Dr. Saranya S

 
Dr. Saranya S
B.Sc. M.Sc. PhD (Assistant Professor)
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Assistant professor, Department of chemistry, Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha

Dr. Saranya S. is Assistant Professor at the Post Graduate Department of Chemistry & Research Centre, Sanatana Dharma College. She joined the Department in 2021 with prior experience as Assistant Professor (on Contract) in St. Michael’s College, Cherthala (2016-21). She holds a Doctoral Degree in Chemistry from the University of Kerala (awarded in 2017) and a Postgraduate Degree in Applied Chemistry from Cochin University of Science And Technology, Cochin, Kerala (2011). Her research work focuses on the development of transition metal catalyzed novel methodologies. She has several research publications and papers in national and international conferences to her credit.


Academic Qualifications
M.Sc. Applied Chemistry
Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science & Technology2011

CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average): 8.5/10.0

B.Sc. Chemistry
St. Michaels College, Cherthala, University of Kerala2009

First class with distinction (95.9%) securing 4th rank at university level.

Areas of Interest
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Transition metal catalyzed novel methodologies
Awards, Scholarships
  • CSIR-LS (rank 76/637, Dec. 2010 and rank 24/784, Dec. 2011) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.
  • Kerala University 4rd rank in B.Sc. Chemistry (2009)
  • Indian Academy of Science Summer fellow in 2010
  • Higher Secondary Topper of Govt. H. S. S. for Girls, Cherthala in 2006.
  • Highest mark in SSLC examination 2004 in Alappuzha district among Govt. school students.
Total Experience

2016 june onwards (7 years)

Teaching at SDCollege Since:

29.10.2021

List of Courses Handled
  1. Physical chemistry
  2. Organic chemistry
  3. Inorganic chemistry
  4. Open course
Administrative Responsibilities
  1. Assistant coordinator
  2. Health club
  3. Department representative
  4. CLMC member
  5. Admission committee
Conferences/Seminars/Webinars - Organized
  1. Three Day Online workshop on Open Access Publishing and Reference management, 22-24 february, 2022
  2. Work shop on applications of group theory (for first semester M.Sc. chemistry students), 28 january 2023
Publications
Journals
  1. “Synthesis of Functionalized Indanes via Palladium Catalyzed Carboannulation of Diazabicyclic Olefins with o-Iodostyrenes” Eliyan Jijy; Praveen Prakash; Shreyass Saranya; Eringathodi Suresh; Kokkuvayil Vasu Radhakrishnan; Synthesis, 2013, 45, 2583-2592.
  2. “Rhodium (III)-Catalyzed Ring-Opening of Strained Olefins through C-H Activation of O- Acetyl Ketoximes: An Efficient Synthesis of trans-Functionalized Cyclopentenes and Spiro[2.4] heptanes” E. Jijy; Praveen Prakash; M. Shimi; S. Saranya; P. Preethanuj; Petri M. Pihko; Sunil Varughese; K. V. Radhakrishnan; Tetrahedron Lett., 2013, 54, 7127-7131.
  3. “Trapping the Lewis Acid Generated Transient Species from Pentafulvene Derived Diazanorbornenes with ortho-Functionalized Aryl Iodides and Aliphatic Alcohols” S. Sarath Chand,; S. Saranya; P. Preethanuj; B. P. Dhanya; E. Jijy; Praveen Prakash; B. S. Sasidhar; , Jan Szymoniak; P. V. Santhini; K. V. Radhakrishnan; Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 3045-3061.
  4. “A Facile Access to trans-3-Styryl-4-hydrazinocyclopentenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Diazanorbornenes with (Z)-β-Bromostyrenes/2,3-Dibromohydrocinnamic Acids” S. Saranya; S. Sarath Chand; Greeshma Gopalan; V. Jijitha; K. V. Radhakrishnan; Synthesis, 2018, 50, 184-192.
  5. “Lewis acid catalyzed Povarov reaction of pentafulvenes and spiro[2,4]-hepta-[4,6]-diene: An efficient access to cyclopentene fused quinolines” Shreyass Saranya; Thekke Veettil Baiju; Greeshma Gopalan; Kokkuvayil Vasu Radhakrishnan; Synth. Commun., 2018, 48, 816-829.
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Dr. Saranya S. gained research experience at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala as a Project Assistant under the supervision of Dr. K. V. Radhakrishnan.