Sabbasani Rajasekhara Reddy Ph. D
Professor
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore (Deemed University)
School of Advanced Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Katpadi, Vellore: 632014
sekharareddyiitm@gmail.com OR sekharareddy@vit.ac.in
Mobile No.+919884968303
Academic Profile
Ph.D., Organic chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2004-2010
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, 2003-2004
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Andhra University. India, 2000-2002
B.Sc. Honors, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, 1997-2000
Post Doc Fellow, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan-March 2018 to December 2018
Visiting Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, February 2024 to March 2024.
Visiting Professor, University of Santiago de Compostela, Centre for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS), Spain, May 2024 to June 2024.
Visiting Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Taiwan- November 2025 to December 2025
Visiting Professor, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, February 2026 to March 2026.
Dr. S.R. Reddy received a Ph.D. from IITM in 2010. In 2010, he joined VIT Vellore, India, assistant professor @ Department of Chemistry, where he currently works as a professor and involved in both teaching and research. Received his PDF experience from NTNU, Taiwan (2018). He supervised 8 Ph.D. and guided 25 PG students for their dissertation works and completed 2 externally funded projects (SERB). Currently, he is guided nine Ph.D., seven PG, and 5 UG students and pursuing two ongoing research projects (ANRF and SPARC). He authored 61 peer-reviewed research articles and 11 book chapters and one patent. His research focuses on organic synthesis utilizing natural carbohydrates and biocatalysts for sustainable catalysis, healthcare, environmental, and energy applications. Additionally, served as guest editor for Trends in Carbohydrate Research, Issue 4, 2025. He delivered 111 presentations @ various national and international platforms. Furthermore, Dr. Reddy served as a visiting professor at NTHU Taiwan (Feb.-March 2024), the University of Santiago de Compostela (CiQUS), Spain (May-June 2024), and Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Taiwan (Nov.-Dec. 2025). Recently visited as a visiting professor at NTHU from Feb 2026-March 2026, taught the selected topics in bioorganic chemistry course