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Dr. GANESH BABU S

Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 2

Department of Chemistry

School of Advanced Sciences

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore - 632014

Tamilnadu, India

ganeshbabu.s@vit.ac.in

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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Nano-Catalysis Research Lab

Department of Chemistry

School of Advanced Sciences

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore, Tamilnadu

India 632014

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