Dr Vadivelu Balasubramanian has done his Ph.D and has over 31 years of teaching experience. He has specialized in interesting topics like reactions of coordinate ligands, marine dyes and their applications and inhibitors in corrosion. Currently he is a professor and the head of the department with Academy of Maritime Education and Training University in Chennai.

According to Dr Vadivelu, present world depends only on chemicals right from the food we eat, the dress we wear to the cosmetics we use, the building material we adopt and several other aspects. He believes that in short chemicals are important to understand our environment.

Dr Vadivelu finds computer as the most important tool in helping his students understand the concepts of chemistry. As far as children are concerned, chemistry can be easily introduced by way of stories and pictures.