Professor

• Sonochemistry
• Microwave irradiation
• Kinetics
• Polymerization
• Catalysis

• Ionic Liquids
• Solar Cells
• Materials
• Multi-site Phase Transfer Catalysis
• Mass Transfer

• Post Doctoral Fellowship (2009-2012),Taiwan

• Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M L.; Sonocatalysed Synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile under Controlled Reaction Conditions, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 18 (2011), 1241–1248.
• • Vivekanand, P. A.; Balakrishnan, T; Synthesis, Characterization of Novel Multi-site Phase Transfer Catalyst and the Kinetic study of Intramolecular Cycloalkylation of Indene, Applied Catalysis A: General, 364, (2009), 27-34.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Balakrishnan, T. Kinetics of Dichlorocyclopropanation of Vinylcyclohexane Catalyzed by a New Multi-site Phase Transfer Catalyst, Catalysis Communication,10, (2009), 687-692.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Balakrishnan, T; Superior Catalytic Efficiency of a New Multi-site Phase Transfer Catalyst in the C-Alkylation of Dimedone - A Kinetic Study, Catalysis Communication, 10, (2009), 1371-1375.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Balakrishnan, T; Evaluation of Catalytic Efficiency of a Triple-site Phase Transfer Catalyst and the Kinetics of Dichlorocarbene Addition to 5-Vinyl-2-norbornene, Catalysis Communication, 10, (2009), 1962-1966.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Balakrishnan, T; Catalytic Potential of a New Polymer-Anchored Multisite Phase Transfer Catalyst in the Dichlorocarbene Addition to Indene, Catalysis Letters, 131, (2009), 587-596.
  • Wang, M L. ; Vivekanand, P. A.; Hydrolysis of 4-Methoxyphenylacetic acid Butyl Ester under Liquid-Liquid Biphasic Phase Transfer Condition and their Kinetics, Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 18 (2011), 1241–1248.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M.L. ; An Efficient Recyclable Polymer Supported bis-quaternary Onium Phase Transfer Catalyst for the Synthesis of Dihalocyclopropyl Derivatives at Low Alkaline Concentration- Comparative Kinetic Aspects, Catalysis Communications, 22 (2012) 6-12.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M L.; Ultrasound assisted N-alkylation of Phthalimide under Phase-Transfer Catalysis Conditions and their Kinetics, Chemical Engineering Communications, 2012, 199,12,1652-1667 .
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M.L.; Yu, M.C. ; Synthesis of Butyl 2-(4-methoxyphenyl) acetate in Biphasic System using Low Concentration of Potassium Hydroxide - Kinetic Aspects, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineers, 2013, 8,3, 346-353.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M.L. Yu, M.C. ; Simultaneous Hydrolysis Reaction During the Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Synthesis of Butyl 2-(4-methoxyphenyl) acetate in Oil-water Bi-phase System, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2012, 85 (9), pp. 976–982.
  • Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M L, Hsieh,Y.M.,; Sonolytic and Silent Polymerization of Methacrlyic Acid Butyl Ester Catalyzed by a New Onium Salt with bis-Active Sites in a Biphasic System — A Comparative Investigation, Molecules, 2013, 18, 2419-2437.
  • T.Annamalai , P.A.Vivekanand, A.A.M. Prince, Novel solution for oral diseases using Indian Medicinal plant Manilkara hexandra Roxb , Material Today Proceedings Journal, 2020(Accepted)
  • P.A. Vivekanand, T.K.S.Fayaz S.Harikumar , ,P.Kamaraj, Enhanced Catalytic Activity of New Di-Site Onium Salt in the Kinetics of α-Tolunitrile Monoalkylation, Material Today Proceedings Journal, 2020(Accepted)
• A Comparative analysis of PESC and PPSC copolyesters: Insights into viscosity, thermal behavior, crystallinity, and biodegradability Kesavan, A., Rajakumar, T., ,P.A.Vivekanand, ...Wong, L.S., Kayarohanam, S. Heliyon, 2024, 10(2), e24728
• Efficient photocatalytic degradation of water pollutant Brufen using lutetium doped cerium oxide nanoparticles synthesized by chemical precipitation method Keerthana, M., Malini, T.P. ,P.A.Vivekanand, ...Almansour, A.I., Perumal, K. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers., 2023, 105118
• Environmentally friendly synthesis and computational studies of novel class of acridinedione integrated spirothiopyrrolizidines/indolizidines Raju, R., Raghunathan, R., Arumugam, N., P.A.Vivekanand ...Solomon, R.V., Perumal, K. Green Processing and Synthesis,2023, 12(1), 20230036
• Ultrasonic assisted synthesis of RGO supported HoVO₄-ZnO nanocomposites, their enhanced photocatalytic activities and Rhodamine B degradation Thirupugazhmani, V., Shameena, S., Thirumalai, K., P.A.Vivekanand,  Alaqeel, S.I., Environmental Research., 2022, 214, 113743

• Vivekanand, P. A; Wang, M L.; "Recent Strategies in Phase Transfer Catalysis and Its Application in Organic Reactions" in the book entitled “Homogeneous Catalysts: Types, Reactions and Applications”, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, 2010 (Invited Chapter, ISBN: 978-1-61122-894-6).
• Vivekanand, P. A; Wang, M L.; “Multi-site Phase Transfer Catalysis: Concepts and Application” in the book entitled “Catalysis: Principles, Types and Applications”, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, 2010(Invited Chapter, ISBN: 978-1-61209-654-4).
• Vivekanand, P. A; Wang, M L.; “Role of Mass Transfer in Phase Transfer Catalysis Heterogeneous Reaction Systems” in the book entitled “Mass Transfer-Advanced Aspects”, InTech Publishers, Croatia, 2011 (Invited Chapter, ISBN: 978-953-307-977-6).
• Vivekanand, P. A; Wang, M L.; “Recent strategies in organic reactions catalyzed by phase transfer catalysts and analyzed by gas chromatography” in the book entitled “Applications of Gas Chromatography”, InTech Publishers, Croatia, 2012 (Invited Chapter, ISBN 978-953-308-128-1).
• P. A. Vivekanand, P.Kamaraj, Book on Recent Advances In Chalcone Chemistry, NXpress Press, 2020(ISBN: 9781648998515).
• P.Kamaraj, R.Vennila, M.Sridharan, P.A.Vivekanand, “Super capacitance of metal oxide nanoparticles” in Handbook of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications, 2020, Springer(Invited Chapter, Accepted).

• Balakrishnan, T; Vivekanand, P. A. International Symposium on Chemical Education and Research (ISCER) Jan 04-07, 2004, Loyola College, Chennai.
• Balakrishnan, T; Vivekanand, P. A. ACS-CSIR Joint International Conference on Building Bridges, Forging Bonds for 21st Century Organic Chemistry and Chemical      Biology (ACS CSIR OCCB 2006 ) Jan 06-09, 2006 held in NCL, Pune, India.
• Balakrishnan, T; Vivekanand, P. A. Fifth CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry Feb 07-09, 2003, CLRI, Chennai-600 025.
• Balakrishnan, T; Vivekanand, P. A. Sixth CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry Feb 06-08, 2004, Department of Chemistry IIT, Kanpur-208061.
• Balakrishnan, T; Vivekanand, P. A. Seventh CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, Feb 04-06, 2005, Kolkatta-700 032.
• Vivekanand, P. A. State level seminar on “Recent trends in chemistry”, Jan 25th, 2006, The New college, Chennai-600 014.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M. L; Sonocatalyzed Synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile under Controlled Reaction Conditions: A Kinetic Study. 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, (2011), I+EC-66. Publisher: American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; Wang, M. L.; N-alkylation of Phthalimide under Ultrasound assisted Phase-Transfer Catalysis Conditions and their Kinetics; 242nd ACS National        Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012; Publisher: American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; One Day Seminar on Chromatographic Techniques by Aglinet Technologies, on 14th January 2018, at Hotel Hilton, Guindy, Chennai.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; UGC sponsored National Seminar on Modern Trends in
• Chemical Sciences organized by Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam,Chennai-35 on 29th January, 2018 .
• Vivekanand, P. A.; One Day Seminar on Thermo GC MS &GC MS MS Systems organized by Thermofischer Scientific, on May 10th 2018 at Hotel Hyatt     Regency,Chennai ,India.
• Two week FDP- ISTE STTP on Environmental Studies organized by MHRD, IIT Mumbai from 2nd June to 12th June,2015
• FDP on Teaching Methodologies organized by Vels University, Chennai on 3rd June, 2016
• FDP on Skill Development in Research, Projects and Patent Filing organized by Department of Science and Humanities, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai on    17th February 2018
• FDP on Designing Research projects, Proposal writing, Grants and Funding Agencies organized by Department of Information Technology, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai from 26th to 27th April 2018.
• FDP on Foundation Program in ICT for Education (FDP101x) organized by IIT-Mumbai from March 8th to April 12 th 2018
• FDP on Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching- Learning Process (FDP201x) organized by IIT-Mumbai from May 3rd to 31st May 2018.
• FDP on Teaching Learning Methodologies organized by IIT-Chennai from 7th May to 9th May 2018.
• One Week FDP on Biopolymers and Biocomposites organized by Centre for Faculty Development, Anna University, Chennai from June 4th to June 10th ,2018.
• FDP on Research Methodology- Tools and Techniques in Engineering,
• Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saveetha engineering college,
• Chennai , 26 - 27 Nov 2018.

 

• Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles and conducting nanobiocomposites using plant sources
• Synthesis of Highly active phase transfer catalysts and their application in carbene reactions

• Novel  large scale synthesis of Bi₂S₃ nano rods–graphene composite for photocatalytic activities

Name of the College	Designation	Joining Date	Relieving Date	Experience
				Years	Months	Days
Saveetha Engineering College,Chennai	Professor	14.12.17	-	2	10	0
Vels University,Chennai	Head & Associate Professor	2.8.12	30.6.17	4	11
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology,Chennai	Lecturer	20.08.08	23.08.09		9
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Madras,Chennai	TNJRF	19.6.03	18.6.06	3	0

Name of the Organisation	Designation	Nature of Work	Experience
			Years	Months	Days
Hungkhuang Dasa University,Taiwan	Post Doctoral Fellow	Research	3	3
Sree Synergic Lab,Chennai-60	Manager	QC	1	9	18

• Anna University, Chennai
• VISTAS,Chennai

Sl. No.	Name of Designation / Project	Funding Agency	Year
1	Principal Investigator/ Project titled "Synthesis, characterization of novel  onium salts and their applications in  organic reactions – A kinetic study".	DST SERB –EMR	2019-21

• Vivekanand, P. A.; Sonocatalyzed Synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile under Controlled Reaction Conditions: A Kinetic Study. 241^st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, (2011),     I+EC-66.  Publisher: American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; N-alkylation of Phthalimide under Ultrasound assisted Phase-Transfer Catalysis Conditions and their Kinetics; 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012; Publisher: American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; One Day Seminar on Chromatographic Techniques by Aglinet Technologies, on 14th January 2018, at Hotel Hilton, Guindy, Chennai.
• Vivekanand, P. A.; UGC sponsored National Seminar on Modern Trends in Chemical Sciences organized by Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam,Chennai-35 on 29th January, 2018 .

Sl. No.	Name of Award / Recognition	Awarding Agency	Year
1	SERB-EMR Project	DST	2019
2	PDF	NSC-Taiwan	2009-2012
3	Best Researcher	Who's Who in Science and Engineering.	2010

• Delivered a Special Talk on Recent findings in homogeneous catalysis at “International Conference on Advanced Materials for energy and environmental applications-2020” held at BIHER,Chennai on 3^rd  and 4^th December 2020
• Delivered a Invited Talk on new ingenious technologies and catalysis at “National Conference on Advances in Materials and Methods of Chemistry-2019” held at BIHER,Chennai on 21.12.2019

• Session Chair at International Conference On Advances In Chemistry With Specific Reference To Catalysis, Sensors, Drug Delivery And Energy Materials held at Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Madras,Chennai-25 on January 09th & 10th, 2020
• Session Chair at International Conference on Advanced Materials for energy and environmental applications-2020 held at BIHER,Chennai on 3^rd and 4^th December 2020
• Session Chair at National Conference on Advances in Materials and Methods of Chemistry-2019 held at BIHER,Chennai on 21.12.2019

• American Chemical Society
• International Association of Innovation Professionals
• Member of the International Association of Engineers

• Convener, National Conference on Chemistry and Materials(2019)
• SERB-EMR Project Approved(2019-2021)
• The Coordinator, DST-INSPIRE Programme(2017-2018)
• Organizing Secretary, National Conference on Solid Phase Organic Synthesis(2015)
• NSC, Govt. of Taiwan, Research Fellowship (2009 – 2012).
• Reviewer for leading international journals (2008 - Till Date)
• Included in the 2010-2011 (13^th) Edition of Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.