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Dr. Saravanakumar R

Associate Professor

Email: saravanakumar.r@vit.ac.in

PhD: IIT Madras

Research Area: Synthesis of Natural Product analogs for Biological Applications

Employee ID50592
Salutation (Prof./ Dr.)Dr.
NameSaravanakumar R
DesignationAssociate Professor
School/CentreSAS
Intercom1479
Educational details (Please mention all the degrees with latest first)
DegreePassed out yearSpecializationInstitute/University/ College
PhD2012Organic ChemistryIIT Madras
Post-Doctoral Experience if any1 year and 3 months at Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, United States of America
Research Details
Areas of SpecializationSynthesis of Natural Products and their Analogs for Bioactivity Study. Development of New Methodologies for Amide Bond Conversion.
ORCID ID0000-0002-7440-4038
Scopus ID57210710291
H-index (scopus)12
Google Scholar IDyqiAankAAAAJ
i10 index12
Ongoing Funded Project Details              
Ongoing Funded Project TitleMoE-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 TitleVIT 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 TitlePatent Published Application No.
 WO2022153306A1, 2022
 US 63/137,297, 2021
Patent Granted Details
Patent Granted TitlePatent 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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