Dr. Shanmugaraju Sankarasekaran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Palakkad. He graduated B.Sc. in Chemistry (Spl.) with First Class, The American College, Madurai, India and his post-graduated in M.Sc. in Chemistry with First Class, The American College, Madurai, India. His doctorate degree PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His research areas such as Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Supramolecular Material Chemistry, porous polymers, Chemosensors, Bio-Functional Nanostructures and Nanomaterials, Materials Chemistry.