Dr. G. Ajayakumar

Assistant Professor

Address

Krishnamritha

Edacode

Nemom Post

Trivandrum 695 020.

Email: gajayakumar(@)gmail(.)com, ajayan(@)gck(.)ac(.)in

Academic Summary

• BSc Chemistry (1999)-DB College, Sasthamcotta
  (University of Kerala)

• MSc Chemistry (2001)-Department of Chemistry,
  Kariavattom Campus, University of Kerala

• CSIR-UGC NET-JRF-December 2002
• PhD in Chemistry(2009)-University of Kerala in August 2009
  • Thesis title: “PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN SOME Ru(bpy)32+ BASED DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS” Thesis Supervisor: Dr. K. R. Gopidas, Scientist, Photosciences and Photonics, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, NIIST (CSIR), Thiruvananthapuram

Teaching Experience

• Working as Asst. Professor of Chemistry, Govt. College Kasaragod from 05-04-2010 to date

Awards & Honours

• Got Junior Research Fellowship and subsequently Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, by qualifying CSIR-UGC-NET (JRF)
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2003)
• Global Centre of Excellence (G-COE) Fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan for post-doctoral studies in Kyushu University, Japan

Publications

• Phenothiazine substituted Ru(bpy)32+ derivative as highly selective “turn-ON” luminescence chemodosimeter for Cu2+. Ajayakumar, G.; Sreenath, K.; Gopidas, K. R. Dalton Trans., 2009, 1180-1186
• Long-Lived Photoinduced Charge Separation in new Ru(bipyridine)32+ - Phenothiazine dyads, Ajayakumar, G.; Gopidas, K. R. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 826-833
• Structure Absorption Spectra Correlation in a Series of 2,6-Dimethyl-4-arylpyrylium Salts, Manoj, N.; Ajayakumar, G.; Gopidas, K. R.; Suresh, C. H., J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 11338-11345
• Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Tris(2,2’-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) - Viologen Dyads with Peptide Backbones Leading to Long- Lived Charge Separation and Hydrogen Evolution, Makoto Ogawa, Bijitha Balan, Gopalakrishnan Ajayakumar, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, Yutaka Nagasawa, Hiroshi Miyasaka, and Ken Sakai, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4421-4434
• Platinum(II)-Based Hydrogen-Evolving Catalysts Linked to Multipendent Viologen Acceptors: Experimental and DFT In indications for Bimolecular Pathways Ogawa, M.; Ajayakumar, G.; Masaoka, S.; Kraatz, H. B.; Nagasawa, Y.; Miyasaka, H.; Sakai, K, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 24, 1148-1162
• Light-Induced Charge Separation and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water using RuIIPtII-Based Molecular Devices: Effects of Introducing Additional Donor and/or Acceptor Sites, Ajayakumar, G.; Kobayashi, M.; Masaoka, S.; Sakai, K. Dalton Trans., 2011, 40 (15), 3955 - 3966
• Isolation, Characterization and Biological Activity Studies of para-Methoxycinnamate from Kampferia galanga Rhizomes.
  Ajayakumar, G.; Hema P. S.; Nibithkumar P (College Journal, 2012, Govt. College Kasaragod) (Manuscript Submitted)

Research Experience

• Undertaking a UGC Sponsored minor project (Rs. 2,00,000) at Govt College Kasaragod (2011-2012)
• Fifteen months of post doctoral experience at Kyushu University, Japan
• Seven years of research experience in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Co-ordination Chemistry and Photochemistry
• Done a project in the area of development of new adsorbent materials for the removal of heavy metals from industrial effluents for six months as a part of the MSc program
• Guided three students to complete their M.Sc. Dissertation work at Govt. College Kasaragod (2010-2012)

Workshops attended

• One day training in Scholarship programme organized by Dept. of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala on 7th June, 2010 at Govt. Women College, Thiruvananthapuram
• Training programme in General Informatics sponsored by Higher Education Council, Govt. of Kerala, at Govt. College Kasaragod during 20-22nd Dec 2010
• Training programme for College lecturers (INSPLORE) organized jointly by Dept. of Collegiate Education and Kerala State Science and Technology Museum on 24-25th January, 2011 at Thiruvananthapuram
• Workshop for College Chemistry Students and Teachers from 08-10th November, 2011 organized by Foundation for Capacity Building in Sciences (FCBS), Trivandrum and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
• Two day workshop for Re-structuring PG Syllabus in Chemistry (CCSS) at University Campus, Mangattuparamba, Kannur University on 7th and 8th December, 2011

Seminars Attended

• 10th National Symposium in Chemistry by CRSI held at IISc, Bangalore, February 01-03, 2008 (Poster)
• Indo-Japan Cooperative Science Programme, held at Trivandrum, January 20-22, 2008 (Poster)
• 59th Annual meeting of Japan Scociety of Co-ordination Chemistry held at Nagasaki, Japan
• National Seminar on Recent Trends in Chemicals Sciences: Frontiers and Challenges (RTCSFC-2011) held in Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus Thiruvananthapuram, August 25-26, 2011 (Oral Presentation)
• National Seminar on Recent Challenges and Progresses in Chemistry-RCPC 2012 held in Dept. of Chemistry, Govt. College Kasaragod during 8-9th February 2012 (Oral Presentation)
• One day seminar on Expanding Frontiers of Chemistry held in Dept. of Chemistry, Payyanur College Payyanur, on 19th March 2012 (Invited talk)

Workshop/Seminar organized

• Coordinator of Two day national seminar on Recent challenges and progresses in Chemistry RCPC 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Govt. College, Kasaragod on Feb 11-12, 2012 (Sponsored jointly by Govt. of Kerala and KSCSTE)
• Organizing Committee member of Two day Inter-Departmental Workshop on Higher Education New Dimensions to Career Advancement in Higher Education at Govt. College, Kasaragod on March 13-14, 2012 (Sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council)

Positions held

• Placement Coordinator, Govt. College Kasaragod (2010-11)
• Member, IQAC, Govt. College Kasaragod (2012)
• Editor-in-Charge, College Journal (Science), Govt. College Kasargod (2012)