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