I was born in Chennai on the 24th of February, 1985 to Mr K. Venkatraman & Mrs V. Vidya. I was schooled at Sri Sankara Vidyalaya (Pammal, Chennai) up to my secondary school education and at Government School (Anakaputhur, Chennai) for my high school education where I stood first in the school. During schooling apart from the curricular activities, I had an interest in science and participated in a few science exhibitions and won prizes at school and district level.
I did my Bachelor’s and Master’s in chemistry at Guru Nanak College, Chennai affiliated with the University of Madras. I was a college topper during my B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses and was a University 5th Rank holder in M.Sc. At the end of the first year of my Master, I was selected for a summer internship at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. There I was exposed to scientific research activities which instilled an interest in research, especially in physical chemistry more specifically LASER chemistry. To pursue my scientific research, I joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, as a PhD student. My research interest at IISc focused on understanding how solvents can influence many chemical and biological processes using LASER Raman spectroscopy techniques. I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. My current research focuses on understanding the influence of solvation dynamics on the photophysics and photochemistry of technologically relevant chemical model systems using state-of-the-art laser techniques that can resolve time ranging from a quadrillionth-to-trillionth of a second. These techniques can be thought of as a camera with a shutter speed fast enough to capture the molecular motions, frame by frame and make a molecular motion picture in real-time.
Sustasinable Chemistry & Chemistry for Sustainability 