Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Science,Department of Chemistry, Varanasi

Dr. Vellaichamy Ganesan

Associate Professor
Ph D (Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu)
Contact Information:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, UP, India.
Phone: +91-542-6701609, Mobile.: +91-9452072138
Fax: +91-542-2368175, Email: [email protected]

Academic Qualifications:

S. No.	Degree	Institution	Year
1.	B.Sc.	Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu	1992
2.	M.Sc.	Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu	1994
3.	Ph. D.	Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu	2000

Area of specialization:

Analytical chemistry, Electroanalysis, Electrocatalysis, Metal nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Ion exchange voltammetry, Electrochemical sensors, Interfacial electrochemistry, Spectroelectrochemistry, Photocatalysis and Photo induced electron transfer reactions.

Projects Undertaken as PI/ Co PI:

Sponsoring Agency	Title of project	Amount of grant	Period	Co-investigators
CSIR, India	Hydrodynamic voltammetry and electrocatalytic applications of novel electrochemical sensing platforms	Rs. 15 Lakhs	2013- 2016	Nil
UGC, India	Ion exchange voltammetry as a versatile technique for selective determination of target analytes using novel organic polymers and functionalized clay materials	Rs. 11 Lakhs	2013- 2016	Nil
DST, India	Electrocatalysis using organic-inorganic hybrid silica films modified electrodes	Rs. 19 Lakhs	2007-2011	Nil
CSIR, India	Photoinduced electron transfer reactions in novel silica-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials	Rs. 12 Lakhs	2007-2011	Nil

Awards/ Recognitions if any:

Commonwealth Academic Fellowship (Jan 05- April 04, 2015)

Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Fellow, St. Louis University, St. Louis, USA (2010)

INSA-Visiting research fellow (2007) (not taken up)

Postdoctoral fellowship, Universit� Henri Poincar�, Nancy, France (2002)

Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA (2000)

List of 10 major Publications: (in order of importance):

S.No.	Authors	Title	Name of the Journal	Vol-ume	Year	Page no.
1.	V. Ganesan, S. V. Rosakha, and J. K. Kochi	Isolation of the latent precursor complex in electron-transfer dynamics: Intermolecular association and self-exchange with acceptor anion radicals.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	125	2003	2559-2571
2.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Efficient sensing of nitrite by Fe(bpy)₃²⁺ immobilized Nafion modified electrodes.	Chemical Communications	46	2010	6156-6158
3.	V. Ganesan and A. Walcarius	Surfactant templated sulfonic acid functionalized silica microspheres as efficient ion exchangers and electrode modifiers.	Langmuir	20	2004	3632-3640
4.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Zinc phthalocyanine and silver /gold nanoparticles incorporated MCM-41 type materials as electrode modifiers.	Langmuir	25	2009	13264-13272
5.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	Extrazeolite electron transfer at zeolite encapsulated polypyridyl metal complexes coated electrode.	Langmuir	14	1998	2497-2501
6.	A. Walcarius and V. Ganesan	Ion-exchange properties and electrochemical characterization of quaternary ammonium-functionalized silica microspheres obtained by the surfactant templated route.	Langmuir	22	2006	469-477
7.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Electrochemical determination of nitrite using silver nanoparticles modified electrode	Analyst	135	2010	2711-2716
8	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi	A promising electrochemical sensing platform based on silver nanoparticles decorated copolymer for sensitive nitrite determination	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	2	2014	933-943
9.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Determination of hydrazine by polyNi(II) complex modified electrodes with a wide linear calibration range	Electrochimica Acta	56	2011	5766-5770
10.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Effect of silver nanoelectrode ensembles on the electrocatalytic reduction of NO₂^- by zinc phthalocyanine	Electrochimica Acta	55	2010	4071-4077

Full List of Publications:

S.No.	Authors	Title	Name of the Journal	Vol-ume	Year	Page no.
39.	P.K. Sonkar, V. Ganesan* and V. Rao	Electrocatalytic oxidation and determination of cysteine at oxovanadium(IV) salen coated electrodes	International Journal of Electrochemistry		2014	Accepted
38.	P.K. Sonkar, V. Ganesan*	Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles anchored amine functionalized mesoporous silica for electrocatalytic determination of nitrite	Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry		2014	Accepted
37.	V. Ganesan*	Functionalized silica materials for electrocatalysis	Journal of Chemical Sciences		2014	Accepted
36.	U.P.Azad, N. Prajapati and V. Ganesan*	Selective determination of isoniazid using bentonite clay modified electrodes	Bioelectrochemistry	101	2015	120-125
35.	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi	Palladium nanoparticles incorporated polymer-silica nanocomposite based electrochemical sensing platform for nitrobenzene detection	Electrochimica Acta	147	2014	442-450
34.	V. Azmeera, P.K. Rastogi, P. Adhikary, V. Ganesan and S. Krishnamoorthi	Synthesis, characterization and cyclic voltammetric study of copper(II) and nickel(II) polymer chelates	Carbohydrate Polymers	110	2014	388-395
33.	U.P. Azad, S. Turllapati, P.K. Rastogi and V. Ganesan*	Tris(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(II)-bentonite film as efficient electrochemical sensing platform for nitrite determination	Electrochimica Acta	127	2014	193-199
32.	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi*	Palladium nanoparticles decorated gaur gum based hybrid material for electrocatalytic hydrazine determination	Electrochimica Acta	125	2014	593-600
31.	V. Ganesan*, M. Pal and M. Tiwari	Manganese Schiff base complex immobilized silica materials for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction	Bulletin of Materials Science	37	2014	623-628
30.	U.P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Tris(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine)iron(II) immobilized Nafion� for arsenite determination in water samples	ChemElectroChem	1	2014	379-383
29.	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi	A promising electrochemical sensing platform based on silver nanoparticles decorated copolymer for sensitive nitrite determination	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	2	2014	933-943
28.	U.P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Electrocatalytic oxidation and sensitive determination of glycine at poly(Ni^IIteta) modified electrodes	Sensor Letters	11	2013	1490-1495
27.	V. Ganesan,* P.K. Rastogi, R. Gupta, M.T. Meredith and S.D. Minteer*	Ion exchange voltammetry at branched polyethylenimine cross-linked with ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether and sensitive determination of ascorbic acid	Electrochimica Acta	105	2013	31-39
26.	M. Pal, V. Ganesan* and U. P. Azad	Photochemical oxygen reduction by zinc phthalocyanine and silver/gold nanoparticles incorporated silica thin films	Thin Solid Films	521	2012	172-176
25.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Electrocatalytic activity of cobalt Schiff base complex immobilized silica materials towards oxygen reduction and hydrazine oxidation	Catalysis Science & Technology	2	2012	2383-2388
24.	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi	Ion exchange voltammetry at permselective copolymer modified electrode and its application for the determination of catecholamines	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	676	2012	13-19
23.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Efficient electrocatalytic oxidation and selective determination of isoniazid by Fe(tmphen)₃²⁺-exchanged Nafion�-modified electrode	Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry	16	2012	2907�2911
22.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Effect of gold nanoparticles on the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen by silica encapsulated cobalt phthalocyanine	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	672	2012	07-11
21.	P. K. Rastogi, V. Ganesan^* and S. Krishnamoorthi^*	Microwave assisted polymer stabilized synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its application in the degradation of environmental pollutants	Materials Science and Engineering B	177	2012	456-461
20.	P. K. Rastogi, S. Krishnamoorthi^* and V. Ganesan^*	Synthesis, characterization and ion exchange voltammetry study on 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulphonic acid and N- (hydroxymethyl) acrylamide based copolymer	Journal of Applied Polymer Science	123	2012	929-935
19.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan* M. Pal	Catalytic reduction of organic dyes at gold nanoparticles impregnated silica materials: influence of functional groups and surfactants	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	13	2011	3951-3959
18.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Determination of hydrazine by polyNi(II) complex modified electrodes with a wide linear calibration range	Electrochimica Acta	56	2011	5766-5770
17.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Electrochemical determination of nitrite using silver nanoparticles modified electrode	Analyst	135	2010	2711-2716
16.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Efficient sensing of nitrite by Fe(bpy)₃²⁺ immobilized Nafion modified electrodes.	Chemical Communications	46	2010	6156-6158
15.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Effect of silver nanoelectrode ensembles on the electrocatalytic reduction of NO₂^- by zinc phthalocyanine	Electrochimica Acta	55	2010	4071-4077
14.	U. P. Azad and V. Ganesan*	Influence of metal nanoparticles on the electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose by poly(Ni^IIteta) modified electrodes.	Electroanalysis	22	2010	575-583
13.	M. Pal and V. Ganesan*	Zinc phthalocyanine and silver / gold nanoparticles incorporated MCM-41 type materials as electrode modifiers.	Langmuir	25	2009	13264-13272
12.	V. Ganesan and A. Walcarius	Ion exchange and ion exchange voltammetry with functionalized mesoporous silica materials.	Materials Science and Engineering B	149	2008	123-132
11.	A. Walcarius and V. Ganesan	Ion-exchange properties and electrochemical characterization of quaternary ammonium-functionalized silica microspheres obtained by the surfactant templated route.	Langmuir	22	2006	469-477
10.	V. Ganesan and A. Walcarius	Surfactant templated sulfonic acid functionalized silica microspheres as efficient ion exchangers and electrode modifiers.	Langmuir	20	2004	3632-3640
9.	A.Walcarius, V. Ganesan, O. Larlus and V. Vatchev	Low temperature synthesis of zeolite films on glassy carbon: towards designing selective electrochemical devices.	Electroanalysis	16	2004	1550-1554
8.	V. Ganesan, S. V. Rosakha, and J. K. Kochi	Isolation of the latent precursor complex in electron-transfer dynamics: Intermolecular association and self-exchange with acceptor anion radicals.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	125	2003	2559-2571
7.	R. Ramaraj, V. M. Kumar, C. R. Raj and V. Ganesan	Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes of aromatic amines and nitrocompounds and their photoinduced electron transfer reaction with tris(2,2�-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complex.	Journal of Inclusion Phenomenon and Macrocyclic Chemistry	40	2001	99-104
6.	V. Ganesan, S. A. John and R. Ramaraj	Multielectrochromic properties of methylene blue and phenosafranine dyes incorporated into Nafion film.	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	502	2001	167-173
5.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen peroxide by poly(Ni^II-teta) modified electrodes.	Journal of Applied Electrochemistry	31	2001	585-590
4.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	Spectral properties of proflavin in zeolite-L and zeolite-Y.	Journal of Luminescence	92	2001	167-173
3.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	In situ spectroelectrochemical studies of phenothiazine dyes at clay coated electrodes.	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	490	2000	54-61
2.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	Mediated reduction of oxygen at poly(phenosafranine) modified electrodes.	Journal of Applied Electrochemistry	30	2000	757-760
1.	V. Ganesan and R. Ramaraj	Extrazeolite electron transfer at zeolite encapsulated polypyridyl metal complexes coated electrode.	Langmuir	14	1998	2497-2501