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The National Academy of Sciences, India

NOMINATIONS Valid for Consideration for Election to

Fellowship – 2017

Section of Physical Sciences BOOK II

CHEMICAL SCIENCES (Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Theoretical Chemistry,

Applied Chemistry)

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics,

Computer/Information Science)

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The National Academy of Sciences, India

NOMINATIONS Valid for Consideration for Election to

Fellowship – 2017

Section of Physical Sciences BOOK II

CONTENTS

CHEMICAL SCIENCES 273 - 390 (Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Theoretical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry) MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 391 - 436 (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer/Information Science)

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CHEMICAL SCIENCES

AGRAWAL, Vijay Kumar 348 AHMAD, Sharif 300 ALI, Imran 370 ARYA, Ashok Kumar 301 ATHAWALE, Anjali Anand 302 ATREYA, Hanudatta Sastry 273 BALASUBRAMANIAN, Gopalan 329 BASKARAN, Sundarababu 371 BATCHU, Venkateswara Rao 349 BHANAGE, Bhalchandra Mahadeo 274 BHATTACHARYYA, Aninda Jiban 350 CHAKRABORTY, Sudipta 303 CHANDRA, Amalendu 351 CHANDRA, Ramesh 304 CHANDRASEKHARAM, Malapaka 372 CHATTOPADHYAY, Arun 305 CHATTOPADHYAY, Nitin 275 CHAUHAN, Shive Murat Singh 373 CHELLAPPAN, Retna Raj 276 CHOUDHARY, Veena 374 DAS, Prasanta Kumar 352 DAS, Samar Kumar 277 DASGUPTA, Swagata 353 DASS, Sahab 354 DATTA, Anindya 355 DE, Goutam 306 DEKA, Ramesh Chandra 330 DHANARAJ, Gopi 307 DOLUI, Swapan Kumar 278 DUMBALA, Srinivasa Reddy 308 EAGAMBARAM, Murugan 279 GANGULY, Bishwajit 356 GHOSH, Pradyut 309 GHOSH, Sundargopal 280 GHOSH, Sunil Kumar 281 GHOSH, Surajit 282 GOEL, Atul 375 GOVINDASAMY, Sekar 283 GOWDA, D. Channe 376 GULLAPALLI, Kumaraswamy 284 GUPTA, Kailash Chandra 310 GUPTA, Rajeev 311 HARAM, Santosh Krishna 331 HASSAN, Puthusserickal Abdulrahiman 332 HULLURU, Rao Surya Prakash 333

JAGIRDAR, Balaji Rao 312 JANA, Nikhil Ranjan 313 KALE, Bharat Bhanudas 357 KAVIRAYANI, PRASAD RAMAKRISHNA 377 KHAN, Farid 285 KOMANDUR, Chary Venkat Raghava 378 KOMMU, Nagiah 286 KRISHNA, Palakodety Radha 379 KULATHU IYER, Sathiyanarayanan 288 KUMAR, Atul 314 KUMAR, Gopinatha Suresh 358 KUMBHAR, Avinash Shankar 380 KURESHY, Rukhsana I. 334 LINGAMALLU, Giribabu 335 MAJI, Tapas Kumar 381 MAL, Dipakranjan 359 MANGALAMPALLI, Ravikanth 360 MARAVANJI, Balakrishna Shivaramaiah 336 MEHTA, Surinder Kumar 315 MISHRA, Lallan 337 MOHAN, Dinesh 382 MUKHERJEE, Partha Sarathi 338 MURUGAVEL, Ramaswamy 361 NATH, Sukhendu 339 NAYAK, Sandip Kumar 362 NEGI, Arvind Singh 289 NETHI, Sekar Nagiyan 316 PANDA, Gautam 290 PANNURU, Venkatesu 317 PARIDA, Kulamani 318 PATEL, Anjali Uday 319 PATEL, Bhisma Kumar 291 PATEL, Ram Nivas 383 PATHAK, Tanmaya 340 PATIL, Rahul Chandrakant 292 PATIL, Satish Amrutrao 320 PATRA, Chandra Nath 293 PHUKAN, Prodeep 384 PILLAI, Vijayamohanan K. 363 POLSHETTIWAR, Vivek 321 PRABHU, Kandikere Ramaiah 322 PRAJAPATI, Dipak 323 PUNNIYAMURTHY, Tharmalingam 341 RAGAMPETA, Srinivas 385 RAMA KANT 342 RATH, Sankar Prasad 324

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RAWAT, Diwan S. 294 RIAZ, Ufana 295 ROY, Sujit 386 SANJAYAN, Gangadhar Jessy 387 SARKAR, Nilmoni 296 SARKAR, Sabyasachi 325 SHAHI, Vinod Kumar 297 SHARMA, Vinod Kumar 388 SHARMA, Yogesh Chandra 343 SINGH, Anand Pal 364 SINGH, Kamaljit 389 SINGH, Kunwar Pal 344 SINGH, Ramendra Kumar 326

SINGH, Ravindra Nath 327 SINGHA, Nikhil Kumar 345 SUBRAMANYAN, Vasudevan 346 SUDARSAN V. 298 SUKUMARAN, Gopukumar 365 SUNDARAM, Balasubramanian 390 SURESHAN, Kana Meethaleveetil 328 THANAPPAN VINAYAGAM, Rajendiran 366 TRIVEDI, Piyush 367 VADDE, Ravinder 368 VERMA, Akhilesh Kumar 299 VINU, Ajayan 347 VOMMINA, Sureshbabu Venkata 369

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

AGARWAL, Ashok Kumar 427 BANERJEA, Sudeshna 428 BHARGAVA, Rama 391 BHATTACHARYYA, Somnath 392 CHAKRAVERTY, Snehashish 393 CHANDRASEKARAN, Pandu Rangan 416 CHATTOPADHYAY, Asis Kumar 403 CHEBIYYAM, Uma Shankar 429 DAS, Pratulananda 404 DASGUPTA, Pallab 430 GANAPATHY, Ganesan 431 GANGAVAMSAM, Raja Sekhar Pydi 432 GHOSH, Amit 422 JAIN, Kanchan 394 KANORIA, Mridula 433 KHARE, Brij Behari 417 KHURANA, Dinesh 395 KORIKANA, Raja Rama Gandhi 423 KUMAR, Ajay 405 KUMAR, Narinder 434 KUNNUMMAL, Muralidharan 418 LAHIRI, Indrajit 424 LALITHA, C.S. 406

MISRA, Arvind Kumar 407 MOKKALA, Padmavathamma 419 NANDA, Asok Kumar 420 NATARAJ, Neela 396 NATARAJAN, Saradha 397 PAL, Umapada 435 PALANIAPPAN, Vellaisamy 398 PATIDAR, Kailash Chandra 399 PRASAD, Amritanshu 408 PYNE, Saumyadipta 400 RAMANA, Devarakonda Surya 436 RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Sundereswaran 421 RAVINDRANATHAN, Thangadurai 409 ROY, Satyajit 410 SAHOO, Trilochan 411 SASTRY, N.S. Narasimha 412 SINGH, Tej Bahadur 425 SRINIVAS, Vasudevan 401 TADURI, Srinivasa Siva Rama K. 413 TOMAR, Sushil Kumar 402 TRIPATHI, Amitabha 414 UPADHYAY, Ranjit Kumar 415 VIJAYAKUMAR, Ambat 426

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CHEMICAL SCIENCES (Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Theoretical Chemistry,

Applied Chemistry) ATREYA, HANUDATTA SASTRY (b 1974), Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2017, Chemical Sciences)

Prof. H. S. Atreya has contributed significantly towards addressing challenging problems in chemical and biological systems by developing novel techniques in NMR spectroscopy. The techniques allow one to significantly reduce the time required for acquiring and analyzing data (Anal. Chem. 2015; J. Biomol NMR (2014), Chem. Eur. J. (2015); Angew Chem. Intl. Ed. 2013). Atreya’s group has applied these methods to study the metabolism in cancer cells and human embryos generated for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). One challenge facing IVF today is the ability to identify embryos, which will result in birth of a healthy baby. Prof. Atreya’s group has pioneered the use of NMR to non-invasively study embryo metabolism and identify biomarkers that will reliably indicate the health of the embryos (NMR Biomed 2015, Nature Scientific Reports, 2016). This is for the first time in the country that metabolic studies of IVF has been attempted, and only a few groups in the world have successfully addressed this problem. This will significantly increase the success rate and bring down the costs of the process. In the field of nanomaterials, Prof. Atreya’s group has addressed an important problem concerning the dynamics of biomolecules adsorbed on the surface of nanoparticles (Nanoscale 2015). Based on this idea, his group has designed and developed an anti-microbial peptide tagged nanoparticle system having superior antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria (J. Colloids Inter. Sci. 2016).

Proposer: Prof. K. V. Ramanathan, Seconder: Prof. N. Suryaprakash Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Dubey, A. Rangarajan, D. Pal, H.S. Atreya (2015). A pattern recognition based approach for identifying metabolites in NMR based metabolomics. Anal. Chem. 87: 7148–7155 (if=5.9, ci=9) 2. A. Dubey, A. Rangarajan, D. Pal, H. S. Atreya (2015). Chemical shifts to Metabolic Pathways: Identifying metabolic pathways directly from a single 2D NMR Spectrum. Anal. Chem. 87: 12197-12205 (if=5.9, ci=3) 3. V. P Brahmkhatri, K. Chandra, A. Dubey, H. S. Atreya (2015). An ultrastable conjugate of silver nanoparticle and protein formed through weak interactions. Nanoscale 7: 12921-12931 (if=7.8, ci=9) 4. S. M. Pudakalakatti, A. Dubey, G. Jaipuria, U. Shubhashree, S. K. Adiga, D. Moskau, H. S. Atreya (2014). A fast NMR method for resonance assignments: application to metabolomics. J. Biomol NMR 58: 165-173 (if=3.1, ci=20) 5. A. Thakur, K. Chandra, A. Dubey, P. D’ Silva, H. S. Atreya (2013). Rapid characterization of hydrogen exchange in proteins. Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 52: 244 (if=11.7, ci=5) 6. S. Pudakalakatti et al. (2013). NMR studies of preimplantation embryo metabolism in human assisted reproductive techniques: a new biomarker for assessment of embryo implantation potential. NMR Biomed 26: 20-27 (if=3, ci=21) 7. B. Krishnarjuna, G. Jaipuria, A. Thakur A, P. D’ Silva, H. S. Atreya (2011). Amino acid selective unlabeling for sequence specific resonance assignments in proteins. J Biomol NMR 49: 39-51 (if=3.1, ci=35) 8. H. S. Atreya, A. Eletsky and T. Szyperski (2005). Resonance assignment of proteins with high shift degeneracy based on 5D spectral information encoded in highly resolved GFT NMR experiments.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127: 4554-4555 (if=13, ci=35) 9. H. S. Atreya and T. Szyperski (2004). G-matrix Fourier Transform NMR spectroscopy for complete protein resonance assignment. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101: 964 (if=9.4, ci=126) 10. H. S. Atreya, S. C. Sahu, K.V.R. Chary and G. Govil (2000). A Tracked approach for automated NMR assignments in proteins (TATAPRO). J. Biomol. NMR 17: 125-136 (if=3.1, ci=120)

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BHANAGE, BHALCHANDRA MAHADEO (b 1966), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Member of the NASI: No (YON 2017, Chemical Sciences)

Prof. B.M. Bhanage has contributed in the area of applied chemistry and green chemistry. He has contributed to the development of novel catalyst systems involving carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen insertion to the organic molecules, C-H Activation, amination, Various Coupling reactions. The catalyst-product separation and recycle in homogeneous catalysis is a challenge and he has developed various novel strategies to solve this problem, which include the use of biphasic catalysis, supported liquid phase catalysis, polymer anchored catalysis and metal leaching re-deposition technique. Increasing carbon dioxide emissions which are responsible for increase in global warming and hence, the work on its utilization to valuable chemicals like ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate synthesis is an important contribution. He has developed several advanced catalysts CO based aminocarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation reactions. He has contributed to the development of new methods for nanoparticle synthesis, use of microwaves and ultrasounds in organic synthesis, enzymatic catalysis, aminations, hydrogenations, carbonylations, hydroformylations, various coupling reactions like Heck, Sonogashira, Suzuki and ionic liquids. He has guided 30 Ph.D. students and currently guiding 15 research scholars. He has published 340 papers with an average impact factor of more than 3.3. He has also filed/granted 33 Patents and received more than 7400 citations with an h index of 45. He is a leading consultant to several chemical companies and on scientific advisory board of the Indian Patent Office and worked on various government bodies, universities committees.

Proposer: Prof. M. Lakshmi Kantam , Seconder: Prof. Sambasivarao Kotha Ten Best Publications: 1. R.V. Chaudhari, B.M. Bhanage, R.M. Deshpande, H. Delmas, 1995, Enhancement of interfacial catalysis in a biphasic system using catalyst binding ligands, NATURE, 373, 501-503 (if=31.43, ci=78) 2. B.M. Bhanage, S.I. Fujita, Y. Ikushima, M. Arai, 2001, Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate and glycols from carbon dioxide, epoxides, and methanol using heterogeneous basic metal oxide catalysts with high activity and selectivity, App. Cat. A, 219, 259-2 (if=3.564, ci=122) 3. K. P. Dhake, P. J. Tambade, Z. S. Qureshi, R. S. Singhal, B. M. Bhanage, 2011, HPMC-PVA film immobilized Rhizopus, oryzae lipase as a biocatalyst for transesterification reaction, ACS Catalysis, 1, 316-322, (if=9.307, ci=28) 4. D. B. Bagal, Z. S. Qureshi, K. P. Dhake, S. R. Khan, B. M.Bhanage, 2011, An efficient and heterogeneous recyclable palladium catalyst for chemoselective conjugate reduction of α,β unsaturated carbonyls in aqueous medium, Green Chemisty, 13, 1490-1494 (if=8.506, ci=36) 5. D.N. Sawant, Y.S. Wagh, P.J. Tambade, B. M. Bhanage, 2011, Cyanides free cyanation of aryl halides using formamide, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 353, 781–787 (if=5.187, ci=37) 6. M.V. Khedkar, T. Sasaki, B.M. Bhanage, 2013, Immobilized palladium metal containing ionic liquid catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation, phenoxycarbonylation and aminocarbonylation reactions, ACS Catalysis, 3, 287-293 (if=9.307, ci=58) 7. K. V. Wagh and B. M. Bhanage, 2015, Synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalenes from styrene oxides using a recyclable Brønsted acidic [HNMP]+HSO4− ionic liquid, Green Chemistry, 17, 4446-4451 (if=8.506, ci=10) 8. D.B. Bagal, G. Kachkovskyi, M. Knorn, T. Rawner, B. M. Bhanage, O. Reiser, 2015, Trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation of Alkenes: Evidence for an Inner-Sphere Mechanism by a Copper Phenanthroline Photoredox Catalyst, Angewandte Chemie, 54, 6999-7002 (if=11.709, ci=48) 9. V. B. Saptal, T. Sasaki, K. Harada, D. Nishio-Hamane, B. M. Bhanage, 2016, Hybrid Amine-Functionalized Graphene Oxide as a Robust Bifunctional Catalyst for Atmospheric Pressure Fixation of Carbon Dioxide using Cyclic Carbonates, ChemSusChem9, 644–650 (if=7.116, ci=5) 10. V. K. Vyas, B. M. Bhanage, 2016, Kinetic Resolution Driven Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of cis-β-Heteroaryl Amino Cycloalkanols by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation, Organic Letters, 18, 6436–6439 (if=6.732, ci=-)

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CHATTOPADHYAY, NITIN (b 1960), Professor, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata


Professor Chattopadhyay has made commendable contribution in developing several new and application oriented strategies in biophysical, surface and general chemistry. His research is well recognized by the global scientific community. As a mark, he is in the Editorial Boards of a number of international Journals like Biophysical Chemistry, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biology, J. Colloid Interface Sci. and J. Luminescence. He is Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences and West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology. He is the recipient of CRSI Bronze Medal and also a member of Joint Academy Science Education Panel. Professor Chattopadhyay’s pioneering strategy of introducing micelles as mediator increased the fluorosensing efficiency by orders of magnitude. This powerful strategy has enabled sensing of cationic analytes by cationic fluorophores, reported for the first time. His strategy for sensing of toxic cyanide ion in aqueous medium down to micromolar concentration requires only a spectrophotometer. In another direction, his strategy of salt induced electrostatic pushing of ionic probes/drugs into the hydrophobic interior of the target region has potential to enhance the drug efficacy tremendously. He has demonstrated endogeneous/exogeneous delivery of drugs targeting DNA, and excretion of membrane-adsorbed drugs by using non-toxic microheterogeneous assemblies. His well-referred strategy enables one to synthesize gold nanoparticles of desired dimension without requiring costly TEM for measurement of its dimension. His indigenous strategy has overcome the spectral overlap restriction in FRET. His recent proposition of hydrogen bond induced solute-solvent cluster formation for ESIPT prone molecular systems invites a new dimension in solvation dynamics.

Proposer: Prof. Anunay Samanta, Seconder: Prof. T.P. Radhakrishnan Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Mallick, B. Haldar, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2005, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 14683-14690. (if= 3.187, ci= 227) 2. A. Mallick, M. C. Mandal, A. Chakrabarty, P. Das, B. Haldar, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2006, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 3126-3127. (if= 13.038, ci= 90) 3. A. Chakrabarty, A. Mallick, B. Haldar, P. Purkayastha, P. Das, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2007, Langmuir, 23, 4842-4848. (if= 3.993, ci= 38) 4. A. Chakrabarty, A. Mallick, B. Haldar, P. Das, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2007, Biomacromolecules, 8, 920-927. (if= 5.583, ci= 119) 5. P. Das, A. Mallick, D. Sarkar, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2008, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 9600-9603. (if= 4.509, ci= 31) 6. B. Jana, S. Senapati, D. Ghosh, D. Bose, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2012, J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 639-645. (if= 3.187, ci= 49) 7. S. Ghosh, S. Chattoraj, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2014, Analyst, 139, 15664-5668. (if= 4.033, ci= 7) 8. S. Ghosh, S. Chakrabarty, D. Bhowmik, G. Suresh Kumar, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2015, J. Phys. Chem. B, 119, 2090-2102. (if= 3.187, ci= 6) 9. P. Kundu, S. Ghosh, S. Das, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2016, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 3685-3693. (if= 4.449, ci= 3) 10. S. Das, S. Ghosh, N. Chattopadhyay*, 2016, Chem. Phys. Lett, 644, 284-287. (if= 1.86, ci= 1)

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CHELLAPPAN, RETNA RAJ (b 1970), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharapur, Kharagpur


Prof. Raj is working in the area of functional materials and electrochemistry since he joined in IIT Kharagpur and made significant contribution to the field electroanalytical chemistry. His research works involve the synthesis of functional materials and molecular assemblies for electrochemical sensing/biosensing and energy conversion and storage applications. His research works on the development of electrochemical sensors and biosensors have received global recognition. His recent contribution to the synthesis of functional materials for energy conversion and storage is noteworthy. His publications in high impact journals are highly cited. He has a total of five patents including one US and two Japanese to his credit. Following are the brief highlights of his major contribution from IIT Kharagpur. • Enzyme-integrated metal nanoparticles and graphene-based biosensing scaffolds for the amperometric sensing of metabolites such as cholesterol, lactate, uric acid, etc. (Indian Pat. Appl. IN 2010KO00036 A 20130628 & 563/KOL/2013, Anal. Chem. 2006, 78, 6332). • Au nanoparticle-based sol-gel derived electrochemical nanoarchitecture for the simultaneous detection of inorganic contaminants such as As(III), Hg(II) and Cu(II) in groundwater at sub parts-per-billion level (US 85688525 B2, 2013, Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 4836). • Novel colorimetric approaches for the sensing of serum uric acid and toxic Hg(II) ions (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11498; Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4505). • Electrocatalytically active carbon nanotubes, nitrogen-doped graphene and transition metal oxides-based hybrid functional materials for the cathode reaction of fuel cell and energy storage (J. Mater. Chem. 2014, 2, 17848; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 2678).

Proposer: Prof. R. Ramaraj, Seconder: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. B. K. Jena and C. Retna Raj*, 2006, Electrochemical biosensor based on integrated assembly of dehydrogenase enzymes and gold nanoparticles, Anal. Chem. 78, 6332‐6339. (if=5.886, ci=186) 2. B. K. Jena and C. Retna Raj*, 2007, Synthesis of flower‐like gold nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of methanol and the reduction of oxygen, Langmuir, 23, 4064-4070. (if=3.993, ci=190) 3. B. K. Jena and C. Retna Raj*, 2008, Gold nanoelectrode ensembles for the simultaneous electrochemical detection of ultratrace arsenic, mercury, and copper, Anal. Chem. 80, 4836–4844. (US Patent Granted) (if=5.886, ci=181) 4. R. S. Dey and C. Retna Raj*, 2010, Development of an amperometric cholesterol biosensor based on graphene‐Pt nanoparticle hybrid material, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 21427–21433. (if=4.509, ci=163) 5. R. K. Bera and C. Retna Raj* 2010, Enzyme-cofactor-assisted photochemical synthesis of Ag nanostructures and shape-dependent optical sensing of Hg(II) ions, Chem. Mater. 22, 4505-4511 (if=8.535, ci=35) 6. R. K. Bera and C. Retna Raj* 2011, Enzyme-free colorimetric assay of serum uric acid, Chemical Communications, 47, 11498-11500 (if=6.567, ci=20) 7. R. S. Dey, S. Hajra, R. K. Sahu, C. Retna Raj* and M. K. Panigrahi, 2012, A rapid room temperature chemical route for the synthesis of graphene: metal-mediated reduction of graphene oxide. Chemical Communications 48, 1787–1789 (if=6.567, ci=73) 8. R. S. Dey and C. Retna Raj*, 2013, Redox-functionalized graphene oxide architecture for the development of amperometric biosensing platform, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 4791-4798 (if=7.145, ci=23 ) 9. S. Bag and C. Retna Raj*, 2014, Layered Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Material Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide and α-Ni(OH)2 for High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 17848-17856 (if=8.262, ci=20) 10. S. Bag, K. Roy, C.S. Gopinath and C. Retna Raj* 2014, Facile single-step synthesis of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide-Mn3O4 hybrid functional material for the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 2678-2699. (if=7.145, ci=70)

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DAS, SAMAR KUMAR (b 1963), Professor of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad


Professor Das has been working in the area of inorganic chemistry with the primary objective of developing inorganic functional materials of potential applications. His investigations led to: (a) sensing of methanol from its vapor state through a reversible gas-solid reaction (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3464-3465); (b) detection of azide anion from an aqueous solution mediated by a simple mononuclear coordination complex (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 2062-2064); (c) “molecule to material” approach in polyoxometalate (POM) chemistry (Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 496-507; Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 9708-9710; Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 12504−12507) and important role of diverse POM cluster anions in molecular recognitions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2006, 45, 245-248), chiral separation (Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 1862-1866) and catalysis; (d) coordination polymer (CP)- and metal organic framework (MOF)-containing compounds (e.g., Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 777−792) and their versatile applications including magnetic-, ion exchange- and catalytic-properties (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2425 –2430); (e) dithiolene-based inorganic materials for electrocatalytic proton reduction to molecular hydrogen and their use as molecular machines (for example, reversible cis-trans isomerization of an organic receptor mediated by a metal-dithiolene compound), (f) electrocatalytic water oxidation in the confinement space of diverse MOF materials as well as on the surface of zeolite-Y and (g) recent achievement on aerial CO2 fixation in the cavity of highly reduced POM capsule and its exclusion in a gas solid reaction.

Proposer: Prof. T. P. Radhakrishnan, Seconder: Prof. Musti J. Swamy Ten Best Publications: 1. Paulami Manna, Joyashish Debgupta, Suranjana Bose, and Samar K. Das*, 2016, A Mononuclear CoII Coordi-nation Complex Locked in a Confined Space ---- A “Ship-in-a-Bottle” Approach, 2425- 2430. (if= 11.709, ci= 7) 2. R. Bolligarla, S. N. Reddy, G. Durgaprasad, V. Sreenivasulu, and Samar K. Das*, 2013, Influence of the Substitu-ents on the Electronic and Electrochemical ....... Theoretical Investigation, Inorg. Chem., 52, 66-76. (if= 4.820, ci= 7) 3. B. K. Tripuramallu, P, Manna, S. N. Reddy, and Samar K. Das*, 2012, Factors Affecting the Conformational Modulation of Flexible Ligands ....and [Co(2,6-pydc)(bix)1.5]n•4nH2O, Cryst. Growth Des., 12, 777−792. (if= 4,425, ci= 54) 4. Sabbani Supriya and Samar K. Das*, 2011, Solid to solid formation at the solid-liquid interface leading to a chiral coordination polymer from an achiral monomer, Chem. Commun., 47, 2062-2064. (if= 6.567, ci= 10) 5. T. Arumuganathan and Samar K.Das*, 2009, Discrete Polyoxovanadate cluster into an Organic Free Metal-Oxide Based.....Compounds [Ln(H2O)62As8V14O42(SO3)] 8H2O (Ln =La3+, Sm3+ and Ce3+), Inorg. Chem. 48, 496-507. (if= 4.820, ci= 35) 6. V. Madhu and Samar K. Das*, 2008, New Series of Asymmetrically Substituted .......and Structural Diversity, Inorg. Chem., 47, 5055-5070. (if= 4.820, ci= 30) 7. Sabbani Supriya and Samar K. Das*, 2007, Reversible Single Crystal to Single Transformation Through ... at an Ambient Condition, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 3464-3465. (if= 13.038, ci= 65) 8. V. Shivaiah and Samar K. Das*, 2006, Fivefold Coordination in Cu(II) Aqua Ion: A Supramolecular Sandwich Consisting of Two Crown Ethers and a Trigonal Bipyramidal [Cu(H2O)5]2+ Ion, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 45, 245-248. (if= 11.709, ci= 18) 9. V. Shivaiah, M. Nagaraju, and Samar K. Das*, 2003, Formation of a spiral-shaped Inorganic-Organic hybrid Chain [CuII(2,2'-bipy)(H2O)2Al(OH)6Mo6O18]n1n- : Influence of Intra- and Inter-Chain Supramolecular Interactions, Inorg. Chem., 42, 6604 – 6606. (if= 4.820, ci= 136) 10. S. Manikumari, V. Shivaiah and Samar K. Das*, 2002, Identification of a Near-Linear Supramolecular (H2O)2 Cluster in the Solid State, Inorg. chem., 41, 6953 – 6955. (if= 4.820, ci= 106)

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DOLUI, SWAPAN KUMAR (b 1957), Professor, Dapartmentn of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam,Tezpur-784028,assam


Prof. Dolui has a unique combination of experience and expertise in the area of polymer science. His early career was spent in industry and CSIR pursuing industrial research. Since 1997, he has led a school of active research in polymer science at Tezpur University, Assam. His research covers diverse areas of polymers and advanced materials with potential applications in areas such as electroactive materials (OLED, Photovoltaic devices, supercapacitors) and nanomaterials. He has creatively explored techniques of mini-emulsion polymerization and suspension polymerization using supercritical carbon dioxide to synthesize polymers with novel properties and nano particles with interesting applications. He has also established process for polymer supported Ziegler Natta Catalyst for olefinic polymerizations. Presently he is engaged in developing non isocyanate based polyurethanes through CO2 insertion method. He has also developed self healing polymers. His research output has been prolific. He has also active in patenting. He has been successful in attracting funding from many agencies. He has supervised the Ph. D. thesis of 23 students. Given the fact that he works in a University in a remote part of our country, his performance is very laudable. He brings to his work a useful blend of science and technology focus, a reflection his own early training.

Proposer: Prof. Ram Prakash Singh, Seconder: Prof. A. K. Gupta Ten Best Publications: 1. P. Gogoi, M. Boruah, S. Sharma, S. K. Dolui, 2015, Blends of Epoxidized Alkyd Resins Based on Jatropha Oil and the Epoxidized Oil Cured with Aqueous Citric Acid Solution: A Green Technology Approach, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3(2), 261 (if=5.267, ci=9) 2. C. Bora, J. Sharma, S. K. Dolui, 2014, Polypyrrole/sulfonated graphene composite as electrode material for supercapacitor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(51), 29688-29694. (if=4.509, ci=23) 3. B. C. Nath, B. Gogoi, M. Boruah, M. Khannam, G. A. Ahmed, S. K. Dolui, 2014, High performance polyvinyl alcohol/multi walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline hydrogel (PVA/MWCNT/PAni) based dye sensitized solar cells, Electrochimica Acta, 146, 106-111. (if=4.803, ci=14) 4. D. Das, B. C. Nath, P. Phukon, S. K. Dolui, 2013, Synthesis and evaluation of antioxidant and antibacterial behavior of CuO nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 101, 430-433. (if=3.902, ci=65) 5. C Bora, S. K. Dolui, 2012, Fabrication of polypyrrole/graphene oxide nanocomposites by liquid/liquid interfacial polymerization and evaluation of their optical, electrical and electrochemical properties, Polymer, 53(4), 923-932. (if=3.586, ci=126) 6. I. R. Kamrui, P. Phukon, B. K. Konwer, S. K. Dolui, 2011, Synthesis of silver–polystyrene nanocomposite particles using water in supercritical carbon dioxide medium and its antimicrobial activity, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 55(3), 1089-1 (if=2.579, ci=38) 7. A. Dutta, S. K. Dolui, 2011, Tannic acid assisted one step synthesis route for stable colloidal dispersion of nickel nanostructures, Applied Surface Science, 257(15), 6889-6896. (if=3.150, ci=33) 8. J. N. Maiti, B. Pokhrel, R. Boruah, S. K.Dolui, 2009, Polythiophene based fluorescence sensors for acids and metal ions, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 141(2), 447-451. (if=4.758, ci=33) 9. N. Dutta, N. Karak, S. K. Dolui, 2004, Synthesis and characterization of polyester resins based on Nahar seed oil, Progress in organic coatings, 49(2), 146-152. (if=2.632, ci=122) 10. R. Ojah, S. K. Dolui, 2006, Solar radiation-induced polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of semiconductor-based photocatalyst, Solar energy materials and solar cells, 90 (11), 1615-1620 (if=4.732, ci=8)

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EAGAMBARAM, MURUGAN (b 1968), Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry & Professor & Head i/c, Department of Material Science, School of Chemical Sciences,University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025, Tamil Nadu,


Prof. Dr. E. Murugan is one of the prominent scientists working in the area of catalysis in the National & International scenario. From his outstanding research publications, I observed that for the past two and half decades through his thorough research, he developed nearly 400 types of soluble, insoluble, polymer- supported single & multi-site non-chiral & chiral phase transfer catalysts and demonstrated the same successfully for various pharmaceutically valuable lifesaving reactions. He also proved that these catalysts are inexpensive, stable, efficient, benign, and suitable for logistic operations by packed in to column reactor for continuous mode operations[2-9]. Specifically, he produced nanoparticle immobilized photocatalysts [7] and dendrimer based poly (quaternaryonium) catalyst which received greater attention from industries [5]. In addition, he also developed dendrimer, MWCNT & MNps integrated nanocatalytic materials for catalysis, antibacterial [1] and solubility enhancer applications for poorly soluble drugs[10b]. Very recently, he reported (i) dendrimer functionalized MWCNT hybrid having excessive conductivity with light weight and (ii) green and effective dendrimer drug delivery for solubility of Norfloxacin and Nimesulide drugs which are received adoring enquiry from pharma industries [10b]. Due to his vital contributions in catalysis and polymer fields, he has been elected to two scientific bodies and currently he is serving as a office bearer in Catalysis Society of India (CSI)- Executive Member and President, Society for Polymer Science (SPSI)-Chennai Chapter. So far, he produced 14 Ph.D’s, 2 are in pipeline, 8 are doing Ph.D., 26 M.Phils and 61 M.Sc candidates in the said area.

Proposer: Dr. V. Subramanian, Seconder: Dr. P. Ramamurthy Ten Best Publications: 1. E Murugan, G Vimala, 2011, Effective functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotube with amphiphilic poly (propyleneimine) dendrimer carrying silver......... antimicrobial activity, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 357 (2), 354-365. (if=3.782, ci=62) 2. E Murugan, P Gopinath, 2009, Triphase catalytic activity of a new insoluble multi-site phase transfer catalyst in C-alkylation of dihydrocarvone—A kinetic study, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 309 (1), 12-20. (if=3.93, ci=53) 3. E Murugan, A Siva, 2005, Synthesis of asymmetric n-arylaziridine derivatives using a new chiral phase-transfer catalyst, Synthesis, 2005 (12), 2022-2028. (if=1.87, ci=44) 4. E Murugan, JN Jebaranjitham, 2012, Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles supported on surface-modified poly (N-vinylimidazale) as catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 365, 128-135. (if=3.93, ci=38) 5. E Murugan, RL Sherman, HO Spivey, WT Ford, 2004, Catalysis by hydrophobically modified poly (propylenimine) dendrimers having quaternary ammonium and tertiary amine functionality, ACS Langmuir, 20 (19), 8307-8312. (if=3.99, ci=36) 6. E Murugan, R Rangasamy, 2010, Synthesis, characterization, and heterogeneous catalysis of polymer‐supported poly (propyleneimine) dendrimer stabilized gold nanoparticle catalyst, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48 (12), 2525-253 (if=3.11, ci=33) 7. E Murugan, R Rangasamy, 2011, Development of stable pollution free TiO2/Au nanoparticle immobilized green photo catalyst for degradation of methyl orange, Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 7 (1), 225-228. (if=3.92, ci=29) 8. T Balakrishnan, E Murugan, A Siva, 2004, Synthesis and characterization of novel soluble multi-site phase transfer catalyst; its efficiency........alkylation of phenylacetonitrile as a model reaction, Applied Catalysis A: General, 273 (1), 89-97. (if=4.01, ci=29) 9. E. Murugan and J.Nimita Jebaranjitham, 2014, Dendrimer grafted core-shell Fe3O4-Polymer magnetic nanocomposites stabilized with AuNPs for enhanced catalytic degradation of Rhodamine B- A kinetic study, Chemical Engineering, 259, Pages 266-276. (if=5.31, ci=16) 10. E.Murugan and G.Vimala, 2011, Amphiphilic Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Polymer Hybrid with Improved Conductivity .....Functionalization with Poly(vinylbenzyl)triethyl ammonium Chloride, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 19897. (if=4.50, ci=15)

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GHOSH, SUNDARGOPAL (b 1968), Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras


Dr. Ghosh is one of the leading boron chemists in India. His research on the transition metal boron chemistry is well recognized internationally. His research involves chemistry and applications of metallaboranes of early and late transition metals, metal borides of early transition metals and rare earth metals, molecular recognition of both cation and anion through the specific interaction between the receptor-ligand and ions and boron based solid state emissive material. He has established a general synthetic route for the synthesis of metallaborane compounds ranging group 4 to group 9 transition metals. Note that, some of the clusters he made have shown excellent catalytic activity, for example, C–H activation or cyclotrimerization of terminal and internal alkynes. In addition, he has developed a new synthetic route for the heterometallic cubane-type clusters of both group 6 and 8. In 2013, Dr. Ghosh has discovered for the first time a 16-vertex supraicosahedral metallaborane cluster that broke the 15 to 16-vertex barrier in the field of polyhedral boron chemistry. His research on molecular recognition has been successful in finding out the design and synthesis of new ferrocene derivatives containing boron centered functionalities. Recently, he has turned his attention towards poly(aryl ether) based borogels, a new class of materials for hosting nanoparticles and sensing anions. His research is prominent for its practicality, novelty and the diligence to details. Dr. Ghosh is an active communicator and cooperates well with the people in the inorganic and boron community.

Proposer: Prof. T. Pradeep, Seconder: Prof. A. K. Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. K. Geetharani, S. K. Bose, S. Sahoo and S. Ghosh, 2011, An Unprecedented Family of Hetero-metallic Cubane Type Clusters with an exo-Fe(CO)3 Fragment Anchored to the Cubane; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 3908. (if=11.709 , ci=42) 2. S. K. Bose, K. Geetharani and S. Ghosh, 2011, C-H Activation of Arenes and Heteroarenes by Early Transition Metallaborane, [(Cp*Ta)2B5H11] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5); Chem. Commun. 47, 11996. (if=6.567 , ci=35) 3. D. K. Roy, S. K. Bose, R. S. Anju, B. Mondal, V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh, 2013, Boron Beyond the Icosahedral Barrier: A 16-Vertex Metallaborane; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 3222. (if=11.709 , ci=48) 4. A. Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh, 2013, A Highly Sensitive and Selective Redox, Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for Pb(II) in Aqueous Environment; Anal. Chem. 85, 1665. (if=5.886 , ci=39) 5. R. S. Anju, D. K. Roy, B. Mondal, K. Yuvaraj, C. Arivazhagan, K. Saha, B. Varghese, and S.Ghosh, 2014, Reactivity of Diruthenium and Dirhodium Analogues of Pentaborane(9): Agostic versus Boratrane Complexes; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2873. (if=11.709 , ci=21) 6. C. Arivazhagan, R. Borthakur and S. Ghosh, 2015, Ferrocene and triazole appended rhodamine based multisignalling sensors for Hg2+ and their application in live cell imaging; Organometallics 34, 1147. (if=4.186 , ci=36) 7. D. K. Roy, B. Mondal, R. S. Anju and S. Ghosh, 2015, Chemistry of Diruthenium and Dirhodium Analogues of Pentaborane (9): Synthesis and Characterization of Metal N,S-Heterocyclic Carbene and B-agostic Complexes; Chem. Eur. J. 21, 3640. (Selected as c (if=5.771 , ci=6) 8. B. Mondal, B. Mondal, K. Pal, B. Varghese and S. Ghosh, 2015, An Electron-poor Di-Molybdenum Triple-decker with a puckered [B4Ru2] bridging ring is an oblato-closo Cluster; Chem. Commun. 51, 3828. (if=6.567 , ci=6 ) 9. C. Arivazhagan, R. Borthakur, R. Jagan and S. Ghosh, 2016, Benzoindolium-Triarylborane Conjugates: Ratiometric Fluorescent Chemodosimeter for the Detection of Cyanide ions in Aqueous Medium; Dalton Trans. 45, 5014 (Selected as cover page) (if=4.177 , ci=12) 10. R. Borthakur, B. Mondal, P. Nandi and S. Ghosh, 2016, Hypoelectronic isomeric diiridaboranes [(Cp*Ir)2B6H6]: the ‘‘Rule-Breakers’’(Cp* = η5-C5Me5); Chem. Commun. 52, 3199. (if=6.567 , ci=5 )

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GHOSH, SUNIL KUMAR (b 1960), Scientific Officer-H(+) and Head, Food Technology Division, BARC, Mumbai 400085


Dr. Ghosh has made significant contributions several areas of organic synthesis viz. organosilicon chemistry, peptide chemistry, asymmetric synthesis and diversity oriented synthesis (DOS) by developing novel methodologies for strategically substituted small molecule/ intermediates and applied them in complex molecule synthesis with ‘privileged’ structures and known bio-activities. His recent work on DOS strategies is based upon the discovery of a novel olefination using dimethylsulfonium methylide (DIMSY) and the invention of a vinylogous Wittig-type olefination. The first DOS methodology involves the synthesis and use of strategically substituted [3]dendralenes as substrate and a diverse set of dienophiles for diversity generation by employing a tandem diene-transmissive-Diels-Alder (DTDA) reaction. The DTDA sequence resulted in the generation of four new carbon-carbon bonds, two new rings and 3-7 stereogenic centers with excellent regio- and stereocontrol. The other DOS protocol is based on stoichiometry of an in-situ generated DIMSY, substrate structure and physical conditions. His studies lead to the development of mono-, di- and polyolefin syntheses with diverse regio- and stereochemistry which were used for the synthesis of lignan class of molecules with known bio-activities and also in Type-2- IMDA reaction leading to anti-Bredt bridged bicycle taxoid skeletons.He has extensively worked in the field of asymmetric synthesis by developing desymmetrizations of symmetric molecules with chiral reagents/ catalysts and developed regio-, stereo- and enantioselective organo-catalyzed reactions based on iminium/ enamine catalysis. Complex acyclic and cyclic skeletons embedded with multiple stereocentres including chiral quaternary centres and heteroatomic groups have been achieved. Some of them are showing promising bioactivities.

Proposer: Prof. (Dr.) Swapan K. Ghosh , Seconder: Prof. (Dr.) Vimal K. Jain Ten Best Publications: 1. Verma, R.; Ghosh, S. K. (1997), A silicon controlled total synthesis of the antifungal agent (+)-preussin, Chem. Commun., 1601-1602. (if=6.567, ci=31) 2. Singh, R.; Ghosh, S. K. (2002), Synthesis of enantiomerically pure all cis-2,3,6-trisubstituted piperidine: a silicon mediated total synthesis of (+)-carpamic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 7711-7715. (if=2.347, ci=37) 3. Ghosh, S. K.; Singh, R.; Date, S. M. (2003), A novel reaction of dimethylsulfonium methylide with Michael acceptors: application to the synthesis of difficultly accessible vinyl silanes and styrenes. Chem. Commun., 636-637. (if=6.567, ci=17) 4. Singh R.; Ghosh, S. K. (2007), Regioselective Tandem Dimethylsulfonium Methylide Addition-Eliminative Olefination of Diendioates: A Novel Route to 1,3-Butadien-2-ylmalonates, Org. Lett., 9, 5071-5074. (if=6.732, ci=15) 5. Date S. M.; Ghosh, S. K. (2007), A highly regioselective vinylogous Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons route to densely substituted 1,3-butadienes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 386-388. (if=11.709, ci=17) 6. Chowdhury, R.; Ghosh, S. K. (2009), Highly regio and enantioselective organocatalytic conjugate addition of alkyl methyl ketones to a β-silylmethylene malonate, Org. Lett. 11, 3270-3273. (if=6.732, ci=25) 7. Singh, R.; Ghosh, S. K. (2011), Synthesis of substituted [3]dendralenes and their unique cycloaddition reactions, Chem. Commun., 47, 10809-10812. (if=6.567, ci=10) 8. Sharma, S.; Panja, S.; Bhattachariya, A.; Dhami, P. S.; Gandhi, P. M.; Ghosh, S. K. (2015), Design, synthesis and extraction studies of a new class of conformationally constrained ...heptane-2,3-dicarboxamides, Dalton Trans., 44, 12771-12779. (if=4.177, ci=7) 9. Vamisetti, G. B.; Chowdhury, R.; Kumar, M.; Ghosh, S. K. (2016), “On water” organocatalyzed [4+2] cycloaddition of enones and nitrodienes for the enantioselective synthesis of densely substituted cyclohexanones, Org. Lett., 18, 1964-1967. (if=6.732, ci=3) 10. Naidu, G. S.; Singh, R.; Ghosh, S. K. (2017), Tuning the Stability and the Reactivity of Substituted [3]Dendralenes for .....Functionalized Fused Polycycles with Step and Atom Economy, J. Org. Chem., 82, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00169. (if=4.785, ci=0)

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GHOSH, SURAJIT (b 1977), Principal Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata


Dr. Ghosh’s most significant contributions after joining at CSIR-IICB are: • Chemical Neuroscience: Nominee has designed and developed several neuroprotective peptide, peptoid and small molecules. This has significant therapeutic potential for Alzheimer’ disease (AD) [Publications: 56, 38, 34, 27, 20 and US patent filed]. Further, he has developed various platforms for studying mechanistic aspects of AD and dynamics of proteins [Publications: 18, 20, 25]. • Microtubule Targeted Anticancer Molecules and Targeted Delivery: Microtubule plays crucial role in cancer cell proliferation. Thus microtubule is the key target for anticancer drug development. He has developed several small molecules, which target microtubule and perturb its structure and function [Publications: 54, 50, 49, 48, 46, 45, 43, 42, 40, 35, 29]. Moreover, he has developed various nano-delivery vehicles, which can deliver specifically anticancer drugs into the cancer cell without affecting the normal cell. In this area he has developed various assays such as microtubule dynamics assays, 2D and 3D-spheroid cell culture-based assays and in vivo mice model [Publications: 37, 40, 50, 53, 54]. • Gel for Melanoma Patient: Recently, he has developed an affordable novel liposomal gel formulation of edible plant extract for melanoma therapy. This formulation was fully evaluated in in vivo melanoma mice model and currently, he is performing preclinical studies and applied for PCT patent. [Publications: 55 and Ghosh et al., Indian Patent Filed.]

Proposer: Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya, Seconder: Prof. Samit Chattopadhyay Ten Best Publications: 1. A Adak, G Das, S Barman, S Mohapatra, D Bhunia, Surajit Ghosh.* (2017), Biodegradable Neuro-Compatible Peptide Hydrogel Promotes Neurite Outgrowth, Shows Significant Neuroprotection, and Delivers Anti-Alzheime. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 9, 5067. (if=7.14) 2. A Saha, S Mohapatra, G Das, B Jana, S Ghosh, D Bhunia, Surajit Ghosh.* (2017) Cancer cell specific delivery of Photosystem I through integrin targeted liposome shows significant anticancer activity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 176. (if=7.14) 3. S Mohapatra, A Saha, P Mondal, B Jana, S Ghosh, A Biswas, Surajit Ghosh.* (2017) Synergistic anticancer effect of peptide-docetaxel nano-assembly targeted to tubulin: Towards development of dual warhead containing... Adv Healthcare Mater., 6 (if=5.76) 4. S Ghosh, S Mohapatra, A Thomas, D Bhunia, A Saha, G Das, B Jana, Surajit Ghosh.* (2016) Apoferritin-nanocage delivers combination of microtubule and nucleus targeting anticancer drugs. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 30824. (if=7.14) 5. D Bhunia, S Mohapatra, P Kurkute, S Ghosh, B Jana, P Mondal, A Saha, G Das, Surajit Ghosh* (2016) Novel Tubulin-targeted Cell Penetrating Antimitotic Octapeptide. Chem. Commun., 52, 12657. (if=6.567) 6. B Jana, S Mohapatra, P Mondal, S Barman, K Pradhan, A Saha, Surajit Ghosh.* (2016) α-Cyclodextrin Interacts Close to Vinblastine Site of Tubulin and Delivers Curcumin Preferentially to the Tubulin Surface....... ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 13793 (if=7.14) 7. A Adak, S Mohapatra, PMondal, B Jana and Surajit Ghosh.* (2016) Design of novel microtubule targeted peptide vesicle for delivering different anticancer drugs. Chem. Commun., 52, 7549. (if=6.567) 8. A Biswas, P Kurkute, S Saleem, B Jana, S Mohapatra, P Mondal, A Adak, S Ghosh, A Saha, D Bhunia, S C Biswas and Surajit Ghosh*. (2015) Novel Hexapeptide Interacts with Tubulin and Microtubules.....ACS Chem. Neurosci., 6, 1309. (if=4.36) 9. A Saha, S Mohapatra, P Kurkute, B Jana and Surajit Ghosh* (2015) Interaction of Aβ peptide with tubulin causes inhibition of tubulin polymerization and apoptotic death of MCF-7 cells. Chem.Commun., 51, 2249. (if=6.71) 10. A Saha, G Mondal, A Biswas, I Chakraborty, B Jana, Surajit Ghosh.* (2013) In vitro reconstitution of a cellular like environment using liposome for amyloid beta peptide aggregation and its propagation. Chem. Commun., 49, 6119. (if=6.71)

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GOVINDASAMY, SEKAR (b 1971), Professor, IIT Madras, Chennai


Prof. Sekar’s research activity on asymmetric synthesis focuses on developing new synthetic methodologies employing environmentally benign chiral homogeneous and metal nanocatalysts. For the first time, he has synthesized an enantiopure model of galactose oxidase (GO) enzyme and mimicked its activity for the synthesis of important enantiopure alcohols through oxidative kinetic resolution (OKR) (Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 1086). This OKR is a very versatile and practical method as it uses molecular oxygen as the sole oxidant and produces only water as the by-product. The newly developed chiral GO model laid the way for the development of several new chiral catalysts and various new asymmetric transformations such as asymmetric oxidative coupling, cross-coupling, asymmetric coupling kinetic resolution and asymmetric hydrophosphorylation reactions. In addition, the nominee has developed an alternative route for the synthesis of chiral alcohols using enantioselective reduction (Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 18584). His intense efforts in developing a new class of highly stable palladium semi-heterogeneous nanocatalysts (Pd-BNP) stabilized by C(sp2) covalent bonds have been noteworthy, which were utilized asPd easily recoverable and reusable catalysts for various organic reactions (Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3856). The Pd-BNP is the alternate shelf-stable catalyst for flammable Pd/C. The additional advantage of Pd-BNP is its excellent compatibility with the aqueous medium (Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358, 1694). Furthermore, recently the nominee has contributed to the development of new catalysts using principles of halogen bonding interaction, an emerging field in catalysis (Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 1244).

Proposer: Prof. V.K.Singh, Seconder: Prof. A.K. Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Mannam, S. K. Alamsetti and G. Sekar, 2007, Aerobic, Chemoselective Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by DABCO-Copper Complex under Mild Conditions, Adv. Synth. Catal. 349, 2253 (if=6.453, ci=106) 2. S. K. Alamsetti, S. Mannam, P. Muthupandi and G. Sekar, 2009, Galactose Oxidase Model: Biomimetic, Enantiomer-Differentiating Oxidation of Alcohols by Chiral Copper Complex, Chem. Eur. J., 15, 1086 (if=5.771, ci=35) 3. A. B. Naidu, E. A Jaseer and G. Sekar, 2009, A general, mild and intermolecular Ullmann-type synthesis of diaryl and alkyl aryl ethers catalyzed by diol-copper(I) complex, J. Org. Chem.74, 3675 (if=4.785, ci=86) 4. R. K. Rao, A. B. Naidu, G Sekar, 2009, Highly efficient copper catalyzed domino ring opening and Goldburg coupling cyclization for the synthesis of 3, 4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazine, Org. Lett., 11, 1923 (if=6.732, ci=54) 5. D. J. C. Prasad and G. Sekar, 2011, Cu-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Thioethers by Coupling of Aryl Halides Using Thiol Precursor, Org. Lett. 13, 1008 (if=6.732, ci=89) 6. K. G. Thakur and G. Sekar, 2011, D-Glucose as green ligand for selective copper-catalyzed phenol synthesis from aryl halides with an easy catalyst removal, Chem. Commun., 47, 6692 (if=6.567, ci=45) 7. D. Ganapathy and G. Sekar, 2014, An Efficient Synthesis of Polysubstituted Olefins Using Stable Palladium Nanocatalyst: Applications in Synthesis of Tamoxifen and iso-Combretastatin A4, Org. Lett. (if=6.732, ci=23) 8. D. Arunprasath, P. Muthupandi, and G. Sekar, 2015, Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Carbene Insertion Prior to Intramolecular Heck Cyclization: Synthesis of 2 Arylidene-3-aryl-1-indanones, Org. Lett., 17, 5448 (if=6.732, ci=7) 9. N Chary Mamillapalli, and G. Sekar, 2015, Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Amides and β-Amino Alcohols from α-Keto Amides, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 18584 (if=5.771, ci=1) 10. Imran Kazi, Somraj Guha and G. Sekar, 2017, CBr4 as a Halogen Bond Donor Catalyst for the Selective Activation of Benzaldehydes to Synthesize α,β-Unsaturated Ketones, Org. Lett., 19, 1244 (if=6.732, ci=0)

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GULLAPALLI, KUMARASWAMY (b 1959), Senior Principal Scientist, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 007.


Dr. Kumaraswamy has made noteworthy contributions in the asymmetric total synthesis of architecturally complex natural products. The key transformations employed for assembling the structurally intriguing bioactive molecules are asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) and organo-catalysis. Furthermore, these reactions not only used as genesis of chirality but also employed for scale-up the significant intermediates useful for diverse purposes (J. Org. Chem, 2008, 73, 5198; J. Org. Chem, 2009, 74, 8468; J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 337). For the first time developed the enantioenriched BINOL- and substituted BINOL-Ca complexes using bench-top CaCl2 as a bivalent central metal and made use of them as an asymmetric catalytic Bronsted base simultaneously as a Lewis acid (Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 8515; Adv. Synth. Catal., 2005, 347, 867). A method of preparing stereo-defined two successive hydroxyl-alkyl stereocenters with high stereo-control has been developed by means of ATH-DKR. This concept led to construct structural scaffold bearing consecutive an anti-anti-syn stereogenic centers possessing bio-active molecules (Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1793; Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 8487; and Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 8960). More prudent research field has been the identification for the formation of Cu-catalyzed ylide formation/[2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement (Chem. Commun., 2008, 5324) and P-C bond formation virtually using non-basic conditions. The outstanding scientific contributions of Dr. KUMARASWAMY richly merit the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences and I recommend his candidature in strongest terms.

Proposer: Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Seconder: Dr. Garikipati Narahari Sastry Ten Best Publications: 1. G. Kumaraswamy*, Gajula Ramakrishna, Police Naresh, Bharatam Jagadeesh and Balasubramanian Sridhar (2009) “A Flexible Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Diospongins A, B and their Enantiomers Using Catalytic Hetero-Diels-Alder/Rh-catalyzed 1, (if=4.72, ci=60) 2. G. Kumaraswamy*, Akula Narayana Murthy, and Arigala Pitchaiah (2010) “FeCl3-Catalyzed Oxidative Allylation of sp2 and sp3 C-H Bond Adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom: Easy Access to Homoallyl Tertiary Amines” J. Org. Chem. 75, 3916. (if=4.72, ci=60) 3. G. Kumaraswamy*, K. Ankamma, A. Pitchaiah (2007) “Tandem Epoxide or Aziridine Ring Opening by Azide/Copper Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition: Efficient Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazolo β-Hydroxy or β-Tosylamino Functionality Motif” J. Org. Chem. 72, 9822. (if=4.72, ci=61) 4. G. Kumaraswamy*, M. N. V. Sastry and Nivedita Jena (2001) “Calcium-BINOL: a novel and efficient catalyst for asymmetric Michael reactions” Tet. Lett., 42, 8515. (if=2.34, ci=72) 5. G. Kumaraswamy*, Mogilisetti Padmaja (2008) “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Eicosanoid and its Congener Using Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation, and Catalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions as Key Steps” J. Org. Chem. 73, 5198. (if=4.72, ci=35) 6. G. Kumaraswamy*, and Ragam Raju (2014) “Copper(I)-Induced Sulfenylation of H-Phosphonates, H-Phosphonites and Phosphine Oxides with Aryl/alkylsulfonylhydrazides as a Thiol Surrogate” Adv. Synth. Catal. 356, 2591. (if=6.45, ci=27) 7. G. Kumaraswamy*, Neerasa Jayaprakash, and Balasubramanian Sridhar (2010) “An Organocatalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of (2S,3R,4S)-4-Hydroxyisoleucine and Its Stereoisomers” J. Org. Chem. 75, 2745. (if=4.72, ci=18) 8. G. Kumaraswamy*, K. Sadaiah, D. S. Ramakrishna, Naresh Police, B. Sridhar and B. Jagadeesh (2008) “Highly enantioselctive carbon-carbon bond formation by Cu-catalyzed asymmetric[2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement: application to the synthesizes of seve (if=6.56, ci=15) 9. G. Kumaraswamy*, Neerasa Jayaprakash, Guniganti Balakishan (2011) “Cu(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Benzyldiazoester coupling with Terminal Alkyne-Allene formation-Michael reaction: Application to the syntheses of Oxa and Azacycles” Org. Biomol. Chem., 9, 7 (if=3.56, ci=12) 10. G. Kumaraswamy*, A. Narayana Murthy,V. Narayanarao, V. Sahithya Phani Babu and B. Jagadeesh (2014) “Enantioselective Synthesis of alkylsubstituted Weinreb amides via DKR-ATH:-hydroxy--Alkoxy--/ Application to the Synthesis of Advanced Inter (if=3.56, ci=10)

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KHAN, FARID (b 1957), Professor, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar-470 003


Actively engaged in research pertaining to synthesis, characterization and applied applications of nanoporous materials of silver, gold, CuO, Ni, Zn, TiO2 and Co using ionic and non ionic surfactants by modified Sol-Gel technique. The structural morphology has been modified by adding structural directing agents e.g. dextran, TMB, GO, r-GO, CNT, and nanoparticles. Porosity has also been created in the nanocomposites prepared by the polysaccharides crosslinked with divalent cations by dissipative convective structure followed by Freeze drying techniques. Challenges: Tuning the pores of the materials as per requirement is the greatest challenge for diverse applications. Achievements/Applications 1. Heterogeneous Catalysis: As synthesized CuO, Ag, TiO2 Co and Ni monolith using different nonionic surfactants have been used to catalyse organic reactions and reduce organic toxic reagents1-5. 2. Electrochemical Sensors: CuO, and nanocomposites of Ba/alginate/dextran with either of Si, TiO2, Au and Fe3O4 NPs showed significant sensor activities against p-Nitrophenol, Glucose, and toxic metals2,4. 3. Supercapacitors: As synthesized CuO, and Ag monoliths showed considerable power and energy density can be used for double layer capacitors. 4. Antimicrobial Agents: As synthesized silver monoliths with Pluronic F-127 as sacrificial template have successfully been used as antimicrobial agents against some gram positive and gram negative pathogens. 1. Farid Khan et al, J. Solid State Chem., 2017, 248, 40. 2. Farid Khan et al, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 42807. 3. Farid Khan et al, New J Chem., 2016, 40,6787. 4. Farid Khan et al, J. Mater. Chem.A, 2014,2, 11792. 5. Farid Khan et al, React. & Func. Polym. 2016, 105, 78.

Proposer: Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya, Seconder: Prof Tarasankar Pal Ten Best Publications: 1. M. Bano, D. Ahirwar, M. Thomas, M. Ud Din Sheikh and Farid Khan, Hirarchical porous silver metal using Pluronic F-127 ------- agents for the reduction of o-nitroaniline to 1,2 benzene diamine’,J. Solid State Chem., 2017, 248, 40-50. (if=2.5, ci=6) 2. M. Ud Din Sheikh, G. A. Naikoo, M. Thomas, M. Bano, D. Ahirwar, U. Jan Pandit and Farid Khan,‘Fabrication of hierarchically mesoporous CuO nanostructures & their role as heterogeneous catalysts & Sensors’, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 42807-42818. (if=4, ci=1) 3. M. Thomas, G. A. Naikoo, M. Ud Din Sheikh, M. Bano and Farid Khan,Effective photocatalytic degradation of cango red dye using alginate/carboxymethylcellulose/TiO2 ---- , J. Photochem. & Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 2016, 327, 33-43. (if=2.5, ci=2) 4. M. Thomas, G. A. Naikoo, M. Ud Din Sheikh, M. Bano, and Farid Khan,Fabrication of ----of Ba/alginate/carboxymethycellulose/ grapheme oxide/Au nanoparticles and their catalytic efficiency in o-nitroaniline reduction, New J. Chem.,2015, 39, 9761-9771. (if=3.3, ci=3) 5. G. A. Naikoo, R. A. Dar and Farid Khan,Hierarchically macro/mesostructured porous Copper oxide: facile synthesis, --- catalytic performance & electrochemical study of mesoporous Copper oxide monoliths’, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 11792-11798. (if=8.262, ci=17) 6. M. Bano, D. Ahirwar, M. Thomas, G. A. Naikoo, M.Ud Din Sheikh, and Farid Khan,Hierarchical synthesis of silver monoliths and their efficient catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 6787-6795. (if=3.3, ci=6) 7. M. Ud Din Sheikh, G. A. Naikoo, M. Thomas, M. Bano and Farid Khan,Solar assisted photocatalytic reduction of methyl orange azo dye over porous TiO2 nanostructures, New J. Chem., 201640, 5483-5494. (if=3.3, ci=1) 8. M. Ud Din Sheikh, G. A. Naikoo, M. Thomas and Farid Khan,Surfactant –assisted morphological tuning of porous metallic silver sponges: Facile synthesis characterization and catalytic performance., J. Sol-Gel Sci. & Tech., 2015, 76, 572-581. (if=1.5, ci=5) 9. G. A. Naikoo, R. A. Dar, M. Thomas, M. Ud Din Sheikhj, and Farid Khan,Hierarchically porous metallkic silver monoliths: facile ----& its evaluation as an electrode materials for supercapacitors’, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron., 2015, 26, 2403-2410 (if=1.8, ci=5) 10. F. Khan, D. Walsh, A. J. Patil, A. W. Perriman and S. Mann, Self-organized structural hierarchy in mixed polysaccharide sponges., Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3081-3085. (if=5, ci=13)

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KOMMU, NAGAIAH (b 1966), Senior Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad


It is my great pleasure to nominate Dr K Nagaiah in support of his application for NASI fellow this year being sponsored by the National Academy of Science, Allahabad. I have known him since he joined in nCT as a Scientist B (1992). The impact of Dr. Nagaiah's research works becomes obvious from the very fact that his publications have already been cited about 1304 times and his name appeared in the IS list of most cited chemists (based on total citations 1509 and above during 1994 - April 2014). His recent publication in Green Chemistry and in RSC Adv., 2014 on Pd(Il)-catalysis, has led to an exciting new area of research. His recent work on new cis-fused tetrahydrochromeno[ 4,3-b ]quinolines and ongoing related anticancer projects is particularly noteworthy and is highly regarded by everyone. His group has also made valuable contributions towards the first total synthesis of natural products like (S) clavulazine, Oplopandiol and stereo selective synthesis of cytotoxic and antimicrobial natural products. In addition, His group also made large contribution towards the development of novel protocols for the synthesis of biologically active heterocyclic compounds like chrorneno-annulated pyrano quinolines, isoxazoles, and pyrans etc., as well as drug intermediates. Dr. K. Nagaiah has contributed very significantly in diverse areas of organic and bioorganic and medicinal chemistry like isolation of Natural products from various traditional plants, total synthesis of various biologically active natural products like anticancer, antifungal, herbicidal and antibacterial; developing of novel synthetic protocols like green chemistry, Multi-component reactions for the synthesis of pharmacologically potential heterocyclic systems, important drug intermediates and industrial essentials. He is very successful in establishing research collaborations with various academic organizations like National Institute of Uanai Medicine. Erragadda, Hyderabad. Simultaneously, he started working on industry sponsored projects as well. He trained many Ph.D. students, Project Assistants. As a result, he published high standard papers in high Impact Factor international journals such as ACS journals and RSC and Wiley-Interscience as a leading author. In fact, this testifies Dr. Nagaiah.s research capability. Dr. Nagaiah has made a series of outstanding contributions in the area of Organic Chemistry and Natural Product Isolation. From the last five years, he has been actively involved in asymmetric synthesis to the preparation of optically active compounds. The technology developed by him has been transferred to sponsred industry .. Therefore, he has made outstanding contributions to academic as well as to industry. To his credit, he has published more than 110 papers with an average citations per paper of 18.13 and h index of21. During the last three years several complex fused heterocyclic system such cis -fused purano[3,4- c] pyrans via domino Knovenegal Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction (Aza-Diels Alder reaction were synthesized and published papers. Their anti proliferative/Anti tuberculosis activity was also assessed. These type of heterocyclic systems will be synthesized by novel methods in future. Participated in Science for Society discussion organized by CSJR-IICT and published article on "Tuberculosis, incidence and prevalence is on the rise in India: analysis and solution" published proceedings of APAS 2014,16, pages 113-122 and another paper in Current Science Bangalore on "Publications in organic chemistry from Indian universities and laboratories in 2011-2013: analysis and some suggestions." These will be very useful to policy makers. Gave seminar lectures, invited lectures, key note addresses at several state universities and Institutes and also personally interacted with PG students of chemistry of several universities and PG colleges. I impressed the need to update chemistry syllabus and teaching useful to understand contemporary development of science and technology. I therefore strongly recommend his candidature for the NASI fellow, for which he is an applicant. I have no doubt that if he is awarded, he will bring himself the worth of it and set up a high standard of this award in Indian scientific community.

Proposer : Dr J. S. Yadav, Seconder : Dr B.V. Subba Reddy Ten Best Publications: 1. Palladium(II)-catalyzed direct O-alkenylation of 2-arylquinazolinones with N-tosylhydrazones: an efficient route to O-alkenylquinazolines, Rajaka Lingayya, Mari Vellakkaran, Kommu Nagaiah*, Prabhakar Rao Tadikamalla and Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu. Chemical Communications 2017, 53,1672-1675. 2. Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Carbenoid Insertion of N-Tosylhydrazones into Amide N-H Bonds: An Efficient Approach to N -Benzyl/ Alkyl-Z-arylquinazolinones Rajaka Lingayya, Mari Vellakkaran, Kommu Nagaiah*and Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016,358, 81- 89. 3. Replacing a stoichiometric silver oxidant with air: ligated Pd(II)-catalysis to ~-aryl carbonyl derivatives with improved chemoselectivity, V. Mari, A. M. S. Murugaiah and K. Nagaiah*, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 2788-2797. 4. Oxygen as single oxidant for two steps: base-free one-pot Pd(II)-catalyzed alcohol oxidation & arylation to halogen-intact ~-aryl a,~-enones, V. Mari, A. M. S. Murugaiah and K. Nagaiah*, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 45490-45494. 5. Ligated Regioselective PdII Catalysis to Access ~-Aryl-Bearing Aldehydes, Ketones, and ~-Keto Esters, Mari Vellakkaran, Murugaiah M. S. Andappan, Nagaiah Kommu* Eur. J. Org. Chern. 2012, 4694-4698.

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6. Intermolecular cyclization of diethanalamine and methylamine to N- Methyl piperazine over zeolites, K. Nagaiah, A. Sudhakar Rao, S. J. Kulkarni, M. Subrahmanyam, A.V. Rama Rao. Journal of Catalysis, 1994, 147,349-351. 7. Synthesis of novel chrorneno-annulated cis-fused pyrano[3,4-c]benzopyran and naphtho pyran derivatives via domino aldol-type/hetero Diels-Alder reaction and their cytotoxicity evaluation, M. Jyothi, A. Venkatesham, B. Naveen Kumar, K. Nagaiah*, P. Sujitha C. Ganesh Kumar T. Prabhakar Rao, N. Jagadeesh Babu. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Left., 2014,24,4428-4434. 8. Synthesis of new chromeno-annulated cis-fused pyrano[3,4-c]pyran derivatives via domino Knoevenagel-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions and their biological evaluation towards antiproliferative activity A. Venkatesham, R. Srinivasa Rao, K.Nagaiah* J. S. Yadav, G. Roopa Jones, S. J. Basha, B. Sridhar, A. Addlagatta Med. Chem. Comm. 2012,3,652-658. 9. Development and validation of an analytical method for the separation and determination of major bioactive curcuminoids in Curcuma longa rhizomes and herbal products using non aqueous capillary electrophoresis. S. Anubala, R. Sekar and K. Nagaiah*, Talanta, 2014, 123, 10-17. 10. Publications in Organic Chemistry from Indian Universities and Laboratories in 2011-2013: analysis and some suggestion, K Naagaiah* and G. Srimannarayana Current Science, Vo1.108, No.2, 25, 2015,176-183.

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KULATHU IYER, SATHIYANARAYANAN (b 1966), Professor and Registrar, VIT University, Vellore


Dr.K.Sathiyanarayanan was appointed as Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry in erstwhile VEC, Vellore in 1994. The visionary management along with people like him, worked hard to transform into VIT University in 2001. He went to KERI, Changwon in South Korea and published 5 papers during his stay in 2005-2006. He was very instrumental in bringing the FIST project to the university to purchase a 400MHz NMR instrument. His first research paper after 2006 was on the synthesis of a new phenanthridine based molecule by a simple method. The application of this molecule is many, as this can be easily functionalized. At present he is working on OLED materials. Asper scopus data he is having 72 publications and his h-index is 11. He has held many posts in the university right from first year coordinator, professor in charge of library, chief warden, Dean of SAs & SSL to the Registrar of University.I am sure that he will be a successful researcher and an able administrator.I strongly recommend him for the admission into FNASc. Vinod.K. Singh

Proposer: Dr. Vinod.K.Singh, Seconder: Dr. S. Natarajan Ten Best Publications: 1. Lee, C.W.,Sathiyanarayanan, K.,Eom, S.W.,Kim, H.S.,Yun, M.S.2006,Novel electrochemical behavior of zinc anodes in zinc/air batteries in the presence of additives J. Power Sources 159 , 1474 (if=6.33, ci=44) 2. Lee, C.W., Sathiyanarayanan, K., Eom, S.W., Yun, M.S.2006, Novel alloys to improve the electrochemical behavior of zinc anodes for zinc/air battery,J. Power Sources 160, 1436 – 1441 (if=6.33, ci=38) 3. .Sathiyanarayanan, K.I.,Karthikeyan, N.S.,Aravindan, P.G., Shanthi.S.,Rathore, R.S.,Lee, C.W,2009,Dual behavior of 2-tetralone: A new approach for the synthesis of 5-aryl-7,8,13,14-tetrahydrodibenzo[a,i]phenanthridine J. Heter. Chem, 46, 1142 (if=0.962, ci=11) 4. Rathore, R.S., Karthikeyan, N.S., Alekhya, Y., Sathiyanarayanan, K., Aravindan, P.G.2011, The role of weak intermolecular C-H. F interactions in supramolecular assembly: Structural investigations on .....J. Chem. Scie, 123, 403 (if=1.298, ci=9) 5. Karthikeyan, N.S., Sathiyanarayanan, K.I., Aravindan, P.G., Giridharan, P.2011, Synthesis, crystal structure, and anticancer properties of cyclic monocarbonyl analogs of curcumin , Med. Chem. Res. 20, 81 (if=1.542, ci=18) 6. Umamahesh, B., Sathesh, V., Ramachandran, G., Sathishkumar, M., Sathiyanarayanan, K.2012, LaCl 3·7H 2O as an efficient catalyst for one-pot synthesis of highly functionalized piperidines via multi-component organic reactions , Catalysis lett,142,895 (if=2.307, ci=23) 7. Ramachandran, G., Karthikeyan, N.S., Giridharan, P., Sathiyanarayanan, K.I.2012, Efficient iodine catalyzed three components domino reaction for the synthesis of 1-((phenylthio)(phenyl)methyl)pyrrolidin-2-one derivatives possessing.... 10, 5343 (if=3.559, ci=23) 8. Easwaramoorthi, S., Umamahesh, B., Cheranmadevi, P., Rathore, R.S., Sathiyanarayanan, K.2013, Synthesis of green light emitting fused pyrazolinopiperidines - Photophysical and electrochemical studies RSC Advances, 3, 1243 (if=3.289, ci=11) 9. Mandlimath, T.R., Umamahesh, B., Sathiyanarayanan, K.2014, Rapid one pot synthesis of xanthene derivatives by an efficient and reusable nano-ZnAl2O4 - An insight into a new process J.Mol. Cat.391, 198. (if=3.958, ci=13) 10. Umamahesh, Karthikeyan N.S, K. Sathiyanarayanan, Joanna M. Malicka and MASSIMO COCCHI.2016,Tetrazole Iridium(III) complexes as class of phosphorescent emitters for high-efficiency OLEDs, J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 10053 (if=5.066, ci=0)

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NEGI, ARVIND SINGH (b 1970), Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, India


Dr. Negi has been working on development of cancer chemotherapeutics through modulation of tubulin dynamics. Applying fragment based drug discovery approach, gallic acid, from Phyllanthus emblica was utilized to transform 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl motif. This motif when placed at an appropriate position in a pharmacophore, induced antitubulin effect. This idea of specific anticancer fragment is original which he conceived from the structures of several natural antitubulins. Later, he confirmed that this fragment binds at β-tubulin through crucial residues ALA316,and VAL318, and modulates tubulin dynamics [Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2015, 23: 373]. Dr. Negi has achieved several anticancer pharmacophores like indanones, benzylindaones, indoles, arylnaphthofurans etc. through this concept [Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2008, 18:3914; Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2012, 20:3049; Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 2012, 47:988; Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 2015, 76:57; Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2014; 22:1342; Chem. Biol. Drug Design 2016, 88:625; RSC Advances 2016, 6:33369]. Several dual action molecules were developed against hormone dependent breast cancers for selective transportation to tumour site through estrogen receptors [Steroids 2012, 77:878; J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2013, 137:332; Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2014, 86:740]. Dr. Negi has successfully achieved three preclinical cancer chemotherapeutics evaluated at ACTREC, Mumbai against various xenograft mice models and removed 54-69% tumours. Compounds were safe in sub-acute toxicity of 28 days experiments in mice model up to 30mg/kg dose [133NF2011-US patent US20130079396A1, 28 March 2013; 001NF2015-PCT patent filed; 0012NF2017-PCT filed]. The approach is new and totally different than traditional approach. Based on these findings I recommend his candidate for this prestigious fellowship.

Proposer: Dr. Diwan Singh Bhakuni, Seconder: Dr. (Mrs.) Suchitra Banerjee Ten Best Publications: 1. V Srivastava, Arvind Singh Negi*, J.K. Kumar et al.(2006). Synthesis of 1-(3', 4', 5'-trimethoxy) phenyl naphtho [2, 1b] furan as a novel anticancer agent. Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters 16, 911-914. (if=2.42, ci=55) 2. HO Saxena, U Faridi, S Srivastava, JK Kumar, MP Darokar, S Luqman, C.S. Chanotiya, Vinay Krishna, Arvind Singh Negi* (2008). Gallic acid-based indanone derivatives as anticancer agents. Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18 (14), 3914-3918. (if=2.42, ci=75) 3. SH Rani, TH Krishna, S Saha, Arvind Singh Negi, R Rajasekharan (2010). Defective in cuticular ridges (DCR) of Arabidopsis thaliana, ....... diacylglycerol acyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 (49), 38337-38347. (if=4.573, ci=50) 4. S Singh, JK Kumar, D Saikia, K Shanker, JP Thakur, Arvind Singh Negi* et al. (2010). A bioactive labdane diterpenoid from Curcuma amada .... agents.European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 45 (9), 4379-4382. (if=3.447, ci=37) 5. S Parihar, A Gupta, AK Chaturvedi, J Agarwal, S Luqman, B Changkija, M. Manohar, ......... Arvind Singh Negi* (2012). Gallic acid based steroidal phenstatin .......tubulin polymerisation. Steroids 77 (8), 878-886. (if=2.716, ci=18) 6. D Chanda, S Bhushan, SK Guru, K Shanker, ZA Wani, BA Rah, S Luqman, DM Mondhe, A. Pal, Arvind Singh Negi* (2012). Anticancer activity, toxicity and pharmacokinetic profile of an indanone derivative. Eur. J. Pharmaceutical Sci. 47 (5),988-995. (if=3.773, ci=14) 7. AP Prakasham, AK Saxena, S Luqman, D Chanda, .............. F. Khan, Arvind Singh Negi* (2012). Synthesis and anticancer activity of 2-benzylidene indanones through inhibiting tubulin polymerization. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 20 (9), 3049-3057. (if=2.793, ci=16) 8. S Parihar, A Kumar, AK Chaturvedi, ... .....R. Konwar, Arvind Singh Negi* (2013). Synthesis of combretastatin A4 analogues on steroidal framework and their anti-breast cancer activity. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 137, 332-344. (if=3.628, ci=17) 9. BS Kumar, A Kumar, ............ J Sarkar, Arvind Singh Negi* (2014). Synthesis of 2-alkoxy and 2-benzyloxy analogues of estradiol as anti-breast cancer agents through microtubule stabilization. European Journal Medicinal Chemistry 86, 740-751. (if=3.447, ci=05) 10. A Singh, K Fatima, ……….. D Chanda, Arvind Singh Negi* (2015). Anticancer activity and toxicity profiles of 2-benzylidene indanone lead molecule. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 76, 57-67. (if=3.773, ci=03)

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PANDA, GAUTAM (b 1969), Scientist E-II, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow


Dr. Panda has made vital contributions towards the development of potent therapeutic agents in the area of cancer and tuberculosis. During his Ph.D. and post-doc, he worked on design and synthesis of bucky-bowls and heterogeneous catalysts respectively. However, he has independently developed as a medicinal chemist and elegantly utilized his training as an organic chemist to solve problems of biological interest. He extensively, ingeniously harnessed the abundantly available amino acids and syn-2,3-dihydroxy esters in the synthesis of structurally complex bioactives such as (-)-Balanol, Ophiocordin, (+)-epiquinamide, (+)-α-conhydrine, C3-epi-(+)-lycoricidine, Jaspine B, 8,8a-diepicastanospermine, (-)-Swainsonine, levofloxacin, ()-Raphidecursinol B, spisulosine etc. In the quest for steroidomimetics, he envisages to employ AAs and its inherent chirality towards chiral heterosteroid architectures and related seco/modified-steroids which otherwise very difficult to introduce and comprising of several synthetic steps for asymmetric steroids. Hetero [6-5-6] tricyclics resembling Taiwaniaquinoids and C-nor-D-homo steroids were synthesized through first heteroaromatic Nazarov type cyclization with excellent regioselectivity. His chiral serine azide through Weinreb amide to reduce acidity of α-proton is widely utilized. His consistent effort has resulted in bringing trisubstituted methanes (TRSMs) with high potential towards developing antitubercular agents. One molecule (CDRI; S-006-830) has been very promising and currently in the preclinical stage of development. His work in the area of amino acids and TRSMs was recognized in the form of invited reviews for Tetrahedron (2013, 2853-2884), ChemMedChem (2015;1467-1474), EJOC (2014, 8004–8019), OBC., (2014, 6297-6339), RSC Adv., (2014, 28317 – 28358). He is the recipient of JSPS Invitation fellowship (2011) and CRSI Bronze medal (2011)

Proposer: Dr. Madhu Dikshit, Seconder: Prof. Ganesh Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. Srivastava,A.K.,andPanda,G.2008,Total Synthesis of (-)-Balanol, its all Stereoisomers, their N-tosyl analogues and fully protected Ophiocordin: An easy access to hexahydroazepine cores from Garner aldehydes ChemistryA European Journal, 4675-4688 (if=5.731, ci=49) 2. Parai,M.K.,Panda,G., Chaturvedi, V., Manju Y.K., and Sinha, S, 2008, Thiophene containing triarylmethanes as antitubercular agents, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 289-292 (if= 2.486, ci=108) 3. Samanta,K.,Chatterjee,B.,Mishra,J.K.,Dwivedi,S.D.,Naik,L.V.,Choudhry,P.,Bid,H.K., Konwar,R., Chattopadhyay, N., and Panda, G.:, 2010,Anti-tumor Activity of a new series of Benzoxazepine Derivatives in Breast Cancer, BMCL, 283–287 (if=2.486, ci=41) 4. Samanta,K.;Panda, G,2011,BF3.OEt2 Mediated Regioselective Ring Opening of Amino Acids Derived Chiral Aziridines: An Easy Route Towards 2,5-Substituted Chiral Piperazines, and Piperazine Core of the Natural Product Piperazinomycin, Chem Asian J 189-19 (if= 4.587, ci=21).) 5. Singh,R.;Panda,G,2011, Application of Nazarov type electrocyclization to access [6-5-6] and [6-5-5] core embedded new Polycycles: an easy entry to tetrahydrofluorene scaffolds related to Taiwaniaquinoids and C-nor-D homosteroids,Org.Biomol.Chem, 4782 (if= 3.559, ci=17) 6. KSamanta, GPanda, 2011, One Pot Synthesis of Amino Acids Derived Chiral Disubstituted Morpholines and 1,4-Oxazepanes via Tandem Aziridine/Epoxide Ring Opening Sequences, Org. Biomol. Chem., 7365-7371 (if= 3.559, ci=7) 7. Bera S, Panda G, 2012, I2-mediated diversity oriented diastereoselective synthesis of amino acid derived trans-2,5-disubstituted morpholines, piperazines, and thiomorpholines, ACS Comb Sci., 1-4 (if= 3.032, ci=21) 8. Ritesh Singh and Gautam Panda, 2013, L-Proline derived nitrogenous steroidal systems: an asymmetric approach to 14-azasteroids, RSC Adv., 19533-19544, (if=3.289, ci=3) 9. PSingh,SK Manna,GPanda,2014,Synthesis of polyhydroxylated indolizidines and piperidines from Garner's aldehyde:total synthesis of(−)-swainsonine,(+)-1,2-di-epi-swainsonine,(+)-8,8a-di-epi-castanospermineandrelated diversity,Tet 1363-74 (if= 2.645, ci=10) 10. SKManna, GPanda, 2014, Benzofused Enantiomerically Pure Bicyclic Heterocycles: Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts Reaction towards Indolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines through S-Amino Acids Derived Chiral Carbocation, Org. Biomol. Chem 8318-24 (if= 3.559, ci=5)

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PATEL, BHISMA KUMAR (b 1965), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati


Prof. Patel’s contributed significantly in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry following oxidative C-H functionalizations of sp, sp2 and sp3 C-H bonds, both under metal and metal free conditions for the construction of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds. These protocols use precursors such as alkylbenzenes, terminal alkenes/alkyne and cycloalkanes, ethers, esters which have enacted as unconventional surrogates of other functional groups. Significance of his work can be judged from the fact that during last five years fifteen of his publications were considered ‘Hot Articles” in journals like Chem. Commun., Org. Lett., Adv. Synth. & Catal., J. Org. Chem., Tetrahedron, Eur. J. Org. Chem. One of his works on Pd-catalyzed ortho-aroylation of directing arenes using methylarenes and others on Ru catalyzed annulations is acclaimed as the “Editors Choice Articles” in Organic Letters. His group’s other major contributions are in the area of Green Chemistry which includes the use of non toxic reagents such as H2O2, V2O5, Cu, iodine, hypervalent iodine, and bromine less brominating reagents in lieu of toxic reagents such as thiophosgene, CNBr, KCN, Br2, and heavy metal oxidants. The development of innocuous methods for the synthesis of alkyl and aryl isothiocyanates, cyanamides and carbodiimides from inexpensive and readily available materials are noteworthy. His proposed mechanisms have led to the development of newer reactions, many of which are tailor made for Industries giving huge socio-economic benefits. Based on his finding it has been possible to propose the correct structures for some of the heterocycles otherwise proposed incorrect in reputed journals.

Proposer: Prof. V. K. Singh, Seconder: Prof. A. K. Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. Rajamanickam, S.; Majji, G.; Santra, S. K.; Patel, B. K.* 2015, Bu4NI Catalyzed C-N bond formation via cross dehydrogenative coupling of aryl ethers (Csp3-H) and tetrazoles (N-H) Org. Lett., 17 (22), 5586. (if=6.732, ci=19) 2. Majji, G.; Guin, S.; Rout, S. K.; Behera, A.; Patel, B. K.* 2014, Cyclic ethers to esters and monoesters to bis-esters with unconventional coupling partners via sp3 C-H activation under metal free conditions. Chem Commun., 50 (81), 12193 (if=6.567, ci=27) 3. Gogoi, A.; Modi, A.; Guin, S.; Rout, S. K.; Das, D.; Patel, B. K.* 2014, A metal free domino synthesis of 3-aroylindoles via two sp3 C-H activation. Chem Commun., 50 (72), 10445. (if=6.567, ci=24) 4. Rout, S. K.; Guin, S.; Ali, W.; Gogoi, A.; Patel, B. K.* 2014, Copper-catalyzed esterification of alkylbenzenes with cyclic ethers and cycloalkanes via C(sp3)-H activation following cross-dehydrogenative coupling.Org. Lett., 16(11), 3086. (if=6.732, ci=74) 5. Rout, S. K.; Guin, S.; Gogoi, A.; Majji, G.; Patel, B. K.* 2014, Terminal aryl alkenes and alkynes as arylcarboxy surrogates towards o-benzoxylation of 2-phenylpyridine catalyzed by copper. Org. Lett. 16 (6), 1614. (if=6.732, ci=32) 6. Rout, S. K.; Guin, S.; Banerjee, A.; Khatun, N.; Gogoi, A.; Patel, B. K.* 2013, Directing group assisted copper-catalyzed chemoselective o-acylation of phenols and enols using alkylbenzenes.Org. Lett., 15(16) 4106. (if=6.732, ci=61) 7. Gogoi, A.; Guin, S.; Rout, S. K.; Patel, B. K.* 2013, A copper-catalyzed synthesis of 3-aroylindoles via a sp3 C-H bond activation followed by C-C and C-O bond formation. Org. Lett.,15(8),1802. (if=6.732, ci=46) 8. Majji, G.; Guin, S.; Gogoi, A.; Rout, S. K.; Patel, B. K.*2013, Easy access to benzylic esters directly from alkyl benzenes under metal-free conditions.Chem. Commun., 49 (29), 3031. (if=6.567, ci=78) 9. Guin, S.; Rout, S. K.; Banerjee, A.; Nandi, S.; Patel, B. K.* 2012, Four tandem C-H activations: A sequential C-C and C-O bond making via a Pd-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) approach. Org. Lett., 14 (20), 5294. (if=6.732, ci=144) 10. Sahoo, S. K.; Banerjee, A.; Chakraborty, S.; Patel, B. K.* 2012, Regioselective intramolecular arylthiolations by ligand free Cu and Pd catalyzed reaction.ACS Cat. 2, 544. (if=9.307, ci=33)

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PATIL, RAHUL CHANDRAKANT (b 1970), Director, Halliburton Technology Center, Pune


Dr. Rahul Patil has made significant contribution in different fields of Chemistry, including understanding of electrochemical behavior and conduction mechanism of conducting polymers, their composites for different applications like humidity & piezo resistive sensors and corrosion coating applications. He worked extensively to understand conduction mechanism theory in conducting polymers. Through experimental evidence, the work highlighted contribution of different factors including inter chain, intra chain and chain length component on polymer conductivity. He got 53 international publications and his scientific contribution is recognized by his election to Fellowship of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. Past ten years, Dr. Patil has been actively involved in developing new solutions for zonal isolation while drilling Oil and gas wells. He solved several challenges encountered while drilling such as prevention of losses, drilling through salt zones, preserving marine aquatic life in eco sensitive area by developing bio degradable materials. He applied his scientific knowledge to build products using emerging technologies such as swellable materials, nanomaterials, self-healing materials in oil and gas industry. His work was recognized by various awards including World Oil award-2014 (USA), Hart Meritorius Engineering Award-2015 (USA), Corporate Innovation award-2014 (USA), Society of Petroleum Engineering - Regional Technical Excellence Award- 2016 (SPE International). He has to his credit 63 US/World patents (33 granted and 30 are in evaluation stage). Several of his products have been commercialized and have been generating significant revenue. He is also an active scientist in developing new talent guiding interns from reputed institutes.

Proposer: Dr. Anil Kumar, Seconder:Dr. Dilip Dhavale Ten Best Publications: 1. A.G.Bedekar, S.F.Patil, R.C.Patil and C.Agashe, (1994), Influence of monomer concentration and electrode conductivity on morphology of poly(o-anisidine) films, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys., 27, 1727-1731. (if=2.77, ci=11) 2. A.G.Bedekar, S.F.Patil, R.C.Patil and K.Vijayamohanan, (1995) Mechanistic studies of galvanostatically deposited poly(o-anisidine) films, J. Mater. Chem., 5(7), 963-967. (if=6.62, ci=11) 3. S.Pethkar, R.C.Patil, J.A.Kher, and K.Vijayamohanan, (1999) Deposition and characterization of CdS nanoparticles/Polyaniline composite films, Thin Solid Films, 349, 105-109. (if=1.76, ci=37) 4. R.C.Patil, S.M.Ahmed, H.Shiigi, M.Nakayama, and K.Ogura, (1999) Poly(o-anisidine)-ABS blends: Investigations of some physico-chemical properties, J. Poly. Sci : Part A ; Poly. Chem., 37, 4596-4604. (if=3.11, ci=20) 5. R.C.Patil, S.F.Patil, I.S.Mulla and K.Vijayamohanan, (2000), Effect of protonation media on chemically and electrochemically synthesised PANI, Polymer Int., 49(2), 189 -196. (if=2.41, ci=33) 6. R.C.Patil, H.Shiigi, M.Nakayama and T.Tonosaki, (2000), Response of protonic acid - doped poly(o-anisidine) / poly(vinyl alcohol) composites to relative humidity and role of dopant anions,K.Ogura, J. Poly. Sci : Part A : Poly. Chem, 38(24), 4343-4352. (if=3.11, ci=18) 7. R.Patil, Y.Harima, K.Yamashita, K.Komaguchi, Y.Itagaki and M.Shiotani, (2002) Charge carriers in polyaniline film : A correlation between mobility and in-situ ESR measurements, J. Electroanal. Chem., 518, 13-19. (if=2.82, ci=42) 8. R.Patil, Y.Harima and K.Yamashita, Mobilities of charge carriers in poly(o-methylaniline) and poly(o-methoxyaniline),(2004) Electrochim. Acta. 49 (26), 4687-4690 (if=4.80, ci=14) 9. X.Jiang, R.Patil, Y. Harima, J.Ohshita, A. Kunai, (2005) Influences of self-assembled structure on mobilities of charge carriers in π-conjugated polymers, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 221. (if=3.19, ci=38) 10. R. Patil, S. Radhakrishnan, (2006), Conducting polymer based hybrid nanocomposites for enhanced corrosion protective coatings, Progress in Org. Coatings 57(4) 332-336. (if=2.63, ci=61)

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PATRA, CHANDRA NATH (b 1966), Scientific Officer (H), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai


Dr. Chandra Nath Patra has made pioneering contributions in the area of theory of liquids, involving structural and dynamical properties. He has developed robust and versatile approaches in theoretical formalism as well as computer simulation for liquids at interfaces. His major important contribution is development of multi-scale modeling and simulation strategies encompassing different length and time scales for molecules to materials in a seamless manner. He has devised a novel strategy for the dissolution behavior of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), through development of polarizable force field parameters for classical molecular dynamics simulation. The force fields are portable for predicting the melting points for a series of RTILs. The density, viscosity, and ionic conductivity profiles agree very well with the experimental results. He has developed a multi-scale modeling methodology for studying the structure and dynamics of large molecules in solution by combining molecular dynamics with lattice Boltzmann scheme. Here, hydrodynamic mass and momentum transport through the solvent is treated on equal footing with the overall motion of the large molecules. This method is quite accurate for the self-assembly of tethered nanoparticles in tuning tailored nano-materials. He has derived a versatile single-chain simulation technique for the prediction of structural behavior of complex polymeric fluids where Monte Carlo simulation is amalgamated with density functional theory. He has developed a self-consistent density-functional approach to study the behavior of complex fluids. This theory combined with electronic density functional theory can accurately predict the metal electrode potentials

Proposer: Prof. Swapan K. Ghosh, Seconder: Prof. Srikumar Banerjee Ten Best Publications: 1. C.N. Patra and S.K. Ghosh (1993) "Weighted-density-functional theory of nonuniform ionic fluids: Application to electric double layers" Phys. Rev. E 47, 4088 (if=3.1, ci=79) 2. C.N. Patra and S.K. Ghosh (1997) "Structure of inhomogeneous dipolar fluids: A density functional approach". J. Chem. Phys. 106, 2752 (if=3.1, ci=58) 3. C.N. Patra and A. Yethiraj (1999) "Density functional theory for the distribution of small ions around polyions J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 6080 (if=3.2, ci=81) 4. C.N. Patra (1999) "Structure of binary hard-sphere mixtures near a hard wall: A simple weighted-density-functional approach". J. Chem. Phys. 111, 6573 (if=3.1, ci=47) 5. C.N. Patra and S.K. Ghosh (2002) “Structure of electric double layers: A self-consistent weighted-density-functional approach”. J. Chem. Phys. 117, 8938 (if=3.1, ci=51) 6. C.N. Patra and A. Yethiraj (2003) "Density functional theory for nonuniform polymers: Accurate treatment of the effect of attractive interactions". J. Chem. Phys. 118, 4702 (if=3.1, ci=55) 7. T. Goel, C.N. Patra, T Mukherjee, C Chakravarty (2008) “Excess entropy scaling of transport properties of Lennard-Jones chains”. J. Chem. Phys. 129, 164904 (if=3.1, ci=68) 8. C.N. Patra (2009). “Molecular solvent model of spherical electric double layers: a systematic study by Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theory” J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 13980 (if=3.2, ci=22) 9. C.N. Patra (2010). “Structure of spherical electric double layers containing mixed electrolytes: a systematic study by Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theoryy”. J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 10550 (if=3.2, ci=23) 10. C.N. Patra (2014) “Structure of spherical electric double layers with fully asymmetric electrolytes: A systematic study by Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theory”. J. Chem. Phys. 141, 184702 (if=3.1, ci=14)

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RAWAT, DIWAN S (b 1970), Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007


Professor Rawat has made significant contribution in the fields of medicinal chemistry/ and nano-catalysis. His focus has been to develop novel organic molecules for the treatment of deadly diseases such as cancer, malaria and microbial infections. He has made original contribution in the area of enediyne chemistry (J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2000, 2001, 2003; Chem. Commun, 2000; Inorg. Chem. 2001; farnesyl transferase based inhibitors (J. Org. Chem. 2008; ACS Chemical Biology 2007; J. Biol. Chem. 2004; Org. Letts. 2002). He has made seminal contribution in the area of antimalarial research and developed small organic molecules for the treatment of malaria (Med. Res. Rev. 2012) and bacterial infections (Med. Res. Rev. 2013). Some of compounds based on 4-aminoquinoline-pyrimidine pharmacophore have shown excellent in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity without any toxicity (ACS Med Chem Lett 2013; RSC Adv. 2016) and these compounds have also shown anti-Parkinson activity (US2015/0023930 A1). More recently, his work on curcumin derivatives led to the discovery of novel anticancer agents which is much better than doxorubicin (PCT/US2013/053216; Med. Chem. Commun. 2014). He has developed novel heterogenous materials as a recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of biologically relevant heterocycles (ACS Sus Chem Engg 2016, 2015); Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013; Green Chem. 2012) and Chem-Assian J 2017). The quality of his work can be judged by the fact that it has got over 2950 citations with h-index 33 and has appeared on the cover page of ACS Sus Chem Engg and Tetrahedron Letters and highlighted by Synfact.

Proposer: Prof Ganesh Pandey, Seconder: Prof M Lakshmi Kantam Ten Best Publications: 1. P. L. Reddy, M. Tripathi, R. Arundhathi, D. S. Rawat*, 2017, Chemoselective hydrazine-mediated transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes by Co3O4 nanoparticles immobilized on a Al/Si-mixed oxide support, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, DOI: 1 (if=4.592, ci=NIL) 2. U. C. Rajesh, V. . Pavan, D. S. Rawat*, 2015, Hydromagnesite rectangular thin sheets as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of novel 3-substituted indoles via Yonemitsu-type condensation in water, ACS Sustainable Chem. E (if=5.267, ci=8) 3. U. C. Rajesh, G. Purohit, D. S. Rawat* 2015, Facile one-pot synthesis of N-heterocycles using CuI/CSP composites as efficient recyclable nanocatalysts with anomalous selectivity under green conditions, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 3, 2397 (if=5.267, ci=10) 4. U. C. Rajesh, S. Manohar, D. S Rawat*, 2013, Hydromagnesite as an efficient novel recyclable heterogeneous solid base catalyst for the synthesis of flavanones, flavanols and 1,4-dihydropyridines in water. Adv. Synth. Catal. 355, 3170 - 3 (if=6.453, ci=24) 5. S. Manohar, S. I. Khan, D. S. Rawat*, 2013, 4-Aminoquinoline-triazine based hybrids with improved in-vitro antimalarial activity against CQ-sensitive and CQ-resistant strains of P. falciparum. Chem. Biol. Drug Des. 81, 625-630 (if=2.802, ci=33) 6. S. Manohar, U. C. Rajesh, S. I. Khan, B. L. Tekwani, D.S. Rawat*, 2012, Novel 4-aminoquinoline-pyrimidine based hybrids with improved in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity, ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 3, 555-559. (if=3.335, ci=60) 7. K. Arya, U. C. Rajesh, D. S. Rawat* 2012, Proline confined FAU zeolite: Hybrid heterogeneous catalyst for one pot synthesis of spiroheterocycles via mannich type reaction. Green Chemistry, 14, 3344-3351. (if=8.294, ci=22) 8. S. Manohar, S. I. Khan, Diwan S. Rawat* 2011, “Synthesis of 4-aminoquinoline-1,2,3-triazole and 4-aminoquinoline-1,2,3-triazole-1,3,5-triazine hybrids as potential antimalarial agents” Chem. Biol. Drug Des. 78, 124-136 (if=2.802, ci=51) 9. S. Manohar, S. I. Khan, D. S. Rawat* 2010, “Synthesis and antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of 4-aminoquinoline-triazine conjugates” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 20, 322-325 (if=2.65, ci=78) 10. N. Agarwal, R. Kumar, P. Dureja, D. S. Rawat* 2009, “Schiffs bases as potential fungicides and nitrification inhibitors” ACS J. Agric. Food Chem. (ACS) 57, 8520-8525 (if=2.906, ci=47)

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RIAZ , UFANA (b 1978 ), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi


Dr. Ufana Riaz has innovatively used microwave, for the first time, for solid state polymerization of nano sized conducting polymers,polycarbazole and poly(o-toluidine),hitherto mainly polymerized in solutions or electrochemically.She was able to simultaneously polymerize and intercalate these conducting polymers in Bentonite clay interlayer space and obtained varied and controlled morphology of nano spheres, nano tubes and nano tablets.She discovered that microwave produced polaronic and bipolaronic state in the polymers and that the clay-polymer nanocomposites showed striking spectroscopic and electronic properties not yet reported.Current literature is replete with the work on remediation of dyes polluted water through exposure to UV-visible radiation in presence of one among a host of oxide based inorganic semiconductor catalyst. The nominee for the first time, used organic semiconducting polymers, poly(1-naphthylamine) and poly(o-toluidine) and their nanocomposites with Bentonite clays, as catalyst in the degradation of several dyes through microwave radiation alone, causing 80-90% degradation of the dye in less than an hour with negligible toxicity in the remaining water . She also made notable contribution in synthesizing biodegradable free standing films of the blends of vegetable oilbased polyesteramide/ epoxy with a commercial polymer, polyvinyl alcohol, having as much as 80% of the former for packaging purposes. Nominee is presently working on synthesis of modified fluorescent conducting polymer, having solubility in water, which can emit in the near ir window to be used as non toxic biomarkers.She has published 76 papers in international journals and has contributed 12 chapters in edited books from renowned publishers.

Proposer: Prof.Vinod Kumar Ahluwalia, Seconder:Prof.Talat Ahmad Ten Best Publications: 1. Ufana Riaz, S.M.Ashraf, Sadaf Aleem, Vaibhav Buddhiraja and Sapana Jadoun,Microwave-assisted green synthesis of some nanoconjugated copolymers: Characterisation and fluorescence quenching studies with bovine serum albumin New Journal of Chemistry (RSC),40 (5) 4643-4653,2016 (if=3.277) 2. Ufana Riaz,S.M. Ashraf, Rameez Raza,Kanika Kohli and Jyoti Kashyap,Sonochemical Facile Synthesis of Self-Assembled Poly(o-phenylenediamine)/Cobalt Ferrite Nanohybrid with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS),6300–6309,2016 (if=2.567) 3. Ufana Riaz, S.M.Ashraf, Sanjay Kumar, Mohd.Zeeshan and Sapana Jadoun,Microwave-assisted Solid State Intercalation of Rhodamine B and Polycarbazole in Bentonite Clay Interlayer space: Structural Characterization and Photophysics of Double Intercalation RSC Advances,6(41) 34534-34545,2016 (if=3.289) 4. Ufana Riaz and S.M. Ashraf,Microwave-induced catalytic Degradation of a Textile dye using Bentonite-Poly(o-toluidine) Nanohybrid RSC Advances (RSC),5, 3276– 3285,2015 (if=3.289) 5. Ufana Riaz, S.M. Ashraf, and Ashima Madan,Effect of microwave irradiation time and temperature on the spectroscopic and morphological properties of nanostructured poly(carbazole) synthesized within bentonite clay galleries New Journal of Chemistry (RSC),38, 4219-4228,2014 (if=3.277) 6. Ufana Riaz, and S.M. Ashraf,Synergistic Effect of microwave irradiation and conjugated polymeric catalyst in the facile degradation of dyes RSC Advances (RSC),4, 47153-47162 ,2014 (if=3.289) 7. Ufana Riaz, S.M. Ashraf, Sanjeev Kumar, Imran Ahmad,Controlling the growth of polycarbazole within the silicate galleries using peroxides via microwave-assisted green synthesis Chemical Engineering Journal(Elsevier),241(1), 259-267,2014 (if=5.310) 8. Ufana Riaz and S.M.Ashraf ,Microwave-Assisted Solid State in Situ Polymerization and Intercalation of Poly(carbazole) between Bentonite Layers: Effect of Microwave Irradiation and Gallery Confinement on the Spectral, Fluorescent, and Morphological Properties Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS),C, 116 (22), 12366–12374 ,2012 (if=4.509) 9. Ufana Riaz, S.M. Ashraf , H.O. Sharma,Mechanical, morphological and biodegradation studies of microwave processed nanostructured blends of some bio-based oil epoxies with poly (vinyl alcohol) ,Polymer Degradation and Stability(Elsevier),,96 (1), 33-42,2011 (if=3.120) 10. Ufana Riaz, S.M. Ashraf and Nisha Khan,Effect of surfactants on microwave-assisted solid-state intercalation of poly(carbazole) in Bentonite Journal of Nanoparticle Research,13(12) 6321- 6331,2011 (if=2.101)

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SARKAR, NILMONI (b 1965), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur


The nominee has made outstanding contributions to several areas of photochemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy and chemical dynamics. Having created three major instrumental facilities, a picosecond time-correlated single photon counting setup, a single-molecule confocal fluorescence microscopy setup and a fluorescence up-conversion spectrometer, at IIT Kharagpur, he has studied a wide variety of important problems in photochemistry. His research contributed extensively to the studies on solvent relaxation dynamics of polar solvent other than water in confined media and exploration of the dynamics of several ultrafast processes such as solvent relaxation, photo induced electron transfer, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, excited state inter- and intra-molecular proton transfer and photo-isomerisation dynamics in neat ionic liquids, ionic liquid containing mixed solvents and ionic liquid containing confined media and also in some interesting binary mixtures like DMSO-water, alcohol-water etc. He has also developed a unique class of Surface Active Ionic Liquids and investigated their applications to the formation of ionic liquid in oil microemulsions and vesicles spontaneously, examined the growth of fibre-like network of different metabolites such as l-phenylalanine, tyrosine and glycine etc and studied their disruption using crown ether and lanthanides, probed the dynamics of self-replication of fatty acid based vesicles using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. His work has been published in high impact journals (> 85 papers in ACS and >65 papers in RSC, Elsevier and AIP journals) and has made significant impact in the field (citations >4850, h-index = 34).

Proposer: Prof. Anunay Samanta, Seconder: Prof. Hirendra N. Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. N. Kundu, P. Banerjee, S. Kundu, R. Dutta, N. Sarkar., 2017,Sodium Chloride Triggered the Fusion of Vesicle Composed of Fatty Acid Modified Protic Ionic Liquid:A New Insight into the Membrane Fusion,.J Phys. Chem. B , 121(1), 24-34 (if=3.187, ci=00) 2. D. Banik, R. Dutta, P.Banerjee,S.Kundu,N. Sarkar, 2016, Inhibition of Fibrillar Assemblies of l-Phenylalanine by Crown Ethers: A Potential Approach toward Phenylketonuria,J. Phys. Chem. B, 120, 7662−7670 (if=3.187, ci=02) 3. A. Roy, R. Dutta, N. Kundu, D. Banik, 2016, A Comparative Study of the Influence of Sugars Sucrose, Trehalose, and Maltose on the Hydration and Diffusion of DMPC Lipid Bilayer at Complete Hydration:Investigation of Structural..,Langmuir,32, 5124−5134 (if=3.993, ci=04) 4. D. Banik, A. Roy,N. Kundu, N. Sarkar, 2015,Picosecond Solvation and Rotational Dynamics: An Attempt to Reinvestigate the Mystery of Alcohol−Water Binary Mixtures,J. Phys. Chem. B, 119, 9905−9919 (if=3.187, ci=08) 5. J. Kuchlyan, N. Kundu, D. Banik, A. Roy, N. Sarkar., 2015, Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy To Probe the Interaction of Bovine Serum Albumin With Graphene Oxide,Langmuir, 31 13793−13801 (if=3.993, ci=10) 6. S. Mandal, C. Banerjee, S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar,2013,Modulation of the Photophysical Properties of Curcumin in Nonionic Surfactant (Tween-20) Forming Micelles and Niosomes: A Comparative Study of Different ., J. Phys. Chem.B, 117,6957-6968 (if=3.187, ci=39) 7. S. Mandal, C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar, 2012, Pluronic Micellar Aggregates Loaded with Gold Nanoparticles (Au NPs) and Fluorescent Dyes: A Study of Controlled Nanometal Surface Energy Transfer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 5585-5597 (if=4.509, ci=31) 8. D. Chakrabarty, A. Chakraborty, D. Seth, N. Sarkar, 2005,Effect of water, methanol and acetonitrile on solvation relaxation and rotational relaxation of Coumarin153 in neat 1-hexyl-3-methyl-imidazolium hexafluoro..., J. Phys. Chem. A, 109,1764-1769 (if=2.883, ci=106) 9. D. Chakrabarty, D. Seth, A. Chakraborty, N. Sarkar, 2005,Dynamics of solvation and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 in an ionic liquid confined in a nanometer size microemulsions,J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 5753-5758 (if=3.187, ci=123) 10. D. Chakrabarty, P. Hazra, A. Chakraborty, D. Seth, N. Sarkar,2003, Dynamics of solvent relaxation in room temperature ionic liquids,Chem. Phys. Lett., 381, 697-704 (if=1.86, ci=131)

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SHAHI, VINOD KUMAR (b 1964), Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar-364002


The development of advanced nanostructured materials/membranes for water purification, and energy applications, is an issue of increasing relevance. Dr. Shahi has made significant contributions in the area of membrane science and physical chemistry. His research interests include organic-inorganic hybrid thin film charged membranes by molecular tailoring of different segments by the sol-gel chemistry. Dr. Shahi believes that organic–inorganic hybrid material contains nanosized inorganic building blocks in organic polymer by molecular level of hybridization is a crucial macromolecular architecture, and has opened the possibility to combine in a single solid both the attractive properties to address key scientific problems. Also, he is actively pursuing the research area of design and synthesis of tailored-made acidic or alkaline group grafted multiblock poly(arylene ether)s copolymer, fluro-carbon polymer, and imidized graphene oxide based polymers based acid-/oxidative resistant membranes for diversified applications. His expertise in synthetic chemistry has helped him and his research group to achieve purpose built macromolecular structure with interesting properties. With these philosophies, he has developed an active collaboration with material scientists, electrochemists, biologists in the important area of biosensors and bio-molecule separation, fuel cell electrolyte, battery, and water desalination applications. His contribution is well recognized by the scientific community.

Proposer: Dr. Amitava Das, Seconder: Prof. Raghunath Prasad Rastogi Ten Best Publications: 1. RK Nagarale, GS Gohil, VK Shahi, R Rangarajan, 2004, Organic− inorganic hybrid membrane: thermally stable cation-exchange membrane prepared by the sol− gel method, Macromolecules 37 (26), 10023-10030. (if=5.554, ci=162) 2. RK Nagarale, GS Gohil, VK Shahi, 2006, Sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone)/polyaniline composite proton-exchange membrane, Journal of Membrane Science 280 (1), 389-396. (if=5.557, ci=122) 3. BP Tripathi, VK Shahi, 2008, Functionalized organic− inorganic nanostructured N-p-carboxy benzyl chitosan− silica− PVA hybrid polyelectrolyte complex as proton exchange membrane for DMFC applications, J. Phy. Chem. B 112 (49), 15678-15690. (if=3.187, ci=75) 4. BP Tripathi, VK Shahi, 2009, 3-[[3-(Triethoxysilyl) propyl] amino] propane-1-sulfonic acid− poly (vinyl alcohol) cross-linked zwitterionic polymer electrolyte membranes for direct methanol fuel cell applications, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 1 (5), 1002. (if=7.145, ci=50) 5. BP Tripathi, T Chakrabarty, VK Shahi, 2010, Highly charged and stable cross-linked 4, 4′-bis (4-aminophenoxy) biphenyl-3, 3′-disulfonic acid (BAPBDS)-sulfonated poly (ether sulfone)------- impervious to methanol, J. Mater.Chem, 20 (37), 8036-8044. (if=8.262, ci=34) 6. AN Mondal, BP Tripathi, VK Shahi, 2011, Highly stable aprotic ionic-liquid doped anhydrous proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane for high-temperature applications, J. Materi. Chem. 21 (12), 4117-4124. (if=8.262, ci=41) 7. BP Tripathi, VK Shahi, 2011, Organic–inorganic nanocomposite polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications, Progress in Polymer Science 36 (7), 945-979. (if=27.184, ci=285) 8. AK Singh, S Prakash, V Kulshrestha, VK Shahi, 2012, Cross-linked hybrid nanofiltration membrane with antibiofouling properties and self-assembled layered morphology, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 4 (3), 1683-1692. (if=7.145, ci=11) 9. S Prakash, T Chakrabarty, AK Singh, VK Shahi, 2013, Polymer thin films embedded with metal nanoparticles for electrochemical biosensors applications, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 41, 43-53. (if=7.476, ci=88) 10. RP Pandey, AK Thakur, VK Shahi, 2014, Sulfonated polyimide/acid-functionalized graphene oxide composite polymer electrolyte membranes with improved proton conductivity and water-retention properties, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 6 (19), 16993-17002. (if=7.145, ci=27)

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SUDARSAN, V (b 1971), Scientific Officer (G), Chemistry Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai


The nominee, Dr. Sudarsan has made significant contributions in the frontier research area of chemical sciences by developing functional materials based on nanoparticles, carbon based network structures and glasses. Specifically, the developed materials have applications in the fields of display devices, hydrogen storage technology and nuclear waste immobilization. One of his major achievement is development of polymer based blue light emitters using In3+ doped ZnGa2O4 nanoparticles doped in PMMA matrix for flexible and cost effective electro-luminescent displays. The material exhibits a quantum yield of luminescence more than 10% which is higher than the conventional pyrene based blue light emitters currently used in OLEDs. In addition to this he has also developed several lanthanide ions doped oxide phosphors in nano size dimensions and incorporated them in transparent sol-gel films of silica for improving luminescence properties of lanthanide ions. The mechanism of energy transfer between host and lanthanide ions as well as among different lanthanide ions has been established in detail. In the field of energy storage, Dr. Sudarsan, immensely contributed to the development of Pd nanoparticles doped carbon based materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphenes, which are potential candidates for hydrogen storage applications. Contributing in the field of back-end nuclear waste processing, Dr. Sudarsan has developed a structural model for borosilicate glasses to explain their properties like thermal stability, thermal expansion, phase homogeneity and extent of leaching. This helped in composition tuning of glasses that are recommended for waste immobilization in the atomic energy applications.

Proposer: Dr. J. P. Mittal, Seconder: Dr. A. K. Tyagi Ten Best Publications: 1. B. S. Naidu, M. Pandey, J. Nuwad, V. Sudarsan, R. K. Vatsa, R. J. Kshirsagar and C. G. S, Pillai, 2011, Lanthanide-Ion-Assisted Structural Collapse of Layered GaOOH Lattice, Inorg. Chem. 50 (10) 4463-4472 (if=4.820, ci=11) 2. N. Barooah, A. C. Bhasikuttan, V. Sudarsan, S. D. Choudhury, H. Pal, J. Mohanty, 2011, A Surface functionalized silver nanoparticle conjugates: demonstration of uptake and release of a phototherapeutic porphyrin dye, Chem. Com. 47(32), 9182-9184 (if=6.567, ci=14) 3. R. Sasikala, A. R. Shirole, V. Sudarsan, K. G. Girija,a R. Rao, C. Sudakar, S. R. Bharadwaj, 2011, Improved photocatalytic activity of indium doped cadmium sulfide dispersed on zirconia, J. Mater. Chem. C 21, 16566-16573 (if=5.066, ci=32) 4. B. S. Naidu, B. Vishwanadh, V. Sudarsan, R. K. Vatsa, 2012, BiPO4: A better host for doping lanthanide ions, Dalton Trans. 41(11), 3194-3203 (if=4.177, ci=58) 5. S. Sarkar, C. Hazra, M. Chatti, V. Sudarsan and V. Mahalingam, 2012, Enhanced quantum efficiency for Dy3+ Emissions in water dispersible PbF2 nanocrystals, RSc. Adv. 2, 8269-8272 (if=3.289, ci=18) 6. A. H. Gore, D. B. Gunjal, M. R. Kokate, V. Sudarsan, P. V. Anbhule, S. R. Patil, and G. B. Kolekar, 2012, Highly selective and sensitive recognition of cobalt(II), ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4 (10), 5217–5226 (if=7.145, ci=31) 7. A.Charanpahari, S. S. Umare, S. P. Gokhale, V. Sudarsan, B. Sreedhar, R. Sasikala, 2012, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of multi-doped TiO2 for the degradation of methyl orange Applied Catalysis A: General, 443&444(7), 96-102 (if=4.012, ci=49) 8. S. V. Kahanea, R. Sasikala, B. Vishwanadh, V. Sudarsan, S. Mahamunia, 2013, CdO–CdS nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity for hydrogen generation from water, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 38 (35), 15012–15018 (if=3.313, ci=14) 9. K. G. Sonawane, C. Phadnis, L. Tatikondewar,a V. Sudarsan, A. Kshirsagar, S. Mahamuni, 2014, Electron energy level engineering in Zn1−xCdxSe nanocrystals, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2, 8077-8082 (if=5.066, ci=6) 10. R. Sasikala, A. P. Gaikwad, V. Sudarsan, R. Rao, Jagannath, B. Viswanadh, S. R. Bharadwaja , 2015, The dual role of palladium in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of CdS dispersed on NaY-zeolite, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 6896-690 (if=4.449, ci=8)

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VERMA, AKHILESH KUMAR (b 1968), Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007


The nominee Professor Akhilesh Kumar Verma has made a significant contribution in the field of organic chemistry, which are a valuable addition in the field of organic chemistry. Professor Verma has developed a novel synthetic method for the region-, stereo- and chemoselective hydroamination of N-nucleophiles with alkynes using super-basic medium (KOH/DMSO) to produce broad range of highly functionalized vinyl and styryl enamines, which are valuable and versatile synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of bioactive compounds (Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 240; Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1630; 2012, 14, 1106; J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 172). During study, nominee has discovered regioselective preferential nucleophilic addition of N-heterocycles onto haloarylalkyne over N-arylation of aryl halides and successfully applied this chemistry for the direct synthesis of small heterocyclic scaffolds (Angew. Chem Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1138; J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 8191) using in-house designed ligands BtPy/BtCH2OH (Adv. Syn. Catal. 2013, 355, 421). The nominee has also discovered a novel, metal-free and cost effective method for the deuteration of N, O and S-heterocycles/carbocycles. He has successfully synthesized Toluene-α, α, α-d3 (NMR solvent), Aspirin-d4 and Paracetamol-d5 in gram scale using developed chemistry (Filed Patent). Another major research contribution of nominee includes “Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Over Hundred Heterocyclic/Natural-Product-Likes, and π-Conjugated Scaffolds” from ortho-alkynyaldehydes (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7691; 2013, 78, 4386; 2013, 78, 6657; 2015, 80, 10548). Developed chemistry was successfully extended for the synthesis of stereoselective compounds (J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 9356; Org. Biomol. Chem 2014, 12, 552).

Proposer: Dr. J. S. Yadav, Seconder: Prof. Ganesh Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. M. Patel, R. K. Saunthwal, Akhilesh K. Verma,* 2017, “Base-Mediated Hydroamination of Alkynes” Acc. Chem. Res., 50 (2), 240 (if=22.0, ci=1) 2. R. K. Saunthwal, M. Patel, Akhilesh K. Verma,* 2016, “Metal- and Protection-Free [4+2] Cycloadditions of Alkynes with Azadienes: Assembly of Functionalized Quinolines” Org. Lett., 18 (9), 2200. (if=6.732, ci=7) 3. Akhilesh K. Verma*, A. K. Danodia, R. K. Saunthwal, M. Patel, D. Choudhary, 2015, “Palladium-Catalyzed Triple Successive C–H Functionalization: Direct Synthesis of Functionalized Carbazoles from Indoles” Org. Lett., 17 (15), 3658 (if=6.732, ci=23) 4. Akhilesh K. Verma*, R. R. Jha, R. Chaudhary, R. K. Tiwari, A. Danodia, 2013, “2-(1-Benzotriazolyl)pyridine: A Robust Bidentate Ligand for the Palladium-Catalyzed C–C,............... C–N and C–S Coupling Reactions" Adv. Synth. Catal. 355(2-3), 421 (if=6.453, ci=26) 5. T. Aggarwal, R. R.Jha, R. K. Tiwari, S.Kumar, S. K. R. Kotla, S. Kumar, Akhilesh K. Verma* 2012, "Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective [3+2] Annulation of Internal Alkynes and Iodopyranoquinolines with Concomitant Ring Opening" Org. Lett.,14 (20), 5184 (if=6.732, ci=29) 6. M. Joshi, R. Tiwari, Akhilesh K. Verma,* 2012, "Regioselective Preferential Nucleophilic Addition of N-Heterocycles onto Haloarylalkynes over N-Arylation of Aryl Halides" Org. Lett., 14 (4), 1106 (if=6.732, ci=24) 7. Akhilesh K. Verma,* M. Joshi, V. P. Singh, 2011, "Base-Mediated Regio- and Stereoselective Intermolecular Addition of Alkynes to N-Heterocycles" Org. Lett., 13(7), 1630. (if=6.732, ci=42) 8. Akhilesh K. Verma*, R. R. Jha, R. Chaudhary, R. K. Tiwari, K. S. K. Reddy, A. Danodia, 2012,"Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of.......via Hydroamination of ortho-Haloarylalkynes Followed by C-2 Arylation" J. Org. Chem., 77, 8191 (if=4.785, ci=32) 9. S. P. Shukla, R. Tiwari, Akhilesh K Verma,* 2012, "Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira-Coupling Conjoined C-H Activation: A Regioselective Tandem Strategy to Access Indolo-, and Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines" J. Org. Chem. 77, 10382. (if=4.785, ci=21) 10. Akhilesh K. Verma, S. K. R. Kotla, D. Choudhary, M. Patel, R. K. Tiwari, 2013,“Silver-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Naphthyridines and Thienopyridines via Three-Component Reaction” J. Org. Chem. 78 (9), 4386. (if=4.785, ci=30)

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AHMAD, SHARIF (b 1954), Professor & Dean, Faculty Of Natural Sciences, JMI, New Delhi


Dr. Sharif Ahmad obtained his MSc (1976) and PhD (1981) in Chemistry from AMU, Aligarh. He is Professor of Materials Chemistry and Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi. Prof. Ahmad has more than 35 years experience in Materials Chemistry. He has made path breaking contributions in sustainable and biogradable oleo polymers, conducting polymers, anti corrosive polymeric coating materials, nanomaterials, biosensors etc. It is worth mentioning that vegetable seeds are underutilized as only 30-32% of them are used for edible and medicinal and industrial purposes, although vegetable seed oil may find wider applications in non-conventional biodiesel and polymer industries. His studies particularly leading to the development of green and volatile organic compounds-free biogradable low molecular weight polymers/oligomers, polyester amides, alkydes, polyurathenes are pioneering with wider industrial applications. Prof. Ahmad has taken a lead to develop oil-based polyols, which have greater application in hydrogels used for drug delivery. The nanoporous particles developed in his lab find applications in various sensors. Furthermore in his laboratory, waterborne alkydes/polyesters/polyurethanes are processed and their high performances anti corrosive coatings are being formulated. Prof. Ahmad has 185 research papers in high impact factor journals with Google Scholar Citations of 3592, h index 34, i10 index 90. He has guided 24 Ph D students for their doctoral work in his laboratory at JMI, New Delhi. He has successfully executed and completed various R&D projects sponsored by GOI agencies. The ACS and RSC memberships were awarded in recognition of his work.

Proposer: Dr. R.P. Roy, Seconder: Dr. Debasiya Mohanty Ten Best Publications: 1. E. Sharmin, O. Rehman, D. Akram, Fahmina Zafar and Sharif Ahmad (2015). Linseed oil polyol/ZnO bionanocomposite towards mechanically robust, thermally stable, hydrophobic coatings: a novel synergistic approach utilizing a sustainable resource, RSC Advances, 5, 47928-47944 (IF= 3.84, CI= 4) 2. Shabnam Pathan and Sharif Ahmad (2013). Synthesis, characterization and effect of s-triazine ring on physico-mechanical and electrochemical corrosion resistance performance of waterborne castor oil alky. J. Mater.Chem. A, 2013, 1 (45), 14227-14238. (IF=7.443, CI= 17) 3. Anujit Ghosal, Jyoti Shah, RK Kotnala, Sharif Ahmad (2013). Facile green synthesis of nickel nanostructures using natural polyol and morphology dependent dye adsorption properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2013, 1, 12868 (IF=7.443, CI= 13) 4. Arti Vashist, Syed Shahabuddin, Y.K. Gupta and Sharif Ahmad (2013). Polyol induced interpenetrating networks: chitosan-methyl methacrylate based biocompatible and pH responsive hydrogels for drug delivery system. J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 168. (IF=4.726, CI= 14) 5. Ajeet Kaushik, Pratima R. Solanki, K.N. Sood, Sharif Ahmad (2009) Bansi D. Malhotra. Fumed silica nanoparticles–chitosan nano biocomposite for ochratoxin-A detection. Electrochemistry Communications, 2009, 11(10) pp 1919-1923. (IF= 4.847, CI= 21) 6. A Kaushik, PR Solanki, AA Ansari, G Sumana, Sharif Ahmad (2009) and BD Malhotra. “Iron oxide-chitosan nano biocomposite for urea sensor”. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 138 (2), 572-580. (IF=4.097, CI= 87) 7. AjeetKaushik, Raju Khan, Pratima R Solinki, Pratibha Pandey, Javed Alam, Sharif Ahmad (2008). Iron oxide nanoparticles-chitosan composite-based glucose biosensor. B.D.Malhotra, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24 pp 676-683. (IF= 6.409, CI= 252) 8. Shahzada Ahmad, T.K.Saxena, Sharif Ahmad (2006) and S.A. Agnihotry, “The effect of nanosizedTiO2 addition on poly(methylmethacrylatye based polymer electrolytes”. J Power Soc, 159(1) pp 205-209. (IF= 6.217, CI= 57) 9. Sharif Ahmad (2005) AP Gupta, Eram Sharmin, Manawwer Alam, SK Pandey. “Synthesis, characterization and development of high performance siloxane-modified epoxy paints”. Progress in organic coatings 54 (3), 248-255. (IF=2.358, CI=120) 10. Shahzada Ahmad, Sharif Ahmad (2005) and S.A. Agnihotry. “Nanocomposites electrolytes with fumed silica in poly (methyl methacrylate) thermal, rheological and conductivity studies”. J Power Soc, 140 (1) pp 151-156. (IF= 6.217, CI= 41)

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ARYA, ASHOK KUMAR (b 1964), Scientific Officer (H+), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai


Dr. Ashok Kumar Arya has made outstanding contributions towards the implementation, development and enhancement of quantum and statistical mechanics based computational tools for materials modeling and design towards predicting and understanding thermodynamic, electronic, mechanical and optical properties of alloys and compounds under equilibrium as well as non-equilibrium conditions. His computational work on a number of binary and ternary alloys, viz., Ti-Al-(Nb,Cu), Zr-Al-(Nb), U-Zr, Ni-Mo-(Cr,Fe), Al-Li, etc. for the determination of their thermodynamics, phase stability and transformation behavior, electronic and elastic properties were amply verified experimentally. His another significant contribution is the prediction of adhesion strength of ceramic or metallic coatings on Fe- and Ni-based alloys which operate under conditions of highly corrosive environment and thermal and mechanical shocks, viz. Turbine blades, gun barrels, etc. He has actively contributed towards determination of thermo-physical properties, viz., thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, density, etc. of thoria-based mixed oxide nuclear fuels through molecular dynamics simulations to understand and assess their behavior during irradiation and their performance under accidental conditions. He has been actively pursuing ab-initio determination of energy of formation of point defects (vacancies, interstitials), planar defects (Antiphase boundaries) and effect of actinide doping on the thermal and mechanical stability of Zr-, Th-, U- and Ni-based alloys related to nuclear energy programme of DAE. He has also worked on a number of doped perovskites and pyrochlore structured oxides and other compounds to help understand the electronic origin of their optical and photocatalytic properties for hydrogen generation.

Proposer: Dr. S.K. Ghosh, Seconder: Dr. D.K. Maity Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Banerjee, A. Arya, G.P. Das, (1997), “Formation of an ordered phase from a disordered solid solution : A study using first-principles calculations on Al-Li alloys”, Acta Mater., 45, 601. (if= 4.465, ci= 16) 2. G.K. Dey, A. Arya and J.A. Sekhar, (2000), “Micropyretic Synthesis of NiAl Containing Ti and B”, J. Mater. Res., 15, 63. (if= 1.815, ci= 26) 3. A. Arya, S. Banerjee and G.P. Das, I. Dasgupta, T. Saha-Dashupta and A. Mookerjee, (2001), “A first-principles thermodynamics approach to ordering in Ni-Mo Alloys”, Acta Mater., 49, 3575. (if= 4.465, ci= 36) 4. A. Arya, G.K. Dey and S. Banerjee, (2002), “Effect of Cr addition on the ordering behaviour of Ni-Mo alloys : Experimental results vs. electronic structure calculations”, Acta Mater., 50, 3301. (if= 4.465, ci= 45) 5. A. Arya and Emily A. Carter, (2003), “Structure, bonding and adhesion at TiC(100)/Fe(110) interface from first-principles”, J. Chem. Phys., 118, 8982. (if= 3.122, ci= 126) 6. A. Arya and Emily A. Carter, (2004), “Structure, bonding and adhesion at ZrC(100)/Fe(110) interface from first-principles”, Surf. Sci., 560, 103. (if= 1.931, ci= 75) 7. S. Majumdar*, A. Arya, I. G. Sharma, A. K. Suri and S. Banerjee, (2010), “Deposition of Aluminide and Alumino-Silicide Coatings on Niobium”, Appl. Surf. Sc., 257, 635. (if= 2.711, ci= 26) 8. Farheen N. Sayed, V. Grover, K. Bhattacharyya, D. Jain, A. Arya, C. G. S. Pillai, and A. K. Tyagi, (2011), “Sm2-xDyxZr2O7 Pyrochlores: Probing Order-Disorder Dynamics and Multifunctionality", Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 2354. (if= 4.794, ci= 29) 9. Santosh K. Gupta, P.S. Ghosh, Nimai Pathak, A. Arya, V. Natarajan, (2014), “Understanding The Local Environment of Sm3+ in Doped SrZrO3 and Energy Transfer Mechanism Using Time Resolved Luminescence: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach” (if= 3.840, ci= 31) 10. PS Somayajulu, PS Ghosh, A Arya, GK Dey, BK Dutta, (2015), “Thermal expansion and thermal conductivity of (Th, Ce)O2 mixed oxides: A molecular dynamics and experimental study”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 638, 172. (if= 2.999, ci= 13)

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ATHAWALE, ANJALI ANAND (b 1960), Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune


Dr. Anjali A. Athawale, a Senior Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, is a passionate teacher and has contributed immensely in the field of material science. She has been recognized internationally through her research work on conducting polymers and its composites for chemical sensing, catalysis and anticorrosion coatings. She has also done significant work on inorganic pervoskites for fuel cell applications. Recently, she is working on organic pervoskites to address the increasing demand of energy crisis. Dr. Anjali has published 95 papers in international journals and has presented an equal number in conferences. She has 4 patents and has contributed one chapter each in ‘Encyclopaedia of Sensors’ and a book published by Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. She has been extensively reviewing papers for many prestigious journals of RSC, Elsevier etc. So far, 17 students have completed their Ph.D degree under her guidance and 7 are working currently. In recognition of her accomplishments, she has been felicitated by SPPU in 2016. She has also been honoured as a Fellow of Maharashtra of Academy of Sciences, ‘Best Faculty Award’Education Expo TV, CRS India), Erasmus Mundus (Univ. Freie, Berlin) and British Commonwealth Teachers Fellowship (Univ. Aberdeen, Scotland), Outstanding Contribution for Reviewing’ award by the editors of MRB, Elsevier. Dr. Anjali is the first to receive the Pennstate-SPPU collaborative project (2016) in chemistry department and has recently been awarded with Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Fellowship.

Proposer: Dr. Anil Kumar, Seconder: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Ten Best Publications: 1. Jyoti A. Pandit, K. Sudarshan, Anjali A. Athawale,(2016), Electrically conductive epoxy-polyester-graphite nanocomposites modified with aromatic amines, Polymer, 104, 49-60. (if=3.7 , ci=1) 2. Vandana A. Mooss, Anjali A. Athawale, (2016),Polyaniline–graphene oxide nanocomposites: Influence of nonconducting graphene oxide on the conductivity and oxidation-reduction mechanism of polyaniline, J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem, 54, 3778-3786. (if=3.2, ci=2) 3. Prakash B. Rathod , Ashok K. Pandey , Meena, S.S., Anjali A. Athawale, (2016), Quaternary ammonium bearing hyper-crosslinked polymer encapsulation on Fe3O4 nanoparticles, RSC Adv., 6, 21317-21325. (if= 3.84, ci=2) 4. Yadnesh D. Kesari, Anjali A. Athawale, (2015), Ultrasound assisted bulk synthesis of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite at room temperature, Mat. Lett. 159, 87–89. (if=2.5, ci=4) 5. Anuja A. Bokare, Avinash Sanap, Mrinal Pai, Sushma Sabharwal, Anjali A. Athawale, (2013), Antibacterial activities of Nd doped and Ag coated TiO2 nanoparticles under solar light irradiation, Colloids Surf. B., 102, 273-280. (if= 4.5 , ci=25) 6. J.A. Anderson, A.A. Athawale, F. Imrie, F.M. McKenna, A. Mc Cue, D. Molyneux, K. Power, M.Shand and R. Wells, (2010), Aqueous phase hydrogenation of substituted phenyls over carbon nanofibre and activated carbon supported Pd, J. Catal, 270, 1, 9-15. (if=6.43, ci=38) 7. H.Singh, S.Bhagwat, S.Jouen, B.Lefez, A.A. Athawale, B. Hannover and S.Ogale,(2010), Elucidation of the role of Hexamine and other precursors in the formation of magnetite nanorods, Phy. Chem. Chem. Phys.,12, 13, 3246-3253. (if=4.3, ci=14) 8. Sadananda Das, Ashok K. Pandey, Anjali A. Athawale,Vijay K. Manchanda, Exchanges of uranium (VI) species in amidoxime-functionalized sorbents,(2009), J. Phys. Chem. B., 113,18, 6328-6335. (if=3.4, ci=71) 9. Anjali A. Athawale, Satish Sharma, Chetan Nirkhe and Sushma Pethkar, (2002), Chloroform vapour sensor based on Copper/Polyaniline nanocomposite, Sens. Actuators, B., 85, 131-136. (if=4.1, ci=185) 10. V.V Chabukswar, S.Pethkar, A.A. Athawale,(2001),Acrylic acid doped polyaniline as an ammonia sensor, Sens. Actuators, B.,77 (3), 657-663. (if=4.19, ci=183)

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CHAKRABORTY, SUDIPTA (b 1973), Scientific Officer (G), Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, and Associate Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai


Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty is recommended for the Fellowship of the National Academy of Science, India for his pioneering research work in the fields of radiochemistry and radiopharmaceutical chemistry leading to the development of radiopharmaceutical products and their translation from research to clinical practice. Radiochemistry plays a pivotal role in development of radiopharmaceuticals that are increasingly utilized in human healthcare for diagnosis, staging and therapy of variety of diseases, including cancer. Development and deployment of radiopharmaceuticals to different hospitals all over India to cater the need of large population of patients is one of the major mandates of Department of Atomic Energy. One of key determinants in such development is cost-effective availability of suitable radioisotopes. Research efforts of Dr. Chakaborty has led to indigenous availability of a number of radioisotopes such as, 68Ga, 64Cu, 177Lu, 170Tm and so on, which have been successfully used in cancer diagnosis and therapy. Dr. Chakraborty has synthesized and evaluated a host of radiolabeled molecules towards their use in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. His sincere research efforts has culminated in successful translation of a few of these molecules namely, 68Ga-labeled RGD peptide, 177Lu-labeled octreotate peptide, 177Lu-labeled polyaminophaosphonate (EDTMP) and 166Ho/177Lu-labeled hydroxyapatite microparticles, as radiopharmaceuticals. Among these, 177Lu-octreotate has been successfully used in more than 6000 patients in different parts of India for the treatment of neuroendocrine originated cancer. Dr. Chakraborty has published 87 papers in peer reviewed journals, most of which have focussed on research work that has direct societal implications.

Proposer: Prof. D. K. Palit, Seconder: Prof. P. D. Naik Ten Best Publications: 1. Chakraborty S, Das T, Unni PR, Sarma HD, Samuel G, Banerjee S, Venkatesh M, Ramamoorthy N, Pillai MRA, 2002. 177Lu-labeled polyaminophosphonates as potential agents for bone pain palliation. Nucl. Med. Commun. 23, 67-74. (if=1.45, ci=75) 2. Pillai MRA, Chakraborty S, Das T, Venkatesh M, Ramamoorthy M, 2003. Production logistics of 177Lu for radionuclide therapy. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 59, 109-118. (if=1.14, ci=118) 3. Chakraborty S, Das T, Banerjee S, Sarma HD, Venkatesh M, 2006. Preparation and preliminary biological evaluation of 177Lu labeled hydroxyapatite as a promising agent for radiation synovectomy of small joints. Nucl. Med. Commun. 27, 661-668. (if=1.45, ci=46) 4. Chakraborty S, Das T, Banerjee S, Balogh L, Chaudhari PR, Sarma HD, Polyák A, Máthé D, Venkatesh M, Janoki GA, Pillai MRA, 2008. 177Lu-EDTMP : a viable bone pain palliative in skeletal metastasis. Cancer Biother. Radiopharm. 23, 202-213. (if=1.71, ci=59) 5. Chakraborty S, Das T, Sarma HD, Venkatesh M, Banerjee S, 2008. Comparative studies of 177Lu-EDTMP and 177Lu-DOTMP as potential agents for palliative radiotherapy of bone metastasis. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 66, 1196-1205. (if=1.14, ci=49) 6. Das T, Chakraborty S, Sarma HD, Tandon P, Banerjee S, Venkatesh M, Pillai MRA, 2009. 170Tm-EDTMP: a potential cost-effective alternative to 89SrCl2 for bone pain palliation. Nucl. Med. Biol. 36, 561-568. (if=2.43, ci=49) 7. Chakraborty S, Shi J, Kim Y-S, Zhou Y, Zia B, Wang F, Liu S, 2010. Evaluation of 111In-labled cyclic RGD peptides: tetrameric not tetravalent. Bioconj. Chem. 21, 969-978. (if=4.50, ci=45) 8. Zhou Y, Chakraborty S, Liu S, 2011. Radiolabeled cyclic RGD peptides as radiotracers for imaging tumors and thrombosis by SPECT. Theranostics 1, 58-82. (if=8.83, ci=75) 9. Chakraborty S, Sharma KS, Rajeswari A, Vimalnath KV et al, 2015. Radiolanthanide loaded agglomerated Fe3O4 nanoparticles for possible use in treatment of arthritis: formulation, characterization and evaluation in rats. J. Mater. Chem. B 3, 5455-5466 (if=4.87, ci=5) 10. Chakravarty R, Chakraborty S, Shukla R, Bahadur J, Ram R, Mazumdar S, Sarma HD, Tyagi AK, Dash A, 2016. Mechanochemical synthesis of meoporous tin oxide: a new generation nanosorbent for 68Ge/68Ga generator technology. Dalton Trans. 45, 13361-13372. (if=4.18, ci=2)

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CHANDRA, RAMESH (b 1957), Professor, Department Of Chemistry, University Of Delhi, Delhi


Prof. Ramesh Chandra’s contributions relate to: a) discovery of molecules such as EMO11, EMO12, EMO15, (based on natural opioid, noscapine), which display unique anti-microtubule properties (high efficacy and no detectable toxicity to tissues at effective dosage levels) and which differ from other two principal classes of anticancer drugs i.e. Vinca alkaloids (vinblastine) and taxanes (taxol) widely used in cancer chemotherapy. And, demonstration of high promise of EMO11 (bromo-noscapine) in leukemia treatment, and of EMO15 (chloro-noscapine) in breast tumor regression, with improvement on some of the limitations of other anti-microtubule acting drugs, b) development of a therapy for neonatal jaundice, based on in-depth investigations on i) binding affinity of Heme Oxygenase Inhibitor, Sn-protoporphyrin and Sn-mesoporphyrin, with proteins, apomyoglobin and human serum albumin and ii) mechanism of interaction of retinoic acid with Heme Oxygenase and other heme metabolic enzymes, c) projection of heterocyclic compounds such as 5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-[2’-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5’-benzimidazolyl]-benzimidazole (DMA) and 5-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-[2’2”-(4-hydorxy-3-methoxy phenyl)-5”-benzimidazolyl-5’-benz-imidazolylbenzimidazole (TBZ), as novel ligands which provide increased sequence and structure selective recognition and enhanced fluorescence upon DNA minor groove binding; the features have special significance for development as probes for chromatin structure stability. He has carried out intensive investigations on free radical-mediated oxidative DNA cleavage, and significant modifications of structure and evaluation of active principles of ayurvedic plants for medical applications, d) development of several polymer based non-viral vectors and successfully demonstrate their efficacy to deliver genes and siRNA to mammalian cells by exploring chitosan and PEI & modulate them to fabricate nanoparticles for delivery of genes and siRNA.

Proposer: Dr. Kailash Chand Gupta, Seconder: Prof. Kambadur Muralidhar Ten Best Publications: 1. Jyoti K., Kaur K, Pandey R. S, Jain U. K., Chandra R., Madan J. (2015). Inhalable nanostructured lipid particles of 9-bromo-noscapine, a tubulin-binding cytotoxic agent: In vitro and in vivo studies. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 445, 219-230.(IF=3.368, CI=5) 2. Verma A.K, Bansal S, Singh J, Tiwari R K, Kasi Sankar V, Tandon V, Chandra R (2006) Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity of haloderivatives of noscapine, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 14(19) 6733-6736. (IF=2.793, CI=15) 3. Aneja R, Lopus M, Zhou J, Vangapandu S N, Ghaleb A, Yao J, Nettles J H, Zhou B, Gupta M, Panda D, Chandra R and Joshi H C (2006) Rational design of a microtubule targeting anti-breast cancer drug, EM015, Cancer Res. 66(7) 3782-3791 (IF=9.329, CI=37) 4. Aneja R, Zhou J, Vangapandu S N, Zhou B, Chandra R and Joshi H C (2006) Drug resistant T-lymphoid tumors undergo apoptosis selectively by an anti-microtubule agent, EM011, Blood 107(6) 2486-2492 (IF=10.452, CI=29) 5. Ghosh M K, Katyal A, Chandra R and Brahmachari V (2005) Targeted activation of transcription in vivo through hairpin-triplex forming oligonucleotide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mol. Cell. Biochem. 278(1-2) 147-155 (IF=2.057, CI=8) 6. Saini A K, Maithal K, Chand P, Chowdhury S, Vohra R, Goyal A, Dubey G P, Chopra P, Chandra R, Tyagi A K, Singh Y and Tandon V. (2004) Nuclear localization and in situ DNA damage by mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoside-diphosphate kinase, J. Biol. Chem. 279(48) 50142-50149 (IF=4.573, CI=10) 7. Mathur S, Kaur P, Sharma M, Singh B, Katyal A, Tiwari M and Chandra R (2004) The treatment of skin carcinoma, induced by UVB radiation, using 1-oxo-5-beta-, 6 beta-epoxy-witha-2-enolide, isolated from the roots of Withania somnifera, in a rat model, Phytomedicine 11(5) 452-460 (IF=3.126, CI=19) 8. Tawar U, Jain AK, Chandra R, Singh Y, Dwarakanath B S, Chaudhury N K, Good L and Tandon V. (2003) Minor groove binding DNA ligands with expanded A/T sequence length recognition, selective binding to bent DNA regions and enhanced fluorescent properties, Biochemistry 42(45) 13339-13346 (IF=3.015, CI=8) 9. Tawar U, Jain A K, Dwarakanath B S, Chandra R, Singh Y, Chaudhury N K, Khaitan D and Tandon V. (2003) Influence of phenyl ring disubstitution on bisbenzimidazole and terbenzimidazole cytotoxicity: synthesis and biological evaluation as radioprotectors, J. Med. Chem. 46(18) 3785-3792 (IF=5.447, CI=11) 10. Beri R and Chandra R (1993) Chemistry and biology of heme: Effect of metal salts, organometals and metalloporphyrins on heme synthesis and catabolism, with special reference to clinical implications and interactions with cytochrome P-450, Drug Metabolism reviews 25 (1&2) 49-152 (IF=5.356, CI=55)

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CHATTOPADHYAY, ARUN (b 1964), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati


Arun Chattopadhyay has made several original and significant contributions in the fields of physical chemistry and nanoscale science and technology. Notable among them are the generation of new materials by pursuing chemical reaction on the surface of quantum dots, discovery of carbon dots in food caramel followed by their chemical synthesis, chemical locomotion, nanocomposites and nanomaterials for antimicrobial and anticancer activities, use of luminescent noble metal clusters for theranostics and hydrogen storage, introduction of sub-micron-scale lithography in color10 and spectroscopy of soap bubbles. His recent work on white light generation, from quantum dots decorated with inorganic complexes, has been recognized as an important contribution.

Proposer: Prof. Swapan K. Ghosh, Seconder: Prof. T. P. Radhakrishnan Ten Best Publications: 1. Srestha Basu, Anumita Paul and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2016, Zinc mediated crystalline assembly of gold nanoclusters for expedient hydrogen storage and sensing, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4(4), 1218-1223 (if=8.262, ci=1) 2. (2) Sabyasachi Pramanik, Satyapriya Bhandari, Shilaj Roy, and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2015, Synchronous Tricolor Emission-Based White Light from Quantum Dot Complex, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6, 1270-1274 (if=8.539, ci=12) 3. (3) Rumi Khandelia, Satyapriya Bhandari, Uday Narayan Pan, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2015, Gold Nanocluster Embedded Albumin Nanoparticles for Two-Photon Imaging of Cancer Cells Accompanying Drug Delivery, Small, 11(33), 4075-40 (if=8.315, ci=18) 4. (4) Sunil Kumar Sailapu and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2014, Induction of Electromotive Force by an Autonomously Moving Magnetic Bot, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53 (6), 1521-1524 (if=11.709, ci=12) 5. (5) Raihana Begum and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2014, Redox-Tuned Three-Color Emission in Double (Mn and Cu) Doped Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5 (1), 126-130 (if=8.539, ci=14) 6. (6) Md Palashuddin Sk, Amit Jaiswal, Anumita Paul, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2012, Presence of Amorphous Carbon Nanoparticles in Food Caramels, Sci. Rep., 2, 383 (if=5.228, ci=99) 7. (7) Amit Jaiswal, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2012, One Step Synthesis of C-Dots by Microwave Mediated Caramelization of Poly(Ethylene Glycol), Chem. Commun., 48 (3), 407-409 (if=6.567, ci=176) 8. (8) Sonit Kumar Gogoi, P. Gopinath, Anumita Paul, A. Ramesh, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2006, Green Fluorescent Protein-Expressing Escherichia coli as a Model System for Investigating the Antimicrobial Activities of Silver Nanopa (if=3.993, ci=317) 9. (9) Tridib Kumar Sarma, Devasish Chowdhury, Anumita Paul and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2002, Synthesis of Au nanoparticle-conductive polyaniline composite using H2O2 as oxidising as well as reducing agent. Chem. Commun., 10, 1048-1049 (if=6.567, ci=179) 10. Devasish Chowdhury, Anumita Paul and Arun Chattopadhyay, 2001, Patterning Design in Color at the Submicron Scale. Nano Lett., 1 (8), 409-412 (if=13.779, ci=16)

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DE, GOUTAM (b 1958), Chief Scientist & Head, Nano-Structured Materials Division, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata


Dr. Goutam De is a leading Materials Chemist of the country and has made significant contributions in the field of functional nanomaterials. He has high level of competence in both fundamental and applied research. So far he has supervised 12 PhDs and published 144 research papers in high impact journals and filed 8 patents. He is a well cited author with a current H-index of 33. He made original contributions towards the development and commercialization of the technology 'Anti-scratch coatings on plastic ophthalmic lenses' using inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites. Refractive index controlled plasmon tuning of metal nanoparticles, two-layer approach to obtain bimetallic nanoparticles in films, shape-controlled silver nanoplates showing excellent SERS, reusable thin film catalysts, superhydrophobic surfaces, graphene-based composites for diverse applications, electrospun ceramic nanofibers with highly ordered mesoporous structures and sol-gel based high purity clear silica glass shapes are notable contributions of De. Recently he demonstrated an inorganic-organic hybrid process to encapsulate high concentration nanodots in films with tunable emission and high quantum yield. Dr. De received several awards and recognitions e.g. JSPS and Raman research fellowships, MRSI and CRSI medals, NRDC meritorious invention award, National Research Award in Nano Science and Technology from Nano Mission, DST, GoI etc. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and an elected council member of West-Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2017-18). He has been serving as an Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of high impact RSC journal, 'Journal of Materials Chemistry A' since January 2014.

Proposer: Dr. Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Seconder: Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Ten Best Publications: 1. S. K. Medda, D. Kundu and G De*, 2003, “Inorganic–organic hybrid coatings on polycarbonate.: Spectroscopic studies on the simultaneous polymerizations of methacrylate and silica networks”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 318, 149‒156. (if=1.825, ci=122) 2. S. K. Medda, S. De and G. De*, 2005, “Synthesis of Au Nanoparticle Doped SiO2-TiO2 Films: Tuning of Au Surface Plasmon Band Position Through Controlling the Refractive Index”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15, 3278‒3284. (if=6.626 , ci=78) 3. S. Pal and G. De*, 2005, “A new approach for the synthesis of Au-Ag alloy nanoparticle incorporated SiO2 films”, Chemistry of Materials, 17, 6161‒6166. (if=9.407 , ci=52) 4. D Jana, A Dandapat, G. De*, 2010, ”Anisotropic gold nanoparticle doped mesoporous boehmite films and their use as reusable catalysts in electron transfer reactions”, Langmuir, 26, 12177-12184. (if=3.993 , ci=64) 5. A .Mukhopadhyay, N. Joshi, K. Chattopadhyay, G. De*, 2011, “A Facile Synthesis of PEG-coated Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles and Their Prevention of the Reduction of Cytochrome C” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4, 142‒149. (if=7.145 , ci=73) 6. D. Jana, A. Mandal, G. De*, 2012, “High Raman Enhancing Shape-Tunable Ag Nanoplates in Alumina: A Reliable and Efficient SERS Technique”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4, 3330‒3334. (if=7.145, ci=31) 7. S. Chattopadhyay, J. Saha and G. De*, 2014, “Electrospun anatase TiO2 nanofibers with ordered mesoporosity” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 19029‒19035. (if=8.262, ci=14) 8. K. Bhowmik, A. Mukherjee, M. K. Mishra and G. De*, 2014, “Stable Ni Nanoparticle‒Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites for the Reduction of Highly Toxic Aqueous Cr(VI) at Room Temperature”, Langmuir, 30, 3209‒3216. (if=3.993 , ci=41) 9. M. K. Mishra, A. Chakravarty, K. Bhowmik and G. De*, 2015, “Carbon Nanodot-ORMOSIL Fluorescent Paint and Films”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, 714‒719. (if=5.066 , ci=7) 10. I. Das and G. De*, 2015, “Zirconia based superhydrophobic coatings on cotton fabrics exhibiting excellent durability for versatile use“, Scientific Reports, 5, 18503 (11 pages), doi: 10.1038/srep18503. (if=5.228 , ci=18)

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DHANARAJ, GOPI (b 1974), Professor of Chemistry, Periyar University (A state University under the Government of Tamil Nadu) Salem- 636 011


Dr. Dhanaraj Gopi , FRSC., FASCh, a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, a passionate teacher, has high degree of competence in the field of biomaterials research. In addition to his high quality basic research, Prof. Gopi has made outstanding contributions towards the implementation, development and enhancement of bioceramics coating on metallic implants. He developed a novel approach to fabricate bioceramic with CNF nanocomposites coating for orthopedic applications. He has published extensively in the development of biomaterials which is evident from him 122 research papers in various high-impact peer reviewed internationals journals and filed 3 Patents. His work has been cited more than 1567 times and his current H-index is 25, i10-index is 59.In addition to this,he has contributed six chapters in books published by Elsevier, Springer series to his academic credit. He has also been honored as the Fellow of Royal Society Chemistry, Fellow of Academy of Sciences Chennai, Young Scientist award, Sir. C.V. Raman award, TANSA award and UGC-Raman award. He has been extensively reviewing many prestigious research papers of RSC, ACS, Elsevier, Springer etc in his area of interest. He has supervised 15 Ph.D students for their doctoral work in his laboratory at Periyar University. He has successfully executed and completed around 12 major R&D projects sponsored by DST, ICMR, CSIR, DRDO, UGC, etc. The ACS and RSC memberships were awarded in recognition of his work. Apart from these academic acivities, he is involved in establizing Center for Nano Science& Nanotechnology, Periyar University.

Proposer: Prof. Natarajan Srinivasan, Seconder: Prof. Mugesh Govindasamy Ten Best Publications: 1. E. Shinyjoy, L. Kavitha, K. Venkatasaravanan, S. Kannan, D. Gopi, 2017, Carbon nanofibre/polycabrolactone/mineralized hydroxyapatite nanofibrous scaffolds for potential orthopedic applications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9, 6342–6355 (if=7.145 , ci=--) 2. S.Ramya, E.Shinyjoy, L. Kavitha, S. Kannan, D. Gopi, 2016, Fabrication of minerals substituted porous hydroxyapaptite/poly......for orthopedic applications, Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (19), 12404–12421, 2016, (if=7.145 , ci=3) 3. R Vivek, R Thangam, SR Kumar, C Rejeeth, S Sivasubramanian, D. Gopi, S. Kannan, 2016,HER2 Targeted ...nanocomposites, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 2262−2279. (if=7.145 , ci=4) 4. D. Gopi, E. Shinyjoy, M. Sekar, M. Surendiran, L. Kavitha and T.S. Sampath Kumar, 2013, Development of carbon nanotubes.....method, Corrosion Science, 73 (2013) 321-330. (if=5.154 , ci=32) 5. D. Gopi, et al.,A facile electrodeposition of hydroxyapatite onto borate passivated surgical grade stainless steel, Corrosion Science, 53 (2011) 2328-2334 (if=5.154, ci=34) 6. D. Gopi, N. Murugan, S. Ramya, L. Kavitha, 2014, Electrodeposition of porous strontium substituted hydroxyapatite/zinc oxide duplex-layer on AZ91 magnesium alloy for orthopedic applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2 (2014) 5531-5540 (if=4.874 , ci=18) 7. D. Gopi, S. Ramya, D. Rajeswari and L. Kavitha, 2013, Corrosion protection performance of porous strontium hydroxyapatite coating on polypyrrole coated 316L stainless steel, Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 107 (2013) 130-136 (if=4.152 , ci=42) 8. D. Gopi, S. Ramya, D. Rajeswari, M. Surendiranand L. Kavitha, 2014, Development of strontium and magnesium substituted......on osteoblast cells, Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 114 (2014) 234-240, (if=4.152 , ci=30) 9. D. Gopi, A. Karthika, D. Rajeswari, L. Kavitha, R Pramod, JishnuDwivedi, 2014, Investigation on corrosion and mechanical performances of minerals substituted....pulsed electrodeposition method, RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 34751-34759, (if=3.289 , ci=14) 10. D. Gopi, N. Murugan, S. Ramya, E. Shinyjoy, L. Kavitha, 2015, Ball flower like manganese, strontium substituted......for implant applications, RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 27402-27411. (if=3.289 , ci=11)

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DUMBALA, SRINIVASA REDDY (b 1971), Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune


Dr. Reddy’s research focus is on the total synthesis of biologically active compounds and medicinal chemistry with an ultimate aim of discovering drugs and useful molecules for human wellbeing. Highlights are - Design and synthesis of Silinezolid analogues with high brain:plasma ratio. - Total syntheses of >25 natural products – most of them are first time. - Discovery of an anti-diabetic molecule in collaboration with industry (Shantani)- discussions are in progress for out licensing. - Synthesis of sex pheromone that can be used to control mealybug population for crop protection. - Identification of mosquito repellents – NCL signed MOU with Ross Lifesciences for further development.- Developed a new synthetic route to most expensive drug Ivacaftor - Identified a novel scaffold in collaboration with CSIR-IGIB towards vitiligo drug development: Patent out-licensed to Ahammune Biosciences. - Discovery of LIK066, a Phase-II human clinical candidate for treating diabetes (as a project leader at TATA Advinus-Novartis collaboration) - His efforts are evidenced by more than 80 publications and 35 patents. His contributions are recognized through • CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Discovery Research-2013 • NCL- Research Foundation Scientist of the Year Award-2013 • NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Innovations-2015 • The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical sciences-2015 • Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences-2015 • CRSI Bronze Medal in chemical science-2016. • Member of Scientific Body of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Govt. of India-2017. • Subject Editor of ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section: B, Biological Sciences. • Editor of “Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters” an Elsevier journal.

Proposer: Prof. Vinod K. Singh, Seconder: Prof. Ganesh Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. K. Kashinath, G. R. Jachak, P. R. Athawale, U. Marelli, R. G. Gonnade and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2016, Total Synthesis of the Marine Natural Product Solomonamide B Necessitates Stereochemical Revision,Org. Lett.,18, 3178. (if=6.73, ci=1) 2. B. Seetharamsingh, Remya Ramesh, Santoshkumar S. Dange, Pankaj V. Khairnar, Smita Singhal, Dilip Upadhyay, Sridhar Veeraraghavan, Srikant Viswanadha, Swaroop Vakkalanka, and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2015, Design, synthesis, and identification of silic (if=3.35, ci=4) 3. Remya Ramesh, Vaughn Bell, Andrew M. Twidle, Rajesh Gonnade and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2015, Enantiospecific synthesis of both enantiomers of the longtailed mealybug pheromone and their evaluation in a New Zealand vineyard, J. Org. Chem., 80, 7785. (if=4.78, ci=0) 4. B. Seetharamsingh, P. R. Rajamohanan and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2015, Total synthesis and structural revision of mycalol, an anticancer natural product from the marine source, Org. Lett., 17, 1652. (if=6.73, ci=8) 5. N. Vasudevan, K. Kashinath and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2014, Total synthesis of deoxy-solomonamide B by mimicking biogenesis, Org. Lett., 16, 6148. (if=6.73, ci=11) 6. Kishor L. Handore, B. Seetharamsingh, and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2013, Ready access to functionally embellished cis-hydrindanes and cis-decalins: Protecting group-free total syntheses of (±)-nootkatone and (±)-noreremophilane, J. Org. Chem., 78, 814 (if=4.78, ci=9) 7. Kishor L. Handore, and D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2013, A diverted total synthesis of potent cell adhesion inhibitor Peribysin E analogues, Org. Lett., 15, 1894. (if=6.73, ci=6) 8. Satish Chandra Philkhana, B. Seetharam Singh, Yuvraj B. Dangat, Kumar Vanka, D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2013, Synthesis of palmyrolide A and its cis-isomer and mechanistic insight into trans-cis isomerisation of the enamide macrocycle, Chem. Commun. 49 (if=6.57, ci=13) 9. Atul K. Hajare, Velayutham Ravikumar, Shaik Khaleel, Debnath Bhuniya, D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2011, Synthesis of molluscicidal agent cyanolide A from D-(-)-Pantolactone, J. Org. Chem., 76, 963. (if=4.78, ci=33) 10. D. Srinivasa Reddy,* 2004A general approach toward bakkanes: short synthesis of (±)-bakkenolide-A (fukinanolide), Org. Lett., 6, 3345. (if=6.73, ci=23)

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GHOSH, PRADYUT (b 1970), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


His research in the field of Anion Recognition is internationally well recognized. He has made an intriguing finding of efficient recognition of fluoride (Chem. Commun. 2009, 5389; Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6269), arsenate, phosphates (Dalton Trans. 2009, 4160; Chem. Commun. 2007, 5214), carbon dioxide in the form of carbonate (Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1082) in capsular assemblies. He has also developed excellent extractants for sulfate, chromate and fluoride (Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1522). His works on macrobicyclic cages show selective encapsulation of bichloride, stabilization of water clusters in aqueous medium are remarkable (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 13132).Further the nominee has contributed enormously in the area like Chemical Sensing of Ions, Supramolecular Self-assembly and Molecular Machines. His work represents the first example of a selective fluoride sensor that shows electronic spectral signal at NIR region i.e. above 900 nm with a large red-shift (600nm) spectrum during sensing (Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2962), selective colorimetric detection Zn2+ and pyrophosphate in physiological buffer (Inorg. Chem.2011,50, 2429). On the other hand, unique interaction of chloroform and benzene has been experimentally shown by him for the first time in the channel of a supramolecular assembly (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9600). Recently, he has developed multi-functional rotaxanes (Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13712; J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11170; Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 1854) which are potential for switching and mechanical properties.

Proposer: Prof. Debashis Mukherjee, Seconder: Dr. Amitava Das Ten Best Publications: 1. P. S. Lakshminarayana, E. Suresh, P. Ghosh*, 2005, “Formation of an Infinite 2D-Layered Water of (H2O)45 Cluster in a Cryptand-Water Supramolecular Complex: A Template Effect” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 13132-13133. (if=13.038, ci=138) 2. P. S. Lakshminarayana, E. Suresh, P. Ghosh*, 2006, “Formation of Hybrid Water-Chloride Structure with Discrete Undecameric Water Self-Assembly in a Heptaprotonated Octaamino Cryptand”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 3807-3811. (if=11.709, ci=118) 3. P. S. Lakshminarayanan, I. Ravikumar, E. Suresh and P. Ghosh*, 2007, “Trapped inorganic phosphate dimer”, Chem. Commun., 5214 – 5216. (if=6.567, ci=87) 4. M. Arunachalam, P. Ghosh*, 2009, “F2(H2O)62- Cluster Selective Dimeric Capsule Formation of Arene Capped Tripodal Amide Receptor”, Chem. Commun, 5389-5391. (if=6.567, ci=76) 5. I. Ravikumar, P. S. Lakshminarayanan, M. Arunachalam, E. Suresh and P. Ghosh*, 2009, “Anion complexation of a pentafluorophenyl-substituted tripodal urea receptor in solution and the solid state: selectivity toward phosphate” Dalton Trans., 4160-4168 (if=4.177, ci=95) 6. P. Bose and P. Ghosh*, 2010, “Visible and near-infrared sensing of fluoride by indole conjugated urea/thiourea ligands” Chem. Commun. 46, 2962-2964. (if=6.567, ci=83) 7. I. Ravikumar and P. Ghosh*, 2011, “Zn(II) and PPi Selective Fluorescence OFF-ON-OFF Functionality of a Chemosensor in Physiological Conditions” Inorg. Chem., 50, 4229-4231. (if=4.820, ci=71) 8. B. Akhuli, I. Ravikumar, P. Ghosh* 2012, “Acid/base controlled size modulation of capsular phosphates, hydroxide encapsulation, quantitative and clean extraction of sulfate with carbonate capsules of a tripodal urea receptor” Chem. Sci. 3, 1522-1530. (if=9.144, ci=31) 9. B. Nisar Ahamed, R. Dutta, P. Ghosh* 2013, “The Role of Wingtip Substituent's on Benzene Platform Based Tetrapodal Ligands towards the Formation of Self Assembled Silver Carbene Cage” Inorg. Chem., 52, 4269-4276. (if=4.820, ci=18) 10. S. Chakraborty, R. Dutta, P. Ghosh* 2015, “Halogen Bonding Assisted Selective Removal of Bromide” Chem. Commun., 51, 14793 - 14796. (if=6.567, ci=09)

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GUPTA, KAILSH CHANDRA (b 1959), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee


Prof. K.C. Gupta research is focused on functional polymers for chemical and biosensors (IEEE Sensors J (2001), Sensors and Actuators B (2000) and for controlled drug delivery systems (Carbohydrate Research(2007). Functional polymer for catalysis (J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical(2007). Amphiphilic block copolymers for detection of cancer cells, antigens and neurotransmitters ( Langmuir, (2014), J. Mater. Chem.B, (2016),J. Mater. Chem. B, (2015). Nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering (2016). He has visited important Institutes of South Korea for collaborative research and guest lectures. He served as member on editorial board of J. Materials Science Pure and Applied Chemistry (USA) and as Academic Lead Guest Editor for Biomedical Research International(USA). He was honorary member of Chemical Industry, London (2009. Currently he is member on editorial board of J.Polymer Materials and Iranian J. Polymer Science. He is reviewer for more than 20 International Journals of Polymer Science and Chemistry and member of National and International Scientific Societies (ACS, Washington, USA). Prof. Gupta is a recipient of Khosla Research Award (2002) by I.I.T Roorkee. His research citation‘h’ factor is 19 and published 102 papers. Delivered invited talks in National and Internationals conferences and Chaired sessions. Best performer (2004) by I. I.T Roorkee. Guided significant number of Ph.D and M.Tech thesis. I strongly recommend his name to be fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India in chemical sciences.

Proposer: Prof. D.V.S. Jain, Seconder: Prof. K.K. Bhasin Ten Best Publications: 1. Seong H. Yoon, Kailash C. Gupta,Jyoti S. Borah,Soo-Young Park,Young-KyooKim, Hyung Lee, and Inn-Kyu Kang,(2014) “Folate Ligand Anchored Liquid Crystal Microdroplets Emulsion for in VitroDetection of KB Cancer Cells Langmuir, Vol., 30, pg.,10668-77 (if=4.384, ci=03) 2. K.C.Gupta, A.K. Sutar, Chu Chie H (2009), ‘Polymer supported Schiff base Complexes in Oxidation Reactions,’Coordination Chemistry Review, Vol., 25 pg.,1926-1946 (if=12.098, ci=160) 3. K.C. Gupta and A.K. Sutar(2008), ‘Catalytic Activities of Schiff base Transition Metal Complexes,’ Coordination Chemistry Review, Vol., pg.,1420-1450 (if=12.098, ci=437) 4. K.C.Gupta and F.H.Zabrail (2006), ‘Effect of Degree of Deacetylation on Cross-linking Swelling and Release Behavior of Chitosan Microspheres’, CarbohydratePolymer, Vol.,66 , pg.,272-283 (if=3.916, ci=61) 5. K.C.Gupta, H. K.Abdulkadir and S.Chand (2203), ‘Synthesis of Polymer Complex and its Catalytic Activity for Decomposition of Hydrogen J.Mol.Catal. A: Chemical, Vol,.202, pg.,253-268 (if=3.679, ci=56 ) 6. K.C.Gupta and Keerti Khandekar( 2003), ‘Temperature-Responsive Cellulose by Ceric (IV) Ion Initiated Graft Copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide Biomacromolecules (ACS) Vol.,4 ,pg., 758-765 (if=5.778, ci=93) 7. K.C. Gupta, Sujata Sahoo and Keerti Khandekar (2002), ‘Graft Copolymerization of Ethylacrylate onto Cellulose Using Ceric Ammonium Nitrate as Initiator in Aqueous Medium ’Biomacromolecules (ACS),Vol.,5,1087-1094 (if=5.778, ci=45) 8. K.C.Gupta and Sujata Sahoo (2001), ‘Graft Copolymerization of Acrylonitrile and Ethyl Methylacrylate Comonomers on Cellulose Using Ceric Ion’Biomacromolecules (ACS), Vol. 2, pg., 239-247 (if=5.778, ci=75) 9. .C.Gupta and Muzawamaria Jeann ’D’Arc (2001), ‘Effect of WeighingParameters on Sensitivity and Selectivity of the Copper Ion Selective Electrodes’, Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 437, pg., 199-216 (if=4.517, ci=45) 10. K.C.Gupta and M.N.V.Ravikumar(2000), ‘Drug Release Behavior of Beads and Microgranules of Chitosan’, Biomaterials,Vol. 21, pg. 1115-1119 (if=8.712, ci=142)

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GUPTA, RAJEEV (b 1971), Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi


Rajeev Gupta has made notable contribution in the field of coordination and supramolecular chemistry. He has established a new area of research by synthesizing and subsequently utilizing coordination complexes as the molecular building blocks (i.e., metalloligands) for the construction of ordered architectures (Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 9403). Such metalloligands offer either (i) H-bonding sensitive functional groups that generate H-bonding based self-assemblies (Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 1308; Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13, 74; CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 9185); or (ii) coordination bonding sensitive functional groups that produce highly symmetrical metallosupramolecular architectures (Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 5497; Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 10773; Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2603; Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 4110; Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 2874). Such an approach has not only assisted his group to synthesize a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional networks with high degree of predictability and controllability but also allowed to introduce catalytic sites in an orderly manner. Several such networks have displayed significant catalytic applications including regio-, size- and shape-selective catalysis. His group has also worked extensively on various facets of coordination chemistry where focus has been placed to study the architectural aspects that influence the (i) reactivity pathways (Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 14865; Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 17453); (ii) recognition phenomena (Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 502); (iii) energy-transfer avenues (PCCP, 2013, 15, 15888; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 22690); and (iv) biomedical aspects (Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 44, 1607; J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 17, 1217).

Proposer: Prof. V. Chandrasekhar , Seconder: Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Mishra, A. Ali, S. Upreti, Rajeev Gupta* (2008) Cobalt Coordination Induced Functionalized Molecular Clefts: Isolation of CoIII–ZnII Heterometallic .... in Beckmann Rearrangement Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 154-161. (if=4.820, ci=72) 2. A. Mishra, A. Ali, S. Upreti, M.S. Whittingham, Rajeev Gupta* (2009) Cobalt Complex as Building Blocks: ..... of Cd2+-Co3+-Cd2+ and Hg2+-Co3+-Hg2+ Heterobimetallic Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 5234-5243. (if=4.820, ci=45) 3. A. P. Singh, A. Ali, Rajeev Gupta* (2010) Cobalt Complexes as the Building Blocks: Co3+–Zn2+ Heterobimetallic Networks and their Properties. Dalton Transactions, 39, 8135 – 8138 (Communication). (if=4.177, ci=33) 4. G. Kumar, Rajeev Gupta* (2012) Cobalt Complexes Appended with p– and m–Carboxylates: Two Unique Co3+– Cd2+ Networks and Their Regioselective and Size-Selective Heterogeneous Catalysis. Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 5497 – 5499. (Communication). (if=4.820, ci=23) 5. A. Ali, G. Hundal, Rajeev Gupta* (2012) Co3+-based Building Blocks with Appended Phenol and Catechol Groups: Examples of Placing Hydrogen-Bond Donors and Acceptors in a Single Molecule. Crystal Growth & Design, 12, 1308 – 1319. (if=4.425, ci=29) 6. G. Kumar, Rajeev Gupta* (2013) Molecularly Designed Architectures – The Metalloligand Way. Chemical Society Reviews, 42, 9403 – 9453. (if=34.090, ci=84) 7. G. Kumar, Rajeev Gupta* (2013) Three-Dimensional Co3+−Zn2+ and Co3+−Cd2+ Networks Originated from Carboxylate-rich Building Blocks: Syntheses, Structures, and Heterogeneous Catalysis. Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 10773 – 10787. (if=4.820, ci=28) 8. G. Kumar, H. Aggarwal, Rajeev Gupta* (2013) Cobalt Complexes Appended with para- and meta-Arylcarboxylic Acids: Influence of Cation, Solvent, and Symmetry on Hydrogen-Bonded Assemblies. Crystal Growth & Design, 13, 74 – 90. (if=4.425, ci=15) 9. G. Kumar, G. Kumar, Rajeev Gupta* (2015) Manganese and Cobalt Based Coordination Networks as the Promising Heterogeneous Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidation Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 54, 2603 – 2615. (if=4.820, ci=10) 10. D. Bansal, Rajeev Gupta* (2016) Chemosensors Containing Appended Benzothiazole group(s): Selective Binding of Cu2+ and Zn2+ Ions by Two Related Receptors. Dalton Transactions, 45, 502 – 507. (Communication). (if=4.177, ci=6)

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JAGIRDAR, BALAJI RAO (b 1965), Professor; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Prof. Jagirdar made outstanding contributions in the area of activation of unreactive chemical bonds in small molecules, specifically, activation of H–X (X = H, Si, B, C) bonds in H2, R3SiH, H3B•L, and CH4 / alkanes, using organometallic complexes that have been designed carefully and executed efficiently. This has led him closer to the development of methane conversion catalysts to realize methanol under relatively mild conditions using organometallic compounds as catalysts. This is considered to be a holy grail in the field of catalysis. His work on the insertion of carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide into metal-hydride bonds of transition metal fragments has opened a new avenue for generation of useful organic compounds using heterocumulenes as C1synthons. Prof. Jagirdar and his group also developed a novel, hybrid top-down – bottom-up synthetic methodology which is a combination of solvated metal atom dispersion and digestive ripening, for a wide variety of nanostructured materials including metal nanoparticles, core-shell structures, intermetallic materials, alloy nanostructures, and composites. They explored the potential of these materials for hydrogen storage, hydrogen generation, magnetism, and catalysis and made significant contributions in these areas.

Proposer: Prof. E. D. Jemmis, Seconder: Prof. E. Arunan Ten Best Publications: 1. N. Mathew, B. R. Jagirdar, R. S. Gopalan, G. U. Kulkarni, 2000, -Acceptor Properties of"Influence of the Cone Angles and the Phosphorus-Containing Ligands in the Chemistry of Dihydrogen Complexes of Ruthenium" Organometallics, 19, 4506-4517. (if=4.126, ci=29) 2. T. Gandhi, B. R. Jagirdar, 2005, "Utilization of CS2 as a Source of C1 Synthetic Units for the Preparation of Bis(alkylthio)methanes and Alkyl Dithioformates" Inorg. Chem. 44, 1118-1124. (if=4.762, ci=12) 3. C. M. Nagaraja, M. Nethaji, B. R. Jagirdar, 2005, Highly Electrophilic, 16-Electron [Ru(P(OMe)(OH)2)(dppe)2]2+ Complex Turns H2(g) into a Strong Acid and Splits a Si-H Bond Heterolytically..." Inorg. Chem.44, 4145-4147. (if=4.762, ci=10) 4. C. M. Nagaraja, P. Parameswaran, E. D. Jemmis, B. R. Jagirdar, 2007, "Heterolytic Activation of H–X (X = H, Si, B, and C) Bonds: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation" J. Am. Chem. Soc.129, 5587-5596. (if=12.113, ci=33) 5. S. B. Kalidindi, M. Indirani, B. R. Jagirdar, 2008, "First Row Transition Metal Ion-Assisted Ammonia–Borane Hydrolysis for Hydrogen Generation" Inorg. Chem. 47, 7424-7429. (if=4.762, ci=143) 6. S. B. Kalidindi, U. Sanyal, B. R. Jagirdar, 2008, "Nanostructured Cu and Cu@Cu2O Core Shell Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Ammonia–Borane" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 5870-5874 (if=4.493, ci=119) 7. S. B. Kalidindi, J. Joseph, B. R. Jagirdar, 2009, "Cu2+-induced Room Temperature Hydrogen Release from Ammonia Borane" Energy Environ. Sci.2, 1274-1276. (if=20.523, ci=50) 8. U. Sanyal, U. B. Demirci, B. R.Jagirdar, P. Miele, 2011, "Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane as Hydrogen Source, Fundamental Issues and Potential Solutions towards Implementation" Chem. Sus. Chem.4, 1731-1739. (if=7.657, ci=67) 9. N. Arora, B. R. Jagirdar, 2012, "Monodispersity and stability: case of ultrafine aluminium nanoparticles (<5 nm) synthesized by the solvated metal atom dispersion approach" J. Mater. Chem. 22, 9058-9063. (if=6.626, ci=13) 10. R. Kumar, S. Ramakrishnan, E. D. Jemmis, B. R. Jagirdar, 2015, -Methane Complex en Route to Elimination of Methane"Implication of a from a Ruthenium Complex: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation" Organometallics 34, 1245-1254. (if=4.126, ci=2)

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JANA, NIKHIL RANJAN (b 1965), Professor, Centre for Advanced Materials,Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-700032


Dr. Jana has made pioneering contribution on chemical synthesis of nanoparticle and surface chemistry involving nanoparticle. He has made fundamental contribution on chemical functionalization and bio-functionalization of nanoparticle and has synthesized a library of functional nanoparticle for various biomedical applications. His group has developed new generation fluorescent nanoprobes, established the role of nanoparticle surface chemistry on cell-nanoparticle interaction and revealed the effect of nanobioconjugate multivalency on cell uptake mechanism. His laboratory has developed nanobioconjugate as cell imaging probe and nanoscale drug for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Proposer: Prof. Debashis Mukherjee, Seconder: Prof. Bhupendra Nath Dev Ten Best Publications: 1. Nikhil R. Jana, Latha Gearheart, and Catherine J. Murphy, 2001, Wet Chemical Synthesis of High Aspect Ratio Cylindrical Gold Nanorods, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 4065-4067. (if=3.2, ci=2200) 2. Nikhil R. Jana, Latha Gearheart, and Catherine J. Murphy, 2001, Seed-Mediated Growth Approach for Shape- Controlled Synthesis of Spheroidal and Rod-like Gold Nanoparticles Using a Surfactant Template, Adv. Mater., 13, 1389-1393. (if=18.96, ci=1340) 3. Nikhil R. Jana, Latha Gearheart, and Catherine J. Murphy, 2001, Wet Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanorods and Nanowires of Controllable Aspect Ratio, Chem. Commun., 617–618. (if=6.57, ci=1010) 4. Nikhil R. Jana, Latha Gearheart, and Catherine J. Murphy, 2001, Seeding Growth for Size Control of 5-40 nm Diameter Gold Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 17, 6782-6786. (if=3.99, ci=1040) 5. Susanta Kumar Bhunia, Arindam Saha, Amit Ranjan Maity, Sekhar C. Ray and Nikhil R. Jana, 2013, Carbon Nanoparticle-based Fluorescent Bioimaging Probes, Scientific Reports., 3, Article no.1473. (if=5.23, ci=240) 6. Atanu Chakraborty and Nikhil R. Jana, 2015, Clathrin to Lipid Raft-Endocytosis via Controlled Surface Chemistry and Efficient Perinuclear Targeting of Nanoparticle, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6, 3688−3697. (if=8.54, ci=07) 7. Atanu Chakraborty and Nikhil R. Jana, 2015, Design and Synthesis of Triphenylphosphonium Functionalized Nanoparticle Probe for Mitochondria Targeting and Imaging” J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 2888–2895. (if=4.51, ci=13) 8. Chumki Dalal, Arindam Saha, Nikhil R. Jana, 2016, Nanoparticle Multivalency Directed Shifting of Cellular Uptake Mechanism, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 6778-6786. (if=4.51, ci=07) 9. K. Debnath, S. Shekhar, V. Kumar, Nihar R. Jana, Nikhil R. Jana, 2016, Efficient Inhibition of Protein Aggregation, -- and Lowering of Cytotoxicity by Green Tea Polyphenol-Based -- Polymer Nanoparticle,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 20309–20318. (if=7.14, ci=02) 10. N. Pradhan, S. Shekhar, Nihar R. Jana, Nikhil R. Jana, 2017, Sugar Terminated Nanoparticles Chaperones are 100 to 10000 Times Better than Molecular Sugars in Inhibiting Protein Aggregation and Lowering of Amyloidogenic Cytotoxicity, ACS Appl. Mater. (if=7.14, ci=00)

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KUMAR, ATUL (b 1963), Professor, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow


Dr. Atul Kumar is extensively involved in design and synthesis of New Chemical Entities for various therapeutic area associated with Women Health Related disorders, Anticancer and Green chemistry. Dr Kumar’s contribution in the area of Medicinal chemistry is of high impact as evident by several of his molecules are in different phases of drug development including, CDRI’s Antiosteoporosis agent, CDRI-99/373 (CENTHANK), which is currently in Phase–I Clinical Trials. CDRI-99/373 has exhibited promising antiosteoporosis activity than Raloxifene (clinically used drug) with better biological profile, Dr Kumar’s another molecule CDRI-007-1235 showing promising anticancer activity and a First in class drug candidate for colon and leukaemia, is currently in preclinical stage of development. Dr Kumar has made immense contribution in Green Chemistry and developed green synthesis of Tryptanthrin (anti-tubercular natural products), Artemether and arteether (Antimalarial Drug), Imatinib, Nilotinib (anticancer Drugs) and Oxacarbazpine. He also Introduced a new synthetic strategy by utilizing Functional Ionic Liquid and named as Functional Ionic Liquid Mediated Synthesis (FILMS), green sp3 C–H functionalization, First Single Nucleotide catalyzed Biomimetic reductive amination and First in situ generated NHC (betaine intermediate) mediated annulations. Dr. Kumar is the recipient of prestigious Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) OPPI SCIENTIST AWARD. He received CSIR-CDRI incentive awards eleven times in row (2004-2014, 2016) and Penta Star awards from SciFinder–CAS, A division of the American Chemical Society, Columbus, OH-USA. Recently, Dr Kumar awarded Vigyan Ratna Samman by Council of Science and Technology, U.P

Proposer: Dr. Nitya Anand, Seconder: Prof. Pradeep Kumar Ten Best Publications: 1. Atul Kumar, S.Maurya, K, Pratap, S Srivastava [2016] Betaine mediated synthesis of annulated dihydrofurans from oxobis(methylthio)ketene acetals and N-butyl-N0-methyl ethane-1,2-diamine as precursors via NHC elimination Chem Commun 52, 2795-2798, (IF=6.83, CI=0) 2. Atul Kumar and Ratnakar Dutt Shukla [2015] β-Cyclodextrin catalysed C–C bond formation via C(sp3)–H functionalization of 2-methyl azaarenes with diones in aqueous medium, Green Chemistry 17, 848-851, (IF=8.02, CI=10) 3. B. Chakravarti, T. Akhtar, B.Rai, M. Yadav, J A Siddiqui, S.K. Dhar Dwivedi, R. Thakur, A. K. Singh, A. K.Singh, H. Kumar, K. Khan, S. Pal, S. K. Rath, J Lal, R. Konwar, A K Trivedi, D Datta, D P. Mishra, M M Godbole, S Sanyal, N. Chattopadhyay, and Atul Kumar, [2014], Thioaryl Naphthyl methanone Oxime Ether Analogs as Novel Anticancer Agents J. Med. Chem., 57 , 8010–8025 (IF=5.447, CI=12) 4. Atul Kumar,Mukesh Kumar,S.Maurya and Ranjana S. Khanna [2014] Regioselective Synthesis of Fused Imidazo[1,2- ]pyrimidines via Intramolecular C−N Bond Formation/6-Endo-Dig Cycloisomerization J. Org. Chem., 79(15), 6905–6912, (IF=4.721, CI=12) 5. Atul Kumar,* Deepti Saxena and Maneesh [2013] Nano-particle Catalysed Reaction (NPCR): ZnO-NP catlyzed Ugi-reaction in aqueous medium Green Chemistry 15, 2699–2703. (IF=8.02, CI=14) 6. Atul Kumar,* Maneesh K Gupta and Mukesh Kumar [2012] Catalyst-free hydroarylation of in situ generated ortho-quinone methide (o-QM) with electron rich arenes in water Green Chemistry, 14, 2677-2681 (IF=8.02, CI=15) 7. Atul Kumar,* Garima Gupta, and Suman Srivastava [2011] Synthesis of New Class of Alkyl Azarene Pyridinium Zwitterions via Iodine Mediated sp3 C-H Bond Activation Organic Letters, 13, 24, 6 6366-6369 (IF=6.364, CI=28) 8. Atul Kumar *, Garima Gupta, Suman Srivastava [2011] Functional Ionic Liquid Mediated Synthesis (FILMS) of Dihydrothiophenes and Tacrine Derivatives Green Chemistry, 13(9), 2459-2463 (IF=8.02, CI=28) 9. Atul Kumar,* Vishwa Deepak Tripathi, and Promod Kumar [2011] β-Cyclodextrin catalysed synthesis of tryptanthrin in water Green Chemistry, 13, 51 (IF=8.02, CI=43) (*= Corresponding author) 10. Atul Kumar, Siddharth Sharma, Ram Awatar Maurya [2010] Single Nucleotide Catalysed Biomimetic reductive Amination Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 352, 2227-2232 (IF=5.663, CI=40)

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MEHTA, SURINDER KUMAR (b 1961), Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh


Prof. Mehta has made noteworthy contributions in the field of “Colloidal Chemistry” and “Nanochemistry”. Fabrication of nano electrochemical sensors for hydrazine and cyanide ions with highest sensitivity and lowest detection limit reported is expected to generate useful protocols of sensing devices. The modus operandi for time-efficient size controlled synthesis of stable nanoparticles has been established and their use as efficient electrocatalysts in fuel cells has been explored. In addition, optimization of the synthesis of various metallic, bimetallic and semiconducting nanoparticles with versatile characteristics has been achieved. Another contribution is the design of NOVEL metallosurfactants that can be engineered according to the requirement and act as nanoreactor for nanoparticle synthesis. This is expected to bring a pervasive revolution in the use of amphiphiles for a wide variety of applications in industry. First ever successful attempt has been made to synthesize chalcogenides in microemulsion media to overcome the drawbacks of conventional synthesis and to illustrate the effect of change of position of Se in organodiselenides when hosted in mixed microemulsion system. Being engaged in the fabrication of nanocarriers for drug delivery purposes viz. microemulsions, niosomes, vesicles, liposomes etc., now the group has put forth a valuable step in the field of lipid based nanocarriers. The formulations are expected to create a sound basis for the better management of the disease, making the directly observed treatment more viable and affordable. The findings could entail a relevant enhancement of the previous art towards a more compliant TB pharmacotherapy.

Proposer: Prof. S.V. Kessar, Seconder: Prof. A.K.Ganguli Ten Best Publications: 1. R.K. Dewan, S.K. Mehta, R. Parashar and K. Bala, (1991) Topological Investigations on the Association of Alkanols: Excess volume of Pyridine Alkanol (C1-C10) Mixtures, J. Chemical Society, Faraday Trans., 87(10), 1561. Now PCCP (if=4.449, ci=53) 2. S.K. Mehta, R.K. Chauhan and R.K. Dewan, (1996) Excess volumes and isentropic compressibilities of pyrrolidin-2-one-alkanol (C1-C5) binary mixtures, J. Chemical Soc. Faraday Trans., 92, 1167. Now PCCP (if=4.449, ci=61) 3. S.K. Mehta and R.K. Chauhan, (1997) Ultrasonic velocity and Apparent Isentropic compressibilities in mixtures of non-electrolytes. J. Solution Chemistry, 26, 295. (if=1.256, ci=72) 4. S.K. Mehta and K. Bala, (2000) Tween-based microemulsions: a percolation view, Fluid Phase Equilibria 172, 197. (if=2.379, ci=51) 5. S.K. Mehta, K.K. Bhasin, R. Chauhan and S. Dham, (2005) Effect of temperature on critical micelle concentration and thermodynamic behavior of dodecyldimethylethylammonium bromide and dodecyltrimethyl ammonium chloride in aqueous media, Colloids an (if=2.108, ci=126) 6. S.K. Mehta, G. Kaur, K.K. Bhasin, (2007) Analysis of Tween based microemulsion in the presence of TB drug rifampicin, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 60, 95-104 (if=4.152, ci=68) 7. N.Wangoo, K.K. Bhasin, S. K. Mehta, C.R. Suri, (2008) Synthesis and capping of water-dispersed gold nanoparticles by an amino acid: Bioconjugation and binding studies, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 323, 247-254, (if=3.368, ci=145) 8. S.K.Mehta, G.Kaur and K.K.Bhasin, (2008) Incorporation of antitubercular drug Isoniazid in pharmaceutically accepted microemulsion: Effect on microstructure and physical parameters, Pharmaceutical Research, 25, 227-236. (if=3.42, ci=41) 9. S.K. Mehta, Sanjay Kumar, Savita Chaudhary, K.K. Bhasin and Michael Gradzielski, (2009) Evolution of ZnS nanoparticles via facile CTAB aqueous micellar solution route: A study on controlling parameters, Nanoscale Research Letters, 4(1), 17-28. (if=2.726, ci=77) 10. S.K. Mehta, Sanjay Kumar and Michael Gradzielski, (2011) Growth, stability, optical and photoluminescent properties of aqueous colloidal ZnS Nanoparticles in relation to surfactant molecular structure, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 360, 497–5 (if=3.368, ci=52)

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NETHI, SEKAR NAGIYAN (b. 1959) Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019


Synthesis of fluorescent colorants with dual (ESIPT), red shifted emissions with AIE and viscosity sensitivity have been the focus of the research of N Sekar. He has looked into problems in totality and provided appropriate rationalization of the spectroscopic properties through computational studies. Among various dye molecules, fluorescent azo dyes have been his major research interest and adopted computational approach for developing better insight in understanding azo-hydrazone tautomerism in azo colorants. A priri approach is undertaken in understanding the functional applications of fluorescent colorants and is thoroughly investigated using ab initio computational strategy. Dr Sekar has looked into the excited state properties using the Solvatochromic shifts by thoroughly analysing absorption and emission spectral properties. His recent endeavour included understanding and utilisation if the nonlinear optical properties and natural fluorescent motif. In brief, Dr Sekar has made a significant contribution in the area of azo dyes and fluorescent colorants.

Proposer : Dr. Amitava Das, Seconder : Prof. Pradeep K. Tripathi Ten Best Publications : 1. Shantaram Kothavale Sekar N 2017 Dyes and Pigments 136, pp. 31-45, 2017 Novel pyrazino-phenanthroline based rigid donor-π-acceptor compounds: A detail study of optical properties, acidochromism, solvatochromism and structure-property relationship, IF=3.996 CI=6 2. Satam, M.A., Raut, R.K. Sekar N 2013 Dyes and Pigments 96 (1), pp. 92-103, 2013 Fluorescent azo disperse dyes from 3-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)naphthalen-2-ol and comparison with 2-naphthol analogs, IF=3.966 CI=26 3. Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Tathe, A.B.a, Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S.a, Ramasami, P. , Sekar, N. 2013 ESIPT inspired fluorescent 2-(4-benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)naphtho[1,2-d]oxazol-2- yl)phenol: Experimental and DFT based approach to photophysical properties Tetrahedron 69 (6), pp. 1767-1777, 2013 IF=2.645 CI=25 4. Mininath SD, Sekar N 2014 Dyes and Pigments 103, 25-33, 2014 A combined experimental and TDDFT investigation of three disperse azo dyes having the nitroterephthalate skeleton IF=3.966 CI=14 5. VS Patil, VS Padalkar, KR Phatangare, VD Gupta, PG Umape, N Sekar 2012 Synthesis of new ESIPT-fluorescein: photophysics of pH sensitivity and fluorescence The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 116 (1), 536-545 IF=2.78 CI=44 6. Gupta, V.D., Tathe, A.B., Padalkar, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N.2013 Red emitting solid state fluorescent triphenylamine dyes: Synthesis, photo-physical property and DFT study Dyes and Pigments 97 (3), pp. 429-439, 2013 IF=3.966 Citations 17 7. VD Gupta, VS Padalkar, KR Phatangare, VS Patil, PG Umape, N Sekar 2011 The synthesis and photo-physical properties of extended styryl fluorescent derivatives of N-ethyl carbazole Dyes and Pigments 88 (3), 378-384, 2011 IF=3.966 Citations 33 8. Sandip Lanke, Sekar N 2016 Aggregation Induced Emissive Carbazole-based Push Pull NLOphores: Synthesis, photophysical properties and DFT studies Dyes and Pigments 124, 82 – 92, 2016 IF=3.866 CI=11 9. Rahul D Telore, Manjaree A Satam Sekar N 2015 Push-Pull fluorophores with viscosity dependent and aggregation induced emissions insensitive to polarity Dyes and Pigments 122, 359-367, 2015 IF=3.866 CI=8 10. Santosh Chemate Sekar N 2015 A new rhodamine based OFF-ON fluorescent hemosensors for selective detection of Hg2+ and Al3+ in aqueous media Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 220, 1196–1204, 2015 CI=13

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PANNURU, VENKATESU (b 1966), Associate Professor, University Of Delhi, Delhi


One of the major problems of the chemical industry is to search for safer alternatives of volatile organic compounds that will minimize air pollution, climatic changes, and human health-related problems. In this regard, Dr. Venkatesu’s recent contribution includes the synthesis of biocompatible ionic liquids. These ionic liquids belong to a class of environmental friendly solvents and exhibit desirable properties for a wide range of industrial applications. In this context, to the first time, Dr. Venkatesu has demonstrated that ionic liquids are more compatible for biomolecules by the sophisticated use of the principles of Chemistry. Further, he is the first one to elucidate that ionic liquids are the best biocompitable co-solvents to prevent the disorder and overcome the stresses of the proteins. These results are highly useful tools for the cure of disorders due to misfolded or aggregated or denatured proteins in human bodies and these results are getting well citation in internationally reputed journals. The experimental verifications for the tailor-made solvents under specified conditions can be recommended using Dr Venkatesu’s work in order to accelerate several biophysical processes. On the conceptual front, he has made successful attempt to delineate the forces that are responsible for biomedical applications of thermoresponsive polymers and the spectacular rate enhancement in polymer chemistry. The contribution made by Dr. Venkatesu will help in recommending suitable co-solvent conditions that will be required to maximize the stability and activity of the proteins that make them excellent targets for medicinal and material science.

Proposer: Prof. Nand Kishore, Seconder: Prof. Ashok Kumar Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Kumar and P. Venkatesu, 2012, Overview of the stability of α-chymotrypsin in different solvent media, Chemical Reviews, 112, 4283-4307. (IF=46.568, CI=86) 2. J. Indrani and P.Venkatesu, 2016, Unprecedented improvement in the stability of haemoglobin in the presence of promising green solvent 1-allyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4, 413-421. (IF=4.642, CI=3) 3. J. Indrani and P.Venkatesu, 2015, Endeavour to simplify the frustrated concept of protein-ammonium family ionic liquid interactions, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, (Perspective) (IF=4.493, CI=5) 4. .R. Umapathi, P.M. Reddy, A. Kumar, P. Venkatesu, C.J. Chang, 2015, The biological stimuli for governing the phase transition temperature of the “smart” polymer PNIPAM in Water, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (IF=4.152, CI=2) 5. P.M. Reddy, R. Umapathi and P. Venkatesu, 2015, A green approach to offset the perturbation action of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide on α-chymotrypsin, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 184-190. (IF=4.493, CI=5) 6. J. Indrani A. Kumar and P.Venkatesu, 2015, The overriding roles of concentration and Hydrophobic effect on structure and stability of heme protein induced by midazolium-based ionic liquids, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119, 8357-8368. (IF=3.696, CI=2) 7. A. Kumar, A. Rani and P. Venkatesu, 2014, Quantitative evaluation of the ability of ionic liquids to offset the cold-induced unfolding of proteins, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (communication) 16, 15806-15810. (IF=4.198, CI=7) 8. Indrani Jha, P. Attri and P Venkatesu, 2014, Unexpected effects of the alteration of structure and stability of myoglobin and hemoglobin in ammonium-based ionic liquids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16, 5514-5526. (IF=4.198, CI=29) 9. P. M. Reddy, R. Umapathi, P. Venkatesu, 2014, Interactions of ionic liquids with hydration layer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Comprehensive analysis of biophysical techniques results, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16, 10708-10718. (IF=4.198, CI=6) 10. Pankaj Attri, P. Venkatesu, A. Kumar, 2011, Activity and stability of α-chymotrypsin in biocompatible ionic liquids: enzyme refolding by triethyl ammonium acetate, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13, 2788-2796. (IF=4.198, CI=12)

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PARIDA, KULAMANI (b 1952), Director, Centre For Nanoscience And Nano Technology, SOA University, Bhubaneswar-751030.


Dr. Parida has contributed significantly towards understanding the structural, morphological, optical and electronic properties of a large variety semiconductor materials which helps in the effective charge diffusion and separation required for efficient production of hydrogen, degradation of pollutants and synthesis of fine chemicals utilizing visible light. Some highly facial photocatalyst preparation methods designed by him are eminently suitable for large scale production. They include those for the development of anionic clays, nitrogen doped nanostructured metal oxides and perovskites, heterojunction based metal oxides, carbon nitride and graphene based nano structured composites. Anion and cation doped titania, microwave irradiated zinc oxide, titania pillared zirconium phosphate-titanium phosphate are some of the best materials developed by him for the complete decomposition of organic and inorganic pollutants. His worked on finding the textural and structural properties of the catalysts to understand the promotional effect of SO4, Fe and RE in stabilizing nano gold and lowering the CO oxidation temperature. He has performed pioneering work on the utilization of manganese nodules as catalysts and adsorbent. He developed processes on pilot plat scale on electrolytic reduction of Cr (VI) in mine water and metal extraction from manganese nodules and processes on defluoridation of drinking water using anionic clays, removal of selenite using ferrihydrite and phosphate using porous metal oxides. He has published around 317 papers and filed 29 patents. The important and current relevance of his work is amply reflected in the large number of citations (9500) of his work and H index (52).

Proposer: Prof. A.K.Tyagi, Seconder: Prof. Giridhar Madras Ten Best Publications: 1. Debasmita Kandi, Satyabadi Martha, Arun Thirumurugan and K. M.P Parida*,2017,Modification of BiOI Microplates ........Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" ,JPC-C,10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11938 (if=4.51) 2. Sulagna patanaik, S.Martha, Giridhar Madras and K.M.Parida*,2016,Effect of Sulfate Pre-treatment ..........visible light induced water reduction reaction,PCCP,18, 28502-28514. (if=4.45, ci=1) 3. Amaresh Pradhan, Binita Nanda, Kulamani Parida*, G. Ranga Rao,2015,Fabrication of Mesoporous ..........Degradation of Phenolic Compounds",JPC-C,25, 14145-14159 (if=4.51, ci=4) 4. Deepak Kumar Padhi, K. M. Parida* and S.K.Singh,2015,Facile Fabrication ......Under Visible Light.,JPC-C,119, 6634−664 (if=4.51, ci=8) 5. Soumyashree Pany and K.M.Parida*,2015,A facile in-situ approach......... hydrogen evolution ,PCCP,17, 8070-8077. (if=4.45, ci=28) 6. G. Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Surjyakanta Rana and K. M. Parida*,2014,Pd(0) nanoparticles supported ........Pd(0)/Pd(II) redox interplay ,JPC-C,118, 1640−1651 (if=4.51, ci=23) 7. L.Mohapatra K.M.Parida*,2014,Dramatic activities.....light photocatalysis,PCCP,16, 16985-16996, (if=4.45, ci=24) 8. K. M.Parida*, L. Mohapatra and N. Baliarsingh.,2012,Effect of Co2+ substitution......photocatalytic properties.,JPC-C,116, 22417−22424 (if=4.51, ci=50) 9. Lagnamayee Mohapatra, K. M. Parida* & Minarva Satpathy,2012,Molybdate/Tungstate........organic pollutants,JPC-C,116, 13063–13070 . (if=4.51, ci=81) 10. Brundaban Naik, K.M. Parida* and C.S. Gopinath.,2010,Facile synthesis ...... photocatalytic activity.,JPC-C,114, 19473-19482 (if=4.51, ci=121)

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PATEL, ANJALI UDAY (b 1964), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara - 390002


Catalysis was a thrust area under the UGC – DRS, SAP I and II and also CAS programmes in the department. The department made significant contribution in this important area from the beginning but once she took up catalysis as her area for research, there was tremendous boost as can be seen from the number of sponsored projects from different funding agencies (DST, UGC, DAE-BRNS, CSIR). Research output in the area of catalysis in terms of publications from her group in high impact factor journals is really noteworthy (100 publications ). Also patents - which is not common from the University laboratories – started coming out from her research efforts. It is worth mentioning here that she is working in a department where she has to handle both UG and PG students thereby limiting the time for research. Considering that her performance as a researcher is commendable. Further, she is working as peer reviewer for DST as well as for number of international journals, naming a few: Inorganic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Dalton Transaction, RSC Advances, Applied Catalysis A, Fuel, Catalysis Communication, Journal of Molecular Catalysis-A, Chemical Engineering Journal, etc. She has been working as an external examiner for evaluation of Ph.D. thesis for different Universities. She is also a member of Subject Expert Committee (SEC) chemical science, Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A) DST (March 2013- March 19) as well as Expert Committee Member, ECRA and N-PDF SERB ( Sept 2015 onwards) , New Delhi.

Proposer: Chebrolu Pulla Rao, Seconder: I. N. N. Namboothiri Ten Best Publications: 1. V. Brahmkhatri, A Patel, 2011, 12-Tungstophosphoric acid anchored to SBA-15: An efficient, environmentally benign reusable catalysts for biodiesel production by esterification of free fatty acids, Applied Catalysis A: General 403 (1), 161-172 (if=4.01, ci=80) 2. A Patel, V Brahmkhatri, N Singh, 2013, Biodiesel production by esterification of free fatty acid over sulfated zirconia, Renewable Energy 51, 227-233 (if=3.40, ci=50) 3. V Brahmkhatri, A Patel, 2011, Biodiesel production by esterification of free fatty acids over 12-tungstophosphoric acid anchored to MCM-41, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 50 (11), 6620-6628 (if=2.57, ci=43) 4. A Patel, S Singh, 2014, A green and sustainable approach for esterification of glycerol using 12-tungstophosphoric acid anchored to different supports: kinetics and effect of support, Fuel 118, 358-364 (if=3.61, ci=39) 5. A Patel, N Narkhede, 2012, 12-Tungstophosphoric acid anchored to zeolite Hβ: synthesis, characterization, and biodiesel production by esterification of oleic acid with methanol, Energy & Fuels 26 (9), 6025-6032. (if=2.84, ci=32) 6. V Brahmkhatri, A Patel, Esterification of lauric acid with butanol-1 over H 3 PW 12 O 40 supported on MCM-41, Fuel 102, 72-77. (if=3.61, ci=30) 7. A Patel, V Brahmkhatri, Kinetic study of oleic acid esterification over 12-tungstophosphoric acid catalyst anchored to different mesoporous silica supports, Fuel processing technology 113, 141-149. (if=3.85, ci=28) 8. N Narkhede, S Singh, A Patel, Recent progress on supported polyoxometalates for biodiesel synthesis via esterification and transesterification, Green Chemistry 17 (1), 89-107. (if=8.51, ci=27) 9. S Pathan, A Patel, Solvent free clean selective oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by mono transition metal (Co, Mn, Ni)-substituted Keggin-phosphomolybdates using hydrogen peroxide, Applied Catalysis A: General 459, 59-64 (if=4.01, ci=25) 10. A Patel, N Narkhede, S Singh, S Pathan, Keggin-type lacunary and transition metal substituted polyoxometalates as heterogeneous catalysts: A recent progress, Catalysis Reviews 58 (3), 337-370 (if=7.53, ci=1)

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PATIL, SATISH A. (b 1974) Associate Professor, SSCU Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Banglaore Member of the NASI: No (YON 2016, Chemical Sciences) The rational synthesis of conjugated polymers with n-type character and near-IR absorption properties has remained at the top of research priority in the area of organic electronics. Professor Patil’s work is an attempt to answer this core question and has significantly impacted the field of organic electronics. In pursuit of better n-type materials, Professor Patil’s group has developed novel series of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based alternating copolymers. Surprisingly, the simple molecular engineering has led to a big improvement in electron mobility (~3 cm2V-1S-1) of this class of polymers in organic fieldeffect transistors (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16532-16535). Development of these DPP-DPP copolymers has opened up a new family of n-type molecular semiconductors. These materials have the potential to find applications in all-polymer solar cells, polymer-based inverters and near-IR light-emitting transistors. Furthermore, Professor Patil’s work demonstrates the effectiveness of molecular design to overcome the limitations of traps and structural disorder in semiconducting polymers. The polymer synthesized in his group is completely new type that acts more like a conventional inorganic semiconductors with a band-like transport (Phy. Rev. B, 2015, 91, 115302). Observation of band-like transport could lead to a new generation of disorder-free conjugated polymers. This work overcomes the 13 transport properties of semiconducting polymers, limited by pervasive conformational and energetic disorder. The dielectric constant enhancement of organic materials is a viable route to enhance the efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices. To date, only very few attempts towards increasing the dielectric constant of organic semiconductors have been published. Professor Patil has introduced the strategy for enhancing the dielectric constant of π-conjugated polymers without altering the charge-carrier mobility (Adv. Funct. Mat., 2015, 25, 150-157). In brief, the applied molecular design of Professor Patil’s work is an effective method towards tailoring the properties of organic semiconductors that can provide a platform to investigate various physical phenomena restricted by the disorder in semiconducting polymers. In the light of the foregoing, we earnestly feel that Professor Patil deserves to be elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.

Proposer : Prof. A.K. Shukla, Seconder : Prof. D. Das Sarma Ten Best Publications : 1. Catherine Kanimozhi, Nir Yaacobi-Gross, Kang Wei Chou, Aram Amassian, Thomas D. Anthopoulos and Satish Patil*, Diketopyrrolopyrro le−Diketopyrrolopy rrole-Based Conjugated Copolymer for High-Mobility Organic Field-Effect Transistors J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16532−16535 IF=12.11 CI=205 2. Debajyoti Mahanta, Giridhar Madras, S Radhakrishnan, Satish Patil*, Adsorption of sulfonated dyes by polyaniline emeraldine salt and its kinetics J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112 (33), 10153-10157 IF=3.3 CI=149 3. Uttam Manna, Sri 2 Bharani, and Satish Patil*, Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Modified Hyaluronic Acid/Chitosan Based on Hydrogen Bonding Biomacromolecu les, 2009, 10, 2632–2639 IF=5.75 CI=49 4. Debajyoti Mahanta, Giridhar Madras, S Radhakrishnan, Satish Patil* Adsorption and desorption kinetics of anionic dyes on doped polyaniline J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113 (8), 2293-2299 IF=3.3 CI=112 5. Uttam Manna and Satish Patil*, Dual drug delivery microcapsules via layer-by-layer selfassembly Langmuir, 2009, 25 (18), 10515- 10522 IF=4.45 CI=49 6. Uttam Manna and 5 Satish Patil* Glucose-triggered drug delivery from borate mediated layer-by-layer selfassembly ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2010, 2 (5), 1521-1527 IF=6.72 CI=44 7. N. Venkatramaiah, Shiv Kumar, and Satish Patil*, Fluoranthene based fluorescent chemosensors for detection of explosive nitroaromatics Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5007– 5009 IF=6.83 Ci=106 8. N. Venkatramaiah, 8 Shiv Kumar, and Satish Patil*, Femtogram Detection of Explosive Nitroaromatics: FluorantheneBased Fluorescent Chemosensors Chemistry–A European Journal, 2012, 18, 14745 – 14751 IF=5.73 CI=40 9. Mallari A. Naik , N. Venkatramaiah, Catherine Kanimozhi, and Satish Patil* Influence of SideChain on Structural Order and Photophysical Properties in Thiophene Based Diketopyrrolopyrro les: A Systematic Study J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 26128–26137 IF=4.77 Ci=45 10. S Kumar, N 1 Venkatramaiah, S Patil Fluoranthene based derivatives for detection of trace explosive nitroaromatics J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (14), 7236-7245 IF=4.77 CI=46

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POLSHETTIWAR, VIVEK (B 1979), Reader, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai


Energy and environment are two of our critical societal challenges and Dr. Polshettiwar did extraordinary work in the field of morphology controlled nanomaterials and nanocatalysis to solve these challenges. He has published nearly 75 articles with h-index 40 and more than 6000 citations in this area. I have to start by saying that it is quite impressive, especially considering how relatively young he is and how much he accomplished in a relatively short time. Just his h-index and citations clearly put him among world-class researcher without any doubt. He developed next generation nano-catalysts by shape and morphological control of nano-materials. He discovered new nano-silica (KCC-1) with a high surface area and excellent physical and textural properties. KCC-1 has unique fibrous morphologies, never seen before. KCC-1 was found very useful as a catalyst support well as for CO2 capture with significant increase in accessibility to active sites. Dr. Polshettiwar is corresponding author of all mentioned work and his work was highly appreciated by international community. He was also awarded as Top-25 cited author in 2011 by Tetrahedron and Young Scientist Award at DSL-2012. He also received Asian Rising Stars award at 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), Singapore (2013), from Nobel Laureate Professor Ei-ichi Negish. In Feb 2015, he was admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and also as 175 Faces of Chemistry worldwide. He was recently recognized as Emerging Investigator by RSC J. Mat. Chem. A.

Proposer: Prof. K.V.R. Chary, Seconder: Prof. G. Govil Ten Best Publications: 1. Vivek Polshettiwar,* Babita Baruwati, and R. S. Varma, 2009, Self-assembly of metal oxides into 3D nano-structures: Synthesis and nano-catalysis, ACS Nano, 3, 728-736. (IF=9.3, CI=164) 2. Vivek Polshettiwar,* D. Cha, X. Zhang and J. M. Basset,* 2010, High Surface Area Silica Nanospheres (KCC-1) with Fibrous Morphology. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 9652-9656. (IF=11.26, CI=126) 3. Vivek Polshettiwar,* Jean Thivolle-Cazat, M. Taoufik, F. Stoffelbach, S. Norsic, J. M. Basset*, 2011, “Hydro-metathesis" of Olefins: A Catalytic Reaction using a Bifunctional Single-Site Tantalum Hydride Catalyst Supported on Fibrous Silica (KCC-1) Nanospheres, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 2747-2751. (IF=11.26, CI=52) 4. A. Fihri, M. Bouhrara, D. Cha, Y. Saih, U. Patil, Vivek Polshettiwar,* 2012, Fibrous Nano-Silica Supported Ruthenium (KCC-1/Ru): A Sustainable Catalyst for the Hydrogenolysis of Alkanes with Good Catalytic Activity and Lifetime, ACS Catalysis, 2, 1425-1431. (IF=9.31, CI=31) 5. Umesh Patil, Aziz Fihri, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Vivek Polshettiwar*, 2012, Silicon Oxynitrides of KCC-1, SBA-15 and MCM-41: Unprecedented Materials for CO2 Capture with Excellent Stability and Regenerability, Chemical Science, 3, 2224-2229. (IF=9.21, CI=28) 6. Pradip Sarawade, Hua Tan, Dalaver Anjum, Dongkyu Cha, Vivek Polshettiwar,* 2014, The Size- and Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Monodisperse Hexagonal Bipyramidal Crystals and Self-Assembled Hollow Spheres of an Al-Metal Organic Framework & Their Hysteretic CO2 Capture Behaviour, ChemSusChem, 7, 529-535. (IF=7.65, CI=5) 7. Baljeet Singh, Kaustubh R. Mote, C. S. Gopinath, P. K. Madhu, Vivek Polshettiwar*, 2015, SBA-15-Oxynitrides as a Solid-Base Catalyst: Effect of Nitridation Temperature on Its Catalytic Activity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 5985-5989. (IF=11.26, CI=3) 8. A. S. L. Thankamony, C. Lion, F. Pourpoint, B. Singh, A. J. Perez Linde, D. Carnevale, G. Bodenhausen, H. Vezin, Olivier Lafon,* Vivek Polshettiwar*, 2015, Insights into the Catalytic Activity of Nitridated Fibrous Silica (KCC-1) Nanocatalysts from 15N and 29Si NMR Enhanced by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 2190-2193. (IF=11.26, CI=3) 9. Baljeet Singh, and Vivek Polshettiwar*, 2016, Design of CO2 Sorbents using Functionalized Fibrous Nanosilica (KCC-1): Insights into the Effect of the Silica Morphology (KCC-1 vs MCM-41) 2016, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, doi: 10.1039/C6TA01348A. (IF=7.14, CI=0) 10. Rustam Singh, Rudheer Bapat, Lijun Qin, Hao Feng and Vivek Polshettiwar*, 2016, Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) TiO2 on Fibrous Nano-Silica (KCC-1) for Photocatalysis: Nanoparticle Formation and Size Quantization Effect. ACS Catalysis, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00418. (IF=9.31, CI=0)

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PRABHU, KANDIKERE RAMAIAH (b 1957), Associate Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


synthetic strategies involving metallic, non-metallic, organometallic and organocatalysts for synthesizing biologically active compounds and organic materials under environmentally benign conditions. Prof. Prabhu has exploited the redox chemistry of transition metal and equivalent nonmetallic catalyst systems to effect efficient organic transformations. He has demonstrated that it is possible to exploit the reactivities of different C-H bonds in a molecule and with selective C-H activation. Prof. Prabhu could create specific C-C, C-N, C-O and C-P bonds selective to design industrially important compounds. Synthesis of phosphorus based chiral and achiral ligands and their use in catalytic organic synthesis and their application in the synthesis of biological relevant molecules, utility of Pd-catalyzed reactions for novel C-C and C-hetero bonds, investigation on radical chemistry in the construction of C-C and C-hetero bonds are some of the exciting investigation being pursued. He has visualized the transformation of azide functionality beyond ‘click chemistry’ to realize a variety of functional groups. Prof. Prabhu has initiated a program for developing highly selective oxidation methods, similar to those found in nature, for the direct installation of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon functionalities into aliphatic C—H bonds of organic molecules. Prof. Prabhu’s contributions have shown great potential and expected to provide new paradigm in the field of organic synthesis. He is one of the few chemists from the country working in the area of C-H activation/functionalization and he is prolific with his publication and is known internationally for his contribution.

Proposer: Prof. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty, Seconder: Prof. G. Mugesh Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Rao, and K. R. Prabhu,; 2017; Gold-Catalyzed [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement: Reaction of Aryl Allyl Alcohols with Diazo Compounds, Org. Lett., 19, 2017, 846-849 (if=6.732) 2. D. P. Ojha, K. Gadde and K. R. Prabhu; 2016; Generation of Hydrogen from Water: A Pd-Catalyzed Reduction of Water Using Diboron Reagent at Ambient Conditions Org. Lett., 18, 2016, 5062-5065 (if=6.732) 3. K R Bettadapur, V. Lanke and K R Prabhu; 2015; Ru (II)-Catalyzed C–H Activation: Ketone-Directed Novel 1, 4-Addition of Ortho C–H Bond to Maleimides (if=6.732, ci=10) 4. Y. Siddaraju, M. Lamani and K. R. Prabhu; 2014, A Transition Metal-Free Minisci Reaction: Acylation of Isoquinolines, Quinolines, and Quinoxaline, J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 3856–3865 (if=4.785, ci=43) 5. J Dhineshkumar, M Lamani; 2013; K Alagiri, K R Prabhu; A versatile C–H functionalization of tetrahydroisoquinolines catalyzed by iodine at aerobic conditions.; Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (5), 1092–1095. (if=6.732, ci=130) 6. V. Lanke and K. R. Prabhu; 2013; Regioselective synthesis of 4-substituted indoles via C–H activation: a ruthenium catalyzed novel directing group strategy.; Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (24), 6262–6265. (if=6.732, ci=45) 7. K. Alagiri, P. Devadig, K. R. Prabhu; 2012; CDC Reactions of N-Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using Catalytic Amount of DDQ: C-H Activation under Aerobic Condition; Chem. –A Eur. J., 18, 5160 (if=5.771, ci=86) 8. M Lamani, K R Prabhu; 2012; NIS‐Catalyzed reactions: Amidation of acetophenones and oxidative amination of propiophenones; Chemistry–A European Journal, 2012, 18, 14638-14642. (if=5.771, ci=94) 9. M Lamani, K R Prabhu; 2011; Iodine-catalyzed amination of benzoxazoles: A metal-free route to 2-aminobenzoxazoles under mild conditions; J. Org. Chem., 2011, 76, 7938 (if=4.785, ci=89) 10. M Lamani, K R Prabhu; 2010; An efficient oxidation of primary azides catalyzed by copper iodide: A convenient method for the synthesis of nitriles; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 6622-6625 (if=11.709, ci=57)

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PRAJAPATI, DIPAK (b 1956), Chief Scientist & Head, Chemical Science And Technology Division, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam


Dr. Prajapati has made significant contributions in the emerging areas of organic chemistry particularly synthesis of novel bioactive molecules. He developed a new strategy for chiral-beta-amino-R-hydroxyl acid derivatives bearing two stereogenic centers in one step synthesis. The strategy of cooperative catalysis is applied to the three-component reactions to produce the target products in a good yield with moderate diastreoselectivity and high enantioselectivity. The key to the success is to find a matched system among the components and the catalysts. The efficient synthetic method was demonstrated in the synthesis of a taxol side chain and (-)-epi-cytoxazone. This is the first time that the highly efficient ylide-trapping process is applied for the synthesis of pharmaceutically interesting molecules (JOC 2010, 75, 7483).He has also investigated indium(III) triflate as the first switch in selectivity catalyst for the substrate selective Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov hydrothiolation. The nature of the substrate is found to be the key factor in determining the selectivity of the transformation. Heteroaromatic thiols have been found to undergo selective Markovnikov hydrothiolation, where as aromatic and aliphatic thiols shows anti-Markovnikov selectivity under identical reaction conditions. (Chem Commun 2012, 48, 4014) using 10 mol% indium. In a very recent finding he has demonstrated indium(III) triflate as a versatile multitasking catalyst, which catalyzes three different chemical transformations i.e Nakamura addition-hydroarylation-hydroxyl acid derivatives bearing two stereogenic centersamino. Dr Prajapati has made significant contributions in the emerging areas of organic chemistry particularly synthesis of novel bioactive molecules. The first intramolecular cycloaddition on pyrimidine linked furan derivatives was developed by him, which was later exploited by Prof Noguchi’s group and others. He developed a new strategy for chiral disubstituted indanones (Chem Commun 2015, 51, 3347).

Proposer: Dr. R. C. Boruah, Seconder: Dr. A. K. Sinha Ten Best Publications: 1. N Rajesh and D Prajapati, 2015. Indium catalyzed novel route to di-substituted indanones via Tandem Nakamura addition hydroarylation decarboxylation sequence. JCS Chemical Communication, 51, 3347-3350 (IF=6.834, CI=1) 2. N Rajesh and D Prajapati, 2015. Copper-Catalyzed One-pot, Three-component Tandem Conjugative Alkynylation/6-endo Cyclization Sequence: Access to Pyrano [2,3-d] pyrimidines. Organic Biomol Chem, 13, 4668-4672 (IF=3.562, CI=2) 3. D Bhuyan, R Sarma, Y Dommaraju, D Prajapati 2014. Catalyst- and solvent-free, pot, atom and step economic synthesis of tetrahydroquinazolines by an aza-Diels–Alder reaction strategy. Green Chemistry, 16, 1158-1162 (IF=8.02, CI=13) 4. R Sarma and D Prajapati 2012. Indium(III) catalyzed substrate selective hydrothiolation of terminal alkynes J Chem Soc Chem Commun, 48, 4014-4016 (IF=6.834, CI=28) 5. R Sarma and D Prajapati 2012 Microwave Promoted Catalyst and Solvent-free Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction of Aldimines with 6-[2-(dimethylamino) vinyl]-1,3-dimethyl uracil. Journal of Organic Chemistry 77(4), 2018-2023 (IF=4.721, CI=21) 6. R Sarma and D Prajapati, 2011. Indium catalyzed tandem hydroamination/hydroalkylation of terminal alkynes, J Chem Soc Chem Commun, 47, 9525-9527 (IF=6.834, CI=24) 7. R Sarma and D Prajapati, 2011. Microwave promoted efficient and green synthesis of dihydroquinasolinmes, Green Chemistry, 13(3), 718-722 (IF=8.02, CI=25) 8. Y Qian, X Xinfang, J Liqin, D Prajapati, W Hu, 2010. A strategy to synthesize Taxol side chain and (-)–epicytoxazone via chiral Bronsted acid Rh2(OAc)4 Co-catalyzed enantioselective three component reactions J Org. Chem. 75, 7483-7486 (IF=4.721, CI=48) 9. DD Laskar, M Gohain, D Prajapati and JS Sandhu, 2002 Microwave Induced Organometallic Reaction in Aqueous Media. Use of Ga and Bi for the Allylation of N-Oxides and Hydrazones New J Chem. 193-95 (IF=3.086, CI=23) 10. D Prajapati and M Gohain 2004 Recent advances in the application of supercritical fluids for carbon-carbon bond formation in organic synthesis. Tetrahedron 60, 815-833 (IF=2.641, CI=86)

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RATH, SANKAR PRASAD (b 1972), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur


Interaction between heme centers has been smartly implemented by Nature in order to regulate different properties of multiheme proteins and enzymes, thereby allowing them to perform a wide variety of functions. Rath’s group has led the biomimetic study of this class of proteins and contributed significantly in understanding Nature’s sophisticated design in modulating structure and properties viz., metal spin and electronic state, reactivity, rate of electron transfer, redox potential etc., of the individual heme centres.[1] Supramolecular chirogenesis is one of the most important interdisciplinary fields to be looked into, because of its occurrences in many natural and artificial systems. Rath’s group has also contributed significantly towards understanding the origin and various aspects of chirality induction, inversion, control and amplification at the molecular level using Exciton Coupled Circular Dichroism (ECCD).[2] [1] Coord Chem Rev 2017, 337, 112; Angew Chem Int Ed 2016, 55, 996; Chem Sci 2016, 7, 1212; Chem Eur J 2016, 22, 5607; Chem Eur J 2016, 22, 16124; Chem Eur J 2016, 22, 14585; Chem Eur J 2016, 22, 11214; Angew Chem Int Ed 2015, 54, 4796; Chem Commun 2015, 51, 16790; Chem Eur J 2013, 19, 13732; Chem Eur J 2013, 19, 17846; Chem Eur J 2012, 18, 13025; Chem Eur J 2012, 18, 7404; J Am Chem Soc 2010, 132, 17983. [2] J Org Chem 2016, 81, 5440; Chem Commun 2015, 51, 14107; Chem Commun 2015, 51, 895; Chem Commun 2014, 50, 14037; Chem Commun 2012, 48, 4070.

Proposer: Prof. V. Chandrasekhar, Seconder: Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar Ten Best Publications: 1. T. Guchhait, S. Sasmal, F. S. T. Khan, and S. P. Rath*, 2017, Oxo- and Hydroxo-bridged Diiron(III) Porphyrin Dimers: Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Perspectives and Effects of Intermacrocyclic Interactions, Coord. Chem. Rev. 337, 112-144. (if=13.074, ci=0) 2. F. S. T. Khan, T. Guchhait, S. Sasmal and S. P. Rath*, 2017, Hydroxo-Bridged Diiron(III) and Dimanganese(III) Bisporphyrins: Modulation of Metal Spins by Counter Anions, Dalton Trans. 46, 1012-1037 (Invited Perspective and Front Cover page Article) (if=4.177, ci=1) 3. S. Dey, D. Sil and S. P. Rath*, 2016, Highly Oxidized Cobalt Porphyrin Dimer: Spin Coupling and Stabilization of 4e-Oxidized Product, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 996-1000. (if=13.734, ci=15) 4. D. Sil, S. Dey and S. P. Rath*, 2016, Oxidation Triggers Extensive Conjugation and Unusual Stabilization of Two Di-heme Dication Diradical Intermediates: Role of Bridging Group for Electronic Communication, Chem. Sci., 7, 1212-1223. (Edge Article) (if=9.30, ci=15) 5. D. Sahoo, M. G. Quesne, S. P. de Visser* and S. P. Rath*, 2015, Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions Trigger a Spin-Flip in Iron(III)-Porphyrin Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 4796 - 4800. (if=13.734, ci=25) 6. D. Sil, A. Kumar and S. P. Rath*, 2016, Diiron(III)-µ-fluoro Bisporphyrins: Effect of Bridging Ligand on the Metal Spin State, Chem. Eur. J. 22, 11214-11223. [Highlighted as Frontispiece (Hot Paper)] (if=5.696, ci=7) 7. S. A. Ikbal, A. Dhamija, S. Brahma and S. P. Rath*, 2016, A Nonempirical Approach for Direct Determination of the Absolute Configuration of 1,2-Diols and Amino Alcohols using Mg(II)bisporphyrin, J. Org. Chem., 81, 5440–5449. (if=4.785, ci=8) 8. D. Sil and S. P. Rath*, 2015, Ethane-bridged Porphyrin Dimer as Model of Di-heme Proteins: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Perspectives and Consequences of Heme-Heme Interactions, Dalton Trans. 44, 16195 - 16211. (Invited Perspective Article) (if=4.177, ci=19) 9. S. Brahma, Sk. A. Ikbal, S. Dey and S. P. Rath*, 2012, Induction of Supramolecular Chirality in Di-Zinc(II) Bisporphyrin via Tweezer Formation: Synthesis, Structure and Rationalization of Chirality, Chem. Commun. 48, 4070 - 4072. (Invited article) (if=6.718, ci=30) 10. S. K. Ghosh and S. P. Rath*, 2010, A Remarkably Bent Diiron(III)-µ-Hydroxo Bisporphyrin: Unusual Stabilization of Two Spin States of Iron in a Single Molecular Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 17983 - 17985. (if=13.038, ci=48)

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SARKAR, SABYASACHI (b 1947), Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre For Healthcare Science And Technology; Indian Institute Of Engineering Science And Technology-Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah


Prof. Sabyasachi Sarkar introduced bioinorganic chemistry as a course in the course of studies as back as in 1979 for the first time in India at IIT Kanpur and pioneered systematic research in this field. Sarkar’s structural-functional models of the metalloproteins are fabulous work horse with astonishing catalytic variety ranging from hyperthermophiles to sulfite oxidase. His work explains the role of tungsten in the evolution of primitive form of life in the Archeal domain and how molybdenum replaced tungsten in the mesophile [1-4, 9] . His research on carbon dioxide fixation by model Mg-porphyrins and chlorophyll established the formation of Mg-carbon dioxide complex in chlorophyll as proposed by Willstatter 100 years ago [7]. He also worked with oxidative stress related reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, modeling hydrogenases for energy [8], copper-sulfur chemistry [5] for chaperons and non-invasive bioimaging by non-toxic water soluble fluorescent nano-carbon onions [6]. He synthesized nano carbons to absorb micro nutrients and water and applied these to young plants in spoon feeding style thus conserving the water and fertilizer for the optimized use enhancing fruits and bio mass of plants [10]. He demonstrated to control mosquito breeding using nano carbon to prevent mosquito vectors of infectious diseases. His interest on environment shown in the remedial of arsenic and fluoride from water. He has shown the presence of carbon nano tubes in aerosols creating global warming, winter smog and breathing problem. He has contributed in research to map the environmental degradation of Taj Mahal.

Proposer: Prof. Sandeep Verma, Seconder: Prof. Manas K. Ghorai Ten Best Publications: 1. Samar K Das, Pradeep K Chaudhury, Dulali Biswas, Sabyasachi Sarkar. 1994. Modeling for the Active Site of Sulfite Oxidase: Synthesis, Characterization, and recativity of [Mo(IV)O(mnt)2]2- (mnt(2-)=1,2-Dicyanoethylenedithiolate), , J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 9061-9070. (IF=12.113, CI=162) 2. Samar K Das, Dulali Biswas, Rabindranath Maiti, and Sabyasachi Sarkar., 1996. Modeling the tungsten sites of inactive and active forms of Hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus furiosus Aldehyde Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 1387-97.(IF=12.113, CI=108) 3. Jyoti Yadav, Samar K Das, and Sabyasachi Sarkar., 1997, A functional mimic of the new class of Tungstoenzyme Avetylene Hydratase, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 4315-4316. (IF=12.113, CI=46) 4. Amit Majumdar, Kuntal Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar., 2006. Chemistry of [Et4N][Mo(IV)(SPh)(PPh3)(mnt)2] as an Analogue of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reductase with its Inactivation on Substitution of Thiolate byb Chloride, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4196-4197.(IF=12.113, CI=36) 5. Sabyasachi Sarkar and Shree Bhagwat Sharan Mishra., 1984. Cu-Mo-S Interactions and Their Possible Relevance to Copper-Molybdenum Antagonism, Coord. Chem. Rev. 59, 239-364. (IF=12.239, CI=105) 6. Mitrajit Ghosh, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Manav Saxena, Sabyasachi Sarkar., 2011. Carbon nano-onions for imaging the life cycle of Drosophila Melanogaster, Small 7, 3170-3177. (IF=8.368, CI=34) 7. Jagannath Bhuyan, Rudra Sarkar, Sabyasachi Sarkar., 2011. A Magnesium Porphyrin Bicarbonate Complex with CO2-Modulated Photosystem I Action, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 10603-10607. (IF=11.336, CI=07) 8. Ameerunisha Begum, Golam Moula and Sabyasachi Sarkar., 2010. A Nickel (II)-Sulfur based radical-ligand complex as a functional model of hydrogenase, Chem. Eur. J. 16, 12324-12327. (IF=5.731, CI=24) 9. Amit Majumdar and Sabyasachi Sarkar, 2011. Bioinorganic Chemistry of Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes: A Structural-Functional Modeling Approach, Coord. Chem. Rev. 255, 1039-1054. (IF=12.239, CI=75) 10. Shweta Tripathi, Sumit Kumar Sonkar and Sabyasachi Sarkar, 2011. Growth Stimulation of Gram (Cicer arietinum) Plant by Water Soluble Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoscale 3, 1176-1181. (IF=7.394, CI=58)

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SINGH, RAMENDRA KUMAR (b 1961), Professor, University Of Allahabad, Allahabad


Prof. Singh’s work falls in the areas of bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. He has made major contributions to the synthesis of novel drugs and study by their structure activity relationship. These include anti-viral and anti-HIV compounds, anti-malarial compounds as well as inhibitors of reverse transcriptase. He has developed fluorescently labeled oligo nucleotides. His work is highly cited in literature

Proposer: Prof. Girjesh Govil, Seconder: Prof. K V R Chary Ten Best Publications: 1. G Kumari and Ramendra K Singh (2016) Molecular modeling, synthesis and anti-HIV activity of novel isoindolinedione analogues as potent NNRTIs. Chem Biol Drug Des 87(2), 200-212 (if=2.802, ci=NA) 2. Hans Raj Bhat, Udaya Pratap Singh, Prashant Gahtori, Surajit Kumar Ghosh, Kabita Gogoi, Anil Prakash and Ramendra K. Singh (2013) 4-Aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine: Design, synthesis, in vitro antimalarial activity and docking studies. New J Che (if=3.277, ci=24) 3. G Kumari and Ramendra K Singh (2013) Anti-HIV drug development: Structural features and limitations of present day drugs and future challenges in the successful HIV/AIDS treatment Curr Pharm Des 19(10), 1767-1783 (if=3.052, ci=17) 4. H R Bhat , U P Singh , P Gahtori , S K Ghosh , K Gogai , A Prakash and Ramendra K Singh (2013) Antimalarial activity and docking studies of novel bi-functional hybrids derived from 4-aminoquinoline and 1,3,5-triazine against wild and mutant (if=3.289, ci=23) 5. U P Singh, H R Bhat, A Verma, M K Kumawat, R Kaur, S K Gupta and Ramendra K Singh (2013) Phenylhydrazone bearing pyrazole and pyrimidine scaffolds: Design and discovery of novel class of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) ag (if=3.289, ci=05) 6. G Kumari, Nutan, M Modi, S K Gupta and Ramendra K Singh (2011) Rhodium (II) acetate-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis, SAR and anti-HIV activity of novel oxindoles bearing cyclopropane ring Eur J Med Chem 46, 1181-1188 (if=3.447, ci=60) 7. Ramendra K Singh, D Yadav, D Rai, Garima Kumari, C Pannecouque (2010) Synthesis, structure- activity relationship and antiviral activity of 3'-N,N-dimethylamino-2',3'-dideoxythymidine and its prodrugs Eur J Med Chem 45(9), 3787-3793 (if=3.447, ci=05) 8. Ramendra K Singh, D Rai, D Yadav, A Bhargava, J Balzarini, E De Clercq (2010) Synthesis, antibacterial and antiviral properties of Curcumin bioconjugates bearing dipeptide, fatty acids and folic acid Eur J Med Chem 45(3), 1078-1086 (if=3.447, ci=84) 9. Sarika Sinha, Richa Srivastava, E De Clercq & Ramendra K Singh (2004) Synthesis and antiviral properties of arabino and ribonucleosides of 1,3-dideazaadenine, 4-nitro-1,3-dideazapurine and diketopiperazine. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic (if=1.018, ci=70) 10. K K Dubey, Ramendra K Singh & K Misra (1997) Fluorescent labeling of some antisense oligonucleotides Neurochemistry International 31(3), 405-412 (if=3.385, ci=17)

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SINGH, RAVINDRA NATH (b 949)), Professor , Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi


The research work of Dr. R. N. Singh is mainly related to the development of efficient and economical electrocatalysts for water oxidation, methanol/ethanol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions which have direct relevance into the energy conversion and storage devices. The work carried out by Dr. Singh is highly cited and has earned him international recognition as evidenced by over 3600 citations and H-index = 34. Dr. Singh has been a pioneer in the use of sprayed Co3O4 and NiCo2O4 films for electrocatalysis of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in strongly alkaline solutions. He prepared, for the first time, active films of metal molybdates and their substituted products and used for electrocatalysis of OER in alkaline solutions. These metal molybdates were as active as Co-based spinel-type oxides. These new series of compounds open a new start in search of more efficient and low cost water oxidation electrocatalysts. He also synthesized catalytic films of several perovskite-type oxides by sol-gel routes. These oxides produce greatly enhanced specific surface area as well as OER activity. In addition, he has also synthesized several novel and highly dispersed Pd-based materials on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene for alcohol oxidations. His contributions are original and internationally recognized.

Proposer: Prof. D.S. Pandey , Seconder: Prof. M.S. Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. R. N. Singh, J.F. Koenig, G. Poillerat and P. Chartier. 1990. Electrochemical studies on protective thin Co3O4 and NiCo2O4 films prepared on titanium by spray pyrolysis for oxygen evolution. J. Electrochem. Soc., Vol.137, p.1408. (if=3.014, ci=209) 2. R.N. Singh, A. Singh, Anindita. 2009. Electrocatalytic activities of binary and ternary composite films of Pd, MWCNT and Ni for ethanol electrooxidation in alkaline solutions. Carbon, Vol.47, p.271. (if=6.198, ci=177) 3. R.N. Singh, A. Singh, Anindita. 2009. Electrocatalytic activity of binary and ternary composite films of Pd, MWCNT and Ni. Part II: Methanol electrooxidation in 1M KOH. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Vol.34, p. 2052. (if=3.205, ci=142) 4. R. N. Singh, J.P. Pandey, N.K. Singh, B. Lal, P. Chartier and J.F. Koenig. 2000. Sol-gel derived spinel MxCo3-xO4 (M = Ni, Cu; 0 £ x £ 1) films and oxygen evolution. Electrochim. Acta.,Vol. 45, P.1911. (if=4.803, ci=117) 5. R.N. Singh, R. Awasthi. 2011. Graphene Support for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pd for Alcohol oxidation. Catal. Sci. Tech., Vol. 1, p. 778. (if=5.287, ci=103) 6. R.N. Singh, D. Mishra, Anindita, A.S.K. Sinha and A. Singh. 2007. Novel electrocatalysts for generating hydrogen from alkaline water electrolysis. Electrochem. Comm., Vol. 9, P. 1369. (if=4.569, ci=82) 7. B. Lal, M. Malviya and R. N. Singh. 2004. Electrocatalytic activity of electrodeposited composite films of polypyrrole and CoFe2O4 nanoparticals towards oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochim. Acta, Vol. 49, P. 4605. (if=4.803, ci=63) 8. R. Awasthi, R.N. Singh. 2013. Graphene-supported Pd-Ru nanoparticles with superior methanol electrooxidation activity. CARBON, Vol. 51, p. 282. (if=6.198, ci=65) 9. R.Awasthi, R.N. Singh. 2012. Optimization of the Pd-Sn-GNS nanocomposite for enhanced electrooxidation of methanol. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 37, p. 2103 (if=3.205, ci=48) 10. C. S. Sharma, R. Awasthi, R. N. Singh, and A. S. K. Sinha. 2013. Graphene-cobaltite- Pd hybrid materials for use as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts in alkaline direct methanol fuel cell. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (PCCP), Vol. 15, p. 20333. (if=4.449, ci=21)

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SURESHAN, KANA MEETHALEVEETIL (b 1973), Associate Professor, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.


Dr. Sureshan has joined IISER-TVM on 6th April, 2009 as the first faculty member in experimental sciences. Soon, he set-up the research laboratory and started research in the area of chemistry and supramolecular chemistry of carbohydrates and polyols. Sureshan’s group has developed topochemical azide-alkyne cycloaddition (TAAC) reaction as a solvent- and catalyst-free method for the efficient polymerization of various analogs of sugars, nucleosides and peptides to corresponding triazole linked pseudopolysaccharide, pseudonucleic acids and pseudoproteins in the solid state, which are otherwise impossible by the conventional solution-state chemistry. Another remarkable contribution from Sureshan’s group is the development of several sugar derived organogelators as smart soft materials and demonstration of their use in various technological applications. Application of sugar-organogels for soft optical devices, recovery of marine oil-spills and as template for making novel material for efficient CO2 capture have received much international attention. He has also hybridized the principles of topochemistry and gel chemistry. He developed strategies to do topochemical reactions in gels and demonstrated their use in developing semi-conducting fabrics, high-affinity lectin binding surfaces and size-controlled synthesis of pseudopeptides. Apart from supramolecular chemistry, Sureshan’s group is also involved in the development of several methodologies for the functionalization of polyols and carbohydrates and synthesis of several bioactive natural products. From IISER-TVM, he has published 35 (total publications to date: 73) original articles in high-profile international journals and filed five patents. With these proven accomplishments, he deserves to be recognized as a fellow of NASI. We strongly recommend him for this fellowship.

Proposer: Prof. E. D. Jemmis, Seconder: Prof. E. Arunan Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Vidyasagar, K. Handore, K. M. Sureshan.* 2011. Soft Optical Devices from Self-healing Gels Formed by Oil and Sugar Based Organogelators. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 8021-8024. (if=11.709, ci=115) 2. P. Atchutarao, R. G. Gonnade, K. M. Sureshan.* 2012. Topochemical Click Reaction: Spontaneous Self-stitching of a Monosaccharide to Linear Oligomers Through Lattice Controlled Azide-alkyne Cycloaddition. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 4362-4366. (if=11.709, ci=25) 3. A. Pathigoolla, K. M. Sureshan.* 2013. A Crystal-to-Crystal Synthesis of Triazolyl Linked Polysaccharide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 8671-8675. (if=11.709, ci=20) 4. A. Pathigoolla, K.M. Sureshan.* 2014. Synthesis of Triazole-linked Homonucleoside Polymers through Topochemical Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 9522-9525. (if=11.709, ci=12) 5. B. P. Krishnan, K. M. Sureshan.* 2015. A spontaneous single-crystal-to-single-crystal polymorphic transition involving major packing changes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 1692-1696. (if=13.038, ci=9) 6. A. Vidyasagar, K. M. Sureshan.* 2015. Stoichiometric sensing to opt between gelation and crystallization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 12078-12082. (if=11.709, ci=12) 7. B. P. Krishnan, S. Mukherjee, P. M. Aneesh, M. A. G. Namboothiry, K. M. Sureshan.* 2016. Semi-conducting fabrics via in situ topochemical synthesis of polydiacetylene: a new dimension to the use of organogels. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 2345-2349. (if=11.709, ci=6) 8. A. M. Vibhute, V. Muvvala, K. M. Sureshan.* 2016. A sugar-based gelator for marine oil-spill recovery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 7782-7785. (if=11.709, ci=13) 9. B. P. Krishnan, R. Rai, A. Asokan, K. M. Sureshan.* 2016. Crystal-to-Crystal Synthesis of Triazole-Linked Pseudo-proteins via Topochemical Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 14824-14827. (if=13.038, ci=1) 10. B. P Krishnan, K. M Sureshan.* 2017. Topochemical Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction in Gels: Size-tunable Synthesis of triazole-linked polypeptides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 1584-1589. (if=13.038, ci=0)

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BALASUBRAMANIAN, GOPALAN (b 1948), CSO & Executive Director, Orchid Pharma Limited, Chennai Member of the NASI : No (YON 2015,Chemical Sciences)\ The basic research excellence of Dr.Gopalan is reflected in the Drug Discovery Research activities he had Pursued in the last twentyfive years in Pharmaceutical Industries.His work represents a high order of conceptual originality with synthetic versatility & is in tune with the priorities and requirements of theindustry.He has made significant contributions to the Indian Pharma industry by designing innovative New Chemical Entities in the mechanism-based therapeutic areas of Diabetes , Asthma and Allergy & Anti-infectives as delineated below.In Boots Pharmaceuticals,BTS-67582,a novel potassium channel blocker for Diabetes went upto Phase-2 clinical trials in USA & UK.In Glenmark Pharmaceuticals,Melogliptin,a DPP-4 inhibitor was out-licensed to Merck KGaA,Germany for US$231 million over five years with an upfront payment of US$41 million;Oglemilast,a novel PDE4 inhibitor,was out-licensed to Forest Laboratories Inc,USA,for US$190 million over five years & to Teijin of Japan for US$53million,with a total upfront & milestone payment of US$41million;Revamilast,another PDE4 inhibitor is in Phase-2 trials for Rheumatoid Arthritis &Tedalinib,a veryselective CB2 agonist is in Phase-2 for Neuropathic Pain.In Orchid PharmaOCID-18034(inhibitor of KPC enzyme) & OCID-18174 (inhibitor of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa),achieved the first milestone of US$1.5million from Merck & Co,USA;another candidateOCID5090,a Beta lactamase inhibitor was out-licensed to Allecra,Switzerland,for a 20% stake of Orchid in Allecra & BLX-1002,a small molecule is in Phase-2 trials in Malaysia for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Dr.Gopalan has also been active in Academic Research,particularly in the syntheses of Heterocycles through pericyclic reactions & important intermediates for condensed Heterocycles culminating in several papers in reputed journals. Dr.Gopalan is an Adjunct faculty in the Department of Chemistry in NIT,Trichy.Dr.Gopalan is a member of the Domain Expert Committee (DEC II,Pharmaceuticals,speciality chemicals,catalysis,Biotech,Medtech& Implants),set up by MHRD,for evaluation of proposals from IITs/IISc.

Proposer: Prof.V.K.Singh, Seconder : Prof.Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar Ten Best Publications: 1. B.Gopalan et al,2008,A simple approach to highly functionalized benzo[b] furans from phenols and Aryl iodides via Aryl propargyl ethers.Tet Lett 49/27,4260 (IF=2.5,ci=22). 2. B.Gopalan et al,2009,Synthesis and evaluation of some novel Isochroman carboxylic acid derivatives as potential antidiabetic agents,European J Med Chem 44/8,3147 (IF=4.0,ci=16). 3. B.Gopalanet al,2010,Synthesis and evaluation of some novel dibenzo[b,d]furan carboxylic acids as potential antidiabetic agents.European J Med Chem 45/9,3709 (IF=4.0,ci=05). 4. B.Gopalan et al,2010,OCID-2987:A novel,chemically distinct,orally active PDE4 inhibitor. J Allergy and Clinical Immunology 125/2,AB 49 (IF=9.3) 5. B.Gopalan et al,2011,A novel oxidative decarboxylation-Synthesis of 2-Amino-1,2-dihydro isoquinoline-3(4H)-one and its amide derivatives,Tet Lett 52/42,5441 (IF=2.7,ci=01). 6. B.Gopalan et al,2012,Micro Wave-assisted Claisen rearrangement of Naphthyl,2-propynyl ethers:Synthesis of Naphthofurans.Tet Lett 53/42,5695 (IF=2.4,ci=02). 7. B.Gopalan et al,2012,Effect of BLX-1002 in a rat model of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Diabetes 61/06,A250 (IF=8.3,ci=01). 8. B.Gopalan et al,2013,Discovery of Adamantane-based highly potent HDAC inhibitors, Bioorganic Med Chem Lett 23/09,2432 (IF=2.3,ci=02). 9. B.Gopalan et al,2016,Orally active Stilbene derivatives as potent HDAC inhibitors with anti-proliferative activities and anti-tumor effects in Human Tumor Xenografts,108,274-86(IF=4.0). 10. B.Gopalan et al,2016,Dual Drug-loaded Nano-liposomal chemotherapy:A promising strategy for the treatment of Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma,Eur J Pharm Biopharm 99,73-83 (IF=3.85).

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DEKA, RAMESH CHANDRA (b 1970), Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Sonitpur


Prof. Deka has been working on the fundamental aspects of catalysis, nanotechnology, drug design and decomposition of volatile organic compounds. He carries out theoretical and experimental studies on heterogenous catalysis with an aim to understand the nature of active sites and reaction mechanisms. In a significant contribution, Prof. Deka found Pd4+ and Pd40 clusters to be more effective catalysts for CO oxidation in comparison to Pd4- (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 2009, 13252). Prof. Deka has also extended his studies on CO oxidation in zeolite supported gold monomer using a hybrid quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics (QM/MM) method (J. Chem. Phys. 135, 2011, 244703). Prof. Deka’s group has contributed significantly in the field of theoretical studies of cancer, anti-tubercular and anti-malarial drug molecules and their interaction with DNA and proteins. (Chem. Phys. Lett. 508, 2011, 295; J. Comput. Aided. Mol. Des., 27, 2013, 257-276; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 2013, 4126-4132. In the experimental field, Prof. Deka’s group has synthesized several inorganic complexes inside zeolites and used them as enantioselective catalysts for various organic transformations. The structure, reactivity and some spectroscopic properties of these encapsulated complexes have been understood using high level DFT calculations including TDDFT (J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 2011, 9601; Inorg. Chem. 51, 2012, 1657; J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 2012, 14295). It should be noted that Dr. Deka’s group is the only active group in India in the field of theoretical and experimental studies on catalysis.

Proposer: Prof. Sourav Pal, Seconder: Dr. Anil Kumar Ten Best Publications: 1. Bulumoni Kalita, Ramesh C Deka, Reaction intermediates of CO oxidation on gas phase Pd4 clusters: a density functional study, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, 2009, 13252-13254 (if=13.038, ci=38) 2. Ajanta Deka, Ramesh C Deka, Structural and electronic properties of stable Aun (n= 2–13) clusters: a density functional study, Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 870, 2008, 83-93. (if=1.403, ci=100) 3. Pangkita Deka, Ramesh C Deka, Pankaj Bharali, In situ generated copper nanoparticle catalyzed reduction of 4-nitrophenol, New Journal of Chemistry 38, 2014, 1789-1793. (if=3.277, ci=58) 4. Kusum K Bania, Dipsikha Bharali, B Viswanathan, Ramesh C Deka, Enhanced catalytic activity of zeolite encapsulated Fe (III)-Schiff-base complexes for oxidative coupling of 2-napthol, Inorganic chemistry 51, 2012, 1657-1674. (if=4.820, ci=37) 5. Kusum K Bania, Ramesh C Deka, Experimental and theoretical evidence for encapsulation and tethering of 1, 10-phenanthroline complexes of Fe, Cu, and Zn in Zeolite–Y, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 2012, 14295-14310. (if=4.509, ci=32) 6. Kusum K Bania, Galla V Karunakar, Kommuru Goutham, Ramesh C Deka, Enantioselective Henry Reaction Catalyzed by “Ship in a Bottle” Complexes, Inorganic chemistry 52, 2013, 8017-8029. (if=4.820, ci=28) 7. Iftikar Hussain, NK Gour, Ramesh C Deka, Kinetics and thermochemistry of hydrolysis mechanism of a novel anticancer agent trans-[PtCl 2 (dimethylamine)(isopropylamine)]: A DFT study, Chemical Physics Letters 651, 2016, 216-220 (if=1.860, ci=0) 8. Pangkita Deka, Ramesh C Deka, Pankaj Bharali, Porous CuO nanostructure as a reusable catalyst for oxidative degradation of organic water pollutants, New Journal of Chemistry 40, 2016, 348-357. (if=3.277, ci=8) 9. Mamon Dey, Snigdha Dutta, Bipul Sarma, Ramesh Ch Deka, Nayanmoni Gogoi, Modulation of the coordination environment: a convenient approach to tailor magnetic anisotropy in seven coordinate Co (II) complexes, Chemical Communications 52, 2016, 753-756. (if=6.567, ci=7) 10. Nabanita Saikia, Anupam Nath Jha, Ramesh Ch Deka, Dynamics of fullerene-mediated heat-driven release of drug molecules from carbon nanotubes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 2013, 4126-4132. (if=8.539, ci=13)

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HARAM, SANTOSH KRISHNA (b 1965), Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly, University of pune), Pune


To use semiconductor quantum dots in photovoltaic and optoelectronics applications, the information of valance and conduction band edge positions as a function of size, shape and composition is extremely valuable. Conventionally, these parameters are estimated by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and photoelectron spectroscopy(PES). For the first time, Dr. Haram et al has demonstrated the use of cyclic voltammetry (CV) to study quantum confinement in case of CdS, CdSe, CdTe, CdSxSe1-x , graphene/CdTe composites and many more important materials used in the third generation solar cells. The results were corroborated with DFT. He has contributed several original articles on this topic which received ca. 755 citations. This method is now well accepted by the peers and widely being used to study the Q-dots. His another important contribution is an application of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) in the material science. SECM is a scanning probe technique, which measures the faradaic current response between the electro-active surface and the probe. Haram et al for the first time demonstrated a use of SECM to investigate illuminated semiconductor/ electrolyte interface and estimate the rate constants of the charge transfer. Recently, his group demonstrated application of SECM to estimate the spatial distribution of defects on a single strand of carbon fiber. The results were corroborated with Raman spectroscopy. Besides research, Dr. Haram has major contribution in teaching and learning. He is well known teacher of physical chemistry and delivered several talks in workshops and refresher courses. He has developed web-based course materials for M.Sc. Students.

Proposer: Prof. Jai P. Mittal, Seconder: Prof. Swapan K. Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. AA Melvin, VS Joshi, DC Poudyal, D Khushalani, SK Haram*,(2015) Electrocatalyst on insulating support?: hollow silica spheres loaded with Pt nanoparticles for methanol oxidation , ACS applied materials & interfaces 7 (12), 6590-6595 (if=7.145, ci=18) 2. G.B. Markad, Satish Battu, Sudhir Kapoor, Santosh Haram*, (2013) Interaction between Quantum Dots of CdTe and Reduced Graphene Oxide: Investigation through Cyclic Voltammetry and Spectroscopy, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 , 20944-20950 (if=4.509, ci=31) 3. SK. Haram*, A Kshirsagar, YD. Gujarathi, PP. Ingole, OA. Nene, GB. Markad, and SP . Nanavati. (2011) Quantum Confinement in CdTe Quantum Dots: Investigation through Cyclic Voltammetry Supported by DFT, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 6243-6249 (if=4.509, ci=81) 4. Shaukatali N. Inamdar, Pravin P. Ingole, and Santosh K. Haram*, (2008), Determination of Band Structure Parameters and the Quasi-Particle Gap of CdSe Quantum Dots by Cyclic Voltammetry, , ChemPhysChem. 9, 2574 (if=3.138, ci=108) 5. Manoj E. Wankhede and Santosh K. Haram*, (2003) Synthesis and Characterization of Cd-DMSO Complex Capped CdS Nanoparticles, Chem. Mater., 15 1296 (if=9.407, ci=47) 6. Zhifeng Ding, Bernadette M. Quinn, Santosh K. Haram, Lindsay E. Pell, Brian A. Korgel, , Allen J. Bard* (2002), Electrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence from Silicon Nanocrystal Quantum dots, , Science, 286, 1293 (if=34.661, ci=635) 7. Santosh K. Haram, Bernadette M. Quinn and Allen J. Bard*, (2001) Electrochemistry of CdS Nanoparticles: A Correlation Between Optical and Electrochemical Bandgaps, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 8860 (if=13.038, ci=285) 8. Roshan H. Kore, Jaideep S. Kulkarni, and Santosh K. Haram*, (2001) Effect of Nonionic Surfactants on the Kinetics of Disproportion of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles in the Aqueous Sols, , Chemistry of Materials, 13, 1789 (if=9.407, ci=41) 9. Santosh K.Haram and Allen J. Bard*, Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 42. Studies of the Kinetics and Photoelectrochemistry of Thin Film CdS/Electrolyte Interfaces, (2001), J. Physical Chemistry B 105, 8192 (if=3.187, ci=39) 10. Santosh K. Haram, Anand R. Mahadeshwar, Sharad G. Dixit*, (1996) Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles in Triton-X 100 Water-in-Oil Microemulsions., J. Phys. Chem. 100 5868. (if=4.509, ci=234)

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HASSAN, PUTHUSSERICKAL ABDULRAHIMAN (b 1968), Head, Thermal And Interfacial Chemistry Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai

Member of the NASI : Yes (YON 2015, Chemical Sciences)

Dr. Hassan has made significant and remarkable contributions in the broad area of colloids and self assembled systems. He demonstrated the self assembly approach as a novel route to engineer morphology and interfacial characteristics of various materials. He has developed a large number of stimuli sensitive materials for bio-diagnostics and drug delivery applications, using self assembly. pH induced surface charge changes in magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with a peptide mimic shell have been demonstrated for combination of chemotherapy and hyperthermia (1). He has unraveled the role of intermolecular interactions in modulating the self assembly of amphiphilic molecules to create structures with tailored morphologies and interfacial properties. The hydrophobic cavities of these assemblies have been employed for the encapsulation of anticancer drugs and reduce their side effects (2, 3). He demonstrated the applicability of Debye-Huckel model to explain the packing of ionic amphiphiles at the interface of self organized structures (4). He has devised a theoretical model to analyse dynamic light scattering data from polydisperse systems (5). This has been cited in Wikipedia (dynamic light scattering). Dr. Hassan’s contributions have been well recognized at the international level, as manifested by the invitation from Editors of reputed journals Langmuir and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics to submit perspective/review articles (6, 7). In view of his outstanding scientific accomplishment and novelty in research, I strongly recommend. Dr. Hassan for the fellowship of NASI. References : 1) Adv. Funct. Mat. 22 (2012) 4975-4984 2) RSC Adv., 3 (2013) 23080-23089 3) J. Phys. Chem B 114 (2010), 16414-16421 4) Soft Matter 7 (2011) 4778-4786 5) J. Colloid. Interface Science 300 (2006) 744-748 6) Langmuir, 31 (2015) 3-12 7) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15 (2013) 17016-17028

Proposer : Dr. V. K. Jain, Seconder : Dr. Swapan K. Ghosh Ten Best Publications : 1. K.C. Barick, S. Singh, N.V. Jadhav, D. Bahadur, B.N. Pandey, P.A. Hassan (2012) pH-Responsive Peptide Mimic Shell Cross-Linked Magnetic Nanocarriers for Combination Therapy Advanced Functional Materials, 22, 4975-4984 (IF=10.4, CI=27) 2. P. Koshy, V.K. Aswal, M. Venkatesh, P.A. Hassan (2011) Unusual scaling in the rheology of branched wormlike micelles formed by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and sodium oleate. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115, 10817-10825 (IF=3.377, CI=12) 3. J. Bhattacharjee, G. Verma, V. K. Aswal, A.A. Date, M.S. Nagarsenker, P.A. Hassan (2010) Tween 80-sodium deoxycholate mixed micelles : Structural characterization and application in doxorubicin delivery Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 16414-16421 (IF=3.377, CI=25) 4. G. Verma, V.K. Aswal and P. Hassan (2009) pH-Responsive self-assembly in an aqueous mixture of surfactant and hydrophobic amino acid mimic Soft Matter, 5, 2919-2927 (IF=4.15, CI=24) 5. P. A. Hassan and S. K. Kulshreshtha (2006) Modification to the cumulant analysis of polydispersity in quasielastic light scattering data J. Colloid. Interface Science, 300, 744-748 (IF=3.552, CI=46) 6. G. Garg, P.A. Hassan, V.K. Aswal and S.K. Kulshreshtha (2005) Tuning the structure of SDS micelles by substituted anilinium ions. . Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 1340-1345 (IF=3.377, CI=42) 7. P.A. Hassan, Shilpa N. Sawant, Nitin C. Bagkar and J.V. Yakhmi (2004) Polyaniline Nanoparticles Prepared in Rod-like Micelles. Langmuir, 20, 4874-4880 (IF=4.384, CI=43) 8. P.A. Hassan, S.R. Raghavan, E.W. Kaler (2002) Microstructural Changes In SDS Micelles Induced By Hydrotropic Salt Langmuir, 18, 2543-2548 (IF=4.384, CI=162) 9. P.A. Hassan, J.V. Yakhmi (2000) Growth of cationic micelles in the presence of organic additives Langmuir, 16 , 7187-7191(IF=4.384, CI=59) 10. P.A. Hassan, B.S. Valaulikar, C. Manohar, F. Kern, L. Bourdieu , S.J. Candau (1996) Vesicle to micelle transition : Rheological investigations Langmuir, 12, 4350-4357 (IF=4.384, CI=120)

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HULLURU, SURYA PRAKASH RAO (b 1953), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605014


Dr. H. Surya Prakash Rao, in his independent research career, has contributed immensely to the field of heterocyclic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. His group has developed facile methods for synthesis of (i) six-membered nitrogen heterocycles (e.g. anatalline, a tobacco natural product) and aza-steroids, (ii) multi substituted pyrroles / furans from ene-diones using ammonium formate and palladium catalysts; (iii) coumarins, chromenes, pyrroles, 3-nitrothiophenes, orthoesters, DOPA isomers from nitroketene and oxo-ketene dithioacetals, (iv) Phenanthrene and pyrene fused furans and benzofurans. (v) Fluorescent water-soluble coumarins. Heterocyclic compounds his group has made showed impressive anti-cancer, anti-malarial properties. His group is currently working the scope of the Blaise and Voight reactions for the synthesis of products with diverse functional groups.

Proposer: Prof. G. Mehta, Seconder: Prof. A. K. Bhatnagar Ten Best Publications: 1. H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Jothilingam, 2003,Microwave mediated facile transformation of 2-butene-1,4-diones and 2-butyne-1,4-diones to furan derivatives,J. Org. Chem.,68, 5392-5394. (if= 4.785, ci= 63) 2. H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Sivakumar, 2005,Synthesis of Nitroacetic Acid Orthoesters from 1,1-Di(methylsulfanyl)-2-nitroethylene,J. Org. Chem. 70, 4524-4527. (if= 4.785, ci= 17) 3. H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Sivakumar, 2006,Condensation of α-Aroylketene Dithioacetals and 2-Hydroxyarylaldehydes Results in Facile Synthesis of a Combinatorial Library of 3-Aroylcoumarins,J. Org. Chem., 71, 8715 – 8723 (if= 4.785, ci= 84) 4. H. Surya Prakash Rao and K. Vasantham 2009,Nitroketene dithioacetal chemistry: Synthesis of 2-alkylthio-3-nitrothiophenes from nitroketene dithioacetate and chloromethyl ketones,J. Org. Chem.,74, 6847–6850 (if= 4.785, ci= 14) 5. H. Surya Prakash Rao, K. Geetha and M. Kamalraj, 2011,Synthesis of 4( 2hydroxyaryl) 3nitro4Hchromenes ,Tetrahedron., 67,8146-8154. (if= 2.64, ci= 10) 6. H. Surya Prakash Rao and Satish Vijjapu 2012,Chemistry of 9,10 phenanthrenequinone revisited: iron(III) chloride catalyzed reactions of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone with acyclic and cyclic ketones provide furan annulated products.RSC Adv.,2, 6773-6783 (if= 3.289) 7. 7) H. Surya Prakash Rao, Desai. A, 2015,Zinc and trimethylsilyl chloride mediated synthesis of 2,3,5-trisubstituted pyrrole diesters from nitriles and ethyl bromoacetate,SYNLETT.,26, 1059-1062. (if= 2.323, ci= 2) 8. H. Surya Prakash Rao, Rao, A. V. B, 2015,CopperCatalyzed C(sp3)–OH Cleavage with Concomitant C–C Coupling: Synthesis of 3-Substituted Isoindolinones. J. Org. Chem.,80, 1506–1516. (if= 4.785, ci= 9) 9. Rao, H. S. P.; Muthanna, N.,2015,Variations in the Blaise reaction: Conceptually new synthesis of 3-amino enones and 1 ,3-diketones,E. J. Org. Chem.,1525–1532 (if= 3.068, ci= 3) 10. Rao, H. S. P.; Muthanna, N. 2016,Variations in the Blaise reaction: Synthesis of 3,5-diketopentanoates and 3-amino-5-oxopent-3-enoates,SYNLETT,27, 2014-2018 (nominated for best paper award) (if= 2.232)

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KURESHY, RUKHSANA I. (b 1958) Sr. Principal Scientist & Coordinator, Discipline of Inorganic Materials & Catalysis, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar


• Worked for more than three decades on designing of metal complexes in general and recyclable chiral metal complexes in particular for various organic transformations such as asymmetric epoxidation, epoxide ring opening reaction, hydrolytic kinetic resolution of racemic terminal epoxides and asymmetric Henry/ aza Henry reaction for the synthesis of pharmaceutically important compounds at gram level under homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. • Published 151 research papers, 5 monographs, 3 review articles, 2 general articles and 10 patents to my credit. • Worked on several Grant-in Aid Projects and Industrial projects. • She was instrumental in developing a green catalytic process for perfumery chemical, which was eventually licensed for commercialization to two private perfumery industries. • Her works were recognized through several awards such as CSIR Young Scientist Award 1993, Hari Om Ashram Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar Award 1993, MAAS Woman Scientist Award 2005, MAAS Best Paper Award 1993 & 2005, ISCB Distinguished Women Scientist Award 2011 and CRSI Bronze Medal, 2014. • Working as Coordinator AcSIR-CSMCRI and Recognized Guide for Ph.D. in AcSIR CSMCRI. • Recognized Guide for Ph.D. from Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar and several students have received Ph.D. degree under her guidance. • Life member of Catalysis Society of India, Life member of Chemical Research Society of India and Life member of Indian Society of Chemist and Biologist.

Proposer: Dr. M. Lakshmikantam, Proposer: Dr. Sourav Pal Ten Best Publications: 1. R.I. Kureshy, T. Roy, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, A. Sadhukhan, H.C. Bajaj, 2012, Reusable chiral macrocyclic Mn (III) salen complexes for enantioselective epoxidation of non functionalized alkenes, J. Catal., 286,41-50, (IF= 6.073, CI= 18) 2. R.I. Kureshy, A. Das, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, H. C. Bajaj, 2011, Cu(II)-macrocylic [H4]salen catalyzed asymmetric nitroaldol reaction and its application in the synthesis of al-adrenergic receptor agonist (R)-phenylephrine, ACS CataL 1, 1529. (IF= 7.572, CI= 25) 3. R.I. Kureshy, K.J. Prathap, T. Roy, N.C. Maity, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, H.C. Bajaj, 2010, Reusable Chiral Di-Cationic Crlll Salen Catalysts for Aminolytic Kinetic Resolution of Trans-Epoxides, Adv. Synth. & catal. 352, 3053. (IF= 5.542, CI= 8) 4. R.I. Kureshy, K.J. Prathap, S. Agrawal, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, R.V. Jasra, 2008, Highly enantioselective syntheses of chiral beta-amino alcohols in the presence of chiral Ti(lV) Schiff base complexes as catalysts, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 3118. (IF= 3.154, CI= 25) 5. N.H. Khan, R.I. Kureshy, S.H.R. Abdi, R.V. Jasra, 2008, Metal catalyzed asymmetric cyanation reactions, Coordination Chem. Review, 252, 593. (IF=12.098, CI=70). 6. R.I. Kureshy, S. Singh, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, E. Suresh, R. V. Jasra, 2006, Facile Enantioselective Ring-Opening Reaction of meso Epoxides with Anilines Using (5)-(-) BINOL- Ti Complex as a Catalyst, Eur. J. Org. Chem, 1303. (IF=3.154, CI=41) 7. R.I. Kureshy, I. Ahmad, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, K. Pathak R.V. Jasra, 2006, Chiral Mn(lIl) salen complexes covalently bonded on modified MCM-41 and SBA-15 as efficient catalysts for nantioselective epoxidation of nonfunctionalized alkenes, J. Catal., 238, 1, 28. (IF=6.073, CI=99) 8. R.I. Kureshy, I. Ahmad, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, S. Singh, R.V. Jasra, 2005, New Immobilized chiral Mn(lIl) salen complexes on pyridine N-oxide modified MCM-41 as effective catalysts for the synthesis of pharmaceutically important epoxides, J. Catal., 235,28. (IF= 6.073, CI= 70) 9. R.I. Kureshy, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, I. Ahmad, S. Singh, R. V. Jasra, 2004, Oicationic chiral Mn(lIl) salen complex exchanged in the inter-layers of montmorillonite clay: A heterogeneous enantioselective catalysts for epoxkiation of nonfunctionalised alkenes, J. Catal., 221, 234, (IF= 6.073, CI= 95) 10. R.I. Kureshy, N.H. Khan, S.H.R. Abdi, S.T. Patel, P.K. Iyer, P.S. Subramanian, R.V. Jasra, 2002, A highly potentiol analogue of Jacobsen catalyst with in-built phase transfer capability in enantioselective epoxidation of non-functionalised alkenes, J. Catal., 209, 99, (IF= 6.073, CI= 53)

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LINGAMALLU, GIRIBABU (b 1969), Principal Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad


Giribabu has more than 20 years experience in both basic and applied research. In basic research he has designed several donor-acceptor systems based on tetrapyrrolic systems to understand natural photosynthetic phenomena. He is the pioneer for the utilization of 'axial-bonding' concept in the construction of donor-acceptor systems (Inorg. Chem. 38, 4971-4980, 1999). Till date there is only one example in the literature for the construction of D-A systems by utilizing both axial and peripheral positions, that was reported by Giribabu et al. (Angew. Chem. 40, 3621-3624, 2001). Giribabu mainly focused for the design of efficient materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), non-linear optical properties for optical limiting and sensitizers for photodynamic therapy in the applied research. His group involved in the development of sensitizers, redox couples and other materials for DSSC devices. One of the great achievement that he has designed low-cost, efficient and durable unsymmetrical soluble phthalocyanine based sensitizers to DSSC for the first time (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 46, 373-376, 2007; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91, 1611-1617, 2007). This has created a new dimension in this area. His group also designed several heteroleptic Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes to suit for gel electrolytes for the first time (Engergy & Environ Sci., 2, 770-773, 2009). Giribabu's group also involved in the design materials for non-linear optical properties. Recently he has designed soluble phthalocyanines with minimum aggregation for non-linear optical studies (J. Mate. Chem. C 2, 1711-1722, 2014) and useful for optical limiting applications.

Proposer: Dr. J. S. Yadav, Seconder: Dr. A. C. Kunwar Ten Best Publications: 1. “Efficient Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films by a Near Infrared Absorbing Unsymmetrical Zinc Phthalocyanine,” Reddy, P.Y.; Giribabu, L.; Lyness, C.; Snaith, H.J.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Chendrasekheram, M.; Lakshmikantam, M.; Hum, J.;, Kalyan (if=11.709, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 323) 2. “Unsymmetrical Alkoxy Zinc Phthalocyanine for Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films,” Giribabu, L.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Reddy, V.G.; Reddy, P.Y.; Jang, S-R.; Yum, J-H.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Gratzel, M. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91, (if=4.732, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 132) 3. “A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation of Anthracene Based Sensitizers for DSSC: Comparison of Cyanocrylic and Malonicacid Electron Withdrawing Groups Binding onto TiO2 Anatage (101) Surface.:, Srinivas, K.; Yesudas, K.; Bhanupr (if=4.509, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 127) 4. “High Molar Extinction Coefficient Amphiphilic Ruthenium Sensitizers for Efficient and Stable Mesoscopic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,” Giribabu, L.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Rao. Ch.S.; Gopal Reddy, V.; Reddy, P.Y.; Chandrasekharam, M.; Soujanya, Y. Enger (if=25.427, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 33) 5. “Unidirectional Energy Transfer in a Tin(IV) Porphyrin Based Donor Acceptor System,” Giribabu, L.; Kumar,A.A.; Neeraja,V.; Maiya,B.G. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 40, 3621-3624, (2001). (if=11.709, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 44) 6. “Axial-Bonding Type Hybrid Porphyrin Arrays: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry and Singlet State Properties,” Giribabu, L.; Rao,T.A.; Maiya,B.G.; Inorg. Chem. 38, 4971-4980 (1999). (if=4.820, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 80) 7. “Photoinduced Electrontransfer in Bisporphyrin-Diimide Complexes,” Flamigni, L.; Jhonston, M. R.; Giribabu, L.; Chem. Eur. J. 8(17), 3938-3947, (2002). (if=5.771, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 62) 8. “Metal-free organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: recent advances,” Kumar, K. R.; Jaipal, K.; Giribabu, L. Tetrahedron 68, 8383-8393, (2012). (if=2.645, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 78) 9. "Donor-π-Acceptor Based Stable Porphyrin Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Effect of π-Conjugated Spacers,"Krishna, N. V.; Krishna, J. V. S.; Singh, S. P.; Giribabu, L.; Han, L.; Bedja, I.; Gupta, R. K. Islam, A. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017. (if=4.509) 10. “Sterically Demanded Zinc(II)Phthalocyanines: Synthesis, Optical, Electrochemical, Nonlinear Optical, ExcitedState Dynamics Studies,” Swain, D.; Singh, R.; Singh, V. K.; Krishna, N. V.; Giribabu, L.; Rao, S. V. J. Mate. Chem. C 2, 1711-1722, (201 (if=5.066, ci=Citations as per Google Scholar 31)

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MARAVANJI, BALAKRISHNA SHIVARAMAIAH (b 1960), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay, Mumbai

Member of the NASI : No (YON 2015, Chemical Sciences)

The phosphorus-based ligands containing one or more donor functionalities have an edge in coordination chemistry and catalysis due to the availability of labile donor sites and their unique and diverse δ-donor and -acceptor capabilities. These ligands do not participate in the catalytic process itself, but they do determine or influence the course of the reactions that occur at the metal center. These well thought assembly of ligands would dictate the coordination sphere around the metal center in such a way that the selective binding sites for substrate and reagent molecules can be created at the metal center. In this context, several interesting phosphorus-based ligands have been prepared and their organometallic chemistry is explored. The anionic PdII complexes containing Pd-P -bond have shown remarkable catalytic activity in several catalytic reactions. First examples of phosphines based copper clusters having sodalite, dimondoid and extended dimondoid topologies have been isolated and structurally characterized. The copper(I) complexes containing cyclodiphosphazane ligands have shown 25-fold more anti proliferative activity than cis-platin and analogous compounds towards breast and cervical cancer cell lines, yet with very low concentrations. We have also developed water soluble phosphorus ligands for catalytic and biological studies. Ferrocenyl phosphane derivatives have produced very rare Cu4I4 cubanes embedded 3D coordination polymers with monomeric units consists of 24 and 36-membered macrocycles. For the first time we have shown with X-ray structures, the week intermolecular P…P interactions and their utility to form 2D-polymers. Our research interests include designing novel ligands, organometallic compounds and their biological and catalytic investigations.

Proposer: Prof. C.P. Rao, Seconder: Prof. H.B. Singh Ten Best Publications : 1. C. Ganesamoorthy, P. P. George, J.T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, 2007. Di- and Tetranuclear CuI Complexes Containing Phenylaminobis-(phosphonite), PhN P(OC6H4OMe-O)22 and Their Reactivity toward Bipyridyl Ligands. Inorg. Chem. 46, 848-858. (IF=4.794, CI=43) 2. P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, 2006. Copper(I) Coordination Polymers [Cu(µ-X)2RP(µ-NtBu)2]n and Their Reversible Conversion into Mononuclear Complexes [CuX(RP(µ-NtBu))22]: Synthesis and Structural Characterization. Inorg. Chem. 45, 6678-6683 (one of the most cited (TOP 20) article, http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/most_cited/index.html) (IF=4.794, CI=51) 3. B. Punji, J.T. Mague and M.S. Balakrishna, 2006. Synthesis of Neutral (PdII, PtII), Cationic (PdII) and Water-Induced Anioic (PdII) Complexes Containing New Mesocyclic Thioether-Aminophosphonite Ligands and Their Application in Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction. Inorg. Chem. 45, 9454-9464. (IF=4.794, CI=39) 4. P. Chandrasekaran, J.T. Mague and M.S. Balakrishna, 2006. Intramolecular Amine Induced [1,3] -Sigmatropic Rearrangement in the Reactions of Aminophosphites or Phosphites with Elemental Sulfur or Selenium, Inorg. Chem. 45, 5893-5897. (IF=4.794, CI=36) 5. M.S. Balakrishna, P. Chandrasekaran and J.T. Mague, 2005. Tetranuclear-rhodium(I) macrocycle containing cyclodiphosphazane, [Rh2(µ-Cl)2(CO)2 (BuNP(OC6H4OMe-o))2-κP]2 and its reversible conversion into trans-[Rh(CO)Cl(BuNP(OC6H4OMe-O))2-κP2]. Organometallics 24, 3780. (IF=4.253, CI=56) 6. P. Chandrasekaran, J.T. Mague and M.S. Balakrishna, 2005. Cyclodiphosphazanes with hemilabile ponytails: Synthesis, transition metal chemistry (Ru(II), Rh(I), Pd(II), Pt(II)) and crystal and molecular structures of mono- (Pd(II), Rh(I)), bi- and tetra-nuclear rhodium(I) complexes. Inorg. Chem. 44, 7925-32 (IF=4.794, CI=59) 7. S. Priya, M.S. Balakrishna, J.T. Mague and S.M. Mobin, 2003. Insertion of carbon fragments into P(III)-N bonds in phosphinoamines and bis(phosphino) amines: Synthesis, reactivity and coordination chemistry of resulting phosphine oxide derivatives. Crystal and molecular structures of (Ph2P(O)CH2)2NR (R=Me, nPr, nBu), Ph2P(O)CH(OH)nPr and cis –[MoO2Cl2(Ph2P(O)CH2)2NEt- O, O]. Inorg. Chem. 42, 1272-1281 (IF=4.794, CI=71) 8. S. Priya, M.S. Balakrishna, S.M. Mobin and R. McDonald, 2003. Half-sandwich Ruthenium (II) Complexes of Aminophosphines: Synthesis, Structures and Catalytic Applications in C-C Coupling Reactions between Styrenes and Diphenyldiazomethane. J. Organomet. Chem. 688, 227-235 (IF=2.302, CI=43) 9. M. S. Balakrishna, Rashmishree Panda and J. T. Mague, 2001. New 10-Membered Novel Inorganic Heterocyclic Diphosphanes, PhNPX2(-OC6H2(tBu)2(µ-S)((tBu)2C6H2O-) (X=Cl, F). Synthesis and Transition Metal Complexes (Molybdenum (0), Ruthenium(II), Palladium(II) and Platinum(II)) of Heterocyclic Diphosphanes. Crystal and Molecular Structures of the Chloro Derivative, PhNPCl2(OC6H2(tBu)2(µ-S)(tBu)2C6H2O-) and of a Mo(0) Complex of the Fluoro Derivative, [Mo(CO)3ɳ3-PhNPF2(-OC6H2(tBu)2(µ-S)((tBu)2C6H2O-)-κP,κP,κS]. Inorg. Chem. 40, 5620 (IF=4.794, CI=49) 10. M. S. Balakrishna and B. Kaboudin, 2001. A Simple and New Method for the Synthesis of 1,5- Benzodiazepine Derivatives on the Solid Surface. Tetrahedron Lett. 42, 2001, 1127 (IF=2.86, CI=189)

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MISHRA, LALLAN (b 1950), Emeritus Professor and BSR Faculty Fellow, Institute of Science, Department of Chemistry, BHU, Varanasi-221005


Professor Lallan Mishra has contributed extensively in the development of metal complexes as possible anti-cancer drugs. Prof. Lallan Mishra has contributed to significant synthesis of Ru(II) and Ru(III) polypyridyl complexes and screened several of them for their anti-HIV and cytotoxic activities and discovered some of them possessing substantially higher anti-HIV activity compared to the standard azidothymidine (AZT). [Bio-org. Med. Chem., 9, 1667, 2001]. Prof. Mishra’s compounds also showed cytotoxic and anti-HIV activity against ovarian carcinoma and lung-adeno carcinoma and they have been listed in WHO collections. Another class of compounds synthesized by Prof. Mishra showed cytotoxicity specially against ileothecal carcinoma and found to be many fold potent as compared to AZT (Metal-Based Drugs, 8, 65, 2001; ibid,8, 113, 2001). Some of the complexes showed increase in P53 level and induced release of cytochrome c and DNA cleavage (Biochimie, 2015,110, 52-61). Prof. Mishra also developed simple nano-size sheet-like and tubular materials and metallo supramolecules, which have potential to act as a receptor for binding of phenol and hexa fluorobenzene. A light/pH/multiple ion-driven smart switchable module for computing sequential logic operations via a resettable dual-optical readout, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 12123-12129, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45,8272. Professor presented his lectures in several International conferences including 100th Nobel award anniversary to Paul Ehrlich” Magic Bullet” conference organized in Nuremberg, Germany during Oct 2-5, 2008. Professor Mishra has co-authored six book Chapters. Recently Professor Mishra was elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry ( London).

Proposer: Prof. Girjesh Govil, Seconder: Prof. KVR Chary Ten Best Publications: 1. N. De meyer, A. Haemers, L. Mishra, H.K. Padey, L.A.C. Peters, Van den Berghe and A.J. Vlietinck, 1991, "3-Methoxyflavones as antipicornavirus agents", J. Medicinal Chem., 34, 736. (if=5.2, ci=95) 2. L Mishra, V.K Singh, 1993, Synthesis, structural and antifungal studies of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with new Schiff-bases bearing benzimidazoles, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 32, 5, 446-449. (if=0.9, ci=121) 3. Lallan Mishra, A K. Yadaw, S Srivastava and A B Patel, 2000, "Synthesis, spectroscopic, electrochemical and antibacterial studies of new Ru(lI) 1,10-phenanthroline complexes "New Journal of Chemistry (CNRS-Royal Soc. of Chem.),24 (7), 505 (if=3.28, ci=49) 4. R Prajapati, Lallan Mishra, K Kimura, Pallepog Raghavaiah, 2009, Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed from ZnII/CdII-2,2' bipyridines andpolycarboxylic acids: Synthesis, characterization and microstructural studies, Polyhedron,28,600-608 (if=2.2, ci=36) 5. Lallan Mishra, et al, 2011, Interaction of a ruthenium(II)-chalcone complex with double stranded DNA: spectroscopic, molecular docking and nuclease properties, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 220, 145-152 (if=2.93, ci=31) 6. Lallan Mishra et al., 2011, In situ formation of Cu(II) 2,2'-bipyridyl complexes of 5-hydroxy-hydurilic acid .... Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 105, 256-267 (if=3.2, ci=21) 7. Lallan Mishra et al., 2012, Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, DNA Interactions And Cellular Imaging Properties of Rhenium Dppz Complexes With Cellular Localisation Vectors, New journal of chemistry, 36, 64-72 (if=3.28, ci=32) 8. Lallan Mishra et al ., 2012, Metal (Znll,Cdll) 1, 10-phenanthrolines containing coordination polymers …. gas adsorption studies, Crystal Growth and Design, 12, 5311-5319. (if=4.8, ci=23) 9. Ruchi Gaur and Lallan Mishra, 2012, Synthesis and Characterization of Ru(II)−DMSO−Cl−Chalcone Complexes: DNA Binding, Nuclease, and Topoisomerase II Inhibitory Activity, Inorg. Chem., 51, 3059−3070 (if=4.82, ci=31) 10. Lallan Mishra et al., 2015, A light/pH/multiple ion-driven smart switchable module for computing sequential logic operations via a resettable dual-optical readout, J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 12123-12129 (if=5.06, ci=04)

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MUKHERJEE, PARTHA SARATHI (b 1973), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Dr. Mukherjee has made outstanding contributions to coordination-driven self-assembly. Self-selection and self-recognition all hallmarks of biological self-assembly have been thoroughly studied by his research group in abiological coordination self-assembly. His group is the first to observe the self-sorting phenomenon in covalent cage formation (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 554). This unique observation has opened up a new area to explore for selective formation of desired organic self-assembled large molecules from complex mixture. His research has also established that such unusual self-sorting in purely organic cage formation can be nicely controlled by proper functionalization of the building components. Employing directional self-assembly, Mukherjee’s group has recently developed several water soluble discrete molecular architectures with hydrophobic pockets and used them as molecular vessels for catalytic organic transformations in the confined nanospace of such architectures in aqueous medium (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 1668; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 11709). He has pioneered the use of coordination-driven self-assembly for the development of electron rich fluorescent cages and their use as potential selective sensors for the detection of solution/vapour of explosive nitroaromatics. He has developed a new concept of introducing H-bond bond as driving force for the dramatic enhancement of sensitivity of such electron rich sensors. This concept gave the birth of new generation supramolecular materials for sensing explosives (Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 13662). He is also having remarkable contribution on polynuclear magnetic materials and single molecule magnets (Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 2566).

Proposer: Prof. Govindasamy Mugesh, Seconder: Prof. Dayashankar Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. P. Howlader, P. Das, E. Zangrando, P. S. Mukherjee, 2016, Urea functionalized self-assembled molecular prism for heterogeneous catalysis in water J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 1668 (if=13.1, ci=13) 2. B. Mondal, K. Acharyya, P. Howlader, P. S. Mukherjee, 2016 Molecular cage impregnated Pd nanoparticles: Efficient additive-free heterogeneous catalysts for cyanation of aryl halides J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 1709 (if=13.1, ci=12) 3. B. Roy, A. K. Ghosh, S. Srivasta, P. D’Silva, P. S. Mukherjee, 2015 A Pd8 Tetrafacial Molecular Barrel as Carrier for Water Insoluble Fluorophore J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 11916 (if=13.1, ci=11) 4. I. Bhat, D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee, 2015 A Pd24 Pregnant Molecular Nanoball: Self-Templated Stellation by Precise Mapping of Coordination Sites J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 9497 (if=13.1, ci=14) 5. D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee, 2014, Sunlight induced molecular covalent marriage of two triply interlocked Pd6 cages and their facile thermal separation J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 17006 (if=13.1, ci=13) 6. K. Acharyya, S. Mukherjee, P. S. Mukherjee, 2013, Molecular marriage through partner preferences in covalent cage formation and cage to cage transformation J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 554 (if=13.1, ci=39) 7. A. K. Bar, R. Chakraborty, G. Mostafa, P. S. Mukherjee, 2008, Self-assembly of a nanoscopic Fe12Pt12 open hexagonal barrel containing six porphyrin walls Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 8455 (if=11.33, ci=39) 8. K. Acharyya, P. S. Mukherjee, 2014, H-Bond driven controlled molecular marriage in covalent cages Chem. Eur. J., 20, 1646 (if=5.73, ci=16) 9. B. Gole, A. K. Bar, P. S. Mukherjee, 2014, Modification of extended open frameworks with fluorescent tags for sensing explosives: competition between size selectivity and electron deficiency Chem. Eur. J., 20, 2276 (if=5.73, ci=67) 10. P. Howlader, P. S. Mukherjee, 2013, Face and edge directed self-assembly Pd12 tetrahedral nanocages and their self-sorting Chem. Sci. 7, 5893 (if=9.4, ci=7)

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NATH, SUKHENDU (b 1971), Scientific Officer (G), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai


Dr. Nath indigenously developed femtosecond 2-dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectrometer, which is the only one of its kind in India. His group is in the process of transferring the know-how technology of the 2DIR spectrometer for its low cost production in India. Dr. Nath has used the 2DIR spectrometer for layerwise decomposition of water dynamics in reverse micelles and shown that water dynamics at the central pool becomes bulk like nature at much lower water content than it was believed earlier. Dr. Nath has made significant contribution in understanding the excited state dynamics of ultrafast molecular rotors (UMR) using ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. He has revealed for the first time that a barrierless ultrafast torsional motion is responsible for the sensing activity of Thioflavin T (ThT) in amyloid fibril (J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 2541, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 14042). He has synthesized several UMR and explored their potential as fluorescence sensor (Chem. Eu. J 2010, 16, 9257). His studies on UMR in confined bio-mimicking systems are very useful for the development of new classes of UMR based sensor (Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6912, J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 8532, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 8008). Dr. Nath has sensibly used UMRs for the sensitive detection of hydrocarbons in solution (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 5691). Recently, he has also explored the application of UMR in the nucleic acid research (Chem. Comm. 2012, 48, 5301).

Proposer: Prof. J. P. Mittal, Seconder: Prof. D. K. Palit Ten Best Publications: 1. S Nath, H Pal, DK Palit, AV Sapre, JP Mittal, 1998, Aggregation of fullerene, C60, in benzonitrile, J. Phys. Chem. B 102, 10158 (IF=3.302, CI=128) 2. S. Nath, D. C. Urbanek, S. J. Kern, M. A. Berg, 2006, High-Resolution Raman spectra with femtosecond pulses: An example of combined time- and frequency-domain spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 267401 (IF=7.512, CI=31) 3. P. K. Singh, M. Kumbhakar, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2009, Ultrafast Torsional Dynamics of Protein binding dye, Thioflavin T, in Nanoconfined Water Pool, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 8532 (IF=3.302, CI=44) 4. A. Srivastava, P.K. Singh, M. Kumbhakar, T. Mukherjee, S. Chattopadyay, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2010, Identifying the bond responsible for the fluorescence modulation in amyloid fibril sensor, Chem. Eur. J., 16, 9257 (IF=5.731, CI=19) 5. P. K. Singh, M. Kumbhakar, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2010, Ultrafast bond twisting dynamics in amyloid sensor, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 2541 (IF=3.302, CI=40) 6. P. K. Singh, M. Kumbhakar, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2010, Viscosity Effect on the Ultrafast Bond Twisting Dynamics in an Amyloid Fibril Sensor: Thioflavin-T, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 5920 (IF=3.302, CI=64) 7. P. K. Singh, M. Kumbhakar, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2011, Nano-Confined Charged Layer Defies the Principle of Electrostatic Interaction, Chem. Commun., 47, 6912 (IF=6.834, CI=10) 8. S. Murudkar, A. K. Mora, P. K. Singh, S. Nath, 2012, Ultrafast molecular rotor: An efficient sensor for premelting of natural DNA, Chem. Comm. 48, 5301 (IF=6.834, CI=15) 9. S. Murudkar, A. K. Mora, P. K. Singh. T. Bandyopadhyay, S. Nath, 2015, Ultrafast molecular rotor based ternary complex in a nanocavity: A potential “turn on” fluorescence sensor for hydrocarbon chain, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 5691 (IF=4.198, CI=5) 10. P. K. Singh, A. K. Mora, S. Nath, 2015, Ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy reveals a dominant weakly-emissive population of fibril bound Thioflavin-T, Chem. Commun. 51, 14042 (IF=6.834)

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PATHAK, TANMAYA (b 1958), Professor and Head, Dept of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur


The structural variation of carbohydrates and the presence of densely populated functional groups are cleverly exploited by Pathak towards stereochemically and biologically interesting molecules. He combined vinyl sulfones or selenones with furanosides, pyranosides or functionalized acyclic structures. Further synthetic manipulations afforded amino, branched and cyclopropanated sugars, densely functionalized carbocycles and heterocycles with skeletal complexity and stereochemical diversity. New triazoles were used as spacers, ligands, building blocks for gels, and designed peptidomimetics whereas some others were shown to possess biological activities. Since ring conformation imparts greater complexity to the structure, a wide range of sugar-modified nucleosides are designed by Pathak. The biological applications of these modified nucleosides were extended further to inhibit ribonuclease A, a model enzyme used in the development of inhibitors of other ribonucleases including angiogenin, implicated in solid tumor growth. Pathak received “CRSI Bronze Medal”, “Dr. D.S.Bhakuni Award”,“Excellence in Carbohydrate Research Award” and is elected as FASc. New publications: Enantiopure aza-heterocyclic scaffolds from “chiral pool” carbohydrates: furopiperidine, furoazepine, and oxa-aza-polycycles from a unique azabicyclic synthon. ChemistrySelect 2017, In press 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazole- and 1,5-Disubstituted1,2,3-Triazole–based Bis-Sulfonamides in Selective Fluorescence Sensing of ATP. ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 2034. Acidic-Amino-Acid-Conjugated Dinucleosides as Ribonuclease A Inhibitors: Rational Design and Effect of Backbone Chirality on Enzyme Inhibitio. ChemistrySelect 2017,2, 2106. Vinyl Selenones Derived from Biomass Precursor D-Fructose: A New Platform for Fructochemistry. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 1048. Enantiopure Trisubstituted Tetrahydrofurans with Diverse Appendages: Vinyl Sulfone- and Vinyl Sulfoxide-modified Furans Derived from Carbohydrates as Synthons for Diversity Oriented Synthesis. Molecule. 2016, 21,690.

Proposer: Prof. Amit basak, Seconder: Prof. Pinakpani Chakrabarti Ten Best Publications: 1. Ravindran, B.; Sakthivel, K.; Suresh, C. G.; Pathak, T. Diastereoselective addition of amines to vinylsulfone modified carbohydrates: a highly flexible methodology for the synthesis of new classes of deoxyaminosugars. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 2637-264 (if=4.785, ci=39) 2. Pathak, T. Azidonucleosides: Synthesis, reactions and biological properties. Chem. Rev. 2002, 102, 1623-1667. (if=37.369, ci=105) 3. Sanki, A. K.; Suresh, C. G.; Falgune, U. D.; Pathak, T. Anomeric configuration directed diastereoselective C-C bond formation in vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrates: A general route to branched-chain sugars. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1285-1288. (if=6.732, ci=27) 4. Das, I.; Pathak, T. Desulfonylation with Mg-MeOH-NiBr2: an expedient reagent system for the synthesis of 2-amino-2,3-dideoxy furanosides. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1303-1306. (if=6.732, ci=24) 5. Maiti, T. K.; De, S.; Dasgupta, S.; Pathak, T. 3’-N-Alkylamino-3’-deoxy-ara-uridines: a new class of potential inhibitors of ribonuclease A and angiogenin. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2006, 14, 1221-1228. (if=2.793, ci=24) 6. Pathak, T. Vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrates: an inconspicuous group of chiral building blocks. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 3605-3628. (if=2.645, ci=42) 7. Samanta, A.; Leonidas, D. D.; Dasgupta, S.; Pathak, T.; Zographo, S. E.; Oikonomakos, N. G. Morpholino, .... as inhibitors of ribonuclease A: synthesis, biochemical, and crystallographic evaluation. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 52, 932-942. (if=5.447, ci=19) 8. Kayet, A.; Pathak, T. 1, 5-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazolylation at C1, C2, C3, C4 and C6 of Pyranosides: A Metal-free Route to triazolyl monosaccharides and triazole-linked disaccharides. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 9865−9875. (if=4.785, ci=22) 9. Dey, S.; Pathak, T. A general route to 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles with alkyl/alkyl, alkyl/aryl, aryl/aryl combinations: a metal-free, regioselective, one-pot three component approach. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 9275–9278. (if=3.289, ci=20) 10. Sahu,D.; Dey,S.; Pathak, T.; Ganguly, B. Probing the reactivity of vinyl sulfone based 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with sugar azides in metal free condition: computational and experimental study. Org. Lett, 2014, 16, 2100-2103. (if=6.732, ci=21)

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PUNNIYAMURTHY, THARMALINGAM (b 1964), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati


The nominee has developed novel strategies for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds formation via C-H functionalization, cross-coupling and cascade reactions. These approaches afford efficient routes for the regioselective construction of wide range of highly functionalized heterocycles that are of medicinal, biological and pharmaceutical interests. These are important developments in sustainable chemistry. He produced 16 Ph.D. Scholars and 28 M.Sc. students with 106 publications bearing citations 5400 and h-index 37. He has also delivered 66 invited lectures in India and Abroad along with 49 conference presentations. He is the Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the recipient of UKERI, Fulbright, JSPS and CNRS research Fellowships, and CRSI Bronze Medal. The publication includes: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2), Org. Lett. (12), J. Org. Chem. (18), Chem. Commun. (2), Inorg. Chem. (1), Chem. Rev. (1), Coord. Chem. Rev. (1), Chem. Eur. J. (1), Adv. Synth. Catal. (4) and Chem. Rec. (1).

Proposer: Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. P Sadhu, T Punniyamurthy, 2016, Copper (II)-mediated regioselective N-arylation of pyrroles, indoles, pyrazoles and carbazole via dehydrogenative coupling, Chemical Communication, 52, 2803-2806. (if=6.6, ci=3) 2. S. K. Alla, P. Sadhu, T. Punniyamurthy, 2014, Organocatalytic Syntheses of Benzoxazoles and Benzothiazoles Using Aryl Iodide and Oxone via C-H Functionalization and C-O/S Bonds Formation, J. Org. Chem. 79, 7502-7511. (if=4.8, ci=24) 3. M. Sengoden, T. Punniyamurthy, 2013, On Water: Efficient Iron-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Aziridines with Heterocumulenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 572-575. (if=11.7, ci=40) 4. 4. G. Bharathiraja, S. Sakthivel, M. Sengoden, T. Punniyamurthy, 2013, A Novel Tandem Sequence to Pyrrole Syntheses by 5-Endo-dig Cyclization of 1,3-Enynes with Amines, Org. Lett. 15, 4996-4999. (if=6.7, ci=23) 5. P. Sadhu, S. K. Alla, T. Punniyamurthy, 2013, Pd(II)-Catalyzed Aminotetrazole-Directed Ortho-Selective Halogenation of Arenes, J. Org. Chem. 78, 6104-6111. (if=4.7, ci=26) 6. T. Ramana, T. Punniyamurthy, 2012, Preparation of 2-Azido-1-Substituted-1 H-Benzo[d]imidazoles Using a Copper-Promoted Three-Component Reaction and Their Further Conversion into 2-Amino and 2-Triazolyl Derivatives, Chem. Eur. J. 18, 13279-13283. (if=5.8, ci=16) 7. M. M. Guru, T. Punniymurthy, 2012, Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted 1,2-3- and 1,2,4-Triazoles via Aerobic Oxidative C-H Functionalization of Bisarylhydrazones with Isolated Intermediates, J. Org. Chem. 77, 5063-5073. (if=4.8, ci=53) 8. M. M.Guru, M. A. Ali, T. Punniyamurthy, 2011, Copper-Mediated Synthesis of Substituted N-Benzyl-2-arylbenzimidazoles and 2-Arylbenzoxazoles via C-H Functionalization/C-N/-C-O Bond Formation, J. Org. Chem. 76, 5295-5308. (ci=74) 9. T. Ramana, P. Saha, M. Das, T. Punniyamurthy, 2009, Copper-Catalyzed Domino Intra- and Intermolecular C-S Cross-Coupling Reactions: Synthesis of 2-(Arylthio)arylcyanamides, Org. Lett. 12, 84-87. (if=6.7, ci=41) 10. L. Rout, T. Sen, T. Punniyamurthy, 2007, Efficient CuO Nanoparticles Catalyzed C-S Cross-Coupling of Thiols with Iodobenzene, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 5583-5586. (if=11.7, ci=275)

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RAMA KANT (b. 1963) Professor, Department Of Chemistry, University Of Delhi, Delhi


Rama Kant has been a pioneer in the area of electrochemistry of rough and heterogeneous electrodes. His significant contributions are derivations of several fundamental equations of electrochemistry involving phenomena of charge transfer, diffusion, uncompensated resistance, reaction coupling, adsorption and electric double layer on disordered electrodes. Named equations generalized by him are: Thomas-Fermi (Proc. R. Soc. A, 2013, 469, 20130163), Gouy-Chapman-Stern and Donnan for electric double layer capacitance of complex geometries (Phys. Rev. E, 2013, 88, 052303); Cottrell (Phys. Rev. Lett., 1993, 70, 4094; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 10066), Anson (Electrochimica Acta, 2011, 56, 4467), Danckwerts (Electrochimica Acta, 2010, 56, 7266), Warburg (J. Electroanal. Chem., 2003, 552, 141; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 12232) and Gerischer (J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 19558) for the reversible charge transfer, Frumkin-Melik-Gaikazyan (Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 95, 275), Debye-Falkehagen (J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 5122), Randles- Sevcik (Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 111, 223; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 26599), at rough electrodes. His contributions to knowledge lead to the fundamental understanding of electric double layer and electrode kinetics of rough and fractal electrodes, and their transient responses, viz. chronoamperometry, impedance, chronocoulometry, chronoabsorptiometry (J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 19357) and voltammetry. His other areas of research are the polymer dynamics of complex polymeric structures and quantitative 3D reconstruction of SEM micrograph through semi-electrochemical route (Applied Surface Science, 2013, 282, 105). His contributions are indispensable in the quantitative description of electrochemical response of disordered and nanostructured electrodes of electrochemical energy systems and sensors.

Proposer: Dr. Ashok Kumar Ganguli, Seconder: Dr. Arun Kumar Grover Ten Best Publications: 1. R. Kant*, 1993, Phys. Rev. Lett., 70, 4094-4097. (IF =7.943, CI= 40) 2. R. Kant*, 1997, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 3781-3787. (IF 3.377, CI=36) 3. R. Kant* and S. K. Rangarajan, 2003, J. Electroanal. Chem., 552, 141-151. (IF=2.871, CI=41) 4. R. Kant*, R. Kumar and V. K. Yadav, 2008, J. Phys. Chem. C (Lett.), 112, 4019-4023. (IF=4.835, CI=30) 5. R. Kumar and R. Kant*, 2009, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 19558-19567. (IF =4.835, CI=25) 6. S. Srivastav, R. Kant*, 2010, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 10066-10076. (IF =4.835, CI=19) 7. S. Dhillon and R. Kant*, 2013, Applied Surface Science, 282, 105-114. (IF=2.112, CI=15) 8. M. B. Singh and R. Kant*, 2014, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 5122-5133. (IF=4.835, CI= 8) 9. Parveen and R. Kant*, 2014, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 26599-26612. (IF= 4.835, CI=4) 10. J. Kaur and R. Kant*, 2015, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6, 2870-2874. (IF= 7.458, CI=4)

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SHARMA, YOGESH CHANDRA (b. 1963) Professor, Department Of Chemistry, IIT, BHU, Varanasi


Professor Sharma has done scholastic work in chemistry of Water Pollution Control that has tremendous theoretical as well as industrial applications. His work is well recognized by the international community. He has been on Editorial Boards of several reputed journals and has been reviewer of many international professional journals. His work on 'nano adsorbents' was highly recognized in academic fraternity and this work has high impact on water pollution control in particular and that on environment in general. He has synthesized many 'nano adsorbents' and has deciphered chemistry of water remediation. As these materials can be regenerated and reused many times, the cost of water treatment comes down drastically. His otherresearch interests are focused on Renewable Energy where he has done remarkable work on various aspects of 'biodiesel'. He has synthesized 'biodiesel' from several economically viable feedstock including non edible oils and waste frying oils. He has synthesized a number of heterogeneous catalysts also from waste materials. Professor Sharma has authored two important text books and has edited another two. He has contributed Ten 'chapters' in different books from international publishers. He has authored highly cited research and review articles in 'top rated' international professional journals. Because of his scholarly accomplishments, he has recently been admitted as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry(FRSC) in 2014. He is also conferred with the prestigious 'Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2016'. His SCOPUS h index is 36. He is a highly deserving candidate for the fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad.

Proposer: Prof. Sandeep Verma, Seconder: Prof. S.N. Upadhyay Ten Best Publications: 1. Sharma, Y.C.,Singh, B., Upadhyay,S.N., (2008). Advancements in development and characterization of biodiesel: A review Fuel,87,2355-2373 (IF=4.140 SCO=560 GS=868) 2. Y.C. Sharma, B. Singh, (2009). Development of biodiesel: Current scenario, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13, 1646-1651 (IF=7.896, SCO=225 GS=363) 3. Sharma, Y.C., Singh, B., Upadhyay, S.N., (2008) Development of biodiesel from karanja, a tree found in rural India, Fuel, 87, 1740-1742. (IF=4.140, SCO=126 GS=203) 4. Y.C. Sharma, B. Singh, J. Korstad, (2011) Latest developments on application of heterogeneous base catalysts for an efficient and ecofriendly synthesis of biodiesel: a review, Fuel, 90,1309-1324. (IF=4.140, SCO=130, GS=171) 5. Weng, C.H., Sharma, Y.C., Chu, S.H., (2008) Adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions by spent activated clay, Journal of Hazardous Materials,155, 65-75. (IF=5.277, SCO=129 GS=168) 6. Weng, C.H., Tsai, C.Z., Chu, S.H., Sharma, Y.C., 2007. Adsorption characteristics of copper(II) onto spent activated clay, Separation and Purification Technology, 54, 187-197. (IF=3.494, SCO=119, GS=147) 7. Sharma, Y.C., Srivastava, V., Singh, V.K., Kaul, S.N., Weng, C.H., (2009) Nano-adsorbents for the removal of metallic pollutants from water and wastewater, Environmental Technology, 30, 879-884. (IF=1.760, SCO=115, GS=156) 8. Sharma, Y.C., Uma, Upadhyay, S.N., (2009) Removal of a cationic dye from wastewaters by adsorption on activated carbon developed from coconut coir, Energy and Fuels, 23, 2983-2988. (IF=2.790, SCO=96, GS=134) 9. Y.C. Sharma, J. Korstad, B. Singh, (2011) Advancements in solid acid catalysts for synthesis of eco-friendly and economically viable synthesis of biodiesel, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 5, 69-92(2011). (IF=4.416, SCO=95, GS=133) 10. Ashish Birla, Bhskar Singh, Yogesh C. Sharma, Siddh N. Upadhyay (2012), Kinetics of synthesis of biodiesel from waste frying oil using a heterogeneous catalyst derived from snail shell, Bioresource Technology, 106, 95-100. (IF=5.744, SCO=106 GS=141)

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SINGH, KUNWAR PAL (b 1952), Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute Of Toxicology Research, Lucknow Member of the NASI: No (YON 2015, Chemical Sciences) Dr. Singh has made very significant scientific contributions through his original research work particularly addressing both the National as well International issues. He has carried out research in the areas of water management through developing water quality databases on most important river system in the country, required by the national agencies for developing appropriate strategies for their restoration and management; a unique database on levels of several pharmaceuticals in Indian water and wastewaters, and the developed novel materials for efficient decontamination of water/wastewater with particular reference to highly undesirable and toxic chemicals, an issue of both the national and international concerns, are impressive contributions. His work on POPs and PTSs, particularly developing source inventories, environmental levels, identifying hot-spots and data-gaps in India and Indian Ocean Region countries is highly significant for the timely management of these chemicals on global level. Dr. Singh has also made significant contributions towards advancement of knowledge in the globally emerging area of modeling. As evident from his research publications, Dr. Singh has developed several chemometric methods, as useful tools for data mining to infer meaningful information, identify major pollutants, their sources and quantitative contributions for their control. He has also developed several artificial intelligence based computational methods for predicting the properties and activities of structurally diverse industrial chemicals for their safety assessment and molecular designing to synthesize environmental-friendly safe chemicals. Significance of his research work is well evident from his research publications with high citations.

Proposer: Prof. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Seconder: Prof. Ashok Kumar Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. Kunwar P. Singh, Shikha Gupta, Anuj Kumar, Dinesh Mohan (2014) Multi-species QSAR modeling for predicting aquatic toxicity of diverse organic chemicals for regulatory toxicology, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 27, 741-753. (IF=4.190, CI=1) 2. Kunwar P. Singh, Shikha Gupta (2014) Nano-QSAR modeling for predicting biological activity of diverse nanomaterials, RSC Advances, 4, 13215-13230. (IF=3.708, CI=3) 3. Kunwar P. Singh, Shikha Gupta, Arun K. Singh, Sarita Sinha (2011) Optimizing adsorption of crystal violet from water by magnetic nanocomposite using response surface modeling approach, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 186, 1462-1473. (IF=4.331, CI=85) 4. Kunwar P. Singh, Nikita Basant, Shikha Gupta (2011) Support vector machines in water quality management. Analytica Chimica Acta, 703, 152-162. (IF=4.517, CI=32)

Published as Feature Cover Page article [Analytica Chimica Acta, 734, 106 (2012)]. 5. Kunwar P. Singh, Ankita Basant, Amrita Malik, Gunja Jain (2009), Artificial neural network modeling of river water quality - A case study, Ecological Modelling, 220, 888-895. (IF=2.326, CI=153) 6. Kunwar P. Singh, Amrita Malik, Sarita Sinha (2005), Water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources of Gomti river (India) using multivariate statistical methods - A case study, Analytica Chimica Acta, 538, 355-374. (IF=4.517, CI=337) 7. Kunwar P. Singh, Dinesh Mohan, Vinod K. Singh, Amrita Malik (2005) Studies on distribution and fractionation of heavy metals in Gomti river sediments- A tributary of the Ganges, India, Journal of Hydrology, 312, 14-27 (IF=2.693, CI=260) 8. Kunwar P. Singh, Amrita Malik, Dinesh Mohan, Sarita Sinha (2004) Multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation of spatial and temporal variations in water quality of Gomti river (India) - A case study. Water Research 38, 3980-3992. (IF=5.323, CI=521) 9. Kunwar P. Singh, Dinesh Mohan, Sarita Sinha, R. Dalwani (2004) Impact assessment of treated/untreated wastewater toxicants discharged by sewage treatment plants on health, agricultural, and environmental quality in the wastewater disposal area, Chemosphere, 55, 227-255 (IF=3.499, CI=266) 10. Dinesh Mohan, Kunwar P. Singh (2002) Single and multi-component adsorption of cadmium and zinc using activated carbon derived from bagasse – an agricultural waste. Water Research, 36, 2304-2318. (IF=5.323, CI=650)

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SINGHA, NIKHIL KUMAR (b 1965), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur

Member of the NASI : No (YON 2015, Chemical Sciences)

Dr. Singha has made significant contribution in teaching and in innovative research in polymer chemistry. His research contribution involves the preparation of tailor-made block copolymer, graft copolymer, electro-active polymers, bio-active polymers, specialty elastomers and polymer nanocomposites via controlled radical polymerizations (CRP). In this case tailor-made polymers bearing different functionalities, like furfuryl, adamantyl, peptide as well as alkenyl functionality were prepared by using transition metal catalysed CRP, known as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These functional polymers were modified using different ‘click reaction’ like Diels Alder reaction, thiol-ene reaction, alkyn-azide reaction. Tailor-made polymer clay nanocomposites were also prepared via in situ controlled radical polymerization. Tailor-made fluoropolymers, their block copolymers and the fluoropolymer/clay nanocomposites were prepared via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Importantly, these tailor-made fluoropolymers showed high water content angle (WCA) and low surface energy indicating their greater hydrophobicity. These polymers can be potential polymers for designing polymer & surface having good "lotus effect" i.e. self-cleaning property. The above-mentioned tailor-made polymers have been explored in the application of smart material, self-healing materials, self-cleaning materials, thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), thermo-reversible adhesives, high temperature resistant polymeric materials, conducting polymers, fire-retardant and oil resistant materials. Dr. Singha is an author of about 200 publications and his H-index is 23 and citation index is 1846. He has received several awards/fellowships, like Prof. M. Santappa award (2014) by Society of Polymer Science India, MRSI medal (2013), Fifth Polymer Foundation award (2012), Fulbright Fellowship (2013), Fellowship from DAAD (2011), Swiss Federal Institute (2009), Royal Society (2007).

Proposer : Dr. S. Sivaram, Seconder : Prof. Amit Basak Ten Best Publications : 1. Pramanik; N. Nando, G. B.; Singha, Nikhil K*, 2015, Self-healing polymeric gel via RAFT polymerization and Diels-Alder click chemistry, Polymer, DOI 10.1016/j. polymer. 2015.01.023 (in press), (IF= 4.22, CI= 1) 2. Mandal P., Choudhury S. and Singha, N. K.*, 2014, Acrylic ABA triblock copolymer bearing pendant reactive bicycloalkenyl functionality via ATRP and tuning its properties using thiol-ene chemistry, Polymer, 55, 5576-5583. (IF= 4.22, CI= 1) 3. Chakrabarty, Arindam; Singha, Nikhil K.*, 2013, Tailor-made polyfluoroacrylate and its block copolymer by RAFT polymerization in miniemulsion; improved hydrophobicity in the core–shell block copolymer, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 408, 66–74. (IF= 3.58, CI= 5) 4. Kavitha, A. and Singha, Nikhil K.*, 2010, Smart “All Acrylate” ABA Triblock Copolymer bearing Reactive Functionality via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP); Demonstration of a “Click Reaction” in Thermoreversible Property, Macromolecules, 43, 3193-3205. (IF= 5.93, CI= 44) 5. Kavitha, A. and Singha, Nikhil K.*, 2009, Tailor-made Poly (methyl acrylate) bearing Amantadine functionality (amino adamantyl) via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP); A precursor of Supramolecular crosslinked polymer, Macromolecules, 42, 5499-5508. (IF= 5.93, CI= 16) 6. Kavitha, A. and Singha, Nikhil K.*, 2009, Click Chemistry’ in Tailor-made Polymethacrylates Bearing Reactive Furfuryl Functionality; A New Class of Self-healing Polymeric Material, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 1, 1427-1436. (IF= 5.90, CI= 50) 7. Singha, Nikhil K.*, Kavitha, A., Sarker, P. and Rimmer, S., 2008, Copper Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization of a Substituted Vinyl Cyclopropane, Chemical Communications, 26, 3049-3051. (IF= 6.72, CI= 10) 8. Datta, H. and Singha*, Nikhil K., 2008, Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Hexyl Acrylate; Preparation of All-Acrylate Block Copolymer”, Journal Polymer Science; Part A. Polymer Chemistry, 46, 3499-3511. (IF= 3.54, CI= 10) 9. Kavitha, A. and Singha*, Nikhil K., 2008, High Temperature Resistant Poly(meth)acrylates bearing Adamantyl Group via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization, Journal Polymer Science; Part A. Polymer Chemistry, 46, 7101-7113. (IF= 3.54, CI= 17) 10. Kavitha, A. and Singha*, Nikhil K. , 2007, A Tailor-made Polymethacrylate bearing Reactive Diene in Reversible Diels-Alder Reaction, , Journal Polymer Science; Part A. Polymer Chemistry, 45, 4441-4449. (IF= 3.54, CI= 48)

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SUBRAMANYAN, VASUDEVAN (b 1965), Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi


Dr. S. Vasudevan is a Principal Scientist at CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards, fellowships and honors for his seminal contributions to research, innovation and education in water treatment, hydrogen generation, synthesis of inorganic oxidizers (fuel), waste management, electro-catalysis, magnesium batteries, materials electrochemistry and development of clean technologies. He has earned both his M.Sc and Ph.D in Electrochemistry from School of Chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi (India). Dr. Vasudevan has guided many Doctoral and Master Degree students. He has over 95 original research papers, 12 national and PCT patents, 7 book chapters to his credit with, h-index of 24 and has transferred technologies to different industries that had great societal values. He has delivered about 100 invited lectures, keynote address in India & abroad. He is among the first Indian authors who contributed to the WILEY’s prestigious ULLMANN’S Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (7th edition). He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Fellow of National Environmental Science Academy (FNESA) and Fellow of Academy of Sciences Chennai (FASC). He is recognized as a Chartered Chemists (CChem) by Royal Society of Chemistry. He is one of the Associate Editors and Editorial Board Member of many prestigious journals like Scientific Reports (Nature). He is a recipient of several honors and awards like MRSI Medal. He is visiting professor to many international universities like Akita University, Japan, King Saud University, Riyadh and University of Paris, France.

Proposer: Prof. A. K. Shukla , Seconder: Prof. Giridhar Madras Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Vasudevan, J. Lakshmi, J. Jayaraj, G. Sozhan (2009), Remediation of phosphate-contaminated water by electrocoagualtion with aluminium, aluminum alloy and mild steel anode. J. Hazard. Mater. 164 (2), 1480-1486 (if=4.836, ci=92) 2. S.Vasudevan and J.Lakshmi (2012), The Adsorption of Phosphate by Graphene from Aqueous Solution. RSC Advances 2 (12), 5234 - 5242 (if=3.289, ci=65) 3. S. Vasudevan, J. Lakshmi, G. Sozhan, (2011), Effects of alternating and direct current in electrocoagulation process on the removal of cadmium from water. J. Hazard. Mater. 192 (1), 26 – 34 (if=4.836, ci=57) 4. A. Priyadharshini, S. Vasudevan, Sergio Ferro, G. Rajagopal, Eco-friendly and facile integrated biological-cum-photo assisted electrooxidation process for degradation of textile wastewater, Water Research 93 (2016) 230-241 (if=5.991, ci=05) 5. S. Vasudevan, G. Sozhan, S. Ravichandran, J. Jayaraj, J. Lakshmi, S. Margrat Sheela (2008), Studies on the removal of phosphate from Drinking Water by Electrocoagulation Process. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 47 (6), 2018– 2023 (if=2.567, ci=56) 6. R. Balaji, B.Suresh Kannan, J. Lakshmi, S. Vasudevan, G. Sozhan, A. K. Shukla, S. Ravichandran (2009), An alternative approach to selective seawater oxidation for hydrogen production. Electrochemistry Communications 11 (8), 1700–1702 (if=4.569, ci=18) 7. D. Abirami, S. Vasudevan, Florence Epron, (2011), Nitrate reduction in water: Influence of the addition of a second metal on the performances of the Pd/CeO2 catalyst. J. Hazard. Mater 185 (2), 1412–1417 (if=4.836, ci=44) 8. R. Kamaraj and S. Vasudevan*, (2016), Facile one-pot electrosynthesis of Al(OH)3 - kinetics and equilibrium modeling for adsorption of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid from aqueous solution, New Journal of Chemistry 40, 2249 – 2258 (if=3.277, ci=02) 9. R. Venkatkarthick, D. J.Davidson, S. Ravichandran, S. Vengatesan, G. Sozhan, S. Vasudevan*, (2015), Catalysis Science and Technology 5, 5016 – 5022 (if=5.287, ci=02) 10. S. Ravichandran, R. Venkatkarthick, A. Sankari, S. Vasudevan, D Jonas Davidson, G. Sozhan, (2014), Platinum deposition on Nafion membrane by impregnation reduction using nonionic surfactant for water electrolysis - An alternate approach, Energy 68148 (if=4.292, ci=04)

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VINU, AJAYAN (b 1976), Distinguished Professor Of Nanomaterials, University Of South Australia, South Australia, Australia


One of Prof. Vinu’s seminal research contributions is the discovery of the first mesoporous carbon nitride (MCN) materials with tunable pore structures and textural parameters. He has introduced a general strategy for preparation of highly ordered MCN, having uniform pore size distribution using a nano hard-templating method (Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 1648; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 816). This is the first report of ordered MCN and has created a new field in porous materials research. One of the important features of these materials is that they have both inbuilt basic-sites in the form of NH2 or NH groups, semiconducting framework structure with ordered pores, which make them exciting candidates for the capture and conversion of CO2 molecules. Recently, Prof. Vinu has introduced “nanosize” approach to fabricate ultra-small MCN nanoparticles with very high nitrogen content. This was achieved by simply reducing the particle size of the template (Angew. Chem. 2009, 48, 7884). Prof. Vinu has also discovered the first nanoporous boron nitride (BN) and boron carbon nitride (BCN) with different carbon contents (Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5887) and porous BN bucky balls (Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 1026). These novel materials created a new field of research. His group has also developed a novel class of nanoporous carbon materials including carbon nanocage, and nanocoops (JACS 2008, 129, 11022; JACS 2008, 129, 11022). This research has led to 300 papers in high impact factor journals with more than 11,800 citations and an H-index of 57 and 19 patents.

Proposer: Prof. Avesh K. Tyagi, Seconder: Prof. J. S. Yadav Ten Best Publications: 1. J. Kim, C. Anand, S. N. Talapaneni, J. You, Salem S. Aldeyab, E. Kim and A. Vinu*, Catalytic Polymerization of Anthracene in a Recyclable SBA-15 Reactor with High Iron Content by a Friedel–Crafts Alkylation, Angew. Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 2859-2863 (IF=11.261, CI=13) 2. K.K.R. Datta, B.V. Subba Reddy, K. Ariga, A. Vinu*, Gold Nanoparticles Embedded in Nanoporous Carbon Nitride Stabilizer for Highly Efficient Three Component Coupling Reaction, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 2010, 49, 5961-5965 (IF=11.261, CI=181) 3. X. Jin, V.V. Balasubramanian, S.T Selvan, D.P. Sawant, M.A. Chari, G.Q. Lu, and A. Vinu*, Highly Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nitride Nanoparticles with a High Nitrogen Content: a Novel Metal-free Basic Catalyst, Angew. Chemie Intl. Ed. 2009, 48 (42) 7884-7887(IF=11.261, CI=170) 4. *S. Alam, C. Anand, K. Ariga, T. Mori, and A. Vinu*, Unusual Magnetic Properties of Size-Controlled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Grown in a Nanoporous Matrix with Tunable Pores, Angew. Chemie Inter. Ed. 2009, 48(40), 7358-7361 (IF=11.261, CI=40) 5. *Q. Ji, S.B. Yoon, J. Hill, A. Vinu, J.S. Yu, and K. Ariga, Layer-by-Layer Films of Dual-Pore Carbon Capsules with Designable Selectivity of Gas Adsorption, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009),131, 4220-4221 (IF=12.113, CI=98) 6. *K. Ariga, A. Vinu*, Q. Ji, O. Ohmori, J. Hill, S. Acharya, J. Koike, and S. Shiratori, A Layered Mesoporous Carbon Sensor Based on Nanopore-Filling Cooperative Adsorption in the Liquid Phase, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 7254-7257. (IF=11.261, CI=108) 7. *A. Vinu, Two dimensional Hexagonally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nitrides with Tunable Pore Diameter, Surface Area and Nitrogen Content, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 816-827 (IF=11.805, CI=203) 8. Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J.P. Hill, S. Acharya, A. Vinu, S.B. Yoon, JS. Yu, K. Sakamoto, and K. Ariga, Stimuli-free Auto-Modulated Materials Release from Mesoporous Nano-compartment Films, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2376-2377 (IF=12.113, CI=118) 9. K. Ariga, A. Vinu,* M. Miyahara, J.P. Hill, and T. Mori, One-Pot Separation of Tea Components through Selective Adsorption on Pore-Engineered Nanocarbon, Carbon Nanocage, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 11022-11023 (IF=12.113, CI=141) 10. *A. Vinu*, K. Ariga, T. Mori, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, , T. Nakanishi, and S. Hishita, Preparation and Characterization of Well Ordered Hexagonal Mesoporous Carbon Nitride, Adv. Mater., 2005, 17, 1648-1652 (IF=17.493, CI=312)

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AGRAWAL, VIJAY KUMAR (b 1957), Professor & Head, Department Of Chemistry, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, MP Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) The computer aided modeling vis-a-vis drug design using QSAR is a technique for the selection of potential and lead compounds and their synthesis as drugs. The nominee Prof. Vijay Kumar Agrawal is actively working in this field for around thirty years. This resulted into the publications, reviews as well as 168 Research papers in the journals of national and international repute. Based on such achievements Prof. Vijay Kumar Agrawal is significantly working in the field of drug designing for more than 30 years is considered as one of the outstanding scientist in this field. The most significant contribution of Prof. Vijay Kumar Agrawal is the introduction of a new graph theoretical descriptor named as Sadhana Index which has been cited in more than 168 scientific papers including book on cheminformatics by Todeschini. The index has attracted several scientists of the world who are using this index solving problems related to Nanotechnology. In addition to this, Prof. Vijay Kumar Agrawal has contributed a lot of improvements two more indices called Szeged index and Padmakar-Ivan index. For his work he delivered talks on the applications of Szeged index in many conferences. Two pioneer reviews on this and Padmakar-Ivan index are published. He has also published a review on topological estimation of Lipophilicity in that he has advocated a new method for estimation of Lipophilicity using topological indices in particular the Padmakar-Ivan index. This review is cited by several workers in this field.

Proposer: Prof. Girjesh Govil, Seconder: Prof. J. P. Mittal Ten Best Publications: 1. P.V. Khadikar, S. Karmarkar and Vijay K Agrawal (2001) A Novel PI index and its applications to QSPR/QSAR studies J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 41, 934-949 (IF=3.738, CI=200) 2. Vijay K. Agrawal, Padmakar V. Khadikar, (2001) QSAR Prediction of toxicity of nitrobenzenes. Bioorg Med. Chem., 9, 3035-3040 (IF=2.970, CI=87) 3. Padmakar V. Khadikar,Vijay K. Agrawal, Sneha Karmarkar (2002) Prediction of Lipophilicity of Polyacenes Using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 10, 3499-3507. (IF=2.970, CI=62) 4. Vijay K. Agrawal, Ravindra Srivastava and Padmakar V. Khadikar (2001) QSAR studies on some antimalarial sulfonamides Bioorg. Med.Chem., 9, 3287-3293 (IF=2.970, CI=48) 5. Vijay K. Agrawal, Bano, C.T. Supuran and Padmakar V. Khadikar (2004) QSAR study on carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides containing 8-quinoline-sulfonyl moieties, with topical activity as antiglaucoma agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 39, 593-600 (IF=3.946, CI=42) 6. Vijay K Agrawal, and Padmakar V Khadikar (2003) Modeling of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitory Activity of Sulfonamides Using Molecular Negentropy Bioorg. Med. Chem. Letters 13, 447-453 (IF=2.317, CI=32) 7. P.V. Khadikar, P.P. Kale, N.V. Deshpande, S. Karmarkar and V.K. Agrawal (2001) Novel PI indices of hexagonal chains, J. Math.Chem., 29, 143-150 (IF=1.145, CI=129) 8. Vijay K Agrawal, Jyoti Singh, Padmakar V. Khadikar and Claudiu T. Supuran (2006) QSAR Study on Topically Acting Sulfonamides Incorporating GABA Moieties: A Molecular Connectivity Approach Bioorg. Med. Chem. Letters. 16, 2044-2051 (IF=2.317, CI=29) 9. Jyoti Singh, Basheerulla Shaik, Shalini Singh, Vijay K. Agrawal, Padmakar V. Khadikar and Claudiu T. (2008) Supuran Comparative QSAR Study on Para-substituted Aromatic Sulphonamides as CAII Inhibitors: Information vs Topological (distance-based and connectivity) Indices, Chemical Biology Drug Design, 71, 244-259 (IF=2.485, CI=20) 10. Padmakar V Khadikar, Sneha Karmarkar and Vijay K Agrawal (2000) Relationships and relative correlation potential of the Wiener, Szeged, and PI indices. Nat. Acad. Sci. Letters, 23, 165-170 (IF=0.292, CI=52)

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BATCHU, VENKATESWARA RAO (b 1960), Chief Scientist, IICT, Hyderabad


Dr B V Rao has 116 publications in various journals and 11 patents to his credit. His contributions in basic research are very well cited and reviewed. His area of interest is design of novel approaches and their application in the synthesis of biologically active compounds, carbohydrate mimics, novel strategies in Chiron approach, asymmetric synthesis, process development , design and synthesis new chemical entities. His group synthesised several natural products and many natural product related structures. Recently his group involved in the synthesis of carbohydrate mimics (carbasugars and imino sugars) which are known for their glycosidase inhibition activity. He developed Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction and Ring closing metathesis (NHK-RCM) strategy and Tebbe mediated cascades reaction strategy for the synthesis of cyclitols such as gabisine family, carba nucleosides, pentenomycins etc. For the synthesis amino cyclitols and azasugars, he developed a common strategy for chiral amines by nucleophilic addition on sugar imines where choice of sugar imines and reaction conditions one can generate erythro and threo configuration of amino hydroxyl units . This strategy he also applied for the diversity oriented synthesis of pyrrolidine and piperidine based imino sugars. He also utilised this strategy for the synthesis chiral allylamines for synthesising diene precursor to carry out RCM for making amino cyclitols. 2,3 Wittig rearrangement strategy and acid catalysed amido cylisation protocol for synthesis of imino sugars are another noteworthy contributions . These are some of his important achievements. Recently interesting methodologies for iminosugas developed ( JOC,2016,1367, Organic letters 2017, in press)

Proposer: Dr. M. Lakshmi Kantham, Seconder: Dr. GVM Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2017, Palladium-Catalyzed Double Allylation of Sugar-Imines by Employing Tamaru−Kimura’s Protocol: Access to Unnatural Iminosugars; Organic Letters, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00441 (if=6.8) 2. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2017 DDQ mediated stereoselective intermolecular benzylic Csingle bondN bond formation: Synthesis of ..... cytoxazone and their analogues and immunological evaluation of their cytokine modulating activity; Tetrahedron, 73, 1473. (if=2.645) 3. B. V. Rao* 2016,DDQ-Promoted Benzylic/Allylic sp3 C−H Activation for the Stereoselective Intramolecular C−N Bond Formation: Synthesis of (−)-Codonopsinine,(+)-5-epi-Codonopsinine,(+)-Radicamine B, and (−)-Codonopsinol, J. Org. Chem., 81, 4, 1367–137 (if=4.78) 4. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2016 Influence of A1,3 Strain on the Stereochemical Outcome of Acid-Mediated Amido Cyclization in the synthesis of......,Eur. J. Org. Chem, 9, 1693–1701 (if=3.06) 5. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2016 Stereoselective approach for the synthesis os ......some pyrrolidine immunosugars, Synlett, 27, 2391. (if=2.33) 6. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2016 Synthesis of some carbahexopyranoses using Mn/CrCl3 mediated domino reactions and ring closing metathesis, Tetrahedron, 2016, 72, 15, 1838-1849. (if=2.635) 7. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2014 Oxazolidinone derivatives: Cytoxazone–Linezolid hybrids induces apoptosis and senescence in DU145 prostate cancer cells, Eur. J. Med. Chem, 2014, 80, 295-307 (if=3.45) 8. B. V. Rao* et.al. 2013 A divergent and stereoselective approach for the syntheses of some polyhydroxylated indolizindes and pyrrolizidines, Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2013, 1749-1757. (if=3.06) 9. B. V. Rao* et.al. 2008 Synthesis of 4a-carba-a-D-lyxofuranose from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-Lerythruronolactone via Tebbe-mediated cascade reaction, Chem. Comm., 3423–3425. (if=6.57) 10. B. V. Rao* et. al. 2007 A short and efficient and stereoselective total synthesis of pyrrolidine alkaloid: (-) Codonopsinine, J. Org. Chem, 72, 2224-2227. (if=4.78)

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BHATTACHARYYA, ANINDA JIBAN (b 1968), Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012


Dr. Bhattacharyya has made outstanding contributions in frontier areas of Experimental Physical and Materials Chemistry. His research mainly focuses on studies related to diverse electrochemical processes and specializes in the chemical design of novel and advanced multifunctional materials having very high relevance to energy, environmental and biological applications. Using various characterization tools (including facilities at synchrotron and neutron centres), he has also extensively probed the correlation between materials structure and property. Dr. Bhattacharyya’s path breaking research efforts have resulted in the development of several novel multifunctional electrolytes having great potential in rechargeable batteries, fuel cells and actuators. He has employed versatile electrolyte design strategies involving a wide range of materials spanning from small organic to macro molecules and organic-inorganic hybrids. His contributions towards the design of several novel inorganic (nanostructured) electrode materials for various rechargeable battery chemistries are immense. Dr. Bhattacharyya has also made original contributions in the field of solar photon harvesting (solar cells, photocatalysis, photoconductors), sensing, drug delivery via synthesis strategies typically exploiting the material(s) morphology and spatial assembly aimed at maximization of the yield of relevant electrochemical processes. He has convincingly demonstrated interesting confinement effects on the molecular function and charge transport at small lengthscales. His work on energy related materials have been well received in India and Abroad and have been published in various high impact factor journals and very well cited. Owing to high prospects for industrial applications and commercialization, he has also filed patents with regard to some of his works.

Proposer: Prof. S. Natarajan , Seconder: Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan Ten Best Publications: 1. Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*1st Author and Important Contributor) and Joachim Maier, 2004, “Second phase effects on the conductivity of non-aqueous salt solutions: soggy sand electrolytes”, Adv. Mater. (Wiley) 16, 811-814. (if=18.960 (2015), ci=148) 2. S. K. Das, S. Darmakolla and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2010, “High lithium storage in micrometer sized ... carbon”, J. Mater. Chem. (RSC) 20, 1600-1606. (if=6.626 (2013), ci=94) 3. S. Kapoor, R. Hegde and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2009, “Influence of surface chemistry of mesoporous alumina ..controlled drug release”, J. Control. Release (Elsevier) 140, 34-39. (if=7.441 (2015), ci=71) 4. K Shiva, HSSR Matte, H.B. Rajendra, Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), C.N.R. Rao, 2013, “Employing synergistic interactions between few-layer WS2..Li-ion batteries”, Nano Energy 2, 787-793. (if=11.553 (2015), ci=94) 5. M. Patel, K. G. Chandrappa, Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2008, “Increasing ionic conductivity...polymer”, Electrochim. Acta (Elsevier) 54, 209-215. (if=4.803 (2015), ci=54) 6. S. Kapoor and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2009, “Ultrasound-triggered controlled drug delivery and biosensing using silica nanotubes”, J. Phys. Chem. C (ACS) 113, 7155-7163. (if=4.509 (2015), ci=45) 7. M. Patel and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2008, “Plastic-polymer composite electrolytes: Novel soft matter electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries”, Electrochem. Comm. (Elsevier) 10, 1912-1915. (if=4.569 (2015), ci=47) 8. S. Das, S. J. Prathapa, P. V. Menezes, T. N. Guru Row and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2009, “Study of ion transport in lithium...cryo crystallography”, J. Phys. Chem. B (ACS) 113, 5025-5031. (if=3.187 (2015), ci=42) 9. S. K. Das, S. S. Mandal and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2011, “Ionic conductivity, mechanical strength and Li-ion battery performance of mono-..electrolytes”, Energy Environ. Sci. (RSC) 4, 1391-1399. (if=25.427 (2015), ci=38) 10. Sudeshna Sen, Rudresha B. Jayappa, Haijin Zhu, Maria Forsyth, Aninda J. Bhattacharyya* (*Principal Investigator and Corresponding Author), 2016, “A single cation or anion dendrimer-based liquid electrolyte”, Chem. Sci. (RSC) 7 (5), 3390-3398. (if=9.144 (2015), ci=5)

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CHANDRA, AMALENDU (b 1963), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Dr. Amalendu Chandra is nominated for the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India, for his fundamental contributions to our understanding of the equilibrium and dynamical behaviour of complex molecular liquids and ionic solutions in bulk, at interfaces and in confined environments and also of molecular clusters based on his theoretical and computational investigations. He has done seminal work on the (i) Structure and dynamics of hydrogen bonds and their relations to vibrational spectral diffusion in associated liquids, (ii) Molecular and collective dynamics and dielectric decrement of electrolyte solutions at high ion concentrations, (iii) Structure, dynamics and polarity of molecular liquids at solid-liquid and liquid-vapour interfaces and in confined environment, (iv) Behaviour of molecular solutions under extreme conditions, (v) Hydration and translocation of protonic defects in aqueous systems and (vi) Electron localization in molecular liquids and clusters. His work includes both development of theories based on modern statistical mechanical methods as well as applications of state-of-the-art simulation techniques. The work of Dr. Chandra has played an important role in understanding the behaviour of complex chemical systems and in analyzing various experimental results their structural, dielectric and dynamical properties. His work has received huge citation and an international recognition.

Proposer: Dr. Swapan K. Ghosh, Seconder: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Chandra (2000), “Static dielectric constant of aqueous electrolyte solutions: Is there any dynamic contribution?" J. Chem. Phys. 113, 903-05. (IF=3.16, CI=36) 2. A. Chandra (2000), “Effects of ion atmosphere on hydrogen-bond dynamics in aqueous electrolyte solutions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 768-71. (IF=7.94, CI=205) 3. S. Senapati and A. Chandra (2001), “Dielectric constant of water confined in nanocavity", J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 5106-09. (IF=3.6, CI=132) 4. S. Chowdhuri and A. Chandra (2001), “Molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous NaCl and KCl solutions: Effects of ion concentration on the single particle, pair and collective dynamical properties of ions and water molecules”, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 3732-41.(IF=3.16, CI=125) 5. A. Chandra and S. Chowdhuri (2002), “Pressure effects on the dynamics and hydrogen bond properties of aqueous electrolyte solutions: The role of ion screening", J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 6779. (IF=3.6, CI=44) 6. S. Chowdhuri and A. Chandra (2003), Hydration structure and diffusion of ions in supercooled water: Ion size effects, J.Chem. Phys. 118, 9719-25. (IF=3.16, CI=41) 7. A. Chandra, “Dynamical behavior of anion-water and water-water hydrogen bonds in aqueous electrolyte solutions: A molecular dynamics study, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 3899-3906 (2003). (IF=3.6, CI=65) 8. S. Chowdhuri and A. Chandra, (2006) Dynamics of halide ion-water hydrogen bonds in aqueous solutions: Dependence on ion size and temperature”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 9674-9680. (IF=3.6, CI=65) 9. A. Chandra, M. Tuckerman and D. Marx (2007), Connecting Solvation Shell Structure to Proton Transport Kinetics in Hydrogen Bonded Networks via Population Correlation Functions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 145901. (IF=7.94, CI=64) 10. B. S. Mallik, A. Semparithi and A. Chandra (2008), Vibrational spectral diffusion and hydrogen bond dynamics in heavy water from first principles. J. Phys. Chem. A 112, 5104. (IF=2.8, CI=42)

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DAS, PRASANTA KUMAR (b 1971), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata - 700032


Prasanta K Das has made important contributions in the interdisciplinary domain of Bio-Organic Chemistry in general and on elegant exploitations of novel amphiphile based supramolecular self-assemblies for use in biocatalysis & biomedicine in particular. His discoveries on task specific soft-nanocomposite as targeted drug carrier and tissue engineering scaffold have enriched the existing arsenals of biomaterials. His findings on structure-property relationships in gelation of amino acid-based amphiphiles are likely to find future exploitations. His pioneering work on ‘biocatalysis within organized assemblies’ are benchmark contributions. He demonstrated for the first time the importance of ‘space’ for modulating enzyme activity in membrane-mimetic systems. In brief, Prof. Das is exploring the wider horizon of supramolecular self-assemblies, which is opening up its new promises in the domain of biocatalysis to biomedicine.

Proposer: Prof. Debi Prasad Sarkar , Seconder: Prof. Prahlad C. Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. Sisir Debnath, Anshupriya Shome, Sounak Dutta, and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2008, Dipeptide Based Low-Molecular-Weight Efficient Organogelators and Its Application in Water Purification. Chem. Eur. J., 14, 6870-6881 (if= 5.771, ci=100) 2. Tanmoy Kar, Sisir Debnath, Dibyendu Das, Anshupriya Shome, and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2009, Organogelation and Hydrogelation of Low-Molecular-Weight Amphiphilic Dipeptides: pH-Responsiveness in Phase Selective Gelation and Dye Removal. Langmuir 25, 8 (if=3.993, ci=97) 3. Anshupriya Shome, Sisir Debnath, and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2008, Head Group Modulated pH-Responsive Hydrogel of Amino Acid- Based Amphiphiles: Entrapment and Release of Cytochrome c and Vitamin B12. (if=3.993, ci=93) 4. Debapratim Das, Antara Dasgupta, Sangita Roy, Rajendra Narayan Mitra, Sisir Debnath, and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2006, Water Gelation of an Amino Acid Based Amphiphile. Chem. Eur. J. 12, 5068-5074. (if=5.771, ci=88) 5. Debapratim Das, Sangita Roy, Rajendra Narayan Mitra, Antara Dasgupta, and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2005, Head group size or hydrophilicity of surfactant: the major regulator of lipase activity in cationic w/o microemulsions. Chem. Eur. J. 11, 4881-4889. (if=5.771, ci=59) 6. Sayanti Brahmachari, Dibyendu Das, Anshupriya Shome and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2011, Single-Walled Nanotube/Amphiphile Hybrids for Efficacious Protein Delivery: Rational Modification of Dispersing Agents. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 11243-11247. (if=11.709, ci=32) 7. Dibyendu Das and Prasanta Kumar Das*2009, Superior Activity of Structurally Deprived Enzyme-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids in Cationic Reverse Micelles. Langmuir 25, 4421-4428. (if=3.993, ci=56) 8. Krishnendu Das, Saheli Sarkar and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2016, Fluorescent Indicator Displacement Assay: Ultrasensitive Detection of Glutathione and Selective Cancer Cell Imaging. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 25691−25701. (if=7.145, ci=0) 9. Deep Mandal, Soumik Dinda, Pritam Choudhury and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2016, Solvent Induced Morphological Evolution of Cholesterol Based Glucose Tailored Amphiphiles: Transformation from Vesicles to Nanoribbons. Langmuir 32, 9780−9789. (if=3.993, ci=2) 10. Subhabrata Maiti, Krishnendu Das and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2013, Label-Free Fluorimetric Detection of Histone Using Quaternized Carbon Dot-DNA Nanobiohybrid. Chem. Commun. 49, 8851-8853. (if=6.567, ci=24)

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DASGUPTA, SWAGATA (b 1962), Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur


Swagata Dasgupta joined IIT Kharagpur in 1995 and initiated research in Protein Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry. Her pioneering work has been on polyphenols and their interactions with biomacromolecules that include understanding the effects on the fibrillation process in proteins and on the cataractous eye lens proteins. She has over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals with over 2100 citations (Source: Google Scholar). Her interdisciplinary research activities have led to several ongoing research collaborations with project funds amounting to over Rs 3.0 crores. Graduate students from her laboratory are well-placed both in India and abroad. Her contributions have been recognized by the award of the Bronze medal by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for 2016 and the Darshan Ranganathan Memorial Lecture Award of CRSI in 2013. She is currently on the Core committee (Early career research award and National PDF) Chemical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and is a former member of the Women Scientist Committee in Chemical Sciences, DST, Government of India (2008- 2012). She is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, India since 2014. Her teaching contributions include a video course in Biochemistry under the aegis of the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development has received overwhelming response worldwide by both students and educators. She has delivered popular lectures to young scholars and students and has been invited to inspire young women to science.

Proposer: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, Seconder: Prof. Amit Basak Ten Best Publications: 1. Maiti, T.K., Ghosh, K.S. and Dasgupta S. (2006) Interaction of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate With Human Serum Albumin: Fluorescence, Fourier Transform Infrared, Circular Dichroism, and Docking Studies Proteins 64, 355-362. (if=2.499, ci=100) 2. Ghosh, K.S., Maiti, T.K., Mandal A. and Dasgupta S. (2006) Copper complexes of (-)-Epicatechin gallate and (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate act as inhibitors of Ribonuclease A. FEBS Lett. 580, 4703-4708. (if=3.519) 3. Ghosh, K.S., Maiti, T.K., Debnath, J. and Dasgupta S. (2007) Inhibition of Ribonuclease A by polyphenols present in green tea. Proteins 69, 566-580. (if=2.499, ci=17) 4. Bera, R., Sahoo, B.K., Ghosh, K.S. and Dasgupta S. (2008) Studies on the interaction of isoxazolcurcumin with calf thymus DNA. Intl. J. Biol. Macromol. 42, 14-21. (if=3.096, ci=111) 5. Ghosh K.S., Sahoo B.K. Jana, D.and Dasgupta S. (2008) Studies on the interaction of copper complexes of (−)-epicatechin gallate and (−)-epigallocatechin gallate with calf thymus DNA. J. Inorg. Biochem., 102, 1711-1718. (if=3.444, ci=58) 6. Pandey, N.K., Ghosh, S., Dasgupta, S. (2010) Fibrillation in Human Serum Albumin is enhanced in the presence of Copper(II). J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 10228-10233. (if=3.187, ci=31) 7. Tripathy, D. R., Singha Roy, A., Dasgupta, S. (2011) Complex formation of rutin and quercetin with copper alters the mode of inhibition of Ribonuclease A. FEBS Lett. 585, 3270-3276. (if=3.519, ci=16) 8. Ghosh, S., Pandey, N.K., Bhattacharya, S.,Roy, A.,Dasgupta, S. (2012) Fibrillation of Hen Egg White Lysozyme triggers reduction of Copper(II) Intl. J. Biol. Macromol. 51, 1-6. (if=3.096, ci=15) 9. Bag, S., Sett, A., DasGupta, S., Dasgupta, S. (2016) Hydropathy: the controlling factor behind the inhibition of Aβ fibrillation by graphene oxide. RSC Adv., 6, 103242-103252. DOI: 10.1039/C6RA23570K (if=3.289) 10. Ghosh, P.; Patwari, J.; Dasgupta, S. (2017) Complexation with Human Serum Albumin facilitates sustained release of morin from polylactic-co-glycolic acid nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 1758-1770. (if=3.187)

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DASS, SAHAB (b 1957), Professor And Head, Dept. Of Chemistry, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra


Professor Sahab Dass has effectively used the principles of Inorganic Chemistry in addressing the problems that are relevant to health, environment and energy. He has made significant and sustained contributions over the last 30 years to environmental pollution and photoelectron catalysis to generate hydrogen using solar energy and water. Starting with an early work on the use of nuclear medicine in labelling anti-bodies and targeting tumour cells, he swiftly moved and got involved in research that focused on toxicological aspects of environment covering important areas that include (a) analysis and control of fluoride in ground water and soil, and its uptake by plants [Water, Air and Soil Pollution (2002)], removal of fluoride from water [Journal of Cleaner Production (2003)], (b) uptake of mercury, cadmium by plants, and (c) heavy metal based pollution of soil, and (d) Removal of aluminium from cookware [Environmental Geochemistry and Health (1997), with relevance to Alzheimer disease. Over the last 15 years, he has developed a strong research program with focus on the photo-electrochemical splitting of water. His group has been involved in developing substitutionally doped oxides [Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011)] and nanostructured bilayered films [International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2012)] to effectively use solar energy in generation of hydrogen through water splitting. To understand mechanisms of same, he has recently augmented his research activity with first-principles quantum mechanical calculations. This work is very timely today, and contributes to development of a clean and green fuel for addressing the growing demands of energy.

Proposer: Prof. Umesh V Waghmare, Seconder: Prof. Swapan K. Pati Ten Best Publications: 1. Yatendra S. Chaudhary, Anshul Agrawal, Rohit Shrivastav, Vibha R. Satsangi and S. Dass, 2004, A Study on the Photoelectrochemical Properties of Copper Oxide Thin Films, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 29: 131-134. (IF=2.930, CI=74) 2. Vibha R. Satsangi, Saroj Kumari, Aadesh P. Singh, Rohit Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, 2008, Nanostructured Hematite for Photoelectrochemical Generation of Hydrogen, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33: 312-318 (IF=2.930, CI=61) 3. Diwakar Chauhan, Vibha Rani Satsangi, Sahab Dass and Rohit Shrivastav, 2006, Preparation and characterization of nanostructured CuO thin films for photoelectrochemical splitting of water, Bull. Mater. Sci., 29: 709-716. (IF=0.870, CI=47) 4. Saroj Kumari, Chanakya Tripathi, Aadesh P. Singh, Diwakar Chauhan, Rohit Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, Vibha R. Satsangi, 2006, Characterization of Zn doped hematite thin films for photoelectrochemical splitting of water, Current Science, 91:1062-1064. (IF=0.833, CI=45) 5. Praveen Kumar, Poonam Sharma, Rohit Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, Vibha R. Satsangi, 2011, Electrodeposited zirconium-doped α-Fe2O3 thin film for photoelectrochemical water splitting, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 2777-2784. (IF=2.930, CI=42) 6. M. Agarwal, K. Rai, R. Shrivastav, S. Dass, 2003, Deflouridation of water using amended clay, Journal of Cleaner Production, 11: 439-444. (IF=3.590, CI=42) 7. Saroj Kumari, Aadesh P. Singh, Sonal, Dinesh Deva, Rohit Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, Vibha R. Satsangi, 2010, Spray pyrolytically deposited Nanoporous Ti4+ Doped Hematite Thin Films for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 35:3985–3990. (IF=2.930, CI=39) 8. Aadesh P. Singh, SarojKumari, R. Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, Vibha R. Satsangi, 2008, Iron doped Nanostructured TiO2 for Photoelectrochemical Generation of Hydrogen, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33:5363–5368. (IF=2.930, CI=38) 9. S. Mishra, V. Singh, S. Srivastava, R. Shrivastav, M. M. Srivastava, S. Dass, G.P. Satsangi & S. Prakash, 1995, Studies on plant uptake of trivalent & hexavalent chromium by Maize (Zea mays), Food & Chem. Toxicology, 33(5): 393–397. (IF=2.610, CI=32) 10. Monika Gupta, Vidhika Sharma, Jaya Shrivastava, Anjana Solanki, A.P. Singh, V.R. Satsangi, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav, 2009, Preparation and Characterization of Nanostructured ZnO Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water, Bull. Mater. Sci.,32: 23-30. (IF=0.870, CI=31)

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DATTA, ANINDYA (b 1970), Professor, Department Of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Professor Datta has been working in the area of excited state dynamics in molecules and materials, The major findings of his group are the effect of charged interfaces on the dynamics of excited state proton transfer process, which has been utilized by his group to understand the role of electrostatic interaction on proton mobility within the water nanochannels of nafion, especially at lower hydration level. This is likely to be a first step toward developing a molecular level description of proton conductivity of nafion. He is presently extending these studies to nafion polyaniline conjugates and other membranes like PEDOT/PSS conjugates. Another area where he has made some advances is the study of photoluminescence of silica, where he has demonstrated the existence of emissive trap states in which the trapping process is enhanced by the presence of acids. Presently, he is working on dye-silica nanoconjugates which have potential application as light harvesting antennae. He has also made significant contribution in fluorescence studies of novel organized assemblies like two dimensional lamellar aggregates of aerosol OT, which provide a unique environment for guest molecules and induce unusual dynamics in them. The major scientific contribution is thus the use of excited state dynamics to elucidate complex systems.

Proposer: Prof. J. P. Mittal, Seconder: Prof. D. K. Palit Ten Best Publications: 1. T.K. Mukherjee, P. Ahuja, A.L. Koner, A. Datta 2005 ESPT of 2-(2'-Pyridyl)benzimidazole at the Micelle-Water Interface: Selective Enhancement and Slow Dynamics with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12576 (IF=3.607, CI=27) 2. T.K. Mukherjee, A. Datta 2005 Excited- State Proton Transfer of 2-(2'-Pyridyl)benzimidazole in Microemulsions: Selective Enhancement and Slow Dynamics in Aerosol OT Reverse Micelles with an Aqueous Core J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18895 (IF=3.607, CI=32) 3. T.K. Mukherjee, A. Datta 2006 Regulation of the Extent and Dynamics of Excited-State Proton Transfer in 2-(2'-Pyridyl)benzimidazole in Nafion Membranes by Cation Exchange J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 2611 (IF=3.607, CI=16) 4. P.P. Mishra, S. Patel, A. Datta 2006 Effect of Increased Hydrophobicity on the Binding of Two Model Amphiphilic Chlorin Drugs for Photodynamic Therapy with Blood Plasma and Its Components J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 21238 (IF=3.607, CI=14) 5. S. Patel, A. Datta 2007 Steady state and time resolved fluorescence investigation of the specific binding of two chlorin derivatives with human serum albumin J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 10557 (IF=3.607, CI=44) 6. T.N. Burai, A. Datta 2009 Slow Solvation Dynamics in the Microheterogeneous Water Channels of Nafion Membranes J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 15901 (IF=3.607, CI=10) 7. S. Banerjee, A. Datta 2010 Photoluminescent Silica Nanotubes and Nanodisks Prepared by the Reverse Micelle Sol-Gel Method Langmuir 26, 2010 (IF=4.187, CI=19) 8. D. De, A. Datta 2011 Modulation of Ground- and Excited-State Dynamics of [2,2'-Bipyridyl]-3,3'-diol by Micelles J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 1032 (IF=3.607, CI=12) 9. E.S.S. Iyer, A. Datta 2011 Importance of Electrostatic Interactions in The Mobility of Cations in Nafion J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 8707(IF=3.607, CI=10) 10. S. Banerjee, S. Honkote, A. Datta 2012 Interaction of Surface Trap States and Defect Pair of Photoluminescent Silica Nanostructures with H2O2 and Solvents J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 1576 (IF=4.814, CI=9)

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GANGULY, BISHWAJIT (b 1966), Principal Scientist, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujarat


Dr. Ganguly has made important and interesting research contributions in the area of Computational Chemistry. His research interests span from crystal morphology to enzyme-drug interactions in close association with experimental studies. He has unraveled many intricate features governing the crystal morphology of alkali halides with impurities. This study further led towards the discovery of new habit modifier of rock-salt crystals. In the course of this work he also developed a promising inorganic hydrogel for which a patent application has been filed. The contributions made in designing organic superbases and their applications with new scaffolds are noteworthy and now are cited in books. He has contributed actively in molecular sensors and unraveled the mechanisms towards the aging and reactivation process of Acetylcholinesterase with drugs. His computational work has also guided the development of molecular materials and helped rationalized numerous experimental observations in the areas of organic and coordination chemistry.

Proposer: Dr. Amitava Das, Seconder: Dr. Sourav Pal Ten Best Publications: 1. D. A. Jose, D. K. Kumar, B. Ganguly and A. Das, 2004, Efficient and simple colorimetric fluoride ion sensor based on receptors having urea and thiourea binding sites, Org. Lett. 6, 3445 (if=6.364, ci=380) 2. D. A. Jose, A. Singh, A. Das and B. Ganguly, 2007, A density functional study towards the preferential binding of anions to urea and thiourea, Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 3695. (if=2.379, ci=62) 3. A. Singh, S. Chakraborty and B. Ganguly, 2007, Computational study of urea and its homologue glycinamide; Conformations, rotational barriers, and relative interactions with sodium chloride, , Langmuir, 23, 5406 (if=4.457 , ci=16) 4. Anik Sen and Bishwajit Ganguly, 2012, Is Dual Morphology of Rock-salt Crystals possible with a single additive? The answer is Barbituric acid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 11279 (if=11.26 , ci=3) 5. Rabindranath Lo, Ajeet Singh, Manoj K. Kesharwani and Bishwajit Ganguly, 2012, Rational Design on a new class of polycyclic organic bases bearing two superbasic sites and their applications in CO2 capture and activation process, Chem. Commun. 48, 586 (if=6.834 , ci=13) 6. Rabindranath Lo and Bishwajit Ganguly, 2011, First principle studies toward the design of a new class of carbene superbases involving intramolecular H….π interactions, Chem. Commun, 47, 7395 (if=6.834 , ci=12) 7. Debashis Sahu, Santu Dey, Tanmaya Pathak, Bishwajit Ganguly, 2014, Regioselectivity of Vinyl Sulfone Based 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions with Sugar Azides by Computational and Experimental Studies, Org. Lett., 16, 2100 (if=6.364 , ci=24) 8. A. Singh, M. K. Kesharwani and B. Ganguly, 2009, Influence of formamide on the crystal habit of LiF, NaCl, and KI: A DFT and aqueous solvent model study, Cryst. Growth Des., 9, 77 (if=4.891 , ci=17) 9. B. Ganguly, J. Chandrasekhar, F. A. Khan and G. Mehta, 1993, A simple computational model for predicting π-facial selectivity in reductions of sterically unbiased ketones: On the relative importance of electrostatic and orbital interactions, J. Org. (if=4.721 , ci=64) 10. D Amilan Jose, D Krishna Kumar, Bishwajit Ganguly, Amitava Das, 2005, Urea and thiourea based efficient colorimetric sensors for oxyanions, Tetrahedron letters 46 (32), 5343 (if=2.379 , ci=77)

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KALE, BHARAT BHANUDAS (b 1963), Director, Center for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Pune


Working at Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)as a Scientist, Dr.Kale developed optical fibre grade SiCl4, ultrafine electroceramic grade BaCO3/SrCO3, high surface area Mn3O4 and MOS grade acids and solvents. He has developed technology of cathode materials for lithium ion battery on a 500gm batch scale and also working in Li-air/Na-ion batteries. Recently, EU has banned use of Lead for electronic components and hence he has developed lead free light weight X-ray absorbing glass nanocomposites & Nano-coating for x-ray protecting medical aprons for medical Doctors. His most critical technological contribution is in the area of quantum dots, nanocomposite and nanostructured functional materials. Under an ISRO project, he has developed the technology for making optical glass filters for remote sensing camera used in the ISRO missions. He has also developed TiO2-glass nanocomposite showing second harmonic (SHG) properties. His most quoted contribution is in the area of materials for photocatalysis. He has developed hierarchically nanostructured photocatalyst for the first time & proved that it is possible to produce cheap hydrogen from H2S released to atmosphere by oil refineries using a stable photocatalyst under sun light. He developed a stable glass nanocomposite (with quantum dots in glass) based photocatalyst for hydrogen generation and presented this work in Bangalore Nano-2007 and received the best poster award. He has received most prestigious award i.e. MRSI Medal award from MRSI, Bangalore in 2010. His high impact publications/patents/projects show his credentials. I strongly recommend him for the award of Fellowship of NASI.

Proposer: Dr. Bijoy Kishore Das, Seconder: Dr. Anil Kumar Ten Best Publications: 1. B Pandit, DP Dubal, P Gómez-Romero, BB Kale, 2017, V2O5 encapsulated MWCNTs in 2D surface architecture: Complete solid-state bendable highly stabilized energy efficient supercapacitor device, Scientific Reports, 7, 43430 (if=5.23) 2. BB Kale, JO Baeg, SM Lee, H Chang, SJ Moon, CW Lee, 2006, CdIn2S4 Nanotubes and “Marigold” Nanostructures: A Visible‐Light Photocatalyst, Advanced Functional Materials, 16 (10), 1349-1354 (if=11.38, ci=237) 3. SK Apte, SN Garaje, GP Mane, AVinu, SD Naik, DP Amalnerkar, BB Kale, 2011, A Facile Template‐Free Approach for the Large‐Scale Solid‐Phase Synthesis of CdS Nanostructures and Their Excellent Photocatalytic Performance, Small, 7, 957-964 (if=8.32, ci=27) 4. AP Bhirud, SD Sathaye, RP Waichal, LK Nikam, BB Kale, 2012, An eco-friendly, highly stable and efficient nanostructured p-type N-doped ZnO photocatalyst for environmentally benign solar hydrogen production, Green Chemistry, 14 (10), 2790-2798 (if=8.02, ci=61) 5. SK Apte, SN Garaje, SD Naik, RP Waichal, BB Kale, 2013, Environmentally benign enhanced H 2 production from abundant copious waste H2S using size tuneable cubic bismuth (Bi 0) quantum dots–GeO2 glass photocatalyst under solar light, Green Chemistr (if=8.02, ci=7) 6. CB Park, SH Lee, E Subramanian, BB Kale, SM Lee, JO Baeg , 2008, Solar energy in production of L-glutamate through visible light active photocatalyst—redox enzyme coupled bioreactor, Chem. Commun, 5423–5425. (if=6.56, ci=16) 7. SK Apte, SN Garaje, SD Naik, RP Waichal, JO Baeg, BB Kale, 2014, Quantum confinement controlled solar hydrogen production from hydrogen sulfide using a highly stable CdS0.5 Se0.5/CdSe quantum dot–glass nanosystem, Nanoscale, 6 (2), 908-915 (if=7.78, ci=10) 8. NS Chaudhari, SS Warule, SA Dhanmane, MV Kulkarni, M Valant, B.B Kale, ,2013, Nanostructured N-doped TiO2 marigold flowers for an efficient solar hydrogen production from H2S, Nanoscale, 5 (19), 9383-9390 (if=7.78, ci=25) 9. VU Pandit, SS Arbuj, RR Hawaldar, PV Kshirsagar, UP Mulik, SW Gosavi, J Park, BB Kale 2015 In-situ Preparation of Novel Organo-Inorganic (6, 13-Pentacenequinone: TiO2) coupled Semiconductor Nanosystem: A new Visible Light active Photocatalyst for (if=8.25, ci=1) 10. TC. Jagadale, SP. Takale, RS. Sonawane, HM. Joshi, SI. Patil, BB. Kale, SB. Ogale , 2008 N:TiO2 nanoparticle based visible light photo-catalyst by modified peroxide sol-gel method, J. Physical Chem. C 112,14595-14802. (if=4.51, ci=294)

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KUMAR, GOPINATHA (b 1957), Chief Scientist,CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032


Dr. Kumar has made extensive spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies to reveal many novel features of the binding of several alkaloids, drugs and dyes (including some of their analogs) with nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) of different structures (e.g., single or double stranded; triple helical or quadruplex etc.) and different sequences, and model proteins (hemoglobin and lysozyme). In each case the details of the binding like binding parameters, thermodynamics, optimum conditions have been thoroughly characterized and recorded in numerous profusely cited publications in high impact journals. He unraveled the chemistry of the interactions of alkaloids like berberine, sanguinarine and their analogs, and dyes like methylene blue, quinacrine, phenosafranine to various polymorphic nucleic acid structures. Specifically, his studies have i) elucidated for the first time the base sequence specificity of binding of these small molecules, ii) discovered a new Hoogsteen base paired left handed double helical (HL-form) DNA structure, which was subsequently confirmed by others, iii) elucidated for the first time the detailed RNA binding aspects of these molecules to provide the fundamentals of RNA interaction, iv) demonstrated for the first time that planar alkaloids bind strongly to single-stranded polyadenylic acid inducing a unique and novel self-structure through adenine-adenine pairing and v) elucidated the binding to model proteins like serum albumin, hemoglobin, lysozyme providing structural and thermodynamic correlation of small molecule-nucleic acid and protein interactions. His work has advanced the fundamentals of binding that are very likely to open a new chapter on the use of these molecules as chemotherapeutic and anti-carcinogenic agents.

Proposer: Prof. Smriti Narayan Chatterjee, Seconder: Dr. A. Ajayaghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. Suresh Kumar, G, Musser, S. M, Cummings, J and Tomasz, M. (1996) 2, 7-diaminomitosene, a monofunctonal mitomycin C derivative alkylates DNA in the major groove. Structure and base sequence specificity of the DNA adduct and mechanism of alkylation, J. (if=13.038, ci=49) 2. Bhadra, K, Maiti, M and Suresh Kumar, G* (2007) Molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules: AT base pair specific intercalative binding of cytotoxic plant alkaloid palmatine. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1770, 1071-1080. (if=5.083, ci=101) 3. Sinha, R., Hossain, M and Suresh Kumar G* (2007) RNA targeting by DNA binding drugs: Structural, conformational and energetic aspects of the binding of quinacrine and DAPI to A-form and HL-form of poly(rC).poly(rG). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1770, 1636- (if=5.083, ci=36) 4. Islam, M. M, Roy Chowdhury, S and Suresh Kumar, G* (2009) Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of alkaloids berberine, palmatine and coralyne to double-stranded RNA polynucleotides. J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 1210-1224. (if=3.187, ci=112) 5. Sinha, R and Suresh Kumar, G* (2009) Interaction of isoquinoline alkaloids with an RNA triplex: Structural and thermodynamic studies of berberine, palmatine, and coralyne binding to poly(U).poly(A)*poly(U). J. Phys. Chem. B. 113, 13410-13420. (if=3.187, ci=72) 6. Saha, I, Hossain M and Suresh Kumar, G* (2010) Base pair specificity and energetics of binding of phenazinium molecules phenosafranine and safranine-O to deoxyribonucleic acids: A comparative study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 12, 12771-12779. (if=4.449, ci=26) 7. Saha, I, Hossain, M and Suresh Kumar, G* (2010) Sequence selective binding of phenazinium dyes, phenosafranin and safranin O to guanine-cytosine deoxyribopolynucleotides: Spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies. J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 15278-15287. (if=3.187, ci=33) 8. Bhadra, K and Suresh Kumar, G* (2011) Interaction of berberine, palmatine, coralyne and sanguinarine to quadruplex DNA: A comparative spectroscopic and calorimetric study. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1810, 485-496. (if=5.083, ci=91) 9. Bhaumik, D, Hossain, M, Buzzetti, F, D’Auria, R, Lombardi, P and Suresh Kumar, G* (2012) Biophysical studies on the effect of the 13 position substitution of the anticancer alkaloid berberine on Its DNA binding. J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 2314-2324. (if=3.187, ci=38) 10. Das, A and Suresh Kumar, G* (2013) Studies on the binding of -D-glucoside and daunomycin to single strandedaristololactam- polyribonucleotides. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1830, 4078-4718. (if=5.083, ci=18)

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MAL, DIPAKRANJAN (b 1952), Professor and Head, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) The nominee is an organic chemist of high caliber. He has contributed enormously in the field of organic synthesis of natural products with medicinal values. His research interests include natural products like angucycline antibiotics, anthracycline antibiotics, carbazole, indole alkaloids, furocoumarins and phthalides. His contributions in the field of angucyclines and thiophthalides have been widely acclaimed both nationally and internationally. His method of the benzannulations has found applications in the total synthesis of natural products, namely, olivin, pradimicin, benanomycin, kinamycin, prekinamycin, brasiliquinone, psoralen, coriandrin, chlorocyclinones and neotanshinlactones, calothrixin, etc. His group has completed more than 15 total syntheses, discovered 10 new reactions and synthesized several hundred new organic compounds. Adaptation of his methodologies by Tatsuta et al. and Hertweck et al. in the total synthesis of complex natural products is noteworthy. Investigations on anionic [4 +2] cycloaddition reactions during 2004-2013 to the field of heterocycles have culminated in a general and regiospecific synthesis of carbazoles. The methodology has been successfully used for the total synthesis of anticancer agent ellipticine, murrayaquinone and clausvetine D. This methodology is termed Mal Synthesis in the book: Organic Synthesis: State of the Art 2009 – 2011 by Douglass F. Taber. His research is cited in 29 different books, including many text books. It has also been a part of the lecture notes of the advanced course offered by Prof. A. G. Myers of the Harvard University.

Proposer: Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. Mal, D.; Hazra, N.K.; Roy, H.N.; Adhikary, S. (1997) A rapid access to hydroxylated benzo[a]anthraquinones: hypervalent iodine oxidation of β-naphthols. Tetrahedron 53, 2177– 2184. (IF=2.8, CI=39) 2. Mal, D.; Roy, H. N. (1999) A concise total synthesis of brasiliquinones B & C and 3-deoxyrabelomycin, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 3167–3171. (IF=3.6, CI=28) 3. Mal, D.; Bandhopadhay, M.; Ghorai, S. K.; Datta, K. (2000) Total synthesis of coriandrin and 7-demethylcoriandrin via a new isocoumarins synthesis, Tetrahedron Lett. 41, 3677–3680. (if=2.4, ci=25) 4. Patra, A.; Bandyopadhaya, M.; Mal, D. (2003) Mo(CO)6-Promoted facile deoxygenation of α,β-epoxy ketones and α,β-epoxy esters, Tetrahedron Lett. 44, 2355–2357. (IF=2.4, CI=20) 5. Pal, S. Mal, D. Singh, R.P. (2005) Cationic starch: an effective flocculating agent, Carbohydrate Polymers, 59, 417–423. (IF=3.5, CI=96) 6. Mal, D. Patra, A.; Roy, H. (2004) Convergent and rapid assembly of benzonaphthopyranone cores of chartreusin, chrymutasins and hayumicins, Tetrahedron Lett. 45, 5109–5112. (IF=2.4, CI=16) 7. Mal, D.; Senapati, B.; Pahari, P. (2007) Anionic [4+2] cycloaddition strategy in the regiospecific synthesis of carbazoles: formal synthesis of ellipticine and murrayaquinone A, Tetrahedron 63, 3768– 3781. (IF=2.8, CI=27) 8. Mal, D.; De, S. R. (2009) Total synthesis of euplectin, a natural product with a chromone fused indenone, Org. Lett. 11, 4398– 4401.(IF=6.1, CI=12) 9. Jana, A.; Mal D. (2010) A rapid entry to C-prenylcarbazoles: total synthesis of clausamines C-D, clausevatine D, and clausine F, Chem. Commun. 46, 4411–4413. (IF=6.4, CI=16) 10. Mal, D.; Jana, A. K.; Mitra, P.; Ghosh, K. (2011), Benzannulation for the Regiodefined Synthesis of 2-Alkyl/Aryl-1-naphthols: Total Synthesis of Arnottin I, J. Org. Chem. 76, 3392–3398. (IF=4.6, CI=16)

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MANGALAMPALLI, RAVIKANTH (b 1966), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai


Dr. Ravikanth’s group contributed extensively to the chemistry of core-modified porphyrins and developed various strategies to synthesize functionlized core-modified porphyrins, core-modified phlorins, β- and meso- substituted core-modified porphyrins and several types of unsymmetrical porphyrin arrays such as porphyrin dyads, triads, tetrads, pentads, hexads including photonic wires containing one or more core-modified porphyrins as constituted elements. His group also involved in the synthesis of new expanded porphyrhyrin macrocycles, non-metal complexes of corroles, metal complexes of core-modified porphyrins and several new functionalized boron-dipyrromethene dyes (BODIPYs) for sensing applications. Some of the important contributions are briefly outlined below: Functionalized core-modified porphyrins, covalently and non-covalently linked porphyrin arrays: Ravikanth’s group developed simple synthetic strategies to synthesize mono-, di-, tri- and tetra- functionalized core-modified porphyrins (JOC-2004, 69, 6796; EJOC-2007, 1168). The functionalized porphyrin building blocks were used to construct several types of covalent and non-covalent multiporphyrin arrays (Chem. Commun-2006, JOC-2008, Chem. Eur. J (CEJ)-2009, IC-2010, IC-2011, CEJ-2012, CEJ-2014,). The developed chemistry in this lab was periodically reviewed (Co-ord. Chem. Rev. (CCR)-2006, CCR-2011, CCR-2012, Chem. Rev 2017, 117, 3254). Metal complexes: First Re(I) complexes of core-modified porphyrins (IC-2012, IC-2014, IC-2015), first examples of highly fluorescent P(V) complexes of corroles (CEJ-2012), new core-modified corroles (Org. Lett.-2013), first examples of BF2-complexes of smaragdyrins were synthesized and used for various applications (JOC-2011, Acc. Chem. Res.2012, CEJ-2015, CEJ-2016, Chem. Rev 2017, 117, 3329). BODIPYs: Several new functionalized BODIPY dyes are prepared to construct several BODIPY based assemblies (JOC-2011, 8466; JOC-2011, 7263; JOC-2012, Tetrahedron 2017).

Proposer: Prof. H. B. Singh, Seconder: Dr. V. K. Jain Ten Best Publications: 1. Rao, M.R., Mobin, S.M., Ravikanth, M. 2010, Boron-dipyrromethene based specific chemodosimeter for fluoride ion, Tetrahedron, 66 (9), pp. 1728-1734. (if=2.64, ci=72) 2. Madhu, S., Rao, M.R., Shaikh, M.S., Ravikanth, M. 2011, 3,5-diformylboron dipyrromethenes as fluorescent pH sensors, Inorganic Chemistry, 50 (10), pp. 4392-4400. (if=4.82, ci=54) 3. Madhu, S.; Ravikanth, M. 2014, Boron-dipyrromethene based reversible and reusable selective chemosensor for fluoride detection, Inorganic Chemistry 51 (7), pp. 4285-429. (if=4.82, ci=51) 4. Lakshmi, V., Ravikanth, M. 2011, Synthesis of sterically crowded polyarylated boron-dipyrromethenes, Journal of Organic Chemistry 76 (20), pp. 8466-8471. (if=4.78, ci=47) 5. Gupta, I., Ravikanth, M. 2004, One-flask synthesis ---- synthesis of covalent and noncovalent unsymmetrical porphyrin arrays, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 69 (20), pp. 6796-6811. (if=4.78, ci=44) 6. Madhu, S., Gonnade, R., Ravikanth, M. 2013, Synthesis of 3,5-bis (acrylaldehyde) boron-dipyrromethene and application in detection of cysteine and homocysteine in living cells, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78 (10), pp. 5056-5060. (if=4.78, ci=42) 7. Shetti, V.S., Ravikanth, M. 2010, Synthesis of triazole-bridged unsymmetrical porphyrin dyads and porphyrin-ferrocene conjugates, European Journal of Organic Chemistry (3), pp. 494-508. (if=3.06, ci=42) 8. Rajeswara Rao, M., Ravikanth, M. 2011, Boron complexes of oxasmaragdyrin, a core-modified expanded porphyrin, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76 (9), pp. 3582-3587. (if=4.78, ci=41) 9. Punidha, S., Sinha, J., Kumar, A., Ravikanth, M. 2008, First triazole-bridged unsymmetrical porphyrin dyad via click chemistry, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73 (1), pp. 323-326. (if=4.78, ci=41) 10. Rao, M.R., Bolligarla, R., Butcher, R.J., Ravikanth, M. 2010, Hexa boron-dipyrromethene cyclotriphosphazenes: Synthesis, crystal structure, and photophysical properties, Inorganic Chemistry, 49 (22), pp. 10606-10616. (if=4.82, ci=35)

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MURUGAVEL, RAMASWAMY (b 1964), Institute Chair Professor, IIT Bombay, Mumbai


Murugavel has made significant contributions to inorganic and materials chemistry by synthesizing soluble models for silicate and phosphate materials, realizing designer zeolites, and unraveling coordination behavior of heavier s-block elements. He has reported the only organic soluble silicophosphonate in the literature and also developed thermally unstable precursors for ceramic phosphates. The reports on benzene tetracarboxylates and systematic studies on group 2 amino/ mercaptobenzoates by Murugavel were the first publications involving these systems in the literature (Inorg. Chem. (a) 2000, 39, 1381; (b) 2001, 40, 6870; Dalton Trans. 2002, 34). The work on the use of hydrolytically and thermally unstable phosphate molecular precursors, developed for the low temperature synthesis of fine particle metal phosphate and silicate materials (Inorg. Chem. (a) 2001, 40, 427; (b) 2002, 41, 6404; (c) 2004, 43, 7585; (d) 2005, 44, 6314) has been well received in the literature with a combined citation of more than 200 in the last five years. The very recent work on the use of metal-monoaryl phosphate systems in building designer zeolites through covalent and non-covalent approaches has been recognized as a major contribution to chemistry of porous materials (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5536 & 2006, 45, 7022; Chem. Euro. J. 2008, 14, 3869 & 2010, 16, 994, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7686; 2008, 47, 6028; 2009, 48, 646; 2009, 48, 183; 2010, 49, 2153; 2014, in press; Chem. Asian. J. 2009, 4, 143; Chem. Commun. 2007, 1257).

Proposer: Prof. H B Singh, Seconder: Prof. V K Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. R. Murugavel*, D. Krishnamurthy, and M. Sathiyendiran, Anionic Metal-Organic and Cationic Organic Layer Alternation in the Coordination Polymers [M(BTEC)(OH2)4]n.n(C4H12N2).-4nH2O, DaltonTrans. 2002, 34-39. (if=4.1, ci=98) 2. R. Murugavel*, V. V. Karambelkar, G. Anantharaman, and M. G. Walawalkar. Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, and Structural Studies on 2-Aminobenzoate Complexes of Divalent Alkaline Earth Metal Ions:, Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 1381-1390. (if=4.820, ci=98) 3. G. Prabusankar and R. Murugavel *, Hexameric Organotin Carboxylates with Cyclic and Drum Structures, Organometallics 2004, 23, 5644-5647. (if=4.256, ci=96) 4. R. Murugavel*, M. Sathiyendiran, and M.G. Walawalkar, Di-tert-butylphosphate Complexes of Co(II) and Zn(II) as Precursors for Ceramic M(PO3)2 and M2P2O7 Materials: Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 427-434, (if=4.820, ci=77) 5. . R. Murugavel*, and S. Shanmugan, Seeking tetrameric transition metal phosphonate with a D4R core and Organising it into a 3-D supramolecular assembly, Chem. Commun. 2007, 1257-1259 (if=6.567, ci=65) 6. R. Murugavel*, S. Kuppuswamy, R. Boomishankar, and A. Steiner, Hierarchical Structures Built from a Molecular Zinc Phosphate Core, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5536-5540 (if=11.709, ci=60) 7. R. Murugavel*, and S. Kuppuswamy, Octameric and decameric aluminophosphates Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7022-7026 (if=11.709, ci=44) 8. S. K. Gupta, A. Ch. Kalita, A. A. Dar, S. Sen, G. N. Patwari*, and R. Murugavel*, Elusive Double-Eight-Ring Secondary Building Unit, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 59-62 (if=13.038, ci=--new paper--) 9. S. K. Gupta, T. Rajeshkumar, G. Rajaraman, and R. Murugavel, An Air-Stable Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet with High Anisotropy Barrier and Blocking Temperature, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 5181-5191. (if=9.144, ci=20 (in 8 months)) 10. R. Murugavel*, K. Baheti and G. Anantharaman, Reactions of 2-Mercaptobenzoic acid with Divalent Alkaline Earth Metal Ions: Synthesis, Spectral Studies, and Single Crystal X-ray Structures, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6870-6878 (if=4.820, ci=85)

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NAYAK, SANDIP KUMAR (b 1959), Scientific Officer (H+), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Dr. Sandip Kumar Nayak has contributed enormously in the development of various calix[4]arene based ionophores for our departmental programme on selective extraction of cesium from radioactive nuclear waste. Cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) is a highly potent molecular host in modulating the photo physical properties of various cationic dyes through encapsulation. However, it is highly expensive, as its synthesis is cumbersome and low yielding. To cater the need of larger amount of CB[7] for our Dye Laser programme, Dr. Nayak has worked single handedly to optimize the protocol for large scale synthesis of CB[7]. Beside this, he is involved in the synthesis of various bio-active compounds. In view of his commendable contribution in the application oriented research in organic synthesis I strongly recommend his candidature for the coveted fellowship.

Proposer : Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay, Seconder : Prof. Swapan Kumar Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. Gupta, M.; Maity, D.K.; Nayak, S.K. and Ray, A.K. (2015) Modulation of photophysics and photostability of cationic coumarin1 dye upon inclusion with macrocyclic host cucurbit[7]uril” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 300, 15-21.(IF=2.475) 2. Garg, K.; Majumdar, C.; Nayak, S.K.; Aswal, D.K.; Gupta, S.K.; Chattopadhyay (2015) “Silicon-pyrenes/perylene hybrids as molecular rectifiers” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 1981. (IF=4.198) 3. Mandal, S.; Nayak, S.K.; Mallampalli, Sivaramakrishna; Patra, A. (2014) Surfactant Assisted Porphyrin Based Hierarchical Nano/Micro Assemblies and Their Efficient Photocatalytic Behaviour. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6, 130-136. (IF=5.90) 4. Rawat, N.; Kar, A.; Bhattacharyya, A.; Rao, A.; Nayak, S. K.; Nayak, C.; Bhattacharyya, D.; Jha, S. N.; Tomar, B. (2015) "Complexation of Eu(III) with Cucurbit[n]uril, n = 5 and 7: A Thermodynamic and Structural Study" Dalton Trans. 44, 4246-4258.(IF=4.097) 5. Kundu, K.; Tyagi, M.; Patro, B.S.; Chattopadhyay, S. and Nayak, S.K. (2014) “Synthesis and Bioevaluation of Some Phenolic Diarylpropanes as Anti-cancer Agents” Organic Communications, 7, 85-97. 6. Garg, K.; Nayak, S. K.; Aswal, D. K.; Chattopadhyay, S. (2013) “Room temperature ammonia sensor based on jaw like bis-porphyrin molecules” Organic Electronics, 14, 1189-1196.B. (IF=3.676) 7. Zwanenburg, B.; Nayak, S.K.; Charnikhova, T.V.; Bouwmeester, H. J. (2013) “New strigolactone mimics: Structure–activity relationship and mode of action as germinating stimulants for parasitic weeds” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 23, 5182-5186. (IF=2.331) 8. Mandal, S.; Rahaman, M.; Sadhu, S.; Nayak, S. K. Patra, A. (2013) “Fluorescence switching of Quantum dot in Quantum Dot-Porphyrin-Cucurbit[7]uril Assemblies” J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 3069−3077. (IF=4.835) 9. Raut, D. R.; Mohapatra, P. K.; Choudhary, M. K.; Nayak, S. K. (2013) “Evaluation of two calix-crown-6 ligands for the recovery of radio cesium from nuclear waste solutions: Solvent extraction and liquid membrane studies” J. Memb. Sci., 2013, 429, 197-205.(IF=4.908) 10. Monolayers Grafted on Silicon” RSC Adv. (accepted).Garg, K.; Majumdar, C.; Nayak, S. K.; Aswal, D. K.; Gupta, S. K.; Chattopadhyay, (2015) "Stable Negative Differential Resistance in Porphyrin Based (IF=3.708)

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PILLAI, VIJAYAMOHANAN KUNJUKRISHNA (b 1960), Director and Outstanding Scientist Of CSIR; CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi


During the last two decades, Prof. Vijayamohanan has made many significant contributions in the filed of Energy Materials and Devices - dealing with innovative shape-dependent electroctalysts as well as nanocomposite electrolytes for Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, novel cathodes for rechargeable Li-ion batteries like reusable self-assembled mono/multi layers, conducting polymer based unique organo-inorganic hybrid materials for supercapactiors, engineered carbon based electrodes for high-efficiency Zinc-bronmine redox flow batteries, nanowires of cobalt oxide and unique core-shell hybrids for water electrolysis and finally few hybrid materials for enhancing the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells. The article on "Self-assembled Monolayers as tunable platforms for Biosensor Applications" by the nominee in Biosensors and Bioelectronics has been cited 625 times illustrating its usefulness. The recent path-breaking increase in the performance of hybrids using Nafion and sulfonic acid functionalized carbon nanotubes on one hand and polybenzimidine and phosphonate functionalized carbon nanotubes on the other demonstrates remarkable utility as fuel cell electrolyte. In addition to the above fundamental contributions, the nominee was also associated with many Industrial Research and Development activities during the last two decades ranging from simple consultancy programs from BEL and Exide to improve their batteries to few sponsored projects to improve the energy efficiency. While working at NCL the nominee was also instrumental in initiating the multi-institutional NMITLI program (NPL, NCL and CECRI) on polymer electrolyte fuel cells which has culminated in setting up of a 3 kW integrated Fuel cell system at the Reliance Refinary Site (Patalganga) in a ppp mode.

Proposer: Prof. K T Jacob, Seconder: Dr. V. Subramanian Ten Best Publications: 1. Robin John, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Lili Liu, Feng Ding, Zhiping Xu, CherianathVijayan, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Thalappil Pradeep, 2014, Sequential Electrochemical Unzipping of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Graphene Ribbons Revealed by in situ Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging, , ACS Nano, 8, 234 – 242 (IF=12.881, CI=16) 2. Dhanraj B. Shinde and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, 2013, Electrochemical Resolution of Multiple Redox Events for Graphene Quantum Dots, AngewChem.Int. Ed, 52, 2482–2485 (IF=11.261, CI=26) 3. Dhanraj B. Shinde, Joyashish Debgupta, Ajay Kushwaha, Mohammed Aslam, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, 2011, Electrochemical Unzipping of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Facile Synthesis of High-Quality Graphene Nanoribbons, J. Am. Chem.Soc. 133, 4168-71 (IF=12.113, CI=99) 4. Bhaskar R. Sathe,a Beena K. Balan and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, 2011, Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of interconnected Rh nano-chains towards formic Acid oxidation, Energy & Environmental science 4, 1029-1036 (IF=20.523, CI=14) 5. Mahima Subhramannia and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, 2009, Shape dependant electrocatalytic activity of Platinum nanostructures, J. Materials Chemistry,18, 5858-5870 (IF=7.443, CI=150) 6. Bhalchandra Kakade, Rutvik Mehta, Apurva Durge and Vijayamohanan Pillai, 2008, Electric Field Induced Switching of Superhydrophobic to Superhydrophilic Surfaces in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube papers, , Nanoletters 8, 2693 (IF=13.592, CI=82) 7. Ramaiyan Kannan, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, 2008, Polymer electrolyte fuel cells with Nafion-based composite Membranes with functionalized carbon nanotubes, , Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 2653-56 (IF=11.261, CI=143) 8. Niranjan, S.R., I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, 2005, A room temperature nitric oxide sensor actualized from Ru doped tin oxide nanowires, , Sensors and Actuators B, 107, 708-715 (IF=4.097, CI=165) 9. Renjis T. Tom, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Navinder Singh, M. Aslam, C.L. Nagendra, Reji Philip, K. Vijayamohanan and T. Pradeep, 2003, Freely Dispersible Au@TiO2, Au@ZrO2, Ag@TiO2 and Ag@ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticles: one step synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy and optical limiting properties, Langmuir 19, 3439-3445 (IF=4.457, CI=252) 10. K. Vijayamohanan and Nirmalya K. Chaki, 2002, Self-assembled monolayers as a tunable platform for biosensor applications Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 17, 1-12 (IF=6.409, CI=625)

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SINGH, ANAND PAL (b 1953), Emeritus Scientist and CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune


Micelle-Templated Siliceous, non-Silicieous mesoporous and organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials are important in many fields of materials reaserach, especially for hosting catalysts in confined space. Among this class, the recent discovery of periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) represent an exciting new group of organic-inorganic nano-composite targated for a broad range of applications ranging from catalysis to microelectronics. Thus, Vanadium and Chromium containing ethane-silica hybrid mesoporous silsesquioxane with uniform hexagonal arrangement were prepared using C18-alkyltrimethyl ammonium surfactants under basic conditions (A.P Singh et al. Micro & Meso. Mater. 2006, 94, 127; 2007, 99, 334). Further, heterogenized organocatalysts like Mn(III) based binaphthyl Schiff-base complex, Chiral Vanadium-Indanol complex, phosphine free SBA-15-EDTA-Pd highly active recyclable catalyst, Mo(VI)O2@SBA-15, Ru and Fe complex of diamine were synthesized by the covalent anchoring over modified mesoporous surfaces of SBA-15, MCM-41 and PMO (A. P Singh et al. Micro & Meso. Mater., 2013, 170, 331; Appl. Cat. A: Gen., 2012, 439, 101; RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 14073; J. Mol. Cat., 2005, 241,79). In addition, non-siliceous mesoporous Zirconia (Zr-TMS) was also synthesized and organofunctionalized by trifluoromethane sulfonic acid, benzyl sulfonic acid and organosilanol sulfonic acid for various acid catalysed reactions (A. P. Singh et al. J. Cat., 2003, 220, 442; Catalysis Today, 2004, 97, 233). The notable achievements of the nominee are the development of solid recyclable catalyst for the chlorination of toluene to para-chloro toluene and isomerization of orthodichlorobenzene to meta-dichlorobenzene. The technology award was given by the NCL Research Foundation to the development of catalyst for the isomerization of ODCB to MDCB.

Proposer: Dr. Sourav Pal, Seconder: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Tripathi Ten Best Publications: 1. M. Chidambaram, D. Curulla Ferre, A. P. Singh and B.G. Anderson; 2003; Synthesis and characterization of triflic acid-functionalized mesoporous Zr-TMS catalysts: Heterogenization of CF3SO3H over Zr-TMS and its catalytic activity; J. Cat.; 220; 442 (IF=6.921, CI=38) 2. S. Shylesh, S. Sharma, S.P. Mirajkar and A.P. Singh; 2004; Silica functionalised sulphonic acid groups: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity in acetalization and acetylation reactions; J. Mol. Cat. A: Gen.; 212; 219 (IF=3.615, CI=102) 3. S. Shylesh and A.P. Singh; 2004; Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of vanadium –incorporated, -grafted and –immobilized mesoporous MCM-41 in the oxidation of aromatics; J. Cat.; 228; 333. (IF=6.921, CI=92) 4. C. Venkatesan and A. P. Singh; 2004; Synthesis and characterization of carbometallated palladacycles over 3-hydroxypropyltriethoxysilyl-functionalized MCM-41; J. Cat.; 227; 148. (IF=6.921, CI=34) 5. S. Shylesh and A. P. Singh; 2005; Vanadium containing ordered mesoporous silicates: Does the silica source really affect the catalytic activity, structural stability and nature of vanadium sites in V-MCM-41; J. Cat.; 233; 359. (IF=6.921 , CI=52) 6. R.K. Jha, S. Shylesh, S.S. Bhoware and A.P. Singh; 2006; Oxidation of ethyl benzene and diphenyl methane over ordered mesoporous M-MCM-41 (M= Ti, V, Cr): Synthesis, characterization and structural activity correlations; Micropor. And Mesopore. Mater.; 95; 154. (IF=3.453 , CI=51) 7. S. Selvakumar, M. Chidambaram and A.P. Singh; 2007; Benzylsulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous Zr-TMS catalysts: An efficient and recyclable catalyst for the preparation of coumarin derivatives by Pechmann condensation reaction; Cat. Commun.; 8; 77.(IF=3.699 , CI=41) 8. S. Shylesh, Prinson P. Samuel, Ch. Srilakshmi, Renu Parischa and A.P. Singh; 2007; Sulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous silicas and organosilicas: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications; J. Mol. Cat. A: Gen.; 274; 153. (IF=3.615, CI=31) 9. Priti Sharma and AP Singh; 2014; Phosphine free SBA-15-EDTA-Pd highly active recyclable catalyst: Synthesis Characterization and application for Suzuki and Sonogashira reaction; Cat. Sci. & Tech.; 4; 2978. (IF=5.426) 10. Anish Lazar, Shoy C. George, P. R. Jithesh, C.P. Vinod and A.P. Singh; 2016; Correlating the role of hydrophilic/hydrophobic nature of Rh(I) and Ru(II) supported organosilica/silica catalysts in organotransformation reactions ; Applied Catalysis A: General; 513; 138 (IF=3.942)

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SUKUMARAN, GOPUKUMAR (b 1959), Senior Princpal Scientist, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Nominees research in storage materials/ batteries have resulted towards the invention of a electrochemically active new material (Li2MnO3) resulting to give rise to new class of high capacity cathode materials used in Lithium ion Batteries (Advances in manganese-oxide ‘composite’ electrodes for lithium-ion batteries - Michael M. Thackeray, Christopher S. Johnson, John T. Vaughey, N. Li and Stephen A. Hackney - J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 2257–2267 | 2257. Nominees research in Storage materials / batteries have a track record of (a) World patents in India, USA, Japan, Korea, Europe and China; (b) Highly cited publications in high impact SCI journals like Chemistry Asian Journal (IF:4.52), & Sustainability (IF: 7.475) etc. High quality dissertation work guided is inherent in the recognitions received by my Ph.D. students; (a) Ms C. Nithya was selected as an ISPIRE faculty under INSA/DST and is placed at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli. (b) Mr R. Ravikumar’s research guided has been highlighted in the front cover page of a Royal Society, UK, Journal (Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics) bringing visibility. Invited to be as a referee and to review research articles in leading scientific journals like Angewandte Chemie, Electrochemical Communications (U.K), Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), USA, J. Electrochemical Society (USA) etc. Finally, nominee had the honour of working as an Invited Scientist under Brain Pool Programme of Korean Government (KOFST) at Yonsei University, Korea, Visiting Professor at Kyushu University, Japan and Invited Scientist under DAAD Senior Scientist programme of Germany.

Proposer: Dr. Debabrata Chatterjee, Seconder: Dr. Venkatesan Subramanian Ten Best Publications: 1. S.Chitra, P.Kalyani, T. Mohan and Gopukumar, 1999, Lithium metal rechargeable cells Using Li2MnO3 as Positive Electrode, J. Power Sources, 80(1-2), 103–106. (IF=2.81 (1999), CI=90) 2. C.Julien, M.Camacho-Lopez, M.Lemal, T.Mohan, S.Chitra, P.Kalyani and S.Gopu Kumar, 2000, Combustion Synthesis and Properties of Substituted Lithium Cobalt Oxides in Lithium Batteries, Solid State Ionics - 135 (1-4), 241-48. (IF=2.01 (2000), CI=81) 3. S.Venkatraman, V.Subramanian, S. Gopukumar, N.G.Renganathan and N.Muniyandi, 2000, Capacity of layered cathode materials for lithium ion batteries - A theoretical study and experimental evaluation,Electrochem. Commun., 1, 18-22 . (IF=4.19 (2000), CI=22) 4. Yong Top Kim, Gopukumar, Kwang Bum Kim and B.W.Cho, 2002,Novel Synthesis of High Capacity Cobalt Vanadate for use in Lithium Secondary Cells,J.Power Sources, 112, 504 – 508. (IF=2.81(2002), CI=11) 5. M.Zou, M.Yoshio, S.Gopukumar, J.Yamaki, 2003, Synthesis of High Voltage (4.5V) Cycling Doped LiCoO2 for use in Lithium Rechargeable Cells, Chem. Mater., 15, 4699 – 4702. (IF=4.88 (2003), CI=56) 6. S.Gopukumar, K.Y.Chung and K.B.Kim, 2004, Novel synthesis of layered LiNi1/2Mn1/2O2 as cathode material for lithium rechargeable cells, Electrochim. Acta, 49, 803 –810. (IF=2.85 (2004), CI=91) 7. C. Nithya, R. Thirunakaran, A. Sivashanmugam, G.V.M. Kiruthika, and S. Gopukumar, 2009, High-Capacity Sol-Gel Synthesis of LiNiXCoYMn 1-X-YO2 (0 ≤ x, y ≤ 0.5) Cathode Material for Use in Lithium Rechargeable Batteries, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 17936. (IF=4.33 (2009), CI=14) 8. C. Nithya, R. Thirunakaran, A. Sivashanmugam and S.Gopukumar, 2012, LiCoxMn1-xPO4/C – A High Performing nano composite cathode material for lithium rechargeable batteries, Chem. Asian. J., 7,163 – 168. (IF=4.50 (2012), CI=8) 9. C. Nithya, R. Thirunakaran, A. Sivashanmugam, S. Gopukumar, 2012, A new high performing cathode material for lithium rechargeable batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces–4, 4040 - 4046. (IF=4.58 (2012), CI=5) 10. C. Nithya, S. Gopukumar, 2013, Reduced graphene oxide/Sn nano composite: A superior anode for lithium ion batteries, Chemsuschem, 6(5), 898–904. (IF=7.475 (2013), CI=2)

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THANAPPAN, VINAYAGAM RAJENDIRAN (b. 1950), Academic Officer Cum Director Of Distance Education, Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education and Research, Chennai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Research Excellence: Number of Ph.D students produced in Chemistry 12; No. of M.Phii students produced in Chemistry 11; No. of Research Paper presented in Quantum Chemistry at Canada 01; No. of International Research Papers published in Chemistry 39; No. of National Research Papers published in Chemistry 04; No. of International Research Papers presented in conferences 07; No. of National Research Papers presented in conferences 12; No. of Text Books published in Chemistry 07; No. of UGC Projects done in Chemistry 02; No. of Seminars and Symposium Participated 05; No. of Orientation courses Participated 03; Research Topic: Synthesis, Characterization and Fiber Studies of certain New Azoarornatic polyamides; U.G.C Projects (Polymer Chemistry) Completed– 02; Research Projects carried with Central Govt. Assistance as Principal Investigator-02. He worked on the topic 1. Synthesis, characterization and fiber studies of certain new azo diamines (1987). 2. Synthesis and application of polyimides in Aircraft (2003). Besides these, he also contributed significantly in the following activities. • Under Centre for Environment Education (CEE 2006) supported by MoEF, Govt. of India, an interaction session between SGP (Small Grants Programme) team and Project applicants/partners. • Brain storming session organized by IGCAR (Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) held at Kalpakkam in 2006, Tamil Nadu. • ‘Innovative Program for Biological Science and Bio –Technology’ to UGC, New Deihl in 2004. • A seminar on 'New Age Professionals' at Meenakshi University in 2008. • Advisory Board member - Annals of Chemical and Medical sciences. • Reviewer for International Journal of Polymer Research; and International Journal of Chemical Physics. • Innovative courses (First of its kInd in India) and approved by UGCAICTE·IGNOU, NewDelhi viz B.I.A

(Bachelor of Indian Administration) and M.I.A (Master of Indian Administration) which are being introduced from the academic year 2009-2010 at Meenaskhi University.

• A member of the Advisory Board of "Association of Air·Quality Engineers' sponsored by United Kingdom. The main object of this association is to study the ground level 'OZONE' concentration and to exchange monitoring data, software and other details about the pollutants in the air of various cities and abroad. Other Board members are; a). Prof. Park O.H. Korea. b) Dr. Dietrich H. Schwala, Switzerland. c) Dr. B. Jonnalagadda, South Africa d) Prof. B. Pichumani, IIT, New Delhi) Prof. B. Rajan, Anna University, Guindy.

Proposer: Prof. A. Gnanam, Seconder: Prof. S.P. Thiagarajan Ten Best Publications: 1. P. Udayakala, T.V. Rajendiran and S. Gunasekaran, 2013, Theoretical study using dft calculations on inhibitory action of Some pyrazole derivatives on steel- J Adv Scl Res, 4(2): 31-37. 2. G. Logesh and T.V. Rajendiran, Synthesis, 2012, Characterization and thermal properties of some new Ether linkage Azopolyimides, Asian J. Chem. 24(7), 3197-3202 3. P. Udayakala, T.V. Rajendiran, S. Gunasekaran, 2012, Theoretical Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibition Performance of Some Triazole Derivatives, J. Adv Scient Res, 3(2): 71-77 4. P. Udayakala, T.V. Rajendiran, S. Gunasekaran, 2012, Theoretical evaluation on the efficiencies of some Flavonoids as corrosion inhibitors on Copper, J."Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. A, 2(3), 1151-1165. 5. P. Udayakala, T.V. Rajendiran, S. Gunasekaran, 2012, Theoretical approach to the corrosion inhibition efficiency of some pyrimidine derivatives using DFT method, J Comput Methods Mol Des 2(1):1-15. 6. P. Udayakala and T.V. Rajendiran, 2011. Computational Investigations on the corrosion inhibition efficiency of some pyridine based alkaloids, J. Chem. Blo. Phy. Sci. Sec. A, 2(1), 172-183. 7. T.V. Rajendiran, S.I. Davis Presley and M.J. Nanjan, 2009, Development of oral controlled/sustained release delivery system for CARVEDILOL, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics, 1(1), 23 -29. www.serlalspublications.com 8. S.M. Thayumanaswamy and V. Rajendran*, 2004, Film studies of Certain New Aromatic.-aliphatic polyaimdes Journal of Applied polymer Science, 3(93): 1305-1316, USA. www.lntersdencewilev.com 9. S.M. Thayumanaswamyand V. Rajendran*, 2002, Synthesis and Characterization of new polyamides derived from substituted 4, 4' azodianilies, Iranian Poly Journal; 4, 257-267; IRAN. www.iranpolymerinstitute.org 10. M.J. Nanjan and V. Rajendiran*, 1989, Thermal behavior and Fiber Studies of Certain Azoaromatic polyamides" - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 37, 2281-2290; USA. www.WileyOnlinelibrary.com

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TRIVEDI, PIYUSH (b 1958), Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal


Dr. Trivedi’s research focuses on the discovery of small molecule therapeutics for treatment of cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease with special emphasis on IPR that will greatly benefit Indian Pharmaceutical Sector which caters cost effective medicines to the developing and deprived countries of the world. Dr. Trivedi’s research efforts in anti diabetic drug discovery in collaboration with Dr. A.K. Srivastava’s lab have led to discovery two novel Protein tyrosine phosphatase-1b inhibitors with excellent potency and pharmacokinetic profile. Research in cancer at Dr. Trivedi’s lab is carried out in collaboration with a network of scientist from all over the world and design of small-molecule chemotherapeutics employing computational methodologies for breast and other types of cancer are key areas of interest. Dr. Trivedi’s research efforts in this area have resulted in the discovery of many potent anti breast cancer agents with submicromolar potency and excellent selectivity for breast cancer cells. Some of the discovered anti-breast cancer molecules have been found very effective compared to existing clinical drugs in preclinical models and an US provisional patent application has been officially filed to protect intellectual property rights and also aid the successful translation of the discovered molecules to clinical trials. Dr. Trivedi’s research in anti-Alzheimer’s discovery is concerned with small molecule intervention of the protein kinases implicated in Alzheimer’s disease pathology (DYRK1A, GSK3β, CLK1, CK1 and CDK-5). He has successfully developed many series of compounds with potent inhibitory activity against the kinases in collaboration with Dr. Laurent Meijer’s lab, (C.N.R.S.), France.

Proposer: Prof. Anil Kumar Tripathi, Seconder: Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. Karthikeyan C, Malla R, Ashby CR Jr, Amawi H, Abbott KL, Moore J, Chen J, Balch C, Lee C, Flannery PC, Trivedi P, Faridi J, Pondugula SR, Tiwari AK, 2016, Pyrimido[1″,2″:1,5]pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinolines: Novel compounds that reverse ABCG2-mediated resistance in cancer cells, Cancer Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.03.030 (Article in press) (IF=5.621, CI=0) 2. Sandhu PS, Beg S, Mehta F, Singh B, Trivedi P., 2015, Novel dietary lipid-based self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems of paclitaxel with p-gp inhibitor: implications on cytotoxicity and biopharmaceutical performance, Expert opinion on drug delivery 12(11), 1809-1822 (IF=4.84, CI=1) 3. Karthikeyan C, Lee C, Moore J, Mittal R, Suswam EA, Abbott KL, Pondugula SR, Manne U, Narayanan NK, Trivedi P, Tiwari AK, 2015, IND-2, a pyrimido[1″,2″:1,5]pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline derivative, circumvents multi-drug resistance and causes apoptosis in colon cancer cells, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 23(3), 602-611. (IF=2.793, CI=5) 4. Karthikeyan C, Moorthy NS, Ramasamy S, Vanam U, Manivannan E, Karunagaran D, Trivedi P., 2015, Advances in chalcones with anticancer activities, Recent patents on anti-cancer drug discovery 10(1), 97-115 (IF=4.295, CI=11) 5. Jain P, Karthikeyan C, Moorthy NS, Waiker DK, Jain AK, Trivedi P., 2014, Human CDC2-like kinase 1 (CLK1): a novel target for Alzheimer's disease, Current Drug Targets 15(5), 539-550. (IF=3.02, CI=12) 6. Waiker DK, Karthikeyan C, Poongavanam V, Kongsted J, Lozach O, Meijer L, Trivedi P., 2014, Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modelling studies of 4-anilinoquinazoline derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 22(6), 1909-1915 (IF=2.793, CI=2) 7. Rakse M, Karthikeyan C, Deora GS, Moorthy NS, Rathore V, Rawat AK, Srivastava AK, Trivedi P., 2013, Design, synthesis and molecular modelling studies of novel 3-acetamido-4-methyl benzoic acid derivatives as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, European journal of medicinal chemistry 70, 469-476. (IF=3.447, CI=2) 8. Gupta V, Karthikeyan C, Trivedi P., 2012, Localized delivery of cisplatin for the effective management of squamous cell carcinoma from protransfersome formulation, Archives of pharmacal research 35 (5), 851-859. (IF=2.046, CI=3) 9. Dubey N, Varshney R, Shukla J, Ganeshpurkar A, Hazari PP, Bandopadhaya GP, Mishra AK, Trivedi P., 2012, Synthesis and evaluation of biodegradable PCL/PEG nanoparticles for neuroendocrine tumor targeted delivery of somatostatin analog, Drug delivery 19 (3), 132-142 (IF=2.558, CI=13) 10. Moorthy NS, Karthikeyan C, Trivedi P., 2010, Design, synthesis, cytotoxic evaluation, and QSAR study of some 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline derivatives, Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry 25 (3), 394-405 (IF=2.332, CI=13)

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VADDE, RAVINDER (b 1958), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506 009


Prof. Ravinder has long standing experience in the synthesis of industrially useful catalysts and their catalytic applications in organic synthesis. Some of the synthetic methods of these compounds were commercialized by Specialty Chemical Services (SPECS) NL 2508CG The Hague, Niederlande. On the other hand, collaboration with German scientists he has developed an efficient method for the synthesis of water soluble t-aryl phosphines and their Rh, Ru and Pd complexes for organic transformations like hydroformylation, hydrogenation and oligomarizations. More attractively, Prof. Ravinder has been working on novel organic- and organometallic-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) and their catalytic applications for selective organic transformations in a state university with very poor research facilities and belongs to the rural backward region of Telangana State. He investigated the structure and functional relationship between the biologically active Schiff-base macrocycles and their anti-microbial, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties using Rh(I), Ru(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Pd(II) metal complexes and using them as catalysts for functional group transformations on drug precursors. Moreover, he has developed effective method for the synthesis of phenylacetylenes, hydroformylation and isomerization reactions by selective catalytic transformation with water soluble Rh(I) catalysts. He has also discovered novel protocol for the synthesis of mono and bis-6-arylbenzimidazo[1,2-c]quinazolines: new class of antimicrobial agents. He has established an efficient method for the synthesis of a novel series of indolo[1,2-c]quinazoline derivatives through reaction of 2-(o-aminophenyl)indole with variety of arylaldehydes. He has taken a strong lead towards environmental research and working on municipal solid waste contamination of hazardous metals, their impact on human health.

Proposer: Dr. J. S. Yadav, Seconder: Dr. B. V. Subba Reddy Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Modem, S. Kankala, R. Balaboina, N.S.Tirukovelan, S. B Jonnalagadda, Ravinder Vadde and C. S. Vasam (2016) Decarbonylation of salicylaldehyde activated by p-cymene ruthenium(II) dimer; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 4635. (if=3.068, ci=00) 2. S. Paidakula, S.Kankala, R.K.Kankala, B.Juluru, S. B. Jonnalagadda, C. H. Lee, R. Vadde, C. S. Vasam (2015). Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4β-benzoxazolepodophyllotoxin hybrids. RSC Adv., 5, 97314 (if=3.289, ci=00) 3. T. Swamy, B. M. Rao, J. S. Yadav, V. Ravinder, B. Sridhar, B. V. S. Reddy (2015). Microwave-assisted, ruthenium-catalyzed intramolecular amide-alkyne annulations. RSC Adv., 5, 68510 (if=3.289, ci=01) 4. S. Kankala, R. K. Kankala, D. R. Kommidi, C. Mudithanapelli, R. Balaboina, R.Vadde, S. B. Jonnalagadda, C. S.Vasam (2014). Synthesis and Anti-cancer evaluation of steroidal diglycoside- pyrazoline hybrids. RSC Adv., 4, 40305. (if=3.289, ci=02) 5. K. Shravankumar, N. Srinivas, V. Ravinder, C. S. Vasam (2013). Synthesis of Markovnikov Vinyl Sulfides via dinuclear Rh(I)-phosphine catalyzed hydrothiolation of alkynes in aqueous media. RSC Advances, 3, 23582 (if=3.289, ci=11) 6. S. Kankala, R. K. Kankala, N. Thota, S. Nerella, M. R. Gangula, H. Guguloth, R. Vadde, C. S. Vasam (2013). Regioselective synthesis of isoxazole-mercaptobenzimidazole hybrids. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 23, 1306 (if=2.42, ci=27) 7. S. Kankala, R.Vadde, C. S.Vasam (2011). N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions: a facile synthesis of 3,5-di and 3,4,5-trisubstituted Isoxazoles. Organic Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, 7869 (if=3.559, ci=24) 8. R Rohini, P. Muralidhar Reddy, K. Shanker, A. Hu, V. Ravinder (2010). Antimicrobial study of newly synthesized 6-substituted indolo[1,2-c]quinazolines. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 45, 1200 (if=3.447, ci=53) 9. R. Rohini, K. Shanker, P. Muralidhar Reddy, Yen-Peng Ho and V. Ravinder (2009). Mono and bis-6-arylbenzimidazo[1,2-c]quinazolines: new class of antimicrobial agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44, 3330 (if=3.447, ci=60) 10. H. Schumann, V. Ravindar, L. Meltser, W. Baidossai,Y. Sasson, J. Blum (1997). Effect of the CO2H of carboxylated triarylphosphines on (COD)RhCl(Par3) catalyzed isomerization of 1-octen-3-ol. Journal of Molecular Catalysis, A: Chemical, 118, 55 (if=3.93, ci=38)

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VOMMINA, SURESHBABU VENKATA (b 1961), Professor in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bangalore Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Dr. Sureshbabu’s contributions to peptide chemistry include a) development of new peptide coupling methods and reagents, b) total synthesis of peptide natural products and c) synthesis of peptidomimetics. He has developed base-free non-Schotten-Baumann condition for rapid, racemization free peptide synthesis with Fmoc acid chlorides mediated by Zn dust/HOBt derivatives. The procedure has been successful in difficult coupling of dialkyl amino acids and also employed in total synthesis of cyclosporin-O, a challeging cyclic undecapeptide with N-Me amino acids. He has assembled large GPCR fragments using Native Chemical Ligation. Understanding the ‘Fmoc effect’ towards stabilizing α-amino functionalized reactive intermediates led him to synthesize Fmoc-α-amino alkyl isocyanates as new building blocks for peptidomimetic synthesis. Fmoc-α-oligopeptidylureas, ureido and retro-inverso peptides were synthesized employing these isocyanates. Formolysis of isocyanates has yielded new classes of formamides which have been converted to another hitherto unreported class of chiral Fmoc-amino-alkyl isonitriles that are employed in multicomponent reactions leading to new peptidomimetics. He achieved the first synthesis of isothiocyanates and isoselenocyanates derived from amino acids and employed them in the assembly of dipeptidyl thio and selenoureas which are the first examples of the kind. His recent contributions involve demonstration of selenium chemistry in peptides and peptidomimetics and one such important example being synthesis of selenoxopeptides. Diffraction studies of Boc-Phe/Gly-ψ[CH2NCS], Boc-Phe/Gly-ψ[CH2NCSe] and Boc-Phe-ψ[CH2NC] represent pioneering analysis of the crystal structure of building blocks in peptidomimetic synthesis. He has impressive publication record including review articles and is a prolific researcher of his time who has made outstanding contribution to peptide synthesis in the country.

Proposer: Prof. Sambasivarao Kotha, Seconder: Prof. Irishi N. N. Namboothiri Ten Best Publications: 1. T. M. Vishwanatha, N. Narendra, Basab Chattopadhyay, M. Mukherjee, V. V. Sureshbabu 2012, Synthesis of selenoxopeptides and oligoselenoxopeptides employing LiAlHSeH, J. Org. Chem., 77, 2689-2702 (IF=4.564, CI=4) 2. V. V. Sureshbabu, H. S. Lalithamba, N. Narendra, H. P. Hemantha, 2010, New and simple synthesis of acid azides, ureas and carbamates from carboxylic acids : Application of peptide coupling agents EDC and HBTU, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 8, 835-840 (IF=3.568, CI=10) 3. B. Vasantha, H. P. Hemantha, V. V. Sureshbabu, 2010, 1-Propanephosphonic acid cyclic anhydride (T3P) as an efficient promoter for the Lossen rearrangement: application to the synthesis of urea and carbamate derivatives, Synthesis, 17, 2990-2996 (IF=2.50, CI=20) 4. V. V. Sureshbabu, A. N. Shankar, H. P. Hemantha., N. Narendra, U. Das, T. N. Guru Row, 2009, N-Urethane protected amino alkyl isothiocyanates: Synthesis, isolation, characterization, and application to the synthesis of thioureidopeptides, J. Org. Chem. 74, 5260-5266 (IF=4.564, CI=17) 5. V. V. Sureshbabu, N. Narendra, G. Nagendra, 2009, Chiral N-Fmoc-β-amino alkyl isonitriles derived from amino acids: Synthesis and application in 1-substituted tetrazoles synthesis, J. Org. Chem. 74, 153- 157 (IF=4.564, CI=31) 6. V. V. Sureshbabu, H. P. Hemantha, Shankar, A. Naik, 2008, Synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazole-linked orthogonally urethane-protected dipeptide mimetics, Tetrahedron Letters 49, 5133-5136 (IF=2.342, CI=14) 7. N. S. Sudarshan, N. Narendra, H. P. Hemantha, V. V. Sureshbabu, 2007, An efficient conversion of carboxylic group of N-Fmoc-α-amino acids/peptide acids into N-formamides employing isocyanates as key intermediates, J. Org. Chem. 72, 9804-9807 (IF=4.564, CI=16) 8. V. V. Sureshbabu, R. V. Ramanarao, A. N. Shankar, G. Chennakrishnareddy, 2007, Synthesis of tetrazole analogues of amino acids using Fmoc-chemistry: Isolation of free amino tetrazoles and their incorporation into peptides, Tetrahedron Letters 48, 7038-7041 (IF=2.342, CI=27) 9. V. V. Sureshbabu, B. S. Patil, R. V. Ramanarao, 2006, Preparation, isolation, and characterization of Nα-Fmoc-peptide isocyanates: Solution synthesis of oligo-α-peptidyl ureas, J. Org. Chem. 71, 7697-7705 (IF=4.564, CI=44) 10. S. S. Chimni, D. Mahajan, V. V. Sureshbabu, 2005, Protonated chiral prolinamide catalyzed enantioselective direct aldol reaction in water, Tetrahedron Letters 46, 5617-5619 (IF=2.342, CI=77)

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ALI, IMRAN (b 1963) Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Chemical Sciences)

Prof. Imran Ali, PhD, FRSC, C Chem, London (UK) is working in the areas of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry with specific multidisciplinary area of the chiral and anticancer drugs development, pharmaceutical analyses, metal ion speciation, water treatment and water quality. He has developed various chromatographic and capillary electrophoretic methods for the chiral drugs development. He has also synthesized many organic molecules as future anticancer drugs. He has developed various methods for water treatment by adsorption and electrochemical technologies for the removal of toxic metal ions, pesticides, dyes, drugs residues etc. He has also expertise in water quality. He has determined water qualities of some metropolitan cities of India. He is leading researcher in the area of chiral separations in India and Chiral pollutants in the world. Interestingly, a search on Google by chiral pollutants keyword results mostly sites related to Prof. Imran Ali. He has very good citations of 10,700 with 3 as h-index and 144 as i10-index. He has published more than 367 articles including patents, books, reviews, research papers, technical reports and conference presentations. The research papers published are being used in various industries, laboratories, Universirties and institutes globally, Besides, the books written by him are are working as reference sources for students, academicians, researchers, clinicians and the Government regulatory authorities all over the world. Recently, a patent of Prof. Ali (IPO, New Delhi, 464/DEL/2012) is adopted by Smart Labtech., Hyderabad, India, for manufacturing Smart solvent saving HPLC reservoir, which is available in the markete.

Proposer : Prof. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Seconder : Prof. Iqbal Muhammad Ten Best Publications : 1. Imran Ali, HY Aboul-Enein, Speciation of arsenic and chromium metal ions by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography, Chemosphere, 48, 275-278 (2002). IF=: 4.068, CI=: 43. 2. Imran Ali, L Naim, A Ghanem, HY Aboul-Enein, Chiral separations of piperidine-2, 6-dione analogues on Chiralpak IA and Chiralpak IB columns by using HPLC, Talanta, 69, 1013-1017 (2006). IF=: 4.035, CI=: 46. 3. Imran Ali, VD Gaitonde, HY Aboul-Enein, A Hussain, Chiral separation of β-adrenergic blockers on CelluCoat column by HPLC, Talanta, 78, 458-463 (2009). IF=: 4.035, CI=: 58. 4. Imran Ali, VK Gupta, TA Khan, M Asim, Removal of arsenate from aqueous solution by electro-coagulation method using Al-Fe electrodes, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 7, 1898-1907 (2012). IF=: 1.692, CI=: 32. 5. Imran Ali, TA Khan, M Asim, Removal of arsenate from groundwater by electrocoagulation method, Environ. Sci. & Poll. Res., 19, 1668-1676 (2012). IF=: 2.97, CI=: 22. 6. Imran Ali, New generation adsorbents for water treatment, Chem. Revs. (ACS), 112, 5073-5091 (2012). IF=: 37.369; CI=: 485. 7. Imran Ali, WA Wani, K Saleem, MF Hsieh, Anticancer metallodrugs of glutamic acid sulphonamides: in silico, DNA binding, hemolysis and anticancer studies, RSC Advances, 4, 29629-29641 (2014). IF=: 3.289, CI=: 11 8. Imran Ali, ZA Al-Othman, A Alwarthan, M Asim, TA Khan, Removal of arsenic species from water by batch and column operations on bagasse fly ash, Environ. Sci. & Poll. Res., 21, 3218-3229 (2014). IF=: 2.97, CI=: 16. 9. Imran Ali, ZA Al‐Othman, A Al‐Warthan, SD Alam, JA Farooqi, Enantiomeric Separation and Simulation Studies of Pheniramine, Oxybutynin, Cetirizine, and Brinzolamide Chiral Drugs on Amylose‐Based olumns, Chirality, 26, 136-143 (2014). IF=: 2.025, CI=: 8. 10. Imran Ali, Mohammad Nadeem Lone, Mohd. Suhail, Zeid A. AL-Othman, Abdulrahman Alwarthan, Enantiomeric resolution and simulation studies of four enantiomers of 5-bromo-3-ethyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-piperidine-2,6-dione on Chiralpak IA Column, RSC Advances, 6: 14372-14380 (2016). IF=: 3.289, CI=: 1

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BASKARAN, SUNDARABABU (b 1961), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology - Madras, Chennai


The research activities of Dr. Baskaran are mainly focused on the development of new synthetic methods and explore their applications in the stereoselective synthesis of biologically active molecules. His research group has developed a novel and general method for the stereoselective construction of azabicyclic ring systems based on epoxide-initiated cationic cyclization of azides. He has exploited the synthetic potential of this new methodology in the stereo- and enantioselective total synthesis of many indolizidine and pyrrolizidine alkaloids. The scope of this methodology is further extended to hitherto unknown domino epoxy-olefin-azide cyclization. Moreover, he has successfully developed a semipinacol-Schmidt reaction based domino cyclization strategy for the construction of bridged as well as angularly fused azatricyclic ring systems bearing aza-quaternary centre. His continued interest in the stereoselective conversion of carbohydrate molecules into biologically active and pharmaceutically important molecules has resulted in the development of novel methods for the regioselective reductive as well as oxidative cleavage of bis-benzylidene acetals of D-mannitol leading to highly functionalized chiral intermediates. These functionalized chiral intermediates have been successfully exploited in the diversity oriented synthesis of biologically important iminosugars. Very recently, his research group has investigated the deep eutectic mixtures as novel and environmentally benign reaction media in organic synthesis. Consequently, several synthetically useful and efficient transformations have been achieved using low melting mixtures.

Proposer: Prof. A.K. Mishra, Seconder: Prof. P. Ramamurthy Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Senthilkumar, S.S. Prasad, P.S. Kumar and S. Baskaran, 2014, Diversity Oriented One Pot Synthesis of Novel Iminosugar C-Glycosides, Chem. Commun. 50, 1549-1551 (IF=6.378) 2. S. Gore, S. Baskaran and B. Koenig, 2013, Synthesis of substituted hydantoins in low melting mixtures, Chem. Commun. 49, 5052-5054 (IF=6.378, CI=4) 3. S. Gore, S. Baskaran and B. Koenig, 2012, Fischer Indole Synthesis in Low Melting Mixtures, Org. Lett. 14, 4568-4571. (IF=6.142, CI=15) 4. P. Manohar, A. Murali, and S. Baskaran, 2012, Concise Enantioselective Construction of Bridged Azatricyclic Framework via Domino Semipinacol-Schmidt Reaction, Chem. Commun., 48, 5778. (IF=6.378, CI=6) 5. S. Gore, S. Baskaran and B. Koenig, 2011, Efficient synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-ones in low melting tartaric acid–urea mixtures, Green Chem., 13, 1009-1013. (IF=6.828, CI=29) 6. P.S. Kumar, A. Banerjee and S. Baskaran, 2010, Regioselective oxidative cleavage of benzylidene acetals: Novel synthesis of α- and β-benzoyloxy carboxylic acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 804-807 (IF=13.734, CI=7) 7. A. Aravind, M. G. Sankar, B. Varghese and S. Baskaran, 2009, Regioselective Reductive Cleavage of bis-Benzylidene Acetal: Stereoselective Synthesis of Anti-cancer Agent OGT2378 and Glycosidase Inhibitor 1,4-Dideoxy-1,4-imino-L-xylitol, J. Org. Chem., 74, 2858-2861 (IF=4.564, CI=16) 8. G.D.K. Kumar and S. Baskaran, 2005, A facile, catalytic and environmentally benign method for chemoselective deprotection of–OTBDMS ether by PMA supported on Silica gel, J. Org. Chem., 70, 4520-4523 (IF=4.564, CI=76) 9. G.D.K. Kumar and S. Baskaran, 2004, A novel and efficient method for aziridination of olefins catalyzed by heteropoly acids in presence of Chloramine-T, Chem. Commun., 1026-1027 (IF=6.378, CI=30) 10.P.G. Reddy, B. Varghese and S. Baskaran, 2003, Epoxide Initiated Electrophilic Cyclization of Azides: A Novel Route for the Stereoselective Construction of Azabicyclic Ring Systems and Total Synthesis of (+) Indolizidine 167B and 209D, Organic Letters, 5, 583-585. (IF=6.142, CI=45)

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CHANDRASEKHARAM, MALAPAKA (b 1964), Principal Scientist, CSIR - Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Chemical Sciences) Chandrasekharam is presently a principal Scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and gained experience in organic synthesis and materials for energy applications. He had 80 publications to his credit including conference paper presentations in various national and international forums in India and abroad. His significant lectures include at Solar World Congress-2011, Germany, National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) Japan, American Ceramic Society conference Clear water, Florida. He is honored with a prestigious “Humboldt fellowship” (2003-2004), Germany, “Guest Researcher” (NIMS) Japan and “Short visit Scientist” position at GERMI, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. His first major assignment at IICT was a project (2002-2010) with a Japanese collaboration on “photofunctional materials” and he was very successful in meeting the targets and published 16 articles on the related topics. He has been actively involved in all major projects on Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) funded by DST-UK, DST-EU and CSIR/MNRE and made excellent progress. He designed and developed several sensitizers for DSSC and achieved certified world record efficiency of 11.4% employing the co adsorbent designed and developed at IICT which was cited in RSC chemistry world news. This research article was in top 25 most read in Energy and Environmental Science journal in 2012. His research on iron catalyzed regioselective direct oxidative cross coupling reaction for substituted biaryls is a significant contribution to contemporary aryl-aryl couplings. His interest on the synthesis of novel praziquantel derivatives as potential antischistosomal agents resulted in invitro active candidates. He is also an editorial board member of International Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

Proposer: Dr. Ahmed Kamal, Seconder: Prof. Goverdhan Mehta Ten Best Publications: 1. K.S.V. Gupta, Thogiti Suresh, Surya Prakash Singh, Ashraful Islam, Liyuan Han, Malapaka Chandrasekharam 2014, Carbazole based A-π-D-π-A Dyes with Double Electron Acceptor for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Org. Electronics 266-275 (IF=4.02, CI=0) 2. G.D. Sharma, M. Anil Reddy, Surya Prakash Singh, M. Chandrasekharam 2014, Indole and trimethyl phenyl capping for diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) acceptor central unit: Efficient D-A-D type small molecule for organic solar cells RSC Adv. 732-742 (IF=2.562, CI=0) 3. Maria Grazia Lobello, Kuan-Lin Wu, Marri Anil Reddy, Gabriele Marotta, Michael Grätzel, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Malapaka Chandrasekharam, Filippo De Angelis 2014, Engineering of cis-Ru(II) dyes for interfacial and light-harvesting optimization. Dalton Trans. 43, 2726-2732 (IF=3.806, CI=0) 4. Gabriele Marotta, Marri Anil Reddy, Surya Prakash Singh, Ashraful Islam, Liyuan Han, Filippo De Angelis, Mariachiara Pastore, Malapaka Chandrasekharam 2013, Novel Carbazole-Phenothiazine Dyads for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5, 9635−9647 (IF=5.008, CI=0) 5. M. Chandrasekharam, CH. Pavan Kumar, Surya Prakash Singh, V. Anusha, K. Bhanuprakash, A. Islam, L. Han 2013, 4, 4’-Unsymmetrically substituted- 2, 2’-bipyridines: Novel bidentate ligands on ruthenium (II) [3+2+1] mixed ligand complexes for efficient sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 in Dye Solar Cells. RSC Adv.3 (48), 26035 - 26046 (IF=2.562 (PARTIAL), CI=0) 6. Chandrasekharam M., Chiranjeevi B., Gupta K.S.V., Sridhar B. 2011, Iron-Catalyzed Regioselective Direct Oxidative Aryl-Aryl Cross-Coupling J.Org.Chem., 76, 10229-10235 (IF=4.564, CI=10) 7. M. Chandrasekharam, M. Anil Reddy, Surya P. Singh, B. Priyanka, K. Bhanuprakash, M. Lakshmi Kantam, A. Islam, L. Han 2012, One bipyridine and triple advantages: tailoring ancillary ligands in ruthenium complexes for efficient sensitization in dye solar cells J. Mat. Chem. 18757-18760 (IF=6.101, CI=4) 8. M. Chandrasekharam, T. Suresh, Surya P. Singh, B. Priyanka, K. Bhanuprakash, A. Islam, L. Han, M. Lakshmi Kantam 2012, Functionalized Styryl Bipyridine as Superior Chelate on Ruthenium Sensitizer for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Dalton Trans. 8770-8772 (IF=3.806, CI=8) 9. L. Han, A. Islam, H. Chen, M. Chandrasekharam, B. Chiranjeevi, S. Zhang, X. Yang, M. Yanagida 2012, High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with a Novel Co-Adsorbent Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 6057-6060 (IF=11.653, CI=142) 10.Reddy P Y, Giribabu L, Lyness Ch, Snaith H J, Vijaykumar Ch, Chandrasekharam M, Lakshmikantam M, Yum J H, Kalyanasundaram K, Grätzel M, Nazeeruddin M K, 2007, Efficient Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films by a Near-IR-Absorbing Unsymmtrical Zinc Phthalocyanin Conjugated organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 373-376 (IF=13.73, CI=196)

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CHAUHAN, SHIVE MURAT SINGH (b 1952), Professor, University Of Delhi, Delhi Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Chemical Sciences) Selected lipid soluble tetraarylporphyrins, core modified porphyrins and expanded porphyrins have been synthesized in milder conditions (Chauhan et al 2012 Ahmad et al 2014). The iron (III) and manganese (III) porphyrins have been used in the pre,sence of molecular oxygen, hydrogen peroxide and iodosyl benzene in the oxidation and oxygenations of selected drugs, carcinogens and pesticides, terpenoids, phenolics and alkaloids in organic solvents (Chauhan et al 2003). The biomimetic oxygenation of cholesterol, oxidative decarboxylations of ibuprofen and indole-3-acetic acid with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by water soluble iron (III) manganese (II) porphyrins have been carried out in organic, organized and model membranes (Chauhan et al 1996, Singh et al 2012). Selected phthalocyanines and their metal complexes have been synthesized and used in the oxidation of thiols, reduction of flavones and dehydrogenation of carbohydrates in ionic liquids (Chauhan et al 2003, Chauhan et al 2007, Kumari et al 2009, Yadav et al 2014). Similarly triaryl corroles have been synthesized and used in the oxygenation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (Chauhan et al 2008, Kumari et al 2013). The synthesis of graphene oxide, sulfonated graphene and their applications in carbon-carbon bond formation, dehydrogenation and in the synthesis of porphyrinoids and expanded porphyrinoids have been examined in mild conditions (Mishra et al 2014). Self assembly of zinc porphyrinoids and zinc porphyrazines have been studied in non-polar systems (Gautam et al 2014). Different calix[4]pyrroles have been synthesized and used in the selective detection and recognition of anions, cations and neutral molecules (Garg et al 2012).

Proposer : Prof. A.K. Bakhshi, Seconder : Prof. Krishna Misra Ten Best Publications: 1. S.M.S. Chauhan, A. Gulati, A. Sahay and P.N.H. Nizar; 1996, Autooxidation of alkyl mercaptans catalyzed by cobalt (III) phthalocyanine tetra sulphonate in reverse micelles; J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 105, 159-165. (IF=3.679, CI=14) 2. K.A. Srinivas, A. Kumar, S.M.S. Chauhan; 2002, Epoxidation of alkenes with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by iron (III) porphyrins in ionic liquids; Chem. Commun., 2456-2457. (IF=6.718, CI=42) 3. S.M.S. Chauhan, A. Kumar and K.A. Srinivas; 2003, Oxidation of thiols with molecular oxygen catalyzed by cobalt (II) phthalocyanines in ionic liquid; Chem. Commun., 9, 2348-2349. (IF=6.718, CI=62) 4. S.M.S. Chauhan, A. Kumar, N. Jain and S. Chauhan; 2005, Chemical and biochemical transformations in ionic liquids; Tetrahedron, 61, 1015-1060. (IF=2.817, CI=699) 5. S.M.S. Chauhan and P. Kumari; 2009, Synthesis of unsymmetrical benzoporphyrazines in functional ionic liquids and formation of self aggregates of zinc(II) pyridine[3,4]tri benzoporphyrazines in solutions; Tetrahedron, 65, 2518-2524 (IF=2.817, CI=15) 6. B. Garg, T. Bisht and S.M.S. Chauhan; 2010, Synthesis and anion binding properties of novel 3,12- and 3,7-bis(4’-nitrophenyl)azo-calix[4]pyrrole receptors; New J. Chem., 34, 1251-1254. (IF=3.159, CI=20) 7. S.M.S. Chauhan and S. Mishra; 2011, Use of graphite oxide and graphene oxide as catalysts in the synthesis of dipyrromethane and calix[4]pyrrole; Molecules, 16, 7256-7266. (IF=2.095, CI=20) 8. P. P. Singh, Ambika and S.M.S. Chauhan; 2012, Chemoselective epoxidation of electron rich and electron deficient olefins catalyzed by meso-tetraarylporphyrin iron(III) chlorides in imidazolium ionic liquids; New J. Chem. 36, 650-655. (IF=3.159, CI=11) 9. S. Ahmad, K.K. Yadav, S.J. Singh and S.M.S. Chauhan; 2014, Synthesis of 5,10,15,20-meso-unsubstituted and 5,10,15,20-meso-substituted-21,23-ditellura/diselena core-modified porphyrinogens: oxidation and detection of mercury(II); RSC Advances. 4, 3171-3180.(IF=3.708, CI=1) 10. K.K. Yadav, S. Ahmad and S.M.S. Chauhan; 2014, Elucidating the role of cobalt phthalocyanine in the dehydration ofcarbohydrates in ionic liquids; J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 394, 170–176. (IF=3.679, CI=1)

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CHOUDHARY, VEENA (b 1951), Reliance Chair Professor and Head, CPSE, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi - 110016 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology) Prof. Veena Choudhary has been working in the field of polymer science since 1973 and made significant contributions in this field. She has more than 220 papers published in reputed International Journals having high impact factor. Thirty three Ph.D. and seventy five M. Tech. students have successfully completed their projects under her guidance. Her total citations are 2748 and > 1800 accounts for publications after 2009.She has several prestigious fellowships such as AvH, Indo-US science and Technology, visiting professor in Sweden and Reliance chair professor at IIT Delhi, very active collaboration with Universities in European country and USA. The major achievements include: 1. Conducting polymer composites for EMI shielding The new materials developed by coating cotton fabric using combination of conducting polymers, dielectric and magnetic fillers which absorb 97-99 per cent of microwaves. This work was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry [ACS publication] which was later given a wide publicity in Magazine Down to Earth as Futuristic microwave shield in August 2012. Light weight EMI shield were developed using different matrices and conducting fillers. 2. Hydrogels for biomedical applications. This was also major breakthrough in the field of biomedical applications where biodegradable micro/nano hydrogels developed at IIT Delhi was novel in terms of biocompatibility and for the treatment of osteomyletis and cancer targeting. Ministry of Health gave a wide publicity to this by making a film which was broadcast on Television as well as on internet. The concept used was novel for the development of degradable polyethylene for packaging applications and the process was patented.

Proposer : Prof. R.P.Singh, Seconder : Prof. L.M.Manocha Ten Best Publications: 1. V Choudhary, H S Varma, I K Varma 1991 “Polyolefin blends: effect of EPDM rubber on crystallization, morphology and mechanical properties of polypropylene/EPDM blends” Polymer 32, 2534-2540 (if=3.438, ci=97) 2. M Changez, K Burugapalli, V Koul, V Choudhary 2003 “The Effect of Composition of Poly (Acrylic Acid)–Gelatin Hydrogel on Gentamicin Sulphate Release: In Vitro”, Biomaterials 24, 527-536. (if=7.404, ci=92) 3. M Changez, V Koul, B. Krishna, A K Dinda,,V Choudhary, 2004 “Studies on Biodegradation and Release of Gentamicin Sulphate from Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid) and Gelatin: In vitro and In vivo”, Biomaterials 25, 139-146.(if=7.404, ci=54) 4. P K Roy, P Surekha,, C Rajagopal, S N Chatterjee, V Choudhary, 2005 “Effect of benzil and cobalt stearate on the aging of low-density polyethylene films.” Polymer Degradation and Stability 90, 577- 1. (if=2.769, ci=26) 5. M Lakshmi, R T S Meier-Haack, J K Schlenstedt, C Vogel, V Choudhary, I K Varma, 2005 “Sulfonated Poly(Ether Ether Ketone) Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Membrane Properties”, Journal of Membrane Science, 261, 27 -35. (if=3.850, ci=30) 6. P K Roy, P Surekha, C Rajagopal, V Choudhary 2006 “Effect of cobalt carboxylates on the photo- oxidative degradation of low-density polyethylene” Polymer degradation and stability 91, 1980- 1988. (if=2.769, ci=37) 7. P Saini, V Choudhary, BP Singh, RB Mathur, SK Dhawan 2009 “Polyaniline–MWCNT nanocomposites for microwave absorption and EMI shielding” Materials Chemistry and Physics 113, 919-926. (if=2.234, ci=142) 8. A Gupta, V Choudhary 2011 “Electromagnetic interference shielding behavior of poly (trimethylene terephthalate)/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites” Composites Science and Technology 71, 1563-1568 (if=3.818, ci=14) 9. P Saini, V Choudhary, N Vijayan, RK Kotnala, 2012 “Improved electromagnetic interference shielding response of poly (aniline)-coated fabrics containing dielectric and magnetic nanoparticles” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (24), 13403-13412 (if=4.805, ci=9) 10. P Saini, V Choudhary 2013 “Enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of polyaniline functionalized carbon nanotubes filled polystyrene composites” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15, 1-7 (if=3.287)

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GOEL, ATUL (b 1970), Principal Scientist, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow


Dr. Atul Goel has made significant and original contributions to challenging area of drug development and applied chemistry. He received many prestigious awards. Most notable ones are DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award 2015, Raman Fellowship Award, CRSI Bronze Medal, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany, Young Scientist Award and Ramanna Fellowship. His research group has not only discovered orally active fracture healing agent CSIR-CDRI S007-1500 for improving bone health (Granted: US-8686028 dated 01-04-2014 and ready for licensing), but also conceptually designed and synthesized fluorescent dyes for their applications as diagnostic tools in Cell biology and for developing energy saving Organic Light Emitting Devices. Innovatively, Goel et al. have demonstrated for the first time a novel ‘concept’ of inhibiting “Green Emission Defect” in OLEDs by transforming “green” fluorenone molecules to “blue” fluorenone compounds (Goel et al. US Grant Patent No 8946682, 2015; Organic Letters, 2009, 6, 1289). They have successfully demonstrated commercial applicability of these dyes by preparing fluorescent electronic displays. Recently they discovered a novel dye FLUN-550 for selective fluorescence staining of cytoplasmic lipid droplets for live cell imaging applications in chemical biology (Goel et al. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 756-759). Very recently, they have discovered and reported ‘First’ dual colorimetric-ratiometric fluorescent probe for selective and direct visualization of Labile Iron (III) pools in multicellular organisms (Soil nematode C. elegans) (Goel et al. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5001). Based on this ratiometric probe, they are developing a diagnostic kit for detecting iron imbalance in blood samples of thalassemia patients.

Proposer: Prof. T. K. Chakraborty, Seconder: Prof. Ganesh Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. Goel, Atul; Umar, Shahida; Nag, Pankaj; Sharma, Ashutosh; Kumar, Lalit; Shamsuzzama; Hossain, Zakir; Gayen, Jiaur R.; Nazir, Aamir, (2015), A dual colorimetric-ratiometric fluorescent probe NAP-3 for selective detection and imaging of endogenous labile iron(III) pools in C. elegans Chemical Communications, 51, 5001-5004. (IF=6.834, CI=8) 2. Goel Atul*, Sharma, Ashutosh; Kathuria, Manoj; Bhattacharjee, Arindam; Verma, Ashwni; Mishra, Prabhat R.; Nazir, Aamir; Mitra*, Kalyan, (2014), New Fluoranthene FLUN-550 as a Fluorescent Probe for Selective Staining and Quantification of Intracellular Lipid Droplets, Organic Letters 2014, 16, 756-759. (IF=6.364, CI=6) 3. Goel, Atul*; Kumar, Amit; Raghuvanshi, Ashutosh, (2013), Synthesis, Stereochemistry, Structural Classification and Chemical Reactivity of Natural Pterocarpans, Chemical Reviews, 2013, 113, 1614. (IF=46.568, CI=23) 4. Goel, Atul*; Kumar, Vijay; Singh, Salil P; Sharma, Ashutosh; Prakash, Sattey; Singh, Charan; Anand, R. S., (2012), Non-aggregating Solvatochromic Bipolar Benzo[f]quinolines and Benzo[a]acridines for Organic Electronics, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 14880-14888.(IF=6.626, CI=15) 5. Goel, Atul*; Kumar, Vijay; Chaurasia, Sumit; Rawat, Madhu; Prasad, Ramesh; Anand, R. S., (2010), Synthesis, Electrochemical and Optical Properties of Novel and Stable Yellow Fluorescent Fluoranthenes,J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 3656-3662 (Highlighted in ACS slide show). (IF=4.72, CI=21) 6. Goel, Atul*.; Chaurasia, S.; Dixit, M.; Kumar, V.; Prakash, S.; Jena, B.; Verma, J. K.; Jain, M.; Anand, R. S.; Manoharan, S. S., (2009), Donor-acceptor 9-uncapped fluorenes and fluorenones as stable blue light emitters,Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1289-1292. (Highlighted in ACS slide show). (IF=6.364, CI=34) 7. Goel, Atul*; Dixit, Manish; Chaurasia, Sumit; Kumar, Amit; Raghunandan, Resmi; Maulik, P. R.; Anand, R. S., (2008), Vapor-Phase Processable Novel Nonplanar Donor-Acceptor Quateraryls for Blue OLEDs, Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2553-2556 (Highlighted in Synfacts 2008, 9, 935). (IF=6.364, CI=41) 8. Goel, Atul*; Singh, Fateh Veer; Dixit, Manish; Verma, Deepti; Raghunandan, Resmi; Maulik, Prakas R., (2007), Highly efficient non-palladium-catalyzed controlled synthesis and X-ray analysis of 1,2-diaryl, 1,2,3-triaryl-, and 1,2,3,4-tetraarylbenzenes, Chemistry--An Asian Journal 2007, 2, 239-247. (IF=4.587, CI=23) 9. Goel, Atul*; Singh, Fateh V.; Kumar, Vijay; Reichert, Matthias; Gulder, Tobias A. M.; Bringmann, Gerhard, (2007), Synthesis, Optical Resolution, and Configurational Assignment of Novel Axially Chiral Quateraryls,J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7765-7768. (IF=4.72, CI=34) 10. Goel*, Atul; Verma, Deepti; Dixit, Manish; Raghunandan, Resmi; Maulik, P. R., (2006), Acetyltrimethylsilane: A Novel Reagent for the Transformation of 2H-Pyran-2-ones to Unsymmetrical Biaryls, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 804-807. (IF=4.72, CI=25)

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GOWDA, CHANNE (b 1953), UGC-BSR Facult Fellow, University of Mysore, Mysuru


It is very much evident from Prof. D. Channe Gowda’s profile that he is a highly potential candidate who has made significant contributions in field of peptide synthesis and catalytic transfer hydrogenation. Prof. Gowda has synthesized several LHRH and Enkaphalin analogues and found that these are biologically potent. Having gained rich experience in this field he moved to Dr. Dan W Urry’s lab of USA for post-doctoral studies. He has synthesized thousands of peptides by solution phase strategy and polymerized to obtain elastic and plastic polymers which have a number of medical and non-medical applications. He has also established hydrophobicity scale of amino acids for the first time by transition temperature method. These highlight the potential and skill of the nominee. He has gained hands-on experience in various aspects of practical chemistry. Later he joined as Reader in Chemistry, Department of Studies in Chemistry University of Mysore. Here he has done magnificent work and established several methods for the functional group transformation by making use of readily available cheap metals like Zn, Mg, Sn, Ni etc for the first time. He has achieved the milestones in this arena. Also he has synthesized azo and biaryl compounds. These are highly beneficial industrially. Further, his research interest is inclined towards the conjugation of peptides to heterocycles. He has umpteen number of publications in highly standard journals with average citations per item 10.44 and h-index 21. Based on the foregoing observations, Prof. Gowda fully deserves the award of FNASc.

Proposer: Prof. K. S. Rangappa, Seconder: Prof. Mewa Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, Timothy M. Parker, Michael C. Reid, Cynthia M. Harris, Asima Pattanaik and R. Dean Harris “Hydrophobicity Scale for Proteins Based on Inverse Temperature Transitions”, Biopolymers, 32, 1243-1250, 1992. (if=2.572, ci=95) 2. Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, S.Q. Peng, T.M. Parker and R.D. Harris, “Design at Nanometric Dimensions to Enhance Hydrophobicity-Induced pKa Shifts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 8716-8717, 1992 (if=9.023, ci=110) 3. Dan W. Urry, ShaoQing Peng, Timothy M. parker, D. Channe Gowda and Roland D. Harris, “Relative Significance of Electrostatic and Hydrophobic - Induced pKa Shifts in a Model Protein: The Aspartic Acid Residue”, Angew. Chem. (German) 195, 1523-1525, (if=12.730, ci=30) 4. Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, Shao Qing Peng and Timothy M. Parker, “Non-linear Hydrophobic-induced pKa Shifts: Implications for Efficiency of Conversion to Chemical Energy”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 239, 67-74, 1995 (if=: 2.280, ci=17) 5. D. Channe Gowda, Chi-Hao Luan, Raymond L. Furner, Shao Qing Peng, Naijie Jing, Cynthia M. Harris, Timothy M. Parker and Dan W. Urry, “Synthesis and Characterization of Human Elastin W4 Sequence”, Int. J. Pept. Protein Res., 46, 453-463, 1995 (if=2.527, ci=06) 6. D. Channe Gowda, “Magnesium/Hydrazinium Monoformate: A New Hydrogenation Method for the Removal of Some Commonly used Protecting Groups in Peptide Synthesis,” Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 311-313, 2002 (if=2.618, ci=40) 7. K. Abiraj, G. R. Srinivasa and D. Channe Gowda, “Novel and Efficient Synthesis of Symmetrical Functionalized Biaryls using Zinc and Triethylammonium Formate”, Synlett, 877-879, 2004 (if=2.447, ci=12) 8. N. Mallesha, S. Prahallada Rao, R. Suhas and D. Channe Gowda, “An Efficient Synthesis of tert-Butyl Ethers/Esters of Alcohols/Amino Acids using Methyl tert-Butyl Ether”, Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 641-645, 2011 (if=2.618, ci=10) 9. R. Suhas, S. Chandrashekar and D. Channe Gowda, “Synthesis of Uriedo and Thiouriedo Derivatives of Peptide Conjugated Heterocycles - A New Class of Promising Antimicrobials”, Eur. J. Med. Chem., 48, 179-191, 2012 (if=: 3.347, ci=27) 10. K. P. Rakesh, H. M. Manukumar, D. Channe Gowda, “Schiff’s bases of quinazolinone derivatives: Synthesis and SAR studies of a novel series of potential anti-inflammatory and antioxidants”. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 25, 1072-1077, 2015 (if=2.420, ci=13)

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KAVIRAYANI, PRASAD RAMAKRISHNA (b 1969), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Prof. Prasad has made outstanding original contributions in organic synthesis with a special emphasis on the total synthesis of natural products of medicinal importance. He has developed original and innovative synthetic pathways for the synthesis of complex natural products and carved a niche for himself in the realm of organic synthesis. He extensively, ingeniously harnessed the abundantly available compounds such as tartaric acid and furfural in the synthesis of structurally complex molecules. Prof. Prasad has developed novel synthetic methods and has illustrated the original thinking and the craftsmanship with which he transformed simple abundant entities to complex natural products. He has brilliantly executed fascinating rearrangement reactions for the generation of structurally diverse triquianes. His recent finding on small molecule activation of p53 protein will have deep impact in basic and applied medicinal chemistry research. His original contributions in the area are evidenced by his prolific publications and citations. Prof. Prasad’s has been bestowed many awards in recognition of his research work, which include the Swarnajayanthi Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2006), the prestigious Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences (2014), Rajib Goyal prize for young scientists in chemical sciences (2012). Prof. Prasad is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Based on his extensive contributions to the field of organic synthesis, Prof. Prasad has been invited to be the Editorial Advisory Board Member of Organic Letters, a premier journal in organic chemistry published by The American Chemical Society.

Proposer: Prof. P. Balaram, Seconder: Prof. G. P. Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. O. Revu.; Prasad, K. R. 2017; Total synthesis of the bis-silyl ether of (+)-15-epiaetheramide A, J. Org. Chem., 82 , 438–460 (if=4.8) 2. Reddy, A. A.; Reddy, P. O.; Prasad, K. R.; 2016, Synthesis of β Amino-Substituted Enones by Addition of Substituted Methyl Enones to Sulfinimines: Application to the Total Synthesis of Alkaloids.; J. Org. Chem. 81, 11363−11371 (if=4.8) 3. Nagaraju, Ch.; Prasad, K. R.; An Unusual Ring Contraction Rearrangement Route to Functionalized Di and Triquinanes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 10997 4. Bali, A.K.; Sunnam. S. K.; Prasad, K. R. 2014 Enantiospecific total synthesis of macrolactone Sch725674, Org. Lett, 16, 4001 5. Revu, O.; Prasad, K. R. 2014, Total synthesis of (+)-seimatopolide A J. Org. Chem. 79, 1461 6. Metri, P.K.; Naz, S.; Kondaiah, P.; Prasad, K. R. 2013 MPK-09, a small molecule inspired from bio-active styryllactone restores the wild type function of mutant p53.; ACS Chem. Bio, 8, 1429 7. Pawar, A. B.; Prasad, K. R. 2012 Formal total synthesis of palmerolide A.; Chem. Eur. –J. 18, 15202 8. Prasad, K. R.; Pawar, A. B.; 2011 Enantioselective synthesis of palmerolide A , Org Lett, 13, 4252 9. Prasad, K. R.; Penchalaiah, K. 2011 Total synthesis of (-)-anamarine, J. Org. Chem. 76, 6889. 10. Prasad, K. R.; Gholap, S. L. 2008, Stereoselective total synthesis of bio-active styryllactones (+)-goniofufurone (+)-7-epi-goniofufurone, )-etharvensin.(+)-goniopypyrone, (+)-goniotriol, (+)-altholactone and ( 2008 J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2.

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KOMANDUR, CHARY VENKAT RAGHAVA (b 1956), Senior Principal Scientist, Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Hyderabad


Established a more reliable and viable adsorption methodology for the estimation of number of catalytic active sites and their distribution on the surface. This procedure has been found to be valid for both dynamic and static methods of chemisorption. Structure-activity relationships were developed during several catalytic reactions. ex., oxidation, ammoxidation and hydrogenation. The more rudimentary adsorption methods were complimented by sophisticated spectroscopic techniques. Developed highly stable active catalysts for the conversion of bio-glycerol to value added commodity chemicals. Developed novel transitional metal based heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of biomass derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Made significant contributions towards the development of novel catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and biomass conversion reactions. The work essentially led to the development of environmentally benign and economically viable catalytic processes. Dr Chary has published over 150 research papers in reputed international journals mainly in the area of catalysis. He has also received CSIR young scientist award in Chemical Sciences in 1989 and Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Award in the year 1989. 22 students received PhD degree under his supervision. More recently he was conferred with Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences. He has also received, JSPS invitation fellowship, CNRS visiting scientist fellowship, University of Queensland visiting professor, Brain Pool Fellowship from South Korea, Royal Society of Chemistry Journals grant and Raman Research Fellowship as recognition of his outstanding contributions in the area of catalysis.

Proposer: Dr. M. Lakshmikantam, Seconder: Dr. B. Mahipal Reddy Ten Best Publications: 1. K.V.R. Chary and G. Kishan (1995) Structure and dispersion of vanadia supported on γ-Al2O3, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99 14424-14429 (IF=4.03, CI=28) 2. K.V. R. Chary, G. Kishan, T. Bhaskar and Ch. Sivraj (1998) Structure and Reactivity of vanadium oxide catalysts supported on Titania (anatase) Journal of Physical Chemistry. 102, 6792-6798 (IF=4.03, CI=49) 3. K.V.R. Chary, T. Bhaskar, G. Kishan and V. Vijaykumar (1998) Characterization of MoO3/TiO2 (anatase) catalysts by ESR, 1H MAS NMR and oxygen chemisorption Journal of Physical Chemistry. Vol 102, 3936-3940 (IF=4.03, CI=25) 4. K.V.R. Chary, G. Kishan and T. Bhaskar (1999) Dispersion and reactivity of vanadium oxide catalysts supported on niobia JCS Chemical Communications. 15, 1399-1400 (IF=6.72, CI=12) 5. K.V.R. Chary, T.Bhaskar, G.Kishan and K.Rajender (2001) Characterization of molybdenum oxide catalysts supported on niobia Reddy Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105, 4392-4399 (IF=6.423, CI=20) 6. K.V.R. Chary, K. Rajender Reddy, G. Kishan, J.W. Niemantsverdriet, and G. Mestl (2004) Structure and reactivity of molybdenum oxide catalysts supported on zirconia, Journal of Catalysis 226, 283-291 (IF=6.423, CI=35) 7. K.V.R. Chary, K. Kalyana Seela, G. Vidya Sagar and B. Sreedhar (2004) Characterization and Reactivity of Niobia Supported Copper Oxide Catalysts Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108, 658-663 (IF=4.03, CI=30) 8. K.V.R. Chary, K. Kalyana Seela, G. Vidya Sagar and B. Sreedhar (2005) Characterization and Reactivity of Copper Oxide Catalysts Supported on TiO2-ZrO2, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, 9437-9444 (IF=4.03, CI=42) 9. G. Vidya Sagar, C.S. Srikanth, P. V. Ramana Rao and K.V.R. Chary (2006) Dispersion and Reactivity of Copper Catalysts Supported on Al2O3-ZrO2, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, 13881-13888 (IF=4.03, CI=25) 10. K.V.R. Chary, G. Vidya Sagar, Ch.S. Srikanth and V. Venkat Rao (2007) Characterization and catalytic functionalities of copper oxide catalysts supported on zirconia, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 543-550 (IF=4.03, CI=30)

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KRISHNA, PALAKODETY RADHA (b 1959) Sr. Principal Scientist, Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad


It gives me great pleasure in nominating Dr Palakodety Radha Krishna as the Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. He is a devout and versatile organic chemist with varied experience in synthetic organic chemistry. His research interests includes diastereoselective Baylis-Hilman reaction and its application in organic synthesis, isonitrile based multicomponent reactions (IMCR), target-oriented synthesis of bio-active natural products and development of new synthetic methodologies using TosMIC and EDA (ethyl diazoacetate). As a senior colleague, he guided 37 students and in the last few years he has 25 Ph.Ds to his credit. He has 165 research publications, 14 International Patents, 4 review articles and 3 Book-Chapters to his credit. Dr Palakodety Radha Krishna's innovative and persistant efforts gave a new dimension to Baylis-Hillman reaction particularly the asymmetric version of it. He introduced novel chiral aldehydes as electrophiles in Baylis-Hillman reaction; brought in the concept of ‘double asymmetric induction’ as a strategic tool for achieving higher stereoselectivities; introduced intra-molecular BH-reaction that resulted in reversing the stereoselectivities with high diastereomeric ratios (>97%). Furthermore, small molecule catalysis is deftly demonstrated in enantioselective Baylis-Hillman reaction. He ingeniously developed newer uses of TosMIC and EDA (ethyl diazoacetate) reagents for generating diverse scaffolds/building blocks. Total syntheses of several bioactive natural products were accomplished by his group. He played a major role in consolidating the bilateral collaborations with Universite of Rennes 1, Rennes, France; RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and LMU, Münich, Germany. His extensive work in Drug Discovery resulted in IICT-TA67 (PDE4/ICAM-1 inhibitor) with excellent bio-assay profile. This molecule is presently under clinical trials now. His vast research interests in Pharma, Agro and Fragrance chemicals Collaborators: [a) new/process routes: CytoMed/Leukosite, USA; Givaudan, Switzerland; b) solid/solution phase combinatorial chemistry: Glaxo SmithKline, UK; ArQule, USA; c) NCEs: Ranbaxy, India] resulted in interesting chemistry and revenues for CSIR-IICT.

Proposer: Dr. M. Lakshmikantam, Seconder: Dr. G.V.M. Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. Manikanta, G.; Raju, G.; Radha Krishna, P. (2015) Stereoselective total synthesis of ent-hyptenolide. RSC Adv. 5, 7964-7969. (IF 3.708). 2. Radha Krishna, P.; Prabhakar, S.; Rama Krishna, K.V.S. (2013) The first stereoselective total synthesis of the Z-isomer of (6S, 7R, 9R)-6,7-dihydroxy-9-propylnon-4-eno-9-lactone RSC Adv., 3, 23343-23346 (IF=3.708, CI= 2). 3. Radha Krishna, P.; Venkata Ramana, D. (2012) Titanium(IV)-Promoted Regioselective Nucleophilic Ring-Opening Reaction of Chiral Epoxyallyl Alchols with Acids as a Tool for Ready Access to Chiral 1,2,3-Triol Monoesters: Application to Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Macrolides. J. Org. Chem. 77, 674-679. (IF=4.638, CI= 6). 4. Dayaker, G.; Sreeshailam, A.; Chevallier, F.; Roisnel, T.; Radha Krishna, P.; Mongin, F., (2010) Deprotonative metalation of ferrocenes using mixed lithium-zinc and lithium-cadmium combinations. Chem. Commun. 46, 2862-2864. (IF=6.169, CI=26). 5. Radha Krishna, P.; Raja Sekhar, E. (2008) TosMIC and Indium manifold strategy to access β-keto-(E)-enamino esters: Direct C-C bond formation by C-H activation of 1, 3-dicarbonyl compounds. Adv. Synth. Catal. 350, 2871-2876. (IF=6.084, CI= 6). 6. Radha Krishna, P.; Narsingam, M. (2007), Diversely substituted sugar-linked α,β-unsaturated γ-lactones from sugar-derived Baylis-Hillman adducts via RCM, J. Comb. Chem. 9, 62-69. (IF=3.401, CI=23). 7. Radha Krishna, P.; Dayaker, G.; Narasimha Reddy, P. V. (2006) Diastereoselective Passerini reaction using p-Toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) as isonitrile component, Tetrahedron Letters 47, 5977-5980. (IF=2.39, CI=33). 8. Sharma, GVM.; Nagender, P.; Radha Krishna, P.; Ramakrishna, KVS.: Jayaprakash, P.; Kunwar. A.C. (2005) 9/11-Mixed helices in /-peptides derived from C-linked carbo -amino acid (Caa) and L-Ala repeats, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed (Engl.), 44, 5878-5882. (IF=13.45, CI=93). 9. Radha Krishna, P.; Rachna Sachwani, Kannan, V. (2004) Double Asymmetric Induction as a novel tool for high stereocontrol in Baylis-Hillman reaction, Chem. Commun. 2580-2581. (IF=6.169, CI=19). 10. Radha Krishna, P.; Kannan, V.; Narasimha Reddy, P.V. (2004) N-Methyl Prolinol Catalyzed Asymmetric Baylis-Hillman Reaction, Adv. Synth. & Catal, 346(6), 603-606. (IF 6.048, CI=51).

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KUMBHAR, AVINASH SHANKAR (b 1965), Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune


Avinash Kumbhar is involved in teaching and research in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pune since 1991. He has initiated research in the field of metal-complex DNA, metallo-supramolecular chemistry and pulse radiolysis. Ruthenium and Copper polypyridyl complexes which induce hydrolytic cleavage of DNA (Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 14, 5450; Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9120, Dalton Trans. 2016, 3003) vanadium complexes as insulin mimics (Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 8237) and cobalt complexes as covalent binders and photocleavers of DNA (J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006, 100, 331; Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 639) have been studied. Recently his group has demonstrated that the Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes containing molecular clip ligand which forms polycationic arrays can condense DNA and has been studied as non-viral gene delivery systems (Chem.Eur.J., 2016, 22, 15760-15771, Dalton Transactions , 2016,45,13114-13125, Dalton Transactions 2016, 45, 3003-3012, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11068, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 16383). He has also initiated research in the area of metallosupramolecular chemistry and has succeeded in developing a series of synthons which generate metal-organic frameworks for gas and solvent adsorption studies (CrystEngComm. 2011, 13, 5289; 2008, 10,1520, Cryst. Growth & Design, 2006, 6, 743; 2008, 8, 1952). He has also used the technique of Pulse radiolysis of metal complexes (Dalton Trans. 2010, 5664-5675; Dalton Trans. 2009, 6185). His work in all these areas has resulted in 65 publications in standard journals which are being cited regularly. (Total citations 1838: h index 20)

Proposer: Prof. Dilip Dattaray Dhavale, Seconder: Prof. C.P.Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Padhye, R. Chikate, P.Sonawane, A. S. Kumbhar, Yerande R., West D and Liberta A., 1993, Coordination Chemistry ReviewThiosemicarbazone complexes of copper(II) : Structural and Biological studies,123, 49 (if=12.99, ci=748) 2. S. Ghosh, A. C. Barve, A. A.Kumbhar, A. S. Kumbhar, V. G. Puranik, P. A.Datar, U. B. Sonawane, R. R. Joshi, 2006, Synthesis, characterization,X-ray structure and DNA photocleavage by cis-dichlorobis(diimine)Co(III) complexes, J.Inorg.Biochem100, 331. (if=3.44, ci=104) 3. A. Barve, A. S. Kumbhar, M.Bhat,B. Joshi. Ray Butcher, U. Sonawane and R. Joshi, 2009, Mixed-Ligand Copper (II) – maltolate complexes: Synthesis, characterization, DNA binding, DNA cleavage and cytotoxicity, Inorg.Chem.48, 9120 (if=4.86, ci=97) 4. Megha S.Deshpande, A. S. Kumbhar Vedavati G. Puranik and K. Selvaraj,2006,Supramolecular Self-assembled Ruthenium-Polypyridyl Framework Encapsulating Discrete Water Cluster, Cryst.Growth & Design, 6,743 (if=4.42, ci=60) 5. Deshpande, M. S.; Kumbhar, A. A, A. S. Kumbhar, 2007, Hydrolytic Cleavage of DNA by a Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex, Inorg.Chem., 46,5450 (if=4.82, ci=62) 6. M. S. Deshpande,. A. A. Kumbhar, A. S. Kumbhar, M. Kumbhakar, H.Pal, U.Sonawane, R.R.Joshi, 2009, Ruthenium (II) bipyridine Complexes and their interactions with DNA, Bioconjugate Chem., 20,447 (if=4.51, ci=59) 7. Sunil S.Tonde, A. S. Kumbhar, S. B. Padhye , R.J. Butcher, 2006, Self-activating nuclease activity of copper(II) complexes of hydroxyl-rich ligands, J.Inorg.Biochem.,100,51 (if=3.44, ci=38) 8. S. S. Bhat, A. S. Kumbhar, P. Leonnecke,and E. Hey-Hawkins, 2010,Self-Association of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes and Their Interactions with Calf Thymus DNA, Inorg.Chem.,49,4843 (if=4.82, ci=31) 9. Md. N. Islam, A. A. Kumbhar, A. S. Kumbhar, M. Zeller, R. J. Butcher, M. Bhat-Dusane,B. N. Joshi, 2010, Bis(maltolato)vanadium (III)-Polypyridyl Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Cleavage and Insulin Mimetic Activity, Inorg.Chem.,49,8237 (if=4.82, ci=29) 10. S. S. Bhat, A. S. Kumbhar, A.A. Kumbhar, Ayesha Khan, P. Lönnecke,E. Hey-Hawkins, 2011, Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes as carriers for DNA delivery, Chem.Comm., 47,11068 (if=6.56, ci=23)

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MAJI, TAPAS KUMAR (b 1974), Associate Professor, JNCASR, Bangalore


Dr. Maji is one of India's best young and dynamic Inorganic chemists today and is well recognized internationally. He has established one of the reputed research groups in the field of chemistry and materials science during a short span of time. He has been working in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) / organic porous materials and their versatile applications. Main focus of his research is on the arena of contemporary problems related to energy and environment. Dr. Maji has contributed significantly in improving the energy storage capacity (like H2, CH4) in different organic and organic-inorganic hybrid porous solids with high heat of adsorption. He is also working on another present-day problem on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). He has elegantly demonstrated different novel approaches for capture and chemical fixation of CO2 at ambient conditions. He has developed many materials which showed energy efficient adsorptive separation of industrially important chemicals like xylene (C8) isomers, CO2/CH4, C2H2/C2H4 at ambient condition. He is also working on molecules based magnetic materials including single molecule magnet and guest responsive porous magnetic materials with tunable Tc. His interest encompasses also on solution processable luminescent soft nanosacle MOFs or coordination polymer gels for light harvesting and sensor based applications. He has also embarked on different catalysis reactions on porous solids and also on hybrid materials where metal nanoparticles are stabilized in coordination or organic porous polymers. His current h-index is 42 with a total citation is above 5700.

Proposer: Prof. C.N. R. Rao, Seconder: Prof. M. R. S. Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Roy, V. M. Suresh, T. K. Maji, 2016, “Self-cleaning MOF: Realization of extreme water repellence in coordination driven self-assembled nanostructure” Chemical Science, 7, 2251 (if=9.144, ci=8) 2. R. Haldar, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, S.J. George, T. K. Maji, 2014, "Amine-responsive adaptable nanospaces: Fluorescent porous coordination polymer for molecular recognition" Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53, 11772 (if=11.709, ci=47) 3. S. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, K. Jayaramulu, A. Hazra, T. K. Maji, 2014, "A bimodal anionic MOF: Turn-off sensing of CuII and specific sensitization of EuIII" Chemical Communications, 50, 13567 (if=6.567, ci=37) 4. A. Hazra, P. Kanoo, T. K Maji, 2011, High heat of hydrogen adsorption and guest-responsive magnetic modulation in a 3D porous pillared-layer coordination framework" Chemical Communications, 47, 538 (if=6.567, ci=67) 5. V. M. Suresh, S. J. George, T.K. Maji, 2013, "MOF nano‐vesicles and toroids: Self‐assembled porous soft‐hybrids for light harvesting" Advanced Functional Materials, 23, 5585 (if=11.382, ci=33) 6. S.Mohapatra,B.Rajeswaran,A.Chakraborty,A.Sundaresan,T.K.Maji,2013,Bimodal magneto-luminescent dysprosium (DyIII)-potassium (KI)-oxalate framework: Magnetic switchability with high anisotropic barrier and solvent Sensing" Chem. Mater. 25, 1673 (if=9.407, ci=52) 7. A. Hazra, P. Kanoo and T. K. Maji, 2011, "High heat of hydrogen adsorption and guest-responsive magnetic modulation in a 3D porous pillared-layer coordination framework, 47, 538 (if=Chemical Communications, ci=67) 8. P. Kanoo, K. L. Gurunatha, and T. K. Maji, 2010, "Versatile functionalities in MOFs assembled from the same building units: interplay of structural flexibility, rigidity and regularity, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 1322 (if=6.626, ci=51) 9. S. Mohapatra, K. P. S. S. Hembram, U. Waghmare, T. K. Maji, 2009, Immobilization of alkali metal ions in a 3D lanthanide-organic framework: Selective sorption and hydrogen storage characteristics, Chemistry of Materials, 21, 5406 (if=9.407, ci=50) 10. K. Jayaramulu, P. Kanoo, S. J. George, T. K. Maji, 2010, "Tunable emission from a porous metal-organic framework by employing an excited-state intramolecular proton transfer responsive ligand" Chemical Communications, 89, 7906 (if=6.567, ci=89)

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MOHAN, DINESH (b 1968), Professor, School Of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi


Prof. Dinesh Mohan has made pioneering contributions in the field of Environmental Chemistry (water monitoring, assessment & contaminants remediation). In addition, his work on biomass conversion into biofuels is outstanding. Biofuels decrease net CO2 release to the atmosphere since new biomass growth for fuel production removes CO2 from air. Agricultural residues converted into bio-oil give a bio-char byproduct. He has applied this biochar to soil for CO2 mitigation. Biochar application increases C-residence time in soil relative to the application of same biomass directly to soil therefore can be considered over particular timescales to result in a net atmospheric CO2 withdrawal. He has published >100 papers in high impact factor journals (Total citations >14,600 and h factor 47). Prof. Mohan also appeared in the 2014 ‘highly cited researchers’ list published by Thompson Reuters. This prestigious list includes those scientific researchers whose publications have been cited most often and rank among the top 1% most cited for their subject field. He has been named to the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014 published by Thomson Reuters. He was awarded the Scopus Young Scientist Award 2007 given by Elsevier for his outstanding work. He has also received Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2009 given by Hiyoshi Corporation Japan. CSIR has published the highlights of 70 years Outstanding Science in India. In the published list of top 70 papers, his papers ranked at 9, 35, 63 & review ranked at 2, 10, 32. He also filled a patent on carbon bag technology for As remediation.

Proposer: Prof. Kasturi Datta, Seconder: Prof. Sudha Bhattacharya Ten Best Publications: 1. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr., and Philip H. Steele (2006), Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review, Energy Fuels, 20 (3), 848–889 (IF=2.790, CI=2679) 2. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman Jr. (2007) Arsenic removal from water/wastewater using adsorbents-A critical review, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 142(1–2), 1-53 (IF=4.529, CI=1630) 3. Dinesh Mohan, Kunwar P. Singh (2002) Single- and multi-component adsorption of cadmium and zinc using activated carbon derived from bagasse—an agricultural waste, Water Research, 36(9), 2304-2318 (IF=5.528, CI=810) 4. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Mark Bricka, Fran Smith, Ben Yancey, Javeed Mohammad, Philip H. Steele, Maria F. Alexandre-Franco, Vicente Gómez-Serrano, Henry Gong (2007)Sorption of arsenic, cadmium, and lead by chars produced from fast pyrolysis of wood and bark during bio-oil production,Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 310(1), 57-73 (IF=3.368, CI=376) 5. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman Jr.(2006)Activated carbons and low cost adsorbents for remediation of tri- and hexavalent chromium from water, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 137(2), 762-811 (IF=4.528, CI=920) 6. Kunwar P Singh, Dinesh Mohan, Sarita Sinha, R Dalwani(2004),Impact assessment of treated/untreated wastewater toxicants discharged by sewage treatment plants on health, agricultural, and environmental quality in the wastewater disposal area Chemosphere, 55(2), 227-255 (IF=3.34, CI=322) 7. Kunwar P. Singh, Amrita Malik, Dinesh Mohan, Sarita Sinha (2004), Multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation of spatial and temporal variations in water quality of Gomti River (India)—a case study, Water Research, 38(18), 3980-3992 (IF=5.528, CI=744) 8. Dinesh Mohan, Kunwar P. Singh, Sarita Sinha, Deblina Gosh (2004)Removal of pyridine from aqueous solution using low cost activated carbons derived from agricultural waste materials, Carbon, 42(12–13), 2409-2421 (IF=6.196, CI=87) 9. Dinesh Mohan, Ankur Sarswat, Yong Sik Ok, Charles U. Pittman Jr. (2014), Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent – A critical review, Bioresource Technology, 160, 191-202, 2014 (IF=4.494, CI=172) 10. Madhu Kumari, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Dinesh Mohan (2015) Heavy Metals [Chromium (VI) and Lead (II)] Removal from Water Using Mesoporous Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanospheres, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 442, 120-132 (IF=3.368, CI=14)

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PATEL, RAM NIWAS (b 1964), Professor, Department of Chemistry, A. P. S. University, Rewa (MP)


Prof. R. N. Patel of A.P.S. University Rewa has done commendable work in the area of synthesis and structural Inorganic chemistry. He has solve single crystal structure of a large number of inorganic complexes and has studied and interpreted their biological properties. Several compounds studied by him include homometallic and heterometallic imidazolato/pyrazine/acetate/nitrato/benzato/oxalate bridged compounds of biological importance. These have been used as synthetic models for metalloenzymes like ‘Superoxide Dismutase’ (Table 1). Table – 1 Copper(II) complexes with SOD activity. S. No. Name of compound SOD Activity (µM-1) Reference 1 [Cu2(L)2(pyrazine)](ClO2)2∙4H2O 83 Dalton Trans., 46, 0001-0018 (2017) DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04661d (Impact factor: 4.17). 2 [Cu2(2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole)2(L)2]ClO4 59 Polyhedron, 122, 1-15 (2017) (Impact factor: 2.11). 3 [Cu(µ-CH3COO)(L)]2•4H2O 27 J. Mole. Struct., 1136, 157-172 (2017) (Impact factor: 1.60). 4 [Cu2(L1)2(HL2)2(H2O)](NO3)2•2H2O 26 RSC Adv., 6, 107379–107398 (2016). (Impact factor: 3.29) 5 [Cu2(µ-benzoato)(L1)2]NO3•2H2O 26 J. Coord. Chem., 66, 4131–4143 (2013) (Impact factor: 2.22). 6 [(L)Cu(µ-NO3)2Cu(L)] 38 Inorg. Chim. Acta, 405, 209–217 (2013) (Impact factor: 1.92). 7 [Cu4(2-Pca)4(NH)2(bipy)2](ClO4)2•H2O 83 Polyhedron, 50, 139-145 (2013) (Impact factor: 2.11). 8 [(L2)Cu-(µ-NO3)2Cu(L2)] 17 Inorg. Chim. Acta, 363, 3838–3846 (2010) (Impact factor: 1.92). 9 [(Bipy)2Cu-Im-Cu(Bipy)2](ClO4)3.CH3OH 45 J. Inorg. Biochem., 99, 651-663(2005) (Impact factor: 3.20). 10 [(PMDT)Cu–Ox–Zn(PMDT)]-(BPh4)2• 2CH3CN 05 J. Inorg. Biochem., 98, 231–237 (2004) (Impact factor: 3.20). 11 [(PMDT)Cu-Im-Zn(PMDT)](ClO4)3 22 J. Inorg. Biochem., 89, 661-668 (2002) (Impact factor: 3.20). Recently Prof. Patel has obtained good results on Chemical Nuclease Activity of double stranded copper(II) complexes on pBR322 plasmid DNA [Polyhedron, 50, 139-145 (2013) and Inorg. Chim. Acta, 392, 281-291 (2012)].

Proposer: Prof. K. B. Pandeya , Seconder: Prof. H. L. Nigam Ten Best Publications: 1. R.N. Patel, Nripendra Singh, K.K. Shukla, U.K. Chauhan, J. Niclós-Gutiérrez and A. Castineiras (2004) Magnetic, spectroscopic, ............. ......polypyridine ligands Inorg. Chim. Acta, 357/9, 2469-2476. (if=1.92, ci=77) 2. R.N. Patel, Nripendra Singh, K.K. Shukla, V.L.N. Gundla and U.K. Chauhan (2005) Synthesis, structure and biomimetic .............superoxide dismutase J. Inorg. Biochem., 99/2, 651-663. (if=3.20, ci=58) 3. R.N. Patel, N. Singh, K.K. Shukla, U.K. Chauhan, S. Chakraborty, J. Niclós-Gutiérrez and A. Castineiras (2004) X-ray, spectral and biological ................as capping ligand J. Inorg. Biochem., 98, 231-237. (if=3.20, ci=58) 4. R.N. Patel, V.L.N. Gundla and D.K. Patel (2008) Synthesis, structure and properties of .......................substituted imidazole ligands Polyhedron, 27, 1054-1060. (if=2.11, ci=57) 5. R.N. Patel, Nripendra Singh, K.K. Shukla, V.L.N. Gundla and U.K. Chauhan (2006) Synthesis, characterization and ..............containing polypyridyl ligands Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 63, 21-26. (if=2.65, ci=57) 6. R.N. Patel and K.B. Pandeya (1998) E.P.R. study of an imidazolate-bridged Cu-Zn complex of glycylglycine J. Inorg. Biochem., 72, 109-114. (if=3.20, ci=57) 7. R.N. Patel, Nripendra Singh and V.L.N. Gundla (2006) Synthesis, structure and properties of ternary copper(II) complexes of ONO donor Schiff base, imidazole, 2,2’-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline Polyhedron, 25, 3312-3318. (if=2.11, ci=55) 8. R.N.Patel, K.K. Shukla, Anurag Singh, M. Choudhary, U.K. Chauhan and S. Dwivedi (2009) Copper(II) complexes as superoxide dismutase mimics...............copper(II) complexes Inorg. Chim. Acta, 362, 4891-4898. (if=1.92, ci=52) 9. R.N. Patel, S. Kumar and K.B. Pandeya (2002) ESR, visible and SOD studies ................... superoxide dismutase J. Inorg. Biochem., 89, 61-68. (if=3.20, ci=47) 10. R.N. Patel, N. Singh, K.K. Shukla, U.K. Chauhan, J. Niclós-Gutiérrez and A. Castineiras, V.G. Vaidyanathan and B.V. Nair (2005) Characterization and biological activities ...................as ligands Spectrochimica. Acta A, 62, 261-268. (if=2.65, ci=45)

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PHUKAN, PRODEEP (b 1967), Professor in Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014


As a part of his continuing work on sulfonamide based reagents (JOC, 2006, 71, 7533, TL, 2009, 50, 5083, TL, 2012, 53, 758, Synlett 2016, 27, 1618, ChemRev. 2016, 116, 6837), Prof. Prodeep Phukan developed a new non-catalytic protocol for the generation of nitrene which was further utilized for aziridine synthesis (ChemCommun., 2011, 47, 2967), and amidation of C-H bonds of alkyl arenes and aldehydes (ChemCommun., 2012, 48, 5491). This is one of the pioneering reports on non-catalytic pathway for nitrene generation. He developed a new strategy for synthesis of cyclohepta[b]indole Scaffolds (structural analogues of Ervatamine alkaloid) via Pd-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cyclization (JOC, 2015, 80, 438). Prof. Phukan, very recently developed an excellent method for Chan-Lam coupling at room temperature (ChemCommun 2016, 52, 1170; Indian Patent application: 160/KOL/2015). He developed a new CoFe2O4-Cr2O3-SiO2 fluorescent magnetic nanocomposite, which exhibit photoluminescence property used for fluorescence imaging detection of cancer-cells (Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2250) and photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes (JMolCatal-A, 2011, 346, 111). He also developed a new type of hydrophilic magnetic nano-catalyst for organic transformations in aqueous medium (JMolCatal-A 2011, 339, 24; JMolCatal-A 2012, 352, 128). Dr. Phukan also suggested the use of a parameter called “group nucleophilicity (Ng)” for predicting nucleophilicity behavior of organic molecules using DFT (THEOCHEM, 2010, 945, 64). Dr. Phukan published two significant single authored papers at the initial stage of his career at Gauhati University (JOC, 2004, 69, 4005 and TL 2004, 45, 4785). Both papers are among the top cited papers in respective field.

Proposer: Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. Saikia, I.; Borah, A. J.; Phukan, P. 2016. Bromine and bromoorganic compounds in organic synthesis. Chem. Rev. 116, 6837-8042 (if=37.369, ci=7) 2. Borgohain, C.; Senapati, K. K.; Mishra, D.; Sarma, K. C. and Phukan, P. 2010. A new CoFe2O4-Cr2O3-SiO2 fluorescent magnetic nanocomposite (if=7.76, ci=20) 3. Roy, S.; Sarma, M. J.; Kashyap, B.; Phukan, P. 2016. A quick Chan-Lam C-N and C-S cross coupling at room temperature in presence of square pyramidal [Cu(DMAP)4I]I as catalyst. Chem. Commun., 52, 1170-1173 (if=6.567, ci=10) 4. 4. Borah, A. J.; Phukan, P. 2012. Highly efficient catalyst-free protocol for C-H bond activation: sulfamidation of alkyl aromatics and aldehydes. Chem. Commun., 48, 5491-5493 (if=6.567, ci=19) 5. Saikia, I; Kashyap, B.; Phukan, P. 2011. A facile noncatalytic pathway for nitrene transfer process: expeditious access to aziridines. Chem. Commun., 47, 2967-2969 (ci=25) 6. Rajbongshi, K. K.; Saikia, I.; Chanu, L. D.; Roy, S.; Phukan, P. 2016. A metal free protocol for aminofunctionalization of olefins using TsNBr2. J. Org. Chem. 81, 5423-5432 (if=4.785, ci=1) 7. Goswami, P.; Borah, A. J.; Phukan, P. 2015. Formation of Cyclohepta[b]indole Scaffolds via Heck cyclization: A Strategy for Structural Analogues of Ervatamine Group of Indole Alkaloid. J. Org. Chem. 80, 438-446 (if=4.785, ci=6) 8. Phukan, P., Chakraborty, P.; Kataki, D. 2006. A simple and efficient method for regioselective and stereoselective synthesis of vicinal bromohydrins and alkoxybromides from olefin. J. Org. Chem., 71, 7533-7537 (if=4.785, ci=55) 9. Phukan, P. 2004. Iodine as a very powerful catalyst for three component synthesis of protected homoallylic amines. J. Org. Chem., 69, 4005-4006 (if=4.785, ci=126) 10. 10. Pathak, D.; Deuri, S.; Phukan, P. 2016. Theoretical Insights on the Interaction of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes with Tetravalent Silicon Reagents. J. Phy. Chem. A, 120, 128−138 (if=2.883, ci=1)

385

RAGAMPETA, SRINIVAS (b 1958), Chief scientist, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad


Dr. R. Srinivas carried out forced degradation and drug metabolism studies on several important pharmaceutical drugs (ref list of publications) as per ICH guide lines. These studies are very important from the view point of safety and efficacy of the drugs and also helps in drug discovery and development process using NCEs. Also highly useful for generic drug industry. Developed LC/MS/MS methods for the analysis of six vitamin D metabolites and carried out a study on control and disease subjects. Results suggested that levels of 25-hydroxy and 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D can be used to predict T2DM and T2DM with CAD, respectively. (Scientific Reports, 2016). This is first of its kind report. Also found that lower Vitamin D metabolites are associated with altered cytokines/chemokines and metabolic hormones in hypertension disorders in pregnancy Using LC/MS, identified garlic metabolites, allyl methyl sulfide and allyl methyl sulfoxide. Further studies revealed that garlic and its metabolites could prevent Iso-induced hypertrophic growth in rat heart and H9C2cells though partially increased Na+/K+-ATPase level. Also suggested from the study that AMS and AMSO could be developed as potential drug molecules against cardiac hypertrophy.He has been associated with proficiency tests of OPCW, The Netherlands, and National Authority, Chemical Weapon Convention, New Delhi which is strategically important to India. An active member (HOD since 2011) of prestigious mass spec center at IICT for past 33 years. The beneficiaries include majority of scientific community from across India including national laboratories, industry, and academia.

Proposer: Dr. J.S. Yadav, Seconder: Dr.A.C. Kunwar Ten Best Publications: 1. M. Vairamani, U. A. Mirza, and R. Srinivas; 1990, Unusual positive chemical ionization reagents in chemical ionization mass spectrometry; Mass Spectrom. Rev. 9, 235 (if=7.7, ci=67) 2. R. Srinivas, D. Suelzle, W. Koch, C. H. DePuy and H. Schwarz; 1991; SiOH+ / HSiO+ and SiOH. / HSiO. : Gas-phase generation and characterization. A combined neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry and ab initio study.;J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 597 (if=5.5, ci=172) 3. R Srikanth, P Nagi Reddy, R Narsimha, R Srinivas, GVM Sharma,2004,Mass spectral study of Boc‐carbo‐β3‐peptides:differentiation of two pairs of positional and diastereomeric isomers,,J.Mass Spectrum.39 (9), 1068-1074 (if=2.7, ci=24) 4. B Raju, M Ramesh, R Srinivas, SS Raju, Y Venkateswarlu, 2011 Identification and characterization of stressed degradation products of prulifloxacin using LC–ESI-MS/Q-TOF, MS n experiments, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 56, 560 (if=2.83, ci=24) 5. B Raju,M Ramesh,RM Borkar,RPadiya, SKBanerjee, R Srinivas, 2012, In vivo metabolic investigation of moxifloxacin using LC-ESI-MS/MS in combination with online hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange experiments, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 26,1 (if=2.64, ci=21) 6. G. Raju , R. Srinivas, V. Santhosh Reddy , Narayana Nagesh, M. M Idris, A. Kamal, 2012, Interaction of pyrrolobenzodiazepine ligands with parallel intermolecular G-quadruplex complex using spectroscopy and ESI-MS. PLoS ONE 7, e 35920 (if=4.2, ci=16) 7. R Padiya, D Chowdhury, R Borkar, R Srinivas, MP Bhadra, SK Banerjee, 2014, Garlic attenuates cardiac oxidative stress via activation of PI3K/AKT/Nrf2-Keap1 pathway in fructose-fed diabetic rat, PLoS One 9 (5), e94228 (if=4.2, ci=36) 8. RM.Borkar, Murali Mohan B, A.P. Dubey, PP. Nandekar, AT Sangamwar, SK. Banerjee and R. Srinivas, 2015, Plasma protein binding, pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and CYP450 biotransformation studies of fidarestat,J.Pharma.Biomed.Anal.102,1 (if=2.83, ci=20) 9. M.M.Bhandi,,N.Nagesh, R.M Borkar,R. Srinivas,G.Shankar,,S. Raut, 2016, Identification and characterization of stressed degradation products of rabeprazole using LC-ESI/ MS/MS and1H-NMR experiments: RSC Adv, 6,10719 (if=3.84) 10. R. Adela, R.M Borkar, M.M Bhandi, G Vishwakarma,,P.N.C Reddy, R. Srinivas & S K Banerjee, 2016, Lower Vitamin D Metabolites Levels Were Associated With Increased Coronary Artery Diseases in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in India, Sci.reports, 37593 (if=5.5)

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ROY, SUJIT (b 1959), Professor & Dean (Faculty), Organometallics And Catalysis Laboratory, School Of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute Of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar


The nominee has pioneered highly original concepts in “Catalysis for Fine Chemicals” encompassing aqueous/surface organometallic chemistry, and cooperative multimetallic catalysis. He has developed novel strategies for in-situ generation of organometallic reagents via small molecule activation and integrated them into highly selective bond forming reactions including multi-component/cascade/tandem coupling reactions. Diagnosis of reactive intermediates by spectroscopic and kinetic techniques, a key focus of Roy-group, led to the enumeration of new catalytic cycles and organometallic activation pathways. The discovery of Electrophile Assisted Catalytic Decarboxylation by Roy-group is a major breakthrough, bringing the 150-year old Hunsdiecker reaction into catalytic regime for the first time. Using the dual reagent combination of “tin/zinc” and “transition metal”, Roy-group has developed a versatile Two-component Heterobimetallic Catalysis concept into Grignard-Barbier Chemistry for the activation of electrophiles in water/oxide surface. Using nucleophilicity parameter as guide, the group correlated the Barbier-reactivity and selectivity of organometallic reagents. Recently, the nominee has devised a Cooperative Heterobimetallic TM-Sn Catalysis concept for highly efficient and industrially relevant C-H functionalization reactions. This innovative concept provides a powerful strategy towards atom-economic and green synthesis of fully decorated aromatic and heteroaromatic hydrocarbons which are building blocks for synthetic intermediates/molecular materials. The group is also studying traditional metal-based drugs. Prof. Roy has guided 16 Ph.D students, authored 89 journal publications, 5 book chapters, and 10 patents (US, Indian). He is the recipient of University Gold Medal, (1981), CSIR Young Scientist Award (1994), Chemical Research Society of India medal (2005), and a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science (2008).

Proposer: Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder: Prof. Sankar Kumar Som Ten Best Publications: 1. Cooperative Friedel-Crafts Catalysis in Heterobimetallic Regime: Alkylation of Aromatics by π-Activated Alcohols. Choudhury, Joyanta; Podder, Susmita; Roy, Sujit. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2005), 127(17), 6162-6163. (IF=9.91, CI=69) 2. The First Example of a Catalytic Hunsdiecker Reaction: Synthesis of β-Halostyrenes. Chowdhury, Shantanu; Roy, Sujit. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1997), 62(1), 199-200. (IF=4.45, CI=60) 3. Dual-Reagent Catalysis within Ir-Sn Domain: Highly Selective Alkylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes with Aromatic Aldehydes. Podder, Susmita; Choudhury, Joyanta; Roy, Ujjal Kanti; Roy, Sujit. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2007), 72(8), 3100-3103. (IF=4.45, CI=44) 4. Propargylic Activation Across a Heterobimetallic Ir-Sn Catalyst: Nucleophilic Substitution and Indene Formation with Propargylic Alcohols. Chatterjee, Paresh Nath; Roy, Sujit. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2010), 75(13), 4413-4423. (IF=4.45, CI=18) 5. -Hydroxy Lactams through N-Acyliminium Ions. Maity, Arnab Kumar; Roy, Sujit. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2012), 77(6), 2935-2941. A Multimetallic Piano-Stool Ir-Sn3 Catalyst for Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of (IF=4.45, CI=05) 6. Binding of Amino Acids into a Novel Multiresponsive Ferrocene Receptor Having an Ene Backbone. Debroy, Paromita; Banerjee, Moloy; Prasad, Madhumita; Moulik, Satya P.; Roy, Sujit. Organic Letters (2005), 7(3), 403-406. (IF=5.86, CI=28) 7. Heterobimetallic Pd-Sn Catalysis: A Suzuki, Tandem Ring-Closing Sequence toward Indeno[2,1-b]thiophenes and Indeno[2,1-b]indoles. Das, Debjit; Pratihar, Sanjay; Roy, Sujit. Organic Letters (2012), 14(18), 4870-4873. (IF=5.86, CI=02) 8. A Novel Copper(II)/Tin(II) Reagent for Aqueous Carbonyl Allylation: In Situ Diagnostics of Reactive Organometallics in Water. Kundu, Abhijit; Prabhakar, Sripadi; Vairamani, M.; Roy, Sujit. Organometallics (1997), 16(22), 4796-4799. (IF=3.96, CI=47) 9. Novel Catalytic Hunsdiecker-Heck (CHH) Strategy toward All-E Stereocontrolled Ferrocene-Capped Conjugated Push-Pull Polyenes. Naskar, Dinabandhu; Das, Sanjoy Kumar; Giribabu, Lingamallu; Maiya, B. G.; Roy, Sujit. Organometallics (2000), 19(8), 1464-1469.(IF=3.96, CI=31) Barbier Reaction in the Regime of Metal Oxide: Carbonyl Allylation over β-SnO/Cu2O and Surface Diagnostics. Sinha, Pradipta; Roy, Sujit. Organometallics (2004), 23(1), 67-71. (IF=3.96, CI=33)

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SANJAYAN, GANGADHAR JESSY (b 1968), Scientist & ACSIR Professor Of Chemistry, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune


Dr. Sanjayan - a “CSIR New Idea Fund” awardee (formerly called as CSIR-crazy idea) has pioneered in the design and development of synthetic peptide scaffolds, which may be of considerable use in intervening various protein / cell membrane interactions. Artificial protein mimetics have wide range of potential applications. For instance, they may provide tight-binding ligands for a large protein recognition site, unachievable by the traditional small molecule approaches. Dr. Sanjayan’s acclaimed work on artificial peptide/protein structures based on the acrylamide oligomer platform has attracted considerable attention from peers [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2006/06/acrylamide_chains. asp]. Remarkably, there are distinctive differences between native protein sheets and the ones discovered by Sanjayan’s group. Whereas the protein β-sheets make use of hydrogen-bonding interactions from the backbone for molecular recognition events leading to self-assembly, the sheet-mimetic developed by Sanjayan’s group utilizes amide groups of the side chains to attain its self-assembled structural architecture. This discovery will have a bearing in utility, since such systems will have improved proteolytic stability due to the absence of native amino acid residues which would be easily cleaved by the proteolytic enzymes. Dr. Sanjayan’s group has also been highly successful in the design of a new class of synthetic zipper structures, by deploying strategically positioned hydrogen-bonding directing groups on the oligomer backbone (J. Am. Chem Soc. 2013, 135, 11477). Dr. Sanjayan’s impeccable contributions in the area of biomimetism have been compiled in feature review articles (Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 13874; and Chem Com., 2011, 47, 11593 – both featured on front coverpage).

Proposer : Dr. Sourav Pal, Seconder : Prof. K.N. Ganesh Ten Best Publications: 1. R. V. Nair, S. B. Baravkar, T.S. Ingole and G. J. Sanjayan; (2014), Synthetic Turn Mimetics and Hairpin Nucleators: Quo Vadimus; Chem. Commun., 50, 13874. (CI= 1) 2. S. S. Kale, S. M. Kunjir, R. L. Gawade, V. G. Puranik, P.R. Rajamohanan, G. J. Sanjayan; (2014); Conformational modulation of peptide secondary structures using b-aminobenzenesulfonic acid; Chem. Commun., 50, 2886. (CI= 2) 3. R. V. Nair, S. Kheria, S. Rayavarapu, A. S. Kotmale, B. Jagadeesh, R. G. Gonnade, V. G. Puranik, P. R. Rajamohanan and G. J. Sanjayan.; (2014); A Synthetic Zipper Peptide Motif Orchestrated via Co-operative Interplay of Hydrogen Bonding, Aromatic Stacking and Backbone Chirality.; J. Am. Chem Soc. 135, 11477 (CI= 11) 4. S. S. Kale, G. Priya, A. S. Kotmale, R. L. Gawade, V. G. Puranik, P. R. Rajamohanan and G. J. Sanjayan.; (2013); Orthanilic acid-promoted reverse turn formation in peptides.; Chem. Commun., 49, 2222—2224. (CI= 7) 5. Ramesh, V. V. E.; Kotmale, A. S.; Gonnade, R. G.; Rajamohanan, P.R.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2012); Multifaceted folding in a foldamer featuring highly cooperative folds.; Chem. Commun., 48, 11205–11207 (CI= 12) 6. -Heterogeneous Peptides Without Inter-Residual Backbone Hydrogen-Bonding.; Chem. Commun., 48, 8922–8924./-Heterogeneous Peptides Without Inter-Residual Backbone Hydrogen-Bonding.Helical Folding in /Priya, G.; Gawade, R. L.; Kotmale A. S.; Puranik, V. G.; Rajamohanan, P.R.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2012); Helical Folding in (CI= 8) 7. Vijayadas, K. N.; Davis, H. D.; Kotmale, A. S.; Gawade, R. L.; Puranik, V. G.; Rajamohanan, P. R.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2012); An Unusual Conformational Similarity of Two Peptide Folds Featuring Sulfonamide and Carboxamide on The Backbone.; Chem. Commun., 48, 9747–9749 (CI=10) 8. Prabhakaran, P.; Priya, G.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2012); Foldamers: They’re Not Just for Biomedical Applications Anymore.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 4006. (CI= 23) 9. Roy, A.; Prabhakaran, P.; Baruah, P. K.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2011).; Diversifying the Structural Architecture of Synthetic Oligomers: The Hetero Foldamer Approach.; Chem. Commun., 47, 11593. (CI=44) 10. Prabhakaran, P.; Kale, S. S.; Puranik, V. G.; Rajamohanan, P. R.; Chetina, O.; Howard, J. A. K.; Hofmann, H.-J.; Sanjayan, G. J.; (2008).; Sequence-Specific Unusual (1→2)-Type Helical Turns in α/β-Hybrid Peptides.; J. Am. Chem Soc. 130 (52), 17743-17754.(CI=47)

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SHARMA, VINOD KUMAR (b 1958), Professor, M.D. University, Rohtak


The research area of Prof.Sharma is “Thermodynamics of multi component liquid mixtures”.He has measured thermodynamic properties like excess molar volumes,VE,excess molar enthalpies,HE,excess isentropic compressibilities,ksE,excess Gibbs free energies, GE,excess heat capacities,CpE of binary as well as ternary liquid mixtures comprising of organic liquid or ionic liquid or Biodiesel and analyzed the same in terms of various currents theories of liquid mixtures. He published his first research paper in 1981, in which concept of connectivity parameter of third degree 3x of the constituents of the mixtures (which deals with topology of the molecule) was utilized to develop Graph theory for the first time that describe well the VE and HE of the binary non-electrolyte mixtures. The expression obtained for predicting VE data via this theory was next amended in terms of 3x of a molecule in pure and mixed state. These 3x values were successfully utilized to extract information about the state of components in pure and mixed state.Topology of molecules has also been employed successfully to determine activity coefficients,γ along with GE and CpE of binary mixtures. Prof. Sharma has also extended this approach to determine VE,HE,ksE and CpE of ternary liquid mixtures. In recent studies,he has employed this theory to predict VE,HE,ksE and CpE of binary as well as ternary ionic liquid mixtures.

Proposer: Prof. D. V. S. Jain, Seconder: Prof. K. K. Bhasin Ten Best Publications: 1. P. P. Singh, R. K. Nigam, K. C. Singh and V. K. Sharma, 1981, Topological aspects of thermodynamics of binary mixtures of non-electrolytes, Thermochimica Acta, 46, 175-190. (if=1.938, ci=95) 2. P. P. Singh, V. K. Sharma and S. P. Sharma, 1986, Topological studies of the molecular species that characterize lower alkanol + methylene bromide mixtures: Molar excess volumes and molar excess enthalpies, Thermochim. Acta 106, 293-307. (if=1.938, ci=93) 3. V. K. Sharma and Romi, 2001, Molar excess volumes of ternary mixtures containing ether, Canad .J. Chem., 79, 1910-1914. (if=1.013, ci=29) 4. Dimple, J. S. Yadav, K.C. Singh and V.K. Sharma, 2008, Molecular interactions in binary mixtures containing o-toluidine, Thermochim. Acta 468, 108-115. (if=1.938, ci=42) 5. N. Saini, J. S. Yadav, S. K. Jangra, D. Sharma, V. K. Sharma, 2011, Thermodynamic studies of molecular interactions in mixtures of o-toulidine with pyridine and picolines, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 43, 782-795. (if=2.196, ci=40) 6. D. Sharma, S. Bhagour, V. K. Sharma, 2012, Thermodynamic and topological studies of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate + pyrrolidin-2-one and 1-methyl-pyrrolidin-2-one mixtures, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 57, 3488-3497. (if=1.835, ci=31) 7. S. Solanki, N. Hooda, V. K. Sharma,2013, Topological investigations of binary mixtures containing ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and pyridine or isomeric picolines, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 56, 123-135 (if=2.196, ci=25) 8. V. K. Sharma, S. Solanki, 2013, Topological investigations of binary mixtures containing 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and anilines, J. Mol. Liqs., 177, 133-144. (if=2.740, ci=26) 9. V. K. Sharma, A. Rohilla, 2013, Excess heat capacities of 1-methyl pyrrolidin-2-one and pyridine or picolines mixtures, Thermochim. Acta, 568, 140-147. (if=1.938, ci=26) 10. S. Bhagour, S. Solanki, N. Hooda, D. Sharma and V. K. Sharma, 2013, Thermodynamic properties of binary mixtures of the ionic liquid [emim][BF4] with acetone and dimethylsulphoxide, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 60, 76-86. (if=2.196, ci=26)

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SINGH, KAMALJIT (b 1964), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar


With the main focus on organic synthesis, the nominee has demonstrated usefulness of his research in varied research areas: medicinal chemistry, material chemistry and sensors. In material chemistry, he has introduced new class of porphyrins and demonstrated their efficaciousness in organic field-effect transistor devices (thin films as well as single crystals) with attractive hole mobility. Further, supramolecular stacking of these porphyrins with fullerenes and other acceptors has led to new rare materials depicting ambipolar transport behavior. Molecular designs with different donor-acceptor combinations have been synthesized, which depict high electrochemically switchable second-order nonlinear polarizability and/or hole mobility in devices. In medicinal chemistry research his main focus is in the design of molecular hybrids that are active against different stages of life cycles of the malaria parasites and counter drug resistance. Very recently his new compounds have achieved activity in nM concentration, which is more than the standard drugs and have attractive pharmacological properties. Finally, design of small molecules capable of detecting different types of analytes in solutions, solid phase as well as real-life samples such as live cells has yielded a plethora of analyte selective chemosensors.

Proposer: Prof. Harjit Singh, Seconder: Prof. Subodh Kumar Ten Best Publications: 1. Navdeep Kaur, Paramjit Kaur and Kamaljit Singh, 2016, Ferrocene-BODIPY Push–Pull dyad: A common platform for the sensing of Hg2+ and Cr3+. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical., 229, 499-505 (if=4.758, ci=7) 2. Shafali Arora, Shivali Sharma, Venus S. Mithu, C. H. Lee and Kamaljit Singh, 2015, Selective functionalization of methylene bridges of calix[6]arenes. Isolation and identification of stable conformers of methyl ether of p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene, Che (if=6.567, ci=2) 3. Rakesh Chopra, Paramjit Kaur and Kamaljit Singh, 2015, Pyrene based chemosensor detects picric acid upto attogram level through aggregation enhanced excimer emission, Anal. Chim. Acta, , 864, 55-63. (if=4.712, ci=14) 4. Paramjit Kaur, Navdeep Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, Vikram Dhuna, Jatinder Singh and Kamaljit Singh, 2014, A "turn-on" coordination based detection of Pd2+. Application in bioimaging, RSC Adv., 4, 16104-16108.[ (if=3.289, ci=14) 5. Kamaljit Singh, Hardeep Kaur, Peter Smith, Carmen de Kock, Kelly Chibale, and Jan Balzarini, 2014, Quinoline–pyrimidine hybrids: Synthesis, antimalarial bioassay, SAR and mode of action studies, J. Med. Chem., 57, 435-448 (if=5.447, ci=40) 6. Mandeep Kaur, Paramjit Kaur, Vikram Dhuna, Sukhdev Singh and Kamaljit Singh. 2014, A ferrocene-pyrene based ‘turn on” chemodosimeter for Cr3+- application in bioimaging. Dalton Trans., 43, 5707-5712. (if=4.197, ci=18) 7. Kamaljit Singh, Hardeep Kaur, Kelly Chibale, Jan Balzarini, Susan Little and Prasad V. Bharatam, 2012, 2-Aminopyrimidine based 4-aminoquinoline antiplasmodial agents. Synthesis, biological activity, structure-activity relationship and mode of acti (if=3.902, ci=36) 8. Kamaljit Singh, Tarunpreet Singh Virk, Jing Zhang, Wei Xu and Daoben Zhu, 2012, Neutral tetrathia[22]annulene[2,1,2,1]s based field-effect transistors. Improved on/off ratio defies ring puckering, Chem. Commun., 48, 12174-12176. (if=6.567, ci=10) 9. Kamaljit Singh, Tarunpreet Singh Virk, Jing Zhang, Wei Xu and Daoben Zhu, 2012, Oxygen Bridged Neutral Annulenes: A Novel Class of Materials for Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Chem. Commun., 48 (1), 121-123. (if=6.567, ci=10) 10. Kamaljit Singh, Amit Sharma, Jing Zhang, Wei Xu and Daoben Zhu, 2011, New Sulphur Bridged Neutral Annulenes. Structure, Physical Properties and Applications in Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Chem. Commun., 47 (3), 905-907. (if=6.567, ci=27)

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SUNDARAM, BALASUBRAMANIAN (b 1966), Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore


Dr. Balasubramanian is one of India's best computational chemists today and is well recognized internationally. He has made significant contributions to the study of chemical matter through construction of realistic models. His research encompasses CO2 sequestration and storage, room temperature ionic liquids, carbonic acid, self assembly in supramolecular polymers, and enzyme catalysis. He employs advanced techniques such as gas phase quantum chemical calculations, ab initio, atomistic and coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations to study in detail, the electronic, intermolecular and mesoscale structure of materials. Thus, his work spans all the length, time, and energy scales relevant to chemistry. Utilising results from ab initio MD simulations as a benchmark, he has developed a framework to objectively arrive at intermolecular potentials for room temperature ionic liquid for quantitative prediction of physical properties. Using a hierarchical modelling approach, he has predicted the crystal structure of carbonic acid, hitherto unknown experimentally. Recent work from his group have offered considerable insights into interactions of CO2 with framework solids. His work on identifying molecular features that determine the nature of self-assembly in supramolecular polymers has been well received. His research is notable for its realism, originality, solidity, and the diligence to details. He is a pioneer in the field of large scale, realistic simulations of complex chemical systems in India. He is also an effective communicator and an excellent teacher and takes immense interest in academic activities.

Proposer: Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Seconder: Prof. K.S. Narayan Ten Best Publications: 1. S Balasubramanian, KJ Rao, 1993, Preferential paths in alkali ion migration and the mixed alkali effect in silicate glasses, The Journal of Physical Chemistry 97 (35), 8835-8838 (IF=3.4, CI=66) 2. M Saharay, S Balasubramanian, 2004, Ab initio molecular-dynamics study of supercritical carbon dioxide, The Journal of Chemical Physics 120 (20), 9694-9702 (IF=3.15, CI=49) 3. BL Bhargava, S Balasubramanian, 2005, Dynamics in a room-temperature ionic liquid: A computer simulation study of 1, 3-dimethylimidazolium chloride, The Journal of Chemical Physics 123 (14), 144505 (IF=3.15, CI=125) 4. BL Bhargava, S Balasubramanian, 2006, Intermolecular structure and dynamics in an ionic liquid: A Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics simulation study of 1, 3-dimethylimidazolium chloride, Chemical physics letters 417 (4), 486-491 (IF=2.1, CI=111) 5. M Saharay, S Balasubramanian, 2006, Electron donor-acceptor interactions in ethanol-CO2 mixtures: An ab initio molecular dynamics study of supercritical carbon dioxide, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (8), 3782-3790 (IF=3.4, CI=51) 6. BL Bhargava, S Balasubramanian, 2006, Layering at an ionic liquid-vapor interface: A molecular dynamics simulation study of [bmim][PF6], Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (31), 10073-10078 (IF=11.4, CI=116) 7. BL Bhargava, S Balasubramanian, 2007, Insights into the structure and dynamics of a room-temperature ionic liquid: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation studies of 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]) and the [bmim][PF6]-CO2 mixture, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 (17), 4477-4487 (IF=3.4, CI=96) 8. P Kanoo, SK Reddy, G Kumari, R Haldar, C Narayana, S Balasubramanian, TK Maji, 2012, Unusual room temperature CO2 uptake in a fluoro-functionalized MOF: insight from Raman spectroscopy and theoretical studies, Chemical Communications 48 (68), 8487-8489(IF=6.7, CI=32) 9. A Mondal, S Balasubramanian, 2014, Quantitative Prediction of Physical Properties of Imidazolium Based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids through Determination of Condensed Phase Site Charges: A Refined Force Field, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 (12), 3409-3422 (IF=3.4, CI=11) 10. SK Reddy, S Balasubramanian, 2014, Carbonic acid: molecule, crystal and aqueous solution, Chemical Communications 50 (5), 503-514 (Review) (IF=6.7, CI=4)

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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics,

Computer/Information Science)

BHARGAVA, RAMA (b 1955), Professor, Department of Mathematics & Dean Administaration, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.

Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2017, Mathematical Sciences)

The research area of Prof. Bhargava is CFD and computer graphics Her passion is to have a direct application of mathematical tools for simulation of real problems. All this is reflected in her nearly 160 papers. She has applied advanced numerical techniques namely Finite element and Meshfree methods for problems dealing with transport phenomena,propagation of cracks or fire, phase change etc. Apart, she has also touched some theoretical aspects like convergence etc. of these techniques. Her research on FEM has led to INSA award under which she has explored interesting problems on nonnewtonian and nanofluids flows at University of Sheffield UK .Her work on stability of flows of different fluids has roduced very good papers. She has been working extensively on domains which are undefined or bounded with curves eg inclined channel with sinusoidal boundries existing in solar heaters or problems of drug delivery or cryosurgery. The meshfree method is quite tough with sequential programming so she is now working in parallel implementation which will generate a breakthrough for many unsolved problems. On the basis of her research work she is awarded four research projects-two by ISRO, one by DST and the current one by NBHM. She has developed software for generating 3D- city models using 2D satellite images which has applications during natural calamities in flood etc. She has adored many administrative posts at IIT ROORKEE.

Proposer: Prof. Peeyush Chandra, Seconder: Prof. Satya Deo Ten Best Publications: 1. O. Anwar Beg, JaoquinZueco, R. Bhargava, H. S. Thakar, Magnetohydronymic convection flow from a sphere to a non-Darcian porous medium with heat generation or absorption effects: , International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 48,pp. 913-921, 2009. (if=2.769, ci=40) 2. P Rana, R Bhargava,Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement in mixed convection flow along a vertical plate with heat source/sink utilizing nanofluids, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Vol. 16, pp. 4318-4334, 2011. (if=2.834, ci=75) 3. P. Rana and R. Bhargava, Flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet: A numerical study, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 17, 212–226, 2012. Elsevier. (if=2.834, ci=218) 4. Puneet Rana, R. Bhargava, and O.A. Bég, Numerical solution for mixed convection boundary layer flow of a nanofluid along an inclined plate embedded in a porous medium, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 64, 2816–2832, 2012. (if=1.398, ci=62) 5. Dhananjay Yadav, R. Bhargava, G.S. Agrawal, Boundary and internal heat source effects on the onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection in a porous layer saturated by nanofluid, International Journal of Thermal Sciences , 60, 244-254, 2012. (if=2.857, ci=48) 6. Dhananjay Yadav, R Bhargava, GS Agrawal, Numerical solution of a thermal instability problem in a rotating nanofluid layer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 63 , pp. 313-322, 2013. (if=2.857, ci=48) 7. Goyal, M., Bhargava, R., Numerical study of thermodiffusion effects on boundary layer flow of nanofluids over a power law stretching sheet, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics , Vol. 17, pp. 591–604, 2014. (if=2.537, ci=23) 8. Dhananjay Yadav, R Bhargava, GS Agrawal, Nirmal Yadav, Jinho Lee, MC Kim., Thermal instability in a rotating porous layer saturated by a non-Newtonian nanofluid , Microfluidics and Nanofluidics , Vol. 16 (2), pp. 425-440, 2014. (if=2.537, ci=28) 9. Singh S., Bhargava R., Simulation of phase transition during cryosurgical treatment of a tumor tissue loaded with nano-particles using meshfree approach, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 136(12), 121101-1 to 121101-10, 2014. (if=1.788, ci=7) 10. D. Yadav, J. Wang, R. Bhargava, J. Lee, H.H. Cho, “Numerical investigation of the effect of magnetic field on the onset of nanofluid convection”, Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), Vol. 103, pp 1441–1449, 2016. (if=3.043, ci=10)

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BHATTACHARYYA, SOMNATH (b 1962), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Member of the NASI: No (YON 2017, Mathematical Sciences)

Dr.Bhattacharyya, Professor of Mathematics in HAG scale, IIT Kharagpur, has published ninety papers in reputed international journals, guided ten students for Ph.D. and completed several research projects sponsored by DST, SERB and CSIR. He has received several awards and fellowships for research collaboration at USA, UK and Germany. His research centres on Computational Fluid Dynamics, which involves theoretical/ analytical analysis and numerical mathematical modelling incorporating inherently non-linear effects. He has made important contribution in understanding several complicated fluid flow phenomena ,e.g. steady/ unsteady flow separation, vortex breakdown, fluid-body interactions, heat transfer, electro-hydrodynamics of rigid/ soft colloids and transport phenomena in micro- and nanofluidics. A significant part of his work focuses on the development of advanced numerical algorithms to compute nonlinear partial differential equations. He has done several important studies on fluid-body interactions and its influence on heat transfer and vortex shedding behind bluff body. His works on suppression of vortex shedding and augmentation of heat transfer through inclusion of porous sheath is noteworthy. He has contributed in modeling nanofluids for enhanced heat transfer. Dr.Bhattacharyya has demonstrated unique mathematical and numerical models to study ionic and bio-molecular transport as well as ion separation and enhancement of electroosmotic flows through micro- and nanochannels applicable to microfluidic devices. These models were supplemented by asymptotic analysis and experimental results. He has made significant contribution to analyze the non-linear effects on electrokinetic transport of charged rigid colloids, soft particles and polyelectrolytes. He has made several contributions on modeling transport phenomena involving hydrophobic surfaces.

Proposer: Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Seconder: Prof. S.K. Som Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Bhattacharyya, Z. Zheng & A.T. Conlisk (2005) : Electroosmotic flow in two-dimensional charged micro- and nanochannels. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 540, 247-267. (if=2.514, ci=44) 2. S Bhattacharyya, S Dhinakaran & A Khalili (2006) : Fluid motion around and through a porous cylinder. Chemical Engineering Science 61, 4451-4461. (if=3.96, ci=104) 3. S Bhattacharyya & S Dhinakaran (2008): Influence of buoyancy on vortex shedding and heat transfer from a square cylinder in proximity to a wall. Journal of Fluids and Structures 24, 400-417 . (if=2.64, ci=28) 4. S Bhattacharyya, AK Singh ( 2008) : Augmentation of heat transfer from a solid cylinder wrapped with a porous layer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 52 (7), 1991-2001. (if=3.28, ci=23) 5. S Bhattacharyya & AK Singh ( 2011) : Reduction in drag and vortex shedding frequency through porous sheath around a circular cylinder. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 65 (6), 683-698. (if=2.52, ci=19) 6. S Bhattacharyya, PP Gopmandal, T Baier & S Hardt (2013) : Sample dispersion in isotachophoresis with Poiseuille counterflow. Physics of Fluids 25 (2), 022001. (if=2.73, ci=14) 7. S Bhattacharyya & PP Gopmandal (2013): Effects of electroosmosis and counterion penetration on electrophoresis of a positively charged spherical permeable particle. Soft Matter 9 (6), 1871-1884. (if=4.50, ci=16) 8. S Bhattacharyya & S De (2015) Numerical study of the influence of solid polarization on electrophoresis at finite Debye thickness. Physical Review E 92 (3), 032309 (if=2.05, ci=6) 9. R.K. Nayak, S. Bhattacharyya & I.Pop ( 2015 ): Numerical study on mixed convection and entropy generation of Cu–water nanofluid in a differentially heated skewed enclosure. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 85, 620-634. (if=3.28, ci=24) 10. S Bhattacharyya & S De (2016): Influence of rigid core permittivity and double layer polarization on the electrophoresis of a soft particle: A numerical study. Physics of Fluids 28 (1), 012001. (if=2.73, ci=5)

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CHAKRAVERTY, SNEHASHISH (b 1963), Professor, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela


Professor Snehashish Chakraverty, whose candidature I would like to propose for the Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences (NASI), has been known to me for a good number of years, essentially through the contributions he has put in a wide diversity of areas on numerical aspects of Mathematical Sciences. Any glimpsing through his research outputs, collaboratively with his research cohorts shows, a keen receptivity to new facets of classical areas of mechanics and, in particular, the widening areas of vibration per se. The areas chosen for research under his guidance deal with ideas that closely intersect with modern trends on topics such as on fuzzy, neural network, nano etc. that pertain to wider concerns on vibration. Differential equations, whatever be the variant, have kept on assuming to be his forte. The treatises he has authored and edited, under the aegis of international publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, World Scientific, IGI Global, Inderscience etc. testify qualitatively to his continuing and innovative interests on computational mechanics. That these efforts have captured recognition of the mathematical community in the country and abroad, is shown by the awards he has received and because of his contributions, particularly on computability, that are cited at the global level. In sum, Prof. Chakraverty amply deserves to be a Fellow of NASI.

Proposer: Prof. Dilip Kumar Sinha, Seconder: Prof. P.V. Arunachalam Ten Best Publications: 1. Singh B. and Chakraverty S. (1994). Flexural vibration of skew plates using boundary characteristic orthogonal polynomials in two variables, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 173 (2), 157-178 (if=2.300, ci=64) 2. Singh B. and Chakraverty S. (1994). Boundary Characteristic Orthogonal Polynomials in Numerical Approximation, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 10, 1027-1043 (if=1.754, ci=25) 3. Chakraverty S. (2005). Identification of Structural Parameters of Multistorey Shear Buildings from Modal Data, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 34, 543-554 (if=1.915, ci=35) 4. Chakraverty S. (2006). Singh V.P. and Sharma R.K., Regression Based Weight Generation Algorithm in Neural Network for Estimation of Frequencies of Vibrating Plates, Journal of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 195, 4194-4202 (if=2.626, ci=21) 5. Pradhan K.K. and Chakraverty S. (2013). Free vibration of Euler and Timoshenko functionally graded beams by Rayleigh–Ritz method, Composites Part B Engineering, Vol. 51, 175-184 (if=3.901, ci=102) 6. Nayak S. and Chakraverty S. (2013). Non-Probabilistic Approach to Investigate Uncertain Conjugate Heat Transfer in an Imprecisely Defined Plate, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 67, 445–454 (if=2.522, ci=11) 7. Chakraverty S. and Behera L. (2014). Free vibration of rectangular nanoplates using Rayleigh–Ritz method, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Vol. 56, 357-363 (if=1.904, ci=16) 8. Tapaswini Smita and Chakraverty S. (2014). Non-probabilistic solution of uncertain fractional order diffusion equations, Fundamenta Informaticae, Vol.133 (1), 19-34 (if=0.658, ci=4) 9. Mall Susmita and Chakraverty S. (2014). Chebyshev Neural Network Based Model for Solving Lane-Emden type Equations, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 247, 100-114 (if=1.600, ci=19) 10. Behera Diptiranjan and Chakraverty S. (2014). Solving fuzzy complex system of linear equations, Information Sciences, Vol. 277, 154-162 (if=3.893, ci=12)

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JAIN, KANCHAN (b 1959), Professor & Chairperson, Deptt. of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India)


Prof. (Mrs.) Kanchan Jain has Proposed Nonparametric estimator of quantile density function, Tests for successive differences of ordered quantiles, Beta Generalized Weibull and Weighted Gamma distributions in reliability and survival analysis, Some new stochastic orderings, Generalized Lorenz, Absolute Lorenz, Bonferroni and COMIC curves, Tests for Generalized Lorenz and Absolute Lorenz Dominance, Test for equality of ROC curves for Bi-Pareto model Studied Preservation of stochastic order relations under different reliability operations, Joint reliability importance of two or more independent and non-identically distributed components, cumulative distribution function of operational time of complex system and parametric estimation, Frailty model with Generalized Weibull distribution for frailty variable and estimation using Metropolis Hastings Algorithm, Distributional and ageing properties of curtate and complete future lifetimes in Actuarial Statistics, Ultimate ruin probability for insurance companies, Multivariate and Replicated Ultra-structural Regression models with easurement error and unknown regression parameters under exact linear and stochastic restrictions. Prof. Kanchan Jain has been actively engaged in theoretical and applied research in a wide array of topics with focus on Applied Probability and Reliability Analysis. Her interests in Distribution Theory and Biostatistics are eflected through some of her research articles which appeared in International refereed journals of epute. She has also contributed to the areas of Income Inequality, Econometrics and Non Parametric Inference. She has also contributed significantly towards teaching and research in Probability and Statistics in her own department as well as other Indian universities. I personally feel that Prof. Jain deserves to be appreciated and recommended for her commendable contributions.

Proposer: Prof. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Seconder: Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja Ten Best Publications: 1. Pooja Soni, Isha Dewan and Kanchan Jain (2015) : Test for successive differences of quantiles, Statistics and Probability Letters, 97, pp 1–8 (if=0.72, ci=2) 2. Sukhbir Singh, Kanchan Jain and Suresh Sharma (2014): Replicated measurement error model under exact linear Restrictions, Statistical Papers, 55, pp 253-274. (if=0.781, ci=6) 3. Pooja Soni, Isha Dewan and Kanchan Jain (2012):Nonparametric estimation of Quantile Density Function,Computational Statistics and Data Analysis , 56, pp 3876-3886 (if=1.37, ci=12) 4. Neetu Singla, Kanchan Jain and Suresh Sharma (2012): The Beta Generalised Weibull Distribution:Properties and Applications, Reliability Engineering and System Safety , 102, pp 5-15, doi:10.1016/j. ress.2012. (if=2.873, ci=43) 5. Kanchan Jain, Sukhbir Singh and Suresh Sharma : Restricted Estimation in Multivariate Measurement Error Regression Model (2011) , Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 102, pp. 264-280. (if=1.458, ci=5) 6. Asok K. Nanda and Kanchan Jain (1999) :Some Weighted Distribution Results On Univariate and Bivariate Cases, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 77, pp. 169-188 (if=1.09, ci=45) 7. Asok K. Nanda, Kanchan Jain and Harshinder Singh (1996) :Properties of Moments for s-order Equilibrium distributions, Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 33 ,pp. 1108-1111. (if=0.76, ci=16) 8. Isha Bagai and Kanchan Jain (1994):Improvement, Deterioration and Optimal Replacement Under Age- Replacement Policy with Minimal Repair, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 43 , pp 156-162. (if=1.934, ci=46) 9. Jayant V.Deshpande, Harshinder Singh, Isha Bagai & Kanchan Jain (1990) ,Some Partial Orders Describing Positive Ageing, Communications In Statistics (Stochastic Models), Vol. 6, No. 3 , pp. 471-481. (if=.601, ci=35) 10. Kanchan Jain, Harshinder Singh and Isha Bagai (1989) :Relaltions for Reliability Measures of Weighted Distributions, Communications in Statistics (Theory and Methods), Vol. 18, No.12 , pp 4393 – 4412 (if=.372, ci=52)

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KHURANA, DINESH (b 1970), Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh


The nominee has made substantial and path-breaking contributions to a wide range of topics in algebra. His papers on decomposing elements of rings as sums of units and idempotents championed the modern use of element-wise methods in the theory of von Neumann regular and exchange rings. His work establishing such decompositions in unit-regular rings and right self-injective rings was outstanding and is now an indispensable tool in the current research on element-wise decompositions. His papers on the cancellation properties, perspectivity and Bass’s stable range conditions constituted a most remarkable dossier of contributions to the basic themes of decomposition, cancellation, and substitution in ring theory. His recent work on new characterization of extensively studied exchange rings may open new avenues of research on the topic. In particular, the characterization of exchange rings in terms of the equation XA – BX = I, which is ubiquitous in operator theory, linear algebra and other fields of mathematics, is outstanding. He has also made fundamental contributions to the theory of matrices over rings. His joint work with T. Y. Lam on a wide variety of topics has been very impressive and extremely influential.

Proposer: Prof. I. B. S. Passi , Seconder: Prof. A. K. Bhandari Ten Best Publications: 1. Dinesh Khurana and T. Y. Lam, (2004), Clean Matrices and unit-regular matrices, Journal of Algebra 280 (2), 683-698. (if=.660, ci=38 at Google Scholar) 2. Dinesh Khurana and T. Y. Lam, (2005), Rings with internal cancellation, Journal of Algebra 284 (1), 203-235. . (if=.660, ci=32 at Google Scholar) 3. V. Camillo, Dinesh Khurana, T. Y. Lam, W. K. Nicholson and Y. Zhou, (2006), Continuous modules are clean, J. Algebra 304 (1), 94-111. (if=.660, ci=55 at Google Scholar) 4. Dinesh Khurana and A. Srivastava, (2007) Right self-injective rings in which every element is sum of two units, J. Algebra Appl. 6 (2), 281-286. (if=.365, ci=28 at Google Scholar) 5. R. N. Gupta, Anjana Khurana, Dinesh Khurana and T. Y. Lam, (2009), Rings over which the transpose of every invertible matrix is invertible, Journal of Algebra 322 1627-1636. (if=.660, ci=6 at Google Scholar) 6. Dinesh Khurana, T. Y. Lam and Wang Zhou, (2011), Rings of square stable range one, Journal of Algebra 338 (1), 122-143. (if=.660, ci=4 at Google Scholar) 7. Dinesh Khurana and T. Y. Lam, (2012), Generalized commutators in matrix rings, Linear and Multilinear Algebra 60, 797-827. (if=.761, ci=5 at Google Scholar) 8. Shelly Garg, Harpreet K. Grover and Dinesh Khurana, (2014), Perspective rings, J. Algebra 415 , 1-12. (if=.660, ci=2 at Google Scholar) 9. Dinesh Khurana, T. Y. Lam and Pace P. Nielsen, (2015), Two-sided properties of elements in exchange rings, Algebras and Representation Theory 18, 931-940.. (if=.505, ci=4 at Google Scholar) 10. Dinesh Khurana, T. Y. Lam and Pace P. Nielsen, (2017), Exchange elements in rings, and the equation XA − BX = I, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 369, no. 1, 495-516. (if=1.196, ci=2 at Google Scholar)

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NATARAJ, NEELA (b 1968), Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay


One of Prof. Nataraj's research interests has been to analyse finite element methods to determine approximations to deformation and stresses of thin plates when these are subjected to loads. A Kirchoff model used for the thin elastic plates leads to general fourth order elliptic boundary value problems with transverse displacement as the unknown variable. In this direction, her research focusses on analysing mixed and hybrid finite element methods (FEM) for both the source problems and the corresponding eigenvalue problems considering the effects of numerical integration and boundary approximation using isoparametric finite elements. For very thin plates, a model proposed by von Karman leads to a fourth order semi-linear system of partial differential equations with transverse displacement and stress variable as unknowns. Some of her recent research focusses on studying a priori and a posteriori error estimates for conforming, nonconforming and discontinuous Galerkin FEM to approximate nonsingular solutions of von Karman equations. With her Ph.D. students and collaborators, she has made some significant contributions in the development of FEM for the discontinuous Galerkin FEMs for nonlinear elliptic problems, optimal control problems of laser surface hardening of steel, in the study of a priori and a posteriori estimates for non-standard FEMs for non-selfadjoint and indefinite second non-linear elliptic problems, time-dependent problems, convergence of adaptive FEMs for elliptic problems, distributed optimal control problems governed by thin and very thin plates and comparison results for finite volume methods and the biharmonic problem.

Proposer: Prof. Mohan K Kadalbajoo, Seconder: Prof. Amiya K. Pani Ten Best Publications: 1. Gouranga Mallik and Neela Nataraj, 2016, Nonconforming finite element methods for the von Karman equations. ESAIM Math. Model. and Numer. Anal. 50 (2): 433-454. (if=1.642) 2. Carsten Carstensen, Asha K. Dond, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2016, A posteriori mixed finite element error analysis for non-self adjoint and indefinite elliptic problems. Numer. Math. 133(3): 557-597. (if=1.813, ci=1) 3. Thirupathi Gudi, Hari Shanker Gupta, and Neela Nataraj, 2013, Analysis of an interior penalty method for fourth order problems on polygonal domains. J. Sci. Comput. 54(1), pp. 177-199. (if=1.946, ci=9) 4. Sajid Memon, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2012, An a posteriori error analysis of mixed finite element Galerkin approximations to second order linear parabolic problems. SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 50(3), pp. 1367-1393. (if=1.899, ci=3) 5. Sarvesh Kumar, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2009, Discontinuous Galerkin finite volume element methods for second order elliptic problems. Numer. Methods for Partial Differential Equations. 25(6), pp. 1402-1424. (if=0.964, ci=16) 6. Thirupathi Gudi, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2008, Mixed discontinuous Galerkin method for the biharmonic equation. J. Sci. Comput., 37 (2), pp. 139-161. (if=1.946, ci=32) 7. Thirupathi Gudi, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2008, An hp-local discontinuous Galerkin method for some quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems of non-monotone type. Math. Comp., 77, pp. 731-756. (if=1.409, ci=13) 8. Thirupathi Gudi, Neela Nataraj and Amiya K. Pani, 2008, $hp$-discontinuous Galerkin Methods for strongly non-linear elliptic boundary value problems. Numer. Math., 109(2), pp. 233-268. (if=1.813, ci=23) 9. P. K. Bhattacharyya and Neela Nataraj, 2002, Isoparametric mixed finite element approximation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of fourth order eigenvalue problems with variable coefficients, M2AN Math. Model. and Numer. Anal., 36(1), pp. 1-32 (if=1.642, ci=9) 10. P. K. Bhattacharyya and Neela Nataraj, 1999, On combined effect of boundary approximation and numerical integration on mixed finite element solution of fourth order elliptic problems with variable coefficients. 33 M2AN Math. Model. and Numer. Anal. (if=1.642, ci=4)

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NATARAJAN, SARADHA (b 1954), Professor (Retd.), Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005.


Professor Saradha has made important and original contributions on conjectures of Erd\H os on perfect powers in arithmetic progressions where combinatorial and computational methods, linear forms in logarithms and modular method were combined. She is a leading expert on exponential Diophantine equations. She has also made significant contributions on transcendence, Thue equations, Diophantine approximations and elementary number theory e.g., on a conjecture of Pomerance on residue systems and its generalizations. Recently She has improved Siegel's(1970) result on number of primitive solutions of Thue inequalities for forms of degree $\geq 5$ using new induction technique and contributed towards a conjecture of Bombieri, Mueller and Schmidt(1988) on number of solutions of Thue inequalities for forms in terms of number of non-zero coefficients. Estimates for the number of primitive solutions of cubic Thue inequalities which are best possible by currently known methods, are obtained. It is shown that 2,3,7 are the only primes having sets of consecutive primes forming complete residue system. Under prime $\ell$-tuple conjecture, for $k\geq 2$, there exist infinitely many sets of $\varphi(k)$ consecutive primes forming reduced residue systems (mod $k$). Erd\H os conjecture on non-vanishing of $\sum_n=1^\infty \fracf(n)n$ where $f: \mathbb Z/(q) \rightarrow \\pm 1\$ with $f(q)=0$ was proved when $q \equiv 3(\mod 4).$ Product of $k(\geq 2)$ successive terms from arithmetic progression with common difference $d$ is cube or higher power only for $d$ large. Apart from $$(k+1) \cdots 2k=2\cdot 6\cdots (4k-2)\ for\ k=2,3,4,\cdots $$ there are only finitely many arithmetic progressions with given differences of equal lengths $\geq 2$ and with equal products and they are effectively determined.

Proposer: Prof. Tarlok Nath Shorey, Seconder: Prof. A. Sankaranarayanan Ten Best Publications: 1. M. Ram Murty , V. Kumar Murty and N. Saradha (1988) Modular forms and Chebotarev density theorem, Amer. J. Math., 110, 253-281. (if=1.181, ci=36) 2. N. Saradha, (1997), On perfect powers in products with terms from arithmetic progressions, Acta Arith., 82, 147-172. (if=.423, ci=28) 3. N. Saradha and T.N.Shorey, (2001), Almost perfect powers in arithmetic progression, Acta Arith., vol.99, 363-388. (if=.82, ci=17) 4. N. Saradha and R.Tijdeman, (2003), On the transcendence of infinite sums of values of rational functions, J. London Math.Soc. vol.67, 1-13. (if=.423, ci=17) 5. N. Saradha and T.N.Shorey, (2003), Almost squares in arithmetic progression, Compositio Math., vol. 138, No. 1, 73-111. I (if=.993, ci=19) 6. N. Saradha and T.N.Shorey, (2003), Almost squares and factorisation in consecutive integers, Compositio Math., vol.138, No.1, 113-124. (if=.993, ci=20) 7. N. Saradha and T.N.Shorey, (2005), Contributions towards a conjecture of Erd\Hos on perfect powers in arithmetic progression, Compositio Math., vol. 141, 541-560. (if=.993, ci=17) 8. M. Ram Murty and N. Saradha, (2007), Transcendental values of the digamma function, J. Number Theory , vol.125, 298-318. (if=.524, ci=24) 9. L.Hajdu and N. Saradha, (2012), Disproof of a conjecture of Jacobsthal, Math. Comp. vol. 81, No. 280, 2461-2471. (if=1.491, ci=3) 10. N. Saradha and Divyum Sharma, (2014), Number of representation of integers by binary forms, Publ.Math.Debrecen, vol.85/1-2, 233-255. (if=.503, ci=1)

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PALANIAPPAN, VELLAISAMY (b 1959), Professor; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai


Professor Vellaisamy has made significant contributions to the following areas: Statistics: His contributions to statistics include distribution theory, estimation after selection, analysis of contingency tables, collapsibility. He has introduced a new concept ``average collapsibility," and has shown that it holds for a larger class of distributions. Also, his work on “estimation after selection” is very significant. Probability: His contributions to applied probability are mainly concentrated on Poisson, compound Poisson, compound negative binomial approximation problems and obtaining estimates of optimal order, using Le Cam's operator-theoretic method and Stein's method. The Simon-Johnson's result for Poisson convergence is recently extended to the case of compound Poisson convergence of $m$-dependent random variables. Also, he has introduced a new probabilistic previous-sum dependent model. Applied Mathematics: He has obtained fractional calculus results and also a probability distribution, associated with the $I$-function. The relations between generalized $K$-Wright function and the Marichev-Saigo-Maeda fractional operators have been investigated. Recently, he has proposed a simple parameterization methods for finding Adomian polynomials and introduced and studied some extensions of FGM copulas. Fractional Stochastic Process: He has identified the stochastic processes associated with a fractional Cauchy problems on a bounded domain. He has investigated the relations between fractional Poisson process and the inverse stable subordinator, has obtained strong solutions to a fractional tempered differential equations and also discussed distributed-order fractional diffusion on bounded domains. Further, he has introduced ``Fractional Normal Inverse Gaussian Process." These and other results are considered to be fundamental and have appeared in top-class journals.

Proposer: Prof. B.L.S. Prakasa Rao , Seconder: Prof. Sreehari Maddipatla Ten Best Publications: 1. Vellaisamy, P. (1992). Inadmissibility results for the selected scale parameters. Annals of Statistics, 20, 2183-2191 (if=2.78, ci=Google Scholar: 34) 2. Vellaisamy, P. (1992). Average worth and simultaneous estimation of the selected subset. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 44, 551-562. (if=0.768, ci=Scopus: 13; Google Scholar: 16.) 3. Vellaisamy, P. and Chaudhuri, B. (1996). Poisson and compound Poisson approximations for random sums of random variables. Journal of Applied Probability, 33, 127-137. (if=0.665, ci=Scopus: 06; Google Scholar: 23.) 4. Vellaisamy, P. (2004). Poisson approximation for (k1; k2)-events via Stein-Chen method. Journal of Applied Probability, 41, 1081-1092. (if=0.665, ci=Scopus: 09;Google Scholar: 13.) 5. Meerschaert, M. M., Nane, E. and Vellaisamy, P. (2009). Fractional Cauchy problems on bounded domains. Annals of Probability, 37, 979-1007. (if=1.75, ci=Scopus: 71; Google Scholar: 128.) 6. Cekanavicius, V. and Vellaisamy, P. (2010). Compound Poisson and signed compound Poisson approximations to the Markov binomial law. Bernoulli, 16, 1114-1136. (if=1.372, ci=Scopus: 06; Google Scholar: 07.) 7. Meerschaert, M. M., Nane, E. and Vellaisamy, P. (2011). The fractional Poisson processes and the inverse stable subordinator. Electronic Journal of Probability, 16, 1600-1620. (if=0.852, ci=Scopus: 46; Google Scholar: 88.) 8. Meerschaert, M. M., Nane, E. and Vellaisamy, P. (2011). Distributed-order fractional diffusions on bounded domains. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 379, 216-228. (if=1.014, ci=Scopus: 29; Google Scholar: 48.) 9. Kumar, A., Nane, E. and Vellaisamy, P. (2011). Time-changed Poisson processes. Statistics & Probability Letters, 81, 1899-1910. (if=0.508, ci=Scopus: 12; Google Scholar: 17.) 10. Kumar, A. and Vellaisamy, P. (2012). Fractional normal inverse Gaussian process. Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 14, 263-283. (if=0.752, ci=Scopus: 10; Google Scholar: 13.)

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PATIDAR, KAILASH CHANDRA (b 1973), Senior Professor, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa.


Professor Kailash C Patidar obtained his PhD in 2002 from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, visited universities of Tuebingen (Germany) and Pretoria (South Africa) for his post-doctoral studies, and subsequently, joined University of the Western Cape (South Africa) in 2006 as a senior lecturer where currently he holds the portfolio of a Senior Professor of Mathematics. As a measure of his international standing in terms of research, his h and i10 indices are respectively 17 and 30 with total citations 940 [as on 28 March 2017]. He regularly publishes in reputed international journals. The major focus of his research so far has been on theoretical investigations and implied developments of reliable numerical techniques for problems arising from the interactions between natural and life sciences. Starting with the applications of fitted spline techniques, he was the first researcher who designed a class of nonstandard finite difference methods for singularly perturbed problems. Having made significant contributions to the numerical analysis of singularly perturbed ODEs, he extended his work to develop some robust numerical methods with convergence analysis and error estimates to tackle some challenging problems in parabolic PDEs involving shift parameters and their systems. On his work Bashier and Patidar, CAMWA 61(6) (2011) 1475-1492, Bashier was awarded 2011-AU-TWAS Young Scientists National Award. Recently, he applied geometric singular perturbation theory to study some mathematical models describing co-infections of HIV-Malaria and HIV-TB. He also explored spline techniques, meshfree methods, and robust spectral methods for solving a variety of very complex problems in computational finance.

Proposer: Prof. M. K. Kadalbajoo, Seconder: Prof. R. K. Mohanty Ten Best Publications: 1. K.M. Owolabi and K.C. Patidar, 2016, Numerical simulations of multicomponent ecological models with adaptive methods, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 13(1), 1-25. DOI: 10.1186/s12976-016-0027-4. (if=1.033 [2015], ci=8) 2. H.A. Obaid, R. Ouifki and K.C. Patidar, 2015, Analysis of an HIV model with distributed delay and behavior change, International Journal of Bio-mathematics, 8(2), DOI: 10.1142/S1793524515500175. (if=0.938 [2015], ci=1) 3. E. Pindza, K.C. Patidar and E. Ngounda, 2014, Robust spectral method for numerical valuation of European options under Merton's jump-diffusion model, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 30, 1169-1188. (if=0.964 [2015], ci=3) 4. E. Ngounda, K.C. Patidar and E. Pindza, 2014, A robust spectral method for solving Heston's model, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 161(1), 164-178. (if=1.160 [2015], ci=1) 5. S.M.A.S. Elsheikh, R. Ouifki and K.C. Patidar, 2014, A nonstandard finite difference method to solve a model of HIV-Malaria co-infection, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 20(3), 354-378. (if=0.761 [2015], ci=3) 6. E. Pindza, K.C. Patidar and E. Ngounda, 2013, Implicit-explicit predictor-corrector methods combined with improved spectral methods for pricing European style vanilla and exotic options, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis, 40, 268-293. (if=1.155 [2015], ci=2) 7. E. Ngounda, K.C. Patidar and E. Pindza, 2013, Contour integral method for European options with jumps, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 18, 478-492. (if=2.834 [2015], ci=10) 8. S.M.A.S. Elsheikh, K.C. Patidar and R. Ouifki, 2014, Analysis of a Malaria model with a distributed delay, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 79(6), 1139–1160. (if=1.034 [2015], ci=1) 9. E.B.M. Bashier and K.C. Patidar, 2011, A fitted numerical method for a system of partial delay differential equations, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 61(6), 1475-1492. (if=1.398 [2015], ci=8) 10. E.B.M. Bashier and K.C. Patidar, 2011, A novel fitted operator finite difference method for a singularly perturbed delay parabolic partial differential equation, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 217, 4728-4739. (if=1.345 [2015], ci=7)

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PYNE, SAUMYADIPTA (b 1973), Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad


Professor Saumyadipta Pyne has made path-breaking research contributions to Biostatistics and Bioinformatics over the past one and a half decades. In 2009, Pyne introduced new statistical modeling methodology to describe some of the realistic aspects of heterogeneity and stochasticity in biological signals, especially at the single cell level. At the time of publication, Pyne's approach departed from the norm of ignoring such sources of variation as nuisance or not modeling for these explicitly. Along with Geoff McLachlan, Pyne introduced finite mixtures of skewed and heavy-tailed multivariate distributions, and also developed efficient algorithms for estimation of the model parameters. These mixture distributions are referred to as "Pyne et al." families after his PNAS 2009 paper. Their generalization of these models in PLoS One 2014 allows rigorous and automated characterization of healthy and disease immuno-phenotypes in large cohorts of human subjects ("big data") in multi-parametric experiments ("high-dimensional data"). Population immuno-phenotypic diversity can provide critical insights into possible disease dynamics, and reveal different states of susceptibility or resistance of subpopulations to outbreaks. Earlier, Pyne had developed new methods for statistical combination of genome-wide cell cycle transcriptome datasets. One of these applied circular distributions of phase angular data; and another, which studied periodic non-sinusoidal signals, was arguably the first model for Bayesian meta-analysis of microarray datasets, published in the Annals of Applied Statistics 2010. References: S. Pyne, et al. 2009, PNAS USA, 106:8519-24. S. Pyne, et al. 2014, PLoS One. 9(7):e100334. X. Fan, S. Pyne, J.S. Liu. 2010, The Annals of Applied Statistics. 4:988-1013.

Proposer: Prof. B.L.S. Prakasa Rao, Seconder: Prof. C.R. Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. C. Priolo, S. Pyne, et al. 2014, AKT1 and MYC Induce Distinctive Metabolic Fingerprints in Human Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research, 74(24):7198-204. (if=9.33) 2. S. Selvarajah, S. Pyne, et al. 2014, High-resolution array CGH and gene expression profiling of alveolar soft part sarcoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 20(6):1521-30. (if=8.74) 3. M. Kocak, E.O. George, S. Pyne, and S. Pounds. 2013, An Empirical Bayes Approach for Analysis of Diverse Periodic Trends in Time Course Gene Expression Data. Bioinformatics, 29(2):182-8. (if=5.77) 4. E. Rossin, T-I Lin, H.J. Ho, S.J. Mentzer and S. Pyne. 2011, A framework for analytical characterization of monoclonal antibodies based on reactivity profiles in different tissues. Bioinformatics, 27:2746-2753. (if=5.77) 5. V. Vaira, G. Fedele, S. Pyne, et al. 2010, Preclinical model of organotypic culture for pharmacodynamic profiling of human tumors, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 107:8352-8356. (if=9.42) 6. K. Penney, S. Pyne, et al. 2010, Genome-wide Association Study of Prostate Cancer Mortality. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 19:2869-76. (if=4.13) 7. S. Lee, G. Poulogiannis, S. Pyne, et al. 2010, A constitutively activated form of the p110beta isoform of PI3kinase induces prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in mice, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107:11002-11007. (if=9.42) 8. S. Pyne, et al. 2009, Automated High-dimensional Flow Cytometric Data Analysis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 106:8519-24. (if=9.42) 9. S. Pyne, B. Futcher and S. Skiena. 2006, Meta-analysis based on control of False Discovery Rate: Combining yeast ChIP-chip data sets. Bioinformatics, 22:2516-22. (if=5.77) 10. S. Pyne, S. Skiena and B. Futcher. 2005, Copy Correction and Concerted Evolution in the Conservation of Yeast Genes. Genetics, 170:1501-13. (if=5.96)

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SRINIVAS, VASUDEVAN (b 1958) Distinguished Professor (J), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Mumbai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2017, Mathematical Sciences) V. Srinivas is one of India’s leading mathematicians, working in the classical area of algebraic geometry. He has wide research interests ranging over algebraic cycles, algebraic groups, K-theory, Commutative algebra, and Hodge theory, to each of which he has made major contributions. His work on K-theory led to a well-known monograph, whose second edition was published as a “Birkhauser Classic”. His work on cycles on nonsingular varieties led to a technique now called the “Bloch –Srinivas method”. He has collaborated with some of the best known mathematicians of recent years, and also with younger Indian colleagues.

Proposer : Prof. Rajendra Bhatia, Seconder : Prof. Satya Deo Ten Best Publications : 1. Bloch, S, Srinivas, V., 1983, Remarks on Correspondences and Algebraic Cycles, American Journal of Mathematics, 105(5) 1235-1253. 2. Paranjape, K. H., Srinivas, V. 1989, Self Maps of Homogeneous Spaces, Inventiones Mathematicae, 98(2) 425-444. 3. Cutkosky, S. D., Srinivas, V., 1993, On a problem of Zariski on dimensions of linear systems, Annals of Mathematics (2) 137(3) 531-559. 4. Mehta, V. B., Srinivas, V., 1997, A characterization of rational singularities, Asian Journal of Math. 1 (2) 249-271. 5. Srinivas, V., Trivedi, V., 1997, On the Hilbert function of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring, Journal of Algebraic Geometry 6(4) 733-751. 6. Esnault, Helene, Srinivas, V. Viehweg, Eckart, 1999, The universal regular quoient of the Chow group of points, Inventiones Mathematicae 135(3) 595-664. 7. Krishna, Amalendu, Srinivas, V., 2002, Zero cycles and K-theory on normal surfaces, Annals of Mathematics (2) 156(1) 155-195. 8. Roberts, Paul C., Srinivas, V., 2003, Modules of finite length and finite projective dimension, Inventiones Mathematicae, 151(1) 1-27. 9. Fasel, J., Srinivas, V., 2009, Chow-Witt groups and Grothendieck-Witt groups of regular schemes, Advances in Mathematics, 221(1) 302-329. 10. Mustata, Mircea, Srinivas, Vasudevan, 2011, Ordinary varieties and the comparison between multiplier ideals and test ideals, Nagoya Journal of Mathematics, 204, 125-157.

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TOMAR, SUSHIL KUMAR (b 1966), Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (UT), INDIA


The nominee did fundamental work on the propagation of elastic waves in local and nonlocal micropolar/ microstretch media, in elastic materials with voids and in multiphase porous media. This includes exploration of possible propagation of waves and their reflection/ transmission. The presence of microstretch gives rise to two sets of coupled longitudinal waves propagating with distinct speeds. One set of coupled longitudinal waves faces a cut-off frequency, below which the wave is not a propagating wave. The constitutive relations and equations for nonlocal microstretch solid and for elastic solid with voids have been developed and the effect of nonlocality is studied on the propagating waves. The other important contribution of the nominee is the study of propagation of thermo-elastic/ thermo-visco-elastic waves in materials with voids and their reflection/ transmission. It is shown that in a rotating elastic material with voids, the presence of voids and the rotation of the medium are responsible for the coupling of longitudinal waves, which are found to be decoupled at very large frequencies or when the angular rotation is very small relative to the wave frequency. The nominee has also studied the effect of corrugation on propagation of body waves at a corrugated interface between two anisotropic/ heterogeneous elastic half-spaces. Important problems of wave propagation in porous media containing more than one fluid and including swelling phenomena have been explored. It is shown that the additional constituent gives rise to an extra propagating wave.

Proposer: Prof. Sarva Jit Singh, Seconder: Prof. N M Bujurke Ten Best Publications: 1. S. K. Tomar and M. L. Gogna (1995): Reflection and refraction of longitudinal waves at an interface between two micropolar elastic media in welded contact, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., February, 97, 822-830. [Erratum: in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102, (1997), 2 (if=1.572, ci=45) 2. S. K. Tomar, R. Kumar and V. P. Kaushik (1998): Wave propagation in a micropolar elastic medium with stretch, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 36(5-6), 683-698. (if=3.165, ci=15) 3. S. K. Tomar and Monika Garg (2005): Reflection and refraction of plane waves in microstretch elastic medium, Int. J. Engng. Sci., 43(1-2), 139-169. [Erratum: ibid, 44(3-4), (2006) 285-287] (if=3.165, ci=44) 4. S. K. Tomar (2005): Wave propagation in a micropolar elastic plate with voids, J. Vibr. Cont., 11(6), 849-863. (if=1.643, ci=22) 5. J. Singh and S. K. Tomar (2007): Plane waves in thermo-elastic material with voids, Mechanics of Materials, 39(10), 932-940. (if=2.636, ci=30) 6. S. K. Tomar and Aarti Khurana (2008): Elastic wave propagation in electro-microelastic solid, Int. J. Solid Struct., 45, 276-302. (if=2.081, ci=15) 7. Aarti Khurana and S. K. Tomar (2009): Longitudinal wave response of a chiral slab interposed between micropolar solid half-spaces, Int. J. Solid Struc., 46, 135-150. (if=2.081, ci=13) 8. S. K. Tomar and R. W. Ogden (2014): Two-dimensional wave propagation in rotating elastic media with voids, J. Sound Vibr., 333(7), 1545-1552. (if=2.107, ci=04) 9. Aarti Khurana and S K Tomar (2017): Propagation of Rayleigh-type surface waves in nonlocal micropolar elastic solid half-space, Ultrasonics, 73, 162-168. (if=1.954, ci=0) 10. Dilbag Singh, Gurvinderpal Kaur and S K Tomar (2017): Waves in nonlocal elastic solid with voids, Published online in Journal of Elasticity. (if=1.656, ci=0)

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CHATTOPADHYAY, ASIS KUMAR (b 1959) Professor, Department of Statistics, Calcutta University, Kolkata Member of the NASI: No (YON 2016, Mathematical Sciences) Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay is currently a Professor of Statistics at the Calcutta University, India. He also worked as an Associate Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata during the period 2007–2008. Professor Chattopadhyay started his research career in early nineties in the area of Social and Occupational Mobility and related Manpower Planning Problems. His major contribution has been the use of different stochastic models like Semi-Markov Process (Comm. In Stat. 1989,15, 269) and Stochastic Staffing problem (Jr. Op. Res. Soc.,1989,40,489) in order to explain mobility and promotion situations under different social constraints. In the area of population studies he analysed NFHS data in order to uncover the health status of Indian Women ( Sankhya B,2013,75,374). Early this century, Chattopadhyay got attracted to high-dimensional data arising in the field of Astronomy and Astro-Physics and started active investigations in this new area, developing some new statistical tools for multivariate data analysis (Comp Stat. Data. Analysis, 2013,57,17; ApJ,2012,750,91; ApJ, 2009,705,1533). He collaborated with established research workers in the field, published several research articles on new problems awaiting satisfactory solutions ( A&A, 2012, 545, A80; Mon. Not.Royal Ast. Soc., 2010,407,2207) . Guiding several scholars in this new field for statisticians, Chattopadhyay has joined the small international band of workers in Astro-Statistics. Professor Chattopadhyay has been elected as a Fellow of the Internatioanl Astrostatistics Association in the year 2016 for his continued service to astrostatistics as an initial Council member of the International Astrostatistics Association, and to his long time promotion of astrostatistics throughout India and also received Outstanding Publication Award for his book “Statistical Methods for Astronomical data Analysis” (Springer Series in Astrostatistics) from the same Association. He has also been included in the list of elected members of International Statistical Institute in the same year. He was the President of Operational Research Society of India for the period 2015-16. He has been one among the middle-aged statisticians who is committed to academic activities, pursuing and guiding research in uncharted fields and devotes time and energy to expand the ambit of Statistics and related subjects through professional activities. Pretty well-known in academic circles, he strongly deserves appreciation by Scientific Bodies and I sincerely recommend his candidacy for Fellowship of the Academy.

Proposer : Prof. S.P.Mukherjee, Seconder : Prof. Sankar K Pal Ten Best Publications : 1. Tuli De, Didier Fraix Burnet and Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, 2016,Clustering large number of extragalactic spectra of galaxies and quasars through canopies Communications in Statistics, theory and methods, 2016, 45(9), 2638-2653. IF= 0.32 2. Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Abisa Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, 2016, Influence of binary fraction on the fragmentation of young massive clusters? a Monte Carlo simulation, Astrophysics and Space Science, 2016, 361,120-133. IF= 1.678 3. Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, Saptarshi Mondal and Atanu Biswas, 2015, Independent Component Analysis and Clustering for Pollution Data, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 22(1), 33. IF= 0.925, CI=2 4. Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, Saptarshi Mondal and Tanuka Chattopadhyay, 2013,Independent Component Analysis for the objective classification of globular clusters of the galaxy NGC 5128.Computational Statistics and data analysis, 57,17. IF= 1.4, CI=10 5. Samba Siva Rao Pasupuleti and Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, 2013, Probability distributions of number of children and maternal age at various order births using age-specific fertility rates by birth order, Sankhy series B, 75(2), 374. 6. Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Margarita Sharina, Emmanuel Davoust, Tuli De and Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, 2012,Uncovering the formation of ultracompact dwarf galaxies by multivariate statistical analysis. Astrophysical Journal, 750, 91 IF= 5.993, CI=5 7. Didier. Fraix-Burnet, T. Chattopadhyay, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, E. Davoust, and M. Thuillard, 2012, A six-parameter space to describe galaxy diversification, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 545, A80. IF= 4.378, CI=6 8. Didier Fraix-Burnet, M.Dogue, T Chattopadhyay, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay and Emmanuel Davoust, 2010, Structures in the fundamental plane of early-type galaxies, Monthly. Notices. Royal Astro. Soc., 407,2207. IF= 5.107, CI=13 9. Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Saptarshi Mondal, Margarita Sharina and Emmanuel Davoust, 2009, Study of NGC5128 globular clusters under multivariate statistical paradigm, Astrophysical Journal, 705, 1533. IF= 5.993, CI=16 10. Jogesh Babu, Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay and Saptarshi Mondal, 2009, Horizontal Branch Morphology of Globular Clusters: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Astrophysical Journal, 700, 1768. IF= 5.993, CI=5

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DAS, PRATULANANDA (b 1970), Professor of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata


Despite having eighteen hours of teaching per week, research contribution of Prof. Pratulananda Das has been commendable as is evident from his publications and impressive citation 495 (Scopus), 270 (Mathscinet). He was elected Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science Technology in 2016. For his inspirational teaching, he has been selected by UGC and MHRD for MOOC and e-pg Pathsala as Resource Person for the course Measure Theory. 1. Introduced several notions of open covers and selection principles using ideals resulting into new infinite combinatorial study of open covers [HoustonJMath, 2013, TopolyAppl, 2013, 16] and obtained connections with ideal selection properties in function spaces [ColloqMath, 2017]. 2. Showed that using a weight function on N and Solecki’s characterization by Submeasure, uncountably many different analytic P-ideals [ActaMathHungar, 2015] may be generated, in the process disproving Connor’s longstanding conjecture that only regular matrices can generate good ideals. 3. Using theory of ideals and the notion of A-density of a point has established an alternative form of celebrated Osikiweicz Theorem for regular matrices [LinearAlgebraAppl, 2015] 4. Has developed the Topological theory of ideal convergence of sequences, double sequences, nets and functions which includes new characterization of completeness [TopologyAppl, 2014, Positivity, 2015]. Characterized ideals of N, N×N, Directed sets for equivalence of I and I* concepts (usual convergence along a large set). Solved the open problem of characterization of the set of I-limit points showing it as Fσ set [TopologyAppl, 2012]. 5. Established Cantor’s and Baire’s Theorem in 2-metric spaces [TaiwaneseJMath, 2011].

Proposer: Prof. Basudeb Datta, Seconder: Prof. Sukumar Das Adhikari Ten Best Publications: 1. L. Bukovski, Pratulananda Das, J. Supina, (2017), Ideal quasinormal convergence and Related notions, Colloquium Mathematicum, 146 (2), 265 - 281. (if=0.457, ci=1) 2. A. Bartoszewich, Pratulananda Das, S. Glab, (2015), On matrix summability of spliced sequences and A-density of points, Linear Algebra and its Applications, 487, 22 - 42. (if=0.931, ci=0) 3. M. Balcerzak, Pratulananda Das, M. Filipzak, J. Swaczina, (2015), Restricted kinds of density and associated ideals, Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 147 (1), 97 - 115. (if=0.469, ci=4) 4. Pratulananda Das, M. Sleziak, V. Toma, (2014), On I^K- Cauchy functions, Topology and its Applications, 173, 9 - 27. (if=0.551, ci=1) 5. Pratulananda Das, D. Chandra, (2013), Some further results on I−γ and I−γk-covers, Topology and its Applications, 16, 2401 - 2410. (if=0.551, ci=2) 6. Pratulananda Das, (2013), Certain types of selection principles and open covers using ideals, Houston Journal of Mathematics, 39 (2), 637 - 650. (if=0.43, ci=6) 7. Pratulananda Das, (2012), Some further results on ideal convergence in topological spaces, Topology and its Applications, 159 (10-11), 2621 - 2626. (if=0.551, ci=9) 8. Pratulananda Das, S. Pal, S. Bhunia, (2012), Restricting statistical convergence, Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 134 (1-2), 153 - 161. (if=0.469, ci=16) 9. Pratulananda Das, B.K. Lahiri, L.K. Dey, (2011), Cantor's Theorem in 2-metric spaces And its applications in fixed point problems, Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics, 15 (1), 337 - 352. (if=0.621, ci=10) 10. Pratulananda Das, P. Kostyrko, W. Wilczynski, P. Malik, (2008), On I and I* - convergence of double sequences, Mathematica Slovaca, 58 (5), 605 - 620. (if=0.409, ci=59)

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KUMAR, AJAY (b 1955), Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007


Ajay Kumar’s deep research work [1,2,3,6,9,10] in harmonic analysis deals with following problems: a) Ideal structure of group algebras, in particular, *-regularity and Wiener property of Beurling algebras on [FC] groups. b) Representation theory and Spectral synthesis on convolution spaces(hypergroups). c) Uncertainty principle on locally compact groups including Hardy’s theorem for arbitrary simply connected nilpotent Lie groups. d) Potential theory on Stratified Lie groups, in particular, the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the Neumann problem for the Kohn-Laplacian relative to the Koranyi ball on the Heisenberg group and the fundamental solution for higher order sub-Laplacians on a step two nilpotent Lie group. The proofs exploit induced representations, Mackey theory, Kirillov’s theory, harmonic analysis and Potential theory of Carnot groups, Heisenberg group and hypergroups. He has made intensive contribution to the ideal structure of *- Banach algebras of operator space tensor product of C*-algebras and of the Haagerup tensor product [4,5,8]. His recent systematic study on Schur tensor product of C*-algebras is very revealing. Methods involve Grothendieck inequalities, lifting maps to second duals and to tensor product of second duals and the structure of C*-algebras and von-Neumann algebras. Explicit representations of variety of boundary value problems arising from Schwarz, Dirichlet, Neumann, Riemann Hilbert problems for the inhomogeneous polyanalytic equations have been obtained [7]. His work has stimulated several researchers in all these topics in India, Germany, UK,USA etc. and is well cited in several reputed journals, books and Ph.D. thesis.

Proposer: Prof. Ajit Iqbal Singh Seconder: Prof. K.A. Parthasarathy Ten Best Publications: 1. Wilfried Hauenschild, Eberhard Kaniuth and Ajay Kumar, (1983) Ideal structure of groups. Journal of FunctionalBeurling algebras on [FC]- Analysis 51,213-228(USA) Mathematical Reviews 84m:22007 Zentralblatt fur Mathemati 529.43005 (if=1.152 , ci=17 times) 2. Wilfried Hauenschild, Eberhard Kaniuth and Ajay Kumar, (1984) Harmonic analysis on central hypergroups and induced representations. Pacific. J. of Math. 110,83-112(USA) Mathematical Reviews 85g:43015 Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 476.43007 (if=0.451, ci=27 times) 3. Siegfried Echterhoff, Eberhard Kaniuth and Ajay Kumar, (1991) Qualitative uncertainty principle for locally compact groups. Forum Mathematicum 3, 355-369 (Germany) Mathematical Reviews 98a:43005Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 725.43006 (if=0.733, ci=16 times) 4. Ajay Kumar and Allan M. Sinclair, (1998) Equivalence of norms on operator space tensor product of C*-algebras. Trans. of Amer. Math. Soc. 350, 2033-2048 (USA) Mathematical Reviews 99a:46103Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 906.46043 (if=1.095, ci=20 times) 5. Ajay Kumar, (2001) Operator space projective tensor product of C*-algebras. Mathematische Zeitschrift 237, 211-217 (Germany) Mathematical Reviews 2002c:46114 Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 1035.46040 (if=0.681, ci=12 times) 6. Eberhard Kaniuth and Ajay Kumar, (2001) Hardy’s Theorem for simply connected Nilpotent Lie groups. Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc.131,487-494 (U.K.) Mathematical Reviews 2002c:22007Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 996.43004 (if=0.832, ci=30 times) 7. Heinrich Begehr and Ajay Kumar, (2006) Boundary value problems for bi-polyanalytic functions, Applicable Analysis 85,1045-1077(USA) Mathematical Reviews 2007f:30073 Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 1105.30032 (if=0.684, ci=26 times) 8. Ranjana Jain and Ajay Kumar, (2008) Operator space tensor product of C*-algebras Mathematische Zeitschrift 260, 805-811 (Germany) Mathematical Reviews 2443331(2009i:46098) Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 1165.46030 (if=0.681, ci=9 times) 9. Ajay Kumar and Mukund Madhav Mishra (2013), Powers of sub-laplacian on step two nilpotent Lie groups . Journal of Geometric Analysis 23, 1559-1570.(USA) Mathematical Reviews 3078364 Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 06203584 (if=0.867) 10. Shivani Dubey, Ajay Kumar and Mukund Madhav Mishra,(2016) Neumann boundary value problem in domains of the Heisenberg Group Hn Potential Analysis 45, 119-133. Mathematical Reviews 3511807 . Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 06598966 (if=0.956)

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LALITHA, C.S. (b 1966), Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi


C.S. Lalitha has made significant contributions in optimization especially to variational inequalities, set-valued optimization and vector optimization. She has 49 research publications to her credit and has co-authored a well cited book [Generalized Convexity, Nonsmooth Variational Inequalities and Nonsmooth Optimization, Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2013]. She introduced a new class of variational inequalities (VI) in terms of bifunctions which encompasses equilibrium problems, nonsmooth optimization problem and complimentarity problems [1,4]*. The study of stability for Minty VI is noteworthy as such VIs provide sufficient optimality condition for minimization problems. Lalitha initiated this study for quasi VI [7] which led to new research in this direction. She investigated certain aspects in set-valued optimization and introduced notions of derivatives, conjugate functions and subgradients for set-valued maps in [2,3]. In vector optimization, she carried out a systematic study of Kuratowski–Painlevé set convergence of minimal solution sets of perturbed problems [8,9] which motivated many researchers to investigate it further for set-valued and semi-infinite optimization problems. Indicator functions were used to develop an augmenting function, which works in a general setting [5] and was used in the study of generalized Nash equilibrium problems [10]. She has established equivalence of two well-known forms of duals, considered in literature, for a generalized equilibrium problem [6]. Lalitha has supervised four Ph.D. and twelve M.Phil. students. She organized workshops and training programs including CIMPA-UNESCO Research School and is a recipient of INSA Teacher Award 2016. * - Numbers in [.] refer to the S.No. as in item 8 below.

Proposer: Prof. R.N. Kaul, Seconder: Prof. Ajit Iqbal Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. C.S. Lalitha, M. Mehta, 2005, Vector variational inequalities with cone-pseudomonotone bifunctions, Optimization, 54(3), 327-338. (if=0.822, ci=38) 2. C.S. Lalitha, R. Arora, 2007, Conjugate maps, subgradients and conjugate duality in set-valued optimization, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim., 28(7&8), 897-909. (if=0.646, ci=6) 3. C.S. Lalitha, R. Arora, 2008, Weak Clarke epiderivative in set-valued optimization, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 342(1), 704-714. (if=0.912, ci=13) 4. C.S. Lalitha, M. Mehta, 2009, Characterizations of solution sets of mathematical programs in terms of Lagrange multipliers, Optimization, 58(8), 885-1007. (if=0.822, ci=10) 5. C.S. Lalitha, 2010, A new augmented Lagrangian approach to duality and exact penalization, J. Global Optim., 46(2), 223-245. (if=1.219, ci=3) 6. C.S. Lalitha, 2010, A note on duality of generalized equilibrium problem, Optim. Lett., 4(1), 57-66 (if=1.109, ci=6) 7. C.S. Lalitha, G. Bhatia, 2011, Stability of parametric quasivariational inequality of the Minty type, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 148(2), 281-300. (if=1.160, ci=20) 8. C.S. Lalitha, P. Chatterjee, 2012, Stability for properly quasiconvex vector optimization problem, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 155(2), 492-506. (if=1.160, ci=13) 9. C.S. Lalitha, P. Chatterjee, 2012, Stability and scalarization of weak efficient, efficient and Henig proper efficient sets using generalized quasiconvexities, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 155(3), 941-961 (if=1.160, ci=11) 10. C.S. Lalitha, M. Dhingra, 2013, Optimization reformulations of the generalized Nash equilibrium problem using regularized indicator Nikaidô-Isoda function, J. Global Optim., 57(3), 843-861 (if=1.219, ci=1)

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MISRA, ARVIND KUMAR (b 1972), Professor, Department Of Mathematics, Institute Of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi


Dr. A.K.Misra is an eminent mathematician and a dynamic researcher working in the area of mathematical modeling. The thrust area of his research includes mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, epidemiological and social systems. He has published more than 65 research papers in the journals of international repute. He has made sound contributions to the modeling of the various real life problems such as eutrophication of lakes, survival of aquatic populations, air pollution, artificial rain, spread and control of infectious diseases, water borne diseases, vector borne diseases, population dynamics, behavioral changes, prey-predator systems, forestry resource management, control of global warming gases are a few to name them. He has also captured the dynamics of social problems like unemployment, political alterations and crime using mathematical models. He has bestowed some mathematical models that are very novel and open new dimensions for future research and innovation. For instance, Dr. Misra has first time introduced a new equation for the awareness programs in the modeling process to control the spread of infectious diseases in the population. This equation is highly appreciated and widely accepted at the International level. He has introduced a term in the modeling phenomenon, which affects only the carrying capacity of the species without affecting its intrinsic growth rate. The inclusion of this new term has made significant changes in various ecological models, especially in forestry resources. He has also proposed first nonlinear mathematical model involving differential equations for the unemployment.

Proposer: Prof. J. B. Shukla, Seconder: Prof. Peeyush Chandra Ten Best Publications: 1. A.K. Misra, Peeyush Chandra and J.B.Shukla (2006) Mathematical modeling and analysis of the depletion of dissolved oxygen in water bodies, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 7: 980 – 996 (if=2.238, ci=28) 2. J.B. Shukla, A.K. Misra, Ram Naresh and P. Chandra (2010) How artificial rain can be produced? A mathematical model, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11(4): 2659 – 2668 (if=2.238, ci=07) 3. A.K. Misra and Arvind K. Singh (2011) A mathematical model for unemployment, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 12(1)(2011) 128–136 (if=2.238, ci=08) 4. A.K. Misra, Anupama Sharma and J.B. Shukla (2011) Modeling and analysis of effects of awareness programs by media on the spread of infectious diseases, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 53: 1221–1228 (if=1.41, ci=47) 5. A.K. Misra and Vishal Singh (2012) A delay mathematical model for the spread and control of water borne disease, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 301: 49-56 (if=2.303, ci=15) 6. A.K. Misra and Kusum Lata (2013) Modeling the effect of time delay on the conservation of forestry biomass, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 46: 1–11 (if=1.503, ci=13) 7. A.K.Misra, Anupama Sharma and Jia Li (2013) A mathematical model for prevention of vector borne diseases through media campaigns, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series- B. 18, 1909-1927 (if=0.957, ci=09) 8. A.K. Misra and Maitri Verma (2014) Modeling the impact of mitigation options on methane abatement from rice fields, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 19: 927–945 (if=2.669, ci=07) 9. Anupama Sharma and A.K. Misra (2015) Backward bifurcation in smoking cessation model with media campaigns, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 39. 1087–1098 (if=2.251, ci=03) 10. A.K. Misra (2016), Effects of aerosols in making artificial rain: A modeling study, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 54:1596–1611 (if=1.056, ci=01)

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PRASAD, AMRITANSHU (b 1975), Professor H, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai


Amritanshu Prasad has made significant contributions to several areas of mathematics, including the theory of automorphic forms, harmonic analysis, representation theory, and combinatorics. His book "Representation Theory: A Combinatorial Viewpoint" is an introduction to the fundamental ideas of algebraic combinatorics. It has a completely new approach to the subject, putting the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence at its centre. He has consistently published high quality research articles in reputed journals. For example, his recent paper, Representations of Symmetric Groups with Non-trivial Determinant solves a long-open problem of Stanley, and is to appear in the Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series, A, which is the top combinatorics journal.

Proposer: Prof. D S Nagaraj, Seconder: Prof. Parameswaran Sankaran Ten Best Publications: 1. A. Prasad, 2002, Almost unramified discrete spectrum for split groups over F_q(t), Duke Mathematical Journal, vol. 113, pp. 237-257. (if=2.35) 2. A.-M. Aubert, U. Onn, and A. Prasad, 2010, On cuspidal representations of general linear groups over discrete valuation rings, Israel Journal of Mathematics, vol. 175, pp. 391-420. (if=0.738) 3. T. Haines, R. Kottwitz and A. Prasad, Iwahori-Hecke algebras, Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society, vol 25, pp. 113-125. (if=0.333) 4. A. Prasad, I. Shapiro, and M. K. Vemuri, 2010, Locally compact abelian groups with symplectic self-duality, Advances in Mathematics, vol. 225, pp. 2429-2454 (if=1.405) 5. K. Dutta and A. Prasad, 2011, Degenerations and orbits in finite abelian groups, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Ser. A, vol. 118, pp. 1685-1694. (if=0.979) 6. J. S. Athreya, A. Ghosh and A. Prasad, 2012, Ultrametric Logarithm Laws II, Montashefte für Mathemattik, vol. 176, pp. 333-356. (if=0.664) 7. W. Calver, K. Dutta and A. Prasad, 2013, Degeneration and orbits of tuples and subgroups in an Abelian group, Journal of Group Theory, vol. 16, pp. 221-233. (if=0.505) 8. K. Dutta and A. Prasad, 2015, Combinatorics of finite abelian groups and Weil representations, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, vol. 275, pp. 295-324. (if=0.656) 9. A. Prasad, P. Singla, and S. Spallone, 2015, On similarity of matrices over local rings of length two, Indiana Univeristy Mathematics Journal, vol. 64, pp. 471-514. (if=0.794) 10. A. Ayyer, A. Prasad, and S. Spallone, 2017, Representations of symmetric groups with non-trivial determinant, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Ser. A, (in press) (if=0.979)

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RAVINDRANATHAN, THANGADURAI (b 1969), Associate Professor G, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad


1. Combinatorial Constants. Finding the exact value of many combinatorial constants are attached to finite abelian group G, are open problem. One of the main research contributions of the nominee is in this area. For reference, we quote [6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 37 and 51] from the research articles. Davenport’s constant D (G) is conjecturally of the same order as of the exponent of G. This was proved in (6) (in the above list); but the precise value is still unknown. 2. Analytic Number Theory. In (8) from the above list, the nominee has studied the famous qualitative version of prime k-tuple conjecture in different point of view. Indeed, in that paper, they have suggested a way to prove a main part of this conjecture by proving the equality of two unrelated constants. 3. Transcendental Number Theory. In [40] and [45], the nominee has studied Liouville numbers extensively and the well-known conjecture of Schanuel in the field of Transcendental Number Theory. In (7) from the above list, the nominee has proved the truth of Schanuel’s conjecture for uncountably many Q-linearly independent n-tuples of real numbers. In particular, they have proved that the uncountably many real numbers can be replaced by any dense G-delta subset of the set of all real numbers.

Proposer : S. D. Adhikari, Seconder : B. Ramakrishnan Ten Best Publications: 1. R. Thangadurai (2004), Adams Theorem on Bernoulli Numbers Revisited, Journal of Number Theory, 106, (1), 169-177 (if=0.59, ci=05) 2. W. D. Gao and R. Thangadurai (2004), On a variant of Kemnitz Conjecture, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, (Series A), 107 (1), 69-86. (if=0.775, ci=16) 3. W. D. Gao , I. Z. Ruzsa and R. Thangadurai (2004), Olson’s constant for the group Z_p^2, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, (Series A) , 107 (1), 49-67. (if=0.775, ci=11) 4. W. D. Gao, Q. H. Hou, W. Schmid and R. Thangadurai (2007), On short zero-sum subsequences II, Integers, 7, Paper A21, 22 pp (electronic). (if=0.39, ci=21) 5. R. Balasubramanian, F. Luca and R. Thangadurai (2010), On the exact degree of Q(a_1,…, a_l) over Q, Proceedings of American Mathematical Society, 138, 2283-2288. (if=0.84, ci=06) 6. M. N. Chintamani, W. D. Gao, P. Paul, B. K. Moriya and R. Thangadurai (2012) On Davenport's Constant, Archiv der Mathematik (Bessels), 98, 133-142. (if=0.394, ci=04) 7. K. Senthil Kumar, R. Thangdurai and M. Waldschmidt (2014), Liouville numbers and Schanuel's Conjecture, Archiv der Mathematik (Bessels), 102, 59-70 (if=0.394, ci=04) 8. R. Thangadurai and K. Viswanadham (2014), On the prime k-tuple conjecture, Integers, 14 A28, 8pp (if=0.39, ci=01) 9. M. Ram Murty and R. Thangadurai (2015), On the parity of the Fourier coefficients of J-function, Proceedings of American Mathematical Society, 139, 1277-1289. (if=0.84, ci=00) 10. S. Subburam and R. Thangadurai (2015), On the Diophantine equation ax^3 + by +c –xyz =0, Funct. Approx. Comment. Math. 53 (1), 167-175. (if=0.30, ci=00)

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ROY, SATYAJIT (b 1963) Professor, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2016, Mathematical Sciences) Dr. S. Roy has made significant contributions on numerical stability, convergence and error analysis to solve external and internal fluid flow problems. On external flow problems, several investigators have encountered numerical instabilities while applying slot injection (suction) due to jump discontinuities present at the leading and trailing edges of the slot. Dr. Roy has introduced the idea of non-uniform slot injection (suction) by using the properties of trigonometric functions which removes unavoidable finite discontinuities at the two edges of the slot. Use of such functions as boundary conditions enables numerically stable solutions, which was further extended to multiple slot injection (suction) for an extended domain. In fact, Dr. Roy has successfully implemented these concepts on various complex geometries of engineering interests. On internal flow problems, the interactions between the boundary layer and core flow constitute a major computational complexity which is inherent to all confined convection configurations. This computational complexity is resolved numerically using penalty Finite Element Method along with newly introduced mathematical functions to model natural heating phenomena such as non-uniform heating, linear heating and discrete heating. The comprehensive analysis on non-singularities of coefficient matrices suggests the simultaneous use of two-point and three-point Gaussian quadratures to obtain physically relevant non-trivial solutions for large values of penalty parameter. At the final stage, extensive error analysis ensures the convergence of numerical solutions and detailed research works are carried out using Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the energy equation to compute flow and thermal fields within square/ trapezoidal/ tilted square/ triangular cavities etc.

Proposer : Prof. N.M. Bujurke, Seconder : Prof. S. Ponnusamy Ten Best Publications : 1. M. Roy, S. Roy, T. Basak (2016), Finite element simulations on heatline trajectories for mixed convection in porous square enclosures: Effects of various moving walls, European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids 59,140-160 (IF: 1.418, CI:1) 2. M. Roy, S. Roy, T. Basak (2015), Role of various moving walls on energy transfer rates via heat flow visualization during mixed convection in square cavities, Energy 82, 1–22 (IF: 4.292, CI: 4). 3. T. Basak, R. Anandalakshmi, P. Kumar, S. Roy (2012), Entropy generation vs energy flow due to natural convection in a trapezoidal cavity with isothermal and non-isothermal hot bottom wall, Energy 37, 514– 532 (IF: 4.292, CI: 27). 4. T. Basak, S. Roy, P.K. Sharma, I. Pop (2009), Analysis of mixed convection flows within a square cavity with uniform and non-uniform heating of bottom wall, Int. J. Thermal Sc. 48, 891-912. (IF: 2.769, CI: 63). 5. T. Basak, S. Roy, A.R. Balakrishnan (2006), Effects of thermal boundary conditions on natural convection flows within a square cavity, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 49, 4525-4535 (IF: 2.857, CI: 139). 6. T. Basak, S. Roy, T. Paul, I. Pop (2006), Natural convection in a square cavity filled with a porous medium: Effects of various thermal boundary conditions, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 49, 1430-1441 (IF: 2.857, CI: 141). 7. S. Roy, T. Basak (2005), Finite element analysis of natural convection flows in a square cavity with non-uniformly heated wall(s), Int. J. Engg. Sc. 43, 668-680 (IF: 3.165, CI:83). 8. D. Anilkumar, S. Roy (2004), Unsteady mixed convection flow on a rotating cone in a rotating fluid, Applied Mathematics and Computation 155, 545-561 (IF: 1.354, CI: 35). 9. S. Roy (2001), Non-uniform mass transfer or wall enthalpy into a compressible flow over yawed cylinder, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 44, 3017-3024 (IF: 2.857, CI: 12). 10. S. Roy (2000), Non-uniform multiple slot injection (suction) or wall enthalpy into a steady compressible laminar boundary layer, Acta Mechanica 143, 113-128 (IF: 1.694, CI: 6).

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SAHOO, TRILOCHAN (b 1967), Professor and Former Head, Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture & Professor-in-Charge, Human Resource Training and Development (non-faculty), IIT Kharagpur, INDIA


Prof. Trilochan Sahoo’s research interest is primarily to develop and generalize mathematical tools for dealing with problems of hydroelasticity and coastal hydrodynamics arising in Ocean Engineering. His expertise includes both analytical and numerical methods based on the application of Fourier analysis, complex function theory, integral equation techniques, boundary element methods, theory of integral transforms, theory of Bessel functions, least square approximation method and Green’s function techniques. The development of expansion formulae associated with Laplace equations satisfying higher order boundary conditions, which are non-Sturm Liouville in nature, are some of his unique contributions to applied mathematics. These studies are supported with the convergence analysis of various infinite series and integrals and derivation of the characteristics of the associated eigenfunctions using complex function theory. Another major contribution is the derivation of systems of Fredholm integral equations and associated analysis for solving a class of complex wave-structure interaction problems arising in the broad are of engineering. The study on wave trapping by porous structures for finding optimum load on sea walls in single and two-layer fluids are some of his unique contributions to coastal engineering problems. His work on coupling of eigenfunction expansion and boundary element method can be widely used for handling a wide variety of realistic physical problems of Ocean Engineering. His recent work on flexural gravity waves in the presence of poroelastic and viscoelastic beds will be of immense help in the reduction of structural responses of large floating structures.

Proposer: Prof. B. N. Mandal, Seconder: Prof. Aloknath Chakrabarti Ten Best Publications: 1. T Sahoo, MM Lee and AT Chwang (2000) Trapping and generation of waves by vertical porous structures, J of Eng Mech, 126(10), 1074-1082. (if=1.346, ci=61) 2. T Sahoo, TL Yip and AT Chwang (2001) Scattering of surface waves by a semi-infinite floating elastic plate, Physics of Fluids, 13(11), 3215-3222. (if=2.017, ci=65) 3. TL Yip, T Sahoo and AT Chwang (2002) Trapping of surface waves by porous and flexible structures, Wave motion, 35(1), 41-54. (if=1.449, ci=36) 4. SR Manam and T Sahoo (2005) Wave past porous structures in two-layer fluids, J of Eng Mathematics, 52(4), 355-377. (if=0.665, ci=29) 5. SR Manam, J Bhattacharjee and T Sahoo (2006) Expansion formulae in wave structure interaction problems, Proc Roy Soc London, Series A, 462, 263-287. (if=2.05, ci=59) 6. J Bhattacharjee and T Sahoo (2008) Flexural gravity wave problems in two-layer fluids, Wave Motion, 45, 133-153. (if=1.449, ci=30) 7. R Mondal, SK Mohanty and T Sahoo (2013) Expansion formulae for wave structure interaction problems in three Dimensions, IMA J Appl Mathematics, 78,181-205. (if=1.034, ci=14) 8. H Behera, S Mandal and T. Sahoo (2013) Oblique wave trapping by porous and flexible structures in a two-layer fluid, Physics of Fluids, 25(11), 112110. (if=2.017, ci=12) 9. S Koley, RB Kaligatla and T Sahoo (2015) Oblique wave scattering by a vertical flexible porous plate, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 135, 1-34. (if=1.364, ci=12) 10. RB. Kaligatla, S Koley and T Sahoo (2015) Trapping of gravity waves by a flexible porous plate near a wall, ZAMP, 66(5), 2677-2702. (if=1.560, ci=7)

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SASTRY, N.S. NARASIMHA (b 1951), Professor of Mathematics, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre


(A) Methods from algebraic coding theory and modular representation theory have been used to characterize of and determine the intersection pattern of, the classical ovoids in finite projective 3-space [1], [3], [5] in (12). This also lead to two families of one-step completely orthogonalizable codes ([2] in (12) and [28] in (9)). (B) Determination of the dimension and the minimum weights of the p-ary code defined by the hypersurfaces of rank k of a finite projective n-space using monomial theory also lead to an improvement of the classical Hamada formula [8] in (12). (C) Nonabelian representations of rank two geometries in the lattice of subgroups of finite groups, following John Thompson and Ivanov, lead to a characterization of finite symplectic geometries [7], [9] in (12). (D) A new method to prove the conjugacy of some maximal subgroups of a group has been initiated by showing the uniqueness, up to conjugacy, of the maximal subgroups ²X of the groups X∈B₂(2²ⁿ⁺¹),G₂(3²ⁿ⁺¹),F₄(2²ⁿ⁺¹) starting from the structure of the simpler group ²X. This is the algebraic analogue of the construction of higher rank buildings from their large sub-buildings due to Segre, Van Maldeghem, etc. This method also naturally lead to a family of equations over finite fields very similar to the equations appearing in Thompson's major analysis leading to the characterization of groups of Ree type. Both families of equations were solved by Bombieri (J. Algebra 257 (2002)).

Proposer : Prof. Sudhir R. Ghorpade, Seconder : Prof. Jugal K. Verma Ten Best Publications: 1. (with B. Bagchi) (1987) Even order inversive planes, generalized quadrangles and codes, Geo. Dedicata 22, pp. 137-147; (if=0.518, ci=57) 2. (with B. Bagchi) (1988) One-step completely orthogonalizable codes from generalized quadrangles, Information and computation 77, pp. 123-130; (if=0.83, ci=8) 3. (with B. Bagchi) (1989) Intersection pattern of the classical ovoids in symplectic 3-space of even order, J. Algebra 126, pp. 147-160;(if=0.60, ci=28) 4. (with G.Misra) (1990) Bounded Modules, extremal problems, and a curvature inequality, J. of Functional Analysis 88, pp.118-134;(if=1.322, ci=17) 5. (with Peter Sin) (1998) The code of a regular generalized quadrangle of even order, Proceedings of the Symposium in Pure Mathematics, American Mathematical Society V.63, pp.485-496; (if=NA, ci=19) 6. (with Peter Sin) (2001) Codes associated with nondegenerate quadrics of a symplectic space of even order, J. Combinatorial Theory (A) V. 94, pp. 1-14; (if=0.775, ci=20) 7. (with B.K.Sahoo) (2007) A characterisation of finite symplectic spaces of odd prime order, J. of Combinatorial theory (A) 114, 52-64;(if=0.775, ci=8) 8. (with S.P.Inamdar) Codes from Veronese and Segre embeddings and Hamada's formula, J. Combinatorial theory (A), V.96 (2001), pp.20-30; (if=0.775, ci=7) 9. (with B. De Bruyn and B.K. Sahoo) (2011) Non-abelian representations of the slim dense near hexagons on 81 and 243 points, J. of Algebraic Combinatorics 32, 127-140; (if=0.662, ci=2) 10. Sastry, N.S.N.: (2012) Some equations over, and automorphisms of, finite fields related to simple groups of Suzuki and Ree types, `Groups, finite Geometries and Buildings', Springer Proceedings in Mathematics, 10, 251-271; (if=NA, ci=0)

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TADURI, S. S. R. K. RAO (b 1954), Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre


The main theme of the research of Professor T. S. S. R. K. Rao, is the study of geometry and structure of Banach spaces and its applications to Convexity theory, Optimization theory, Approximation theory and Numerical Functional Analysis. He has made deep and substantial contributions to the Geometry Banach spaces, and settled several long standing open problems in therory of Function spaces and operator theory. In a major recent development, he has settled the adjoint smoothness problem by giving sufficient conditions for the adjoint of a smooth operator to be smooth again. He has partially solved two open problems emanating from the seminal work of J. Lindenstrauss from the 60’. A long standing problem in approximation theory was settled by showing that every infinite dimensional Banach space has a closed and bounded convex set in which no vector is of maximal length. He also settled Dixmier-Grothendieck problem by showing that for a Banach space X having an extreme point in the unit ball, the space of operators from X to C(K) is dual space only when K is hyperstonean. Combining techniques from geometry, vector-valued integration theory and selection theorems, he has also proved that the subspace of Bochner integrable functions is coproximinal for separable dual coproximinal subpaces.

Proposer: Prof. G. Misra, Seconder: Prof. A. I. Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 1982, Characterizations of some classes of $L^1$ -preduals by the Alfsen -Effros Structure topology, Israel J. Math. 42, 20-32. (if=0.787) 2. P. Harmand and T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 1988, An intersection property of balls and relations with M-ideals, Math.Z. 197, 277-290 (if=0.879) 3. G. Emmanuele and T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 1997, Spaces of Bochner integrable functions and spaces of representable operators as U-ideals.Quart. J. Math.Oxford, 48, 467-478. (if=0.656) 4. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2000, Local surjective isometries of function spaces Expositiones Mathematicae, 18, 285-296. (if=0.902) 5. K. Jarosz and T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2003, Local isometries of function spaces, Math. Z., 243, 449-469. (if=0.879) 6. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2008, .A note on the algebraic reflexivity of the isometry group of K(X,C(K)),Expositiones Mathematicae, 26 , 79-83. (if=0.902) 7. M. Martin and T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2010, On remotality for convex sets in Banach spaces,Journal of Approximation Theory, 162,392-396. Quoted among top $25$ articles (if=0.904) 8. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2013, On intersections of ranges of projections of norm one in Banach spaces, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 141 3579--3586. (if=0.681) 9. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2015, Approximation properties for spaces of Bochner integrable functions , Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 423, 1540--45. (if=1.12) 10. T. S. S. R. K. Rao, 2016, On almost isometric ideals in Banach spaces , Monatshefte fur Mathematik, 180,169-176. (if=0.647)

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TRIPATHI, AMITABHA (b 1961), Professor of Mathematics, Indian institute of Technology Delhi


Prof. Tripathi has made significant contributions to the Coin Exchange Problem in the area of combinatorial Number Theory over the past two decades. His focus has been on finding exact results for the functions g and n in several special cases, the most significant of which are providing exact solutions to the general problem of computing g in three variables and the solution to a conjecture on the least size of partitions that satisfy certain natural constraints. His recent paper on finding exact value for g in the three variable case is a significant result. His study of degree sets and degree sequences in combinatorial Graph theory over the past decade and a half has been divided almost equally into degree sets and degree sequences. The most significant work related to degree sequences include a simple constructive proof of the Erdos-Gallai theorem and an algorithm that significantly improves the result of the same theorem. His work on characterizing orders of graphs with a prescribed degree set completely answers an obvious but significant question in this field. His two publications in the area of Ramsey theory are more recent, but both very significant. His work on noncomplete graph Ramsey theory is probably the first of its kind characterization, and the work on finding the Rado number corresponding to a certain equation completely resolves the hitherto remaining case in the homogenous three-variable context.

Proposer: Prof. Bhim Singh, Seconder: Prof. Sukumar Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. Amitabha Tripathi, A Comparison of Dispersion and Markoff Constants, Acta Arithmetica 63.3 (1993), 193--203 (if=0.564, ci=3) 2. Soma Gupta & Amitabha Tripathi, Density of M-sets in Arithmetic Progression, Acta Arithmetica 89.3 (1999), 255--257 (if=0.564, ci=6) 3. Amitabha Tripathi & Sujith Vijay, A Note on a Theorem of Erdos and Gallai, Discrete Mathematics 265 (2003), 417--420 (if=0.600, ci=75) 4. Sachin Gautam, Ashish Kumar Srivastava & Amitabha Tripathi, On multicolour noncomplete Ramsey graphs of Star graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 156 (12) (2008), 2423--2428 (if=0.722) 5. Amitabha Tripathi, On the largest size of a partition that is both s-core and t-core, Journal of Number Theory 129 (7) (2009), 1805--1811 (if=0.596, ci=7) 6. Amitabha Tripathi, Sushmita Venugopalan & Douglas B. West, A short constructive proof of the Erdos--Gallai characterization of graphic lists, Discrete Mathematics 310 (4) (2010), 343--344 (if=0.600, ci=30) 7. Ram Krishna Pandey & Amitabha Tripathi, On the density of integral sets with missing differences from sets related to arithmetic progressions, Journal of Number Theory 131 (4) (2011), 634--647 (if=0.596, ci=4) 8. Swati Gupta, J. Thulasi Rangan & Amitabha Tripathi, The two-colour Rado number for the equation ax+by=(a+b)z, Annals of Combinatorics 19 (2015), 269--291 (if=0.511) 9. Amitabha Tripathi, On the Frobenius Problem for a,ha+d,ha+bd,ha+b^2d,...,ha+b^kd, Journal of Number Theory 162 (2016), 212--223 (if=0.596) 10. Amitabha Tripathi, Formulae for the Frobenius number in three variables, Journal of Number Theory 170 (2017), 368--389 (if=0.596)

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UPADHYAY, RANJIT KUMAR (b 1967), Professor, Indian Institute of technology(Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad


Prof. Upadhyay has excellent academic career. His research interests are interdisciplinary in nature. He has published 115 research papers including 100 in International Journals of high repute and has high citations. He has written a Book titled “Introduction to Mathematical Modeling and Chaotic Dynamics” published by CRC Press (USA). He has worked on a number of real-life problems like spread of bird flu and Ebola virus, an eco-epidemiological problem of Salton Sea, California, USA, Spatiotemporal dynamics of vole population in Europe and America, Conservation of Iberian Lynx in Europe and recently Deciphering dynamics of recent Ebola spread and outbreak in West Africa, Diseases in Human brain. Dr. Upadhyay has the following recognition's for his work: (i) Fast Track Young Scientist research Award from DST, (ii) Inted talk at Applied Mathematics Lab, University of Le Havre Normandie, France, University of Leicester, UK. (iii) Visiting Research Fellowship from UGC under Indo-Hungarian Educational exchange programme at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary. Recently, he visited the University of Cambridge for 75 days and delivered invited lectures in many renowned institutions in India and Abroad. As recognition of his work, various International Journals have invited him to write review articles and to become the Guest Editor of a Special Issue. Prof. Ranjit has handled a number of sponsored R&D and consultancy projects. Dr. Upadhyay has collaborative work with many International Scientists working in his area and published a number of research publications jointly. He has been on the editorial board of many reputed journals.

Proposer: Prof. Vadrevu Sree Hari Rao , Seconder: Prof. Ranjan Kumar Mohanty Ten Best Publications: 1. R.K. Upadhyay , V. Rai 1997 Why chaos is rarely observed in natural Populations? Chaos Solitons and Fractals Vol. 8(12), pp. 1933-1939. (if=1.628, ci= 82) 2. R.K. Upadhyay, S.R.K. Iyengar, V. Rai 1998 Chaos: An ecological reality? International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos Vol. 8(6), pp.1325-1333. (if=1.355, ci=67) 3. R.K. Upadhyay, S.R.K. Iyengar, V. Rai 2001 Species Extinction Problem: Genetic Vs Ecological factors. Applied Mathematical Modelling Vol. 25, pp. 937-951. (if=2.291, ci=9) 4. R.K. Upadhyay, S.R.K. Iyengar 2005 Effect of seasonality on the dynamics of 2 and 3 species prey-predator systems. Nonlinear Analysis: Real world Applications Vol. 6 (3), pp. 509-530. (if=2.238, ci=65) 5. R.K. Upadhyay 2009 Observability of chaos and cycles in ecological systems: lessons from Predator-prey models. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos Vol. 19, No.10, pp. 3169-3234. (if=1.355, ci=14) 6. R.K. Upadhyay, Argha Mondal, Chinmoy Paul 2016 A method for estimation of parameters in a neural model with noisy measurements Nonlinear Dynamics Vol. 85(4) pp. 2521–2533 (if=3.0) 7. R. K. Upadhyay, P. Roy 2014 Spread of disease and its effect on population dynamics in an ecoepidemiological system Communication in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations Vol. 19 pp. 4170-4184 (if=2.879, ci=6) 8. R.K. Upadhyay, S.K. Tiwari 2017 Ecological Chaos and the Choice of Optimal Harvesting Policy Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Vol. 448, pp.1533-1559. (if=1.014) 9. W.Teka, R. K. Upadhyay, A. Mondal 2017 Fractional –order leaky integrate-and –fire model with long-term memory and power low dynamics Neural Networks (Accepted) (if=3.216) 10. R.K. Upadhyay, Parimita Roy, C. Venkataraman Anotida Madzvamuse 2016 Wave of Chaos in a spatial eco-epidemiological system: Generating realistic patterns of patchiness in Rabbit-Lynx dynamics Mathematical Biosciences Vol. 281, pp. 98-119. (if=1.256)

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CHANDRASEKARAN, PANDU RANGAN (b 1955), Professor, Deptt. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras


Prof. C. PANDU RANGAN has been serving as a faculty at IIT, Madras right from DAY ONE of the undergraduate Computer Science program in India (1982). He has contributed significantly for the development of two key areas – Algorithms and Cryptology- in India through his teaching and research. In algorithms, his major contribution is Application Specific Paradigms that are neither general purpose nor special purpose but are broad purpose problem solving strategies. His research span covers publications on subclasses of perfect graphs, Parallel Computing, Randomized Computing, Approximate Algorithms and Distributed Algorithms. His results on Quadratic forms, LCS problem in Stringology, visibility problem in Computational Geometry, parallel algorithms for tree construction, domatic partition problem and shuffle recognition, distributed algorithm for st-numbers, approximate algorithm for travelling sales person problem are among the best in algorithmics area. His results on quadratic form is discussed in the classical computer science book by Knuth and his data structure design for double-ended heaps have already been taught actively all over the world through the classic text book by Sahni. In cryptology, he was among the first in the country to introduce courses and build high quality research activities in all aspects of cryptology. He has several award winning publications in reputed conferences (IWSEC 2012, SECRYPT 2010), studied trade off between various parameters for message transmission, synchronous and asynchronous message transmission and Byzantine agreements. In provable security, his work includes attacks on existing protocols, novel and efficient design of protocols for PKI, ID based and certificateless paradigms.

Proposer : Prof. C.Siva Ram Murthy, Seconder : Prof. Y.Narahari Ten Best Publications: 1. Kiran Kumar, C. PANDU RANGAN, New Linear Space Algorithm for the LCS Problem, Acta Informatica, Vol. 24, pp. 353 − 362 (1987) (if=0.405, ci=51) 2. G.Ramalingam, C. PANDU RANGAN, A Unified Approach to Domination Problems on Interval Graphs, Information Processing Letters, Vol. 27, pp. 271−274 (1988) (if=0.479, ci=111) 3. Srinivasa Rao Arikati, C. PANDU RANGAN, Linear Algorithm for Optimal Path cover problem on Interval Graphs, Information Processing Letters, Vol. 35, pp. 149 - 153 (1990) (if=0.479, ci=93) 4. Ravi Sundaram, Karan Sher Singh, C. PANDU RANGAN, Treewidth of a Circular-arc Graphs, SIAM Journal of Discrete Maths, Vol. 7, pp. 647-655 (1994) (if=0.677, ci=52) 5. V. Guruswami and C. PANDU RANGAN, Algorithmic aspects of clique traversal and clique independent set, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 100, pp. 183 − 202 (2000) (if=0.668, ci=71) 6. K.Srinathan, Arvind Narayanan, C.PANDU RANGAN, Optimal Perfect Secure Message Transmission, CRYPTO 2004, LNCS series, Vol. 3152, pp 545 – 561 ( 2004) (if=3.02, ci=74) 7. Ashwinkumar Badanidiyuru, Arpita Patra, Ashish Choudhury, Kannan Srinathan, C. PANDU RANGAN: On the trade-off between network connectivity, round complexity, and communication complexity of reliable message transmission. Journal of ACM Vol. 59 (5): 22 (2012) (if=2.353, ci=1) 8. Arpita Patra, Ashish Choudhury, C. PANDU RANGAN, Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement with optimal resilience. Distributed Computing 27(2): 111-146 (2014) (if=0.400, ci=0) 9. Ashish Choudhury, Arpita Patra, B. V. Ashwinkumar, Kannan Srinathan, C. PANDU RANGAN, Secure message transmission in asynchronous networks. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Vol. 71 (8): 1067-1074 (2011) (if=1.011, ci=1) 10. Arpita Patra, Ashish Choudhury, C. PANDU RANGAN, Efficient Asynchronous Verifiable Secret Sharing and Multiparty Computation, Journal of Cryptology, December, 2013 (if=0.771, ci=0)

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KHARE, BRIJ BEHARI (b 1956), Professor, Deptt. of Statistics, Institute of Science, B.H.U., Varanasi.


Prof. Khare has established an active research group during last 32 years in BHU making significant contribution by publishing 111 research papers in several national and international journals of repute and produced 7 (6+1 Sub. July 2016) Ph.D. scholars working in different academic institutions as teaching faculty. Prof. Khare has made significant contribution in the field of sampling theory in statistics, particularly in building estimators, class of estimators and improved chain type estimators for population parameters using auxiliary and additional auxiliary characters in general case and also in case of non-response in sample surveys. In case of multivariate survey, the problem of estimation of mean vector in presence of complete response/ complete non-response and partial non-response on the units selected in the sample has been proposed for the first time (Tripathi & Khare (1997)). Prof. Khare has also promoted interdisciplinary research: (a). Determined the pattern of growth in height and weight (Sathyavathi et al.(1981) ), (b). Established the norm value of physical growth characteristics and development of sexual characteristics Of adolescent boys and girls of USE group (Agrawal et al.(1981), Tripathi et al.(1985), Pereira et al.(1983), Katiyar et al.(1985)). (c). The exhaustive study on the “current status of infant and early childhood feeding practices” for countrywide study divided in five zones and also for various important states in India (Agrawal et al.(1985)), (Khare et al.(1993)) has lead to an important medical conclusion through breast feed immediately after birth, reduce the practice of discarding colostrum and risk of infections.

Proposer: Prof. Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, Seconder: Prof. Ajai Kumar Srivastava Ten Best Publications: 1. Sathyavathi, K, Agarwal, K.N., Khare, B.B. and Agarwal, D. K. (1981). The growth pattern of height and weight during adolescence. Ind. J. Med. Res. 74, 851-865. (if=2012 (2.06), ci=16) 2. Pereira, P, Mehta, S, Khare, B.B., Katiyar, G.P., Agarwal, D.K., Tripathi, A.M. and Agarwal, K.N. (1983). Physical growth characteristics in adolescent girls of upper socio-economic group of Varanasi. Ind. J. Med. Res. 77, 839-844. (if=2012 (2.06), ci=16) 3. Khare, B. B. (1987). Allocation in Stratified sampling in presence on Non-response. Metron- International Journal of Statistics, (Italy), 45(I/II), 213-221. (if=2015 (0.59), ci=36) 4. Srivastava, S. Rani, Srivaslava, S. R. and Khare, B. B. (1989). Chain ratio type estimator for ratio of two population means using auxiliary characters. Commun. Stat. Theory Math. (USA), 18(10), 3917-3926. (if=2016 (0.43), ci=34) 5. Khare, B. B. (1991). Determination of sample sizes for a class of two phase sampling estimators for ratio and product of two population means using auxiliary character. Metron- International Journal of Statistics, (Italy), XLIX, (1-4), 185-197. (if=2015 (0.59) , ci=14) 6. Khare, B. B. and Srivastava, S, (1993), Estimation of population mean using auxiliary character in presence of nonresponse. Nat. Acad. Sci. Letter, 16 (3), 111-114. (if=2016 (0.345), ci=106) 7. Khare, B. B. and Srivastava, S, (1995). Study of conventional and alternative two phase sampling ratio, product and regression estimators in presence of non-response. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., India, 65 (A), II, 195-203. (if=2015 (0.39), ci=83) 8. Khare, B. B. and Srivastava, S, (1997). Transformed ratio type estimators for the population mean in the presence of nonresponse. Commun. Statist. - Theory Meth(USA)., 26 (7), 1779-1791. (if=2016 (0.43), ci=82) 9. Tripathi, T. P. and Khare, B. B. (1997). Estimation of mean vector in presence of non-response. Commun. Statist. - Theory Meth (USA), 26 (9), 2255-2269. (if=2016(0.43), ci=22) 10. Khare, B. B. and Sinha, R. R. (2009). On class of estimator for population mean using multi-auxiliary character in presence of non-response. Stats. in transition-new series.(Poland),10 (1), 3-14. (ci=29)

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KUNNUMMAL, MURALIDHARAN (b 1965) Professor and Head of Statistics, Director of Populations Research Center, Vadodara, Faculty of Science, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002. Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2015, Mathematical Sciences)

Major contribution by Dr. K. Muralidharan has been to the field of statistical inference – both testing of hypotheses and estimation of parameters. In the area of testing of hypotheses, Dr. Muralidharan considered some probability distributions such as power law, modulated power law, Rayleigh etc as models for characteristics of reliability problems and studied if the resulting tests are uniformly most powerful (UMP) or locally most powerful or UMP similar. He obtained some large sample tests based on conditional distribution for the shape parameter of Power law process. In the area of estimation, his significant contributions have been to construction of conditional confidence intervals for parameters of specific probability models such as Power law process. Another area of his interest has been inference in the presence of “inliers" which is a common feature in reliability related data. He, along with his students, developed methods for inference for inlier models. Dr. Muralidharan is a Black belt recipient on Six Sigma methodology and he is championing the need of six sigma quality consciousness in the industry. To sum up, Dr. Muralidharan has made substantial contributions to inference concerning probability models that are relevant to reliability studies. In addition to what I stated in the original nomination of Dr. Muralidharan, I have the following to add:He appears to have prepared 8 more papers (jointly with his research students) since 2015 , of which 4 appeared and the rest are due to appear. In addition he has also published a book entitled Six Sigma for Organizational Excellence: A Statistical approach, Springer.

Proposer : Prof. Sreehari Maddipatla, Seconder : Laxman S Chamyal Ten Best Publications: 1. Muralidharan, K., and Arti, K. (2014). Some statistical inferences on Inlier(s) models, International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management. DOI: 10.1007/s13198-014-0284-8. (Springer journal)Citations-09, Impact factor-0.389. 2. Muralidharan, K. (2013). Inferences on inliers in Rayleigh distribution. Metron- International journal of Statistics, 1-9 , October 08, DOI: 10.1007/s40300-013-0020-1. Print ISSN:0026-1424, Online ISSN:2281-695X. (Springer journal). Citations-20, Impact factor-0.5. 3. Muralidharan, K. and Chang, K. C. (2011). Some Large Sample Tests Based on Conditional Distribution for the Shape Parameter in Power Law Process, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice. Vol 5, No.2, 327-334. ISSN: 1559-8608. (Taylor & Francis journal). Citations-15, Impact factor-0.45. 4. Muralidharan,K., Rupal Shah. and Deepak H. Dhandhukia. (2008). Future reliability estimation based on predictive distribution. Quantitative Techniques and Quality Management. 5(3), 193-201. ISSN: 1684-3703. Citations-12, Impact factor-0.627. 5. Muralidharan, K and Lathika, P. (2006). Analysis of instantaneous and early failures in Weibull distribution. Metrika , 64, 305-316. ISSN: 1435-926X. (Springer journal). Citations-38, Impact factor-0.504. 6. Muralidharan, K. (2002).Reliability inferences of Modulated Power Law Process #i, IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 51(1), 23-26. ISSN: 0018-9529. (IEEE-Explore journal). Citations-36, Impact factor-1.934. 7. Muralidharan, K. and Kale. B.K. (2002). Modified gamma distribution with singularity at zero. Communications in Statistics- Simulation and Computations, Vol.31, No.1, 143-158. ISSN: 0361-0926. (Taylor & Francis journal). Citations-22, Impact factor-0.46. 8. Muralidharan,K.(2001). Tests for Exponentiality against Gamma alternatives using normalized waiting times: Communications in Statistics.- Theory and Methods.,Vol.30, No.3, 397-405. ISSN: 0361-0926. (Taylor & Francis journal). Citations-28, Impact factor-0.300. 9. Muralidharan, K. (2001). On testing of parameters in Modulated Power Law Process. Applied Stochastic Models in Industry and Business, 17, 331-343. ISSN: 1526-4025.(Wiley journal). Citations-28, Impact factor-0.574. 10. Muralidharan, K. (2000). The UMVUE and Bayes estimate of reliability of mixed failure time Distribution. Communications in Statistics- Simulations and Computations, Vol. 29, No.2, 603-619. ISSN: 0361-0926. (Taylor & Francis journal). Citations-17, Impact factor-0.46.

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MOKKALA, PADMAVATHAMMA (b 1963), Professor, Sri Venketeswara University, Tirupati


Prof. M.Padmavathamma working as Professor and BoS Chairperson, Department of Computer science, S.V.University, Tirupati. She rendered 26 years of academic service in various academic and administrative capacities like Co-ordinator for M.C.A and M.Sc (CS) programmes, Head, Department of Computer science, BoS Chairperson for S.V.University, Tirupati, YV University, Kadapa, and VS University, Nellore,. She is member of various committees like AICTE, UGC etc., She has been appointed as Joint Secretary of UGC, New Delhi. She has been granted prestigious Research Projects 4 from UGC, New Delhi & 2 from DST, New Delhi of worth more than One Crore Rupees. 5 Research projects successfully completed and 1 Research project under progress. 16 scholars received their Ph.D., degrees and many M.Phil&M.Tech projects are submitted in her guidance. One foreign scholar from Kuwait received his doctoral degree under her supervision and one other foreign scholar from Denmark is working for his Doctoral program. In connection with her research collaboration, she visited many countries like Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hongkong, Mauritius, Kuwait, and Bahrain. I have been invited as keynote speaker for many International Conferences. 154 Research papers published in many National and International Journals & Conference Proceedings. She published 4 Text Books published by the Telugu Academy, JAICO Publishers, and ICON Publishers on Network Security in Computer Science. She has been accomplished with many research awards in many national & International Conferences. In accumulation, during 2014, she conferred with State Best Teacher Award announced by APCHE

Proposer: Prof. P.V. Arunachalam, Seconder: Prof R. Ramamurthi Ten Best Publications: 1. An Enhanced Queue Management Scheme for TFRC Over Wired Networks (if=2.05, ci=97) 2. Privacy Preserving-Aware Over Big Data in Clouds Using GSA and Map Reduce Framework (if=3.696, ci=92) 3. Design and Development of Hybrid Genetic Classifier Model for Prediction of Diabetes (if=3.518, ci=90) 4. Identifying Variant positions of TCF7L2 Gene related to T2DM (if=5.442, ci=84) 5. A threshold Genetic Algorithm for diagnosis of Diabetes using Minkowski Distance Method (if=5.442, ci=86) 6. A Rule Based Neuro-Fuzzy Expert System Model for Diagnosis of Diabetes (if=3.74, ci=88) 7. Secure Multi-Attribute Decision Making Algorithm using Large attribute Dataset (if=2.70, ci=81) 8. Performance comparision of TCP, UDP and TFRC in wired networks (if=1.74, ci=66) 9. Multi-modal evolutionary ensemble classification in medical diagnosis problems (if=1.61, ci=32) 10. Local and Global Genetic Fuzzy Pattern Classifiers (if=3.02, ci=65)

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NANDA, ASOK KUMAR (b 1965), Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata


Being an outstanding researcher and an extremely talented Reliability Analyst, the nominee has made significant contributions in the field of Reliability Analysis and Information Theory. The book Stochastic Orders (2007) by Shaked and Shanthikumar (Springer) not only cited a lot of his works but also acknowledged the nominee in the Preface of the book, which shows his authority in the area of Reliability Theory. In his paper(9), he has solved a problem of three decades by showing that a series (parallel) system can be characterized by sum of its component failure rates (reversed failure rates). A distribution(10) developed by him has been used in Mining Engineering (http://geostats2012.nr.no/pdfs/1748002.pdf) to study the structurally controlled gold deposit. The same has been cited in Johnson et al. (2004): Discrete Multivariate Distributions (Wiley). The depth of his contribution can be assessed from his publication in very reputed journals dealing with theory/applications of Reliability and Information Sciences, viz. IEEE Transactions, Information Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, Sankhya etc., and also from the fact that his work has been used in Security Analysis, Network Systems, Operations Management and Engineering (cf. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2012), 33, 212-236). He has provided a general framework for Ballistic Missile Defense Systems(1). His pioneering works have made places in some celebrated books viz. Marshall and Olkin (2007): Life Distributions (Springer), Balakrishnan et al. (2006): Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences (Wiley), Lovric (2011): International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science (Springer) and many others.

Proposer : Prof. Probal Chaudhuri, Seconder : Prof. Bimal K. Roy Ten Best Publications: 1. Dhaifalla K. Al-Mutairi, Asok K. Nanda, and Richard M. Soland (2011): Monotonicity and Comparability in Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 141, pp. 2191-2200 (if=0.598) 2. Asok K. Nanda and Debasis Sengupta (2005): Discrete Life Distributions with Decreasing Reversed Hazard. Sankhya, Vol. 67(1), pp. 106-125. 3. Taizhong Hu, Asok K. Nanda, Huiliang Xie and Zegang Zhu (2004): Properties of Some Stochastic Orders: A Unified Study. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 51(2), pp. 193-216 (ci=9) 4. Asok K. Nanda, Harshinder Singh, Neeraj Misra and Prasanta Paul (2003): Reliability Properties of Reversed Residual Lifetime. Communications in Statistics- Theory & Methods, Vol. 32(10), pp. 2031-2042. (if=0.284, ci=35) 5. Asok K. Nanda and Moshe Shaked (2001): The Hazard Rate and Reversed Hazard Rate Orders, with Applications to Order Statistics. The Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Vol. 53, pp. 853-864. (if=0.661, ci=26) 6. Rameshwar D. Gupta and Asok K. Nanda (2001): Some Results on Reversed Hazard rate Ordering. Communications in Statistics-Theory & Methods, Vol. 30(11), pp. 2447-2457 (if=0.284, ci=24) 7. Rosa E. Lillo, Asok K. Nanda and Moshe Shaked (2001): Preservation of Some Likelihood Ratio Stochastic Orders by Order Statistics. Statistics and Probability Letters, Vol. 51, pp. 111-119 (if=0.531, ci=24) 8. Debasis Sengupta and Asok K. Nanda (1999): Log-Concave and Concave Distributions in Reliability. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 46(4), pp. 419-433 (if=0.563, ci=43) 9. Asok K. Nanda, Kanchan Jain and Harshinder Singh (1998): Preservation of Some Partial Orderings under the Formation of Coherent Systems. Statistics and Probability Letters, Vol. 39, pp. 123-131 (if=0.531, ci=11) 10. Kanchan Jain and Asok K. Nanda (1995): On Multivariate Weighted Distributions. Communications in Statistics- Theory & Methods, Vol. 24(10), pp. 2517-2539 (if=0.284, ci=9)

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RAMASUBRAMANIAN, SUNDERESWARAN (b 1952), Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore


Initial research of S.Ramasubramanian concerned asymptotics of diffusion/ reflected diffusion processes, and related connections with partial differential equations. Since many reflected stochastic processes can be represented path-wise as solutions to the Skorokhod problem, the latter was studied in depth, along with relevant comparison and optimality properties. A class of reflected backward stochastic differential equations with oblique reflection was also considered. During these investigations, it was noticed that certain economic models, especially multidimensional insurance models, can be formally described in terms of the Skorokhod problem in an orthant. While one-dimensional insurance models have been extensively studied, very little is known about multidimensional set-up, in spite of known qualitative interactions among insurance companies. A quantitative way describing a risk diversifying agreement among a group of insurance companies is a salient feature of his mathematical model where the joint dynamics of the companies are governed by the solution to appropriate Skorokhod problem in an orthant. This is justified using optimality property of Skorokhod problem. In addition to research work, well-received expository papers have also been contributed.

Proposer : Prof. Mrinal Kanti Ghosh, Seconder : Prof. Gadadhar Misra Ten Best Publications: 1. R.N.Bhattacharya and S. Ramasubramanian , 1982, Recurrence and ergodicity of diffusions. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol.12, pp. 95 –122. 2. S. Ramasubramanian, 1996, Transition densities of reflecting diffusions. Sankhya Ser. A, Vol.58, pp. 347 – 381. 3. S.Balaji and S. Ramasubramanian, 2000, Passage time moments for multidimensional diffusions. Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 37, pp. 246 – 251. 4. 4. S. Ramasubramanian, 2000, A Subsidy – Surplus Model and the Skorokhod problem in an Orthant. Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol.25, pp. 509 – 538. 5. S. Ramasubramanian, 2002, Reflected backward stochastic differential equations in an orthant. Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Mathematical Sciences), Vol. 112, pp. 347 – 360. 6. Amites Dasgupta and S. Ramasubramanian, 2003, Transition density of a reflected symmetric stable Levy process in an orthant. In Probability, Statistics and their Applications: Papers in honor of Rabi Bhattacharya (ed. K.B.Athreya, M.Majumdar, M.Puri and E.Waymire), IMS Lecture Notes—Monograph series, Vol. 41, pp. 117 – 131. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Beachwood, Ohio. 7. S. Ramasubramanian, 2006, An insurance network: Nash equilibrium. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 38, pp. 374 – 390. 8. S. Ramasubramanian, 2007, A d-person differential game with state space constraints. Applied Mathematics and Optimization, Vol.56, pp. 312 – 342. 9. S. Ramasubramanian, 2011, Multidimensional insurance model with risk reducing treaty. Stochastic Models, Vol. 27, pp. 363 – 387. 10. O. Kella and S. Ramasubramanian, 2012, Asymptotic Irrelevance of Initial Conditions for Skorohod Reflection Mapping on the Nonnegative Orthant. Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 37, pp. 301 - 312.

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GHOSH, AMIT (b 1968), Associate Professor G, Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Mathematical Sciences) Mathematical theory of horizons, black hole entropy in loop quantum gravity and in general, thermodynamics of black hole.

Proposer: Prof. Parthasarathi Mitra, Seconder: Prof. Milan K Sanyal Ten Best Publications: 1. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; Entropy in dilatonic black hole background; Phys.Rev.Lett. 73 (1994) 2521-2523 (if=7.645, ci=110) 2. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; Entropy for extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black holes; Phys.Lett. B357 (1995) 295-299 (if=4.787, ci=82) 3. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; Understanding the area proposal for extremal black hole entropy; Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 1858-1860 (if=7.645, ci=58) 4. Olaf Dreyer, Amit Ghosh, Jacek Wisniewski; Black hole entropy calculations based on symmetries, Class.Quant.Grav. 18 (2001) 1929-1938 (if=2.837, ci=53) 5. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; An Improved lower bound on black hole entropy in the quantum geometry approach; Phys.Lett. B616 (2005) 114-117 (if=4.787, ci=93) 6. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; Counting black hole microscopic states in loop quantum gravity; Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 064026 (if=4.506 , ci=43) 7. Ernesto Frodden, Amit Ghosh and Alejandro Perez; Quasilocal first law for black hole thermodynamics; Phys.Rev. D87 (2013) 121503(R) (if=4.506 , ci=59) 8. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; Fine-grained state counting for black holes in loop quantum gravity; Phys.Rev.Lett. 102 (2009) 141302 (if=7.645, ci=16) 9. Amit Ghosh, Alejandro Perez; Black hole entropy and isolated horizons thermodynamics; Phys.Rev.Lett. 107 (2011) 241301, Erratum-ibid. 108 (2012) 169901 (if=7.645, ci=86) 10. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; A Bound on the log correction to the black hole area law, Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 027502 (if=4.506 , ci=119)

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KORIKANA, RAJA RAMA GANDHI (b 1980), Research Professor, Head R & D, BITS-Vizag, Visakhapatnam


Prof. Dr. K. Raja Rama Gandhi was approached Prof. J. Gopala Krishna in 2004. He got rigorous training by Prof. JGK in Mathematics as well as in general. Prof. Gandhi published TWO papers in Theory of Numbers along with Prof. JGK, and thereafter he wrote 100+ papers in Mathematics, Mathematical Physics and published in variety of journals. Prof. Gandhi published 5 monographs in Theory of Numbers. Prof. Gandhi adjudicated several PhD thesis from Bharathidasan university, Tamil Nadu. Also, Prof. Gandhi is Life Member of Calcutta Mathematical Society (CMS), Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) and Ramanujan Mathematical Society (RMS). Prof. Gandhi got various testimonials for his work from China, Italy, and India. Prof. Gandhi working as Resource person in Math for Oxford University Press and Research Professor and Head R &D, at BITS-Vizag. There are 6 scholars are pursing PhD under the guidance of Prof. Gandhi.

Proposer: Prof. J. Gopala Krishna, Seconder: Prof. A.K. Shukla Ten Best Publications: 1. General, One & Several Variable Extentions Of Chinese Remainder Theorem (Additional Features With Co-Primality Conditions) (if=<1) 2. General, One & Several Variable Extentions Of Chinese Remainder Theorem (Without Reference To The Co-Primality Conditions) (if=<1) 3. The reproductive solution for Fermat’s Last theorem (elementary aspect) doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/BMSA.5.5 (if=1) 4. An instinct to conclude the famous twin prime and Goldbach conjectures (if=0.625) 5. An Integral Representation for the Digamma Function Arising from Abel-Plana Formula (if=<1) 6. The methods of solving equations A^x + B^y = C^z with coprime A, B, C , where x> = 2, y > = 2, z > = 2 are natural numbers, equal the two only in one of the three possible cases. The proof of Catalan's Conjecture. (if=1) 7. Missing Property Of An Ellipse (if=<1) 8. Techniques of solving Diophantine equations lead to Dio-Gandhi equations (if=0.625) 9. A New Hilbert-type Inequality with the Homogeneous Kernel of Degree -2 and with the Integral (if=4.313) 10. A New Hilbert-type Integral Inequality with the Homogeneous Kernel of Real Degree Form and the Integral in Whole Plane (if=3.01)

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LAHIRI, INDRAJIT (b 1961), Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Kalyani, West Bengal


In the area of value distribution theory Prof. Indrajit Lahiri’s idea of gradation of sharing of complex values has been acclaimed internationally which is known in the literature as weighted sharing of values. This concept enables various international workers to derive several theories under much weaker hypotheses. Using this idea Lahiri etal. answered open questions posed by K. Tohge. Mues’ conjecture related to meromorphic functions remained unsolved for a long time. In 2001 Prof. Lahiri found a possible solution to the conjecture after proving the validity of the conjecture for meromorphic functions having no simple a-points. Prof. Lahiri with Dr. Kit Wing Yu obtained a partial answer to a question of Prof. W. K. Hayman on generalized Fermat type functional equations. The Bloch principle and its converse drew attention of distinguished workers during the last three decades. Prof. Lahiri augmented the theory by adding another counter example to the general converse of Bloch principle. K. S. Charak and J. Rieppo , J. Xu and W. Cao, X. B. Zhang, J. F. Xu and H. X. Yi, J. Yunbo and G. Zongsheng, and others used Lahiri’s technique to derive normality criteria for families of meromorphic functions and to add more counter examples to the converse of Bloch Principle. Recently Lahiri with his collaborator pointed out a gap in the proof of a result of P. Li and rectified it. Total number of citations of Lahiri’s work is 1503 and his h-index is 21 as available in Google scholar.

Proposer: Prof. Abhoy Pada Baisnab, Seconder: Prof. Kripasindhu Chaudhuri Ten Best Publications: 1. I. Lahiri (2001), Weighted value sharing and uniqueness of meromorphic functions, Complex Var. Theo. Appl., Vol. 46(3), pp. 241 – 253. (if=0.466, ci=208) 2. I. Lahiri (2001), Weighted sharing and uniqueness of meromorphic functions, Nagoya Math. J., Vol. 161, pp. 193 – 206. (if=0.444, ci=214) 3. I. Lahiri and S. Dewan (2003), Value distribution of the product of a meromorphic function and its derivative, Kodai Math. J., 26(1), pp. 95 – 100. (if=0.178, ci=85) 4. I. Lahiri and A. Sarkar (2005), On a uniqueness theorem of Tohge, Arch. Math.(Basel), Vol. 84(5), pp. 461 – 469. (if=0.462, ci=28) 5. I. Lahiri (2005), A simple normality criterion leading to a counterexample to the converse of Bloch principle, New Zealand J. Math., Vol. 34, pp. 61 – 65. (ci=12) 6. I. Lahiri and R. Mukherjee (2012), Uniqueness of entire functions sharing a value with linear differential polynomials, Bull. Austral. Math. Soc., Vol. 85, pp. 295 – 306. (if=0.566) 7. I. Lahiri and A. Banerjee (2012), A uniqueness polynomial generating a unique range set and vise-versa, Comput. Methods and Funct. Theory (CMFT), Vol. 12(2), pp. 527 – 539. (if=0.362, ci=11) 8. I. Lahiri and I. Kaish (2013), An entire function sharing one non-zero value with its linear differential polynomials, J. Math. Anal Appl., Vol. 406, pp. 66 – 74. (if=1.014) 9. I. Lahiri and I. Kaish (2013), A non-zero value shared by an entire function and its linear differential polynomials, Canad. Math. Bull., Vol. 56 (4), pp. 769 – 784 (if=0.384) 10. I. Lahiri and S. Das (to appear), Uniqueness of entire functions sharing a small function with linear differential polynomials, Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Scienze, DOI Number: 10.2422/2036-2145.201511_002. (if=0.891)

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SINGH, TEJ BAHADUR (b 1952), Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007. Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Mathematical Sciences) For a space X with a periodic homeomorphism of prime period, Smith [1937] introduced the study of homological relationships among the space X, the fixed point set and the orbit space. Dr. Singh (jointly with Dotzel) has given a complete description of possible fixed point sets of periodic maps of prime period on spaces of cohomology type of P2(n)VS3n (here P2(n) is a projective plane and S3n is a sphere of dimension 3n) or the wedge nVS2nVS3n. The possibility of existence of a fixed-point free homeomorphism on these spaces has also been observed and, in this case, the (modp) cohomology structure of the orbit spaces has been determined [3,4]. Similar results for periodic maps of odd prime order on product of two spheres and generalized lens spaces has been proved [5,6]. The above results classify the cohomology type of spaces with the fundamental group Zp and the covering space of cohomology type of SnVS2nVS3n, n 1, or Sm×Sn, both m,n 1, or the complex projective space CPn (p=2 in this case) [4,5,7]. These results have helped to prove Borsuk-Ulam type theorems: Non-existence of equivariant maps Sm → X relative to the antipodal action on Sm, where X = RPn, CPn and SnVS2nVS3n (n 1). Similar results for the actions of the circle group on spaces of cohomology type of SnVS2nVS3n or S1×CPm-1 have been obtained 8,9].

Proposer : Prof. Satya Deo, Seconder : Prof. Sukumar Das Adhikari Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Deo, Tej B Singh and R. Shukla, 1982, “On an extension of localization theorem and generalized Conner conjecture,” Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 269, 395 - 402; MR 83 a: 57051. 2. S. Deo and Tej B. Singh, 1982, “On the converse of some theorems about orbit spaces,” J. London Math. Soc. 25, 162 - 170; MR 83 k: 54039. 3. R. Dotzel and Tej B. Singh, 1991, “Zp-action on spaces of cohomology type (a, 0),” Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 113, 875 - 878; MR 92 b: 57046, Zbl 0739.57024. 4. R. Dotzel and Tej B. Singh, 1995, “Cohomology ring of the orbit spaces of certain free Zp- actions,” Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123, 3581 - 3585; MR 96a : 57082, Zbl: 0849.57031. 5. R. Dotzel, Tej B. Singh and S. Tripathi, 2001, “The cohomology rings of the orbit spaces of free transformation groups of the product of two spheres,” Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129, 921-930, MR: 2001 f 57037, Zbl:0962.57020. 6. H. K. Singh and Tej B. Singh, 2007, “On the cohomology of orbit space of free Zp-actions on lens spaces,” Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sciences) 117, 287-292, MR: 2008 g 57037. 7. H.K.Singh and Tej B. Singh, 2008, “Fixed point free involutions on cohomology projective spaces,” Indian J. Pure and Applied Math. 39(32), 285-291, MR: 2009 d 57058. 8. Pedro L.Q. Pergher, H.K.Singh and Tej B. Singh, 2010, “On Z2 and S1 free actions on spaces of cohomology type (a,b),” Houston Journal of Math. 36, 137-146, MR:2011 f 57064, Zbl: 1226.57049.

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AMBAT, VIJAYAKUMAR (b 1958), Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Mathematical Sciences) The nominee is working in the area of Graph Theory and Mathematics Education. He has made significant contributions on self-complementary graphs, graph energy and graph classes. Reopening a conjecture of A. Kotzig, Dr. Vijayakumar noted that the counter example provide had a fallacy, and then he provided a class of graphs -strongly vertex triangle regular self-complementary graphs – which are counter examples. The results obtained to reach this conclusion were quite significant from which the results of Lorden, Clapham, Rao and Cameron could be deduced. In the area of Graph energy he constructed equi-energetic graphs and computed the energies of non-regular graphs from that of regular ones. Introducing the concept of ‘distance energy’ and obtaining bounds for the same were also reasonably significant. Based on a problem posed by Erdos et al., the notion of - property could also be studied. Another contribution of the nominee is to the dissemination of knowledge. He has written popular articles mostly in Malayalam language on various aspects of mathematics such as social networks, cryptography, fractals,Ramanujan’s works etc. through leading newspapers. He has published more than fifty such articles. He has also been a MENTOR of the INSPIRE program of DST since many years. He is the founder Academic Secretary of Kerala Mathematics Teachers Association (KMTA) - a forum for school mathematics teachers, since 2001. He is also associated with many science education /research programs of the Government of Kerala and is also working for the educational uplifting of socially and economically backward students.

Proposer : Prof. Peeyush Chandra, Seconder : Prof. Satya Deo Ten Best Publications: 1. Changat, M. A.Vijayakumar, 1992, On order and metric convexities in Zn, Compositio Math. 81 , 57 - 65. (if=1.024) 2. Nair B.Radhakrishnan, A.Vijayakumar,1994 , About triangles in a graph and its complement, Discrete Math. 131 , 205-210 (if=0.579, ci=3) 3. K.S. Parvathy, A.Remadevi, A.Vijayakumar,1994, About a conjecture on centres of chordal graphs, Graphs and Combin. 10, 269 - 270 . (if=0.351, ci=1) 4. Nair B.Radhakrishnan, A.Vijayakumar ,1996 , Strongly edge triangle regular graphs and a conjecture of Kotzig, Discrete Math. 158, 201-209 (if=0.579, ci=2) 5. Indulal, G. A.Vijayakumar, 2006,On a pair of equi energetic graphs , MATCH, 55, 83-90 (if=0.329, ci=68) 6. Indulal, G. A.Vijayakumar, 2007, Energies of some non- regular graphs, J. Math. Chem., 42, 377- 386. (if=1.17, ci=24) 7. Indulal, G. A.Vijayakumar, 2007, Some New Integral graphs , Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. 1, No:2, 420- 426 (if=0.87, ci=3) 8. Indulal, G. I.Gutman, A.Vijayakumar, 2008, On distance energy of graphs, MATCH,60,461-472. (if=0.329, ci=79) 9. Aparna Lakshmanan, S.,A.Vijayakumar,2009, Clique irreducibility and clique vertex irreducibility of graphs , Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. 3, 137-146 (if=0.87, ci=1) 10. Aparna Lakshmanan, S.A.Vijayakumar, 2009, On the property of some classes of graphs , Discrete Math. 309, 259 – 263. (if=0.579, ci=8)

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AGARWAL, ASHOK KUMAR (b 1949) Emeritus Scientist, CSIR, Panjab University, Chandigarh Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Mathematical Sciences) Prof. Agarwal has contributed very significantly in many areas influenced by the legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. He has collaborated with some of the stalwarts in this area. His main contributions are listed below. (1) In collaboration with Professors George E Andrews and David M. Bressoud (both from USA) introduce a new class of partitions called partitions with “$n+t$ copies of $n$”, Discovered infinitely many analytic identities of the Rogers-Ramanujan type and gave their number theoretic interpretations. (2) Proved that the number of factorization patterns into irreducibles of a polynomial of degree $n$ over a finite field of order $\qeq n$ equals the number of partitions of $n$ with “$d(a)$ copies of $a$”, where $d(a)$ is the number of positive devisors of $a$. This made a breakthrough in the work of R.A. Hultquist,G.L.Mullen and H.Nitherreiter. studied further properties of these new partitions called partitions with $d(a)$ copies of $a$” jointly with Prof. Gray L.Mullen (USA). (3) In collaboration with Prof. M.V. Subbarao (Canada) found a family of infinitely many Ramanujan type congruences for perfect partitions. (4) Jointly with Prof. W. Miller (USA) introduced symmetry techniques for the classification and derivation of generating functions for families of basic hypergeometric functions. (5) Introduced $n$-colour Gaussian polynomials and $n$-colour compositions and studied their combinatorial properties. (6) Provided new combinatorial interpretations of some of the Ramanujan’s mock- theta functions using coloured partitions, lattics paths, frobenious partitions and a special class of infinite matricies. (7) The nominee has also been the President, Indian Mathematical Society, 2008-09; President (Section of Mathematical Sciences including Statistics), Indian Science Congress Association, 2009-10; President & Editor-in-Chief, Society for Special Functions and their Applications; Editor-in-Chief, Lecture Notes Series in Mathematics, Ramanujan Mathematical Society; Visited and lectured at nine universities in the USA and four in Canada in addition to numerous universities and institutes in India.

Proposer : Prof. S. Bhargava, Seconder : Prof. Satya Deo Ten Best Publications: 1. Agarwal, A. K. Rogers-Ramanujan Identities for $n$~color partitions. J. Number Theory 28 (1988), No-3, 299-305. (Reviewer: George E. Andrews) 11P68 (05A19 11P57) [0.507/7]. (IF=11P68 (05A19 11P57) [0.507/7], CI=11P68 (05A19 11P57) [0.507/7]) 2. Agarwal, A. K- New combinatorial interpretations of two analytic identities, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), no. 2, 561-567. (Reviewer; Peter paule) (IF=05A19 (05A15) 05A17 11P57)[0.64/3]., CI=05A19 (05A15) 05A17 11P57)[0.64/3].) 3. Agarwal, A. K. Bijective proofs of some $n$-color partition identities. Canad. Math. Bull. 32 (1989), No. 3, 327-332. (Reviewer: Christian Krattenthaler) 05A17 (11P57 33A30)[0.375/1]. (IF=05A17 (11P57 33A30)[0.375/1]., CI=05A17 (11P57 33A30)[0.375/1].) 4. Agarwal, A. K. Antihook differences and some partition identities. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 110 (1990), no. 4, 1137-1142. (Reviewer: David M. Bressoud) 11P81 (05A17)[0.64/1] (IF=11P81 (05A17)[0.64/1], CI=11P81 (05A17)[0.64/1]) 5. Agarwal, A.K. $q$-functional equations and some partition identities. Combinatorics and theoretical computer science (Washington, DC, 1989). Discrete Appi. Math. 34 (1991), no. 1-3, 17-26. (Reviewer : David M- Bressound) 11P83 [0.816/-] (IF=11P83 [0.816/-], CI=11P83 [0.816/-]) 6. Agarwal, A. K.; Andrews, George E. Rogers-Ramanujan identities for partitions with "$N$ copies of $N$". J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 45 (1987), no. 1, 40--49. (Reviewer: M. S. Cheema) 05A17 (05A19)[0.922/18] (IF=05A17 (05A19)[0.922/18], CI=05A17 (05A19)[0.922/18]) 7. Agarwal, A. K.; Kalnins, E. G.; Miller, Wiilard, Jr. Canonical equations and symmetry techniques for $q$-series. SIAM J. Math. Anal. 18(1987), no. 6, 1519--1538. (Reviewer; W. Al-Salam) 33A30 (05A30 22E30 33A75 43A80 58G35) [ 1.32/4]. (IF=33A30 (05A30 22E30 33A75 43A80 58G35) [ 1.32/4], CI=33A30 (05A30 22E30 33A75 43A80 58G35) [ 1.32/4) 8. Agarwal, Ashok K.; Mullen, Gary L. Partitions with "$d(a)$ copies of $a$". J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 48 (1988), no. 1, 120—135. (Reviewer: Joseph Kung) 05A17 (05A15 11 P65) [0.922/1]. (IF=05A17 (05A15 11 P65) [0.922/1], CI=05A17 (05A15 11 P65) [0.922/1]) 9. Agarwal, A. K.; Bressoud, David M. Lattice paths and multiple basic hypergeometric series. Pacific J. Math. 136 (1989), no. 2, 209-228. Reviewer: Laurent Habsieger) 05A19 (05A15 05A30 33A35) [0.533/14]. (IF=05A19 (05A15 05A30 33A35) [0.533/14], CI=05A19 (05A15 05A30 33A35) [0.533/14]) 10. Narang, Geetika; Agarwal, A.K. Lattice paths and $n$-colour compositions. Discrete Math. 308 (2008), no. 9, 1732-1740. 05A15 (05A19) [0.502/2]. (IF=308 (2008), no. 9, 1732-1740. 05A15 (05A19) [0.502/2]., CI=308 (2008), no. 9, 1732-1740. 05A15 (05A19) [0.502/2].NOTE: Citation indices have been taken from the AMS website MathSciNet which obviously is not updated.)

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BANERJEA, SUDESHNA (b 1963), Professor, Department Of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata


There is a significant research contribution of the Nominee in the theory of water waves and the theory of singular integral equations . She has published 58 research papers which are published in journals of International and National repute. She was elected a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Sciences in 2011. She was awarded i)ISI JRF ship ii) CSIR JRF ship (NET) iii) SRF-ship (CSIR) iv) NBHM Post Doctoral Fellowship on the basis of her thesis v) Research Project under DST Young Scientist scheme. She undertook research projects sponsored by DST, UGC, NBHM, CSIR. One DST project was categorised as Excellent by DST. She has supervised five Ph.D students and three more students are working with her. One Research Associate ( DS Kothari) is working with her. She availed IIsc TIFR short term visiting Fellowship, NBHM visiting Fellowship for pursuing her research work at IISc. She reviewed various courses under NPTEL (National programme on technology enhancement learning conducted by IIT Kharagpur and Kanpur. She acted as resource person for various refresher courses. She reviewed papers in journals national/ international repute. She is the content writer of the course on ‘Integral Equation’ in UGC E-Pathshala. She is the subject expert of the committee for preparation of uniform syllabus in West Bengal, by Govt of West Bengal

Proposer: Prof. B.N.Mandal, Seconder: Prof. Uma Basu Ten Best Publications: 1. Dibakar Mondal and Sudeshna Banerjea, (2016) Scattering of water waves by a inclined porous plate submerged in ocean with ice cover, Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Math., 69, no. 2, 195-213. (if=1.000) 2. Harpreet Dhillon , Sudeshna Banerjea and B.N. Mandal, (2016) Water wave scattering by a finite dock over a step-type bottom topography, Ocean Engng, 113, 1-10. (if=1.351) 3. Dhillon, Harpreet, Banerjea Sudeshna and Mandal B.N., (2014) Wave scattering by a thin vertical barrier in a two-layer fluid, Int. J. Engng Sci., 78, 73-88. (if=1.691) 4. Sudeshna Banerjea, Puspendu Rakshit and Paramita Maiti, (2011) On the waves generated due to a line source present in an ocean with an ice cover and a small bottom undulation, Fluid Dyn. Res. 43 ,025506 (15pp). (if=.763) 5. Dutta Barnali and Sudeshna Banerjea, (2009) Solution of a hypersingular integral equation in two disjoint intervals, Appl.Math.Lett22, no.8, 1281-1285. (if=1.48, ci=6) 6. Banerjea Sudeshna and Kar, C.C., (2002) Evaluation of wave amplitude for a class of water wave problems, ZAMM, 82, no.4, 269-276. (if=1.01) 7. Banerjea Sudeshna and Kar, C.C., (2000) A note on some dual integral equations, ZAMM, 80, 205-210. (if=1.01, ci=4) 8. Banerjea Sudeshna , (1996) Scattering of water waves by vertical wall with gaps, J. Austral. Math. Soc., Ser B, 37, 9512-529. (if=1.04, ci=7) 9. Banerjea Sudeshna and Mandal, B.N., (1993) Solution of singular integral equation in double interval arising in the theory of water waves, Appl. Math. Lett., 6, no. 3, 651-657. (if=1.48, ci=13) 10. Mandal, B.N. and Banerjea S., (1991) A note on waves due to rolling of a partially immersed nearly vertical plate, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 51, 930-939. (if=1.41, ci=12)

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CHEBIYYAM, UMA SHANKAR (b 1955), Professor & Registrar, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati


As a Teacher researcher contributed quality in Higher Education in teaching,research and administrative levels. As a researcher I did work and earned appreciations from my role models like Dr. C.R.Rao and such a National/International professors while publishing research papers and guided students for doctoral degrees. I have organized several National / International academic conferences / seminars / workshops. I was invited by several premier institutions in the country and aboard to deliver experts lectures and for deliberations in different areas of specialization like Operational research, Reliability theory, Computer Science. I am a recipient of Best teacher awards and fellow of international / national scientific societies. I am an Expert Committee member for Department of Science and Technology, Member NAAC Peer team, Chairperson for Fact finding committees appointed by Ministry of HRD, New Delhi, Expert Committee Member for award of UGC Fellowships, UGC besides serving as UGC committee for award of 12B and Autonomous status to various Institutions in the country. I have organized the DST PAC RDBMS division Committee meeting as Principal Co-ordinator During 2015-16 one student was awarded Ph.D and one student submitted doctoral thesis besides publishing research papers and organised National / International workshops sponsored by Big data analytics and NRDMS divisions of DST as an administrator played pivotal role as Registrar in getting "A" grade with a 3.71 CGPA by NAAC to Sanskrit Vidyapeetha and getting Major Research grants like e-PGPathasala and Sports Infrastructure facility for the institution sponsored by the UGC.

Proposer: Prof. Puduru Viswanatha Arunachalam, Seconder: Prof. P. Kandaswamy Ten Best Publications: 1. A New Two Server Priority Queueing System with Reservation, Advances in Modeling and Simulation, AMSE Press, Vol.21, No.1,1990 pp 43-56, AMSE, Daliana, China. 2. Simulation Study of a Priority Queueing System, International Journal of Microelectronics. Reliability, vol. 35, No. 5, pp 789-796, 1995. UK 3. On a Class of Assignment Problems, OPSEARCH, India, Vol. 35, No. 2, 1998 4. Constraint Assignment Problems – Lexi Search Approach, Vol.17, No.2, International Journal of Management and Systems, pp 197-204, 2001 5. Optimization of Spark ignition Engine parameters using Taguchi parameter design, International Journal of Mechanical and automobile Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp 29-39, Jul – Aug 2010 6. Optimal search Technologies for supply chain optimization,International Journal of A Cabell’s Management Directory, USA, Institute of Management studies Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp 60-68, Jan – Jun 2010 7. Design, Modeling and Optimization of an Integrated Reliability redundant system, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol.22, No.2, pp 100-106, Nov. 2011 (IF=0.215) 8. Unsteady MHD flow of a couple stress fluid through a process medium between parallel plates under the influence of pulsation of pressure gradient, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, France, vol. 2, Issue. 7, Jan. 2012 (IF=1.4) 9. Studies on effects of Combustion chamber geometry and injection pressure on bio-diesel combustion, Trans. of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engg., Vol.36, No.4, 2012 (IF=0.27) 10. The 3-Stage Optimization of k-out- of – n Redundant IRM With Multiple Constraints, Indian Journal of Applied Research Vol. 3, issue 4, April 2013 (IF=0.814)

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DASGUPTA, PALLAB (b 1967), Professor, Dept. of Computer Sc. & Engg, IIT Kharagpur, and Associate Dean, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur


Dr. Pallab Dasgupta is recommended for his seminal contributions in automated problem solving, deduction and formal methods. His extensive research based on the theoretical foundations of logic and automata theory, spans multiple domains and is reflected in 165+ research publications, and three monographs (including a single authored book published by Springer). Through wide ranging industrial collaborations, the nominee has demonstrated the industrial relevance of his methods on remarkably diverse domains, including integrated circuits, network access control, railway signaling and automotive control. His contributions have been equally recognized by national academies and industry consortia. His early work includes developing the foundations of heuristic search algorithms for multi-criteria optimization [2,3], which was later published as his widely cited book “Multi-objective Heuristic Search” published by Vieweg, Germany. He is renowned today for his contributions in formal verification, a niche approach for mathematically proving the safety of dynamical systems. What sets apart his work from the vast majority of the research on formal methods is his endeavor to go deep into the actual challenges faced by the industry and return with solutions of high industrial relevance. Highlights include his work with Intel on finding coverage gaps in formal specifications of large integrated circuits [5], his work with National Semiconductors and Semiconductor Research Corporation on monitoring formal properties on analog circuits [7, 9], his work with Synopsys on formally proving the correctness of on-chip power management strategies [10], and his work on proving the correctness of access control strategies in enterprise networks [8].

Proposer : Prof. Bhabani P. Sinha, Seconder : Prof. Amit Basak Ten Best Publications: 1. Pallab Dasgupta, P.P.Chakrabarti and S.C.DeSarkar. Agent Searching in a tree and the optimality of Iterative Deepening. Artificial Intelligence, 71, 195-208, 1994. [This paper introduces an analytical framework for computing the complexity of iterative search algorithms.] (if=3.968, ci=20) 2. Pallab Dasgupta, P.P.Chakrabarti and S.C.DeSarkar. Multiobjective Heuristic Search in AND-OR graphs. Journal of Algorithms, 20(2), 282-311, 1996. [This paper extends the famous AO* algorithm to multi-objective spaces.] (if=2.195, ci=59) 3. Pallab Dasgupta, P.P.Chakrabarti and S.C.DeSarkar. Searching Game Trees under a Partial Order. Artificial Intelligence, 82 (1996) 237-257. [This paper extends the famous alpha-beta pruning algorithm to multi-criteria games.] (if=3.968, ci=10) 4. Pallab Dasgupta. Agreement under faulty interfaces. Information Processing Letters, 65 (3), 125-129, 1998. [This paper reports a significant breakthrough in the distributed Byzantine agreement problem, by using silence as a form of communication.] (if=1.087, ci=29) 5. P.Basu, S.Das, A.Banerjee, Pallab Dasgupta, P.P. Chakrabarti, C.R. Mohan, L.Fix, R.Armoni. Design Intent Coverage – A New Paradigm for Formal Property Verification. IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 25 (10) 1922-1934, 2006. [Joint paper with Intel researchers introducing deductive methods for finding coverage gaps in formal specifications of large integrated circuits.] (if=2.065, ci=13) 6. B.Pal, A.Banerjee, A.Sinha, Pallab Dasgupta, Accelerating assertion coverage with adaptive testbenches. IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 27 (5), 967- 972, 2008. [Reports a formal method for biasing random test generators to improve the coverage of behaviors relevant to a formal property.] (if=2.065, ci=10) 7. R.Mukhopadhyay, S.K.Panda, Pallab Dasgupta, John Gough, Instrumenting AMS Assertion Verification on Commercial Platforms ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, 14 (2), 2009, 21:1—21:47. [Joint paper with National Semiconductors reporting the first methodology for checking analog assertions over commercial mixed-mode simulation platforms] (if=0.767, ci=29) 8. P Bera, S K Ghosh, P Dasgupta, Policy based security analysis in enterprise networks: A formal approach. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 7 (4), 231-243, 2010. [The first paper to use formal methods in finding hidden access paths in access control implementations of enterprise networks.] (if=1.489, ci=14) 9. Subhankar Mukherjee, P. Dasgupta, S. Mukhopadhyay. Auxiliary Specifications for Context-Sensitive Monitoring of AMS assertions, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 30(10): 1446-1457, 2011. [This paper introduces formal auxiliary structures that provide a base for developing formal temporal logic properties for analog circuits.] (if=2.065, ci=7) 10. A. Hazra, S. Goyal, P. Dasgupta, A. Pal, Formal Verification of Architectural Power Intent, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, 21 (1), 78-91, 2013. [This paper reports the first formal methodology for proving the correctness of the power management logic in large digital integrated circuits.] (if=2.051, ci=10)

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GANAPATHY, GANESAN (b 1968), Professor, Adikavi Nannaya University, AP


Dr.G.Ganesan’s work on deriving rough fuzzy predicates has a considerable impact in the field of fuzzy logic by extending it into rough fuzzy logic. Also, his work on the algebraic structure namely rough fuzzy groups define a new way of clustering in any information systems through which the arithmetical operations can be performed in between the clusters of the records. This approach leads a naïve way of defining security keys using the clusters within the information system which helps to improve the immunity against any attacks. Further, he has derived a naive fuzzy bags structure to approximate the given granule under fuzzy environment which leads various applications in machine learning. Also, he derived a mechanism of reducing the ambiguous region in rough computing which helps the computer scientists to approximate the given concept with more accuracy. He has been the Editorial Board member for various reputed journals and has been associated with more than a hundred conferences held/being held/ to be held in various countries. Considering the significant work of Dr.G.Ganesan in the area of Soft Computing, Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded Scientist Award-2012 in the field of Mathematical Science. Also, Bose Science Society awarded him Srinivasa Ramanujan Best Mathematician Award (2012-13). Further, he has a lot of awards and appreciations on his crown

Proposer: Prof. Puduru Viswanatha Arunachalam, Seconder: Prof. Killampalli Srinivasa Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. G.Ganesan, B.Simhachalam, Performance comparison of fuzzy and non-fuzzy classification methods, Egyptian Informatics Journal (in print) (if=0.810, ci=0) 2. G.Ganesan, B.Simhachalam, Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms in Medical Diagnostics, Wulfania Journal, 1. Vol: 22, No: 7, pp: 308-317, 2015 (if=0.267, ci=1) 3. G.Ganesan, BNV Satish, Rules of inferences in rough-fuzzy predicate calculus, Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics, Vol: 23, No: 3,pp:581-593, 2015 (if=1.875, ci=3) 4. G.Ganesan, BNV Satish, Four Way Rough-Fuzzy quantifiers, International Electronic Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol: 9, No:3, pp:231-242, 2015 (if=0.91, ci=3) 5. G.Ganesan, BNV Satish, Approximations on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Predicate Calculus through Rough Computing, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, IOS Press, Vol:27, No:4, 1873–1879, 2014 (if=0.788, ci=4) 6. G.Ganesan, C.R. Rao, Rough Index in Information System with Fuzziness in Decision Attributes, International journal of Fuzzy Mathematics, Vol: 17, No: 1, pp: 183-190, 2008 (if=1.875, ci=4) 7. G.Ganesan, C.R. Rao, Intuitionistic Rough Fuzziness and Generalizations, Journal of Convergence in Information Technology, Vol:3, No:3, pp:82-88, 2008 (if=H index-20, ci=2) 8. G.Ganesan, C.R. Rao, Reduct Generation in Information Systems, Journal of Engineering Letters, Vol:14:2, pp:36-41, 2007 (if=H index-8, ci=3) 9. G.Ganesan, C.R. Rao, Feature Selection using Fuzzy Decision Attributes, International Journal of INFORMATION, Vol 9, No3, pp:381-394, 2006 (if=0.36, ci=3) 10. G.Ganesan, C.R. Rao, Fuzzy Rough Bags, Second Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp: 2373-2379 Pune, December 2005 (ci=2)

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GANGAVAMSAM, RAJASEKHAR PYDI (b 1970), Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur


The nominee works in the area of Fluid Mechanics and in particular Low Reynolds number flows and flow through porous media. Some of the major contributions are (i) Results on the completeness of a general solution for Stokes/Brinkman equations in terms scalars satisfying harmonic, biharmonic and Helmholtz equations. This solution has been proven to be very efficient in dealing with arbitrary Stokes flows for spherical geometries. (ii) For the first time in literature, Green’s function corresponding to Brinkman equation in a 2D case of hydrodynamic anisotropy with respect to the permeability has been derived. (iii) Hydrodynamic problems of viscous incompressible fluid involving porous bodies of arbitrary shape whose boundary is a closed Lyapunov / Lipschitz curve have been dealt in terms of boundary integral formulations. The existence and uniqueness results for a three-dimension Stokes-Brinkman cell model and for a two-dimensional low Reynolds number flow past a porous body in some Sobolev or Holder spaces contain rich mathematical theory. (iv) Rigorous estimates for the 2D Oseen–Brinkman transmission problem in terms of the Stokes–Brinkman expansion are notable ones in this direction.Recent work is on Thermocapillary drift on a viscous drop that has been published in Physics of Fluids.

Proposer: Prof. B V Rathish Kumar, Seconder: Prof. Prawal Sinha Ten Best Publications: 1. B S Padmavathi, G P Raja Sekhar, T Amaranath (1998), A note on complete general solutions of Stokes equations, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 51 (3), 383-388 (if=1.178, ci=35) 2. G P Raja Sekhar, O Sano (2001), Two-dimensional viscous flow past a slightly deformed circular cavity in a porous medium, Fluid dynamics research 28 (4), 281-293 (if=0.846, ci=25) 3. G P Raja Sekhar, O Sano (2003), Two-dimensional viscous flow in a granular material with a void of arbitrary shape, Physics of Fluids 15, 554-567 (if=2.017, ci=37) 4. A Bhattacharyya, G P Raja Sekhar (2005), Stokes flow inside a porous spherical shell: Stress jump boundary condition, Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik ZAMP 56 (3), 475-496 (if=1.560, ci=23) 5. M K Partha, P V S N Murthy, G P Raja Sekhar (2006), Soret and Dufour effects in a non-Darcy porous medium, Journal of Heat Transfer 128 (6), 605-610 (if=1.788, ci=64) 6. M Kohr, G P Raja Sekhar (2007), Existence and uniqueness result for the problem of viscous flow in a granular material with a void, Quarterly of Applied Mathematics 65 (4), 683-704 (if=0.654, ci=7) 7. M Kohr, G P Raja Sekhar, WL Wendland (2008), Boundary integral equations for a three-dimensional Stokes–Brinkman cell model, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences 18 (12), 2055-2085 (if=3.084, ci=14) 8. M Kohr, G P Raja Sekhar, J R Blake (2008), Green's function of the Brinkman equation in a 2D anisotropic case, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 73 (2), 374-392 (if=1.034, ci=7) 9. D Choudhuri, G P Raja Sekhar (2013), Thermocapillary drift on a spherical drop in a viscous fluid, Physics of Fluids 25, 043104 (if=2.017, ci=11) 10. V Sharanya, G P Raja Sekhar, Thermocapillary migration of a spherical drop in an arbitrary transient Stokes flow, Physics of Fluids 27, 063104 (if=2.017, ci=5)

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KANORIA, MRIDULA (b 1955), Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata


Dr Mridula Kanoria has made outstanding contribution in the theory of non-classical theory of thermoelasticity. Generalised thermoelasticity theories are considered to be more realistic than the conventional theory dealing with practical problems involving very high heat fluxes at short interval of time like those occurring in laser units, energy channels, nuclear reactor. Most of present research works are based on these theories taking different models (LS(one relaxation time), GL(two relaxation time), GN(with and without energy dissipation), three-phase-lag (three relaxation times)). Thermal shocks and very high temperatures inevitably give rise to severe thermal stresses causing catastrophic failure of structural components such as aircraft engines, turbines space vehicles etc. In order to avoid such type of failures, functionally graded material (FGMs) are used. The mathematical and mechanical modeling of FGMs is currently an active research area. In some of her problems she has used such type of material where the mechanical and thermal properties are assumed to vary as power law and also exponentially. Again the increasing use of the anisotropic media demands to extend the study of elasticity problem to anisotropic medium also and that has also been studied by her in different problems. Magneto-electro-thermoelastic material exhibit coupling behavior among mechanical, electric and magnetic field. These materials have been used in high-tech areas like lasers, supersonic devices, microwaves etc.. The problem related to the wave propagation in electro-magneto-thermoelastic medium with thermal relaxations have studied .She is now working on new consideration of heat equation with fractional order generalized thermoelasticity.

Proposer: Professor N. K. Gupta, Seconder:Professor Anurag Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. Avijit Kar and M. Kanoria , (2007), Thermoelastic interaction with energy dissipation in an unbounded body with spherical hole, Int. J. Solid and Structures, 44, 2961-2971. (if= 2.21, ci= 51(Google Scholar).) 2. Sadek Hossain Mallik and M. Kanoria, (2007), Generalized thermoelastic functionally graded infinite solid with a periodically varying heat source, Int. J. of Solid and Structures, 44, 7633-7645. (if= 2.21, ci= 45 (Google Scholar).) 3. Sadek Hossain Mallik and M. Kanoria , (2008), A two dimensional problem for a transversely isotropic generalised thermoelastic thick plate with spatially varying heat source, European J. Mechanics A/Solids, 27(1),607-621. (if= 1.68, ci= 29 (Google Scholar).) 4. Sakti Pada Barik, M. Kanoria and P. K. Chaudhuri, (2008), Steady state thermoelastic contact problem in a functionally graded material, Int. J. of Engng. Sci., 46(8), 775- 789. (if= 2.67, ci= 17(Google Scholar).) 5. Avijit Kar and M. Kanoria, (2009), Generalised thermo-visco-elastic problem of a spherical shell with three-phase-lag effect, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 33, 3287-3298. (if= 2.251, ci= 45(Google Scholar).) 6. M. K. Ghosh and M. Kanoria, (2009), Analysis of thermoelastic response in a functionally graded spherically isotropic hollow sphere based on Green-Lindsay theory, Acta Mechanica, 207,51-67. (if= 1.82, ci= 24 (Google Scholar).) 7. Avijit Kar and M. Kanoria, (2009), Generalized thermoelastic functionally graded orthotropic hollow sphere under thermal shock with three-phase-lag effect. European J. of Mechanics A/Solid, 28, 757-767. (if= 1.68, ci= 48(Google Scholar).) 8. M. Kanoria and S.H. Mallik (2010) Generalized thermo-viscoelastic interaction due to periodically varying heat source with three-phase-lag effect, European J.Mechanics A/Solids, 29,695-703. (if= 1.68, ci= 23 (Google Scholar)) 9. A.Sur and M. Kanoria, (2012), Fractional order two-temperature thermoelasticity with finite speed, Acta Mechanica, 223, 2685-2701. (if= 1.82, ci= 11(Google Scholar).) 10. P. Pal, P.Das and M. Kanoria,(2015) Magneto Thermoelastic response in a functionally graded rotating medium due to periodically varying heat source, Acta Mechanica, 226, 2103-2120, (if= 1.82, ci= 1(Google Scholar).)

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KUMAR, NARINDER (b 1967), Professor, Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh.


Prof. Narinder Kumar has made significant contributions in the area of statistical inference. His scientific publications are in journals of national and international repute, and have wide range of applications in engineering, reliability, clinical trials etc. He has developed sequential rejective procedures which select lesser number of non-best populations in the selected subset and are useful in screening experiments. His work deals with both complete and censored data settings. He has to his credit, the developing of first nonparametric selection procedure under censored data setting, which appeared in the reputed international journal Statistics and Decisions in honor of the originator of selection and ranking methodology. He has also developed a general class of nonparametric testing procedure which includes many existing tests as its members, and unifies the previous work. Moreover, he has suggested a technique for optimal choice of design parameters. Prof. Kumar (jointly with Murray Spiegel and Larry Stephens) has also published 4th Special Indian Edition of the book titled “Schaum’s Outlines Statistics” (2010), Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education, India. Since then the book is widely in circulation, and based on expert reviews, its 10th reprint came out in September 2016. Besides these publications, he has supervised five Ph.D. students and six M.Phil. students. He is actively providing professional service to various journals as Editor/Associate Editor. Prof. Kumar has research collaborators from institutes such as Ohio State University; I.I.T., Kanpur; University of Guelph; Humboldt University Zu Berlin; University of Texas; P.G.I.M.E.R., Chandigarh; Tabriz University; Tribhuvan University; and N.C.E.R.T.

Proposer: Prof. S. P. Mukherjee, Seconder: Prof. Inder Bir Singh Passi Ten Best Publications: 1. Kumar, N, Misra, N. and Gill, A.N. (1994). Simultaneous confidence intervals for all ratios to the best: The exponential distribution, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 43, 61-64. (if=1.934, ci=6) 2. Kumar, N. and Misra, N. (1995). Selecting the best exponential population when the scale parameters are bounded, Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Volume 27, 151-158. (if=0.532, ci=2) 3. Kumar, N. (1997). A class of two-sample tests for location based on sub-sample medians, Communications in Statistics, Theory & Methods, Volume 26, 943-951. (if=0.274, ci=12) 4. Singh, H., Kumar, N. and Khamnei, H.J. (1999). A subset selection procedure based on randomly censored data, Statistics and Risk Modeling with applications in Finance and Insurance (Statistics and Decisions), Volume 4, 87-106. (if=0.210, ci=2) 5. Malhotra, S., Pandhi, P., Sharma, P.K. and Kumar, N. (2003). Effect of inhaled steroids on bone mineral density: A Meta-anlaysis, Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 43, 193-197. (if=2.745, ci=33) 6. Kumar, N., Ozturk, O, and Singh R. (2003). A new class of distribution-free tests for location parameters, Sequential Analysis: Design Methods and Applications, Volume 22, 107-128. (if=0.500, ci=7) 7. Shalabh, Paudel, C.M. and Kumar, N. (2009). Consistent estimation of regression parameters under replicated ultrastructural model with non-normal errors, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Volume 79, 251-274. (if=0.635, ci=3) 8. Kossler, W. and Kumar, N. (2008). An adaptive test for the two-sample scale problem based on U-statistics, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, Volume 39, 1785-1802. (if=0.325, ci=3) 9. Kumar, N., Chauhan, R.S., and Singh, P. (2013). Multiple comparisons with a control in direction-mixed families of hypothesis under heteroscedasticity, Statistics and Probability Letters, Volume 83, 2679-2687. (if=0.595) 10. Kossler, W. and Kumar, N. (2016). An adaptive test for the two-sample scale problem where the common quantile may be different from the median, Statistical Methodology, Volume 29, 10-17. (if=0.637)

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PAL, UMAPADA (b 1964), Professor and Head CVPR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata


Prof. Umapada Pal has made several pioneering and outstanding contributions in the Document Processing area that have lasting scientific and technological impact in India and abroad. One of his pioneering research efforts is towards printed Bangla OCR development on which he received his Ph.D. Later, OCR systems developed for other Indian languages used several ideas from his Ph.D. dissertation work. For the multi-lingual/multi-script scenario of India, he has made significant contributions towards Indian multi-script OCR. Work towards Indian Postal Automation is another significant contribution of Prof. Pal. Moreover, he has important contributions towards ground-truth database development of Indian languages and making it available to the researchers; technology transfer for commercialization etc. He is among the rare researchers who published 289 research papers (with total citation number 5056 and H-index 34). Also because of his research impact he is well-known to the international community and currently serving as associate editor of three reputed journals (ACM Transactions of Asian Language Information Processing, Pattern Recognition Letters(Elsevier) and International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition(Springer)). He has been serving as General-Chair/Program-Chair of many reputed international conferences like ACPR, ICDAR, ICFHR, DAS etc. He has received several awards/fellowships including JSPS fellowship, outstanding young researcher award from the International Association of Pattern Recognition(IAPR) in 2003, etc. In 2014 has been selected as IAPR fellow. Besides Indian collaborations, he has six collaborations with foreign universities and currently co-supervising seven Ph.D. students from four of these foreign universities. Nine Ph.D. students have completed their Ph.D. work under him.

Proposer: Prof. B. B. Chaudhuri, Seconder:Prof. Nikhir R. Pal Ten Best Publications: 1. Bidyut B. Chaudhuri and Umapada Pal (1997), "Skew angle detection of digitized Indian Script documents", IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 19, pp.182-186 (if= 5.78 , ci=123) 2. Bidyut B. Chaudhuri and Umapada Pal (1998), "A complete printed Bangla OCR system", Pattern Recognition, vol. 31, pp. 531-549(if=3.096, ci=310) 3. Umapada Pal, Abdel Belaïd, Christophe Choisy (2003), “ Touching numeral segmentation using water reservoir concept” Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 24, No: (1-3), pp. 261-272 (if=1.55, ci=137) 4. Umapada Pal and P. P. Roy (2004), “Multi-oriented and curved text lines extraction from Indian documents”, IEEE Trans. On Systems, Man and Cybernetics- Part B, vol.34, pp.1676-1684 (if=3.46, ci=56) 5. Umapada Pal and Bidyut B. Chaudhuri (2004), “Indian Script Character Recognition: A Survey” Pattern Recognition, vol.37, pp.1887-1899 (if=3.096, ci=370) 6. Alireza Alaei, Umapada Pal and P. Nagabhushan (2011), “A New Scheme for Unconstrained Handwritten Text-line Segmentation”, Pattern Recognition, Vol. 44, No. 4 pp. 917–928 (if=3.096, ci=41) 7. R. Jayadevan, Satish R. Kolhe, Pradeep M. Patil and Umapada Pal (2011), “Offline Recognition of Devanagari Script: A Survey”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 782-796 (if=3.08, ci=66) 8. Anjan Dutta, Josep Lladós, Umapada Pal (2013), “A symbol spotting approach in graphical documents by hashing serialized graphs”, Pattern Recognition 46(3): 752-768 (if=3.096, ci=22) 9. Nabin Sharma, Palaiahnakote Shivakumara, Umapada Pal, Michael Blumenstein, Chew LimTan (2015) “Piece-wise linearity based method for text frame classification in video. Pattern Recognition 48(3): 862-881 (if=3.096, ci=10) 10. Ranju Mandal, Partha Pratim Roy, Umapada Pal and Michael Blumenstein (2015), "Multi-lingual Date Field Extraction for Automatic Document Retrieval by Machine" Information Sciences., Volume 314, Pages 277–292 (if=4.04, ci=2)

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RAMANA, DEVARAKONDA SURYA (b 1969), Associate Professor, Harishchandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad - 211019 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Mathematical Sciences)

Dr Ramana has carried out three outstanding pieces of work which deserve recognition. A classical theorem of Vinogradov asserts that every sufficiently large integer can be expressed as the sum of no more than 4 prime numbers. Dr. Ramana addresses the following question. If a sequence of primes is coloured with K colours,K an integer which is at least 1,then what is the least number t(K),such that every sufficiently large integer is the sum of no more than t(K) primes,all of the same colour. The answer found (paper # 1) is t(K) = C K ln(ln4K)and this is optimal upto the value of the constant C. Number of rationals represented as ratio of 2 integers,one from the interval [1,N],the other from [1,M] is asymptotically like MN.The nominee considers the number of rationals representable as ratios of large but otherwise arbitrary subsets of these intervals.Remarkably it is shown that large sets,in this context, behave like intervals.This helps answer an issue concerning gaps between terms of the product sequence of two dense subsequences of integers ( paper 2) Points with integer coordinates lying on a curve in the plane "tend to repel each other".Similar phenomena occur with divisors of integers all belonging to certain arithmetical progression.Dr Ramana has given a simple identity that allows easy recovery of the best known results in this area. This work has drawn attention of extremely prominent mathematicians like Bourgain and Rudnick.

Proposer : Prof. R .Balasubramanian, Seconder : Prof. J K Bhattacharjee Ten Best Publications: 1. "Additive energy of dense sets of primes and monochromatic sums " Israel Jour of Math ( to appear) (IF=0.745) 2. "The number of rational numbers determined by large sets of integers" Bull Lond Math Soc 42, 517 (2010) (IF=0.541) 3. "Arithmetical applications of an identity for the Vandermonde determinant " Acta Mathematica 130, 351 (2007)

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