Awards and Achievements

Student Achievements:

Druggathon Winter 2023 challenge by Bio Solve it – Phase II of challenge

Project name: “Design and Development of a Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor”.

Ultrafast detection of urinary tract infections using paper-based nano-optoelectronic nose (P-NOEN) sensor, Student Startup Venture (SSV) - Mr. Kalaiarasu L, (22PHD0027), Mr. Harashkumar V T, (20PHD0444) and Mr. Unnikrishnan B, JRF, (22PHD0475)

Total Cost: 2 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore Duration: 2024 -2025

Mr. Harsh Kumar V T (20PHD0444) had been selected for International Internship Pilot Program (IIPP) as a scholar fellow for a period of 3 months from October 2023 to December 2023 at WML lab, Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.

Mr. Janarthanan V (22PHD0389) has also undergone an International Internship Pilot Program (IIPP) and worked on 3D cell culture models for the study of cancer metabolism in PDAC tumours, under Dr. Ching-Feng Chiu, Taipei Medical University (TMU)

Sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan.

Peptide-conjugated drug delivery for targeting Breast cancer stem cells. Cancer Hackathon conducted by Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Startup TN.

Total Cost: 0.25 lakhs Funding Agency: Karpagam Academy of Higher Education Duration: 2023 -2023

Low-cost, Portable, Peroxidase-Active, Visual Read-out Cytosensors for the Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells. Student Startup Venture 1st Edition-October 2022 - Dhanashree Murugan (19PHD0027), Janarthanan Venkatesan (22PHD0389), Shobana S (22PHD0208)

Total Cost: 0.4 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore Duration: 2022 -2023

Faculty Achievements:

Faculty Startup Venture (FSV) – VIT Vellore

2024

ICMR Investigator-Initiated Research - Small Extramural Grants Research Grant

2024

BRNS Coordinated Research Project (CRP) – Research Grant

2022

DST-SERB-Core Research Grant Duration, DST – INDIA

2020

VIT Seed Grant, VIT Vellore

2020

VIT Seed Grant, VIT Vellore

2019

DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship, DBT India

2019

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016- European Commission), University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain

2016

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Postdoctoral Fellow, Switzerland

2014

CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF). New Delhi, India

2012

Best Poster Award and Cash Award at the Asian Conference on Coordiation Chemistry (ACCC3), IIT Kanpur, India, October 17-20, 2011.

2011

Best Poster Award at the Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SaBIC) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, Nov 2-7, 2009.

2009

Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry, (ICCC) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, March 19 – 21, 2009

2009