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Dr. Saravanakumar R

Associate Professor

Date of Joining: 2/6/2014
Nature of Association: Regular

Email: saravanakumar.r@vit.ac.in

PhD: IIT Madras

Research Area: Synthesis of Natural Product analogs for Biological Applications

Employee ID 50592
Salutation (Prof./ Dr.) Dr.
Name Saravanakumar R
Designation Associate Professor Grade 2
School/Centre SAS
Intercom 1479
Educational details (Please mention all the degrees with latest first)
Degree Passed out year Specialization Institute/University/ College
PhD 2012 Organic Chemistry IIT Madras
Post-Doctoral Experience if any 1 year and 3 months at Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, United States of America
Research Details
Areas of Specialization Synthesis of Natural Products and their Analogs for Bioactivity Study. Development of New Methodologies for Amide Bond Conversion.
ORCID ID 0000-0002-7440-4038
Scopus ID 57210710291
H-index (scopus) 12
Google Scholar ID yqiAankAAAAJ
i10 index 12
Ongoing Funded Project Details              
Ongoing Funded Project Title MoE-STARS/STARS-2/2023-0120
  Design and Synthesis

of Metal-Organic Frameworks with High CO2 Binding Site Density from Melamine Derivatives for

CO2 Sequestration and Conversion

  25 Lakhs
  2023-2026
Completed Funded Project Details
Completed Funded Project Title VIT Seed grant
  Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Efficacy of Hybrids of Anticancer Natural Products Curcumin and Combretastatin A-4 targeting Breast Cancer in silico, in vitro and in vivo
  2.5 Lakhs
Patent Published Details
Patent Published Title Patent Published Application No.
  WO2022153306A1, 2022
  US 63/137,297, 2021
Patent Granted Details
Patent Granted Title Patent Granted Application No.
  US 2019/0047965 A1
  US 2016/0108172
Major International Collaboration Details  – Academic Collaboration Details
Type of collaboration (Research & publication/Funded Project/consultancy etc.), collaborating institute, year of collaboration
Research & publication: Prof. Dr. Jacob, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. 2016-present

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