Dr. G.Vinitha completed her B.Sc (Honours) and M.Sc. in Physics from Delhi University, Delhi. She received her Ph.D degree from Anna University, Chennai in 2008. She worked in B.S.Abdur Rahman University (Formerly Crescent Engineering College) from 2008 to 2011. She is presently working in the Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-Chennai. She was awarded the Young scientist Fellowship by Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) & Department of Science and Technology (DST) in 2009. Her name has been included in the 30th Pearl Anniversary edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World. She is also included as Leading Engineers of the world, Science Advisory Board and Top 100 Engineers by IBC, Cambridge, England in 2013. She received Tamilnadu Young woman Scientist award for Physics in 2015.

She has been awarded with Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for 2017 and 2018. She received the Young Scientist award and Achievement award by International Organization of scientific Research and development (IOSRD) in 2017. Her research areas include Laser Technology, dye doped polymers, Nonlinear Optics, Crystal growth & Characterization and Nanotechnology. She has guided various M.Sc. projects and is guiding Ph.D students. She has been a resource person for various seminars, workshops and refresher courses. She is also the Technical Committee and Advisory committee Member of various National conferences. She is a part of the editorial team of 2 journals and reviewer for papers of various journals. She is the Life member of Indian Laser Association (ILA), Indian Physics Association (IPA) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). To her credit, she has around 98 papers published in peer reviewed high impact international journals and has presented in more than 100 International and National conferences. She has two research projects, one sanctioned by Department of Atomic energy, BRNS for 25 lakhs and another by CSIR for 15 lakhs.