Ministry of Education
Sunil Varughese
VIDWAN ID: 64957

Dr Sunil Varughese

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Scientist E | Chemical Sciences and Technology Division
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Kerala
Expertise: Multidisciplinary Chemistry
ORCID 0000-0003-0712-915X Scopus 8414758900 ResearcherID C-4613-2008 Google Scholar xK3Kg9gAAAAJ
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96 Publications
5 Projects
3372 Scopus Citations
3333 CrossRef
18 Years 8 Months Total Experience
Publications
96 Total
Articles
96
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Professional Recognition

SFI Postdoctoral Fellowship
2007
Science Foundation Ireland
NCL Director's Commendation Award
2006
CSIR-NCL
NCL Director's Commendation Award
2005
CSIR-NCL

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Indian Crystallographic Association
Life Member
Jan 2010
American Chemical Society
Member
Jan 2010
IUCr World Directory of Crystallographers
IUCr11413
Jan 2009
Royal Society of Chemistry
Member
Jan 2008

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2007
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Master of Science
2002
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Bachelor of Science
1999
N/A
Scientist E
Oct 2021 – Present
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute | Chemical Sciences and Technology Division
Senior Scientist
Oct 2016 – Oct 2021
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Scientist Fellow
Mar 2013 – Mar 2016
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist
Aug 2009 – Feb 2013
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist
Jul 2007 – Aug 2009
Trinity College Dublin
Chemical Sciences
Multidisciplinary Chemistry

Related Profiles

Co-Authors (38)

Prof Ajayaghosh Ayyappanpillai
Prof Ajayaghosh Ayyappanpillai SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Prof V. R Pedireddi
Prof V. R Pedireddi Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar
Dr Reddy C Malla
Dr Reddy C Malla Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Prof Gautam R. Desiraju
Prof Gautam R. Desiraju Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Dr Suresh Eringathodi S M
Dr Suresh Eringathodi S M N/A
Dr Hareesh U.S.
Dr Hareesh U.S. CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Radhakrishnan K.V.
Dr Radhakrishnan K.V. CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Narayanan Unni K. N.
Dr Narayanan Unni K. N. CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Karunakaran Venugopal
Dr Karunakaran Venugopal CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Jayamurthy P.
Dr Jayamurthy P. CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Vijayakumar Chakkooth
Dr Vijayakumar Chakkooth CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Praveen Vakayil K
Dr Praveen Vakayil K CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Madhu Thalakulam
Dr Madhu Thalakulam Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
Prof C N Ramachandran
Prof C N Ramachandran Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Dr Kafeel Ahmad Siddiqui
Dr Kafeel Ahmad Siddiqui National Institute of Technology, Raipur
Dr Ishita Neogi
Dr Ishita Neogi CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Jubi John
Dr Jubi John CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Dr Sujatha Devi P
Dr Sujatha Devi P N/A
Dr Ajesh Vijayan
Dr Ajesh Vijayan Christ University, Bangalore
Prof Jayanta Haldar
Prof Jayanta Haldar Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Banaglore
Dr Sumy Joseph
Dr Sumy Joseph M.S. RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, BANGALORE
Prof Anoop Ayyappan
Prof Anoop Ayyappan N/A
Dr Rony Rajan Paul
Dr Rony Rajan Paul CMS College Kottayam
Dr Tejender S. Thakur
Dr Tejender S. Thakur ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research
Dr Samrat Ghosh
Dr Samrat Ghosh ICAR Central Institute for Research on Goats
Dr Arijit Mukherjee
Dr Arijit Mukherjee Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani
Dr Renjith Sasimohanan Pillai
Dr Renjith Sasimohanan Pillai Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Mr Purnendu Nandy
Mr Purnendu Nandy N/A
Dr Sreenivasa Nayaka
Dr Sreenivasa Nayaka N/A
Mr Meghashyama Bhat
Mr Meghashyama Bhat N/A
Dr Sreenivasa Nayaka
Dr Sreenivasa Nayaka Karnataka University, Dharwad
Dr Yasser Azim
Dr Yasser Azim Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Dr Arun K B
Dr Arun K B Christ University, Bangalore
Prof Savarimuthu Philip Anthony
Prof Savarimuthu Philip Anthony Sastra University
Dr Anu Jose
Dr Anu Jose PROVIDENCE WOMENS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS, KOZHIKKODE
Dr Jagadeesh K
Dr Jagadeesh K CMS College Kottayam
Dr Ravi P N Tripathi
Dr Ravi P N Tripathi Panjab University,Chandigarh
Dr Meenu M T
Dr Meenu M T Mangalam College of Engineering, Mangalam Hills, Ettumanoor P.O, Kottayam-686 631

Scholarly Work

Nanomechanical Response in Organic Crystals: Molecular Basis of Mechanically Induced Structural Transformations
Completed
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator Grant: CRG/2020/000460
Amount: ₹45 Lac
Duration: 2021 – 2023
Knowledge base development of formulations of generic drugs
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: SSP161239
Amount: ₹60 Lac
Duration: 2020 – 2023
Mechanical Stimulation Induced Microscopic Crystalline Structure Changes in Molecular Materials: Implications on Drug Formulation and Mechanochromic Behavior
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹36 Lac
Duration: 2017 – Ongoing
Pharmaceutical formulations by applying crystal engineering principles
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹25 Lac
Duration: 2014 – Ongoing
Stimuli induced phase transition: A facile route to modulate optical properties in molecular crystals
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Other
Duration: N/A
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Scholarly Publications

De novodesign and synthesis of boomerang-shaped molecules and theirin silicoand SERS-based interactions with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein andACE2

Journal Article
New Journal of Chemistry. Year: 2021. Volume: 45 , Issue: 38 , Pages: 17777-17781 .
Authors: Amrutham Linet; Manu M. Joseph; Mambatta Haritha; K. Shamna; Sunil Varughese; P. Sujatha Devi; C. H. Suresh; Kaustabh Kumar Maiti; Ishita Neogi
DOI 10.1039/d1nj02955j Crossref Crossref: 10 Scopus Scopus: 10

Direct Synthesis of Benzothienoindoles via Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Annulation of Electrophilic Benzothiophenes

Journal Article
The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Year: 2026. Volume: 91 , Issue: 26 , Pages: 8834-8839 .
Authors: Sreejith K. Aravindakshan; Gayathri Geetha; Aleena Augustine; Jayalakshmi Achath; Sunil Varughese; Jomon Mathew; Jubi John
DOI 10.1021/acs.joc.6c00448

Lewis acid–promoted annulation of electron-deficient indoles toward indoloindoles and higher fused architectures

Journal Article
Chemical Communications. Year: 2026. Volume: 62 , Issue: 31 , Pages: 7974-7978 .
Authors: Sreejith K. Aravindakshan; Muhammad Sibil M. P.; Jayalakshmi Achath; Sunil Varughese; Jomon Mathew; Jubi John
DOI 10.1039/d6cc01297c

Mechanochemical synthesis of drug–drug eutectics of the anthelmintic drug, praziquantel, with NSAIDs

Journal Article
CrystEngComm. Year: 2026. Volume: 28 , Issue: 14 , Pages: 2143-2150 .
Authors: Nitha Sadanandan; Abhina Mandodi; Cinu Winson; Indira S. Divya; Sunil Varughese
DOI 10.1039/d5ce01149c Scopus Scopus: 1

Phenothiazine-based TADF emitters with dual conformations for single-molecule white OLEDs

Open Access
Journal Article
Chemical Science. Year: 2026. Volume: 17 , Issue: 2 , Pages: 1002-1015 .
Authors: Pavithra V. Prabhu; Vibhu Darshan; Indira S. Divya; Moumita Banerjee; Sunil Varughese; Anakuthil Anoop; K. N. Narayanan Unni; Joshy Joseph
DOI 10.1039/D5SC04370K Crossref Crossref: 6 Scopus Scopus: 7

Iodine-mediated cascade amination enables one-pot access to antimicrobial indole-embedded dihydropyrazoles

Journal Article
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Year: 2026. Volume: 24 , Issue: 13 , Pages: 2676-2682 .
Authors: M. S. Ajay Krishna; K. T. Ashitha; Meghashyama Prabhakara Bhat; Muthuraj Rudrappa; C. S. Athira; A. L. Lalshikanther Basha; Sunil Varughese; Naveen Vankadari; Sreenivasa Nayaka; Sasidhar B. Somappa
DOI 10.1039/d6ob00043f

Pyrazole appended hetero-hybrids: Bioisosteric design, synthesis, in silico and in vitro antibacterial and anti-inflammatory evaluations

Journal Article
Journal of Molecular Structure. Year: 2023. Volume: 1289 .
Authors: Anjali S; Sangeetha M; Nithya M; Gopika V. Krishnan; Sunil Varughese; B.S. Dileep Kumar; Srikantamurthy N; Shridevi D; Sasidhar B. Somappa
DOI 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135780 Crossref Crossref: 10 Scopus Scopus: 11

Decoding Elastic, Plastic, and Elastic–Plastic Deformation in Aryl Benzoate Molecular Crystals via Substituent-Driven Interaction Hierarchies

Journal Article
Year: 2026.
Authors: Indira S. Divya; Saravanan Kandasamy; Krzysztof Woźniak; Sunil Varughese
DOI 10.1002/chem.71257
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