Selvakumar was born and grew up in Tindivanam, Tamilnadu, India. After his post graduation from University of Madras, he moved to IIT Kanpur in 2004 to pursue his doctoral research in the group of Professor Vinod K. Singh in the area of enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions. After completing his Ph.D. thesis in 2009, he immediately started his postdoctoral research at the North Dakota State University, USA with Professor Mukund P. Sibi where he worked in the area of enantioselective organocatalytic photocycloaddition reactions and biomass conversion to value added chemicals. In November 2013, he moved to Kyoto University, Japan to join the research group of Professor Keiji Maruoka to work on Hypervalent iodine reagent mediated C-H bond activation and asymmetric organocatalytic biomimetic transamination reaction. In November 2017 he was appointed as a UGC-Assistant Professor at the Central University of Haryana, India. Since, September 2019 he is holding a position of Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India. 

Academic Background

• Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2009)

• M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, University of Madras (2004)

• B.Sc. Chemistry, Thiru. A. G. Govt. Arts College, Tindivanam (2002) 

Professional Career 

• September 2019-Present: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

• November 2017-August 2019: UGC-Assistant Professor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, India

• November 2013-September 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan

• July 2009-September 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, North Dakota State University, USA

Contact Details

Dr. Selvakumar Sermadurai

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

1D-604, Chromium Building

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore

Simrol, Indore-453552, MP, India

Email: selva@iiti.ac.in  

Phone: +91-7316603219