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PhD Faculty
The faculties at CNMS are working in various research areas under the following research group names. Please refer to the individual faculty’s web page for more details.
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Prof. R. Geetha Balakrishna, FRSC [PhD: Bangalore Univ.]
Director – CNMS
Photo and Electrocatalysis Lab
Photovoltaics, Photocatalysis
Photoactive membranes, Optical Sensing
CRSI Bronze Medal, Fulbright Nehru Award
for Academic & Professional Excellence
Dr. Kalpana Chawla State Award
UAE Global Water Award, Editorial ABM: ACS Appl. Eng. Mater.
Tot. PhDs: 13, PDFs: 6; Publications: 205; Funds acq.: 11.2 Cr
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Prof. S. K. Nataraj, FRSC [PhD: Karnatak Univ.]
Sustainable Materials & Processes Lab
Membranes, Fuel cells, Water treatment,
Supercapacitors, Energy Conversion
Institute IMDEA-Water, Spain,
Brain Korea Fellow [BK 21]
Tot. PhDs: 15, PDFs: 2; Publications: 160
Funds acquired: 2.7 Cr (Nat), 4 Cr
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Prof. Siddappa Patil, FRSC [PhD: Karnatak Univ.]
Nanocatalysis & Drug Molecules Lab
Sustainable synthesis, Nanocatalysis,
Organic transformation reactions
CRS Silver Medal
Tot. PhDs: 14, PDFs: 4
Publications: 150; Funds acquired: 30 L
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Prof. B. M. Nagaraja [PhD: Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. Univ.]
Hetero. Catalysis/Electrochemistry Lab
(De)hydrogenation, Electrochemical sensing
Fine Chemicals Synthesis, Catalysis
Postdoc: Irish-ERA Fellowship
Tot. PhDs: 6, PDFs: 2
Publications: 64; Funds acquired: 3 Cr
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Prof. Chandra Sekhar Rout [PhD: JNCASR]
Functional Materials and Devices Lab
Energy Storage, Conversion,
Device fabrication, Sensors
Ramanujan Fellow, Associate Editor-RSC Adv., Emerging Investigator Award, Elsevier;
Tot. PhDs: 10, PDFs: 3
Publications: 240; Funds acquired: 7 Cr
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Prof. Arote Rohidas [PhD: Seoul National Univ.]
Nanomedicine & Bioscience Res. Lab
Gene therapy, drug delivery,
Theranostics, Biomaterials
Creative Pioneering Research Award,
Brain Korea 21 Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 7, PDFs: 4
Publications: 74; Funds acquired: 10 Cr (Int)
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Prof. P. Shajesh [PhD: NIIST-CSIR]
Functional Particles & Surfaces Lab
Nanophotonics, Nanotheranostics
Resource recovery
DST-JSPS Young Researcher Award
Tot. PhDs: 2, PDFs: 2
Publications: 70; Funds acquired: 1 Cr
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Prof. Rangappa Keri [PhD: Karnatak Univ.]
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Lab
Drug development, Molecular simulation
Brain Korea 21 Fellow, FCT Portugal Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 8, PDFs: 3
Publications: 95; Funds acquired: 10 L
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Prof. Srinivasa Budagumpi [PhD: Karnatak Univ.]
Carbene Chemistry Lab
Molecular electrocatalysts, Overall water
splitting, Molecular sensors
Visiting Scientist-Univ of Padova, Italy
Tot. PhDs: 13, PDFs: 1
Publications: 108; Funds acquired: 1.16 Cr
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Prof. Akshaya K. Samal [PhD: IIT Madras]
Anisotropic Nanomaterials Lab
Catalysis, Sensing, Energy
Postdoc @ KAUST, Univ. of Vigo, Spain
Tot. PhDs: 5, PDFs: 2
Publications: 80; Funds acquired: 2 Cr
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Dr. Pramoda Kumar Nayak [PhD: IIT Guwahati]
Associate Professor
2D Quantum Materials Lab
Topological Insulators, Twistronics
Blue Energy, Heterostructures
Ramanujan Fellow, Brain Korea Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 7, PDFs: 4
Publications: 66; Funds acquired: 6 Cr
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Dr. Mahesh S Padaki [PhD: NIT Suratkal]
Associate Professor
Membrane Tech Lab
Polymers, Membrane, Supercapacitors
Visiting Scientist-NIST, MoscowZ
NUST MISiS International Computation Grant, Russia;
Tot. PhDs: 13, PDFs: 3
Publications: 96; Funds acquired: 4 Cr
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Dr. Shubhankar Kumar Bose [PhD: IIT Madras]
Associate Professor
Organometallic Syn. and Catalysis Lab
Borylation reactions, Catalysis,
Main group multiple bonded compounds
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 5, PDFs: 3
Publications: 50; Funds acquired: 1 Cr
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Dr. Manav Saxena [PhD: IIT Kanpur]
Associate Professor
Low-Dimensional Materials Lab
Energy Conversion, Environ. remediation
SERB-SIRE Award, Visiting Scientist at Drexel University, USA
Tot. PhDs: 6, PDFs: 2
Publications: 60; Funds acquired: 75 L
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Dr. Ramesh B. Dateer [PhD: NTHU, Taiwan]
Associate Professor
Catalysis and Organic Synthesis Lab
Organic Synthesis and Nanocatalysis
Ramanujan Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 7, PDFs: 3
Publications: 35; Funds acquired: 1 Cr
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Dr. Arvind H Jadav [PhD: Myongji University]
Associate Professor
Green & Sustainable Catalysis Lab
Catalysis, CO2 Conversion, Ionic liquids
BK21 Fellow, Nano Korea Best Presentation
Tot. PhDs: 13, PDFs: 2
Publications: 92; Funds acquired: 55 L
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Dr. Ahipa T N [PhD: NIT Suratkal]
Associate Professor
Organoelectronics Lab
Liquid Crys., Conjug. Polymers, Solar Cells,
Associate Editor-Heliyon, Elsevier
Tot. PhDs: 4, PDFs: 2
Publications: 57; Funds acquired: 64 L
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Dr. Debasis Ghosh [PhD: IIT Kharagpur]
Associate Professor
Applied Electrochemistry Research Lab
Batteries, Supercapacitors, Fuel cells
Brain Pool Invited Prof. by NRF S. Korea
Tot. PhDs: 6, Publications: 65
Funds acquired: 1.3 Cr
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Dr. Dibyendu Mondal [PhD: CSIR-CSMCRI]
Associate Professor
Green Chem. & Protein Packaging Lab
Nano-biocatalysis, Water treatment
ERA Chair, Institute of Plant Genetics,
Polish Academy of Science
Tot. PhDs: 4, PDFs: 2
Publications: 77; Funds acquired: 4 Cr
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Dr. Sakar Mohan [PhD: Univ. of Madras]
Associate Professor
Applied Nanomaterials Lab
Photocatalysis, Membrane, Biofuel
Matsumae International Foundation Fellow Japan, BRICS YS,
Linadu YS Nobel Laurate Meetings, DST-Inspire Faculty Award
Tot. PhDs: 6, PDFs: 2; Publications: 111; Funds acquired: 4.5 Cr
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Dr. Suman Kalyan Sahoo [PhD: Visva-Bharati Univ.]
Assistant Professor
Computational Materials Chemistry Lab
Computational Catalysis, DFT, Fuel Cells
Carl Trygger Fellow, BK21 Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 1
Publications: 15; Funds acquired: 2 L
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Dr. Manoj V. Mane [PhD: NCL Pune]
Assistant Professor
Computational Molecular Modeling
DFT, Organometallics, Catalytic reactions
Postdoc @ KAIST, KAUST
Tot. PhDs: 1
Publications: 50; Funds acquired: 2 LM
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Dr. Indrajit Maity [PhD: IIT Indore]
Assistant Professor
Reaction Networks & Soft Materials Lab
Peptide/Protein Chemistry, Self-assembly, Self-replication, Molecular machines
Ramanujan, Marie S. Curie Fellow
Tot. PhDs: 01, PDFs: 01
Publications: 22; Funds acquired: 95 L
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Dr. Gurunatha K. L. [PhD: Univ. Paul Sabatier]
Assistant Professor
Plasmonic & Thermochromic Mater. Lab
Smart windows, Radiative cooling
Industrial PDF @ Univ. of Victoria, Canada
Tot. PhDs: 1, PDFs: 1
Publications: 29, Funds acquired: 32 L
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Dr. K. Pramoda [PhD: JNCASR]
Assistant Professor
Advanced Functional Composites Lab
Photo/electrocatalysis, Fuel cells
CNR Rao Visting Fellow, RMIT Australia
Tot. PhDs: 2, PDFs: 1
Publications: 50; Funds acquired: 1 Cr
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Dr. R. Shwetharani [PhD: Jain University]
Assistant Professor
Photo and Electrocatalysis Lab
Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis
TARE Award, JAUW International Award,
Visiting Scientist: Shinshu University, Japan
Tot. PhDs: 1,
Publications: 40, Funds acquired: 20 L
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Dr. H. R. Chandan [PhD: Jain University]
Assistant Professor
Photo and Electrocatalysis Lab
Wearable biosensors, Microfluidics,
Tot. PhDs: 1, PDFs: 1
Publications: 40, Funds acquired: 2 L
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