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Dr. Sandhya R

Assistant Professor, PG Department of Chemistry

Name	Dr. Sandhya R
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	PG Department of Chemistry
Address	Vrindavanam, Pathiyoor West, Kareelakulangara P. O. Alappuzha-690572
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E-mail address	sandhyarunnithan@gmail.com
Academic qualifications	MSc, MPhil, BEd, PhD
Area of Interest/ Specialisation	Organic Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry
Area of Research	Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocyclic Compounds
Major/Minor Research Projects
Minor Research Project entitled “Synthesis and Evaluation of Some Highly Substituted Indoles”, funded by UGC during 2014-2015
Responsibilities Undertaken
Class Tutor BSc Industrial Chemistry 2014-2016 (NSS College Ottapalam) Class Tutor BSc Generall Chemistry 2016-2017 (NSS College Ottapalam) Class Tutor BSc Chemistry 2019-2022 Class Tutor BSc Chemistry 2022-2025 Admission Committee Member CBCSS Sports Club Member WWS mentor Executive member of Women’s Study Unit, NSS College Pandalam
Publications – Books/Chapters/Journals
(2-tert-Butyl-3-phenyl-2, 3-dihydroisoxazole-4, 5-diyl) bis-(phenylmethanone), R. Sandhya, M. Sithambaresan, S. Prathapan and M. R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1284–o1285. [2-Benzyl-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-2, 3-dihydro-1, 2-oxazole-4, 5-di-yl]bis (phenylmethanone), R. Sandhya, M. Sithambaresan and M. R. Prathapachandra Kurup Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, o354–o355 Diverse reactivity of nitrones towards electron deficient acetylenes, Sandhya Radhamani, Rakesh Natarajan, Peruparampil A. Unnikrishnan, Sreedharan Prathapan and John P. Rappai New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 5580--5588. A New Method for the Synthesis of 3-Substituted Indoles, Rakesh Natarajan John P. Rappai Peruparampil A. Unnikrishnan Sandhya Radhamani and Sreedharan Prathapan Synlett 2015, 26, 2467–2471. Metal-free synthesis of highly substituted quinolines under mild conditions. Rakesh Natarajan, Peruparambil A. Unnikrishnan, Sandhya Radhamani, John P. Rappai, Sreedharan Prathapan. Tetrahedron Letters 57 (2016) 2981–2984
Papers presented in Seminars / Conferences
1,3-dipolar Cycloaddition leading to isoxazoline’ R. Sandhya, P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. PrathapaninInternational Conference on Materials for the New Millennium (MATCON-2010) ‘Novel Cycloaddition Reaction between Nitrone and Electron Deficient Acetylenes’ R. Sandhya, P. R. John, P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. Prathapanin National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry (CTriC)2012 ‘Rearrangement and Cyclization of Isoxazoline to some Biologically Acive Compounds’ R. Sandhya, P. R. John, P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. Prathapanin National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry (CTriC)2013 ‘Synthesis of Indole derivative by the reaction of Nitrone with Electron Deficient Acetylene’ R. Sandhya, N. Rakesh, P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. Prathapanin National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry (CTriC)2014 ‘A Novel Route to Highly Substituted Pyrroles’ R. Sandhya, P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. PrathapaninInternational Conference on Materials for the New Millennium (MATCON-2016) Presented a poster in the National Seminar on ‘Green Approaches Towards Chemical Synthesis’ (GACS-2019) organized by Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, St. Gregorios College, Kottarakkara
Courses & Workshops attended
Participated in National Conference ‘Current Trends in Chemistry’ (CTriC-2011) organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology Participated in the National Conference ‘Recent Trends in Organic Synthesis-2011 Organized by School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli Participated in the National Workshop on ‘Perspectives in Organic Synthesis’ held at Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology on February 2015 Participated in the National Workshop on Micro Analysis ‘Chemistry in Capillaries’ organized by the research and Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, St. Thomas College (Autonomous) on July 2015. Participated in the National Seminar on ‘ Recent Advances in Chemistry’ organized by the Department of Chemistry, Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad on December 2016. UGC- Sponsored Orientation Programme at UGC-HRDC Kannur University from 24-01-2018 to 20-02-2018 UGC- Sponsored Refresher Programme at UGC-HRDC Kerala University from 21-11-2019 to 04-12-2019 Short Term Course in Quality Science Education in India in the 21th Century in Online Mode organized by S. G. T. B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi in association with PMMMNTT of Ministry of Education and Christ College Irinjalakkuda from 03-11-2020 to 09-11-2020 Swayam MOOC Course (Online Refresher Course in Chemistry for Higher Education) (ARPIT-2020) organized by S. G. T. B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi in association with AICTE-UGC from 01-12-2020 to 31-03-2021 UGC- Sponsored Short Term Course in Disaster Management at UGC-HRDC Kerala University from 04-11-2022 to 10-11-2022 UGC- Sponsored Short Term Course in Student Counselling and Mentoring at UGC-HRDC Kerala University from 31-01-2023 to 06-02-2023
Achievements year wise
Assistant Professor in Collegiate Education under NSS Management 2014 CSIR- JRF 2008

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