Dr. Saumya Maria Jacob

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Present Responsibilities:

  • Head of the Department, Department of Chemistry
  • IQAC Criterion Coordinator
  • RUSA 3.0 Coordinator
  • Convenor – E-Learning
  • Member – Academic and Research Committee, IQAC Committee, RUSA Project Monitoring Committee, Staff Council (College Council / Academic Council), Purchase Committee, College Counselling Cell & Women's Welfare and Empowerment Cell, Book Club, Maths Club, Science Club, Student's Aid Fund and College Calendar Committee

TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor & Head of Department, Department of Chemistry, S E S College, Sreekandapuram – January 9, 2018 – Present.
  • Delivering undergraduate and postgraduate lectures in Physical, Organic, and Computational Chemistry.
  • Serving as Head of the Department, overseeing curriculum delivery, laboratory operations, and academic planning.
  • Guiding student research projects and introducing modern digital e-learning tools into classroom instruction.
  • Managing university examination duties, practical evaluations, and valuation camps.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS & NATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • CSIR-UGC NET for Lectureship (LS) – Chemical Sciences – All India Rank: AIR 26
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry – Kannur University – Thesis Title: A Computational Search for Non-Classical Organic Molecules
  • M.Sc. in Chemistry – University of Madras
  • PG Diploma in Computational Sciences – Kannur University

PUBLICATIONS

  • Raghi, K. R., Sherin, D. R., Archana, T. M., Saumya, M. J., Sajesha, K. P., & Manojkumar, T. K. (2022). Identification of Potent ABL Inhibitors from Coumestrol: An Integrative In Silico Approach. Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry, 21(8), 967–979.
  • Saumya, M. J., Raghi, K. R., Sherin, D. R., Haridas, K. R., & Manojkumar, T. K. (2020). Butterfly Methanes: Designing a Novel Class of anti-van't Hoff Carbons. ChemPhysChem, 21(20), 2272–2278.
  • Raghi, K. R., Sherin, D. R., Saumya, M. J., Arun, P. S., Sobha, V. N., & Manojkumar, T. K. (2018). Computational Study of Molecular Electrostatic Potential, Docking and Dynamics Simulations of Gallic Acid Derivatives as ABL Inhibitors. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 74, 239–246.
  • Saumya, M. J., Sherin, D. R., Raghi, K. R., & Manojkumar, T. K. (2017). Design of Novel Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon Molecules Containing Lithium. Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, 7(12), 1129–1134.
  • Raghi, K. R., Saumya, M. J., Sherin, D. R., & Manojkumar, T. K. (2017). An In Silico Approach to Analyze the Novel Derivatives of Protocatechuic Acid with Thiadiazole as Effective Protein Kinase Inhibitors Against ABL in CML. Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, 7(11), 1071–1078.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Refresher Course in Information Science and AI for Modern Education (08.01.2026 – 22.01.2026).
  • Self-Presentation (Self-Paced Learning) – Wadhwani Foundation (July 09, 2025).
  • Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching – Goodwill Academy / Coursera (January 21, 2025).
  • Faculty Development Programme on "Research Paper Writing" – School of Business Administration-BPIT, Research Foundation of India & RFI-CARE (August 21–26, 2023).
  • Faculty Development Programme on "Innovative Teaching and Learning Pedagogy" – Shri Shradha Nath PG College, RFI & RFI-CARE (July 26–30, 2023).
  • Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on "Research Methodology" (Grade A+) – Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (July 20 – August 03, 2021).
  • 4-Week Induction/Orientation Programme for Faculty in Higher Education (Grade A+) – Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (May 18 – June 17, 2021).
  • Faculty Development Programme on "Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCs 2.0" – Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (May 18 – June 03, 2020).
  • Short-Term Faculty Development Programme: "ERUDITION-2020" – PG Department of Chemistry, Payyanur College & KSHEC (May 23–28, 2020).