Ganesh V.'s Profile

Short Bio Sketch

Venkataraman Ganesh received his early education from Bishop Heber College Tiruchirapalli (2001-2004) and joined the Integrated Ph.D. program (Chemical Sciences) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore (2004). Ganesh obtained his Ph.D. in 2013, working with Prof. S. Chandrasekaran as a CSIR-Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (CSIR-SPM) fellow. He had postdoctoral stints as a JSPS fellow (2013–15) with Prof. M. Shibasaki at BIKAKEN, Japan, and as a Newton International Fellow (2016–18) with Prof. V. K. Aggarwal at the University of Bristol, UK. He started his independent research career in 2018 at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, and held the Ramanujan fellowship till 2023 (SERB, India). His research interests include exploiting transition-metal catalysts and boron chemistry to develop new synthetic methodologies and mechanistic studies.

Education

2007 – 2012:     Ph. D. (Integrated), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.

2004–2007:       M.S. (Integrated Ph. D.)  Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.

2001–2004:       B.Sc. Chemistry  Bishop Heber College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India

Professional Experience

Aug'18 - Present:     Assistant Professor Grade I, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

Jan. 2018 - Jul. 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bristol, UK

2016 - 2018: Newton International Fellow, University of Bristol, UK

2013 - 2015: JSPS Fellow, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.

2009: Short-term Exchange Researcher, University of Paris–11

Awards and Fellowships

• Vishnu Ji Ram Memorial Award for Best Shotgun Presentation - 27th ISCB Conference at BIT Mesra, Ranchi -18th-Nov-2022

• Top Teaching Feedback - IIT Kharagpur - Spring 2019

• Early Career Research Award - SERB, Department of Science and Technology (2019-2022).

• Ramanujan Fellowship - SERB, Department of Science and Technology (2018-2023)

• Newton International Fellowship – The Royal Society, London UK (2016-18)

• JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Japanese Science and Technology (2013-15)

• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship – CSIR-SPM (2008-12)

• Junior Research Fellowship – CSIR (2007)

• Bharathidasan University – Rank Holder

• Academic Excellence Award (B. Sc.) (2002)

Invited Lectures as PI

• Plenary Lecture: International Conference on Chemistry for Human Development (ICCHD-2025), University of Calcutta, Kolkata West Bengal (Jan. 2025)

• International Conference on Trends in Organometallic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (i-TOB 2025) - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (Jan. 2025)

• Plenary Lecture: International Conference - Chemistry of Organoelement Compounds and Polymers – 2024, INEOS, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 2024)

• Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences (RACS-2024), IIEST Shibpur (Nov. 2024)

• Interdisciplinary Initiative in Chemical Sciences (FORCE-IICS-2024), Alleppy Kerala (Oct. 2024)

• Frontiers In Sustainable Catalysis and  Organometallics 2024 (FISCO 2024), MNIT Jaipur - 11th-Jul-2024 to 12th-Jul-2024

• Emerging Trends in Catalysis and Synthesis (ETCS-2024), IIT Kharagpur - 7th-Mar-2024 to 9th-Mar-2024

• National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST), ITC Bhubaneswar - 29th-Feb-2024 to 3rd-Mar-2024

• Current Trends in Chemical Sciences, CRSI-LCC, Madurai Kamaraj University - 21st-Feb-2024 to 23rd-Feb-2024

• Indo-French Seminar on Catalysis and Sustainability, IISER Trivandrum - 10th-Dec-2023 to 13th-Dec-2023

• International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis  (ICOC-2023) at Goa - 30th-Oct-2023 to 2nd-Nov-2023

• 27th ISCB Conference at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 18th-Nov-2022

• "Boron Compounds: A Spirited Horse in Organic Synthesis and Beyond" Refresher Course on Organic Chemistry, University of Hyderabad - 13-Feb-2021

Membership of Societies

• Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Life Member.

• Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS) Life Member

• Indian Photobiology Society (IPS) Life Member

Other Academic Activities

• Member, Curriculum Revision Committee (aligning with NEP), IIT Kharagpur (2024-25)

• Member, Curriculum Revision Committee, IIT Kharagpur (2023-24)

• Member, Board of Studies, NIT Jamshedpur (2023-24)

• Member, Chemistry Laboratory Design and Curriculum Committee, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, UP (2025-Present)

• PG Lab Professor In-Charge Aug 2023 – Present

• Department Website Admin Aug 2023 – Present

• Co-Principal In-charge - LCMS Lab - ESI MS, Central Research Facility, IIT KGP Jan 2023 - Present

• Program Officer, NSO (Health & Fitness) IIT KGP Apr 2022 – Feb 2025 

• UGPEC Member (Dept.) Mar 2022 – Present

• MOODLE Coordinator – Department of Chemistry – 2020 – Present

• Professor In-Charge - GCMS Instrument Jan 2019 - Present

Funding Sources

ONGOING PROJECTS

1. “Stereoselective Hydroboration of Conjugated and Skipped Diynes as a Platform for Iterative Chemistry” Core Research Grant (SERB); Jan. 2023.

2. “Ligand-Enabled Regioselective Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes Through Ion-Pairing and Other Weak Interactions” MoE-STARS; Sep. 2023

COMPLETED PROJECTS

1. “Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Difunctionalization of Fleeting Arynes and Cyclic Alkyne Intermediates” Early Career Research Award (SERB); Mar. 2019 – Mar. 2022.

2. “Asymmetric Metal-Mediated Difunctionalization of Unsaturated Systems” Institute Scheme for Innovative Research and Development (ISIRD); Feb. 2019 – Feb. 2023.

3. “Transition-Metal mediated Enantioselective Reductive Coupling of Alkynes with Electrophiles” Ramanujan Fellowship; Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2023.

Teaching

Courses Taught (2018-present)

• CY19013 :  First Year Chemistry Lab [0-0-3]  

• CY51003 : Spectroscopic Methods of Structure Determination [3-1-0] 

• CY39003 : Organic Chemistry Laboratory II [0-0-6]

• CY11001 : First Year Chemistry [3-1-0] 

• CY00001 : Prep. Theory [3-1-0] 

• CY31010 : Strategies and Methods in Organic Synthesis [3-1-0] 

• CY20215: Fundamental of Organic Reactions [4-0-0]

• CY30208: Intermediates and Transition States in Organic Synthesis [3-0-0]