2. Date of Birth:November 7, 1939

3. Academic Qualification:  

4. Teaching Experience:
Held various positions in the capacity of lecturer, professor, principal in various   colleges and universities for a career spanning more than 45 years.
5. Research Experience:

• No.of students awarded M.Phil. degree under supervision:20

• No.of students awarded Ph.D. degree under supervision: 25

• Publications:                      National:        52

• No. of M.Sc., Projects guided:30

6. Major Projects Implemented:

• Applicability of Linear Free Energy Relationships to Naphthalene and Biphenyl Derivatives – UGC sponsored 1978 – 81
• Applicability of Linear Free Energy Relationships to 2-Phenylthiazolidines and pyrene Derivatives – CSIR sponsored .
• Depolymerization and alkylation of Neyveli Lignite – DST sponsored.
• Hydrogenation of Neyveli Lignite-UGC sponsored.
• Polymer Supported Synthesis of Peptides-UGC sponsored.

7. Membership:

• Member of Indian Chemical Society
• Member of the Association of Kineticists of India
• Member of the Indian Association of Water pollution Control
• Member of the International Group on Correlation Analysis in Chemistry, Member of the Executive to represent West Asia on the Committee on Correlation Analysis. (Elected by International Group in Belgium and Japan).
• Life member – Association for waste Management and Remediation of Environment.
• UCG Panel: UGC CHEMISTRY PANEL MEMBER during 1996 – 1999.
• NAAC Assignment: Visited Colleges in Bihar in 2004 for NAAC Accreditation.

8. Special Courses Conducted:

• Director of the All India Institute in Chemistry for College Teachers conducted at the VHNSN College, Virudhunagar in 1977.
• Faculty Member in the Summer Institutes in Chemistry conducted for College and School Teachers in Annamalai University from 1964 to 1970.

9. Seminars Organised:

• Director of the National Seminar on Linear Free Energy Relationships (Correlation Analysis) held during February 27-March 1, 1985 in Anna University, Madras.
• Organised National Seminar on Applications of Physical methods in Chemistry, Annamalai University, 1989.
• Director, National Seminar on Correlation Analysis – January 20 – 22, 1995, Annamalai University.
• Director, National Symposium on students’ projects on correlation Analysis, January 24,1996, Annamalai University.
• International Group on correlation Analysis in Chemistry has entrusted the responsibility to organise in South India, the VIII International Conference on correlation Analysis in Chemistry in January 1999, held in Chennai during 10-14, January 1999.
• Organised International Conference on Biophysical Organic and Inorganic Chemistry in  Bharath University, Chennai, Feb 7 – 11,2007.
• Organised National Seminar on Recent Renaissance in Teacher Education in Sri Krishna Engineering College, May 10-12, 2009.

10. Seminars Attended in India:

• Seminar on Physical Methods and Chemical Structure – Annamalai University.
• Seminar on Physical Methods – Venkateswara University.
• Seminar on Assessment and Pollution Control – Jawaharlal University, New Delhi.
• Seminar on Micromixing – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
• Annual Symposia in Chemistry, IIT, Madras, 1981 – 1988.
• National Seminar on Heterocyclic compounds, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, 1989.

11. Foreign Countries Visited:

• U.S.A
• Japan
• Belgium
• France
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Singapore
• China
• Korea as Visiting Professor during 1998 and 1999.
• Poland

12. Conferences attended Abroad:

• Conference on Coal Utilization-West Virgina, Morgan Town, U.S.A. 1981.
• III – Euchem International Conference on Correlation Analysis in Organic and Biological Chemistry held in Belgium during 15 – 18 July 1985.
• Pre-conference of the VIII IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry – Ksukuba, Japan, August, 1986.
• VIII-IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry – Tokyo, Japan, August 1986.
• Kyushu Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, “Zen” on Organic Reaction Mechanism, Fukuoka, Japan, September 1986.
• II- International Conference On Heteroatom Chemistry, Albany, USA, July 1989.
• V- Kyushu International Symposium On Physical Organic Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Oct.4-8, 1993.
• VII-International Conference on Correlation Analysis in Chemistry, Fukuoka, Japan, September 1-8, 1996.

13. Organisational Ability:

• Organised the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar to fetch the recognition of research Centre in Madurai Kamaraj University.
• Organised the Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Madras to Introduce M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes.
• Organised the B.Tech. Rubber Technology Course in Anna University, Madras.

14. Participation in high level discussion:

• Participated in the discussion held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Prof.Yashpal, Chairman UGC while VII plan funds allocation was made to Anna University.

15. Participation in expert committees:

• Expert in Staff Selection Committee, University of Madras, 1986.
• Expert in Staff Selection Committee in UPSC, New Delhi, 1984.
• Expert in Staff Selection Committee in Anna University, Madras from 1981 to 1988.
• Expert in Staff Selection Committee, NEERI, Nagpur, from 1981 to 1988.
• Expert in Staff Selection Committee, Directorate of Technical Education, Madras, 1981 – 1988.
• Expert in Staff Selection Committee, University of Mysore, 1995 to 1996.

16. Membership in Board of Studies:

• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry PG, Madurai Kamaraj University.
• Member of the Subcommittee of the Board of Studies in Chemistry, University of Madras.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, Anna University, Madras, 1981 -1988.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, REC, Trichy, 1986 -1988.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, St. Joseph College, Trichy, 1986.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, Gandhigram University.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.
• Member Board of Studies in Chemistry, ANJA College, Sivakasi.

17. Membership in Academic bodies:

• Member, Academic Council, Anna University, Madras, 1981 – 1988.
• Member, Academic Council, Annamalai University.
• Member Standing Committee to Academic Council, Anna University, Madras, 1984 – 1987.

18. Membership in Boards of Examiners:

• Member, board of examiners, University of Madras.
• Member, board of examiners, Anna University, Madras.
• Member, board of examiners, Madurai Kamaraj University.
• Member, board of examiners, Bharathidasan University.
• Member, board of examiners, Bharathiar University.
• Member, board of examiners, Venkateswara University.
• Member, board of examiners, Andhra University.
• Member, board of examiners, JNU, New Delhi.
• Member, board of examiners, Annamalai University.
• Member, board of examiners, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.
• Member, board of examiners, Mangalore University.
• Member, board of examiners, Mysore University.

19. Documents Prepared:

• Prepared the VI Plan Proposal of the Anna University, Madras for Science and Humanities.
• Prepared the VII Plan Proposal of the Anna University, Madras for Science and Humanities.