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UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY INTERFACE IN CHEMISTRY 14

Department of Chemistry

Pondicherry University

A one day symposium on recent developments in chemistry and chemical industry

ON 18th February, 2014

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY PONDICHERRY 605 014

About Us and the Symposium

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1987 and since then has been doing path-breaking work in the contemporary chemistry research. Major thrust areas of the Department include Organic Synthesis, Magnetic Resonance, Solid State Chemistry, Organo-metallic Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry. The Department offers Postgraduate programs in Chemistry including M.Sc. (Chemistry, 5yr Integrated), M.Sc. (Chemical Sciences), M. Phil. (Chemistry) and Ph.D. The Department has been recognised for special funding by UGC (SAP-DRS) and DST (FIST).

To bring faculty, Ph.D. scholars and post-graduate students on one-side and industry on the other, the Department is organizing a one-day symposium UIIC-14. The symposium will have invited talks and presentations from Ph.D. scholars. Latest trends in chemistry and chemical industry will be discussed in the symposium.

Faculty in the Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University

Prof. H. Surya Prakash Rao Ph.D. (I.I.Sc., Bangalore) Specialization Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Stereochemistry, Green Chemistry and Industrial Organic Chemistry.

Prof. Bidhu Bhusan Das Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur) Specialization Synthesis and Stateof-the-art StructureProperty Relations in Electronic and Magnetic Materials; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (EPR, NMR).

Prof. K. Anbalagan Ph.D. (University of Madras) Specialization nano chemistry

Prof. K. Tharanikkarasu, Ph.D. (C.L.R.I., Chennai), Specialization Polymer/Organic Chemistry: Controlled Radical Polymerization, Anionic Polymerization, Fuel Cell Membranes, Nanocomposites, Medicinal Chemistry, Anti-TB and Anti-malarial Agents, Supramolecular Chemistry

Dr. R. Venkatesan Ph.D. (I.I.T., Mumbai) Specialization Inorganic Photochemistry, EPR of Biomolecules, Computers in Chemical-Education, Electrochemistry

Dr. Bala. Manimaran Ph.D.(I.I.T., Mumbai) Specialization Organometallics and Supra-molecular Chemistry.

Dr. G. Vasuki Ph.D. (Madurai Kamaraj University) Specialization Stereo selective Synthesis; Chemistry Education ( Constructivist Learning)

Dr. C. Sivasankar Ph.D. (I. I. Sc., Bangalore) Specialization Catalysis, Organometallic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

Dr. M. Bakthadoss Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization Stereoselective Organic Synthesis, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis

Dr. N. Dastagiri Reddy Ph.D. ( I.I.T. Kanpur) Specialization Chemistry of Main Group Elements; Homogeneous catalysis

Dr. M. M. Balakrishnarajan Ph.D. (Bharathidasan University) Specialization Theoretical Chemistry

Dr. C. R. Ramanthan Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization Asymmetric Synthesis; Medicinal Chemistry

Dr. Binoy K. Saha Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization Crystal Engineering

Dr. S. Sabiah Ph.D. (I. I. T., Madras) Specialization Bio-Inorganic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry

Dr. Toka Swu Ph.D. (Nagaland University) Specialization Radiation Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and Gamma-photon Induced Modification of Polymers

Dr. R. Padmanaban Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization Theoretical Physical Chemistry & Computational Chemistry