PROFILE

Dr. GANESH BABU S
Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 2
Department of Chemistry
School of Advanced Sciences
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore - 632014
Tamilnadu, India
Research Experience
2015-2018
Post-doctoral research
University of Cape Town,
Cape Town, South Africa
2014-2015
Post-doctoral research
SRM University,
Tamilnadu, India
2013-2014
Research associate
Shinshu University,
Nagano, Japan
Education
2010-2013
Ph.D. (Chemistry)
National Institute of Technology-Trichy,
Tamilnadu, India
2007-2009
M.Sc., Chemistry
V.H.N.S.N College,
Tamilnadu, India
2004-2007
B.Sc., Chemistry
V.H.N.S.N College,
Tamilnadu, India
Career
2025-Present
Assistant professor Sr. Grade 2
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu
2023-2025
Assistant professor Sr. Grade 1
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu
2022-2023
Assistant professor Grade 2
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu
2019-2022
Assistant professor Grade 1
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu
Research Interest
Nanocatalysis
Organic Transformations
Electrochemical Sensors
Supercapacitors
Photocatalysis
Teaching
Nanomaterials
Allied Chemistry
Stereochemistry
Engineering Chemistry
Chemistry for designers
Inorganic & Material Chemistry
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2025 - Editorial Board Member, BioNanoScience, Springer Nature
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2024 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Fuels, Frontiers
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Honoured with the “Best Invited Lecture Award” in an international conference “Fourth International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC - 2016)” held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India from 9th to 11th of December 2016.
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Hindustan Platinum Award for the Best Poster Presentation in the 20th National Symposium on Catalysis held at the Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, Chennai during 19-22 December 2010.
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One of our research articles published in Catalysis Science and Technology [2 (2012) 1872–1878] is highlighted as Selected Abstracts in Chemistry by ChemInform [44 (2013) 040].
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One of our research articles published in Tetrahedron Letters [54 (2013) 1677-1680] is highlighted as an important insight in Synfacts [9 (2013) 573].
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One of our research articles published in Tetrahedron Letters [54 (2013) 1677-1680] is highlighted as Selected Abstracts in Chemistry by ChemInform [44 (2013) 060].
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One of our research articles published in Catalysis Surveys from Asia [17 (2013) 156-176] is highlighted as Selected Abstracts in Chemistry by ChemInform [45 (2014) 275].
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One of our research articles published in Tetrahedron Letters [55 (2014) 6873–6877] is highlighted as an important insight in Synfacts [11 (2015) 0340].
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One of our research articles published in Tetrahedron Letters [55 (2014) 6873–6877] is highlighted as Selected Abstracts in Chemistry by ChemInform [46 (2015) 116].
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One of my scientific pictorial representations is published on the front side cover page of Energy and Environment Focus [Volume 4, Number 3, September 2015].
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One of my scientific pictorial representations is published on the front side cover page of Material Focus [Volume 4, Number 4, August 2015].
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One of our research articles published in APL Materials [3 (2015) 104415–8] is spotlighted in the Editor’s Picks section.
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One of our research articles published in APL Materials [3 (2015) 104415–8] is highlighted as one of the Most-cited articles from 2015 by APL Materials.
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Qualified “Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) – 09” exam with 86.58 percentile.
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University (Madurai Kamaraj University) 2nd rank (GOLD MEDALIST) in M.Sc. Chemistry.
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K. S. T. Selvarajan – S. Chandrakala Endowment fund GOLD MEDAL from Madurai Kamaraj University for having secured the first mark in M.Sc. Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry).
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Prof. C. Srinivasan Endowment fund GOLD MEDAL from Madurai Kamaraj University for having secured the first mark in M.Sc. Chemistry (Physical Chemistry).
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Sri. M. Bhaktavachalam 69th Birthday Commemoration Prize from Madurai Kamaraj University for having secured the highest marks in M.Sc. Chemistry.
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Prof. T. Shakthivelu Manivizha Kuzhu Endowment Prize from V. H. N. S. N College for having secured the highest marks in M.Sc. Chemistry.
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Received travel grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under International Travel Support Scheme (ITS) for attending EUROPACAT X (an international conference on catalysis) held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, U. K. from 28th August to 2nd September 2011.
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Invited to deliver an Invited Talk at an international conference “Fourth International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC - 2016)” held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India from 9th to 11th of December 2016.
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Received University of Cape Town (UCT) - Post-Doc Travel Grant for delivering an Invited Talk at the Fourth International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC – 2016) held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India from 9-11 December 2016.
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Got Old Boys Association (OBA) prize from V. H. N. S. N College consecutively three times for getting the first mark in the odd semesters.
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Participated in “SUMMER TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY” (STIC - 08) conducted by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam from 26th May 2008 to 4th July 2008.​
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Won “Merit Cards – Three times” from K.V.S. Higher Secondary School, Virudhunagar for getting the highest marks in school-level individual subject exams during the academic years 2000-2001 and 2001-2002.
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