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About

Dr. BASKARAN, S. Dr. BASKARAN, S.

G. Aravamudan Chair Professor

Email: sbhaskar@iitm.ac.in

Phone: +91-44-2257-4218

Address: Address: CYB 208, Department of Chemistry

Biography

Baskaran obtained Ph. D in synthetic organic chemistry from IIT Kanpur in 1990 and subsequently he held postdoctoral positions at the Duesseldorf University, Germany and Harvard University, USA. Prior to joining IIT Madras in 1998, he briefly held scientist position at the Dr. Reddy’s Research Foundation, Hyderabad. His research interests are mainly focused on the development of new strategies in organic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis and stereoselective synthesis of biologically active and pharmaceutically important molecules. He is a recipient of AvH fellowship, Germany and CRSI bronze medal. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Sciences (India).

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1990 - 91 Research Associate Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
1991 - 93 Alexander von Humboldt Universitaet Duesseldorf, Research Fellow Germany (Professor M. Braun)
1993 - 95 Post Doctoral Fellow Harvard University, USA (Professor E. J. Corey) (Nobel Laureate)
1995 - 1998 Senior Scientist Dr. Reddy’s Research Foundation Hyderabad
1998 - 2003 Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2004 - 2006 Associate Professor Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2006 - 2018 Professor Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2018 - Present Institute Chair Professor Indian Institute of Technology Madras

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2022-2025-Member, Monitoring Committee for CSIR Mission Mode projects.
2021-Convener, Chennai Chapter, Indian National Science Academy.
2020-Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA).
2020-Present-G Aravamudan Chair Professor.
2018-Institute Chair Professorship
2015-2021-Associate Editor, J. Chemical Sciences
2015-19-Council Member, National Organic Symposium Trust
2015-18-Co-opted Member, PAC (Organic), SERB
2013-Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc)
2012-15-Committee Member, DST-Fast Track-Young Scientist Scheme
2010-15-National Representative, IUPAC
2008-Bronze Medal, Chemical Research Society of India.
2004-Member, American Chemical Society.
2003-Member, Chemical Research Society of India.
1991-Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY