• Carbon/Semiconductor nanostructures for Energy and Environmental applications

• Electrochemical Supercapacitors
• Bio/Gas Sensors
• Photocatalysis
• Photodiodes

• Sandhya Rani Mangisetti, P.Baraneedharan, M. Kamaraj, S. Ramaprabhu, Performance of Partially Exfoliated Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Wrapped with Hierarchical Porous Carbon in Electrolytes, ChemSusChem, 11 (2018), 1-15. IF: 8.92
• Sheeba Alexander, P. Baraneedharan, Shriya Balasubrahmanyan, S. Ramaprabhu, Highly sensitive and selective non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors based on Graphene Oxide-Molecular imprinted Polymer, Material Science and Engineering C, 78 (2017), 124 – 129. IF: 7.32
• Baraneedharan, Imran Hussain. S, Dinesh. P , Siva. C, Biji .P, Sivakumar. M, Effect of lattice doped Zn2+ ions on structural, optical, electrical and NO2 gas sensing characteristics of SnO2 nanospheres , Applied Surface Science, 357 (2015) 1511 – 1521. IF: 6.70
• Siva, P. Baraneedharan, M. Sivakumar, ZnO/Ag heterostructures embedded in Fe3O4 nanoparticles for magnetically recoverable photo catalysis, Journal of alloys and compound, 665 (2015) 404 -410. IF: 5.31
• C , Ganga. G, Mohan Kumar. G, P. Baraneedharan, Karthikeyan. B, Sivakumar. M ,Colloidal synthesis and electrical behaviour of n-ZnGdO/p-Si heterojunction diodes, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 452 (2015) 169–173 IF: 8.12
• Fe₂O₃/Graphene nanocomposites as heterogeneous Fenton catalysts – Correlation studies on catalyst dosage, graphene loading and adsorption kinetics on Methylene Blue degradation, MRS Communicationsvolume11, pages943–949 (2021) IF: 2.51

• International – 22
• Mini Review – 1
• Book Chapter – 4
• Indian Patent - 2

• Three day National FDP on Applied Optics and Photonics organized by IIC & Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 10-12^th August 2021
• One day webinar on Light Matter Interactions and Characterizations Techniques Organized by St. Xaviers College, Palayamkottai 19^th August 2021
• Three days Online Faculty Development Programme on Citation Management in Scholarly Writing- Tools and Techniques Organized by Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai 24-26^th September 2021
• International Training on Ethical Paraphrasing and Identification of Q1,Q2,Q3, Q4 Scopus journals Organized by Eudoxia Research Centre, 3-11^th September 2021

• Assistant Professor (On Contract) - Department of Materials Science Central University of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur
• Guest Faculty (On Contract) - Department of Materials Science Central University of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur

Professional Development Activities: 

• NPTEL – SWAYAM course on Academic and Research Report Writing – Completed (Exam Yet to appear)
• NPTEL – SWAYAM course on Internet of Things – Registered

Sl. No.	Name of Designation / Project	Funding Agency	Year
1	Development of PCB based cholesterol detection test strip	TNSCST – Innovation & Product development Scheme	2021 Applied
2	Novel carbon material based capacitive deionization for cost effective and efficient waste water treatment	DST- Optimal Usage of water in Industrial Sector	2022 Applied

Achievements and Awards:

Sl. No.	Name of Award / Recognition	Awarding Agency	Year
1	Senior Research Associate	CSIR	2015