Name	Dr.S. SANTHA LAKSHMI
Educational Qualification	M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Experience	18 Years
Designation	Assistant Professor
Field of Specialization	Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry
Research Experience	10 years
Research Supervision ·         Ph.D ·         M.Phil	- Guided: 15; Guiding:1
Research Projects	UGC funded-Minor Project- (2014-2015), Rs.4,50,000
No. of paper Publications	19
No of Papers Presented	Oral Presentation-11 Poster Presentation-2
No. of Papers under preparation	2
No. of Abstracts in Conference proceedings	23
No. of Books/Book chapter	Nil
Academic Responsibilities	UGC cell, Coordinator Vice-President, College union and its allied associations
Participation in Extension activities	NSS Programme Officer (June 2013 – June 2016)
Membership in Professional and other bodies	Executive member of RUSAC. Treasurer-Alumnae Association of DKMC.
Honours and Awards received	5th Rank in Madras University for M.Sc., Chemistry (1996) 18th Rank in Madras University for B.Sc., Chemistry (1993) Tmt. Hamsaveni Endowment prize from Muthurangam Govt. Arts College, Vellore. Thiru. Kuppusamy endowment from Muthurangam Govt. Arts College, Vellore. Passed CSIR-UGC/NET in Dec.1999.
Any other information	Admission committee member Examiner in UG chemistry, practical and theory

On-going/ completed faculty research projects Sponsored Minor Research Project on the topic, “”, from 27.03.2014 to 26.03.2016 for the amount.

S. No	Name of the staff	Title of the project	Amount sanctioned (Rs.)	Funding Agency	Status
1.	Dr.S.Santha Lakshmi	Synthesis, characterisation, crystal structure antimicrobial and larvicidal studies of new ternary Schiff base transition metal complexes derived from an aliphatic chelating diamine	4,50,000/-	UGC	Completed

Honours and Awards

S.No	Name	Year	Type of Honours / Awards	Name of the Institution Inducted the award
	Dr. S.Santha Lakshmi	1999	Tmt. Hamsaveni Endowment prize. Thiru. Kuppusamy endowment	Muthurangam Govt. Arts College, Vellore

Research Papers Published in Referred Journals

1. S. Santha lakshmi, M. Gayathri and P N. Sudha, “Study on removal of chromium(VI)  from aqueous solution using sulphonated black rice husk ash and sulphonated white rice husk ash”, Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 2008, 7(4), 733-736,  ISSN: 0972-6268.
2. S.Syed Tajudeen, S.Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha, “Studies on antimicrobial activity of some hydrazones and its copper complexes”, Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2010, 3(11), 2759-2760, ISSN: 0974-6943
3. R.Suganthi, S.Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha and Abdul Rahman, “Syntheses, spectral characterisation, antibacterial and larvicidal studies of some transition metal complexes derived form tetradentate Schiff base ligands”,  Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2011, 4(12), 4574-4576, ISSN: 0974-6943
4. S.Santha Lakshmi, S. Syed Tajudeen and Kannappan Geetha, “Studies on antimicrobial activities of Schiff base complexes derived from Dapsone”, Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2011, 4(5), 1531-1532, ISSN: 0974-6943.
5. B. Rizwana and S.Santha Lakshmi, “Syntheses, characterisation and antimicrobial studies of Zn(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes of a Schiff base derived from o-Vanillin and N-allyl thiourea”, International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.4, No.1, 464-473, January-March 2012-12-09, ISSN : 0974-4290.
6. Santha Lakshmi Sundaramurthy, S. Manoranjitham and Geetha Kannappan, “Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and crystal structure of (N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine)di (p-hydroxybenzoato) copper (II)” International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 11(2), 2013, 1064-1074: ISSN 0972-768X.
7. Badma Priya D,  Santha Lakshmi S, “Synthesis, spectral and antimicrobial investigation of some ternary Schiff base transition metal complexes”,  International Journal of ChemTech Research,  ISSN : 0974-4290.
8. Kannappan Geetha and Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi. Synthesis, Characterisation and Antimicrobial studies of Dinuclear copper(II) complexes derived from Pentadentate Schiff base ligand, Research Journal of Chemical Sciences, Vol. 4(3), 68-75, March (2014), ISSN 2231-606X.
9. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi and Srinivasan Samundeeswari, Synthesis, Characterisation, Crystal Structure, and Antimicrobial and Larvicidal Studies of [Cu(2,2’-bipy)2SO4]·3CH4N2O·2H2O, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 2015, Article ID 478380, 5 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/478380.
10. Saranya and Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, In vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial and larvicidal studies of schiff basetransition metal complexes, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2015, 7(4):180-186, ISSN : 0975-7384.
11. Gowri and Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Synthesis, Characterization And Antimicrobial Studies Of Ternary Schiff Base Transition Metal(II) Complexes, International Journal Of Frontiers In Science And Technology, Jan-Mar-2015, Volume 3Issue 1, 25-35, ISSN 2321 – 0494.
12. Saranya, Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, P. Mahadevi and G. Logesh, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2015, 7(7):851-858, ISSN : 0975-7384.
13. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi and Kannappan Geetha, “Synthesis, characterization and biological studies of tridentate amino acid (L-tryptophan) Schiff base transition metal complexes” Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2016, 8(1):668-674
14. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha and Seenuvasakumaran, “Synthesis, spectral and biological characterization of Schiff base transition metal complexes derived from L-tyrosine” Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2016, 8(3):823-830.
15. Manoranjitham, S. Santha Lakshmi and Kannappan Geetha, Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial studies of a pentadentate Schiff base ligand and its Copper (II) complexes Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2016, 8(3):967-973.
16. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha, M. Gayathri and Ganesh Shanmugam, “Synthesis, crystal structures, spectroscopic characterization and in vitro antidiabetic studies of new Schiff base Copper(II) complexes”, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 128, No. 7, July 2016, pp. 1095–1102.
17. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha and P. Mahadevi, “Tridentate Schiff base (ONO) transition metal complexes: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic and larvicidal studies”, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 128, No. 7, July 2016, pp. 1113–1118.
18. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Kannappan Geetha, Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Characterization of Ternary Copper(II) Complex Derived from N-(salicylidene)-L-valine, Journal of Crystallography, Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 6078543, 4 pages.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6078543.
19. Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, Geetha & J. Saranya, “Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation and in vitro biological studies of Schiff base transition metal (II) complexes”, International Journal of Applied and Advanced Scientific Research (IJAASR), Volume 1, Issue 2, 2016, ISSN (Online): 2456 – 3080.

Papers Published in Proceedings:

 

1. Rangalaksmi, J. Saranya, Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi , “Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activities of some ternary Schiff base transition metal complexes”, UGC sponsored National Conference on “Recent trends in Chemistry (RRTC-14)”, organized by Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem college, Melvisharam on 25^th & 26^th September 2014. ISBN 978-93-80624-98-3.
2. G. Gowri, Sundaramurthy Santha Lakshmi, “Synthesis, Characterization And Antimicrobial Studies Of Ternary Schiff Base Transition Metal(II) Complexes”, National Conference on “National conference on Frontiers in Chemistry and Environment-2015 (NCFCE-2015)”, organized by Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem college of engineering and technology, Melvisharam on 27^th & 28^th March 2015. ISBN 978-93-80624-98-3.

Seminar / Symposia / Conference / Workshop presented

1. Presented a paper in National Level Seminar on “Pinnacles in Biochemistry”, organized by Department of Biochemistry at Auxilium College, Vellore on 21.10.2005 (Oral).Title: The role of siddha medicine Annabethi Senduram in treating anaemia – A clinical study.
2. Presented a paper in International Conference on “Recent Advancements in Chemistry”, organized by Department of Chemistry, Auxilium College, Vellore on 5^th & 6^th January 2006 (Oral).Title:  A comparative study of Cr(VI) adsorption by SWRHA an SBRHA using UV-Visible Spectroscopy.
3. Analysis on Curcuminoids-Antioxidant Phyto nutrient in Curcuma Longaby HPLC.
4. Presented a paper in National Level Colloquium on “Current Forum in Microbiology”, organized by Department of Microbiology, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 31^st January and 1^st February 2007 (Oral).Title: Study of antimicrobial activity of newly synthesized polymeric copper(II) complex
5. Presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on “Recent Advancements in Polymer Chemistry and Nanotechnology”, organised by the Department of Chemistry D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore from 12.09.2008 to 13.09.2008. (Oral).Title: Synthesis and characterisation of a polymeric copper(II) complex.
6. Presented a paper in the National Conference on “Interplay of Biological and Chemical Sciences” [NCIBSC], organised by the Department of Zoology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore between 6^th and 8^th January 2010 (Oral).Title: Synthesis, spectral characterisation and antimicrobial studies of novel copper(II) complex derived from Schiff base ligand.
7. Presented a paper in UGC-SAP-DRS sponsored National Conference on “Current Trends in Chemistry”, organised by the Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on 2^nd and 3^rd December 2010 (Poster).
8. Presented and published abstracts in National Conference on “Application of Analytical Tools in Chemical and Biological Sciences”, organised by Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 08.01.11.Title: 1. Synthesis, characterisation and biological activity of copper(II) complex derived from Schiff base ligand.
9. Synthesis and characterisation of copper(II) complex derived from tetradentate Schiff base ligand.                  Presented a paper in the National Seminar sponsored by CRSI, DST, CSIR & UGC on ‘Novel Synthetic and Computational Strategies in Chemical Sciences’ organised by Department of Chemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar from 28.03.2011 to 29.03.2011 (Poster).Title: Conventional and green synthesis of mono nuclear copper (II) complex of chelating diamine
10. Presented a paper on the topic “Synthesis and characterisation of dicopper(II) Schiff base benzoate complex”, Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Conference, on ‘Frontiers In Spectroscopy’, held at Govt. Arts College, Tiruvannamalai on ^2nd and 3^rd April 2012 (Oral). Presented two paper in UGC-Autonomous funded II-National Conference on ‘Application of Analytical Tools in Chemical and Biological Sciences’, organised by Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College, Vellore on 4^th & 5^th October 2013 (Oral).Title: 1. Synthesis, spectral and antimicrobial investigation of some ternary Schiff base transition metal complexes.2.Synthesis, spectral and antimicrobial investigation of some ternary transition metal complexes derived from Schiff base of L-cysteine.
11. Presented a paper and own II-Prize in 5^th National Level Seminar on “Emerging Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR) and Extensively Drug Resistant (XRD) Microbes”, organized by Department of Microbiology, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 10.01.2014 (Oral).Title: Synthesis, characterisation, antimicrobial and larvicidal activities of Schiff base copper (II) complex derived from 2, 6- diaminopyridine
12. Presented a paper in National Conference on “Frontiers in Chemistry and Environment”, organized by Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem college of Engineering and technology, Melvisharam on 27^th & 28^th March 2015 (Oral).Title: Synthesis, Characterization And Antimicrobial Studies Of Ternary Schiff Base Transition Metal(II) Complexes
13. Presented a paper in National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Chemistry and Materials”, organized by Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkkadu, Vellore on 9^th & 10^th April 2015 (Poster).Title: Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structure of ternary chiral   mononuclear copper(II) complexes
14. Presented a paper in UGC, DS, TNSCST sponsored Indian National Conference on “Development in Inorganic Applications (INDIA-2015)”, organized by Department of Chemistry, School of physical sciences, Periyar University, Salem on 15^th & 16^th October 2015 (Oral).Title: Synthesis, characterisation and biological studies of tridentate Schiff base transition metal complexes
15. Presented a paper in National Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS), organized by Department of Chemistry, Muthurangam Government Arts College, Vellore on 05.02.2016 (Oral).Title:  Tridentate Schiff base (ONO) transition metal complexes: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic and biological studies.

Seminar / Symposia / Conference / Workshop

1. Participated in one day workshop on Instrumental Methods of Analysis Jointly organized by VITCA, TBI and RUSAC on 05.02.2005 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.
2. Participated on UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “The new vistas in spectroscopic techniques”, organized by Department of Chemistry, Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi on 20^th and 21^st August 2005.
3. Participated in National Level Symposium on “Recent trends in Biosciences”, organized by School of Bioengineering and Bioscience at Vellore Institute of Technology Deemed University, Vellore on 30.09.2005 & 01.10.2005.
4. Participated in II-National Symposium on “Eke-Lore-Diabetelogia”, organized by Intersociety of Biochemistry & Nutrition, at D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 20^th January 2006.
5. Participated and published an abstract in National Conference on “Energy and Environment”, organized by Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 17.02.2007.Title: Study on the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution by sulphonated Ficus religiosa ash (SFRA)
6. Participated in III Annual National Symposium On ‘Cancer Today – 07’, conducted by Department of Biochemistry & Nutrition at D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 19.02.07.
7. Participated in IV Annual National Symposium On ‘Renal Disorder – 08’, conducted by Department of Biochemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 19.02.08.
8. Participated in National Level Symposium on ‘Recent Trends in Biotechnology And Its Career Opportunities’, conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 08.01.09.
9. Participated in International Conference on ‘Recent Research Trends in Chemical Science’, organised by VIT, Vellore on 02.10.2009 to 06.10.2009.
10. Attended ‘Indian Herbal Conference -2010 Chennai’, organised by Cholayil, Chennai at Cholayil Medicinal Plants, Conservation Park, Velagapuram Village, Chennai on 12-2-2010.
11. Participated in State Level Colloquium on ‘Nano Materials – Synthesis, Characterization and Applications’, organised by Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 22-3-2010.
12. Participated in National Conference on ‘Empowering of Women and Youth for a Just Social Order, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. Of India, at Voorhees College, Vellore from 25-10-2010 to 27-10-2010.
13. Participated in State Level Workshop on ‘Autonomy and Quality Management in Higher Education’,  organised by D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 04.12.10.
14. Organised State Level Colloquium on ‘Chemistry: Our Life, Our Future’, at D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 12.10.2011.
15. Participated in State Level Seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Chemistry’, organised by Department of Chemistry, Muthurangam Govt. Arts College, Vellore on 03.12.11.
16. Participated in National Seminar on ‘Enhancement of Quality In Research Publications and Recent Research in Water, Alternative Energy Resources, Materials and Health’, at Auxlium College, Vellore on 15.10.11 and 16.12.11.
17. Attended a Workshop on ‘Microscale Experiment in Chemistry’, organised by RUSAC at Auxilium College, Vellore on 15.09.2012.
18. Participated in ‘Faculty Training and Motivation and Adoption of schools and Colleges by CSIR Labs’, organised by CSIR-CLRI and IITM at CLRI Chennai on 8-10, February, 2013.
19. Participated in One day Workshop on “Examination Reforms”, funded by UGC Autonomous funded D.K.M. College for women, Vellore 04.03.2013.
20. Participated in UGC-Autonomous funded ‘Orientation and Retraining of Teachers Program’, conducted by D.K.M. College, Vellore at Pravaham, Vellore on 14^th September 2013.
21. Participated in One Day National Level Workshop on “Challenges on Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Scenario”, organized by Department of Commerce, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 20.09.2013.
22. Participated in UGC Autonomous funded One day National Seminar on ‘Advances in Life Sciences’, organised by Department of Zoology, D.K.M. College, Vellore on 1^st October 2013.
23. UGC Autonomous Funded One day Workshop in Commemoration with UGC Diamond Jubilee Celebration on “Need for Examination Reforms in Autonomous Colleges”, organized by D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 22.01.2014.
24. Participated in Faculty development programme organised by D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 23.08.2014.
25. Participated and published a paper in UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Research Trends in Chemistry”, organised by Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam on 25 & 26.09.2014.Title: Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activities of some ternary Schiff base transition metal complexes.
26. Participated in UGC sponsored National conference on “Bio prospecting – Discover of natural bioactive molecules”, Organized by Department of Zoology, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 9 & 10.10.2014
27. Participated in UGC sponsored National Conference on “Recent Advances in Nanosciences”, organized by Department of Chemistry, Auxilium College on 21^st & 22^nd November 2014.
28. Participated in UGC sponsored National Level workshop on “Quality Assurance in Autonomous Colleges: Through IQAC” organized by D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore on 29^th & 30^th November 2014.
29. Published an abstract in DST, UGC sponsored International Conference on “Recent trends in Analytical Chemistry (ICORTAC-2015), organized by Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai in association with Indian Society of Analytical Scientists-Chennai chapter Royal Society of Chemistry-South India Section on 28-30, December 2015.Title: Ternary transition metal complexes of tridentate (ONO) Schiff base : Synthesis, spectroscopic and biological studies.
30. Participated in UGC sponsored state level seminar on Emerging trends in Eco-friendly Polymers (ETEP) 2016, organized by PG & research department of Chemistry, Voorhees college, Vellore on 29.01.2016.