Dr. A. Venkataramana

Biography

Academic Qualifications: M.Sc., Ph.D. M.Sc. Karnatak University, Dharwad 1982 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, University of Poona, Poona Title : “Synthesis and Properties of Gamma Ferric Oxide” 1987 Post Doctoral(Res. Assoc.) School of Materials Science, University of Manchester & UMIST, Manchester, UK Title : “Employing different Chimie douce approach for the synthesis of Mn-Zn Ferrites as deflection yokes and power transformers” 1996 Post Doctoral(Res. Scientist) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore Title: “Synthesis and Studies of GMR Materials 2000 Post Doctoral(Res. Scientist) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Title: “Synthesis and studies on some novel Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks”   2006 Staff Awarded Erasmus mundus, swagata Action plane-2(Eurpoean union-2) fellowship 3 months in Spain to work on materials chemistry.    

Research Interest

Areas of Specialization 1. Materials Chemistry: synthesis, characterisation and studies of functional materials (ceramic, polymer composites and conducting polymers)  2. Nano Chemistry and Nano science: synthesis of Nanomaterials through wet chemical, microbiological and bio routes. Characterisation of Nanomaterials, and studies on nobel metal nanoparticles (bare and functional) as contrast agents 3. Solid state reactions. 4. Drug delivery system 5. High Energy Materials 6. H. index 14 (Source –Scopus, Detaille data base) Citations > 1042 7. Lectures delivered: No. of Popular lectures in Science: 55. No. of Lectures delivered at National Conferences/Seminars/Symposia etc.: 50. No. of lectures delivered at Int.Nat.Conf./seminars: 15 (including, Lectures/inv. talks at Univ. of Manchester, Hungarian academy of sciences, Budapest, Center for funct. Materials Inje univ. South Korea, Indian Inst of Sci, Bangalore]. 8. No. of Lectures delivered under INSPIRE program: 25. Mentor, INSPIRE Program in Chemistry, by DST (GOI, no.2046). 9. Revive Article: 2