), 4035-4046, 2020

    7. Dual mode detection of CN- & Cu2+ using fluorene moiety with Logic gate, DFT studies and Real sample analysis applications Ganesan Punithakumari, Sivan Velmathi* Inpress Spectrochim Acta A 229, 117887, 2020

    8. Novel Triple Action Smart Sensor: Optical Relay Recognition of CN-/Fe3+ and Colorimetric Detetction of H2S. Application in Real Time, RAW264.7 cell and Zebrafish Imaging Sanay Nahaa, N.Thirumalaivasan, Shu Pao Wub* and Sivan Velmathia* RSC Advances, 2020 10, 8751-8759

  1. Near Infrared emitting probe for nanomolar detection of hydrazine in complete aquoes medium with realtime application in bioimaging and vapour phase hydrazine detection Vijay Natarajan; Sivan Velmathi ACS Sustainable chemistry and Engineering, 11, 4457–4463, 2020,

2019

  1. A novel rhodamine based optical relay detector for Al3+ and CN- in semi-aqueous media. Application in the real sample and RAW264.7 cell imaging. Sanay Nahaa, K.Arshad and Sivan Velmathia* J.Fluorescence, 2019, 29 (6), 1401-1410

  2. Turn on fluorescent chemosensor containing rhodamine B fluorophore for selective sensing and invivo fluorescent imaging of Fe3+ ions in HeLa cell line and zebrafish Natarajan Vijay, Shu Pao Wu, Sivan Velmathi* J. Photochem. Photobio, A. Chem. 2019, 384, 112060

  3. Engineering metal-organic framework catalysts for C-C and C-X coupling reactions - advances in reticular approaches from 2014-2018 Shravan Koushik and S.Velmathi*, Inpress Chemistry-A European Journal, 2019 25 (72), 16451-16505

  4. Nanomolar Colorimetric Hypochlorite Sensor in Water, Sanay Naha, A. Varalaksmi and Sivan Velmathi*SpectroChim Acta, 2019, 220, 117-123

  5. A bright-blue emission chemosensor for bioimaging of Hg(II) in HeLa cells Chong-Guang Chena, Natarajan Vijayb, N.Thirumalaivasan, Sivan Velmathib*, Shu-Pao Wua,* Spectro Chim Acta, 2019, Vol. 219, 135-140

  6. Impact of halide-substituted chiral Schiff bases on corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in acidic environment Sekar Vikneshvaran and Sivan Velmathi* Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2019, 19 (8), 4458-4464

  7. Far-red to NIR emitting ultra-sensitive probe to detect the endogenous HOCl and fluorescence imaging in zebrafish and Raw 264.7 cell line N. Vijay, N. Thirumalaivasan, Shu-Pao Wu, S Velmathi* Org.Biomol.Chem, 2019, 17, 3538-3544

  8. Ratiometric, rapid “turn off” fluorescent chemodosimeter selectively for fluoride in semi aqueous medium based on phenazine fluorophore. Application on real sample, HeLa Cells and Zebrafish Sanay Naha, S Velmathi* and Shu-Pao Wu Chemistry Select, 2019, 4, 2912-2917

  9. Smart sensing of Cyanide and Iron(III) by Anthracene based Fluorescence probe through relay recognition approach. G.Punithakumari, S.Velmathi J.Photochem and photobiology A Vol. 373,94-104, 2019

  10. Schiff bases of 2,5-thiophene dicarboxaldehyde as corrosion inhibitor for stainless steel in acidic medium: Experimental, Theoretical and surface analyses. Sekar Vikneshvaran and Sivan Velmathi* Chemistry Select vol. 4, 387-392, 2019

2018

  1. A novel nanomolar highly selective fluorescent probe for imaging mercury (II) in living cells and zebrafish Yen-Yu Liu, Sanay Naha, Sivan Velmathi* and Shu-Pao Wu* Sensors and Actuators B, 2018, 277, 673-678

  2. Investigations on interfacial electric fieldon reduced graphene oxide supported MoO3 @Ag3PO4: Ternary hybrid composite: Highly efficient visible light driven photocatalyst R. Dhanabal, P. Muhammed Shafi, T. Arun, S. Velmathi, Shamima Hussain, A. Chandra Bose. Chemistry Select, 2018, 3 (34), 9920-9932

  3. Indirect Approach of Colorimetric and Fluorescent Probe for the Sensing of Ionic and Neutral Analytes via relay recognition Sivalingam Suganya, Sanay Naha and Sivan Velmathi*Chemistry Select, 2018, 3 (25), 7231-7268

  4. Combined experimental and theoretical studies on reinforcement of low-carbon steel against corrosion in acidic condition by some Schiff bases, S. Vikneshvaran and S. Velmathi* Materials and Corrosion, 2018;69:1084–1094

  5. Highly selective detection of Cr3+ ion with colorimetric and fluorescent response via chemodosimetric approach in aqueous medium G. Punithakumari, Shu Pao Wu, S. Velmathi* J. Fluorescence, 2018, 1-8

  6. Indium(III) Triflate-Catalyzed Reactions of Aza-Michael Adducts of Chalcones with Aromatic Amines: Retro-Michael Addition versus Quinoline Formation, T. Selvi and S. Velmathi* J. Org. Chemistry, 83(7), 4087-4091, 2018 I.F 4.8

  7. Removal of Rhodamine B dye from aqueous solution by electro Fenton process using iron doped mesoporous silica as a heterogeneous catalyst, Jineesha, P.V. Nidheesh, S.T. Ramesh, R. Gandhimathi* and S. Velmathi Chemosphere, 200, 446-454, 2018 I.factor 4.2

  8. Coplanarity driven fluorescence turn-on sensor for chromium(III) and its application towards bio-imaging G.Balamurugan, S.Velmathi* Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018, 17, 239–244

  9. Fabrication of RuO2 -Ag3PO4 heterostructure nanocomposites: Investigations of band alignment on the enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity R. Dhanabal, S.Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose. J . Hazardous Materials, 2018, 344, 865–87

  10. Quinoxaline based redox relay receptor for iodide ions and its application towards real sample analysis and logic gate function G. Balamurugan and S. Velmathi*Sensors and actuators B, 2018, 256, 126-134 Impact factor 5.4

  11. Boehmite- An efficient and recylable acid-base bifunctional catalyst for aldol condensation reaction P.C. Reshmarajan, S. Vikneshwaran and Sivan Velmathi* Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2018, 18, 4270–4275

2017

  1. Novel Phenazine based AIE probes for selective detection of Al(III) ions in presence of other trivalent metal ions in living cells G. Balamurugan, S. Velmathi, N. Thirumalaivasan, and Shu Pao Wu Analyst, 2017 142, 4721-4726

  2. Ninhydrin based chromogenic chemosensor for mercury(II) ions and sequential detection of iodide ions G. Balamurugan and S. Velmathi* Chemistry Select, 2, 10946-10950, 2017

  3. A triple action chemosensor for Cu2+ by chromogenic, Cr3+ by fluorogenic and CN- by relay recognition method with bio-imaging of HeLa cells N.Vijay, G. Balamurugan, P. Venkatesan , Shu Pao Wu and S. Velmathi* Photochem Photo Bio Sciences, 2017, 16, 1441-1448

  4. A new Zinc functionalised metal organic Framework for selective sensing of chromate ion R. Minmini, Sanay Naha and S. Velmathi* Sensors and actuators B, 2017, 251, 644–649

  5. Interfacial properties of electron donating and electron withdrawing group substituted chiral Schiff bases on mild steel corrosion in 1 M hydrochloric acid solution S. Vikneshvaran and Sivan Velmathi* J. Bio and Tribo Corrosion 2017, 3: 19.

  6. Enhanced Optical and Electrical Properties of P25 Titanium Dioxide Incorporated Polycaprolactone Nanocomposites S. Saravanamoorthya, A. Chandra Boseb, S. Velmathia* Journal of Nano Science and Nanotechnology, 2017, (7), 4677-4686

  7. Adsorption of L-Tryptophan-derived chiral Schiff bases on stainless steel surface for the prevention of corrosion in acidic environment: Experimental, theoretical and surface studies. S. Vikneshwaran and S. Velmathi* Surfaces and Interfaces, 6, 134-142, 2017

  8. Structurally simple azo based chromogenic Receptor for the selective sensing of cyanide ion in aqueous medium Palanisamy Kalpana, Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi* Spectrochim Acta Part A, 2017, 171, 162-167

  9. Effect of Precursors on the synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles under Microwave for Photocatalytic Activity towards Methylene Blue and Rhodamine B Dyes N.S. Sanjini, B. Winston and S. Velmathi* J. Nano science and Nano technology, 2017, (1), 495-501

  10. Photoluminescence study on Gd2O3:RE3+ and GdAlO3:RE3+ (RE=Eu, Dy) for bio imaging application T. Selvalakshmi, A. Chandra Bose*, S. Velmathi, P. Venkatesan and S. P. Wu, J. Nano science and Nano technology, 2017, (2), 1178-1184

  11. Colorimetric and Fluorescent chemosensors for Cu2+. A comprehensive review from the year 2013-15 Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sanay Naha, Sivan Velmathi* Analytical methods, 2017, vol. 9, 552-578

  12. A new perylenediimide with NH functionality as a colorimetric and fluorescent probe for the selective detection of trivalent Fe3+ and Al3+ ions S. Suganya, Anil Kumar. M, Jinwoong. N, S. Velmathi, Jae Pil Kim and Jong. S. Park Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2017, 344, 36–41

  13. α-MnO2/h-MoO3 hybrid material for high performance supercapacitor electrode and photocatalyst" Shafi, P Muhammed; Dhanabal, R; Chithambararaj, A.; Velmathi, S. A. Chandra Bose ACS Sustainable Chemistry and engineering, 2017, 5 (6), pp 4757–4770 I.F 5.2

2016

  1. High efficiency new visible light driven Ag2MoO4-Ag3PO4 composite photocatalysts towards degradation of industrial dyes, R. Dhanabal, S.Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose. Catalysis Science and Technology , 2016, 6, 8449-8463

  2. Fluorogenic and chromogenic dual sensor for the detection of cyanide and copper (II) in water sample and living cells T.M. Ebaston, G. Balamurugan, S. Velmathi,Analytical Methods 2016, 8 (38), 6909-6915

  3. A Highly Sensitive Salophen Based Colorimetric Anion Sensor for Fluoride and Acetate in Aqueous Medium D. Udhayakumari and S. Velmathi, Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Vol.6(2), 88-97, 2016

  4. CuO impregnated mesoporous KIT-6, a simple and efficient catalyst for benzene hydroxylation by C-H activation and styrene epoxidation reactions, N. S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi J. Porous materials 2016, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp 1527–1535

  5. Realizing cost-effective ZnO:Sr nanoparticles@graphene nanospreads for improved phohotcatalytic and antibacterial activities, K.Ravichandran, T. Arun and S. Velmathi RSC Advances 2016, 6 (72), 67575-67585

  6. Novel Ratiometric Turn-on Fluorescent Probe for Selective Sensing of Cyanide ions and its Bio-imaging Studies Gopal Balamurugana, Parthiban Venkatesanb, Shu Pao Wub, Sivan Velmathia,* RSc Advances 2016, 6, 24229–24235

  7. Novel Chromogenic Selective Sensors for aqueous Cyanide ions under High Water Content and Real Sample Analysis G. Balamurugan, S. Velmathi* Analytical Methods 2016, 8, 1705–1710

  8. Colorimetric and Red Emission Probe for the selective CN- ion detection and real sample application S. Suganya, Jong S. Park, Sivan Velmathi* J. Fluorescence. 2016, vol. 26, 207–215

  9. Environment Friendly Ring-Opening Polymerization of e-Caprolactone and d,l- lactide Using Zinc Complex derived from salicylaldehyde and 2-aminobenzoic acid S. Saravanamoorthy, Sivan Velmathi* Ind. J. of Chem Sec B 2016 vol.55B, 345-352

  10. Effect of Precursors on the synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles under Microwave for Photocatalytic Activity towards Methylene Blue and Rhodamine B Dyes N.S. Sanjini, B. Winston and S. Velmathi* J. Nano science and Nano technology, 2016 17 (1), 495-501

2015

  1. CuO-SBA-15, A mild and highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for C-N Coupling reaction S. Lingamoorthy, Sivan Velmathi,* Advanced Porous Materials 3 (1), 33-39, 2015.

  2. Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Ruthenium doped h-MoO3 R. Dhanabal, DK Meher , S. Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose Advanced Porous Materials 3 (1), 12-20, 2015

  3. Comparative studies of mesoporous Ti-SBA-15 and Ti-KIT-6 for the degradation of cationic dyes under sunlight N S Sanjini and S Velmathi* Advanced Porous Materials 3 (1), 2-11, 2015

  4. Facile fabrication of polycaprolactone/h-MoO3 nanocomposites and their structural, optical and electrical properties S. Saravanamoorthya, A. Chandra Boseb, Sivan Velmathia* RSc Advances, 2015 5 (120), 99074-99083

  5. Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B by Mesoporous Ti-KIT-6 under solar light irradiation N S Sanjini and S Velmathi* J. Porous Materials 2015, 22, 1549–1558

  6. Fluorogenic and Chromogenic Heterocyclic Thiourea: Selective Sensing of CN- ion and Analysis of Total Cyanide Content in Cassava Flour Sivalingam Suganyaa, Sivan Velmathia* and Maria susai Boobalanb Sensors and Actuators B, 2015, 221, 1104-1113

  7. Highly Fluorescent Zinc Acetate Complex of Dipodal N-Acyl hydrazone as a Selective Sensor for H2PO4- ion and Application In Living Cells Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi*, Parthiban Venkatesan, Shu-Pao Wu and Maria susai Boobalan Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 2, 649 - 656

  8. Visible light driven degradation of methylene blue dye using Ag3PO4 R. Dhanabal, A. Chandra Bose and S. Velmathi Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2015, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 1872-1881

  9. Eco Friendly Ring-Opening Polymerization of e-Caprolactone and PC: mixed BiFeO3 nanocomposites characterization and applications S. Saravanamoorthy, M. Muneeswaran, N.V. Giridharan, S. Velmathi* RSc Advances, 2015, 5 (54), 43897-43905

  10. An azo linked Schiff base for highly selective sensing of cyanide in aqueous Duraisamy Udhayakumari, M.S. Boobalan and Sivan Velmathi* J. Fluorine Chemistry, 2015, 175, 180-184

  11. Azo Linked Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Based Dual Chemosensor for Cu2+ and Hg2+ ions Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2015, 54, 3541−3547

  12. Influence of Al3+ on the cross relaxation process and electrical properties of Dy3+ activated Gd2O3 phosphor for white LED application Thangaraj Selvalakshmi, Arumugam Chandra Bose* and Sivan Velmathi. Ceramics International, 2015, 41 (7), 8801-8808

  13. Naphthalene thiourea derivative a dual chemosensor for F-Hg2+/Cu2+ ions D. Udhayakumari, Sivan Velmathi* Supramolecular chemistry, 2015, 1-7

  14. Anthracene coupled thiourea as a colorimetric sensor for F-/Cu2+ and fluorescent sensor for Hg2+/picric acid Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sivan Velmathi*, Parthiban Venkatesanb and Shu-Pao Wub J. Luminescence, 2015, vol 161, 411–416.

  15. Pyrene Linked Thiourea as a Chemosensor for Cation and Simple Fluorescent Sensor for Picric Acid, D. Udhayakumari, S. Velmathi *, P. Venkatesan and Shu-Pao Wu Analytical Methods, 2015, vol.7, p 1161-1166

  16. Azo Linked Thiourea based Effective Dual Sensors and its Real samples Application in aqueous medium Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Sensors and Actuators B, 2015, vol 209, 462-469

  17. Identification of proteins from selective fluorescence response with (6-hydroxy-2-naphthyl)ethenyl pyridinium dyes, Mchoi, Hyejinzo, Seojh, Sivan Velmathi, Jong S park, Bulletin of Korean Chemical Society, 2015 vol. 36, Issue 1, Pages 230-236

  18. Synthesis and cation binding studies of Schiff Bases derived from Heterocyclic aldehydes –selective and sensitive Colorimetric Chemo sensor for Cu2+ ions. D. Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* J. Luminescence, 2015, vol 158, 484-492

  19. Photocatalytic degradation of Dyes over Cobalt incorporated mesoporous KIT-6, N.S. Sanjini, B. Winston and S. Velmathi*, J. Nanoscience and nanotechnology 2015, vol. 15, 6487-6494

  20. Effect of Eu3+ and Al3+ concentrations on the emission profile of Eu3+ activated Gd2O3 phosphor, T. Selvalakshmi, A. Chandra Bose and S. Velmathi, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2015. 15 (8), 5760-5767

  21. Band gap tuning of h-MoO3 nanocrystals for efficient visible light photocatalytic activity against MB dye A. Chithambararaj, B. Winston, N. S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi and A. Chandra Bose,* J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2015, 15 (7), 4913-4919

2014

  1. A Dual-mode Chemosensor: Highly Selective Colorimetric Fluorescent Probe for Cu2+ and F- ions Duraisamy Udhayakumaria and Sivan Velmathia* Wei-Chieh Chenb and Shu-Pao Wub Sensors and Actuators B, 2014 vol.204, p. 375–381

  2. Colorimetric Detection of In-situ Metal Acetates by a Bipyridyl-Linked Schiff Base Sivalingam Suganya, Hye Jin Zo, Jong S. Park, Sivan Velmathi* J. Molecular Recognition, 2014, 27 (12), 689-695 Impact factor 3.0

  3. Simultaneous sensing of aqueous anions and toxic metal ions by simple dithiosemicarbazones and their real time application. Sivalingam Suganya, Hye Jin Zo, Jong S. Park, Sivan Velmathi * Industrial and engineering Chemistry Research 2014, 53 (23), pp 9561–9569

  4. Highly fluorescent Probe for Copper (II) Ion based on Commercially Available compounds and Live Cell Imaging Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Sensors and actuators B, 2014. Vol. 198, 285-293 Impact factor 3.5

  5. Iron Impregnated SBA-15, Mild and Efficient Catalyst for Catalytic Hydride Transfer Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds, N.S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi RSC Advances, 2014, vol. 4, 15381-15388.

  6. Magnetite as a heterogeneous electro Fenton catalyst for the removal of Rhodamine B from aqueous solution P.V. Nideesh, R. Gandhimathi, N.S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi, RSC Advances, 2014, vol. 4, 5698-5708

  7. Highly Selective nano molar detection of Cu2+ ion by Fluorescent Turn-on response and their application in Living Cells. Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi*, D. Mubarak Ali, Dyes and Pigments, 2014, vol. 104, 116-122

  8. Naked Eye Sensing of Toxic Metal Ions in Aqueous Medium Using Thiophene Based Ligands and its application in Living Cells D. Udhayakumari, S. Suganya and S. Velmathi* J. Molecular Recognition 2014, vol. 27, 151-159.

  9. Colorimetric chemosensor for Multi-signaling detection of metal ions using pyrrole based Schiff bases Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 2014, 122, 428-435.

  10. Chiral amide from (1S,2R)-(+)-norephedrine and furoic acid: an efficient catalyst for asymmetric Reformatsky reaction Nallamuthu Ananthi, Sivan Velmathi* Journal of Chemical sciences 2014, Vol. 126 (1), 151-158

  11. Synthesis and Vibrational Spectroscopic investigation of Methyl L-Prolinate Hydrochloride – A Computational Insight V. Balachandran, M. Boobalan,* M. Amaladasan, S. Velmathi Spectroscopy letters, 2014, 47, 676–689,

  12. Dihydrazone Based Colorimetric Chemosensor for Detecting Biologically Important Anions in Complete Aqueous Medium.. Sivalingam Suganya, Jong.S.Park and Sivan Velmathi *Sensors and Actuators B,190 (2014) 679– 684

  13. Structural, Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Wide Band Gap CuO Nanoparticles Synthesized By Microwave- Assisted Quick Precipitation Method N.S.Sanjini, K. Dhanalakshmi and S. Velmathi*, Science of Advanced Materials 2014 vol. 6, 1399-1405

2013

  1. Naked eye Sensing of Anions Using Thiourea Based Chemosensors with Real Time Application D. Vinithra, S. Suganya and S. Velmathi*, Tetrahedron letters. 2013, vol.54, pp. 5612-5615

  2. Study of h-MoO3 nanocrystals on visible light photo degradation of methylene blue". A. Chithambararaj, N.S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 15 (35), 14761 - 14769

  3. Chiral Schiff bases: New and effective inhibitors for corrosion of high carbon steel in acidic media Somasundaram Saravanamurthy and Sivan Velmathi*, Progress in organic coatings, 2013 vol. 76, 1527-1535

  4. Heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones as fluorescent probe for the selective recognition of cations Sivalingam Suganya, Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sivan Velmathi*Analytical methods, 2013 5 (16), 4179 - 4183

  5. Synthesis and Anion binding studies of Azo-Schiff Bases: Selective and sensitive colorimetric chemo sensor for Fluoride ions Vijayaraghavan Reena, Sivalingam Suganya and Sivan Velmathi * J. Fluorine chemistry, 2013, vol. 153, 89-95

  6. Flower like hierarchical h-MoO3: A novel photocatalyst for efficient visible light degradation of methylene blue A. Chithambararaj, N. S. Sanjini, A. Chandra Bose* and S. Velmathi Catalysis Science and Technology 2013, 3 (5), 1405 - 1414

  7. Highly Selective Response of Bipyridyl-Incorporated Acetyelene Dye for ZincAcetate Jeong Yeun Song, Hye Jin Zo, S. Velmathi, Jong S. Park* Talanta 2013 Volume 112, 80-84

  8. Thiosemicabazone Based Fluorescent Chemosensor for Transition Metal ions in aqueous medium Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sivalingam Suganya and Sivan Velmathi* J. Luminescence, 2013, vol. 141, 2013, 48-52

  9. Tuning of Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Fluorescence by Schiff bases Selvaraj Naveenraj, Sambandam Anandan*, Sivan Velmathi, Abdullah M. Asiri and Muthupandian Ashokkumar. J. Photochem, Photobio A Chemistry, 2013, 254, 12-19

  10. Simple azo based salicylaldimine colorimetric and fluorescent probe for detecting anions in semi aqueous medium Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi* J. Molecular recognition ,2013, vol. 26, issue 6, p259-267 Impact factor 3.31

  11. Chirally functionalised SBA-15 for asymmetric ketone reductions. U. Balakrishnan and S. Velmathi, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 13, Number 4, April 2013, pp. 3079-3086(8)

  12. A Simple, Colorimetric Turn Off and Fluorescent Turn-On Probe for Detecting Hg2+ in Semi Aqueous Medium Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* J. Luminescence. 136, 2013, 117-121 Impact factor 2.1

  13. Asymmetric Henry reaction catalysed by transition metal complexes-A short review Nallamuthu Ananthi and Sivan Velmathi* Ind. J. Chemistry, Vol. 52 B, pp87-108, 2013

2012

  1. Novel thiophene based colorimetric and fluorescent receptor for selective recognition of fluoride ions D. Renuga, D. Udhayakumari, S. Suganya and S. Velmathi* Tetrahedron Letters 2012 , vol. 53, 5068-5070 Impact factor 2.6

  2. Colorimetric and Fluorescent sensing of Transition Metal ions in aqueous medium by Salicylaldimine Based chemosensors. Duraisamy Udhayakumaria, S.Saravanamoorthy and Sivan Velmathia* Materials Science and Engineering C 32, 1878-1882, 2012 (Impact factor 2.6)

  3. Synthesis and Characterization of new salen type chiral ligands from L-Valine in asymmetric Henry reaction N.Ananthi and S.Velmathi Advanced Science Letters, 2012

  4. Synthesis, Characterization and Investigation on the Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Pyrrole Schiff Bases. Sivan Velmathi* and Reena. V, Advanced Materials Research, vol.488-489, p-377-382, 2012.

  5. Synthesis, Characterization and Investigation on the Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of metalloorganic chromophores., Nallamuthu Ananthi, U. Balakrishnan, Sivan Velmathi*,K.B. Manjunath and G. Umesh Optics and photonics journal vol.2 p-40-45, 2012

  6. Immobilization of Chiral Amide Derived from (1R,2S)-(-)-Norephedrine over 3D Nanoporous Silica for the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes, Umesh Balakrishnan, Nallamuthu Ananthi, SivanVelmathi, Siddulu Talapaneni, Salem S Aldeyab, Katsuhiko Ariga, A. Vinu, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, p.40-46, vol.155, 2012 Impact factor 3.2.

  7. Colorimetric and fluorscent sensing of multi metal ions and anions by SalicylaldimineBased Receptors Saravanan Prabhua, S. Saravanamoorthy, M. Ashok, Sivan Velmathi* J. Luminescence. 132, 979-986, 2012

  8. Pyrrole based Schiff bases as colorimetric and fluorescent chemosensors for fluoride and hydroxide anions Sivan Velmathi * Vijayaraghavan Reena , Sivalingam Suganya and Sambandam Anandan Journal of Fluorescence vol.22, p-155-162, 2012

2011

  1. Low cost and less toxic p-Toluene sulfonic acid catalysed Ecofriendly and extremely rapid synthesis of aliphatic poly esters, Sivan Velmathi*, Vol. 2 (2), 2011 Research and Reviews in Polymer

  2. Simple Imine linked colorimetric and fluorescent receptor for sensing Zn2+ions in aqueous medium based on inhibition of ESIPT mechanism D. Udhayakumari1, S. Saravanamoorthy1, M. Ashok2, Sivan Velmathi1* Tetrahedron Letters. 52, 4631-4635, 2011

  3. Ia3d cubic Mesoporous material supported chiral catalyst for asymmetric prochiral ketone reduction Sivan Velmathi*, Umesh balakrishnan Nallamuthu ananthi, Katsuhiko Ariga, Siddulu Naidu and Ajayan Vinu Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2011, 13, 4950-4956

  4. Selective binding of Cu2+ ions by salicylaldimine based Schiff base chromogenic receptors, S. Suganya, S. Velmathi, R. Sivakumar and S. Anandan Sensor letters. 9, 570-576, 2011

  5. Influence of the substituent groups in chiral oxazaborolidine catalyst derived from L-Valine for the prochiral ketone reduction U. Balakrishnan, N. Ananthi and S. Velmathi* Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2011, vol 50B, 1157-1164

2010

  1. Salicylaldimine based copper (II) complex-potential catalyst for Asymmetric Henry reaction Nallamuthu Ananthi, Umesh Balakrishnan, Sivan Velmathi* ARKIVOC 2010 (xi) 370-379

  2. Ligand free palladium catalysed C-S Coupling reactions promoted by microwaves in aqueous medium. Sivan Velmathi, Reena Vijayaraghavan, Ch. Amarendar, Ravindra P. Pal and Ajayan Vinu. Synlett, 2010 No. 18, 2733-2736 Impact factor 2.7

  3. Synthesis, charecterization, electrochemical and antibacterial activity studies of salen derived Cobalt Complexes Nallamuthu Ananthi, Umesh Balakrishnan,, M. Babu, Sivan Velmathi *, Mubarak Ali and N. Thajuddin IUP journal of chemistry 2010, Vol. 3, Issue 3, p 28-41

  4. Synthesis and characterization of porous shell-like nano hydroxyapatite using cetrimide as template Michael SL Shanthi P.; Mangalaraja R.V; Uthirakumar A.P.; Velmathi S. Balasubramanian T. Ashok, M.; Journal of Colloids and Interface science, 2010, Vol 350, p39-43

  5. Microwave Assisted Ligand Free Palladium Catalyzed synthesis of b-arylalkenyl nitriles Using Water as Solvent Sivan Velmathi*, Reena Vijayaraghavan, Ravindra P. Pal, and Ajayan Vinu. Catalysis Letters 2010, vol.135, 148-151

  6. Colorimetric and Fluorescence sensing of fluoride anions with potential salicylaldimine based Schiff base receptors R. Sivakumar, V. Reena, N. Ananthi, M. Babu, S. Anandhan, S. Velmathi Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 1146-1151, vol. 75, 2010

  7. The performance and emissions of a variable compression ratio diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel from waste cooking oil R. Anand, G. Kannan, S. Nagarajan, S. Velmathi.SAE international, 2010-01-0478

  8. Immobilization of chiral oxazaborolidine complex in ordered mesoporous silicas and their application in the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones Umesh Balakrishnan, Nallamuthu Ananthi, Tamil selvan, Ravindra Pal, Katsuhiko Ariga, Sivan Velmathi* and Ajayan Vinu* Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2010 vol. 5, issue 4, 897-903 Impact factor 4.2. This paper has been highlighted in Synfacts 2010, vol 7, 0841-0841 Impact factor 4.

2009

  1. The performance and emissions of a variable compression ratio diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel from cotton seed oil R. Anand, G. Kannan, K. Rajasekar reddy, S.Velmathi. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences November 2009 | Vol. 4 No. 9, p 72-87

  2. Synthesis and characterization of hydroxyapatite nanorods. M. Ashok, A. Kandasamy, S. Velmathi. International journal of nanoscience nanoengineering and nanotechnology, Vol. 1(1-2), 13-15, 2009

  3. Chiral amide from (1S,2R)-(+)-norephedrine alkaloid in the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aryl and heteroaryl aldehydes. Nallamuthu Ananthi; Umesh Balakrishnan; Ajayan Vinu; Katsuhiko Ariga; Sivan Velmathi*, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2009, 20, 1731-1735. Impact factor 2.8

  4. Copper Catalyzed C-N coupling reactions of alpha amino acids with aryl halides under focused microwave irradiation. Nasani Narendar and Sivan Velmathi* Tetrahedron Letters 2009, 50, 5159-5161. Impact factor 2.6

  5. Chiral ligand derived from (1S,2R)-norephedrine as a catalyst for enantioselective prochiral ketone reduction Umesh Balakrishnan, Nallamuthu Ananthi, Sivan Velmathi * Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 20 (2009) 1150–1153. Impact factor 2.8

  6. Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Aliphatic Polyesters using Tin chloride and P-Toluene Sulfonic Acid as catalysts Sivan Velmathi*, Ritsuko Nagahata, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi. Advanced Science Letters, 2009, vol 2, 45-49.

2008

  1. Palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides using K4[Fe(CN)6] as cyanide source, water as solvent, and microwave heating Sivan Velmathi, Nicholas E. Leadbeater. Tetrahedron Letters, 49, 4693-4694, 2008. Impact factor 2.6

  2. Novel Three Dimensional Cubic Fm3m Mesoporous Aluminosilicates with Tailored Cage Type Pore Structure and High Aluminum Content Pavuluri Srinivasu, Sher Alam, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Sivan Velmathi, Dhanashri P. Sawant, Winfred Böhlmann, Subhash P. Mirajkar, Katsuhiko Ariga, Shivappa B. Halligudi, Ajayan VinuVolume 18, Issue 4, 2008, 640-651 Advanced Functional Materials, 2008. Impact factor 6.9

  3. Heteropoly acid encapsulated SBA-15/TiO2 nanocomposites and its unusual performance in acid catalyzed organic transformations Dhanashri P. Sawant, Josena Justus, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Katsuhiko Ariga, Pavuluri Srinivasu, Sivan Velmathi, Shivappa B. Halligudi and Ajayan Vinu Volume 14, Issue 10, 2008, 3200-3212Chemistry: A European Journal, 2008. Impact factor 5.2

  4. Highly active three-dimensional cage type mesoporous aluminosilicates and their catalytic performances in the acetylation of aromatics V.V. Balasubramanian, P. Srinivasu, C. Anand, R.R. Pal, K. Ariga, S. Velmathi, Sher Alam and A. Vinu Microporous and Mesoporous Materials Volume 114, 303-311, 2008. Impact factor 2.5

  5. Hexagonally Ordered Mesoporous Highly Acidic AlSBA-15 with Different Morphology: An Efficient Catalyst for Acetylation of Aromatics, Ajayan Vinu, Josena Justus, C. Anand, Dhanashri P. Sawant, Katsuhiko Ariga, Toshiyuki Mori, Pavuluri Srinivasu, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Sivan Velmathi, Sher Alam Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2008, volume116, 108-115. Impact factor 2.5

2007 and before

  1. Extremely Rapid Synthesis of Aliphatic Polyesters by Direct Poly condensation of 1:1 Mixtures of Dicarboxylic acids and Diols using Microwaves, Sivan Velmathi, Ritsuko Nagahata and Kazuhiko Takeuchi Polymer Journal, vol. 39, No.8, pp. 841-844, 2007. Impact factor 0.92

  2. Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of poly(butylene succinate) by direct polyesterification of dicarboxylic acid with diol catalyzed by distannoxane catalyst under microwave irradiation. Sivan Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 26, 1163-1167, 2005. Times Cited: 6 Impact Factor 3.9

  3. Synthesis of poly(ethylene terephthalate –co-isophthalate) by copolymerization of ethylene isophthalate cyclic dimer and Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate. Ritsuko Nagahata, Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Sivan Velmathi, Y. Nakao, M. Goto, and K. Takeuchi. Polymer Journal, vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 1-6, 2004 Times Cited: 4 Impact factor 0.92

  4. Novel heterobimetallic catalysts for asymmetric Michael reactions. S.Velmathi, S. Swarnalakshmi and S. Narasimhan. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry,14 (1), 113 – 118, 2003.Times Cited: 14 Impact factor 2.47

  5. Effect of Microwave in chiral switching asymmetric Michael reaction S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Molecules, 8, 256 – 262, 2003. Times Cited: 4 Impact factor 0.3

  6. Synthesis of novel chiral auxiliaries S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Ind. J. Chem Sec B, 41 B, 1666-1669, 2002. Times Cited: 1 Impact factor 0.35

  7. Microwave assisted enantioselective Michael reaction using BINOL – Al – Li catalyst. S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Synthetic Communications, 32(24), 3791-3795, 2002. Times Cited: 7 Impact factor 1.02

  8. Diisopropyl-2-(2-benzyl-1-phenylethyl) malonate, M. N. Ponnuswamy. A. Jeya bharathy, S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Acta crystallographica Section E, vol. 58, part – 3, o334-o335, 2002. Impact factor 0.5

  9. Novel enantiomer – switching catalysts for asymmetric reductions and Michael reactions S. Narasimhan, S. Velmathi, R. Balakumar and V. Radhakrishnan. Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 719-721, 2001. Times Cited: 11 Impact factor 2.48

  10. Novel chiral switching ligands for enantioselective asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones. S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Molecules, 6, 988-995, 2001. Times Cited: 7 Impact factor 0.3

  11. Tandem reduction of bromo compounds using tetra butylammonium borohydride S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi. Synthetic communications, 29 (4), 685 – 689, 1999. Impact factor 1.02

  12. Chemoselectivity of tetrabutyl ammonium borohydride towards bifunctional esters. S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi. Synlett, 12, 1321-1322, 1998. Times Cited: 7 Impact factor 2.7

  13. Lac sulfur assisted synthesis of symmetrical thoureas. K. Ramadas, N. Janarthanan and S. Velmathi. Synthetic communications, 27, 2255-2257, 1997. Times Cited: 6 Impact factor 1.02

  14. Lac sulfur on alumina-Triethanolamine. An effective reagent for the synthesis of guanidines. K. Ramadas, S. Velmathi and S. Sukanya. Tetrahedron letters. 37, 5161, 1996. Impact factor 2.48

Patents:

  1. R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Synthesis of aliphatic polyester using microwaves”, Japanese Patent JP, 2006-169397, A.. Classification International

  2. R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Method for producing aromatic carboxylic acid imides”, Japanese Patent , JP, 2007- 119395, Classification International

  3. R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Synthesis of aliphatic polyester with SnCl2 catalyst using MW under vacuum”, Japanese Patent App. No. 2006-174806

Papers published in proceedings

  1. Anthraquinone Based Chromophores as Colorimetric and “turn-off” Fluorometric Sensor for Cations in Aqueous Medium Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi* Communicated to International Journal of Luminescence and its Applications 2013

  2. Pyrrole Based Schiff Base as a Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Sensor for Fe3+ and Sn2+ Ions Duraisamy Udhayakumari, and Sivan Velmathi* Communicated to International Journal of Luminescence and its Applications 2013

  3. Synthesis of Gallium doped mesoporous KIT-6 for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes N.S.Sanjini and S.Velmathi* Proceedings of the International Conference of Nanomaterials and their applications published in Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2013 vol 25, S69-S72

  4. Salophen Imine Based Colorimetric and Fluorescent Probe for detecting Fe3+ and Sn2+ ions Duraisamy Udhayakumari, and Sivan Velmathi* Proceedings of the International Conference on Luminescence and its applications (ICLA-2012) published in International Journal of Luminescence and applications, Vol 1, Issue 2, 135-137, 2012

  5. Azo linked salicylaldimine as a cation sensor towards transition metal ions Sivalingam Suganya, Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sivan Velmathi* Proceedings of the 6th International conference on sensing technology ICST, 2012,719-723

  6. Extremely Rapid Synthesis of Aliphatic Polyesters by Direct Poly condensation of 1:1 Mixtures of Dicarboxylic acids and Diols using Microwaves, T. Nakamura, R. Nagahata S. Velmathi, and K. Takeuchi Presented at MACRO 2008 on 2008 held at Taipei

  7. Microwave assisted Poly condensation for extremely rapid synthesis of aliphatic polyesters and scale up. Takashi Nakamura, Ritsuko Nagahata, Sivan Velmathi, Kazuhiko Takeuchi Presented at Global Congress of Microwave Energy and Applications (GCMEA), Organized by MAGIC on August 4-8th 2008 held at Otsu , Japan

  8. Rapid and eco friendly synthesis of Imides and Bis imides using microwaves, S. Velmathi, U. Balakrishnan, N. Ananthi, P. Chandrasekahar, R. Ananthi Presented at the National Seminar on Recent developments in Green Chemistry, Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, August 25, 2007

  9. Microwave assisted rapid and environmentally friendly route for the synthesis of trimellitimides and pyromellitimides. S. Velmathi. R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 5th International symposium on microwave science and its application to related fields held at Tsukuba, Japan, November 2-4, 2005.

  10. Microwave assisted synthesis of Poly (butylene succinate) using distannoxane catalyst. S. Velmathi. R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 4th International symposium on microwave science and its application to related fields held at Takamatsu, Japan, July 27-30, 2004

Papers presented in International/National conferences:

  1. Boehmite- An efficient and recylable acid-base bifunctional catalyst for aldol condensation reaction S. Vikneshwaran, Reshma Rajan. P. C and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the RSC-NITT symposium on Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable Chemistry held on Nov. 05, 2016 organised by Royal Society of Chemistry in association with NITT

  2. New Zinc functionalized metal organic Framework for selective sensing of chromate ion Sanay Naha, R. Minmini and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the RSC-NITT symposium on Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable Chemistry held on Nov. 05, 2016 organised by Royal Society of Chemistry in association with NITT

  3. A green and efficient methodology for the synthesis of 1,3,5 triazines: Microwave assisted cyclization of Aldehydes with Amidines G. Balamurugan, T.Akash and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the RSC-NITT symposium on Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable Chemistry held on Nov. 05, 2016 organised by Royal Society of Chemistry in association with NITT

  4. Effect of substitution on the sensing behaviour of imidazolo anthraquinone receptors under aqueous medium G. Balamurugan, and Sivan Velmathi* Poster Presented in the 10th Mid Year CRSI symposium held at NIT Trichy on July 23-25, 2015

  5. Binding properties of Cu(II) and Ru(III) complexes derived from L-Tryptophan based chiral Schiff base towards CT-DNA. S. Vikneshwaran and Sivan Velmathi* Poster Presented in the 10th Mid Year CRSI symposium held at NIT Trichy on July 23-25, 2015

  6. Fluorogenic and chromogenic heterocyclic thiourea: selective recognition of cyanide ion via nucleophilic addition reaction and real sample analysis. Sivalingam Suganya, and Sivan Velmathi* Poster Presented in the 10th Mid Year CRSI symposium held at NIT Trichy on July 23-25, 2015

  7. Novel exceptional chromogenic probes tuned for the recognition of aqueous cyanide ion and relay recognition of dihydrogenphosphate ion and H2O2 G.Balamurugan and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the National Conference RACS-2015 March 6-7, 2015 Organised by the Department of Chemistry, Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

  8. L-Tryptophan based Novel Chiral Schiff Bases as Inhibitors for Corrosion of Steel S. Vikneshwaran and S. Velmathi, Oral presentation in the National Conference RACS March 6-7, 2015 Organised by the Department of Chemistry, Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

  9. Synthesis and Toxic Metal Ions Detection of Simple Dithiosemicarbazones and its Application in Bio Imaging of Living Cell S. Suganya and S. Velmathi Paper presented in the 13th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, held at IISc Bangalore, Dec 14-18, 2014

  10. Visible Light Assisted Degradation of Organic Dye Using Ag3PO4 Authors: R Dhanabal, S Velmathi, A Chandra Bose Poster Presented in the 59th DAE-Solid State Physics Symposium to be held at VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, during December 16-20, 2014.

  11. Novel benzimidazole based highly selective chromogenic fluoride sensors, G.Balamurugan and Sivan Velmathi* Paper presented in the Indian International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (IISFC-2014) Nov 3-7, 2014 Organized by Fluorine Organics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad.

  12. An azo linked Schiff base for highly selective sensing of cyanide in aqueous solution Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the 15th Tetrahedron Symposium- Asia Edition. held in Singapore, 28-31 October 2014.

  13. Salophen Based Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Sensor for Detecting Mn (II) ion at Nanomolar Level Duraisamy Udhayakumari and Sivan Velmathi* Paper presented in the International Conference for Advanced materials (ICAN-2014) held in the department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, 2014

  14. CuO Impregnated mesoporous silica KIT-6 an efficient catalyst for benzene hydroxylation N S Sanjini and S Velmathi* Poster Presented in the CRSI symposium held at IIT Bombay on Feb 5-9, 2014

  15. Dual Chemosensing Properties of Azo Linked Thiourea based Receptor in Nanomolar levels with Real Sample Applications Duraisamy Udhayakumari, and Sivan Velmathi* Poster Presented in the CRSI symposium held at IIT Bombay on Feb 5-9, 2014

  16. Colorimetric Detection Of Co, Ni, Cu Aectates By Bipyridyl Schiff Base And Its Analytical Applications Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi *Poster Presented in the MTIC-XV, Dec 13-16, 2013, organised by Department of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, India

  17. Photocatalytic activity of titanium doped mesoporous KIT-6 for the degradation of different dyes under UV light and sunlight N S Sanjini and S Velmathi* Oral presentation in IUMRS-ICA conference organised by IISC, Bangalore India, Dec 16-20, 2013.

  18. Simultaneous sensing of anions and cations by single molecule and its real time application in aqueous environmentS.Velmathi and S. Suganya Presented in the 14th Tetrahedron Symposium Asia Edition Challenges in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Seoul, Korea, Oct 21-24, 2013

  19. Synthesis of flower-like hierarchical h-MoO3 and layered α-MoO3 nanocrystals: Photo degradation studies of methylene blue under visible light irradiation, A. Chithambararaj, N. S. Sanjini, S. Velmathi, and A. Chandra Bose, International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS), Cambridge University, United Kingdom. Sep. 3-6, 2013.

  20. Azo Linked Thiourea as a Highly Selective ‘Off-On’ Fluorescent Chemosensor for Cd2+ Duraisamy Udhayakumari, Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the national Conference Organised by Department of Chemistry, Madurai kamaraj University, Madurai June 19, 2013.

  21. Visual Sensing of Aqueous Anions by C2-Symmetric Chemosensor and its Real time Application Sivalingam Suganya and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the national Conference Organised by Department of Chemistry, Madurai kamaraj University, Madurai June 19, 2013.

  22. Synthesis, characterization and anion binding studies of azo linked thiourea based chromogenic receptor G. Vinithra, Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the national Conference Organised by Department of Chemistry, Madurai kamaraj University, Madurai June 19, 2013.

  23. Synthesis of Gallium doped mesoporous KIT-6 for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes N.S.Sanjini and S.Velmathi* Poster presented in the International Conference of Nanomaterials and their applications Organised by Department of Physics, SRM University, Chennai on March 28-30, 2013.

  24. Axially chiral R-BINAM-salen based heterobimetallic catalysts for asymmetric Michael reaction G. Balamurugan and S. Velmathi* Poster presented in the Chennai Chemistry Conference -2013 held at CLRI, Chennai-20 from Feb 8-10, 2013

  25. Environment Friendly Ring-Opening Polymerization of e-Caprolactone Using Zinc Complex derived from salicylaldehyde and 2-aminobenzoic acid, Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy, Sivan Velmathi Presented in the 2nd International Indo-German symosium on Green chemistry and catalysis for sustainable developemnet Organised by the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and Leibniz Institute for catalysis Germany on October 29-31, 2012

  26. Structural, Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Wide Band Gap CuONanoparticles Synthesized By Microwave- Assisted Quick Precipitation Method N.S.Sanjini, K. Dhanalakshmi and S. velmathi oral presentation in International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nano-materials (ICEAN2012) 22-25 October 2012 organised by The University of Queensland, Australia

  27. Anthraquinone Based Chromophores as Colorimetric and “turn-off” Fluorometric Sensor for Cations in Aqueous Medium Sivalingam Suganya1, Sivan Velmathi1* Paper presented in the National Conference on Luminescence and its applications held on Jan 8-10, 2013 organised by PES institute of Technology, Bangalore (Received Best Oral presentation award)

  28. Simple ImineBased Highly Sensitive fluorescent Fe3+ and Sn2+ ions sensor Duraisamy Udhayakumari, and Sivan Velmathi* Poster presented in the National Conference on Luminescence and its applications held on Jan 8-10, 2013 organised by PES institute of Technology, Bangalore (Received Best Poster presentation award)

  29. Azo linked salicylaldimine as a cation sensor towards transition metal ions Sivalingam Suganya, Sivan Velmathi* Presented in 12th International Conference on sensing technology, International Conference on sensing Technology-2012, (ICST) Organized by CDAC, Kolkata, India and Massey University, New Zealand. Dec18- 21, 2012

  30. Photocatalytic degradation of dyes over Cobalt incorporated mesoporous KIT-6 NS Sanjini and S Velmathi* Poster Presentation in Advances in Materials and Processing Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO 2012) 2-4 November 2012. AMPCO -2012organised byDepartment of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  31. A Highly Sensitive Salophen Based Colorimetric Anion Sensor For Fluoride And Acetate In Aqueous Medium D. Udhayakumari and S.Velmathi* Recent Applications of nanomaterials in chemistry and environmental research” (RANCER 2012) on July 20 & 21, 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 052.

  32. Colorimetric and Fluorescent probe for the naked eye detection of cations by pyrrole based thiosemicarbazone Sivalingam Suganya, Duraisamy Renuga, Sivan Velmathi Oral Presentation in Recent Applications of nanomaterials in chemistry and environmental research” (RANCER 2012) on July 20 & 21, 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode – 638 052. (Received the 1st prize for best oral presentation)

  33. Salophen imine based colorimetric and fluorescent [probe for detecting Sn2+ and Fe3+ ions D. Udhayakumari, S.Velmathi* Presented in the 4th International Conference on Luminescence and its applications ICLA-2012 Organized by IICT, RGUKT (Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge technologies and Luminescence society of India, at Hyderabad on Feb 7-10, 2012 (Received the Best Poster Award-Rs.1,500/-Cash prize and a certificate)

  34. Synthesis, Characterization and Investigation on the Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Pyrrole Schiff Bases. Sivan Velmathi* and Reena. V Presented in the International Conference on Key Engineering materials ICKEM 2012, Held at Singapore Feb 26-28, 2012

  35. Colorimetric Sensing Of Multi Metal Ions And Anions By Salicylaldimine Based Receptors Saravanan Prabhua and S.Velmathia* Presented in the HORIZON-11, National level students symposium on Emerging Trends in Organic Synthesis Organized by the Department of Chemistry, NIT, Trichy, on Oct 22, 2011

  36. Salicylaldehyde Based Colorimetric And Fluorescent Receptor For Sensing Mn2+, Pb2+ Ions In Aqueous Medium Presented in the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Synthetic methods and Chemistry of Natural Products-2012, (SMNP) D. Udhayakumari, S.Velmathi* Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Annamalai University, Chidambaram on Oct 14-15, 2011

  37. Synthesis, characterization and cations binding studies of salicylaldimine based chromogenic receptors D. Udhayakumari, S.Velmathi* Presented in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Organic Synthesis Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli on Feb 24-26, 2011

  38. Synthesis, characterization and anions binding studies of salicylaldimine based chromogenic receptors S.prabhu, S. Suganya, S.Velmathi* Presented in the National Conference on Materials Chemistry Organized by Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College, Chennai on Feb 9-11, 2011

  39. Synthesis, characterization and cations binding studies of salicylaldimine based chromogenic receptors S.prabhu, D. Udhayakumari, S. Velmathi* Presented in the National Conference on FOSMC Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Periyar University, Salem on Feb 17-18, 2011

  40. Ring opening polymerization of lactide using schiff base chiral metal complexes S. Saravanamoorthy and S. Velmathi* presented in the International Conference on frontiers of polymers advanced materials MACRO 2010 held at IIT Delhi, Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering, Dec 15-17, 2010

  41. Cyclic Ester Polymerization Using Chiral O, N, O Type Tridentate Titanium Complex S. Velmathi*, U.P.D. Chandrahasan, S. Sudha Presented in the International Conference of matcon 2010 held at Cochin, CUSAT, Jan 10-13, 2010.

  42. Synthesis and Third Order Non Linear Optical Properties of Schiff Bases and their Metal Complexes N. Ananthi, U. Balakrishnan, K.B. Manjunath, , Umesh G. and Sivan Velmathi in the International Conference of RETMAC 2010 held at NIT Surathkal, Department of Physics, Feb 14-15, 2010.

  43. Asymmetric Henry reaction catalyzed by a chiral copper schiff base complex N. Ananthi, U. Balakrishnan, Velmathi. S* Presented in the International Conference of matcon 2010 held at Cochin, CUSAT, Jan 10-13, 2010.

  44. Synthesis And Third Order Non Linear Optical Properties Of Pyrrole Schiff Bases. Reena V., Poornesh P., Umesh G. and Sivan Velmathi * Presented in the International Conference of matcon 2010 held at Cochin, CUSAT, Jan 10-13, 2010.

  45. Ring Opening Polymerization of D, L- Lactide by Chiral ONO type Tridentate Titanium Complexes. Velmathi. S*, U.P.D. Chandrahasan, Sudha. S, Presented in the International Conference of 11th Pacific Polymer Conference held at Cairns, Australia, Dec 06-10, 2009.

  46. R.Anand, K.RajaSekar Reddy, V.Arul Mozhi Selvan, S.Velmathi, T.Senthil kumar, ‘Study of Performance, Emission and Combustion Characteristics of a Diesel engine using Methyl Ester of Cottonseed oil, 8th International oil and gas conference and Exhibition, Indian Oil Corporation of India, New Delhi, India, January 11-15, 2009.

  47. Catalytic application of the chiral ligand immobilized onto mesoporous material in asymmetric prochiral ketone reduction. Nallamuthu Ananthi , Umesh BalaKrishnan , Ajayan Vinu and Sivan Velmathi* Presented in the International Conference of Functional Materials (FM-2008) Organized by the department of Chemistry, IIT, Madras, Nov 27-29, 2008.

  48. Immobilisation of chiral ligands with mesoporous materials for the application in asymmetric reactions. U. Bala Krishnan, N.Ananthi, Ajayan Vinu, S.Velmathi* presented in the International Conference of Functional Materials (FM-2008) Organized by the department of Chemistry, IIT, Madras, Nov 27-29, 2008.

  49. Microwave assisted Polycondensation-One step rapid synthesis of High Molecular weight aliphatic polyesters. Presented in 6th International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference, May 13-16, 2008, Cambridge, USA, T. Nakamura, R. Nagahata S. Velmathi, and K. Takeuchi

  50. Microwave Assisted Rapid Synthesis of Bio degradable Poly(alkylene succinates) K. Takeuchi, S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, Presented in 1st European Chemistry Congress held at Budapest, Hungary, 27-31, August, 2006

  51. Eco-friendly Method of Synthesis of Chiral Trimellitimides and Pyromellitimides Using Microwaves S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi presented in 6th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2006

  52. Microwave assisted synthesis and characterization of novel adamantine containing poly ester-imides S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi. Presented in 8th International Polymer Conference held in Fukuoka, Japan, July 26-29, 2005.

  53. Rapid and eco friendly synthesis of poly (butylene succinate) by distannoxane catalyst using Microwaves. S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 5th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2005 (Received the best poster award)

  54. Novel chiral oxazaborolidines in asymmetric synthesis, S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Presented in 31st Great lakes regionalmeeting of the American chemical society held at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. June 1-3, 1998.

  55. New bimetallic chiral reagents in asymmetric synthesis. S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Presented in 31st Great lakes regional meeting of the American chemical society held at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. June 1-3, 1998.

  56. Chemo selectivity of Tetra butyl ammonium Borohydride S. Velmathi, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Narasimhan. Presented in Chemists Meet December 1997, held at IIT Madras.

Invited talks :

  1. Presented an invited lecture on Catalytic applications of mesoporous materials in the RSC-NITT symposium on Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable Chemistry held on Nov. 05, 2016 organised by Royal Society of Chemistry in association with NITT

  2. Presented an invited lecture on Transition metal doped mesoporous materials as efficient catalysts for various organic transformations in the UK-India Newton Researchers link workshop Organised by IIT Madras, Cardiff University, British council and RSC on Nov 01-04, 2016

  3. Presented an invited lecture on Synthesis, characterization of heterogeneous mesoporous materials for photocatalytic applications in the TEQIP -II sponsored workshop Organised by department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Trichy on August 31, 2016

  4. Presented an invited lecture on Transition metal doped mesoporous materials for photocatalysis Organised by department of Physics, AVVM Poondi Pushpam college, Thanjavur on March 12, 2016

  5. Presented an invited lecture on Chemosensors for water analysis Organised by department of Chemistry, Saranathan College of Engineering on National Science Day celebrations, Trichy, on February 27, 2016

  6. Presented an endowment lecture on Chemosensors Organised by PG department of Chemistry, Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Trichy, on January 29, 2016

  7. Presented a lecture on NMR Spectroscopy in the Two Days Workshop on 1D and 2D NMR Spectroscopic techniques organized by the department of Chemistry, NIT, Trichy on January 21-22, 2016

  8. Presented an invited lecture in the 1st Asian conference on chemosensors and imaging processes (Asian Chip-2015), Organised by Ewha Women's University, held at Seoul, South Korea, Nov 16-18, 2015

  9. Presented an invited lecture on Asymmetric Synthesis in the National Seminar on Frontiers in Chemistry, Organised by PG department of Chemistry, St. Aloysius college, Thrissur, Kerala on October 30, 2015

  10. Presented an invited lecture in the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica Taiwan on Colorimetric and Fluorescent sensors for molecular recognition on May 12-2015.

  11. Presented an invited lecture in the Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan on Fluorescent sensors for molecular recognition on May 08-2015

  12. Presented an invited Lecture on Alternative energy resources in the Faculty Development Programme Organised by Mohd. Sathak college, Kilakarai on Feb 28, 2015.

  13. Presented an invited lecture in the UGC Sponsored National Conference in Frontier Areas in Chemistry Organised by Thyagarajar college of Arts and Science, Madurai on Feb 27, 2015

  14. Presented two lectures on Mesoporous materials and Fluorescent chemosensors in the Refresher course for College teachers organized by UGC Academic Staff College department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Trichy on Jan 29, 2015

  15. Presented a Lecture on Green Chemistry and Alternative energy resources in the Short term course on Recent Trends in Catalysis organized by the department of Chemistry, NIT, Trichy on Nov 07-08, 2014

  16. Presented a lecture on NMR Spectroscopy in the Three Days Workshop on Characterization techniques in Chemical Sciences organized by the department of Chemistry, NIT, Trichy on July 09-11, 2014

  17. Presented a lecture on Chemosensors in the Short term course on Innovative methods in chemical research organized by the department of Chemistry, NIT, Trichy on May 05-09, 2014

  18. Presented two lectures on Chemosensors and Chromatographic techniques in the Refresher course for College teachers organized by UGC Academic Staff College department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Trichy on Feb 13, 2014

  19. Presented two lectures on Chemosensors and Chromatographic techniques in the Refresher course for College teachers organized by UGC Academic Staff College department of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai on Nov 15, 2013

  20. Presented invited lecture on Microwave chemistry in the Short term course on New Avenues in Chemical research held in the department of Chemistry, national Institute of Technology, Trichy on May 21-25, 2013

  21. Presented invited talk on Synthesis of chromogenic receptors for cation/anion recognition in the Department of Organic and Polymer Materials, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea on January 8th 2013

  22. Presented two lectures on Chromatographic techniques in the Short term course on chromatographic techniques held in the department of Chemistry, national Institute of Technology, Trichy on Dec 5-6, 2012

  23. Presented invited talk on Applications of Salicylaldimine based compounds as chiral catalysts and chemosensors in the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) - Zonal meeting Organized by Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry on Dec 16-17, 2011

  24. Presented invited talk in the National Conference on Materials Chemistry Organized by Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College, Chennai on Feb 9-11, 2011

  25. Presented invited lecture on Nano structured polymers for drug delivery applications in the training programme on Nanoscience and nanotechnology Organized by the department of chemical engineering, Government Engineering college, Thrissur, Kerala on Jan 20, 2010.

  26. Presented invited talk in the Indo-NIMS workshop on Advanced Materials Organized by IICT, Hyderabad and NIMS, Japan at IICT Hyderabad on Dec 22-23, 2009

  27. Presented invited talk in the One day National seminar on Recent Trend in Polymer technology, Organized by Kamarajar College of Science and Technology, Virudhu Nagar on March 21, 2008

  28. Presented invited talk in the Two day workshop on “EPR and NMR Spectroscopy ” March 13-14, 2008 Organized by the Department of Chemistry, NITT (TEQIP)

  29. Presented lecture in the topic of reagents in Organic Synthesis in the “Training for PG students for clearing CSIR-NET, Feb 23-27, 2008, NITT (TEQIP)

  30. Presented Invited talk on “Organic Chemistry-An Overview” in the one day workshop on Engineering Chemistry, on October 27, 2007, NITT (TEQIP)

  31. Presented invited talk in the One day symposium on “Recent Developments in Chemistry” on 25-01-2007 Organized by Department of Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University-Tirunelveli

  32. Presented invited talk on “Microwave Chemistry - A boon or ban” at Department of Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College Trichy on Nov 30 -2006

  33. Presented lecture in the topic of pericyclic reactions in the “Training for PG students for clearing CSIR-NET, Nov 25-29, 2006, NITT (TEQIP)

  34. Presented lecture on Concepts of Organic Reaction Mechanism in the Orientation Course for school teachers, Sep 16-17, 2006, NITT (TEQIP)

  35. Novel enantiomer switching catalysts for asymmetric Michael reaction. S. Velmathi. Presented in 9th NOST symposium held at Trivandrum, India. Dec 13-16, 2001.

No. of Workshop/Training Programmes / Summer /Winter Schools / Conferences / Organized

  1. Organised MHRD-GIAN sponsored course on supramolecular photochemistry with Prof. V. Ramamurthy of University of Miami, Hawaii as foreign expert. from Jan 05-12, 2017 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  2. Organized an one Day RSC-Satellite event in collaboration with IITM, University of Cardiff, UK and Royal Society of Chemistry -RSC-NITT symposium on Heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable chemistry on November, 05, 2016 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  3. Organized a Two Days Workshop on 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques on Jan 21-22, 2016 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  4. Organized an short term course on Recent Trends in catalysis on Nov 7-8, 2014 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  5. Organized a Three Days Workshop on Characterization techniques in Chemical Sciences on July 9-11, 2014 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  6. Organized an National Conference on Chemosensors (NCC-2013) on Sep 19-20, 2013 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener) with financial assistance from DST, DRDO, CSIR, INSA

  7. Organized an short term course on Chromatographic Techniques on Dec 5-6, 2012 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  8. Organized an National level students symposium on Emerging trends in Organic Synthesis (in view of International year of Chemistry) on October 22, 2011 in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Convener)

  9. Organized an workshop on Advanced materials for optoelectronic devices under TEQIP Networking on April-11-2008

  10. Organized an Workshop on Engineering Chemistry for B. Tech students under TEQIP tribal development plan, Oct 27, 2007

  11. Organized an International Conference on Nanomaterials and its applications (ICNA-2007) in the Dept. of Chemistry, NITT (Joint Treasurer)

No. of Workshop/Training Programmes / Summer /Winter Schools / Conferences / attended/

1. Attended a one day training program on Instrumental methods of thermal analysis and data interpretation, Nov 2006, Organised by CEESAT, NITT

2. Participated in the 5th International conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA-2006) 4-6, January 2007, NITT

3. Participated in the INDIA-NIMS joint workshop on Advanced materials held at JNCASR, Bangalore on Dec 17-18, 2007

4. Participated in the Nano-2008 Workshop conducted by the Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITT, on March 5-6, 2008

5. Participated in the Workshop on XRD and IPR conducted by the Dept. Of Physics, NITT on March 15-2008

No. of M. Sc. /Ph.D. thesis guided /co-guided:

Ph. D –10 Completed, 9-ongoing, M. Sc- Guided -34, Ongoing- B. Tech -2 (Co-Guide) M. Tech -2 (Co-Guide)

Sponsored Projects completed as Principal Investigator

  1. A MOU has been signed between Fuel cell Materials center, NIMS-Japan and NITT

  2. Received the DST-SERC Fast Track Young Scientist Project Research Grant of 20 lakhs. Project title- Studies towards the development of reusable chiral catalysts for asymmetric synthesis

  3. Joint Research project between Dr. A. V. Adhikari, Dept. of Chemistry NITK has been sanctioned under TEQIP networking (4 lakhs). Project title –Development of new biodegradable polymers using microwaves

  4. Received the CSIR Project on Studies towards the application of new tridentate ligands for ring opening polymerization of lactides (2008-11) 12.64 lakhs

  5. As Co-Investigator in the Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for engineering applications –DST Nano Mission (2008-11) 5.8 crores

  6. Received the DRDO Project Research Grant of 30.43 lakhs. Project title- Studies towards the development of colorimetric and fluorescent on-off receptors for cation/anion sensing (2011-2014)

  7. Received the DST Project Research Grant of 47 lakhs (2011-2014). Project title- Chiral Hybrid Organic-Inorganic three dimensional Mesoporous Materials for Enantioselective synthesisSponsored Projects

Sponsored project ongoing as Principal Investigator

  1. CSIR project on "Sense and Separate" strategy for the detection of toxic analytes using Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Mesoporous Materials (2018-21) 01(2949)/18/EMR-II dated 01.05.2018