Name : Pragadheesh V. S. Designation : Scientist Address : CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre-Bengaluru, GKVK Post, Allalasandra, Bengaluru-560065 E. mail : vspragadheesh[at]cimap[dot]res[dot]in Contact No : 08028460563 Fax : 08028460563 Area of Specialization 1. Analytical Chemistry and Quality Control 2. Phytochemistry of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 3. Chemical Ecological Study on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Education B.Sc. Chemistry M.Sc. Chemistry Ph.D. Chemical Sciences Academic/Research Experience CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Laboratory of Aromatic Plants and Chiral Separation, Analytical Chemistry - Research Fellow (January 2010- February 2015 ) National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bangalore, Chemical Ecology - Post-Doctoral Fellow (February 2015- March 2017 ) ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Entomology Department - Post-Doctoral Fellow (October 2017- January 2018 ) CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division - Scientist (February 2018- January 2020 ) CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Bengaluru, Phytochemistry - Scientist (January 2020- till date ) Honours and Awards Dr. K. A. Basheer Ahamed Award ,First rank in B.Sc Chemistry by Jamal Mohamed College in 2006 Outstanding Research Publication award,the year 2017 by CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow in 2018 University Rank,University level III rank in B.Sc Chemistry by Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirapalli-20 in 2003-2006 Publication P Darshani, V Sundaresan, VS Pragadheesh . Chemical composition and chiral analysis of ß-myrcene rich essential oil from Glossocardia bosvallia (L.f.) DC.. Natural Product Research 2021 R Senthoorraja, K Subaharan, S Manjunath, VS Pragadheesh, N Bakthavatsalam, MG Mohan, S Senthil-Nathan, S Basavarajappa . Electrophysiological, behavioural and biochemical effect of Ocimum basilicum oil and its constituents methyl chavicol and linalool on Musca domestica L.. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021 Priyanka Y, D Shukla, AK Srivastava, VS Pragadheesh, Deepak Kumar . Purification and identification of anticancer organosulfides from Ferula assa-foetida gum: integrative analysis employing GC/GC-MS/RP-HPLC/NMR. Natural Product Research 2021 K Subaharan, R Senthoorraja, S Manjunath, Geetha G T, VS Pragadheesh, N Bakthavatsalam, MG Mohan, S Senthil-Nathan, KJ David, S Basavarajappa, C Ballal. Toxicity, behavioural and biochemical effect of Piper betle L. essential oil and its constituents against housefly, Musca domestica L.. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 2021 CS Chanotiya, VS Pragadheesh, A Yadav, P Gupta, RK Lal . Cyclodextrin-based Gas Chromatography and GC/MS methods for determination of chiral pair constituents in mint essential oils . Journal of Essential Oil Research 2020 V Dwivedi, S Rao, DP Bomzan, S Rajeev Kumar, VS Pragadheesh, S Olsson, DA Nagegowda. Functional characterization of a defense-responsive bulnesol/elemol synthase from potato. Physiologia Plantarum 2020 Furkan Ahmad, VS Pragadheesh. High-Throughput Analytical Techniques to Screen Plant Transgenics. Advances in Plant Transgenics: Methods and Applications, Springer Singapore 2019 Rudra Prakash Mohanty, VS Pragadheesh . Analytical Techniques for the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants . Studies In Medicinal And Aromatic Crops, Rubicon Publications, London 2021 Priya Darshani, Md Tanjim Alam, Prem P Tripathi, VS Pragadheesh. Natural Product Compounds from Plants in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Medicinal Plants for Cosmetics, Health and Diseases, Taylor and Francis, London 2022 Pranav Murali Sharma, Devanathan K, Sundaresan V, Pragadheesh V S. Essential Oil Profile of Garcinia pushpangadaniana, a Recently Described Species from the Western Ghats of India. Vegetos 2024 Pranav Murali Sharma, Devanathan K, Balakishan Bhukya, V Sundaresan, VS Pragadheesh. Endo-fenchyl acetate rich essential oil of Strobilanthes sessilis Nees inflorescence and its characterisation using GC, GC-MS, and NMR techniques. Natural Product Research 2024 Patents File No Title Inventors Patent No. Abstract