Viswanathan M.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Amrita University - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
India
Biography
Dr. Viswanathan M. currently serves as Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri. He holds Ph. D. in Coordination Chemistry from University of Kerala. His area of research interest is Coordination Chemistry. He joined Amrita in 2011 with several years of teaching, research and administrative experience. Dr. Viswanathan obtained his M. Sc. from Sree Narayana College, Kollam (University of Kerala) in 1978, then received his M. Phil. from University of Kerala. He taught at diferrent Sree Narayana Colleges under Kerala and Calicut Universities for over 32 years and was Head of the Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry at S. N. College and S. N. College for Women, Kollam. He has served as Principal of S. N. College, Alathur(Palakkad district), S. N. College Chathannur, S. N. College Punalur and Sree Narayana College, Kollam. Dr. Viswanathan has served as a member of Board of Examination of M. Sc. at University of Kerala. He has also served as a member of the Board of Studies in Chemistry and as a member of the Faculty of Science at Unversity of Kerala. He has published 15 books in Chemistry and 14 publications are to his credit. Dr. Viswanathan has supervised the project works of several M. Sc. students and is currently guiding 2 research candidates.
Research Interest
Coordination Chemistry
