madhu ganesh

About

I am a chemistry graduate, completed by M.Sc. in Chemistry from Mangalore university in 2000. After a brief industrial stint at M/S Syngene International Pvt. Ltd, I joined Department of Chemistry @ IIT Bombay and completed my Ph.D. studies (awarded 2008) by working on fascinating chemistry involving electrophiles.

I carried my post-doctoral research at the University of Rutgers, New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA. This was followed by post-doctoral training at the department of medicinal chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, New Jersey, and a brief stint @ City College, New York. I was a research investigator at Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb R&D Centre, Bengaluru, and turned my attention to academia by acting in the roles of assistant professor and associate professor. So far, I have guided 1 Ph.D. student and several M.Sc students for internships.

My interest in entrepreneurship revolves around career guidance/coaching, waste recycling with an emphasis on lower emissions, and nutraceuticals. My research interests include synthetic organic chemistry, chiral and medicinal chemistry. My teaching interests lie in applied and stereoselective organic chemistry including spectroscopy.

Currently I am the principal consultant operating to promote stewardship in pharma, solid waste management and water treatment. We help provide solutions to MSME in pharma to build their portfolio and business operations across spectrum by leveraging new opportunities and growth.

Employment

• Vidhathri PharmaEnviro Solutions Principal Consultant
  2025 - Present
• Pranav's Formulations Founder Director
  2024 - Present
• Vidhathri Institute for Chemical Education Founder Director
  2022 - Present
• Sudhanva Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Scientific Consultant
  2020 - 2022
• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
  2020 - 2020

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Ph.D.
  2002 - 2007
• Mangalore University M.Sc.
  2000 - 2002

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Two Metals, One Goal: Unlocking Reactivity with Heterobimetallic Systems for Organic Transformations
  European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202500463
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• Spirooxindole derivatives as antibacterial agents
  Spirooxindole 2024 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-22324-2.00022-9
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• Concise route to stereoselective chlorobenzene-based spiropyrrolidine oxindoles for pursuit as antitubercular agents
  Journal of Chemical Sciences 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s12039-023-02144-7
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• Recent update on the role of N-methyl glycine as a building block for the construction of N-heterocyclic frameworks
  Tetrahedron 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133096
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• Metal-mediated reactions of bromoform with electron-rich and electron-deficient carbon-carbon and carbon-hetero atom multiple bonds
  Journal of Chemical Sciences 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12039-022-02075-9
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• N‐Methylglycine
  Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2022 DOI: 10.1002/047084289x.rn02457
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• Expeditious entry into carbocyclic and heterocyclic spirooxindoles
  Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2OB00767C
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• Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions of Conjugated Nitroalkenes
  CRC Press 2020 DOI: 10.1201/9781003003045
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• Synthetic Organic Transformations of Transition‐Metal Nanoparticles as Propitious Catalysts: A Review
  Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020 DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202000379
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• α‐Iodonitroalkenes as Potential Antifungal and Antitubercular Agents
  ChemistrySelect 2020 DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003251
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