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The National Academy of Sciences, India

NOMINATIONS Valid for Consideration for Election to

Fellowship – 2015

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 – 2015

Section of Physical Sciences BOOK II

CONTENTS

CHEMICAL SCIENCES 261 - 382 (Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Theoretical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry) MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 383 - 429 (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer/Information Science)

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CHEMICAL SCIENCES

AGRAWAL, Vijay Kumar 282

AIDHEN, Indrapal Singh 357

ALI, Imran 307

ARUNAN, Elangannan 283

BALASUBRAMANIAN, Gopalan 261

BANERJEE, Arindam 329

BARUA, Nabin Chandra 358

BASKARAN, Sundarababu 308

BASU, Basudeb 330

BATCHU, Venkateswara Rao 284

BHATTACHARYYA, Aninda Jiban 285

BHAUMIK, Asim 286

BISWAS, Prasanta Kumar 359

CHAKRABORTI, Asit Kumar 331

CHANDRA, Amalendu 287

CHANDRASEKHARAM, Malapaka 309

CHATTOPADHYAY, Sunil Kumar 360

CHAUDHURI, Arabinda 332

CHAUHAN, Shive Murat Singh 310

CHEPURI, Venkata Ramana 361

DANABOYINA, Ramaiah 262

DANDIA, Anshu 333

DAS, Prasanta Kumar 288

DAS, Puspendu Kumar 362

DASS, Sahab 289

DATTA, Anindya 290

DEKA, Ramesh Chandra 263

DEY, Joykrishna 334

DUTTA, Dipak Kumar 335

GANGULY, Bishwajit 291

GHORAI, Manas K. 292

GHOSH, Subrata 363

GOEL, Atul 311

GOSWAMI, Debabrata 364

GOWDA, D. Channe 312

HARAM, Santosh Krishna 264

HASSAN, Puthusserickal Abdulrahiman 265

HAZARIKA, Mridul 336

JAIN, Narendra Kumar 365

KALE, Bharat Bhanudas 293

KALIAPPAN, Krishna Pillai 337

KAPOOR, Sudhir 338

KAVIRAYANI, P. RAMAKRISHNA 313

KHANDAL, Rakesh Kumar 339

KOLANDAIVEL, Ponmalai Gounder 366

KOMANDUR, Chary Venkat Raghava 314

KRISHNA, Palakodety Radha 315

KUMAR, Devesh 340

KUMAR, Gopinatha Suresh 294

KUMAR, Manoj 341

KUMAR, Sandeep 367

KUMBHAR, Avinash Shankar 316

KURESHY, Rukhsana I. 266

LINGAMALLU, Giribabu 267

MAHAJAN, Rakesh Kumar 368

MAHAPATRA, Susanta 317

MAITI, Pralay 342

MAJI, Tapas Kumar 318

MAL, Dipakranjan 295

MALLAYAN, Palaniandavar 369

MANDAL, Asit Baran 343

MANGALAMPALLI, Ravikanth 296

MARAVANJI, Balakrishna Shivaramaiah 268

MAZUMDER, Subhasish 370

MENON, Shobhana Karuveetil 344

MISHRA, LALLAN 269

MISRA, Anup Kumar 371

MOHAN, Dinesh 319

MOHAPATRA, Prasanta Kumar 345

MUKHERJEE, Partha Sarathi 270

MURUGAVEL, Ramaswamy 297

NAIK, Satya Narayan 346

NANDI, Arun Kumar 347

NATARAJAN, Karuppannan 348

NATH, Sukhendu 271

NAYAK, Sandip Kumar 298

NINGTHOUJAM, Raghumani Singh 320

PAL, Samir Kumar 349

PANDEY, Siddharth 372

PATEL, Ram Nivas 321

PATHAK, Tanmaya 272

PATRA, Amitava 273

PHUKAN, Prodeep 322

PILLAI, Vijayamohanan K. 299

PRADEEP, Thalappil 350

PUNNIYAMURTHY, Tharmalingam 274

RAGAMPETA, Srinivas 323

RAJAKUMAR, Perumal 373

RAMA KANT 275

RAMASESHA, Suryanarayana Sastry 351

RANDHAWA, Palwinder Singh 374

RANU, Brindaban Chandra 375

RAO, H. Surya Prakash 276

RATHORE, D.P.S. 376

ROY, Subhas Chandra 352

ROY, Sujit 324

SAHOO, Sanjeeb Kumar 353

SANJAYAN, Gangadhar Jessy 325

SHARMA, Pawan Kumar 377

SHARMA, Raj Pal 378

SHARMA, Vinod Kumar 326

SHARMA, Yogesh Chandra 277

SHINDE, Devanand Baburao 354

SIDDHANTA, Arup Kumar 379

SINGH, Anand Pal 300

SINGH, Kamaljit 327

SINGH, Kunwar Pal 278

SINGH, Radhey Mohan 355

SINGHA, Nikhil Kumar 279

SRINIVASAN, Sampath 380

SRIVASTAVA, Akhilesh Kumar 381

SUBRAMANYAN, Vasudevan 280

SUKUMARAN, Gopukumar 301

SUNDARAM, Balasubramanian 328

TABASSUM, Sartaj 356

THANAPPAN VINAYAGAM, Rajendiran 302

TRIVEDI, Piyush 304

UMAPATHY, Siva 382

VADDE, Ravinder 305

VINU, Ajayan 281

VOMMINA, Sureshbabu Venkata 306

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

AGARWAL, Ashok Kumar 397

BAGEWADI, C.S. 406

BAKSHI, Gurmeet Kaur 392

BALI, Raj 418

BANERJEA, Sudeshna 398

CHANDRASEKARAN, P. Rangan 383

CHOUDHRY, Ajai 419

DASGUPTA, Pallab 399

DEKA, Rudra Kanta 407

GADDEMANE D. G., V. Gowda 420

GAKKHAR, Sunita 421

GANAPATHY, Ganesan 400

GANGAVAMSAM, Raja Sekhar Pydi 401

GUNASEELAN, Arivarignan 408

GUPTA, Vijay 409

HOODA, Dhara Singh 422

KANORIA, Mridula 402

KHARE, Brij Behari 384

KORIKANA, Raja Rama Gandhi 393

KRISHNAN, Balachandran 410

KUMAR, Narinder 403

LAHIRI, Indrajit 394

MAZUMDER, Bijoy Singha 423

MISHRA, Ram Babu 424

MOKKALA, Padmavathamma 385

MURALIDHARAN, Kunnummal 386

MURTHY, Prabhala Venkata Satya N. 411

NAGARAJ, D.S. 387

NANDA, Asok Kumar 388

NANDAKUMARAN, A. Keerthiyil 389

NARESH, Ram 425

PAGAVATHI G., alasubramaniam 412

RAGHAVAN, K. Navaneetham 390

RAJAN, A.R. 413

RAMANA, Devarakonda Surya 404

RAMASUBRAMANIAN, S. 391

SAHADEVAN, Ramajayam 414

SHALABH 426

SHANMUGAM, Saravanan 415

SINGH, Arindama 427

SINGH, Tej Bahadur 395

SRIVASTAVA, Parmeshwary Dayal 416

SUNDAR, Subbiah 428

UMA SHANKAR, Chebiyyam 405

VADLAMANI, Ravi 429

VIJAYAKUMAR, Ambat 396

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

Applied Chemistry)

BALASUBRAMANIAN, GOPALAN (b 1948), CSO & Executive Director, Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals 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 has 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 the industry.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 & Antiinfectives as delineated below. In Boots Pharmaceuticals,BTS-67582,a novel potassium channel blocker for Diabetes, went upto Phase-2 human clinical trials in USA & UK. In Glenmark,Melogliptin,a DPP-4 inhibitor was out-licensed to Merck KGaA,Germany for US$231million over five years with an upfront payment of US$41 million; Oglemilast,a novel PDE4 inhibitor,was outlicensed to Forest Laboratories,USA,for US$190 million over five years & to Teijin of Japan for US$53 million,with a total of upfront & milestone payment of US$41 million;Revamilast,a PDE4 inhibitor is in Phase-2 trials & Tedalinib,a very selective CB2 agonist is in Phase-2 for Neuropathic pain. In Orchid Chemicals, OCID-18034(inhibitor of KPC enzyme) & OCID-18174(inhibititor of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa), achieved the first milestone of US$1.5 million from Merck & Co,USA;OCID-5090,a beta lactamase inhibitor was outlicensed 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 through Sydnone chemistry culminating in several papers in reputed journals.

Proposer : Prof. V.K.Singh, Seconder : Prof. Srivari Chandrasekhar

Ten Best Publications:

1. B.Gopalan,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,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.Gopalan et al,2010, Synthesis and evaluation of some novel dibenzo[b,d]furan carboxylic acids as potential antidiabetic agents,Eur J Med Chem,45/9,3709. (if=4.0, ci=05)

4. 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,p5441. (if=2.7, ci=01)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. B.Gopalan et al, 2013,Discovery of Adamantane-based highly potent HDAC inhibitors,Bioorganic Med Chem Lett,23/09,p2432.(if=2.3, ci=02)

8. B.Gopalan et al, 2013, Bioanalytical method development,validation and quantification of Dorsomorphin in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS,Biomedical Chromotography,27/08,1018. (if=1.7, ci=01)

9. B.Gopalan et al, 2013, Tubastatina selective histone deacetylase-6 inhibitor,shows antiinflammatory and antirheumatic effects,International Immuno Pharmacology,16/01,72. (if=2.7, ci=06)

10. B.Gopalan et al, 2013, Quinolone-based HDAC inhibitors,J Enzyme Inhibition and Med Chem,29/04,555. (if=2.4, ci=01)

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DANABOYINA, RAMAIAH (b 1958), DIRECTOR, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat


Ramaiah has made important contributions to the general area of chemistry and particularly in the design and study of molecules for biological applications. Ramaiah‘s group has synthesized novel NIR absorbing squaraine dyes, porphyrins and chlorins and demonstrated their potential as sensitizers in photodynamic therapeutical (PDT) applications. His group was also involved in the design of novel NIR absorbing aza-BODIPY dyes having enhanced singlet oxygen generation efficiency for PDT and as well as for green photooxygenation reactions. Synthesis of molecular probes for biomolecules and a variety of toxic anions, cations, and neutral molecules has been one of the active areas of his research group. They have synthesized novel bifunctional acridine systems and have demonstrated that they undergo effective interactions with DNA and cleave DNA only in the presence of light. Also, Ramaiah‘s group has investigated the photodimerization of thymidine dimers in peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and demonstrated that the enzyme photolyase, uniquely recognizes and repairs thymine dimers in PNA/DNA hybrids. They have developed a simple and highly sensitive assay for the analysis and location of thymine dimers in DNA. Also, his group has demonstrated synthetic utility of the photochemistry of aziridines, epoxides, and dibenzobarrelene derivatives and has developed molecular probes for selective recognition of heavy metal ions, serum albumin, GTP, ATP and GMP under physiological pH conditions.

Proposer : Prof. Tushar K Chakraborty, Seconder : Dr. Ramesh C. Boruah


1. V. S. Jisha, K. T. Arun, M. Hariharan and D. Ramaiah,* (2006) Site selective binding and dual mode recognition of serum albumin by a squaraine dye, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 6024- 6025 (if=11.444, ci=128)

2. P. P. Neelakandan, M. Hariharan and D. Ramaiah,* (2006) A supramolecular ON–OFF–ON fluorescence assay for selective recognition of GTP, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 11334-11335 (if=11.444, ci=122)

3. P. P. Neelakandan and D. Ramaiah,* (2008) DNA assisted long–lived excimer formation in a novel cyclophane, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 47, 8407-8411 (if=11.336, ci=62)

4. R. R. Avirah, K. Jyothish and D. Ramaiah,* (2007) Dual-mode semisquaraine-based sensor for selective detection of Hg2+ in a micellar medium, Org. Lett., 9, 121-124 (if=6.324, ci=105)

5. N. Adarsh, R. R. Avirah and D. Ramaiah,* (2010) Tuning photosensitized singlet oxygen generation efficiency of novel aza-BODIPY dyes, Org. Lett., 12, 5720-5723 (if=6.324, ci=86)

6. A.. K. Nair, P. P. Neelakandan and D. Ramaiah,* (2009) A supramolecular Cu(II) metallocyclophane probe for guanosine 5′-monophosphate, Chem. Commun., 6352-6354 (if=6.718, ci=36)

7. D. Ramaiah, P. P. Neelakandan, A. K. Nair and R. R. Avirah, (2010) Functional cyclophanes: Promising hosts for optical biomolecular recognition, Chem. Soc. Rev., 39, 4158-4168 (if=30.425, ci=49)

8. N. Adarsh, M. Shanmugasundaram, R. R. Avirah and D. Ramaiah,* (2012) Aza-BODIPY derivatives: Enhanced quantum yields of triplet excited state and singlet oxygen generation and their role as facile green photooxygenation catalyst, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 12655-12662 (if=5.696, ci=31)

9. S. C. Karunakaran, P. S. S. Babu, B. Madhuri, B. Marydasan, A. K. Paul, S. A. Nair, K. S. Rao, A. Srinivasan, T. K. Chandrashekar, * Ch. M. Rao,* M. R. Pillai,* and D. Ramaiah,* (2013) In vitro demonstration of apoptosis mediated photodynamic activity and NIR nucleus imaging through a novel porphyrin, ACS Chem. Biol., 8, 127-132 (if=5.356, ci=07)

10. K. S. Sanju and D. Ramaiah,* (2013) White photoluminescence and electroluminescence from a ternary system in solution and a polymer matrix, Chem. Commun., 49, 11626-11628 (if=6.718, ci=02)

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DEKA, RAMESH CHANDRA (b 1970), Professor, Tezpur University, Tezpur

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

Prof. Deka has worked on fundamental aspects of catalysis, drug design and atmospheric chemistry. He also carries out theoretical and experimental studies on heterogenous catalysis with an aim to understand the nature of active sites and reaction mechanisms. He performs ab initio and density functional theory calculations to study electronic structure and reactivity of zeolite catalysts, metal clusters, supported metal clusters, carbon nanotubes, functionalized carbon nanotubes, varieties of drug molecules and volatile organic compounds (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 2009, 13252, J. Comput. Chem. 31, 2010, 2476, Chem. Phys. Lett. 490, 2010, 184) . Prof. Deka‘s theoretical studies involve usages of new computational chemistry methodologies and expanding the scale and efficiency to provide realistic simulations. He has strong collaboration with several leading experimentalists and theoreticians of universities, IITs, CSIR laboratories in the country and abroad. He has 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). In the experimental field, Prof. Deka 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 studies of zeolite catalysts.

Proposer : Prof. Sourav Pal, Seconder : Dr. Anil Kumar

Ten Best Publications :

1. Bulumoni Kalita and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2009) Reaction intermediates of CO oxidation on gas phase Pd4 clusters : A density functional study, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 13252-13254 (if=11.444, ci= 23)

2. Nabanita Saikia, Anupam Nath Jha and Ramesh Ch. Deka*(2013) Dynamics of Fullerene Mediated Heat Driven Release of Drug Molecules from Carbon Nanotubes, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 4126-4132. (if=6.687, ci= 3)

3. Kusum Bania and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2012) Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Encapsulation and Tethering of 1, 10 Phenanthroline Complexes of Fe, Cu and Zn in Zeolite-Y, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 14295-14310 (if=4.835, ci=14)

4. Kusum K. Bania, Dipsikha Bharali, B. Viswanathan, Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2012) Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Zeolite Encapsulated Fe(III) Schiff Base Complex for Oxidative Coupling of 2-Napthol, Inorg. Chem. 51, 1657-1674 (if=4.794, ci=15)

5. Kusum Bania and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2011) Influence of zeolite framework on structure, properties and reactivity of cobalt phenanthroline complex : A combined experimental and computational study, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 9601-9607 (if=4.835, ci=9)

6. Bulumoni Kalita and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2009) Investigation of reverse-hydrogen spillover on zeolite-supported palladium tetramer by ONIOM method, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 16070-16076. (if=4.835, ci=8)

7. Ajanta Deka and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2008) Structural and electronic properties of stable Aun (n= 2–13) clusters : a density functional study, THEOCHEM, 870, 83-93 (if=1.371, ci=87)

8. Bulumoni Kalita and Ramesh Ch. Deka* (2007) Stability of small Pdn (n=1-7) clusters on the basis of structural and electronic properties : A density functional approach, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 244306 (if=3.122, ci=39)

9. Ramesh Ch. Deka, Vladimir A. Nasluzov, Elena A. Ivanova Shor, Alexei M. Shor, Georgi N. Vayssilov and Notker Rösch (2005) Comparison of All Sites for Ti Substitution in Zeolite TS-1 by an Accurate Embedded-Cluster Method, J. Phys. Chem B, 109, 24304– 24310 (if=3.377, ci=27)

10. Ramesh Ch. Deka and K. Hirao (2002) Lewis acidity and basicity of cation-exchanged zeolites : QM/MM and density functional studies, J. Mol. Catal. A, 181, 275-282 (if=3.679, ci=46)

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

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

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


1. 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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp406679s (if=4.835, ci=09)

2. Pravin P. Ingole, Ganesh B. Markad, Deepashri Saraf, Laxman Tatikondewar, Omkar Nene, Anjali Kshirsagar and Santosh K.Haram*, (2013), Band Gap Bowing at Nanoscale : Investigation of CdSxSe1-x Alloy Quantum Dots through Cyclic Voltammetry and Density Functional Theory, J. Physical Chemistry C 117,7376. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp400021u (if=4.835, ci=07)

3. Santosh K. Haram*, Anjali Kshirsagar, Yogini D. Gujarathi, Pravin P. Ingole, Omkar A. Nene, Ganesh B. Markad, and Sachin P . Nanavati. (2011) Quantum Confinement in CdTe Quantum Dots : Investigation through Cyclic Voltammetry Supported by Density Functional Theory (DFT), J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 6243-6249. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp111463f (if=4.835, ci=39)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200800482(if=3.360, ci=56)

5. Manoj E. Wankhede and Santosh K. Haram*, (2003) Synthesis and Characterization of Cd-DMSO Complex Capped CdS Nanoparticles, Chem. Mater., 15 1296. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm020761w (if=8.535, ci=33)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1069336 (if=34.4, ci=433)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0158206 (if=11.444, ci=191)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm010013r (if=8.535, ci=33)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp011068j (if=3.377, ci=51)

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. http : //dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp952391n (if=4.835, ci=203)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm020761w

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm020761w

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1069336

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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


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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KURESHY, RUKHSANA I (b 1958) Sr. Principal Scientist & Coordinator, AcSIRCSMCRI, 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, Impact factor 6.073, Times cited: 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. Impact factor 7.572, Times Cited: 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 Cr{lll) Salen Catalysts for Aminolytic Kinetic Resolution of Trans-Epoxides, Adv. Synth. & catal. 352, 3053. Impact factor - 5.542, Times Cited: 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. Impact factor 3.154, Times Cited: 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. Impact factor 12.098, Times Cited: 70 (Contributed in compilation of literature reports). 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. Impact factor-3.154, Times Cited: 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. Impact Factor 6.073, Times Cited: 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. Impact Factor 6.073, Times Cited: 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, Impact Factor - 6.073, Times Cited: 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, Impact Factor: 6.073, Times Cited: 53

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LINGAMALLU, GIRIBABU (b 1969), Senior 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 (D-A) 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. Int. Ed. Eng. 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, new redox couples as well as carbon based materials for counter electrodes 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). This has created a new dimension in this area. His group also designed several heteroleptic Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes to suit for gel electrolytes as well as on plastic substrates 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). This molecule is very potential useful as optical limiter in optic fibers (J. Mate. Chem. C 2, 1711-1722, 2014).

Proposer : Dr. M. Lakshmikantam, Seconder : Dr. Garikapati Narahari Sastry


1. Reddy, P.Y.; Giribabu, L.; Lyness, C.; Snaith, H.J.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Chendrasekheram, M.; Lakshmikantam, M.; Hum, J.;, Kalyanasundaram, K.; Gratzel M.; Nazeeruddin, 2007, 23) ―Efficient Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films by a Near Infrared Absorbing Unsymmetrical Zinc Phthalocyanine,‖ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 46, 373-376 (if=11.336, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 228; Citations as per Google Scholar 269)

2. Giribabu, L.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Reddy, V.G.; Reddy, P.Y.; Jang, S-R.; Yum, J-H.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Gratzel, 2007, 25) ―Unsymmetrical Alkoxy Zinc Phthalocyanine for Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films,‖ Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91, 1611-1617 (if=5.030, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 94; Citations as per Google Scholar 109)

3. Srinivas, K.; Yesudas, K.; Bhanuprakash, K.; Rao, V.J.; Giribabu, L., 2009, 42) ―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.:, J. Phys. Chem. C. 113, 20117-20126, (if=4.835, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 79; Citations as per Google Scholar 94)

4. Giribabu, L.; Vijaykumar, Ch.; Rao. Ch.S.; Gopal Reddy, V.; Reddy, P.Y.; Chandrasekharam, M.; Soujanya, 2009, 41) ―High Molar Extinction Coefficient Amphiphilic Ruthenium Sensitizers for Efficient and Stable Mesoscopic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,‖ Engergy & Environ Sci., 2, 770-773, (if=15.49, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 20; Citations as per Google Scholar 32)

5. Giribabu, L.; Kumar,A.A.; Neeraja,V.; Maiya,B.G. 2001, 10) ―Unidirectional Energy Transfer in a Tin(IV) Porphyrin Based Donor Acceptor System,‖ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 40, 3621-3624, (if=11.336, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 31; Citations as per Google Scholar 40)

6. Giribabu, L.; Rao,T.A.; Maiya,B.G.; 1999, 4) ―Axial-Bonding Type Hybrid Porphyrin Arrays: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry and Singlet State Properties,‖ Inorg. Chem. 38, 4971-4980 (if=4.794, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 66; Citations as per Google Scholar 72)

7. Flamigni, L.; Jhonston, M. R.; Giribabu, L.; 2002, 12) ―Photoinduced Electrontransfer in Bisporphyrin-Diimide Complexes,‖ Chem. Eur. J. 8(17), 3938-3947 (if=5.696, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 58; Citations as per Google Scholar 59)

8. Kumar, K. R.; Jaipal, K.; Giribabu, L. 2012, 64) ―Metal-free organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: recent advances,‖ Tetrahedron 68, 8383-8393, (if=2.817, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 32; Citations as per Google Scholar 37)

9. Giribabu, L.; Reeta, P. S.; Kanaparthi, R. K.; Srikanth, M.; Soujanya, Y. 2013, 72) ―Bis-Porphyrin-Anthraquinone Triads: Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Photochemistry,‖ J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 2944-2951, (if=2.775, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 6; Citations as per Google Scholar 6)

10. Swain, D.; Singh, R.; Singh, V. K.; Krishna, N. V.; Giribabu, L.; Rao, S. V. 2014, 83) ―Sterically Demanded Zinc(II)Phthalocyanines: Synthesis, Optical, Electrochemical, Nonlinear Optical, ExcitedState Dynamics Studies,‖ J. Mate. Chem. C 2, 1711-1722, (if=6.102, ci=as per ISI Web of Science 6; Citations as per Google Scholar 10)

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


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


1. Di- and Tetranuclear CuI Complexes Containing Phenylaminobis-(phosphonite), PhN{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2 and Their Reactivity toward Bipyridyl Ligands. C. Ganesamoorthy, P. P. George, J.T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 848-858. (impact factor: 4.794; 43 citations). (if=4.794, ci=43 citations) 2. Copper(I) Coordination Polymers [{Cu(µ-X)}2{RP(µ-NtBu)}2]n and Their Reversible Conversion into Mononuclear Complexes [CuX{(RP(µ-NtBu))2}2]: Synthesis and Structural Characterization. P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6678-6683 (one of the most cited (TOP 20) article, http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/most_cited/index.html) (impact factor: 4.794; 51 citations). (if=4.794, ci=51 citations) 3. 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. B. Punji, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 9454-9464. (impact factor: 4.794; 39 citations) (if=4.794, ci=39 citations) 4. Intramolecular Amine Induced [1,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement in the Reactions of Aminophosphites or Phosphites with Elemental Sulfur or Selenium, P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 5893-5897 (impact factor: 4.794; 36 citations). (if=4.794, ci=36 citations) 5. Tetranuclear-rhodium(I) macrocycle containing cyclodiphosphazane, [Rh2(µ-Cl)2(CO)2{(

tBuNP(OC6H4OMe-o))2-κP]2 and its reversible conversion into trans-

[Rh(CO)Cl{(tBuNP(OC6H4OMe-o))2-κP}2]. M. S. Balakrishna, P. Chandrasekaran and J. T. Mague,

Organometallics 2005, 24, 3780 (impact factor:4.253; 56 citations). (if=4.253, ci=56 citations) 6. 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. P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7925-32 (impact factor: 4.794; 59 citations). (if=4.794, ci=59 citations) 7. 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}]. S. Priya, M. S. Balakrishna, J. T. Mague and S. M. Mobin, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 1272-1281 (impact factor: 4.794; 71 citations) (if=4.794, ci=71 citations) 8. Half-sandwich Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Aminophosphines: Synthesis, Structures and Catalytic Applications in C-C Coupling Reactions between Styrenes and Diphenyldiazomethane. S. Priya, M. S. Balakrishna, S. M. Mobin and R. McDonald, J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 688, 227-235 (impact factor: 2.302; 43 citations). (if=2.302, ci=43 citations) 9. New 10-Membered Novel Inorganic Heterocyclic Diphosphanes, PhN{PX}2{(-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, PhN{PCl}2{(-OC6H2(tBu)2(µ-S)(tBu)2C6H2O-)} and of a Mo(0) Complex of the Fluoro Derivative, [Mo(CO)3{ɳ

3-PhN{PF}2{(-OC6H2(tBu)2(µ-S)((tBu)2C6H2O-)}-κP,κP,κS}]. M. S. Balakrishna,

Rashmishree Panda and J. T. Mague, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 5620 (impact factor: 4.794; 49 citations). (if=4.794, ci=49 citations) 10. A Simple and New Method for the Synthesis of 1,5-Benzodiazepine Derivatives on the Solid Surface. M. S. Balakrishna and B. Kaboudin Tetrahedron Lett. 42, 2001, 1127 (impact factor: 2.86; 189 citations) (if=2.86, ci=189 citations)

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MISHRA, LALLAN (b 1950) Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi


Prof. Lallan Mishra, a Senior Professor of Chemistry BHU, Varanasi, is an outstanding chemist with seminal contributions to the development of metal complexes as possible anti-cancer drugs and molecular electronic materials. Prof. Mishra has contributed significantly to the 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). Some of the compounds synthesized by Prof. Mishra 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 showed cytotoxicity against ileocecal carcinoma and found to be many fold potent as compared to AZT. Prof. Mishra serendipitously discovered the interaction of some of the metal complexes with calf-Thymus DNA and nitrite/nitrate reductase activity. Further, several of the Ru(ll) complexes were shown to facilitate the photoinduced energy/electron transfer process. These "metal complexes thus have potential as molecular electronic materials. Prof. Mishra has developed new Co (III) complexes which bind to thymine and adenine bases and provided structurally interesting materials. More recently, Re(II) complexes have been shown physiological acceptability, as tested in mice and they have been shown to bind to LDH. Some of the complexes showed increase in P53 level and induced release of cytochrome c and DNA cleavage. 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.

Proposer : Prof. Girjesh Govil, Seconder : Prof. K.V.R.Chary Ten Best Publications : 1. Mishra L, Singh VK, 1993, Synthesis, structural and antifungal studies of Co(lI), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with new schiff-bases bearing benzimidazoles, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 32, 5, 446-449 (Number of Citations-111). 2. N. De meyer, A. Haemers, L. Mishra, H.K. Padey, L.A.C. Peters, Van den Berghe and AJ. Vlietinck, "3-Methoxyflavones as antipicomavirus agents", J Medicinal Chem. 1991,34,736 (impact factor: 5.4) (Number ofCitations-84). 3. Mishra L, Said MK, Itokawa H, 1995, Antitumor and antimicrobial activities of Fe(II)/Fe(III) complexes derived from some heterocyclic-compounds, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 3,9,1241-1245 (impact factor: 3.2) (Number ofCitations-37). 4. Mishra L, Yadaw AK, Srivastava S, 2000, Synthesis, spectroscopic, electrochemical and antibacterial studies of new Ru(II) 1,1 O-phenanthroline complexes containing aryldiazopentane-2,4-dione as co-ligand, New Journal of Chemistry, 24, 7, 505-510 (Impact factor: 3.1) (Number of Citations-49). 5. Mishra L, Sinha R, ltokawa H, 2001, Anti-HIV and cytotoxic activities of Ru(II)/Ru(III) polypyridyl complexes containing 2,6-(2'-benzimidazolyl) pyridine/chalconeas co-ligand, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 9, 7, 1667-1671 (impact factor: 3.2) (Number of Citations-35) 6. Mishra L, Yadaw A K, Bhattacharya S., Dubey, S.K., 2005, Mixed-ligand Ru(II) complexes with 2,2'-bipyridine and aryldiazo-f-diketonato auxiliary ligands: Synthesis, physico-chemical study and antitumour properties, J Inorganic Biochemistry, 99,1113-1118. (Impact Factor: 3.2), (Number of Citations-37). 7. Prajapati R, Mishra L, Kimura K, 2009, Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed from Zn_II/Cd_1I -2,2'-bipyridines and polycarboxylic acids: Synthesis, characterization and microstructural studies, Polyhedron, 28, 3, 600-608 (Impact Factor- 2.1) (Number of Citations-47). 8. Shi Y, Toms B B, Dixit N, Kumari N, Mishra L, Goodisman J, Dabrowiak J C, 2010, Cytotoxicity Studies on Cu(II) and Zn(II) 2,2'-Bipyridyl Complexes as a Function of Recovery Time, Chern. Res. Toxico!' 23(8), 1417-1426. (Impact Factor- 3.8) (Number of Citations-I7). 9. Dixit N, Maurya B, Trigun S K, Hobertner C, Mishra L, 2011, In situ formation of Cu(II) 2,2'-bipyridyl complexes of 5-hydroxy-hydurilic acid and alloxanic acid: Synthesis, crystal structure, "self-activating" chemical nuclease activity and cytotoxicity studies, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 105, 256-267. (Impact Factor- 3.2) (Number of Citations-25). 10. Gaur R, Mishra L, Synthesis and Characterization of Ru(II)-DMSO-C1-Chalcone Complexes: DNA Binding, Nuclease, and Topoisomerase II Inhibitory Activity, lnorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 3059-3070. (Impact Factor- 4.6) (Number of Citations-29).

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MUKHERJEE, PARTHA SARATHI (b 1973), Associate 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. Such self-sorting was further utilized successfully for cage-to-cage transformation in very facile manner. 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 (Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 12322). 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. Daya Shankar Pandey


1. 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=11.44, ci=0)

2. D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee, 2014, Structural diversity in multinuclear Pd(II) assemblies that show low humidity proton conductivity Chem. Eur. J., 20, 5649 (if=5.69, ci=02)

3. K. Acharyya, P. S. Mukherjee, 2014, H-Bond driven controlled molecular marriage in covalent cages Chem. Eur. J. , 20, 1646(if=5.69, ci=04)

4. 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=5.69, ci=21)

5. 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=11.44, ci=18)

6. S. Mukherjee, P. S. Mukherjee, 2013, Role of dicarboxylate linkers in Mn(III)-salicylaldoximate based extended molecular magnets Chem. Eur. J., 19, 17064 (if=5.69, ci=11 )

7. D. Samanta, Y. Patil, S. Mukherjee, P. S. Mukherjee, 2012, Self-assembled Pd6 open cage with tri- Imidazole walls and use its confined nanospace for catalytic Knoeven-agel and Diels-Alder reactions Chem. Eur. J., 18, 12322 (if=5.69, ci=20)

8. B. Gole, A. K. Bar, P. S. Mukherjee, 2012, Fluorescent Metal-organic frameworks for selective sensing of nitroaromatics Chem. Commun. 47, 12137 (if=6.71, ci=111)

9. S. Mukherjee, B. Gole, R. Chakraborty, P. S. Mukherjee, 2009, Cu(II) azide polymers Cu3 and Cu6 building units: synthesis, structures and magnetic exchange mechanism Inorg. Chem. 48, 11325 (if=4.79, ci=39)

10. 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=70)

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


Dr. Nath has revealed for the first time using ultrafast spectroscopy that a barrierless torsional motion around a single bond in the excited state is the fundamental process that is responsible for the sensing activity of Thioflavin T (ThT) in amyloid fibril (J. Phys. Chem. B 2010,114,2541). Through synthesis of different benzothiazole based ultrafast molecular rotors (UMR), he has identified the bond in ThT that undergoes the torsional motion (Chem. Eu. J 2010,16,9257). His studies on UMR in confined bio-mimicking systems are very useful for the development of new class of fluorescence sensor based on UMRs (J. Phys. Chem. B 2009,113,8532, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011,13,8008). Dr. Nath has sensibly used different UMR for the sensitive detection of hydrocarbons in solution (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015,17,5691) and developed a simple method for the determination of the microviscosity of complex heterogeneous systems (J. Phys. Chem. B 2009,113,8532, Chem. Commun., 2011,47,6912). Dr. Nath has shown that UMR based molecules are much more efficient sensor for the detection of DNA as compared to other DNA stains and detected minuscule structural change in DNA due to the premelting, which could not be detected by any other spectroscopic techniques (Chem. Comm. 2012,48,5301). Recently, Dr. Nath and his group has indigenously developed femtosecond two dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectrometer, which is first of its kind in India. Such spectrometer has been used to study the correlation between different vibrational band in molecules and leads to dynamic structural information in the femtosecond time scale.

Proposer : Prof. J. P. Mittal, Seconder : Prof. D. K. Palit


1. 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=7.728, ci=25)

2. P. K. Singh, A. K. Satpati, M. Kumbhakar, H. Pal, S. Nath, 2008, A Nano-Reactor for Tuning the Chemical Reactivity of a Solute, J. Phys. Chem. B (Letters), 112, 11447 (if=3.377, ci=13)

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=3.377, ci=39)

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=5.696, ci=13)

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=3.377, ci=34)

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=3.377, ci=49)

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=6.718, ci=6)

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=6.718, ci=11)

9. P. K. Singh, S. Nath, 2013, Molecular recognition-controlled drug delivery from a nano-carrier to natural DNA, J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 10370 (if=3.377, ci=7)

10. 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=-)

272

PATHAK, TANMAYA (b 1958), Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur


Increasing demand for new chemical entities required efficient synthetic strategies for creating molecules with skeletal complexity including stereochemical diversity. Since structural variation of carbohydrates and the high density of functional groups offer opportunities for modification, Pathak combined the high reactivity of vinyl sulfone (or selenone) with the in-built diversities of furanosides, pyranosides or functionalized acyclic structures derived from carbohydrates. Further synthetic manipulations afforded aminosugars, branched sugars, cyclopropanated carbohydrates and enantiomerically pure densely functionalized carbocycles and heterocycles. This research also opens up a new route for the utilization of biomass in synthetic chemistry. A selected group of new compounds found applications as spacers for hybrid molecules, ligands for metal complexation, building blocks for gels, and designed peptidomimetics whereas some others were shown to possess biological activities. Pathak also developed synthetic methodologies for generating a wide range of sugar-modified nucleosides, namely, aminonucleosides, vinyl sulfone-modified nucleosides, S,S-dioxidethiazine nucleosides, hexopyranosyl nucleosides, isonucleosides and branched chain nucleosides as ring conformational changes impart greater complexity to the overall structure. The biological applications of modified nucleosides were extended further to inhibit ribonuclease A, a model enzyme used for the designing of inhibitors of other ribonucleases including angiogenin, implicated in the growth of solid tumors. The study continues to generate a wide variety of inhibitors and new information on the structural features of these enzymes. Pathak‘s scientific contributions have been well recognized by ―CRSI Bronze Medal‖, ―Dr. D.S.Bhakuni Award‖, ―Excellence in Carbohydrate Research Award‖ and his election as a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

Proposer : Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder : Prof. Pinakpani Chakrabarti


1. Ravindran, B.; Sakthivel, K.; Suresh, C. G.; Pathak, T. (2000); Diastereoselective Addition of Amines to Vinyl Sulfone Modified Carbohydrates : A Highly Flexible Methodology for the Synthesis of New Classes of Deoxyamino Sugars. J. Org. Chem., 65(9), 2637-2641. (if=4.638, ci=38)

2. Pathak, T. (2002); Azidonucleosides : Synthesis, Reactions, and Biological Properties. Chem. Rev., 102(5), 1623-1667. (if=45.661, ci=93)

3. Sanki, A. K.; Suresh, C. G.; Falgune, U. D.; Pathak, T. (2003); Anomeric Configuration-Directed Diastereoselective C-C Bond Formation in Vinyl Sulfone-Modified Carbohydrates : A General Route to Branched-Chain Sugars. Org. Lett., 5(8), 1285-1288. (if=6.324, ci=26)

4. Das, I.; Pathak, T. (2006); Desulfonylation with Mg-MeOH-NiBr2 : An Expedient Reagent System for the Synthesis of 2-Amino-2,3-dideoxy Furanosides; Org. Lett., 8(7), 1303-1306. (if=6.324, ci=22)

5. Das, I.; Pal, T. K.; Suresh, C. G.; Pathak, T. (2007); Diastereoselective C-C Bond Formation at C-5 of Vinyl Sulfone-Modified Hex-5-enofuranosyl Carbohydrates : Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Branched-Chain Sugars and Beyond. J. Org. Chem., 72(15), 5523-5533.(if=4.638, ci=16)

6. Samanta, A.; Leonidas, D. D.; Dasgupta, S.; Pathak, T.; Zographos, S. E.; Oikonomakos, N. G. (2009); Morpholinio, Piperidino and Pyrrolidino Derivatives of Pyrimidine Nucleosides as Inhibitors of Ribonuclease A : Synthesis, Biochemical and Crystallographic Evaluation. J. Med. Chem., 52(4), 932-942. (if=5.480, ci=16)

7. Atta, A.; Pathak, T. (2009); A Diastereoselective Unique Route to Cyclopropanes Functionalized at All Three Ring Carbon Atoms from Acyclic Vinyl Sulfone-Modified Carbohydrates. J. Org. Chem. 74(7), 2710-2717. (if=4.638, ci=10)

8. Debnath, J.; Dasgupta, S.; Pathak, T. (2012); Dinucleosides with Non-Natural Backbones : A New Class of Ribonuclease A and Angiogenin Inhibitors. Chem. Eur. J., 18(6), 1618-1627. (if=5.696, ci=7)

9. Kayet, A.; Pathak, T. (2013); 1,5-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazolylation at C1, C2, C3, C4, and C6 of Pyranosides : A Metal-Free Route to Triazolylated Monosaccharides and Triazole-Linked Disaccharides. J. Org. Chem., 78(19), 9865-9875. (if=4.638, ci=10)

10. Dey, S.; Pathak, T. (2014); 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., 4(18), 9275-9278. (if=3.708, ci=10)

273

PATRA, AMITAVA (b 1965), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


Dr.Patra's expertise in the field of photophysics of nanomaterials is outstanding. Dr. Patra has numerous impressive scientific achievements, resulting from the research. He has published many papers (164) in top tier journals and has written four invited book chapters. His independent work has been highly cited (>800 in 2014, total citation >4260 and h-index = 37). Many awards are given for his outstanding contributions in academic field. Dr. Patra's expertise in the field of nanomaterials is significantly greater than that ordinarily encountered in his peers. His publication list shows the depth and range of his knowledge in synthetic chemistry, characterization methods, physics of materials and novel device applications. His advanced research on the quantum dot based energy transfer provided valuable insight and understanding mechanism of the energy transfer between nanoparticles and dye molecules. Dr. Patra has experimentally studied the surface energy transfer (SET) from rhodamine 6G dye to Au nanoparticles and showed that it follows 1/d4 distance dependence. Dr. Patra successfully demonstrated efficient and tunable (blue, green and red) upconverted rare-earth doped nanocrystals, using low-cost diode laser. I was particularly impressed by the detailed and revealing analysis of fluorescence decay curves in this work. His work on organic nanopartciels and semiconductor nanoparticles is all of the absolute highest quality in the field. His scholarship establishes his as a leader in his field and he is certainly among the best researchers of his generation in India. I most enthusiastically nominate him for National Academy of Sciences fellowship of 2015.

Proposer : Prof. J. P. Mittal, Seconder : Prof. S. K. Ghosh


1. Pushpal Ghosh and Amitava Patra, 2008, â€œTuning of crystal phase and luminescence properties of Eu3+ doped sodium yttrium fluoride nanocrystals, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 3223. (if=4.8, ci=75)

2. Krishna Kanta Haldar, Tapasi Sen and Amitava Patra, 2008 â€œAu@ZnO core-shell nanoparticles are efficient energy acceptors with organic dye donors" J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 11650-11656. (if=4.8, ci=70)

3. Tapasi Sen, Suparna Sadhu and Amitava Patra, 2007, Surface energy transfer from rhodamine 6G to gold nanoparticles: A spectroscopic ruler, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 043104-1. (if=4.0, ci=70)

4. Tapasi Sen, Krishna Kanta Haldar, and Amitava Patra, 2008, â€œAu nanoparticle-based surface energy transfer probe for conformational changes of BSA protein, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 17945-17951 (if=4.8, ci=61)

5. Krishna Kanta Haldar, Tapasi Sen and Amitava Patra, 2010, Metal conjugated semiconductor hybrid nanoparticle-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 4869-4874. (if=4.8, ci=55)

6. Tapasi Sen and Amitava Patra, 2012, Recent Advances in Energy Transfer Processes in Gold Nanoparticle Based Assemblies, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 17307-17317 (Invited Feature Article). (Top most read article) (if=4.8, ci=22)

7. Arik Kar and Amitava Patra, 2012, Impacts of Core-Shell Structures on Properties of Lanthanide-Based Nanocrystals: Crystal Phase, Lattice Strain, Downconversion, Upconversion and Energy Transfer , Nanoscale, 4, 3608-3619 (Invited Feature Article). (Journal's Top 25 most-read and 20 most downloaded article ) (if=6.8, ci=37)

8. Suparna Sadhu and Amitava Patra, 2013, A Brief Overview of Some Physical Studies on the Relaxation Dynamics and FÃ¶rster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) of Semiconductor Quantum Dots (QDs), ChemPhysChem, 14, 2641-2653. (Minireview) (if=3.5, ci=4)

9. Santanu Bhattacharyya, and Amitava Patra, 2014, Fundamentals and the Present Status of Interactions of pi-Conjugated Polymer with Inorganic Nanocrystals, J. Photochem. and Photobiol. C: Photochemistry Reviews (Invited), 20, 51-70. (if=11.6, ci=1)

10. Arik Kar and Amitava Patra, 2014, Recent Development of Core-Shell SnO2 Nanostructures and Their Potential Applications, J. Mater. Chem. C. (Feature article), 2, 6706-6722. (if=~6, ci=2)

274

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


The nominee has made significant contribution in carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds formation via C-H activation/functionalization, cross-coupling, addition and cascade reactions. These methods lead to regioselective construction of wide range of highly functionalized heterocycles that are of medicinal, biological and pharmaceutical interest. These are important developments in sustainable chemistry. The nominee has produced 10 Ph.D. and 20 M.Sc. students. He has 91 publications (5 national and 86 international), 46 invited lectures (22 national and 24 international) and 42 conference presentations (29 national and 13 international) with total citations 3494 and h-index 31. Some of the major publications: Chem. Rev. (01, I.F: 45.7), Coord. Chem. Rev. (01, I.F:12.6), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (02, I.F.: 11.3), Chem. Eur. J. (01, I.F.: 5.7), Org. Lett. (09, I. F.: 6.3), Adv. Synth. Catal. (04, I. F.: 5.5), J. Org. Chem. (09; I. F: 4.6), Inorg. Chem. (01, I. F.: 4.8), Chem. Asian J. (01, I. F.: 3.9), Org. Biomol. Chem. (02, I. F. 3.5) and RSC Adv. (04, I. F. 3.7). Some of the highlights: Synfacts 2010, 158; 2011, 479; 2011, 570; 2011, 596; 2012, 958; Org. Process Res. Dev. 2011, 15, 950; Tetrahedron Lett Best Paper Award 2006-2009. He is recipient of UKIERI research fellowship (2007), JSPS Bride Fellowship (2010), JSPS invitation fellowship (Short-Term) (2011), Fulbright-Nehru Senor Research Fellowship (2012), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemsitry (2014) and CRSI Bronze medal (2015). He has also been visiting professor to Oxford University (2007), Kyushu University (2012) and The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego (2013).

Proposer : Prof Amit Basak, Seconder : Prof P. K. Chattaraj


1. D. Mahesh, P. Sadhu, T. Punniyamurthy,2015, Copper(I)-Catalyzed Regioselective Amination of N-Aryl Imines Using TMSN3 and TBHP: A Route to Substituted Benzimidazoles, J. Org. Chem. 80, 1644-1650. (if=4.6, ci=Nil)

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=4.6, ci=5)

3. M. Sengoden, T. Punniyamurthy, 2013, On Water: Efficient Iron-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Aziridines with Heterocumulenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 572-575. (if=11.3, ci=13)

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=6.3, ci=10)

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=4.6, ci=7)

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=5.9, ci=9)

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=4.6, ci=23)

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. (if=4.6, ci=44)

9. T. Ramana, P. Saha, M. Das, T. Punniyamurthy, 2010, Copper-Catalyzed Domino Intra- and Intermolecular C-S Cross-Coupling Reactions: Synthesis of 2-(Arylthio)arylcyanamides, Org. Lett. 12, 84-87. (if=6.3, ci=14)

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=11.3, ci=179)

275

RAMA, KANT (b 1963) Professor, Department of Chemistry, Univ. 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 : Prof. Ashok K Ganguli, Seconder : Prof. Arun Kumar Grover Ten Best Publications: 1. R. Kant*, 1993, Can Current Transients be Affected by the Morphology of the Nonfractal Electrode?, Phys. Rev. Lett., 70, 4094-4097. (Citation 36, IF 7.943) 2. R. Kant*, 1997, Diffusion-Limited Reaction Rates on Self-Affine Fractals, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 3781-3787. (Citation 33, IF 3.377 3. R. Kant* and S. K. Rangarajan, 2003, Effect of Surface Roughness on Interfacial Reaction-Diffusion Admittance. J. Electroanal. Chem., 552, 141-151. (Citation 38, IF 2.871) 4. R. Kant*, R. Kumar and V. K. Yadav, 2008, Theory of Anomalous Diffusion Impedance on Realistic Fractal Electrodes, J. Phys. Chem. C (Lett.), 112, 4019-4023. (Citation 22, IF 4.835) 5. R. Kumar and R. Kant*, 2009, Theory of Generalized Gerischer Admittance of Realistic Fractal Electrode, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 19558-19567. (Citation 19, IF 4.835) 6. S. Srivastav, R. Kant*, 2010, Theory of Generalized Cottrellian Current at Rough Electrode with Solution Resistance Effects, S. Srivastav and R. Kant, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 10066-10076.(Citation 15, IF 4.835) 7. S. Dhillon and Rama Kant*, 2013, Quantitative roughness characterization and 3D reconstruction of electrode surface using Cyclic Voltammetry and SEM image, Applied Surface Science, 282, 105-114. (Citation 8, IF 2.112) 8. Parveen and R. Kant*, 2014, Theory for Anomalous Response in Cyclic Staircase Voltammetry : Electrode Roughness and Unequal Diffusivities, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 26599-26612. (Citation 2, IF 4.835) 9. M. B. Singh and R. Kant*, 2014, Theory of anomalous electric double layer dynamics in ionic liquids, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 8766-8774. (Citation 2, IF 4.835) 10. M. B. Singh and R. Kant*, 2014, Theory of anomalous dynamics of electric double layer at heterogeneous and rough electrodes, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 5122-5133. (Citation 4, IF 4.835)

276

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


Dr. H. Surya Prakash Rao, in his independent research career, has contributed immensely to the area of heterocyclic chemistry, organic synthesis, reactions and mechanism etc. His group‘s major contributions include facile methods for synthesis and characterization of (i) six-member nitrogen heterocycles including anatalline, a tobacco natural product and aza-steroids using metal (Ni / Co / Cu) borohydrides; (ii) multisubstituted 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 appended furans and benzofurans under FeCl3 catalysis; (v) fluorescent water-soluble coumarins via the Blaise reaction; (vi) modifications of the Blaise reaction for the synthesis of 1,3-diketones, 2-pyridones, 3-aminoenones, beta-amino acids, 3,5-diketoesters etc.; (vii) application of copper reagents for synthesis of 4H-chromenes, isoindalinones, triarylmethanes etc.; (viii) sustainable chemistry through synthetic transformation of H-cardanol a fine chemical obtained from cashew-nut shell liquid (CNSL).; (ix) development of methods for azide-alkyne cycloaddition click reaction – introduction of Raney Ni as a convenient reagent for promoting azide-alkyne cycloaddition.

Proposer : Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Seconder : Prof. Anil K. Bhatnagar


1. Copper catalyzed C(sp3)-OH cleavage with concomitant C-C coupling: Synthesis of 3-substituted isoindolinones, H. Surya Prakash Rao,* A. Veera Bhadra Rao, J. Org. Chem. 000 (2015). (if=4.7, ci=-)

2. Synthetic Studies Directed Towards Bucky-Balls and Bucky-Bowls, G. Mehta and H. Surya Prakash Rao Tetrahedron (Report No. 470), 54, 13325-13370 (1998) (if=2.4, ci=128)

3. Condensation of α-Aroylketene Dithioacetals and 2-HydroxyarylaldehydesResults in Facile Synthesis of a Combinatorial Library of 3-Aroylcoumarins, H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Sivakumar,J. Org. Chem.71, 8715 – 8723 (2006). (if=4.7, ci=59)

4. Synthesis of lactones of ortho-tyrosine, DOPA isomers and tryptophan-ortho-tyrosine hybrid amino acid, H. Surya Prakash Rao, K. Geetha and M. Kamalraj, RSC Adv., 1, 1050-1059 (2011) (if=3.7, ci=11)

5. Synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyaryl)-3-nitro-4H-chromenes H. Surya Prakash Rao, K. Geetha and M. Kamalraj, Tetrahedron, 67, 8146-8154 (2011). (if=2.6, ci=9)

6. Nitroketene dithioacetal chemistry: Synthesis of 2-alkylthio-3-nitrothiophenes from nitroketene dithioacetate and chloromethyl ketones, H. Surya Prakash Rao and K. Vasantham J. Org. Chem., 74, 6847–6850 (2009). (if=4.7, ci=12)

7. Microwave mediated facile one-pot synthesis of polyarylpyrroles from but-2-ene- and but-2-yne-1,4-diones, H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Jothilingam,H. W. Scheeren, Tetrahedron 60, 1625-1630 (2004) (if=2.32, ci=47)

8. Nitroketene acetal chemistry: efficient synthesis of 2-amino-3-nitro-4H-chromenes, H. Surya Prakash Rao and K. Geetha, Tetrahedron Lett. 50, 3836-3839 (2009) (if=2.7, ci=24)

9. Novel Domino Products from the reaction of phenyl vinyl ketone and its derivatives with cyclic ketones, H. Surya Prakash Rao.; K. Jeyalakshmi, S. P. Senthilkumar, Tetrahedron, 58, 2189, (2002). (if=2.6, ci=12)

10. One-pot Synthesis of Pyrrole Derivatives from (E)-1,4-Diaryl-2-butene-1,4-diones, H. Surya Prakash Rao, S. Jothilingam, Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 6595 (2001) (if=2.7, ci=41)

277

SHARMA, YOGESH CHANDRA (b 1963), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology(BHU), Varanasi 221005


Professor Sharma has done scholastic work in Water Pollution Control that has tremendous theoretical as well as industrial applications. His work is well recognized by the international community. He is Editor-in-Chief of an international journal and reviewer of several prestigious journals from Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Elsevier, etc. in his areas of interest. 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 successfully applied them for water remediation. As these materials can be regenerated and applied many times, the cost of water treatment comes down drastically. The other important area where his research interests are focused is Renewable Energy where he has done remarkable work on various aspects of ‗biodiesel‘. He has synthesized ‗biodiesel‘ from several economically viable plentiful feedstocks 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 many ‗chapters‘ in different books from renowned 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). His SCOPUS h index is 27. He is a highly deserving candidate for the fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad.

Proposer : Prof. Sandeep Verma, Seconder : Prof. S.N. Upadhyay


1. Y.C. Sharma, B. Singh, S.N. Upadhyay, 2008,Advancements in development and characterization of biodiesel: A review,Fuel, 2008, 87,2355-2373 (if=4.186, ci=443)

2. Arun Lal Srivastava, Prabhat Kumar Singh, Varsha Srivastava, Yogesh C Sharma 2013,Aplication of a new adsorbent for fluoride removal from aqueous solutions, J. Hazardous mat.,2015 263,342-352 (if=5.123, ci=3)

3. C.H. Weng, Y.C. Sharma, S.H. Chu, 2008,Adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions by spent activated clay,J. Hazardous Mat. Materials, 155,65-75 (if=5.123, ci=95)

4. Y.C. Sharma, V. Srivastava, 2011,Comparative studies of removal of Cr(VI) and Ni(II) from aqueous solutions by magnetic nanoparticles,2011, J. Chemical Engg. Data, 56, 819-825 (if=2.045, ci=12)

5. S. Banerjee, R. K. Gautam, A. Jaiswal, M. C. Chattopadhyaya,Yogesh C. Sharma, 2015,Rapid scavenging of methylene blue dye from a liquid phase by adsorption on alumina nanoparticles, 2015, RSC Advances, 5, 14425-14440 (if=3.708, ci=nil)

6. Y.C. Sharma, B. Singh, S.N. Upadhyay, 2010, An ideal feedstock, kusm (Schleichera trigua) for preparation of biodiesel: optimization of parameters, Fuel, 89,1470-1474 (if= 4.186, ci=22)

7. Y.C. Sharma, 2011, Adsorption characteristics of a low cost activated carbon for the reclamation of colored effluents containing malachite green. Chemical Engg. Data, 56, 478-484 (if=2.045, ci=10)

8. 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=5.600, ci=35)

9. Y.C. Sharma, B. Singh, 2010,A hybrid feedstock for a very efficient preparation of biodiesel, Fuel Proc. Techn. 91,1267-1273(if=3.707, ci=10)

10. Varsha Srivastava, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, 2014,Synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4@n-SiO 2 nanoparticles from an agrowaste material and its application for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions, Water, Air, Soil Pollut.225(1), Article no 1776(if=1.685, ci=3)

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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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=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) (Citation=650)

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


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


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 working as a Principal Scientist in CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi (India). He has been working in diverse areas of electrochemistry for the past 18 years. His research primarily focussed on the areas of electrochemical water treatment, hydrogen generation by water electrolysis, synthesis of electro-inorganic chemicals, electro-catalysis and batteries. He has published more than 83 research papers and 9 editorials in reputed peer reviewed journals and written 7 book chapters. He has presented more than 82 research papers in national & international symposia and delivered invited lectures, keynote address in many occasions both in India & abroad. As an outcome of his innovative research, he has been granted with twelve Indian patents and one international patent. He has transferred seven technologies to different industries that had great societal values. He has been teaching for students over 20 years He is serving as associate editor and editorial board member for different international journals. He was an Invited Professor at University of Paris (East), France in 2012. He is among the first Indian authors who contributed to the WILEY‘s prestigious ULLMANN‘S Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (7th edition). He is the recipient of the best paper award, best import substitution award, best technology award, and per capita ECF award from different organizations. He has been conferred the "International Best Researcher Award and ―International Highest Publication Award‖ by the International Science Congress Association in 2012 and 2014 respectively and ―Eminent Scientist Award‖ by Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry in 2013.

Proposer : Prof. A. K. Shukla , Seconder : Prof. Giridhar Madras


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=4.331, ci=58)

2. 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=2.235, ci=46)

3. 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=4.287, ci=32)

4. S. Vasudevan, J. Lakshmi, R. Vanathi, (1010), Electrochemical coagulation for chromium removal: Process optimization, Kinetics, Isotherm and Sludge characterization, Clean 38 (1), 9–16. (if=1.838, ci=33)

5. S. Vasudevan and J. Lakshmi (2012), The Adsorption of Phosphate by Graphene from Aqueous Solution. RSC Advances 2 (12), 5234 - 5242 (if=3.708, ci=27)

6. 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=4.331, ci=29)

7. S. Vasudevan, J. Lakshmi, G. Sozhan, (2009), Studies on the Mg-Al-Zn – alloy as anode for the removal of fluoride from drinking water in electrolcoagulation process. Clean 37 (4-5), 372 – 378. (if=1.838, ci=28)

8. 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=4.331, ci=21)

9. S. Vasudevan, J. Lakshmi, G. Sozhan, (2011), Studies on the Al-Zn-In – alloy as anode material for the removal of chromium from drinking water in electrolcoagulation process. Desalination 275 (1), 260 - 268 (if=3.960, ci=22)

10. S. Vasudevan, M.A.Oturan, (2014), Electrochemistry - as cause and cure in water pollution - An overview. Environmental Chemistry Letters 12 (1), 97 – 108 (if=1.906, ci=23)

281

VINU, AJAYAN (b 1976), Full Professor and Group Leader, The University of Queensland, Australia (Indian citizen)


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 the 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 mesoporous nitrides and has created a new field in porous materials research. One of the important features of the materials is that they have both inbuilt basic sites in the form of NH2 or NH groups and a semiconducting framework structure with ordered pores, which make them exciting candidates for the capture and conversion of CO2 molecules into value added products with the help of sunlight and water. Very recently, Prof. Vinu has introduced ―nanosize‖ approach to fabricate ultra-small MCN nanoparticles with a 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, which made a huge revolution in the field of mesoporous materials (JACS 2008, 129, 11022; JACS 2008, 129, 11022).

Proposer : Prof. A. K. Tyagi, Seconder : Prof. J.S.Yadav


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=11.34, ci=6)

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=11.34, ci=122)

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=11.34, ci=96)

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=11.34, ci=23)

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=11.44, ci=90)

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=11.34, ci=91)

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=10.44, ci=136)

8. Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J.P. Hill, S. Acharya, A. Vinu, S.B. Yoon, J-S. 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=11.44, ci=106)

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=11.44, ci=118)

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=15.47, ci=230)

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AGRAWAL, VIJAY KUMAR (b 1957) Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa

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 165 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 165 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. Prof. Agrawal during last thirty years has worked in the area of CADD and proposed several models for prediction of biological activity of anti HIV, anti-tumor, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory drugs. He has published many important papers in the field of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and also few review articles in international journals viz. J. Chem Inf. Comput. Science, Bioorganic Med Chemistry, Chem. Biol and Drug Design, Current Computer aided drug design, Eu. J. Med. Chem. He has been invited as a speaker in the TOPMOL 2006, international conference on topological modeling in Romania in 2006. The work of Prof. Agrawal has been cited in US patent No. 7314937 issued on JANUARY 1, 2008. His work on Sadhana Index and PI index has been cited in more than 100 scientific papers including book on Cheminformatics by Todeschini.

Proposer : Prof. Girjesh Govil, Seconder : Prof. J.P. Mittal Ten Best Publications : 1. A Novel PI index and its applications to QSPRJQSAR studies P. V. Khadikar, S. Karmarkar and Vijay K Agrawal, J. Chern. Inf. Comput. Sci., 41, 934-949 (2001), Impact factor 4.304, Cited by 158 2. Prediction of Lipophilicity of Polyacenes Using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships Padmakar V. Khadikar,Vijay K. Agrawal, Sneha Karmarkar, Bioorg. Med. Chern. 10, 3499-3507, (2002), Impact factor 2.903, Cited by 46 3. QSAR studies on some antimalarial sulfonamides Vijay K. Agrawal, Ravindra Srivastava and Padmakar V. Khadikar Bioorg. Med.Chem. 9, 3287-3293 (2001), Impact factor 2.903, Cited by 46 4. QSAR study on carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides containing 8-quinoline-sulfonyl moieties, with topical activity as anti glaucoma agents. Vijay K. Agrawal, Bano, C.T.Supuran and Padmakar V. Khadikar, Eur. 1. Med. Chern., 39,593-600 (2004), Impact factor 3.499' Cited by 38 5. QSAR Studies on Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors:A Case of Ureido and Thioureido Derivatives of Aromatic/Heterocyclic Sulfonamides Vijay K. Agrawal, Ruchi Sharma and Padmakar V. Khadikar, Bioorg. Med. Chern., 10, 2993-2999 (2002), Impact factor 2.903, Cited by 31 6. Szeged index - Applications for drug modeling Padmakar V. Khadikar, Sneha Karmarkar, Vijay K. Agrawal, Jyoti Singh, Anjali Shrivastava, Istvan Lukovitsand Marcia V. Diudea, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2, 604-624 (2005). Impact factor 0.849, Cited by 30 7. QSAR Study on Topically Acting Sulfonamides Incorporating GABA Moieties: A Molecular Connectivity Approach Vijay K Agrawal, Jyoti Singh, Padmakar V. Khadikar and Claudiu T. Supuran, Bioorg. Med. Chern. Letters. 16,2044-2051 (2006), Impact factor 2.338, Cited by 28 8. Modeling of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitory Activity of Sulfonamides Using Molecular Negentropy Vijay K Agrawal, and Padmakar V Khadikar, Bioorg. Med. Chern. Letters 13, 447-453 (2003). Impact factor 2.338, Cited by 26 9. QSAR Study On Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors: Water-Soluble Sulfonamides Incorporating ~-Alanyl Moieties, Possessing Long Lasting-Intra Ocular Pressure Lowering Properties -A Molecular Connectivity Approach Vijay K. Agrawal, Jyoti Singh, Meghna Banerji, Madhu Gupta, Padmakar V. Khadikar and Claudiu T. Supuran, Eur. 1. Med. Chern. 40, 1002-1012 (2005). Impact factor 3.499, Cited by 23 10. Novel PI indices of hexagonal chains P. V. Khadikar, P. P. Kale, N. V. Deshpande, S. Karmarkar and V.K. Agrawal, 1. Math. Chern., 29,143-150 (2001), Impact Factor 1.226, cited by 108

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ARUNAN, ELANGANNAN (b 1961) Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Prof. E. Arunan has fabricated a pulsed nozzle Fourier transform microwave spectrometer in his laboratory and is one of the very few doing experimental physical chemistry in India with home-built equipments. He has used this spectrometer for over a decade solving the microwave spectrum of weakly bound complexes formed in a supersonic beam at 3 K. His studies have shown that both H2O and H2S can form hydrogen bonds, contrary to what is there in the text books. He effectively combined computational chemistry with his experimental results and provided the first dynamic criterion for a hydrogen bond which had an universal appeal. He eventually formed and led a task group of IUPAC to change the definition of the hydrogen bond. Prof. Arunan has become an international authority on hydrogen bonding and other intermolecular interactions and has recently defined a carbon bond. While doing his independent work on microwave spectroscopy, he also established a successful collaboration with the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Science. This led to the development of single pulse shock tube facilities which were used to solve both fundamental problems in chemical kinetics and applied problems of interest to national space and defense organizations. Special contributions to teaching, promotion and management of science - Prof. Arunan started his career at the Indian Institute of Technology where he taught both basic and advanced courses. He introduced two new advanced courses in molecular spectroscopy and chemical kinetics and dynamics. Since moving to the Indian Institute of Science, he has taught several courses. He has been a staunch supporter of the new UG programme introduced recently and has been in all the committees involved in designing this programme and currently serves in the Senate UG Committee monitoring the progress of UG students. He has been the convener of the integrated Ph. D. programme in Chemical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science since 2010. He is a member of the Educational panel at the Indian Academy of Sciences and hence a member of the Joint Science Education Panel of the Three science academies in India. He served in the committee selecting summer research fellows for several years and in the last three years he has been the Convener of this committee. He has organized several workshops and given lectures to high school, college and university students all over India. He has written several articles in Resonance, Journal of Education focusing on the van der Waals forces keeping high school and college students in mind. He has served as a member of the DST Programme Appraisal Committee in Physical Chemistry and has served in numerous selection and evaluation committees. He has been in the Editorial advisory board of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics since 2005 and is an Associate Editor of Current Science and the Journal of Chemical Science. He has joined the editorial board of the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy in 2014. He has been invited as a Guest in the Editorial board for the Annual Reviews in Physical Chemistry in 2014 and the editorial board is responsible for the 2016 issue. He has been the vice-chairman of the GATE exam from IISc for the last two years.

Proposer : Prof. E.D. Jemmis, Seconder : Prof. G.R. Desiraju Ten Best Publications : 1. P. K. Mandal and E. Arunan, (2001) ―Hydrogen bond radii for the hydrogen halides and van der Waals radius of hydrogen‖ J. Chem. Phys. 114, 3880 2. B. Rajakumar, K. P. J. Reddy and E. Arunan ―Unimolecular HCl elimination from 1,2-dichloroethane: A single pulse shock tube and ab initio study‖, J. Phys. Chem. A.106, 8366 (2002) 3. M. Goswami, P. K. Mandal, D. Ramdass and E. Arunan, (2004) ―Rotational spectra and structure of the floppy C2H4-H2S complex: Bridging hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions‖ Chem. Phys. Lett. 393, 22. 4. V. Kulkarni, G. M. Hegde, G. Jagadeesh, E. Arunan and K. P. J. Reddy. (2008) ―Aerodynamic drag reduction by heat addition into the shock layer for a large angle blunt cone in hypersonic flow‖ Phys. Fluid, 20, 081703. 5. B. Raghavendra and E. Arunan, (2008) ―Hydrogen bonding with a hydrogen bond: The methane-water complex and the pentacoordinate carbon‖ Chem. Phys. Lett. 467, 37 6. M. Goswami and E. Arunan, (2009) ―The Hydrogen Bond: A molecular beam microwave spectroscopist‘s view with a universal appeal‖, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 8974. 7. (A) E. Arunan

*, G. R. Desiraju, R. A. Klein, J. Sadlej, S. Scheiner, I. Alkorta, D. C. Clary, R. H.

Crabtree, J. J. Dannenberg, P. Hobza, H. G. Kjaergaard, A. C. Legon, B. Mennucci and D. J. Nesbitt, (2011) ―Definition of the Hydrogen Bond‖ Pure Appl. Chem. 83, 1637. (B) E. Arunan

*, G. R. Desiraju, R.

A. Klein, J. Sadlej, S. Scheiner, I. Alkorta, D. C. Clary, R. H. Crabtree, J. J. Dannenberg, P. Hobza, H. G. Kjaergaard, A. C. Legon, B. Mennucci and D. J. Nesbitt, (2011) ―Defining the hydrogen bond: An Account‖ Pure Appl. Chem. 83, 1619. 8. V. Chandrasekaran, L. Biennier, E. Arunan, D. Talbi and R. Georges (2011) ―Direct Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Benzene Dimer‖ J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 11263. 9. M. Goswami and E. Arunan, (2011) ―Microwave Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies on phenylacetylene· H2O Complex: CH---O and OH--- Hydrogen Bonds as Equal Partners‖Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13,14153. 10. D. Mani and E. Arunan (2013) "The X-C---Y (X = O/F, Y = O, S, F, Cl, Br, N, P,) Carbon bond and hydrophobic interactions" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15,14377 (featured in cover and also the RSC blog and became the number one article downloaded that week. Chemical and Engineering News wrote a story on Carbon bond in the 6 January 2014 issue)

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BATCHU, VENKATESWARA RAO (b 1960), Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical

Technology, Hyderabad


Dr B V Rao is an excellent synthetic organic chemist and versatile researcher with perseverence. He has 99 publications in various journals and 10 patents to his credit. His contributions in basic research are very well cited and reviewed. He is involved in the synthesis of biologically active compounds, carbohydrate mimics, novel strategies in Chiron approach, asymmetric synthesis, process development, design and synthesis of NCEs. His focus is on atom economy, cascade reactions and high optical purity. He developed a novel methodology for the macrolactonisation (BoC anhydride) and achieved first total synthesis of optically active azamacrolides (defence chemicals). The first total synthesis of jaspineB was achieved and several analogues were prepared and established the importance of stereochemistry in their cancer activity. Shortest route to chiral chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol and synthesis of a-lipoic acid, hepialone, pestalotin, chiral piperididinones, brevicomins and novel oxygeneated di-spiroperoxiketals by converting aromatics to aliphatics using Birch reduction apart from polyoxygeneated heterocycles has been developed. For the synthesis of carbohydrate mimics (glycosidase inhibitors) such as cyclitols and imnosugars he developed NHK-RCM and Tebbe mediated cascades reaction strategy and for threo / erythro amino hydroxyl units by nucleophilic addition on sugar imines and diversity oriented synthesis. 2, 3 Wittig rearrangement strategy and acid catalysed amido cylisation protocol for synthesis of imino sugars are another noteworthy contributions. He worked on DST-Industry projects anti inflammatory products (Ranbaxy), vaccine adjuvants (Bharat Biotech), Indo-French (NCEs) apart from OSDD project for tuberculosis and actively involved in 12th five year programme.

Proposer : Dr. M.Lakshmikantam, Seconder : Dr.G.V.M.Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. B.V.Rao et a, 2005 The first synthesis of ...... Tetrahedron Letters 325-327 (if=2.397, ci=55) 2. B.V.Rao et al, 2007 synthesis of 1,4 dideoxy,1,4 imino....Tetrahedron 8746 (if=2.803, ci=28) 3. B.V.Rao et al 2007 A short efficient synthesis fo ...... Journal of Organic Chemistry 72, 2224 (if=4.564,

ci=27) 4. B.V.Rao et al 2009 A short and common chemical approach ..... Tetrahedron Asymmetry 1217 (if=2.115, ci=24) 5. B.V.Rao et al 2010 stereoselective synthesis and biological stru... Synthesis 115 (if=2.5, ci=19) 6. B.V.Rao et al 2010 A stereoselective approach for .............Tetrahedron letters 51, 23, 3083 (if=2.397,

ci=17) 7. B.V.Rao et al 2010 A common strategy for the synthesis .......... Tetrahedron Asymmetry 21, 8, 930 (if=2.115, ci=16) 8. B.V.Rao et al, 2008 synthesis of 4a carba......... Chem Comm 3423 (if=6.378, ci=10) 9. B.V.Rao et al 2013 A divergent stereoselective approach......Eur..J.Org.Chem. (if=3.344, ci=9) 10. B.V.Rao et al 2011 A stereoselective approach..... Tetrahedron Asymmetry 1306-1341

(if=2.115, ci=10)

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


Dr. Bhattacharyya has made outstanding contributions towards development of materials for application in electrochemical energy, sensors and photo-responsive devices. He has also made remarkable contributions in the critical understanding of correlation of materials structure with function. His approach towards novel materials synthesis is targeted towards both applications and fundamental research. Primarily focus has been on the development of multifunctional high performance soft materials and inorganic/hybrid tailored (nano)structured materials. Polymer electrolytes based on organic liquids (Electrochim. Acta 2008; Electrochem. Comm. 2008), organic-inorganic hybrid electrolytes (Energy Environ. Sc. 2011; J. Phys. Chem. C 2009; Adv. Mater. 2004) and inorganic nanostructured materials (J. Mater. Chem. 2010) have been demonstrated to be potentially attractive for various rechargeable battery chemistries. Owing to potential commercial viability, he has filed Indian Patents with regard to his works on soft matter electrolytes and nanostructured electrodes. He has also developed inorganic nanostructured assemblies having great potential in solar cells (Energy Environ. Sc. 2013), controlled drug delivery (J. Control. Release 2009), biological/environmental sensors (J. Phys. Chem. B 2009; J. Mater. Chem. B 2013) and photocatalysis (Talanta 2010). Using various spectroscopic, diffraction/scattering (including synchrotron, neutron scattering), electrochemical characterization tools, Dr. Bhattacharyya has convincingly demonstrated interesting confinement effects on organic (bio)molecule structure and function (J. Phys. Chem. B 2012; ChemPhysChem 2014) and charge transport at small length scales (Energy Environ. Sc. 2011; J. Phys. Chem. B 2009; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012). The theoretical interpretations of the materials properties are expected to have far reaching implications in diverse areas of chemical sciences.

Proposer : Prof. S. Natarajan, Seconder : Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan


1. Shyamal K. Das, Soumit S. Mandal and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2011, ―Ionic conductivity, mechanical strength and Li-ion battery performance of mono-functional and bi-functional (‗‗Janus‘‘) ‗‗soggy sand‘‘ electrolytes‖, Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 1391-1399. (if=15.49, ci=33)

2. Shyamal K. Das, Srikarrao Darmakolla and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2010, ―High lithium storage in micrometer sized mesoporous spherical self-assembly of anatase titania nanospheres and carbon‖, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 1600-1606. (if=6.626, ci=68)

3. Shobhna Kapoor, Rajesh Hegde and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2009, ―Influence of surface chemistry of mesoporous alumina with wide pore distribution on controlled drug release‖, J. Control. Release 140, 34-39. (if=7.261, ci=44)

4. Shobhna Kapoor and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2009, ―Ultrasound-triggered controlled drug delivery and biosensing using silica nanotubes‖, J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 7155-7163. (if=4.835, ci=36)

5. Shyamal K. Das and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2009, ―High lithium storage in mixed crystallographic phase nanotubes of titania and carbon-titania‖, J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 17367-17371. (if=4.835, ci=31)

6. Shyamal K. Das, Shobhna Kapoor, H. Yamada and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2009, ―Effects of surface acidity and pore size of mesoporous alumina on degree of loading and controlled release of ibuprofen‖, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 118, 267-272 (if=3.209, ci=29)

7. Supti Das, Siriyara J. Prathapa, Pramod V. Menezes, Tayur N. Guru Row and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2009, ―Study of ion transport in lithium perchlorate-succinonitrile plastic crystalline electrolyte via ionic conductivity and in situ cryo crystallography‖, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 5025-5031. (if=3.377, ci=30)

8. Monalisa Patel, Kodihalli G. Chandrappa and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2008, ―Increasing ionic conductivity and mechanical strength of a plastic electrolyte by inclusion of a polymer‖, Electrochim. Acta 54, 209-215. (if=4.086, ci=44)

9. Monalisa Patel and Aninda J. Bhattacharyya*, 2008, ―Plastic-polymer composite electrolytes: Novel soft matter electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries‖, Electrochem. Comm. 10, 1912-1915. (if=4.287, ci=31)

10. Aninda J. Bhattacharyya# and Joachim Maier, 2004, ―Second phase effects on the conductivity of non-aqueous salt solutions: soggy sand electrolytes‖, Adv. Mater. 16, 811-814. (if=15.409, ci=120)

286

BHAUMIK, ASIM (b 1968), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


Nominee has made significant contributions in many frontline areas of chemistry, both in the advancement of basic science and in applied research: designing of novel functionalized microporous and mesoporous materials, promoting the crystallization rate of zeolites, metal ion incorporation in different porous frameworks, eco-friendly liquid phase oxidation catalysis, metal ion sensing, H2/CO2 storage, dye sensitized solar cells, water purification, drug delivery and so on. Due to this wide-scale research activity in the area of energy and environmental research, the nominee has published a total of 270 original research papers till date, which include many papers in very high impact factor journals like: Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Functional Materials, ChemSusChem, Green Chemistry, Chem. Commun., Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry-A-European Journal, Journal of Catalysis, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, J. Mater. Chem., ChemCatChem, Appl. Catal. A/B, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Dalton Trans., J. Phys. Chem. C, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Nanotechnology, Catalysis Science & Technology, and so on. Nominee has currently more than 5000 citations of his published papers and his h-index is 40 at his current age of 46 years, which is highly impressive. He has also made one US patent and seven Japanese and five Indian patents. His recent research area on functionalized mesoporous materials for light-harvesting, sensing, gas storage, drug-delivery and catalysis is very exciting in the context of advancement of science and technology.

Proposer : Prof. Bhupendra Nath Dev, Seconder : Dr. Susanta Roychoudhury


1. Rajiv Kumar, Asim Bhaumik, Ranjeet Kaur Ahedi and S. Ganapathy, 1996, Promoter-induced enhancement of the crystallization rate of zeolites and related molecular sieves. Nature, 381, 298-300. (if=36.28, ci=116)

2. Asim Bhaumik and Takashi Tatsumi, 2000, Organically modified titanium rich Ti-MCM-41, efficient catalysis for epoxidation reactions, Journal of Catalysis, 189, 31-39. (if=6.07, ci=164)

3. Asim Bhaumik and Shinji Inagaki, 2001, Mesoporous titanium phosphate molecular sieves with high ion-exchange capacity, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, 691–696. (if=11.44, ci=251)

4. Debraj Chandra, Toshiyuki Yokoi, Takashi Tatsumi and Asim Bhaumik, 2007, Highly Luminescent Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Mesoporous Silicas Containing Tunable Chemosensor Inside the Pore-Wall, Chemistry of Matererials, 19, 5347-5354. (if=8.53, ci=66)

5. Krishanu Sarkar, Kaushik Dhara, Mahasweta Nandi, Partha Roy, Asim Bhaumik, and P. Banerjee, 2009, Selective Fluorescence Zinc Ion Sensing by Functionalized Mesoporous Material Grafted with Fluorescent Chromophore and Consequent Biological Application, Advanced Functional Materials, 19, 223-234. (if=10.42, ci=106)

6. Arindam Modak, John Mondal, M. Sasidharan and Asim Bhaumik, 2011, Triazine functionalized ordered mesoporous polymer: a novel solid support for Pd-mediated C-C cross coupling reactions in water, Green Chemistry, 13, 1317-1331. (if=6.85, ci=59)

7. John Mondal, Tapas Sen and Asim Bhaumik, 2012, Fe3O4@mesoporous SBA-15: A robust and magnetically recoverable catalyst for one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones via Biginelli reaction, Dalton Transactions, 41, 6173-6181. (if=4.11, ci=63)

8. Arindam Modak, Mahasweta Nandi, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik, 2012, Porphyrin based porous organic polymers: Novel synthetic strategy and exceptionally high CO2 adsorption capacity, Chemical Communications, 48, 248-250. (if=6.79, ci=47)

9. Nabanita Pal and Asim Bhaumik, 2013, Surfactant assisted synthesis of mesoporous materials: inorganic, organic-inorganic hybrid and purely organic solids, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 189–190, 21–41. (if=8.63, ci=29)

10. Saikat Dutta, Asim Bhaumik and Kevin C. –W. Wu, 2014, Hierarchically Porous Carbon Derived from Polymers and Biomass: Effect of Interconnected Pores on Energy Applications, Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 3445-3816. (if=15.49, ci=6)

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CHANDRA, AMALENDU (b 1963), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur


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, ‖Dynamics of halide ion-water hydrogen bonds in aqueous solutions:

Dependence on ion size and temperature‖, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 9674-9680 (2006). (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


The contribution of Prof. Prasanta K Das in the interdisciplinary domain of Chemistry and Biology is excellent. His research is focused on the development of novel amphiphile based supramolecular self-assemblies, which have been judiciously exploited in biocatalysis to biomedicine. Prof. Das‘s contribution in ‗biocatalysis within organized assemblies‘ is truly a benchmark. He first time showed the importance of ‗space‘ for modulating enzyme activity in membrane-mimetic systems (Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 4881). Through rational designing of small amphiphiles, he has developed unique class of self-assembled soft-nanocomposite (Chem. Eur. J. 2006,12, 5068; Langmuir 2008, 24, 4280) with a structure-property relationship for gelation of amino acid-based amphiphiles for diversified applications (Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8389; Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12486-12496; Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1349-1358; Langmuir 2009, 25, 8639). The amphiphilic hydrogelators exhibited a broad spectrum antimicrobial activity while biocompatible to mammalian cells exhibiting its potential as tissue engineering scaffold (Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2008, 100, 756; Langmuir 2011, 27, 5000-5008; Langmuir 2013, 29, 316-327). His discovery in developing task specific soft-nanocomposite as targeted drug delivery vehicle is remarkable. Prof. Das developed functional amphiphiles for efficient dispersion of carbon nanotube through CNT included self-assemblies (Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8386) that are used as target specific intracellular cargo transporters for drug/DNA/protein towards cancerous cells in contrast to non-cancerous cells (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11243; J. Mater. Chem. B 2014, 2, 1160). This aqueous CNT-amphiphile dispersion comes with huge promise to formulate alternative new age drug delivery systems.

Proposer : Prof. Debi Prasad Sarkar , Seconder : Prof. Prahlad C. Ghosh


1. Deep Mandal, Tanmoy Kar and Prasanta Kumar Das*, 2014, Pyrene Based Fluorescent Ambidextrous Gelator: Scaffold for Mechanically Robust SWNT-Gel Nanocomposite. Chem. Eur. J. 20, 1349-1358. (if=5.696, ci=6)

2. Sounak Dutta, Tanmoy Kar, Deep Mandal and Prasanta Kumar Das* 2013, Structure and Properties of Cholesterol Based Hydrogelators with Varying Hydrophilic Terminals: Biocompatibility and Development of Antibacterial Soft Nanocomposites. Langmuir 29, 316-327. (if=4.384, ci=15)

3. Subhra Kanti Mandal, Tanmoy Kar, Dibyendu Das and Prasanta Kumar Das*, 2012, The Striking influence of SWNT-COOH on self-assembled gelation. Chem. Commun. 48, 1814-1816. (if=6.718, ci=13)

4. 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=11.336, ci=23)

5. Sounak Dutta, Anshupriya Shome, Tanmoy Kar and Prasanta Kumar Das*. 2011, Counterion-Induced Modulation in the Antimicrobial Activity and Biocompatibility of Amphiphilic Hydrogelators: Influence of in situ Synthesized Ag-nanoparticle on the Bactericidal Property. Langmuir 27, 5000-5008. (if=4.384, ci=29)

6. Sisir Debnath, Anshupriya Shome, Dibyendu Das and Prasanta Kumar Das*. 2010, Hydrogelation Through Self-Assembly of Fmoc-Peptide Functionalized Cationic Amphiphiles: Potent Antibacterial Agent. J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 4407-4415. (if=3.377, ci=51)

7. Tanmoy Kar, Sisir Debnath, Dibyendu Das, Anshupriya Shome, and Prasanta Kumar Das*. 2009, Organogelation and Hydrogelation of Low-Molecular-Weight Amphiphilic Dipeptides: pHResponsiveness in Phase Selective Gelation and Dye Removal. Langmuir 25, 8639-8648. (if=4.384, ci=69)

8. 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. Langmuir 24, 4280-4288. (if=4.384, ci=82)

9. 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=5.696, ci=76)

10. 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=5.696, ci=51)

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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


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)

290

DATTA, ANINDYA (b 1970), Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai


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. Is Dual Morphology of Rock-salt Crystals possible with a single additive? The answer is Barbituric acid,

Anik Sen and Bishwajit Ganguly, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 11279. (if=13.734, ci=1) 2. Rational Design on a new class of polycyclic organic bases bearing two superbasic sites and their

applications in CO2 capture and activation process, Rabindranath Lo, Ajeet Singh, Manoj K. Kesharwani

and Bishwajit Ganguly, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5865.(if=6.378, ci=6) 3. First principle studies toward the design of a new class of carbene superbases involving intramolecular

H….π interactions, Rabindranath Lo and Bishwajit Ganguly, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 7395. (if=6.378,

ci=7) 4. Efficient and simple colorimetric fluoride ion sensor based on receptors having urea and thiourea

binding sites, D. A. Jose, D. K. Kumar, B. Ganguly and A. Das, Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 3445. (if=6.142,

ci=255) 5. In Silico Studies in Exploiting Weak Noncovalent C–H+•••π and π–π Interactions To Achieve Dual

Properties: Hyperbasicity and Multiple Dihydrogen Storage Materials with Paracyclophane-Based

Carbene Derivatives, Rabindranath Lo and Bishwajit Ganguly, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 19325.

(if=4.814, ci=1) 6. Influence of formamide on the crystal habit of LiF, NaCl, and KI: A DFT and aqueous solvent model

study, A. Singh, M. K. Kesharwani and B. Ganguly, Cryst. Growth Des. 2009, 9, 77. (if=4.689, ci=12) 7. A simple computational model for predicting π-facial selectivity in reductions of sterically unbiased

ketones: On the relative importance of electrostatic and orbital interactions, B. Ganguly, J.

Chandrasekhar, F. A. Khan and G. Mehta, J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 1734. (if=4.564, ci=51) 8. Computational study of urea and its homologue glycinamide; Conformations, rotational barriers, and

relative interactions with sodium chloride, A. Singh, S. Chakraborty and B. Ganguly, Langmuir, 2007, 23,

5406. (if=4.187, ci=15) 9. In Silico Studies towards Understanding the Interactions of the DNA base-pairs with protonated

Linear/Cyclic Diamines, Anik Sen, Debashis Sahu and Bishwajit Ganguly, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117,

9840. (if=3.607, ci=0) 10.A density functional study towards the preferential binding of anions to urea and thiourea, D. A. Jose, A. Singh, A. Das and B. Ganguly, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 3695. (if=2.397, ci=14)

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GHORAI, MANAS KUMAR (b 1967), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur


Prof. Ghorai has been involved in the area of asymmetric synthesis of biologically active compounds by utilizing the concept of memory of chirality (MOC) and chiral pool approach for chiral induction. He has demonstrated the MOC concept in enolate and imino-aldol chemistry for the first time in the country. His research group has conclusively established that activated aziridines and azetidines undergo SN2-type ring-opening reactions in the presence of a Lewis acid producing chiral products contrary to the earlier literature reports involving the intermediacy of 1,3- or 1,4-dipoles which would afford the products in the racemic form. His extensive synthetic, mechanistic and computational studies garnered much scientific deliberation and the groundbreaking finding has paved the way for a new innovative and creative synthetic route towards various non-racemic bio- and pharmacologically active acyclic and cyclic compounds of contemporary interest. Very recently, he has successfully applied the methodology for donor-acceptor cyclopropanes for the stereoselective synthesis of a number of carbacycles. As a part of his interests in stereoselective synthesis of bioactive molecules, he has developed many new domino reactions e. g. domino-imino-aldol-aza-Michael, domino-aldol-Michael, domino-Michael-Michael and domino ring opening cyclization (DROC) of activated aziridines and azetidines for the stereoselective formation of carbacycles and aza/oxa- heterocycles. His research group has efficaciously employed metal- and organocatalysts in the field of domino reactions as well. Overall his research activities including original contributions in the related fields provided new directions to organic synthesis in general and asymmetric synthesis in particular.

Proposer : Prof. Sandeep Verma, Seconder : Prof. Ashutosh Sharma


1. Ghorai, M. K.; Kumar, A.; Das, K. Lewis Acid-Mediated Unprecedented Ring-Opening Rearrangement of 2-Aryl-N-tosylazetidnes to Enantiopure (E)-Allylamines. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5441–5444. (if= 6.324, ci= 27)

2. Ghorai, M. K.; Shukla, D.; Das, K. Enantioselective Syntheses of Morpholines and Their Homologues via an SN2-Type Ring-Opening of Aziridine and Azetidine with Haloalcohols. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 7013–7022. (if= 4.638, ci= 45)

3. Ghorai, M. K.; Kumar, A.; Tiwari, D. P. BF3.OEt2-Mediated Highly Regioselective SN2-Type Ring-Opening of N-Activated Aziridines and N-Activated Azetidines by Tetraalkylammonium Halides. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 137–151. (if= 4.638, ci= 44)

4. Ghorai, M. K.; Tiwari, D. P. Lewis Acid Catalyzed Highly Stereoselective Domino Ring- Opening Cyclization of Activated Aziridines with Enolates: Synthesis of Functionalized Chiral γ-Lactams. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 6173–6181. (if= 4.638, ci= 35)

5. Ghorai, M. K.; Halder, S.; Das, R. K. Domino Imino-Aldol-Aza-Michael Reaction: One-Pot Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Piperidines. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7061–7072 (Featured Article). (if= 4.638, ci= 20)

6. Ghorai, M. K.; Nanaji, Y.; Yadav, A. K. Ring Opening/ C-N Cyclization of Activated Aziridines with Carbon Nucleophiles: Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydroquinolines. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4256–4259. (if= 6.324, ci= 21)

7. Ghorai, M. K.; Shukla, D.; Bhattacharyya, A. Syntheses of Chiral β- and γ-Amino Ethers, Morpholines, and Their Homologues via Nucleophilic Ring-Opening of Chiral Activated Aziridines and Azetidines. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 3740–3753. (if= 4.638, ci= 15)

8. Ghorai, M. K.; Talukdar, R.; Tiwari, D. P. An efficient synthetic route to carbocyclic enaminonitriles via Lewis acid catalyzed domino-ring-opening-cyclization (DROC) of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with malononitrile. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8205–8207. (if= 6.718, ci= 7)

9. Ghorai, M. K.; Ghosh, K.; Yadav, A. K.; Nanaji, Y.; Halder, S.; Sayyad, M. Memory of Chirality (MOC) Concept in Imino-Aldol Reaction: Enantioselective Synthesis of α,β-Diamino Esters and Aziridines. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 2311–2326. (if= 4.634, ci= 6)

10. A Route to Highly Functionalized β-Enaminoesters via a Domino-Ring Opening-Cyclization-Decarboxylative Tautomerization Sequence of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Substituted Malononitriles. Manas K. Ghorai, Ranadeep Talukdar, Deo Prakash Tiwari Org. Lett. 2014, 14, 2204-2207 (if= 6.324, ci= 7)

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KALE, BHARAT BHANUDAS (b 1963), Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET), Pune


Working at Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Pune 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. B. K. Das , Seconder : Dr. Anil Kumar


1. 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=10.04, ci=193)

2. 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=7.8, ci=27)

3. 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=6.8, ci=31)

4. NS Chaudhari, AP Bhirud, RS Sonawane, LK Nikam, SS Warule, VH Rane, BB Kale, Green Chem, Ecofriendly hydrogen production from abundant hydrogen sulfide using solar light-driven hierarchical nanostructured ZnIn2S4 photocatalyst, 201113, 2500-2506. (if=6.8, ci=34)

5. SK Apte, SN Garaje, SD Naik, RP Waichal, BB Kale, 2013, Environmentally benign enhanced H2 production from abundant copious waste H2S using size tuneable cubic bismuth (Bi 0) quantum dots–GeO2 glass photocatalyst under solar light, Green Chemistry, 15 (12), 3459-3467 (if=6.3, ci=1)

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=6.2, ci=15)

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=6.37, ci=3)

8. NS Chaudhari, SS Warule, SA Dhanmane, MV Kulkarni, M Valant, ...B Kale, ,2013, Nanostructured N-doped TiO2 marigold flowers for an efficient solar hydrogen production from H2S, Nanoscale, 5 (19), 9383-9390 (if=6.28, ci=8)

9. VU Pandit, SS Arbuj, RR Hawaldar, PV Kshirsagar, UP Mulik, SW Gosavi, J Park, BB Kale In-situ Preparation of Novel Organo-Inorganic (6, 13-Pentacenequinone: TiO2) coupled Semiconductor Nanosystem: A new Visible Light active Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Generation. J. Mater. Chem. A, (if=6.28)

10. TC. Jagadale, SP. Takale, RS. Sonawane, HM. Joshi, SI. Patil, BB. Kale, SB. Ogale , N:TiO2 nanoparticle based visible light photo-catalyst by modified peroxide sol-gel method, J. Physical Chem. C 2008,112,14595-14802. (if=4.8, ci=211)

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GOPINATHA, SURESH KUMAR (b 1957), Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical

Biology, Kolkata 700032 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) 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 anticarcinogenic agents.

Proposer : Prof. Smriti Narayan Chatterjee, Seconder : Dr. Ayyyappanpillai 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. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 9209-9217. (if=10.66, ci=43) 2. Bhadra, K, Maiti, M and Suresh Kumar, G* (2007) Molecular recognition of nucleic acids by small molecules: Mode and base specificity of DNA binding of cytotoxic alkaloid palmatine. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1770, 1071-1080. (if=3.848, ci=79) 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, 1636-1650. (if=3.848, ci=34) 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=3.607, ci=65) 5. Sinha, R and Suresh Kumar, G* (2009) Interaction of isoquinoline alkaloids with 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=3.607, ci=36) 6. Saha, I, Hossain M. and Suresh Kumar, G* (2010) Base pair specificity and energetics of binding of phenazinium molecules phenosafranin and safranin-O to deoxyribonucleic acids: A comparative study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 12, 12771-12779. (if=3.829, ci=15) 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=3.607, ci=15) 8. Bhadra, K, 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=3.848, ci=17) 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=3.607, ci=12) 10. Das A and Suresh Kumar, G (2013) Studies on the binding of aristololactam-beta-D-glucoside and daunomycin to single stranded polyribonucleotides. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1830, 4078-4718. (if=3.848, ci=11)

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MAL, DIPAKRANJAN (b 1952), Professor and Head, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur


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, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, 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). Metal complexes: First Re(I) complexes of core-modified porphyrins (IC-2012, IC-2014), 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). BODIPYs: Several new functionalized BODIPY dyes are prepared to construct several BODIPY based assemblies (JOC-2011, 8466; JOC-2011, 7263; JOC-2012). BODIPY based sensors were developed and demonstrated their specificity for particular anions and cations (IC-2011, IC-2013, IC-2014, JMC C-2014).

Proposer : Prof. H.B. Singh, Seconder : Prof. V.K. Jain Ten Best Publications : 1. 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. CI=25, IF=4.64 2. Madhu, S., Ravikanth, M., 2012, Synthesis, spectral, electrochemical, and anion binding properties of 3,5-bis(dipyrromethanyl) boron-dipyrromethenes, Inorganic Chemistry 51 (7), pp. 4285-4292. CI=21, IF=4.79 3. Pareek, Y., Ravikanth, M., 2012, Multiporphyrin arrays on cyclophosphazene scaffolds: Synthesis and studies, Chemistry - A European Journal 18 (28), pp. 8835-8846. CI=8, IF=5.70 4. Lakshmi, V., Ravikanth, M., 2011, Synthesis of sterically crowded polyarylated boron-dipyrromethenes, Journal of Organic Chemistry 76 (20), pp. 8466-8471. CI=27, IF=4.56 5. 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. CI=37, IF=4.79 6. Rajeswara Rao, M., Ravikanth, M., 2011, Boron complexes of oxasmaragdyrin, a core-modified expanded porphyrin, Journal of Organic Chemistry 76 (9), pp. 3582-3587. CI=30, IF=4.64 7. Rao, M.R., Mobin, S.M., Ravikanth, M., 2010, Boron-dipyrromethene based specific chemodosimeter for fluoride ion, Tetrahedron 66 (9), pp. 1728-1734. CI=59, IF=2.82 8. 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. CI=25, IF=4.79 9. Rao, M.R., Gayatri, G., Kumar, A., Sastry, G.N., Ravikanth, M., 2009, Cyclotriphosphazene ring as a platform for multiporphyrin assemblies, Chemistry - A European Journal 15 (14), pp. 3488-3496. CI=29, IF=5.70 10. 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. CI=31, IF=4.64

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MURUGAVEL, RAMASWAMY (b 1964), Institute Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, 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. Vishwakarma Singh


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 (M = Co, Ni, or Zn; BTEC = 1,2,4,5-Benzenetetra-carboxylate). Dalton Trans. 2002, 34-39. (if=4.097, ci=112 (SciFinder))

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: X-ray Crystal Structures of [Ca(2-aba)2(OH2)3] [{Sr(2-aba)2(OH2)2}*H2O] and [Ba(2-aba)2(OH2)], (2-abaH = 2-NH2C6H4COOH). Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 1381-1390., (if=4.593, ci=95 (SciFinder))

3. G. Prabusankar and R. Murugavel *, Hexameric Organotin Carboxylates with Cyclic and Drum Structures, Organometallics 2004, 23, 5644-5647. (if=4.253, ci=86 (SciFinder))

4. 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 of Calcium, Strontium, and Barium Complexes of 2,2'-Dithio-(bisbenzoic acid) , Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6870-6878 (if=4.593, ci= 82 (SciFinder))

5. 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: Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, Structural Studies, and Role of Auxiliary Ligands, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 427-434 (if=4.593, ci=72 (SciFinder))

6. 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=6.718, ci= 58 (SciFinder))

7. 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=11.336, ci=51 (SciFinder))

8. R. Murugavel*, M. Sathiyendiran, R. Pothiraja, M. G. Walawalkar, T. Mallah*, and E. Riviere, Monomeric, tetrameric, and polymeric copper di-tert-butyl phosphate complexes containing pyridine ancillary ligands, Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 945-953. (if=4.593, ci=50 (SciFinder))

9. R. Murugavel*, and S. Shanmugan, Assembling metal phosphonates in the presence of monodentate-terminal and bidentate-bridging pyridine ligands. Use of non-covalent and covalent-coordinate interactions to build polymeric metal-phosphonate architectures, Dalton Trans. 2008, 5358-5367. (if=4.097, ci=41 (SciFinder))

10. R. Murugavel*, and S. Kuppuswamy, Octameric and decameric aluminophosphates Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7022-7026(if=11.336, ci=39 (SciFinder))

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


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


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; CSIR – Central Electrochemical Research Institute, karaikudi


During the last two decades, the nominee has made significant contributions to Materials Engineering and Material Science – dealing with self-assembled monolayers, nanowires, functionalized Carbon nanotubes, Graphene quantum dots and unique organo-inorganic hybrid materials with respect to their applications in molecular electronics and energy storage. One of his important contributions is the finding that diphenyl disulphide monolayer covered substrates can act as a cathode material for rechargeable Li batteries with several potential advantages, including high-surface area, facile fabrication and rejuvenation capability. Recently, it was also shown that graphene quantum dots and Au and Rh nanoclusters (< 3 nm diameter) exhibit single electron charging despite their atto-farad capacitance. The article on ―Self-assembled Monolayers as tunable platforms for Biosensor Applications‖ by the nominee in Biosensors and Bioelectronics has been cited 543 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 hand demonstrates remarkable utility as fuel cell electrolyte. The nominee has also demonstrated expertise by working with Industries as a valuable consultant or collaborator with Bharat Electronics Ltd (Pune), EXIDE Industries (Mumbai) , United Phosphorous Ltd(UPL), Vapi , RIL, Mumbai in addition to the successful completion of a major R&D project on silver nanowires for Ms. Honeywell Incorporated US. He is also a member of the editorial Board of Bulletin of Material Sciences, and Electrocatalysis (both by Springer), two important journals in the area of Materials Science and Electrochemistry.

Proposer : Prof. K T Jacob, Seconder : Prof. V. Subramanian


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=12.062, ci=4)

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=11.734, ci=10)

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=10.677, ci=75)

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=15.49, ci=14)

5. Mahima Subhramannia and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, 2009, Shape dependant electrocatalytic activity of Platinum nanostructures, J. Materials Chemistry,18, 5858-5870 (if=6.626, ci=127)

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=12.94, ci=71)

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=11.734, ci=117)

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=3.535, ci=151)

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=4.187, ci=226)

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=5.43, ci=543)

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SINGH, ANAND PAL (b 1953), Emeritus Scientist, 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


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=6.07, ci=31)

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=3.697, ci=72)

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=6.07, ci=68)

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=6.07, ci=30)

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=6.07, ci=35)

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=3.209, ci=38)

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=3.32, ci=31)

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=3.697, ci=22)

9. Priti Sharma, A P Singh; 2014; Phosphine free SBA-15-EDTA-Pd highly active recyclable catalyst: Synthesis Characterization and application for Suzuki and Sonogashira reaction; Catal.Sci. & Tech.; 4, 2978 (if=4.76, ci=-)

10. Priti Sharma, A P Singh; 2014, Synthesis of a recyclable and efficient Pd(II) 4-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole complex over a solid periodic mesoporous organosilica support by ―click reactions‖ for the Stille coupling reaction; RSC Advances, 4, 43070 (if=3.708, ci=-)

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SUKUMARAN, GOPUKUMAR (b 1959), Senior Princpal Scientist, CSIR-Central Electrochemical

Research Institute, Karaikudi


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: No. 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 Academic Excellence: AREA OF RESEARCH: Polymer Chemistry Research Topic: Synthesis, Characterization and Fiber Studies of certain New Azoarornatic polyamides Project Works Guided

U.G.C Projects (POLYMER CHEMISTRy) Completed - 2 Projects Research Projects carried with Central Govt. Assistance as Principal Investigator

S.No; Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration of Project Status of Project 1. Synthesis, characterization and fiber UGC 1 year Completed Studies of certain new azo diamines. in 1987 (Polymer Chemistry) 2. Synthesis and application of polyimides UGC 2 years Completed In Aircraft (Polymer Chemistry) in 2003 • Under 'Centre for Environment Education (CEE)" supported by Ministry of Environments and Forests, Govt. of India, an interaction session was conducted between the SGP (Small Grants Programme) team and Project applicants/partners on 23.10.2006. • Contributed in brain storming session organized by IGCAR (Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) on 2.10.2006 held at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. • Presented in person an "Innovative Program for Biological Science and Bio - Technology" toUGC, New Deihl on 09.03.2004. At Meenakshi University: • Conducted a seminar on 'New Age Professionals' at Meenakshi University on 19.11.2008 - Chief Guest: Thiru. T.V. Venkatraman, Chief Secretary (Retd), Government of Tamilnadu. Editorial Advisory Board • Advisory board member - Annals of Chemical and Medical sciences - An international, quarterly published peer reviewed journal. Website: www.ctechengineering.co.in/journal Reviewer for Journals • Serving as a Reviewer for International Journal of Polymer Research, USA. • Serving as a Reviewer for International Journal of Chemical Physics. Brain child of mine • Innovative courses (First of its kInd in India) and approved by three member committee comprising UGCAICTE·IGNOU, NewDelhi viz B.I.A (Bachelor of Indian Administration) and M.I.A (Master of Indian Administration) are being introduced from the academic year 2009- 2010 at Meenaskhi University. Membershlp in Professional Bodies: • 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 e) 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, Theoretical study using dft calculations on inhibitory action of Some pyrazole derivatives on steel- J Adv Scl Res, 2013, 4(2): 31-37.

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2. G. Logesh and T. V. Rajendiran, Synthesis, Characterization and thermal properties of some new

Ether linkage Azopolyimides • Asian J.of Chemistry Vol.24,No.7,(2012),3197-3202

3. P. Udayaka/a, T. V. Rajendiran and S. Gunasekaran, Theoretical Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibition Performance of Some Triazole Derivatives, J Adv Scient Res, 2012, 3(2): 71-77 4. P. Udayaka/a, T. V. Rajendiran and S. Gunasekaran, Theoretical evaluation on the efficiencies of some Flavonoids as corrosion inhibitors on Copper, J."Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec.A, 2012, Vol.2, Nd.3,1151-1165. 5. P. Udayakala, T. V. Rajendiran and S. Gunasekaran, Theoretical approach to the corrosion inhibition efficiency of some pyrimidine derivatives using DFT method - J. Comput. Methods Mol. Des., 2012, 2 (1):1·15 6. P. Udayakala and T. V. Rajendiran, Computational Investigations on the corrosion inhibition efficiency of some pyridine based alkaloids, J. Chem. Blo. Phy. Sci. Sec.A, Nov. 2011- Jan. 2012, Vol.2, No.1, 172- 183. 7. T.V. Rajendiran, S.I. Davis Presley and M.J. Nanjan, Development of oral controlled/sustained release delivery system for CARVEDILOL - International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and consumer health Informatics, Vol.1, Issue 1, P 23 -29 (2009). www.serlalspublications.com 8. S.M. Thayumanaswamy and V. Rajendran* Film studies of Certain New Aromatic. - aliphatic polyaimdes Journal of Applied polymer Science, Issue 3, Vol. 93 P. 1305 - 1316, (2004), USA. www.lntersdencewilev.com 9. S.M. Thayumanaswamyand V. Rajendran* Synthesis and Characterization of new polyamides derived from substituted 4,4' azodianilies - Iranian poly Journal; Vol. 4, P. 257-267; 2002 IRAN. www.iranpolymerinstitute.org 10. M.J. Nanjan and II. Rajendran* Thermal behavior and Fiber Studies of Certain Azoaromatic polyamides" - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 37, 2281 -2290 (1989);.USA. www.WileyOnlinelibrary.com M.J. Nanjan and V. Rajendran* Synthesis and Characterization of Certain Aioaromatic Polyamide" - J. Polymer Science - polymer Chemistry Edn. Vol. 25, 829-838 (1987), www.johnwiley&sons.inc

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TRIVEDI, PIYUSH (b 1958), Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyala, Bhopal Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) 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 profile1,2. Research in cancer at Dr. Trivedi‘s lab is carried out in collaboration with a network of scientist from all over the world (Canada, USA, France and Malaysia) and design of small-molecule chemotherapeutics employing computational methodologies for breast and other types of cancer are key areas of interest. Dr. Trivedi‘s intensive 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 cells3,4. Some of the discovered anti breast cancer molecules have been found very effective compared to existing clinical drugs in preclinical models and elucidation of the mechanism of action of these molecules are currently on the anvil. 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 (DYRK 1A, GSK 3β, CLK1, CK1 δ and CDK-5)5,6. He has successfully developed many series of compounds (> 200 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.V. K. Singh Ten Best Publications: 1. P. Jain, C. Karthikeyan, N.S.H.N. Moorthy, D. K. Waiker, A. K. Jain, P. Trivedi, 2014, Human CDC2-

Like Kinase 1 (CLK1): A Novel Target for Alzheimer‘s Disease, Curr. Drug Targets, (Article in Press)

(if=3.93, ci=NA) 2. B. J. Mishra, A. Kaul, P. Trivedi, 2014, l-Cysteine conjugated poly l-lactide nanoparticles containing 5-

fluorouracil: formulation, characterization, release and uptake by tissues in vivo, Drug delivery, (Article in

Press). (if=2.015, ci=NA) 3. D. K. Waiker, C. Karthikeyan, V. Poongavanam, J. Kongsted, O. Lozach, L. Meijer, P. Trivedi, 2014,

Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modelling studies of 4-anilinoquinazoline derivatives as

protein kinase inhibitors, Biooorg. Med. Chem., 22, 1909-15.(if=2.82, ci=NA) 4. M. Rakse, C. Karthikeyan, G. S. Deora, N. S. H. N. Moorthy, V. Rathore, A. K. Rawat, A. K. Srivastava,

P. Trivedi, 2013, Design, synthesis and molecular modelling studies of novel 3-acetamido-4-methyl

benzoic acid derivatives as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 70, 469- 476 (if=3.5, ci=NA) 5. N.S. Hari Narayana Moorthy, C. Karthikeyan, E. Manivannan, P. Trivedi, 2013, 6H-Indolo[2,3-

b]quinoxalines: A DNA intercalator for pharmacological activities. Mini Rev. Med. Chem., 13(10), 1415-

1420. (if=2.87, ci=2) 6. N. Dubey, R. Varshney, J. Shukla, A. Ganeshpurkar, P. P. Hazari, G. P. Bandopadhaya, A. K. Mishra,

P. Trivedi, 2012, Synthesis and evaluation of biodegradable PCL/PEG nanoparticles for neuroendocrine

tumor targeted delivery of Somatostatin analog, Drug delivery, 19(3):132-42 (if=2.015, ci=5) 7. H. Khambete, S. P. Gautam, C. Karthikeyan, N. S. H. N. Moorthy, S. Ramteke, P. Trivedi, 2010, A New

approach for PEGylation of dentrimers, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 20(14), 4279-4281 (if=2.65, ci=7) 8. Ashutosh J., C. Karthikeyan, N.S.H.N. Moorthy and Piyush Trivedi, 2006, QSAR analysis of some 5-

amino-2-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole based inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases and bacterial Collagenase, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 16, 3847-3854. (if=2.34, ci=11) 9. S.Balaji, C.Karthikeyan, N.S.Hari Narayana Moorthy, P.Trivedi, 2004, QSAR Modeling of HIV-1

Reverse Transcriptase Inhibition by Benzoxazinones Using a Combination of P_VSA and

Pharmacophore Feature Descriptors, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14, 6089-6094.(if=2.34, ci=16) 10. S.K. Pandey, N.B. Naware, P. Trivedi, A.K. Saxena, 2001, Molecular modeling and 3D-QSAR studies

in 2-aziridinyl and 2,3-bis(azridinyl)-1,4-napthoquinonyl sulfonate and acylate derivatives as potential

antimalarial agents, SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 12(6), 547-64. (if=1.667, ci=9)

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VADDE, RAVINDER (b 1958), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal Member of the NASI: No (YON 2014, Chemical Sciences) Prof. Ravinder has experience in industrially useful catalysts synthesis and catalytic properties in the chemical reactions. Some of the synthetic methods of these compounds were commercialized by Specialty Chemical Services (SPECS) NL 2508CG The Hague, Netherlands. He has investigated the structure and functional group relationship between the biologically active Schiff-base macrocycles using Rh(I), Ru(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Pd(II) metal complexes and using them as catalysts (European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 44, 2621; Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2011, 59, 166). Prof. Ravinder has developed efficient method for the synthesis of water-soluble t-aryl phosphines and their Rh, Ru and Pd complexes for organic transformations (Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1994, 469, 213; Journal of Molecular Catalysis, A: Chemical, 1993, 85, 1603; European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 44, 3330). He also developed ligand of Rh(I) and Ru(II) metal complexes and study the catalytic properties in functional group transformations (Int. J. ChemTech Res., 2009, 1, 300; Spectrochimica Acta, A., 2009, 72, 204; Spectrochimica Acta, A., 2008, 70, 1231). Besides, Prof. Ravinder has much concern towards environmental chemistry (Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 2005, 25, 523). Furthermore, Prof. Ravinder has been working on novel organic- and organometallic-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) and their catalytic applications (Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 7869; Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014, 24, 1180). He has good exposure in using water soluble Rh(I)-Phosphine catalysts for catalytic hydroformylation and isomerization reactions (Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 8, 779; European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2010, 45, 1200).

Proposer : Dr. J. S. Yadav, Seconder : Dr. M. Lakshmikantam Ten Best Publications: 1. 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=2.562, ci=0) 2. S. Kankala, R. K. Kankala, P. Gundepaka, N. Thota, S. Nerella, M. R. Gangula, H. Guguloth, M. Kagga, R. Vadde, C. S. Vasam (2013). Regioselective synthesis of isoxazole-mercaptobenzimidazole hybrids and their In vivo analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity studies. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 23, 1306 . (if=2.427, ci=3) 3. 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=3.568, ci=7) 4. S. Kankala, R. Edulla, S. Modem, V. Ravinder, C. S. Vasam (2011). N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed intramolecular crossed aldehyde-ketone benzoin condensation in the chalcone of o-phthaladehyde: a facile synthesis of naphthalenones. Tetrahedron Letters, 52, 3828. (if=2.376, ci=6) 5. 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=3.849, ci=25) 6. P. M. Reddy, Yen-Peng Ho, K. Shanker, R. Rohini, V. Ravinder (2009). Physicochemical and biological characterization of novel macrocycles derived from o-phthalaldehyde. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44, 2621. (if=3.849, ci=24) 7. 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=3.849, ci=36) 8. H. Schumann, V. Ravindar, L. Meltser, W. Baidossai,Y. Sasson, J. Blum (1997). Effect of the CO2H groups of carboxylated triarylphosphines on (COD)RhCl(Par3) catalyzed isomerization of 1-octen-3-ol under phase transfer conditions. Journal of Molecular Catalysis, A: Chemical, 118, 55. (if=3.319, ci=38) 9. H.Schumann, H. Hemling and Vadde Ravinder, Y. Badrieh, J. Blum. (1994). Effects of changes in the skeleton and the catalytic activity of some new rhodium complexes with pyrazolato moieties. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 469, 213. (if=2.000, ci=35) 10. R. Srinivas, G. K. Viswanadha Rao, V. Ravinder (1993). Electron impact induced ortho effects in (o-

carboxyphenyl)diphenylphosphine. Organic Mass Spectrometry, 28, 267. (if=3.214, ci=1)

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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


World recognized academician and researchers; Total Publications: 250 including 2 Patents (Filed); Total Citation: 7,800; h-index: 38; Outstanding Publications: Nature and Chemical Reviews (ACS) with Impact Factor more than 41; Five Books (Published by International Publishers, viz., Marcel Dekker, Inc., USA; Taylor & Francis, USA; John Wiley & Sons, USA; John Wiley & Sons, UK; Elsevier, The Netherlands); Several Encyclopaedia and Book Chapters; International Research Collaborations with leading Scientists in 12 countries; Regional Editor, Current Chromatography, Bentham Science Publishers, USA; Section Editor, Current Drug Therapy, Bentham Science Publishers, USA; Associate Editor, Analytical Chemistry Letters, Taylor & Francis, USA; On Editorial Board of ten International Journals; Guest Editor, special issue of Current Cancer Drug Targets (Impact Factor 5.0) on ‗Nano Drugs: Novel Agents for Cancer Chemo-Therapy‘ (Bentham Press, USA); Reviewers for research articles of more than 50 International Journals; Research & Teaching experience of about 22 years; Life members of 1) Chromedia News, Chromedia Chromatographers Community, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2) Indian Science Congress Association, 3) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, 4) Chromatographic Society of India, 5) Indian Association for Cancer Research 6) American Nano Society; Utility of the Research Work and Publications: Books: As reference sources for students, academicians, researchers, clinicians and the Government regulatory authorities all over the world. Research Papers are being used for various industries globally. In India, Reliance Clinical Research Services, Mumbai, Indico Remedies Ltd., Mumbai, Poly Peptide Lab., Mumbai, Prochrome India Ltd., Mumbai, Cipla Pharma Ltd., Mumbai are some of the beneficiaries; Awards and Honours; Khosla Research Award-1987 by IIT, Roorkee; Visiting Consultant in 2009 and 2011 at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMAN, Visiting Scientist in 2004 and 2006 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2013; Research Advisor, American Biographical Institute, Inc., USA; Member, Faculty Committee, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi; Expert for evaluation of research projects, UCOST, Dehradun (From 2006-2008); Expert for the selection committee of SRF and RA. CSIR, New Delhi; On the Editorial Boards of the following International Journals- Separation and Purification Reviews, Taylor and Francis, USA; J. Recent Patents on Nanomedicine, Bentham Science Publishers, USA; Advances in Analytical Chemistry, Scientific & Academic Publishing, USA; Journal of Solid Tumors, Science Education Press, Canada; Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer, Netherlands; Archives of Environmental Science, Environmental Protection Science Group, China; Gazi University Journal of Science, Gazi University, Turkey; Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, The National Centre for Information & Documentation, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt; International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, 73023 Victoria Island, Lagos, Nairobi; Medical Practice and Reviews, 73023 Victoria Island, Lagos, Nairobi; International J. Genuine Traditional Medicine, Association of Genuine Traditional Medicine South Korea.; Journal of Cancer Therapy and Research, iProbe Group, Virginia, USA.

Proposer : Prof. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Seconder : Prof. Iqbal Ten Best Publications : 1. Imran Ali, and V.K. Gupta, Advances in Water Treatment by Adsorption Technology, Nature Protocol, 1: 2661-2667 (2006); Impact Factor: 10.6 and Citation: 379. 2. Imran Ali, New generation adsorbents for water treatment, Chem. Revs. (ACS), 112: 5073-5091 (2012); Impact Factor: 45.5 and Citation: 142. 3. Imran Ali, Mohd. Asim, Tabrez A. Khan, Low cost adsorbents for removal of organic pollutants from wastewater, J. Environ. Manag., 113: 170-183 (2012). Impact Factor: 3.25 and Citation: 111. 4. Imran Ali, The quest for active carbon adsorbent substitutes: inexpensive adsorbents for toxic metal ions removal from wastewater, Separation & Purification Reviews 39 (3-4), 95-171 (2010). Impact Factor: 3.5 and Citation: 77. 5. 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 (4), 1013-1017 (2006). Impact Factor: 3.8 and Citation: 36. 6. Imran Ali, VK Gupta, HY Aboul‐Enein, P Singh, B Sharma, Role of racemization in optically active drugs development, Chirality 19 (6), 453-463 (2007). Impact Factor: 2.1 and Citation: 36. 7. Imran Ali, HY Aboul-Enein, Speciation of arsenic and chromium metal ions by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography, Chemosphere 48 (3), 275-278 (2002). Impact Factor: 3.5 and Citation: 35. 8. Imran Ali, V Gupta, HY Aboul‐Enein, A Hussain, Hyphenation in sample preparation: Advancement from the micro to the nano world, Journal of separation science 31 (11), 2040-2053 (2008). Impact Factor: 2.5 and Citation: 31. 9. Imran Ali, Water treatment by adsorption columns: Evaluation at ground level, Separation & Purification Reviews 43 (3), 175-205 (2014). Impact Factor: 3.5 and Citation: 29. 10. Imran Ali, VK Gupta, HY Aboul‐Enein, Chiral resolution of some environmental pollutants by capillary

electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 24 (9), 1360-1374 (2003). Impact Factor: 3.2 and Citation: 26.

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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 : Professor 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(partial), 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


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


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


Dr. Goel has made notable contributions in the area of bioorganic and applied chemical sciences. The contribution made by his research team in identifying new orally active potent fracture healing compound CSIR-CDRI S007-1500 (Pteroheal) is remarkable and this finding is a significant advancement in the area of bone health research and holds high therapeutic potential for drug development (Goel et al.: US Granted US-8686028 dated 01-04-2014). Furthermore his research contributions in developing new fluorescent dyes for their potential use in cutting edge Diode-based Display Technology have been highly appreciated by scientific community as evident from numerous citations received for the publications evolved from his research work. Innovatively, Goel et al. have demonstrated for the first time a novel ‗concept‘ of inhibiting ―Green Emission Defect‖ in fluorene-based OLEDs by transforming ―green‖ fluorenone molecules to ―blue‖ fluorenone compounds by appropriately swapping of donor-acceptor and chromophoric groups onto widely used fluorene/fluorenone pi -conjugated system (Goel et al. PCT patent WO/2009/122445 dated 08.10.2009; PCT/IN2009/000215 dated 31.03.09). These findings have opened new vistas in the field of organic electronics. Very recently, they have discovered and reported ‗First‘ dual colorimetric-ratiometric fluorescent probe ‗NAP-3‘ for selective and direct visualization of Labile Iron (III) pools in multicellular oragnaisms (Soil nematode C. elegans) (Goel et al. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5001). On the basis of his outstanding contributions in the area of bioorganic and applied chemical sciences, his research work received high citations, which reflect the significance of his research findings and he has received many prestigious awards and honours.

Proposer : Prof. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty, Seconder : Prof. Ganesh Pandey


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 ima ging of endogenous labile iron(III) pools in C. elegans, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5001. (if=6.72, ci=0 )

2. Atul Goel*, Ashutosh Sharma, Madhu Rawat, R. S. Anand, and Ruchir Kant (2014), Synthesis of Fluorescent C2-Bridged Teraryls and Quarter aryls for Blue, Sky-Blue, Green Color Light-Emitting Devices, J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 10873-10880. (if=4.64, ci=3)

3. Goel Atul*, Sharma, Ashutosh; Kathuria, Manoj; Verma, Ashwni; Mishra, Prabhat R.; Nazir, Aamir; Mitra*, Kalyan (2014), New Fluoranthene FLUN-550 as a Fluorescent Probe for Selective Staining of Intracellular Lipid Droplets, Organic Letters 2014, 16, 756-759.(if=6.32 , ci=5 )

4. Goel, Atul*; Kumar, Amit; Raghuvanshi, Ashutosh (2013), Synthesis, Stereochemistry, Structural Classification and Chemical Reactivity of Natural Pterocarpans, Chemical Reviews, 2013, 113, 1614. (if=45.66 , ci=12)

5. 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=6.63, ci= 9)

6. 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=4.64 , ci=13)

7. Goel, Atul*.; Chaurasia, S.; Dixit, M.; Kumar, V.; Prakash, S.; Jena, B.; Verma, J. K.; Jain, M.; Anand, R. S.; Manoharan,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=6.32, ci=29)

8. 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. Highlight in Synfacts 2008, 9, 935. (if=6.32, ci=38)

9. 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=4.63, ci=24)

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=4.64, ci=26)

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GOWDA, D. CHANNE (b 1953), Professor, University of Mysore, Mysore


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 (1992) ―Hydrophobicity Scale for Proteins Based on Inverse Temperature Transitions‖, Biopolymers, 32, 1243-1250 (if=2.879, ci=95) 2. Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, S.Q. Peng, T.M. Parker and R.D. Harris, (1992) ―Design at

Nanometric Dimensions to Enhance Hydrophobicity-Induced pKa Shifts‖, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 8716-8717 (if=10.677, 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‖, (1993) Angew. Chem. (German) 195, 1523-1525, 1993; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 32, 1440-1442 (if=13.734, ci=30) 4. Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, Shao Qing Peng and Timothy M. Parker, (1995) ―Non-linear

Hydrophobic-induced pKa Shifts: Implications for Efficiency of Conversion to Chemical Energy‖, Chem. Phys. Lett., 239, 67-74 (if=2.145, 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, (1995) ―Synthesis and Characterization of Human Elastin W4 Sequence‖, Int. J. Pept. Protein Res., 46, 453-463 (if=2.527, ci=06) 6. D. Channe Gowda, (2002) ―Magnesium/Hydrazinium Monoformate: A New Hydrogenation Method for the Removal of Some Commonly used Protecting Groups in Peptide Synthesis,‖ Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 311-313 (if=2.397, ci=40) 7. K. Abiraj, G. R. Srinivasa and D. Channe Gowda, (2004) ―Novel and Efficient Synthesis of Symmetrical

Functionalized Biaryls using Zinc and Triethylammonium Formate‖, Synlett, 877-879 (if=2.710, ci=12) 8. N. Mallesha, S. Prahallada Rao, R. Suhas and D. Channe Gowda, (2011) ―An Efficient Synthesis of

tert-Butyl Ethers/Esters of Alcohols/Amino Acids using Methyl tert-Butyl Ether‖, Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 641-645. (Most downloaded Tetrahedron Letters article)(if=2.397, ci=18) 9. R. Suhas, S. Chandrashekar and D. Channe Gowda, (2012) ―Synthesis of Uriedo and Thiouriedo

Derivatives of Peptide Conjugated Heterocycles - A New Class of Promising Antimicrobials‖, Eur. J. Med. Chem., 48, 179-191 (if=3.499, ci=20) R. Suhas and D. Channe Gowda, (2012) ―Structure Based Rationale Design and Synthesis of Aurantiamide Acetate Analogues – Towards a New Class of Potent Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Agents‖, Chem. Biol. Drug Des., 79, 850-862 (if=3.499, ci=10)

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


Prof. Prasad has made outstanding original contributions in the area of synthetic organic chemistry with an emphasis on the total synthesis of enantiopure natural products of therapeutic significance. Prof. Prasad has developed original and innovative synthetic pathways and carved a niche for himself in the realm of organic synthesis. He extensively, ingeniously harnessed the abundantly available chiral pool compound tartaric acid in the synthesis of complex natural products. The synthesis of complex macrolides such as palmerolide A, seimatopolide A, macrosphelides, aspercyclide C, cladospolides, biyclic aetal containing natural product diedmniserinolipidB, styryllactones and other polyhydroxylated lactones with contiguous chiral centers illustrate the original thinking and craftsmanship. He has also contributed extensively to the total synthesis of indole alkaloids. In a short span, Prof. Prasad accomplished the synthesis of almost 35 natural products with varied complexity. His recent findings on the small molecule activation of mutant p53 protein will have deep impact in basic and applied medicinal chemistry research. Prof. Prasad has been recognized with the Swarnajayanthi Fellowship of DST and the NASI-SCOPUS young scientist award, Shanti Swarup Bhatngar Prize and the rajib Goyal Prize. Prof. Prasad is a researcher visible internationally from India in the area of organic synthesis and he was inducted as the Editorial Advisory Board Member of Organic Letters, a premier journal in organic chemistry published by The American Chemical Society. His original contributions are evidenced by his prolific publications and citations. He is one of the best among the researchers in his age group working in the country in the area of organic synthesis.

Proposer : Prof. P. Balaram, Seconder : Prof. Ganesh P. Pandey


1. An Unusual Ring Contraction Rearrangement Route to Functionalized Di and Triquinanes, Nagaraju, Ch.; Prasad, K. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10997 (if=13.7)

2. Enantiospecific total synthesis of macrolactone Sch725674 Bali, A. K.; Sunnam, S. K.; Prasad, K. R. Org. Lett, 2014, 16, 4001(if=6.324)

3. Total synthesis of (+)-seimatopolide A Prasad, K. R.; Omkar, R. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 1461 (if=4.638)

4. MPK-09, a small molecule inspired from bio-active styryllactone restores the wild type function of mutant p53 Metri, P.K.; Naz, S.; Kondaiah, P.; Prasad, K. R. ACS Chem. Bio, 2013, 8, 1429 (if=5.442)

5. Total Synthesis and Determination of the Absolute Configuration of 5,6-Dihydro-α-pyrone Natural Product Synargentolide B. Prasad, K. R.; Gutala, P. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 3313–3322 (if=4.638)

6. Facile synthesis of isochromanones and isoquinolones by AuCl3 catalyzed cascade triggered by an internal nucleophile. Prasad, K. R.; Nagaraju, C. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2778 (if=6.324)

7. Formal Total Synthesis of Palmerolide A Prasad, K. R.; Pawar, A. B. Chem. –Eur. J. 2012, 47, 15202- 15206 (if=5.696)

8. Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Palmerolide A Prasad, K. R.; Pawar, A. B. Org. Lett, 2011, 13, 4252-4255. (if=6.324)

9. Enantioselective Synthesis of Possible Diastereomers of Heptadeca-1-ene-4,6-diyne-3,8,9,10-tetrol; Putative Structure of a Conjugated Diyne Natural Product Isolated from Hydrocotyle leucocephala Prasad, K. R.; Swain, B. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 2029-2039(if=4.638)

10. Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Bioactive Styryllactones (+)-Goniofufurone, (+)7-epi-Goniofufurone, (+)-Goniopypyrone, (+)-Goniotriol, (+)-Altholactone, and (−)-Etharvensin Prasad, K. R.; Gholap, S. L. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2–11 (if=4.638)

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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


1. Structure and dispersion of vanadia supported on γ-Al2O3 K.V. R. Chary and G. Kishan Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99 (1995) 14424-14429 (if=4.03, ci=28)

2. Structure and Reactivity of vanadium oxide catalysts supported on Titania (anatase) K.V. R. Chary, G. Kishan, T. Bhaskar and Ch. Sivraj Journal of Physical Chemistry. 102 (1998) 6792-6798 (if=4.03, ci=49)

3. Characterization of MoO3/TiO2 (anatase) catalysts by ESR, 1H MAS NMR and oxygen chemisorption K.V. R.Chary, T. Bhaskar, G. Kishan and V.Vijaykumar Journal of Physical Chemistry. Vol 102 (1998) 3936-3940 (if=4.03, ci=25)

4. Dispersion and reactivity of vanadium oxide catalysts supported on niobia K.V. R. Chary, G. Kishan and T. Bhaskar JCS Chemical Communications. No:15, (1999) 1399-1400 (if=6.72, ci=12)

5. Characterization of molybdenum oxide catalysts supported on niobia K.V. R. Chary, T.Bhaskar, G.Kishan and K.Rajender Reddy Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105 (2001) 4392-4399 (if=6.423, ci=20)

6. Structure and reactivity of molybdenum oxide catalysts supported on zirconia K.V. R. Chary , K.Rajender Reddy, G. Kishan, J.W.Niemantsverdriet, and G.Mestl Journal of Catalysis 226 (2004) 283-291 (if=6.423, ci=35)

7. Characterization and Reactivity of Niobia Supported Copper Oxide Catalysts K. V. R. Chary, K. Kalyana Seela, G. Vidya Sagar and B. Sreedhar Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (2004) 658-663 (if=4.03, ci=30)

8. Characterization and Reactivity of Copper Oxide Catalysts Supported on TiO2-ZrO2 K. V. R. Chary, K. Kalyana Seela, G. Vidya Sagar and B. Sreedhar Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (2005) 9437-9444 (if=4.03, ci=42)

9. . Dispersion and Reactivity of Copper Catalysts Supported on Al2O3-ZrO2 G. Vidya Sagar, C.S. Srikanth, P. V. Ramana Rao and K.V. R. Chary Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (2006) 13881-13888 (if=4.03, ci=25)

10. Characterization and catalytic functionalities of copper oxide catalysts supported on zirconia K.V. R. Chary, G. Vidya Sagar, Ch.S. Srikanth and V. Venkat Rao Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111(2007) 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. "Stereoselective total synthesis of ent-hyptenolide". RSC Adv. (2015), 5, 7964-7969. (IF 3.708; Cit. 0). 2. Radha Krishna, P.; Prabhakar, S.; Rama Krishna, K. V. S."The first stereoselective total synthesis of the Z-isomer of (6S,7R,9R)-6,7-dihydroxy-9-propylnon-4-eno-9-lactone" RSC Adv., (2013), 3, 23343-23346 (IF. 3.708; Cit. 2). 3. Radha Krishna, P.; Venkata Ramana, D. "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. (2012), 77, 674-679. (IF 4.638; Cit. 6). 4. Dayaker, G.; Sreeshailam, A.; Chevallier, F.; Roisnel, T.; Radha Krishna, P.; Mongin, F., ―Deprotonative metalation of ferrocenes using mixed lithium-zinc and lithium-cadmium combinations.‖ Chem. Commun. (2010), 46, 2862-2864. (IF 6.169; Cit. 26). 5. Radha Krishna, P.; Raja Sekhar, E. "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. (2008), 350, 2871-2876. (IF 6.084; Cit. 6). 6. Radha Krishna, P.; Narsingam, M. ―Diversely substituted sugar-linked α,β-unsaturated γ-lactones from sugar-derived Baylis-Hillman adducts via RCM,‖ J. Comb. Chem., (2007), 9, 62-69. (IF 3.401; Cit. 23). 7. Radha Krishna, P.; Dayaker, G.; Narasimha Reddy, P. V. ―Diastereoselective Passerini reaction using p-Toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) as isonitrile component‖ Tetrahedron Letters (2006), 47, 5977-5980. (IF 2.39; Cit. 33). 8. Sharma, G V M.; Nagender, P.; Radha Krishna, P.; Ramakrishna, K V S.: Jayaprakash, P.; Kunwar. A. C. ―9/11-Mixed helices in /-peptides derived from C-linked carbo -amino acid (Caa) and L-Ala repeats‖, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed (Engl.), (2005) 44, 5878-5882. (IF 13.45; Cit. 93). 9. Radha Krishna, P.; Rachna Sachwani, Kannan, V. ―Double Asymmetric Induction‘ as a novel tool for high stereocontrol in Baylis-Hillman reaction‖, Chem. Commun.; (2004), 2580-2581. (IF 6.169; Cit. 19). 10. Radha Krishna, P.; Kannan, V.; Narasimha Reddy, P. V. ―N-Methyl Prolinol Catalyzed Asymmetric Baylis-Hillman Reaction‖, Adv. Synth. & Catal. (2004), 346(6), 603-606. (IF 6.048; Cit. 51).

316

KUMBHAR, AVINASH SHANKAR (b 1965), Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pune,

Pune Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Chemical Sciences) 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) 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. 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 55 publications in standard journals which are being cited regularly. (Total citations 1350: h index 16)

Proposer : Prof. Dilip D. Dhavale, Seconder : Prof. Chebrolu P. Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. S. Ghosh, A. C. Barve, A. A.Kumbhar, A. S. Kumbhar, V. G. Puranik, P. A.Datar, U. B. Sonawane and

R. R. Joshi, 2006, Synthesis, characterization, X-ray structure and DNA photocleavage by cis-

dichlorobis(diimine)Co(III) complexes, J. Inorg. Biochem., 100, 331-343 (if=3.35, ci=81) 2. 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, 743-748 (if=4.39, ci=46) 3. 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- 57 (if=3.35, ci=28) 4. Deshpande, M. S.; Kumbhar, A. A, A. S. Kumbhar, 2007, Hydrolytic Cleavage of DNA by a

Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex, Inorg. Chem.,46, 5450-5452 (if=4.60, ci=45) 5. Deshpande, M. S.; A. S. Kumbhar Puranik, V. G. 2008,Hydrogen Bonding-Directed

Metallosupramolecular Structural Motifs Based on a Peripheral Urea Fused Bipyridine Tecton,Cryst.

Growth Design, 8, 1952-1960 (if=4.39, ci=14) 6. 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, 9120-9132 (if=4.6, ci=50) 7. 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,

447-459 (if=4.93, ci=42) 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, 4843–4853, (if=4.60, ci=15) 9. S. S. Bhat, A. S. Kumbhar, A.A. Kumbhar, Ayesha Khan, P. Lönnecke,and E. Hey-Hawkins, 2011,

Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes as carriers for DNA delivery, Chem. Commun., 47, 11068-11070 (if=6.16, ci=9) 10. S.S. Bhat, A.S.Kumbhar, A.A.Kumbhar, A.Khan, 2012, Efficient DNA Condensation Induced by

Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Bipyridine Functionalized Molecular Clip Ligand,Chem.Eur.J., 18, 16383 –

16392 (if=5.92, ci=4)

317

MAHAPATRA, SUSANTA (b 1968), Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad


For a molecular system involving three or more atoms, involvement of multiple excited electronic states in chemical or spectroscopic processes is ubiquitous. On the electronic structure part, construction of potential energy surfaces and their coupling becomes a major task as one has to take electron correlation into account and devise suitable diabatic electronic ansatz to perform nuclear dynamics studies. In the latter, the theoretical approach goes beyond Born-Oppenheimer approximation and electronic and nuclear motions need to be treated concurrently and ideally the treatment should be fully quantum mechanical. Mahapatra and his group focus on these aspects of theoretical chemistry and they develop methods and algorithms to treat the emergent problems in the area of relevance in molecular physics & chemistry astrophysics, astronomy and molecular biology. The novel feature of Mahapatra‘s approach is to capture the most crucial quantal effects including electronic coupling and also spin-orbit and Coriolis coupling whenever they are significant. The impact of Mahapatra‘s work is clearly fundamental, attempting to devise advanced theoretical models and algorithms to understand basic molecular processes being investigated in modern experiments in spectroscopy and chemical reaction dynamics. Mahapatra has initiated research in this exciting area and has made outstanding contributions from this country. He has published prolifically in the top national and international journals of chemical physics and physical chemistry. He is clearly identified as one of the competent chemical theorists in the country, and we have great expectations from his future development.

Proposer : Prof. Anunay Samanta, Seconder : Prof. T.P. Radhakrishnan


1. T. Roy and S. Mahapatra, 2012, Quantum dynamics of H+LiH reaction and its isotopic variants, Journal of Chemical Physics, 136, 174313 (1-12). (if=3.142 3.142 , ci=9)

2. V. S. Reddy, S. Ghanta and S.Mahapatra, 2010, First principles quantum dynamical investigation provides evidence for the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon radical cations in interstellar physics, Physical Review Letters, 104, 111102(1-4). (if=7.728, ci=15)

3. S Mahapatra, 2009, Excited electronic states and nonadiabatic effects in contemporary chemical dynamics,Accounts of Chemical Research, 42, 1004-1015. (if=24.348, ci=31)

4. V. Sivaranjana Reddy and S. Mahapatra, 2008, Photostability of electronically excited polyacenes: A case study of vibronic coupling in naphthalene radical cation, Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 091104(1-4) (if=3.142, ci=12)

5. B. Jayachander Rao and S Mahapatra, 2007, Quantum wave packet dynamics of N(2D) + H2 reaction, Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 244307 (1-11). (if=3.142, ci=16)

6. R. Padmanaban and S. Mahapatra, 2006, Coriolis coupled-wavepacket dynamics of H+HLi reaction, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110, 6039-6046. (if=2.775, ci=23)

7. S. Ghosal and S. Mahapatra, 2004, A time-dependent wave packet study of the vibronic and spin-orbit interactions in the dynamics of Cl (2P) + H2 ----> HCl (X 1∑+g) + H ( 2S) reaction, J. Chemical Physics 121, 5740-5753. (if=3.142, ci=18)

8. R. Padmanaban and S Mahapatra,2004,Quantum wave packet dynamics of H+HLi scattering: Reaction cross section and thermal rate constant, Journal of Chemical Physics, 121, 7681-7691 (if=3.142, ci=23)

9. S Mahapatra, 2004, Quantum nonadiabatic dynamics through conical intersections: spectroscopy and reactive scattering, International Reviews of Physical Chemistry, 23, 483-512. (if=4.92, ci=25)

10. R. Padmanaban and S. Mahapatra, 2002, Time-dependent wave packet dynamics of the H+LiH reaction,Journal of Chemical Physics117, 6469-6477 (if=3.142, ci=26)

318

MAJI, TAPAS KUMAR (b 1974), Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore


Dr. Maji is one of India's best young and dynamic experimental 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 organic-inorganic hybrid / organic porous materials and their versatile applications. Main focus of his research is on the arena of contemporary problems related to energy and environment. In recent time, hydrogen has been considered as an alternate source of clean energy; in this regard Dr. Maji has contributed significantly in improving the hydrogen storage capacity in different organic and organic-inorganic hybrid porous solids with high heat of adsorption. He is also working on another present-day problem on sequestration and selective capture of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. He has elegantly demonstrated different novel approaches for storage of carbon dioxide at ambient conditions. 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 luminescent hybrid 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. He has developed a novel synthetic methodology to stabilize CuI and mixed valent CuI/CuII states in MOFs. His current h-index is 35 with a total citation of 4250.

Proposer : Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Seconder : Prof. M. R. S. Rao


1. 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, 11772-11777 (if=11.336, ci=2)

2. 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, Chemistry of Materials, 25, 1673-1679 (if=8.335, ci=22)

3. 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, 5585-5590 (if=10.4, ci=11)

4. P. Kanoo, S. K. Reddy, G. Kumari, R. Haldar, C. Narayana, S. Balasubramanian, T. K. Maji, 2012, Unusual room temperature CO2 uptake in a fluoro-functionalized MOF: insight from Raman spectroscopy and theoretical studies, Chemical Communications, 48, 8487-8489 (if=6.718, ci=33)

5. 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- 540 (if=6.718, ci=52)

6. P. Kanoo, K. L. Gurunatha, 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, 1322-1331 (if=6.626, ci=42)

7. 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, 46, 7906-7908 (if=6.718, ci=56)

8. 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, 5406-5412. (if=8.335, ci=43)

9. K. L. Gurunatha, K. Uemura, T. K. Maji, 2008, Temperature and stoichiometry controlled dimensionality in a magnesium 4,5-Imidazoledicarboxylate system with strong hydrophilic pore surfaces, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 6578-.6580 (if=4.794, ci=93)

10. T. K. Maji, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, 2007, A flexible interpenetrating coordination framework with a bimodal porous functionality, Nature Materials, 6, 142-148 (if=36.4, ci=421)

319

MOHAN, DINESH (b 1968), Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi 110067


Dr. Mohan has made pioneering contributions in the field of water and wastewater remediation of priority pollutants, biofuels development from lignocellulosic biomass and climate change mitigation. He significantly contributed (i) in remediating As, Cr, TCE, F, pharmaceuticals by developing low cost technologies and (2) biomass conversion into biofuels. Agricultural residues which were converted into bio-oil fuels decreases net CO2 release to the atmosphere since new biomass growth for fuel production removes CO2 from air. Biomass conversion into biochar followed by its application to the soil increases the carbon residence time in the soil relative to the application of the same biomass directly to the soil, and considered for CO2 mitigation. Biochar applied to soil also reduce nitrous oxide or methane emissions from soil. Dr. Mohan has been investigated these biochars for atmospheric CO2 mitigation and as green adsorbents without further modification to provide a value added byproduct outlet. He has published > 75 papers in top notch high impact factor Journals. The total Impact Factor of his published papers is >200 while the total citations received so far are >9200 (h factor of 39). Dr. Mohan has been recognized nationally and internationally as his 6 papers have been chosen and ranked very high in the highlights of the 70 years of OUTSTANDING SCIENCS IN INDIA published by CSIR. He was awarded the 2007 Scopus Young Scientist Award (by Elsevier) as the outstanding young scientist. Recently, he has also received Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2009 (by Hiyoshi Corporation Japan).

Proposer : Prof. Kasturi Datta, Seconder : Prof. Sudha Bhattacharya

Ten Best Publications: 1. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr. and Philip H. Steele, Energy and Fuels, 20(3), 848-889, 2006

(if=2.712, ci=1677) 2. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman, Jr., Journal of Hazardous Material B137, 762-811, 2006 (if=3.925,

ci=1005) 3. Dinesh Mohan and Kunwar P Singh, Water research 36 (9), 2304-2318, 2002 (if=4.655, ci=586) 4. Kunwar P Singh, Amrita Malik, Dinesh Mohan and Sarita Sinha, Water research 38 (18), 3980-3992,

2004 (if=4.655, ci=454) 5. Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman Jr., Mark Bricka, Fran Smith, Ben Yancey, Javeed Mohammad,

Philip H. Steele, Maria F. Alexandre-Franco, Vicente Gómez-Serrano and Henry Gong, Journal of Colloid

and Interface Science 310 (1), 57-73, 2007 (if=3.172, ci=244) 6. Dinesh Mohan, Kunwar P Singh, Vindo K Singh, Journal of Hazardous materials 152 (3), 1045-1053,

2008 (if=3.925, ci=94) 7. Dinesh Mohan, Ankur Sarswat, Vindo K Singh, M Alexandre-Franco, Charles U Pittman Jr., Chemical

Engineering Journal 172 (2), 1111-1125, 2011 (if=3.473, ci=21) 8. Dinesh Mohan, Kunwar P Singh, Devlina Ghosh, Environmental science & technology 39 (13), 5076-

5086, 2005 (if=5.257, ci=19) 9. Charles U Pittman Jr, Dinesh Mohan, Anthonia Eseyin, Qi Li, Leonard Ingram, El-Barbary M Hassan,

Brian Mitchell, Hua Guo, Philip H Steele, Energy & Fuels 26 (6), 3816-3825, 2012 (if=2.853, ci=11) 10. Ram Chandra, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Sangita Yadav and Dinesh Mohan Journal of hazardous

materials 162 (2), 1514-1521, 2009(if=3.925, ci=51)

320

NINGTHOUJAM, RAGHUMANI SINGH (b 1972), Scientific Officer (E) & Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai


Raghumani Singh Ningthoujam has made significant contributions to the chemistry of nanomaterials covering rare-earth doped nanomaterials and application of nanomaterials to cancer therapy. In the area of Rare-earth (RE) doped Nanomaterials, for the first time, he has been able to distinguish free water on surface of particles and confined water in pores or interstitial water in hexagonal structure of orthophosphate using NMR technique [Pramana (2013)]. This confined water is not frozen even at -50 oC and stable up to 800 °C [J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2010); (2011)]. He is able to perform luminescence On-Off on LaPO4:Tb3+ co-doped with Ce3+ through redox reaction. By combining different RE3+ ions, he is able to get the primary and white colors on different hosts for LEDs applications. In the area of Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy, he has carried out magneto hyperthermia for targeted and controlled drug delivery in cancer therapy using Fe3O4 in AC magnetic field. To carry drug and nanoparticles to targeted site, temperature sensitive liposome is used. Enhanced drug release is found at 42-45 °C, which is required for killing of cancer cells [J. Mater. Chem. (2011)]. Killing of cancer cells are found up to 70% within 10 minutes. In vivo study on mice shows the significant decrease of tumour size within 8 days in the presence of AC magnetic field. Recently, he published a review article on nitrides, which includes the different synthesis routes, electronic structure relationship, electron transport properties and applications of nitrides [Prog. Mater. Sci. (2015)].

Proposer : Dr. S. K. Ghosh, Seconder : Dr. R. K. Vatsa


1. R. S. Ningthoujam,* N. S. Gajbhiye, 2015, Synthesis, electron transport properties of transition metal nitrides and applications, Progress in Material Science 70, 50-154. (if=26, ci=0)

2. A. K. Parchur, R. S. Ningthoujam*, 2011, Preparation and structure refinement of Eu3+ doped CaMoO4 nanoparticles, Dalton Transactions 40, 7590. (if=4.1, ci=59)

3. M. N. Luwang, R. S. Ningthoujam,* S. K. Srivastava, R. K. Vatsa, 2011, Disappearance and recovery of luminescence in Bi3+, Eu3+ co-doped YPO4 nanoparticles due to presence of water molecules up to 800 °C, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 2998. (if=11, ci=62)

4. A. K. Parchur, R. S. Ningthoujam,* S. B. Rai, G. S. Okram, R. A. Singh, M. Tyagi, S. C. Gadkari, R. Tewari, R. K. Vatsa, 2011, Luminescence properties of Eu3+ doped CaMoO4 nanoparticles, Dalton Transactions 40, 7595. (if=4.1, ci=71)

5. L. P. Singh, S. K. Srivastava, R. Mishra, and R. S. Ningthoujam*, 2014, Multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials from water dispersible CaF2:Eu3+, Mn2+ and Fe3O4 for luminescence and hyperthermia application, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 18087. (if=4.8, ci=2)

6. M. N. Luwang, R. S. Ningthoujam,* S. K. Srivastava, R. K. Vatsa, 2011, Preparation of white light emitting YVO4:Ln3+ and Silica-coated YVO4:Ln3+ (Ln3+ = Eu3+, Dy3+, Tm3+) Nanoparticles by CTAB/n-butanol/hexane/water microemulsion route: Energy transfer and site symmetry studies, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 5326. (if=6.6, ci=45)

7. R. Ghosh. L. Pradhan, Y. P. Devi, S. S. Meena, R. Tewari, A. Kumar, S. Sharma, N. S. Gajbhiye, R. K. Vatsa, B. N. Pandey, R. S.Ningthoujam*, 2011, Induction heating studies of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles capped with oleic acid and polyethylene glycol for hyperthermia, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 13388. (if=6.6, ci=62)

8. M. N. Luwang, R. S. Ningthoujam,* S. K. Srivastava, Jaganath, R. K. Vatsa, 2010, Effect of Ce3+ co-doping and annealing on phase transformation and luminescence of Eu3+ doped YPO4 nanorods: D2O solvent effect, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 2759. (if=11, ci=77)

9. L. R. Singh, R. S. Ningthoujam,* V. Sudarsan, I. Srivastava, S. D. Singh, G. K. Dey, S. K. Kulshreshtha, 2008, Luminescence study on Eu3+ doped Y2O3 nanoparticles: particle size, concentration and core-shell formation effects, Nanotechnology 19, 055201. (if=4, ci=87)

10. R. S. Ningthoujam,* V. Sudarsan, S. V. Godbole, L. Kienle, S. K. Kulshreshtha, A. K. Tyagi*, 2007, SnO2:Eu3+ nanoparticles dispersed in TiO2 matrix: Improved energy transfer between semiconductor host and Eu3+ ions for the low temperature synthesized samples, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 173113. (if=4, ci=61)

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


Born on 30 July 1964 at Sanda in the district of Sidhi (M.P.) Professor R.N. Patel had his early education in his village and passed the Matriculation Examination in 1980 from his Village School. He obtained the M.Sc. degree in Chemistry in 1983, Ph.D. degree in 1991 and D.Sc. in 2009 from the A.P.S. University Rewa (M.P.). He pursued a career of teaching and basic research in Chemistry. He joined the Department of Chemistry, A.P.S. University Rewa (M.P.) in 1993 as a Lecturer, became a Reader in 2002 and a Professor in 2009. Professor Patel is a highly acclaimed teacher in solid state, solution chemistry, electrochemistry and coordination chemistry. Professor Patel visited many countries, viz., Japan, Slovakia, Thialand, Malaysia, UAE and Nepal. He had also fruitful interactions with Professor J. Niclós-Gutiérrez and A. Castineiras Granada Spain. Professor Patel is a Regular visitor of IIT Bombay & Kanpur, CDRI Lucknow, Delhi University, MPCST Bhopal. Professor Patel has published more than 121 papers in International and National Journals. He participated many International and National Conferences. Professor Patel is a member of a large number of academic bodies like Life member of Indian Chemical Society [F. No./F/2447/(LM)], Indian Science congress Association, [F.No. F/2812(LM)], Instrument Society of Indian [F.No. F/584/(LM)], Chemical Research Society of India [F No. F/823/(LM)], Indian Council of Chemists [Fellowship No. F/1432/(LM)], National Academy of Sciences India (since 2012). He is a recipient of number of medals and awards for his academic contributions. Recently Prof. Patel has been elected as council member in Indian Chemical Society. He also organized three national conferences in Department of Chemistry.

Proposer : Prof. K.B. Pandeya, Seconder : Prof. H. L. Nigam


1. RN Patel, N Singh, KK Shukla, UK Chauhan, J Niclos-Gutierrez, A Castineiras (2004) Magnetic, spectroscopic, structural and biological properties of mixed-ligand complexes of copper (II) with N, N, N′, N ″, N ″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine and polypyridine ligands, Inorganica chimica acta, 357 (9), 2469-2476 (if=2.00, ci=69)

2. RN Patel, KB Pandeya (1998) EPR study of an imidazolate-bridged Cu-Zn complex of glycylglycine, Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 72 (3), 109-114 (if=3.45, ci=52)

3. RN Patel, N Singh, KK Shukla, VLN Gundla, UK Chauhan (2006) Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of ternary copper (II) complexes containing polypyridyl ligands, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 63 (1), 21-26.(if=2.16, ci=51)

4. RN Patel, N Singh, KK Shukla, UK Chauhan, S Chakraborty, J Niclos-Gutierrez, A Castineiras.(2004) X-ray, spectral and biological (antimicrobial and superoxide dismutase) studies of oxalato bridged Cu II–Ni II and Cu II–Zn II complexes with pentamethyldiethylenetriamine as capping ligand, Journal of InorganicBiochemistry, 98 (2), 231-237 (if=3.45, ci=50)

5. RN Patel, N Singh, VLN 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 (17), 3312-3318 (if=2.07, ci=47)

6. RN Patel, N Singh, KK Shukla, VLN Gundla, UK Chauhan (2005) Synthesis, structure and biomimetic properties of Cu (II)–Cu (II) and Cu (II)–Zn (II) binuclear complexes: possible models for the chemistry of Cu–Zn superoxide dismutase, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 99 (2), 651-663 (if=3.45, ci=47)

7. RN Patel, VLN Gundla, DK Patel (2008) Synthesis, structure and properties of some copper (II) complexes containing an ONO donor Schiff base and substituted imidazole ligands , Polyhedron, 27 (3), 1054-1060 (if=2.07, ci=46)

8. RN Patel, N Singh, VLN Gundla (2007) Synthesis, characterization and superoxide dismutase activity of some octahedral nickel (II) complexes, Polyhedron, 26 (4), 757-762 (if=2.07, ci=39)

9. RN Patel, S Kumar, KB Pandeya (2002) Esr, visible and SOD studies of imidazolate bridged Cu 2 II, II, Cu II Zn II and Cu II Ni II complexes with pentamethyldiethylenetriamine as capping ligand: a plausible model for superoxide dismutase, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry ,89 (1), 61-68 (if=3.45, ci=38)

10. RN Patel, KK Shukla, A Singh, M Choudhary, UK Chauhan, S Dwivedi (2009) Copper (II) complexes as superoxide dismutase mimics: synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and bioactivity of copper (II) complexes, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 362 (14), 4891-4898 (if=2.00, ci=37)

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PHUKAN, PRODEEP (b 1967), Professor in Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwhati


As a part of his continuing work on sulfonamide based reagents (JOC, 2006, 71, 7533, TL, 2009, 50, 5083, TL, 2012, 53, 758), Dr. Phukan has developed a new non-catalytic protocol for the generation of nitrene in presence of a base (Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2967), which was further utilized for aziridine synthesis. Dr. Phukan also discovered a catalyst-free protocol for the amidation of C-H bonds of alkyl arenes and aldehydes (Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5491). This is one of the pioneering reports of non-catalytic pathway for nitrene generation with experimental evidences. He also developed a new strategy for the synthesis of cyclohepta[b]indole Scaffolds which are structural analogues of Ervatamine group of indole alkaloid via Pd-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cyclization. He developed a new CoFe2O4-Cr2O3-SiO2 fluorescent magnetic nanocomposite, which exhibit photoluminescence property without the addition of an external marker. This was used for fluorescence imaging detection of cancer-cells (Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2250) and photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes (JMCatal, A, 2011, 346, 111). He also developed a new type of hydrophilic magnetic nano-catalyst for organic transformations in aqueous medium (JMCatal. A 2011, 339, 24; JMCatal. 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


1. Borah, A. J.; Phukan, P.; Highly efficient catalyst-free protocol for C-H bond activation: sulfamidation of alkyl aromatics and aldehydes. Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5491-5493 (if=6.718, ci=10)

2. Saikia, I; Kashyap, B.; Phukan, P.; A facile noncatalytic pathway for nitrene transfer process: expeditious access to aziridines. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2967-2969 (if=6.718, ci=15)

3. Goswami, P.; Borah, A. J.; Phukan, P.; Formation of Cyclohepta[b]indole Scaffolds via Heck cyclization: A Strategy for Structural Analogues of Ervatamine Group of Indole Alkaloid. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 438-446 (if=4.638, ci=1)

4. Phukan, P., Chakraborty, P. Kataki, D.; A simple and efficient method for regioselective and stereoselective synthesis of vicinal bromohydrins and alkoxybromides from olefin. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 7533-7537 (if=4.638, ci=43)

5. Phukan, P.; Iodine as a very powerful catalyst for three component synthesis of protected homoallylic amines. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 4005-4006 (IF. 4.638; Citation 115) (if=4.638, ci=115)

6. Phukan, P.; Iodine as an Extremely Powerful catalyst for the Acylation of alcohols under solvent free conditions. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 4785-4787 (if=2.391, ci=150)

7. Borgohain, C.; Senapati, K. K.; Mishra, D.; Sarma, K. C.; Phukan, P.; A new CoFe2O4-Cr2O3-SiO2 fluorescent magnetic nanocomposite. Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2250-2256 (if=6.739, ci=11)

8. Senapati, K. K.; Borgohain, C. and Phukan, P.; Synthesis of highly stable CoFe2O4 nanoparticles and their use as magnetically separable catalyst for Knoevenagel reaction in aqueous medium. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2011, 339, 24-31 (if=3.679, ci=37)

9. Senapati, K. K.; Roy, S.; Borgohain, C.; Phukan, P.; Palladium nanoparticle supported on cobalt ferrite: an efficient magnetically separable catalyst for ligand free Suzuki coupling. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2012, 352, 128-134 (if=3.679, ci=38)

10. Deuri, S.; Phukan, P.; A Density Functional Theory study on π-nucleophilicity and electron transfer oxidation of silyl enol ethers and ketene silyl acetals. J. Mol. Struct.: THEOCHEM, 2010, 945, 64-70 (if=1.437, ci=6)

323

RAGAMPETA, SRINIVAS (b 1958), Chief Scientist and HOD, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad


Dr. R. Srinivas obtained his Ph.D. in organic mass spectrometry from I.I.T. Chennai in June 1985. He joined the mass spectrometry division in IICT Hyderabad in December 1984 and HOD of the same since 2011. Since then he has contributed significantly to fundamental and applied research in organic and biological mass spectrometry apart from supervising mass spec services for IICT projects, industry, academia and govt agencies. He was selected for DAAD fellowship to work in the group of Prof Helmut Schwarz, an eminent mass spectrometrist (President, Humboldt foundation) at TU Berlin. For his post doctoral research, he had worked on a new mass spectrometry technique called neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry. Dr. Srinivas had standardized the NRMS method at IICT in 1995 and characterized several reactive elusive species which are fundamentally important from the view point of interstellar space chemistry, reaction mechanism, flames , explosions, etc. He has also contributed to mass spectrometry based studies on pharmaco kinetics, drug metabolism and forced degradation studies of drugs, hybrid peptides, and active ligands-quadruplex DNA interactions. Dr. Srinivas is the only Indian on the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Mass Spectrometry since 2003 and received ―Eminent Mass Spectrometrist‖ award by ISMAS in 2003. He has 144 research papers in international journals in the area of organic and biological mass spectrometry. He is a course coordinator at NIPER, Hyderabad and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and AP Academy of Sciences. Reviewer for many journals. He has guided 7 PhDs and 24 MS/MSc dissertations

Proposer : Dr J. S. Yadav, Seconder : Dr. A.C. Kunwar


1. Deepak Namdev, Roshan M. Borkar, B. Raju, Pradipbhai D. Kalariya, Vinodkumar T. Rahangdale, S. Gananadhamu, R. Srinivas* ;2014: Identification of forced degradation products of Tamsulosin using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 88, 245 (2014) IF=2.8 (cit=4) (if=2.8, ci=6)

2. G. Raju , R. Srinivas, V. Santhosh Reddy , Narayana Nagesh, M. M Idris, A. Kamal.2012; Interaction of pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) ligands with parallel intermolecular G-quadruplex complex using spectroscopy and ESI-MS. PLoS ONE 7, e35920 (if=4.2, ci=6)

3. B Raju, M Ramesh, RM Borkar, R Padiya, SK Banerjee, R Srinivas*; 2012, Development and validation of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometric method for simultaneous determination of moxifloxacin and ketorolac in rat plasma: application to pharmacokinetic study Biomedical Chromatography 26 (11), 1341-1347 (if=1.9, ci=14)

4. B.Raju, M.Ramesh, Roshan M.Borkar, R. Srinivas*, Raju Padiya, Sanjay K.Banerjee; 2012; In vivo metabolic investigation of moxifloxacin using liquid chromatography- electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) in combination with online hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange experiments; Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 26,1, (if=2.8, ci=8)

5. B.Raju,M.Ramesh,R.Srinivas*, S.Satyanarayana Raju, Y.Venkateswarlu; 2011; Identification and characterization of stressed degradation products of prulifloxacin using LC–ESI-MS/Q-TOF, MSn experiments: Development of a validated specific stability-indicating LC–MS method.; J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 56, 560 (if=2.8, ci=10)

6. P. Nagi Reddy, R. Srinivas*, M. Ravi Kumar, G.V.M. Sharma, Vivekanand B. Jadhav;2007; Positive and negative ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI MS/MS) of Boc-protected peptides containing repeats of L-Ala-g4Caa / g4Caa-L-Ala: Differentiation of some positional isomeric peptides;J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 18, 651 (if=3.83, ci=12)

7. P. Nagi Reddy, R. Srikanth, N. S. Swamy, R. Srinivas*, G.V.M. Sharma, P. Nagender and P. Radha Krishna.; 2005; Differentiation of Boc- a,b- and b,a-peptides and a pair of diastereomeric b,a-dipeptides by positive and negative ion Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry (ESI MS/MS).;J. Mass Spectrom. 40, 1429 (if=3.57, ci=18)

8. R. Srikanth, P. Nagi Reddy, R. Narsimha, R. Srinivas*, G.V.M. Sharma, K. Ravinder Reddy and P. Radha Krishna; 2004; Mass spectral study of Boc- carbo-b3-peptides: differentiation of two pairs of positional and diastereomeric isomers;J. Mass Spectrom. 39, 1068 (if=3.57, ci=23)

9. 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, 5970(if=5.5, ci=172)

10. R. Srinivas, D. Suelzle, T. Weiske and H. Schwarz; 1991; Generation and characterization of neutral and cationic 3-silacyclopropenylidene in the gas phase. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processess 107, 369 (if=2.1, ci=83)

324

ROY, SUJIT (b 1959), Professor of Chemistry & Dean (Faculty), Organometallics and Catalysis Laboratory,

School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar - 751007 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Chemical Sciences) 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) 10. 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)

325

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


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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 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=Times Cited: 47)

http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2006/06/acrylamide_chains.asp

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SHARMA, VINOD KUMAR (b 1958), Professor, Department of Chemistry, MD University, Rohtak


The research area of Prof. Sharma is ―Thermodynamics of multi component liquid mixtures‖. He has measured/determined thermodynamic properties like excess molar volumes, V

E, excess molar enthalpies,

HE, excess isentropic compressibilities,

E

S , excess Gibbs free energies, GE, excess heat capacities,

E

pC

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

(1) in 1981, in which concept of connectivity parameter of third degree

3 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 V

E and H

E of the binary non-electrolyte mixtures. The expression obtained for

predicting VE data via this theory was next amended

(2) in terms of

3 of the molecule in pure and mixed

state. These 3 values were successfully utilized to extract information about the state of components in

pure and mixed state (3-10)

. The topology of the molecules was next utilized to obtain HE and

E

S of

various binary mixtures (11-15)

. Topology of molecules has recently been employed successfully to

determine activity coefficients, γ along with GE and

E

PC of binary mixtures (16-22)

. Prof. Sharma has also

extended this approach to determine VE, H

E ,

E

S and

E

PC of ternary liquid mixtures (23-31)

. In recent

studies, he has employed this theory to predict VE, H

E,

E

S and

E

PC of binary as well as ternary ionic liquid

mixtures (32-38)

. Proposer : Prof. D. V. S. Jain, Seconder : Prof. K. K. Bhasin

Ten Best Publications: 1. Topological aspects of thermodynamics of binary mixtures of non-electrolytes, P. P. Singh, R. K. Nigam, K. C. Singh and V. K. Sharma, Themochim. Acta 46, 175-190, 1981. Impact Factor 2.105; Citation index – 85. 2. Thermodynamics of ternary mixtures of non-electrolytes: Excess volumes, P. P. Singh and V. K. Sharma, Canad. J. Chem. 61, 2321-2328, 1983. Impact Factor 1.013; Citation index – 32. 3. Topological studies of the molecular species that characterize lower alkanol + methylene bromide mixtures: Molar excess volumes and molar excess enthalpies, P. P. Singh, V. K. Sharma and S. P. Sharma, Thermochim. Acta 106, 293-307, 1986. Impact Factor 2.105; Citation index – 75. 4. Molecular interactions in binary mixtures containing o-toluidine: Dimple, J. S. Yadav, K.C. Singh and V.K. Sharma, Thermochim. Acta 468, 108-115, 2008. Impact Factor 2.105; Citation index – 30. 5. Molar excess volumes of ternary mixtures containing ether, V. K. Sharma and Romi, Canad .J. Chem., 79, 1910-1914, 2001. Impact Factor 1.013; Citation index – 26. 6. Thermodynamic studies of molecular interactions in mixtures of o-toulidine with pyridine and picolines: Excess molar volumes, excess molar enthalpies, and excess isentropic compressibilities, N. Saini, J. S. Yadav, S. K. Jangra, D. Sharma, V. K. Sharma, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 43, 782-795, 2011. Impact Factor 2.423; Citation index – 29. 7. Thermodynamic and topological studies of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate + pyrrolidin-2-one and 1-methyl-pyrrolidin-2-one mixtures, D. Sharma, S. Bhagour, V. K. Sharma, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 57, 3488-3497, 2012. Impact Factor 2.045; Citation index – 17. 8. Topological investigations of binary mixtures containing ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and pyridine or isomeric picolines, S. Solanki, N. Hooda, V. K. Sharma, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 56, 123-135, 2013. Impact Factor 2.423; Citation index – 16 9. Topological investigations of binary mixtures containing 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and anilines, V. K. Sharma, S. Solanki, J. Mol. Liqs., 177, 133-144, 2013. Impact Factor 2.083; Citation index – 15 10. Excess heat capacities of 1-methyl pyrrolidin-2-one and pyridine or picolines mixtures, V. K. Sharma, A. Rohilla, Thermochim. Acta, 568, 140-147, 2013. Impact Factor 2.105; Citation index – 15

327

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


The nominee has made significant contributions in synthetic organic chemistry as well as has demonstrated the synthetic utility of his research outcome in the field of Material science (organic semiconductors and non-linear optics), medicinal chemistry (antiplasmodial agents) and recognition of analytes. His seminal contributions in the synthesis of tetrathia- and tetraoxa[22]porphyrin(2.1.2.1)s, structure and aromaticity, redox behavior depicting switching of these porphyrins in two distinct aromatic-antiaromatic states, photophysical properties including measurement of two photon absorption (TPA) cross sections and application of these macrocycles as semiconductors in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) has been widely appreciated and has clearly established his skills in multidisciplinary research endeavors. Further, his work on C-H functionalization using low temperature metalation-substitution protocols has progressed from simple systems to highly regioselective meso- functionalization of conformationally flexible and more challenging large macrocyclic entities such as porphyrins, calix[6]arenes and calix[8]arenes. In another direction, he has synthesized Donor-Acceptor chromophores capable of showing large second order non-linear optical (NLO) properties as well as switching of the NLO response and photoresponsivity. In the field of medicinal chemistry his designs of hybrid antimalarials, SAR analysis has identified efficient drug leads supported by rational analysis of physico-chemical properties and understanding of mechanism involved in the binding of drug leads with biological targets such as DNA, heme, μ-oxo-heme etc.

Proposer : Prof. Harjit Singh, Seconder : Prof. Subodh Kumar


1. Divya Sareen, Paramjit Kaur* and Kamaljit Singh,* 2014, Strategies in detection of metal ions using dyes. Coord. Chem. Rev. 265(1), 125-154 (if=12.098, ci=8)

2. 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=5.480, ci=9)

3. Jing Zhang, Jiahui Tan, Zhiying Ma, Wei Xu,Guangyao Zhao,Hua Geng, Chongan Di, Wenping Hu, Zhigang Shuai, Kamaljit Singh,* Daoben Zhu,* 2013, Fullerene/Sulfur-Bridged Annulene Co-crystals: Two dimonsional Segregated Heterojunctions with Ambipolar Transport Properties and Photoresponsivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(2), 558-561 (if=11.444, ci=32)

4. Paramjit Kaur* Hardeep Kaur and Kamaljit Singh,* 2013, A ‗turn-off‘ emission based chemosensor for HSO4- - formation of a hydrogen-bonded comple, Analyst, 138(2) 425-428. (if=3.969, ci=10)

5. Paramjit Kaur,* Mandeep Kaur, Griet Depotter, Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen, Inge Asselberghs, Koen Clays and Kamaljit Singh*, 2012, Thermally stable Ferrocenyl ―Push-Pull‖ Chromophores with Tailorable and Switchable Second-Order Non-Linear Optical Response. Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationship. J. Mater. Chem., 22, 10597-10608 (if=6.626, ci=10)

6. 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=6.718, ci=4)

7. 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=6.718, ci=6)

8. Paramjit Kaur,* Divya Sareen, Kamaljit Singh,* 2012, Chemodosimeter for CN−– interplay between experiment and theory, Dalton Trans., 41, 9607-9610 (if=4.097, ci=10)

9. Paramjit Kaur,* Divya Sareen, Kamaljit Singh,* 2012, Aza Crown Ether Appended Hetarylazo Dye–Single Molecular Dual Analyte Chemosensor for Hg2+ and Pb2, Dalton Trans., 41, 8767-8769 (if=4.097, 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=6.718, ci=13)

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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


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)

329

BANERJEE, ARINDAM (b 1966) Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


The nominee (Prof. A. Banerjee) has made an outstanding contribution in peptide assemblies to form soft functional materials and also in the development of peptide based novel nanobiomaterials. His group has discovered synthetic tripeptides (with redox active chemical entities) based smart organogels for in situ formation and stabilization of gold / silver nanoparticles within the supramolecular organogel networks to align these nanoparticles along the gel nanofibers (Chem. Commun. 2006, 2816-2818). Other fascinating contributions (regarding gels) include an amino acid, phenylalanine containing bola-amphiphile based pH responsive smart meatllo-hydrogels, which can be used for water purifier and vitamin B12- carrier (Chem. Mater. 2007, 1633-1639), tripeptide based hydrogels for removing toxic organic dyes from waste-water (Soft Matter, 2009, 18, 3452-3460) , the wonderful demonstration of oligopeptide based soft materials (hydrogels) for encapsulation sustained release of an anticancer drug at physiological pH (J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 13, 11787-11792) and short peptide based hydrogels as a template for in situ synthesis of fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Chem. -Eur. J., 2010, 16, 13698-13705). His other contributions include incorporation of graphene into peptide based gels (Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9259-9266; Chem.-Eur. J., 2011, 17, 11488 – 11496), making of novel and functional trihydrid system(Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. ,2013 , 52, 5041 –5045) and synthesis of silver clusters for selective and ultra-sensitive detection of Hg (II) ions in water (Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 4364-4371).

Proposer : Dr. P. Balaram, Seconder : Prof. Anil Kumar Ten Best Publications : 1. Sudipta Ray, Apurba Kumar Das and Arindam Banerjee*, 2006, Smart oligopeptide gels : In situ formation and stabilization of gold and silver nanoparticles within the supramolecular organogel networks . Chem. Commun., 2816-2818. [I.F. = 6.718] (Citation: 89) 2. Sudipta Ray, Apurba Das and Arindam Banerjee* , 2007, pH responsive, bolaamphiphile based smart metallo-hydrogels as potential dye adsorbing agents, water purifier and vitamin B12 carrier Chem. Mater., 19, 1633-1639. [I.F. = 8.535] (Citation: 97) 3. Bimalnedu Adhikari, Goutam Palui, Arindam Banerjee* , 2009, Self- Assembling Tripeptide based Hydrogels and their use in Removal of Dyes from Waste-Water Soft Matter, 5, 3452–3460, (I.F. = 4.151) (Citation: 76) 4. Jishu Naskar, Goutam Palui and Arindam Banerjee* , 2009, Tetrapeptide based Hydrogels: for Encapsulation and Slow Release for an Anticancer Drug at Physiological pH J. Phys. Chem. B, , 113, 11787-11792 (I.F. = 3.377) (Citation: 71) 5. Goutam Palui, Jayanta Nanda, Sudipta Ray, Arindam Banerjee*, 2009, Fabrication of Luminescent CdS Nanoparticles on Short Peptide based Hydrogel Nanofibers : Tuning of Optoelectronic Properties Chem.-Eur. J., , 15, 6902–6909 (I.F. = 5.696) (Citation: 45) 6. Bimalnedu Adhikari, Arindam Banerjee*, 2010, Facile Synthesis of Water-Soluble Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters and Hg

II sensing Chem. Mater., , 22, 4364-4371 , (Impact Factor , I.F. = 8.535) [the top 10

most-accessed articles from Chemistry of Materials during the third quarter of 2010] (Citation: 122) 7. Bimalnedu Adhikari, Arindam Banerjee* , 2010, Short Peptide Based Hydrogel: A Template for the in situ Synthesis of Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters Using Sunlight Chem.-Eur. J., , 16, 13698-13705 (I.F. = 5.696) (Citation: 83) 8. Bimalendu Adhikari, Jayanta Nanda and Arindam Banerjee*, 2011, Pyrene Containing Peptide Based Fluorescent Organogel: Inclusion of Graphene into the Organogel Chem.-Eur. J., 17, 11488–11496, (Impact factor (I.F. = 5.535) (Citation: 69) 9. Bimalendu Adhikari and Arindam Banerjee*, 2011, Short Peptide Based Hydrogels: Incorporation of Graphene into the Hydrogel Soft Matter, 7, 9259–9266. (I.F. = 4.151) (TOP TEN MOST-READ ARTICLE IN AUGUST, 2011) (Citation: 57) 10. Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas, Bimalendu Adhikari, Arindam Banerjee* , 2013, A Gel-Based Trihybrid System Containing Nanofibers, Nanosheets, and Nanoparticles: Modulation of the Rheological Property and Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 52, 5041 –5045. ( Citation : 37)

330

BASU, BASUDEB (b 1956), Professor, North Bengal University, Darjeeling


Professor Basudeb Basu has maintained steady contributions to teaching and research in the past twenty nine years of his services as a University teacher and good researcher. He obtained Ph.D. from I.A.C.S., Kolkata and post-doctoral research in USA and Sweden. He worked in a broad area covering synthetic approaches to carbocycles, total synthesis of bioactive molecules (+)–Spatol, and asymmetric synthesis of non–natural aryl alanine derivatives. During the last fifteen years, his research contributions to heterogeneous nanocatalysis with mono- and bimetallic species and subsequent applications in various organic reactions are noteworthy. Furthermore, Prof. Basu and his research group has demonstrated successful uses of nanoporous materials like silica, alumina or KF–doped alumina and graphene-based materials in catalysis for diver organic reactions. Professor Basu‘s contributions in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, green chemistry, catalysis and nano-structured materials are quite significant. His publications have received not only excellent citations but also some of his works have been patented. In addition to his research contributions and long period of post-graduate teaching, Professor Basu has written one chapter in a Book titled ―Environmental Studies‖, widely followed in undergraduate courses. He has also written a chapter in a book titled ―green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles‖ published by Elsevier, UK. Professor Basu has acted as resource person in Refresher Courses, Orientation Programs under UGC, delivered lectures in Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops. Over the last two years, he was Visiting Professor in Taiwan, China and Sweden.

Proposer : Prof. G.P. Pandey, Seconder : Dr. Pradip Kumar Tripathi


1. D. Sengupta, J. Saha, G. De, and B. Basu,* 2014, Pd/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles embedded in macroporous ion-exchange resins: An excellent heterogeneous catalyst for the Sonogashira reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2/4, 3986–3992. (if=6.101, ci=12)

2. K. Bhowmik, D. Sengupta, B. Basu*, and G. De., 2014, Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Ni Nanoparticle: A High Performance Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Kumada–Corriu Cross-coupling Reactions, RSC Adv., 4, 35442–35448 (if=3.708, ci=1)

3. B. Basu,* S. Kundu and D. Sengupta, Graphene Oxide as Carbocatalyst: First Example of One–pot Sequential Dehydration–hydrothiolation of sec. Aryl Alcohols, RSC Adv., 3, 22130–22134 (if=3.708, ci=3)

4. B. Basu,* K. Biswas, S. Kundu and S. Ghosh, 2010, Highly Effective Alternative Aryl Trihydroxyborate Salts for a Ligand–Free, On–Water Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction, Green. Chem. 12/10, 1734-1738. (if=6.828, ci=32)

5. B. Basu,* S. Paul and A. K. Nanda, 2009, Highly Selective N–Alkylation of Amines Promoted on Silica: An Efficient and Recyclable Surface, Green Chem. 11/8, 1115-1120 (if=6.828, ci=31)

6. B. Basu,* S. Paul, A. K. Nanda, 2010, Silica–Promoted Facile Synthesis of Thioesters and Thioethers: Highly Efficient, Reusable, Environmentally Safe Solid Support, Green Chem. 12/5, 767-771. (if=6.828, ci=22)

7. B. Basu,* P. Das, M.M.H. Bhuiyan and S. Jha, 2003, Microwave-assisted Suzuki coupling on a KF–alumina surface: synthesis of polyaryls, Tetrahedron Lett. 44/19, 3817-3820. (if=2.376, ci=86)

8. B. Basu,* M.M.H. Bhuiyan, P. Das, and I. Hossain, 2003, Catalytic transfer reduction of conjugated alkenes and an imine using polymer-supported formates, 44/50, 8931-8934. (if=2.376, ci=47)

9. B. Basu,* P. Das, and I. Hossain, 2004, Synthesis of β-amino esters via aza-Michael addition of amines to alkenes promoted on silica: A useful and recyclable surface, Synlett, 14, 2630-2632. (if=2.463, ci=32)

10. B. Basu,* S. Das, P. Das, B. Mandal, D. Banerjee, and F. Almqvist, 2009, Palladium Supported on a PolyionicResin as an Efficient, Ligand-Free, and Recyclable Catalyst forHeck, Suzuki-Miyaura, and Sonogashira Reactions, Synthesis, 7, 1137-1146. (if=2.443, ci=23)

331

CHAKRABORTI, ASIT KUMAR (b 1954), Professor and Head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Nationational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, Punjab


Dr. Chakraborti pioneered in revealing the organo-catalytic role of ionic liquids (ILs) as nucleophile-electrophile dual activation via supramolecular assemblies formed by a network of cooperative hydrogen bond and charge-charge interactions representing novel ‗charge-charge-cooperativity‘ and ‗charge-charge-assisted hydrogen bond‘ providing mass spectrometry-based rational selection of ILs as organo-catalysts. His works on ambiphilic dual activation role of water through cooperative hydrogen-bond network offer conceptual advancement in understanding the molecular level interaction of water in accelerating organic reactions, find applications in developing novel ‗all-water tandem reactions‘ for synthesis of drugs and bioactive heterocyclic scaffolds, and would promote rational design of aqueous organic reactions. He revealed oxygen uptake by surfactants through mass-spectrometric identification of effective catalytic species as non-heme model for dioxygen activation at room temperature for greener aerobic oxidation. He proposed new catalyst model for epoxide-phenol dual activation through synergistic action of PdNP and water via cooperative effect of ‗coordination-anion-π interaction-HB formation‘ for newer synthetic routes of various drugs. His proposals on ‗cooperative catalysis by transition metal nanoclusters‘ for C-X activation and ‗unprecedented hydroxyl transfer form 1,4-dioxane‘ for transition metal promoted aryl C-H activation facilitate late functionalization of bioactive scaffold. He introduced concepts on demand-based and single electron transfer thiolate anion generation, radical-cation-radical-anion pair and cation-neutral-anion pair mediated electrophilic activation, and nucleophile-electrophile dual activation by specific solvation and Li+-coordination for atom economical chemo-selective O-methylation to generate new chemical entities and developed transition/alkali metal-based catalysts to synthesise anti-hypertensive drugs. The heterogeneous catalysts HClO4-SiO2 and HBF4-SiO2 invented by him are used globally for various organic synthesis.

Proposer : Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder : Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj


1. Kapileswar Seth, Manesh Nautiyal, Priyank Purohit, Naisargee Parikh, and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2015) ―Palladium Catalyzed Csp2-H Activation for Direct Aryl Hydroxylation: Unprecedented Role of 1,4-Dioxane as Source of Hydroxyl Radical,‖ J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 51, 191-194. (if=6.718 )

2. Kapileswar Seth, Sudipta Raha Roy, Bhavin V. Pipaliya and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2013) ―Synergistic Dual Activation Catalysis by Palladium Nanoparticles for Epoxide Ring Opening with Phenols,‖ J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 49, 5886 - 5888. (if=6.378 , ci=Cited 13 times.)

3. Damodara N. Kommi, Dinesh Kumar, Kapileswar Seth and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2013) ―Protecting group-free concise synthesis of (RS)/(S)-lubeluzole,‖ Org. Lett. 15, 1158-1161. (if= 6.142, ci=Cited 10 times.)

4. Anirban Sarkar, Sudipta Raha Roy and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2011) ―Ionic Liquid Catalysed Reaction of Thiols with α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds- Remarkable Influence of the C-2 Hydrogen and the Anion,‖ J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 47, 4538-4540.(if=6.378, ci=Cited 36 times. )

5. Naisargee Parikh, Dinesh Kumar, Sudipta Raha Roy and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2011) ―Surfactant mediated oxygen reuptake in water for green aerobic oxidation: mass-spectrometric determination of discrete intermediates to correlate oxygen uptake with oxidation efficiency,‖ J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 47, 1797-1799. (if=6.378, ci=Cited 37 times.)

6. Sudipta Raha Roy and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2010) ―Supramolecular Assemblies in Ionic Liquid catalysis for Aza-Michael Reaction,‖ Org. Lett. 12, 3866-3869. (if=6.142, ci=Cited 46 times.)

7. Asit K. Chakraborti* and Sudipta Raha Roy, (2009) ―On Catalysis by Ionic Liquids,‖ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 6902-6903. Selected for display in Nature Publishing Groups Asia Materials website. (if=10.667, ci=Cited 98 times.)

8. Srikant Bhagat and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2007) ―An extremely efficient three-component reaction of aldehydes/ketone, amines, and phosphates (Kabachnik-Fields reaction) for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates catalysed by magnesium perchlorate,‖ J. Org. Chem. 72, 1263-1270. (if= 4.564 , ci=Cited 183 times. )

9. Sunay V. Chankeshwara and Asit K. Chakraborti*, (2006) ―Catalyst-free chemoselective N-tert-butyloxycarbonylation of amines in water,‖ Org. Lett. 8, 3259-3262. (if= 6.142 , ci=Cited 108 times. )

10. Gopal L. Khatik, Raj Kumar and Asit K. Chakraborti,* (2006) ―Catalyst-free conjugated addition of thiols to a,b-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water,‖ Org. Lett. 8, 2433-2436. (if= 6.142, ci=Cited 163 times.)

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CHAUDHURI, ARABINDA (b 1958), Chief Scientist, Division of Lipid Science and Technology, CSIR-

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500007 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) Dr. Chaudhuri has made pioneering contributions in the area of biomaterials. Numerous in-depth structure-activity studies from his group have thrown significant insights into the various structural parameters capable of influencing the gene transfer properties of cationic amphiphiles, an essential pre-requisite for rational design of efficient liposomal transfection vectors in non-viral gene therapy (Biomaterials 2011, 32, 5231-5240; Biomaterials 2009, 30, 2369-2384; J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 1967-1971; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11408-11420; Med. Res. Rev. 2007, 27, 696-722 and the references cited therein; J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 2123-2132; Chem. Biol. 2004, 11, 427-437). Recently, Dr. Chaudhuri‘s group has developed highly efficient tumor vasculature targeting RGDK- and RGDGWK-lipopeptides for use in anti-angiogenic cancer gene therapy (Biomaterials 2010, 31, 1787-1797; J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 7298-7302) which received coverage in Nat. Med., Nat. Cancer Rev., Nature India and in SciBX, Science Business Expresss, a joint publication of Nature and BioCentury USA. More recently, Dr. Chaudhuri‘s group has succeeded in inducing dramatically long lasting immune response against melanoma tumor using a novel liposomal system for targeting DNA vaccines to antigen presenting cells in genetic immunization under both ex-vivo and direct in vivo conditions (Biomaterials 2012, 33, 6220-6229; Indian Patent Application No. 0017/DEL/2013). Most recently his group has developed highly efficacious liposome based system for delivering therapeutic siRNA under in vivo conditions (Drug Delivery and Translation Research, in press; Indian Patent Application No. 0203DEL2013, filed on 28/01/2013; Indian Patent Application No. 0203DEL2013, filed on 28/01/2013; PCT Application No. PCT/IN2013/000054, filed on 28/01/2013).

Proposer : Dr. J. S. Yadav, Seconder : Dr. A. C. Kunwar Ten Best Publications: 1. Banerjee, R.; Das, P. K.; Srilakshmi, G. V.; Chaudhuri, A.*; and Rao, N. M.* A Novel series of Non-glycerol based cationic transfection lipidsfor use in liposomal gene delivery. J. Med. Chem. 1999, 42, 4292-4299. (IF=5.248, CI=Times Cited: 65) 2. 9. Banerjee, R.; Mahidhar, Y. V.; Chaudhuri, A.*; Gopal, V.; Rao, N. M.* Design, Synthesis, and Transfection Biology of Novel Cationic Glycolipids for Use in Liposomal Gene Delivery. J. Med. Chem. 2001, 44, 4176-4185. (IF=5.248, CI=Times Cited: 48) 3. Singh, R. S.; Mukherjee, K.; Banerjee, R.; Chaudhuri, A.*; Hait, S. K.; Moulik, S. P.; Ramadas, Y.; Vijayalakshmi, A.; and Rao, N. M.* Anchor Dependency for Non-Glycerol Based Cationic Lipofectins: Mixed Bag of Regular and Anomalous Transfection Profiles. Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 900-909. (IF=5.925, CI=Times cited: 40) 4. Sen, J. and Chaudhuri, A.* Design, Syntheses and Transfection Biology of Novel Non-Cholesterol based Guanidinylated Cationic Lipids. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 812-820. (IF=5.248, CI=Times cited: 28) 5. Karmali, P. P.; Majeti, B. K.; Bojja S.; and Chaudhuri, A.* In Vitro Gene Transfer Efficacies and Serum Compatibility Profiles of Novel Mono, Di- and Tri-Histidinylated Cationic Transfection Lipids: A Structure-Activity Investigation. Bioconjugate Chem. 2006, 17, 159-171.(IF=4.930, CI=Times cited: 31) 6. Karmali, P. P.; Valluripalli, V. K.; Chaudhuri, A.* Design, Syntheses and In Vitro Gene Delivery Efficacies of Novel Mono-, Di- and Trilysinated Cationic Lipids: A Structure-Activity Investigation. J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 2123-2132. (IF=5.248, CI=Times cited: 36) 7. Rajesh, M.; Sen, J.; Srujan, M.; Mukherjee, K.; Bojja, S.; Chaudhuri, A.* Dramatic Influence of the Orientation of Linker between Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Lipid Moiety in Liposomal Gene Delivery. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11408-11420. (IF=9.907, CI=Times cited: 40) 8. Mukthavaram, R.; Marepally, S.; Mahidhar, Y. Venkata.; Naidu, V. G. M.; Ramakrishna, S.; Chaudhuri, A.* Cationic glycolipids with cyclic and open galactose head-groups for the selective targeting of genes to mouse liver. Biomaterials 2009, 30, 2369-2384. (IF=7.404, CI=Times cited: 13) 9. Samanta, S.; Ramakrishna, S.; Chaudhuri, A.* The use of RGDGWK- lipopeptide to selectively deliver genes to mouse tumor vasculature and its complexation with p53 to inhibit tumor growth. Biomaterials 2010, 31, 1787-1797. (IF=7.404, CI=Times cited: 5) 10. Srinivas, R.; Garu, A.; Moku, G.; Agawane, S.; Chaudhuri, A.* A long- lasting dendritic cell DNA vaccination system using lysinylated amphiphiles with mannose-mimicking head-groups. Biomaterials 2012, 33, 6220-6229. (IF=7.404, CI=published six months back)

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DANDIA, ANSHU (b 1957), Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur


Prof. Dandia‘s contributions to chemical research and education touch the field of organic chemistry including heterocyclic synthesis and organic transformations. She has contributed a lot to chemical research by utilizing the environ-economic strategies for the benefit of society. She has efficiently explored the emerging field of nanocatalysis and demonstrated the use of various nanoparticles for regio/stereo selective synthesis of a variety of heterocycles in sustainable manner. Recently, she has also investigated the catalytic applications of graphene based nano-materials towards the synthesis of bio-dynamic heterocycles. She has published over 170 research papers in the journals of international repute. One of her research papers published in ―Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry‖ was awarded as ―Best Paper & Most Cited Paper‖ amongst 4000 papers of 2006-2009 by reputed publishing house ―Elsevier‖. Apart from research, she is also involved in teaching graduate and post graduate students and received ―Best Chemistry Teacher Award‖ in India by Tata Chemicals Ltd., Confederation of Indian Industries and the Association of Chemistry Teachers in 2012. Moreover, she is gratifying several imperative administrative and academic responsibilities at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur such as Head, Department of Chemistry; Director, P. G. School of Physical Sciences and Affairs, Vigyan Bhawan; Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study (UGC); Convener, Board of Studies; Convener, CRSI Rajasthan Chapter, etc. In addition, she has been also designated as Member, American Chemical Society, USA; Member, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, USA; Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, London; Council Member, CRSI, Mumbai and Vice-President, Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.

Proposer : Dr. Ganesh Pandey, Seconder : Dr. Pradeep Kumar


1. A. Dandia, V. Parewa, S. L. Gupta, A. Sharma and N. K. Agarwal, 2014, PC-ZnO Nanocomposites as efficient and reusable catalyst for the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated compounds and aldimines. Cur. Org. Chem., 18, 2652-2564. (if=2.54, ci=6)

2. A. Dandia, V. Parewa, S. Maheshwari and K. S. Rathore, 2014, Cu doped CdS nanoparticles: A versatile and recoverable catalyst for chemoselective synthesis of indolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline derivatives under microwave irradiation, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 394, 244-252.(if=3.68, ci=2)

3. A. Dandia, A. K. Jain, D. S. Bhati and A.K. Laxkar, 2013, Synthesis and stereochemical investigation of highly functionalized novel dispirobisoxindole derivatives via [3+2] cycloaddition reaction in ionic liquid, Tetrahedron, 69, 2062-2069. (if=2.82, ci=17)

4. A.Dandia, A. K. Jain and S. Sharma, 2013, CuFe2O4 nanoparticles as a highly efficient and magnetically recoverable catalyst for the synthesis of medicinally privileged spiropyrimidine scaffolds, RSC Adv., 3(9), 2924-2934. (if=3.70, ci=14)

5. A. Dandia, V. Parewa, S. L. Gupta and K. S. Rathore, 2013, Cobalt doped ZnS nanoparticles as a recyclable catalyst for solvent-free synthesis of heterocyclic privileged medicinal scaffolds under infrared irradiation, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 373, 61-71. (if=3.68, ci=13)

6. A. Dandia, R. Singh, A. K. Laxkar, 2012, New multicomponent domino reaction on water: highly synthesis of spiro[indoline-3,4′-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines] catalyzed by NaCl, Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 3012-3017. (if=2.39, ci=35)

7. A.Dandia, V. Parewa and K. S. Rathore, 2012, Synthesis and characterization of CdS and Mn doped CdS nanoparticles and their catalytic application for chemoselective synthesis of benzimidazoles and benzothiazoles in aqueous medium, Cata. Commun., 28, 90–94. (if=3.32, ci=16)

8. A. Dandia, V. Parewa, A. K. Jain and K. S. Rathore, 2011, Step-economic, efficient, ZnS nanoparticle-catalyzed synthesis of spirooxindole derivatives in aqueous medium via Knoevenagel condensation followed by Michael addition, Green Chem., 13, 2135-2145.(if=6.85, ci=52)

9. A. Dandia, R. Singh, S. Bhaskaran and S. D. Samant, 2011, Versatile three component procedure for combinatorial synthesis of biologically relevant scaffold spiro[indole-thiazolidinones] under aqueous conditions, Green Chem., 13, 1852-1859. (if=6.85, ci=39)

10. A. Dandia, R. Singh, S. Khaturia, C. Mérienne, G. Morgant and A. Loupy, 2006, Efficient microwave enhanced regioselective synthesis of a series of benzimidazolyl/triazolyl spiro(indole-thiazolidinones) as potent antifungal agents and crystal structure of spiro[3H-indole-3,2'-thiazolidine]-3'(1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-2,4'(1H)-dione, Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 2409-2417. (if=2.95, ci=158)

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DEY, JOYKRISHNA (b 1961), Professor, Deptt. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,

Kharagpur - 721302


Dr. Dey‘s research group, for the first time, has developed an efficient method for chiral separations of

drugs by capillary electrophoresis (CE) with improved resolutions using vesicles of chiral surfactants

(Mohanty et al. Chem. Commun. 2003, 1384). His group has also shown chiral separations using cationic

vesicles for the first time in the history of chiral separations by CE (Dey et al. J. Chromatogr. A 2004,

1048, 127). Dr. Dey has designed gelator molecules; the organogels and hydrogels prepared by his group have shown potential applications in oil recovery and drug delivery (Khatua et al. Chem. Commun. 2006, 4903; Pal et al. Chem. Commun. 2009, 6997). Dr. Dey‘s group is among the few who have demonstrated the role of hydrogen bonding in the formation stable vesicles by single-chain amphiphiles (Roy et al. Langmuir 2005, 21, 10362). Further, through polymerization of vesicle-forming chiral amphiphiles he has been able to produce robust vesicles that can be used as drug delivery vehicles (Nayak et al. Polymer, 2005, 46, 12401). Recently, his group has demonstrated drug delivery using amphiphilic polymer nanoparticles (Dutta et al. Macromol. Biosci. 2009, 9, 1116). His earlier research activities have shown how otherwise difficult to estimate equilibrium constants of dehydration reactions of organic molecules (Dey et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 8561) can be determined. He has also contributed to the understanding of the photophysical/photochemical behavior of biologically important organic acids and bases (Dey et al. J. Phys. Chem. 1997, 101, 2272; J. Phys. Chem. 1997, 101, 4872).

Proposer: Prof. S. K. Dogra, Seconder: Prof. Ashok K. Mishra Ten Best Publications: 1. Salt-Induced Vesicle to Micelle Transition in Aqueous Solution of N-(4-octyloxybenzoyl)-L-valine. A.

Mohanty, T. Patra, and J. Dey, J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 7155-7159. (IF=3.6, CI=17) 2. A Supramolecular Hydrogel that Responds to Biologically Relevant Stimuli. D. Khatua, R. Maiti, and J.

Dey, Chem. Commun. 2006, 4903-4905. (IF=5.8, CI=25) 3. Spontaneously Formed Vesicles of Sodium N-(11-Acrylamido-undecanoyl)-glycinate and L-alaninate in

Water. S. Roy and J. Dey, Langmuir 2005, 21, 10362-10369. (IF=4.3, CI=26) 4. Microviscosity of Bilayer Membranes of Some N-Acyl Amino Acid Surfactants Determined by

Fluorescence Probe Method. S. Roy, A. Mohanty and J. Dey, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2005, 414, 23- 27. (IF=2.2, CI=23) 5. Vesicles as pseudostationary phase for enantiomer separation by capillary electrophoresis. A. Mohanty

and J. Dey, J. Chromatogr. A 2005, 1070, 185-192. (IF=3.8, CI=23) 6. Spontaneous formation of gel emulsions in organic solvents and commercial fuels induced by a novel

class of amino acid derivatized surfactants. D. Khatua and J. Dey, Langmuir 2005, 21, 109-114. (IF=4.3,

CI=21) 7. Spontaneous formation of vesicles and chiral self-assemblies of sodium N(4-dodecyloxybenzoyl)-L-

valinate in water. A. Mohanty and J. Dey, Langmuir 2004, 20, 8452-8459. (IF=4.3, CI=28) 8. Cationic vesicles as chiral selector for enantioseparations of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by

micellar electrokinetic chromatography. J. Dey, A. Mohanty, S. Roy and D. Khatua, J. Chromatogr. A

2004, 1048, 127-132. (IF=3.8, CI=22) 9. Self-organization and Microstructures of Sodium 11-acrylamido-undecanoate in water. S. Roy and J.

Dey, Langmuir 2003, 19, 9625-9629. (IF=4.3, CI=20) 10. A Giant Vesicle Forming Single Tailed Chiral Surfactant for Enantioseparation by Micellar

Electrokinetic Chromatography. A. Mohanty and J. Dey, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 2003, 1384-

1385. (IF=5.8, CI=19)

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DUTTA, DIPAK KUMAR (b 1954), Chief Scientist, Materials Science Division, CSIR-North East Institute

of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam - 785006 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) It is my great pleasure to highlight the significant contributions of Dr. Dipak Kumar Dutta, in sustainable Green Catalysts/Catalysis and basic sciences, as I am personally acquainted with his works: (i)Designing and development of layered clay materials (Montmorillonite) by intercalation/intersalation reactions of suitable metal-complexes leading to basal spacing(d001) as high as 3.2 nm(Papers:13,17,26,33;Patents:11,14,20). (ii)Modification/activation of the layered clay by mineral acids leads to generate innovative properties: high surface area: 200-600 m2/g, micro- and mesopores: 5-40 Å, pore volume: 0.3-0.6 cc/g, and surface acidity about 0.41 mmol/g; for efficient catalysis in Friedel -Crafts reactions, Esterification etc.(Paper:63;Patents: 32,33,37,38,39,40,41). (iii)Supporting/stabilizing heteropoly acids, and in-situ generation of metals (Ni,Co, Cu,Ru,Au,Pt etc.) nanoparticles into the nanopores of the clay led to the development of heterogeneous green catalysts for chemoselective synthesis of important fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals (Papers:28,43,48,53,55,58,59,65, 66,67,70,71,Patent:29). (iv)Synthesizing of electron rich metal carbonyl complexes of hemilabile functionalized phosphine ligands and their efficient (high TON/TOF) catalytic carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid and esters (Papers:14,19,21-24,27,30,34,35,38,40,42,44-47,49,50,52,54,56,57,60-62,64,68,69, Patents:12,13,16,17,19,21,24,25,30,31,34, 35). One paper(No.54) acquired Editor‘s Choice Article, because of new scientific concept/intellectual input. Dr. Dutta, has been honoured by (i) ―CSIR Technology Awards for Innovation 2010‖ as Group Leader, for developing ―High Strength Proppants‖ Patents:6,7,8) a specialty material used by oil exploring organization and(ii) ―Durlav Deka Memorial Award‖ in Chemistry, 2007, hoisted by Assam cience Society, for significant Basic Research contributions. Dr. Dutta eveloped quality manpower (Ph.D.students) to cater the need of North Eastern egion. The Book chapters written by him are valuable contributions.

Proposer : Dr. Mannepalli Lakshmikantam, Seconder : Prof. Daya Shankar Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. Adsorption of Cr(VI) in layered double hydroxides, R. L. Goswamee, P. Sengupta, K. G. Bhattacharya and D. K. Dutta, Appl. Clay Sci. (Elsevier Pub.) 1998, 13(1), 21-34. (IF=2.78, CI=115) 2. An alternative strategy to an electron rich phosphine based carbonylation catalysts, D. K. Dutta, J. D. Woollins, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. Konwar, P. Das, M. Sharma, P. Bhattacharya and S. M. Aucott, Dalton Transactions, 2003, 2674-2679. (IF=4.081, CI=28) 3. Generation of metal nanoparticles on Montmorillonite K 10 and their characterization, O. S. Ahmed and D. K. Dutta, Langmuir 2003, 19(13), 5540-5541. (IF=3.898, CI=23) 4. Dimeric Rh(III) complex stabilized by hydrogen bonding: Building block of a nanoporous supramolecular assembly, B. J. Sarmah, D. K. Dutta, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 1643-1645. (IF=4.162, CI=2) 5. Heteropoly acid supported modified Montmorillonite clay: An effective catalyst for the esterification of acetic acid with sec-butanol, S. K. Bhorodwaj and D. K. Dutta, Appl. Cat. A: General. 2010, 378, 221-226. (IF=3.564, CI=6) 6. Influence of phosphorus and oxygen donor diphosphine ligands on the reactivity of rhodium(I) carbonyl complexes, B. Deb and D. K. Dutta, J. Mol. Cat. A Chemical, 2010, 326, 21-28 and appeared as Editor‘s Choice Article. (IF=3.135, CI=11) 7. Potential Rhodium and Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes of Phosphine-Chalcogen (P-O/S/Se) donor ligands and Catalytic applications, D. K. Dutta and B. Deb, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2011, 255, 1686-1712. (IF=12.11, CI=10) 8. Stabilization of Cuo-nanoparticles into the nanopores of modified montmorillonite: An implication on catalytic approach for ―Click‖ reaction between azides and terminal alkynes, B. J. Borah, D. Dutta, P. P. Saikia, N. C. Barua, D. K. Dutta, Green Chem. 2011, 13(12), 3453-3460. (IF=6.32, CI=5) 9. Chemoselective reduction of nitro group through transfer hydrogenation catalysed by Ruo-nanoparticles stabilized on modified Montmorillonite clay, P. P. Sarmah and D. K. Dutta, Green Chem. 2012, 14(4), 1086-1093. (IF=6.32, CI=1) 10.In situ stabilization of Pdo-nanoparticles into the nanopores of modified Montmorillonite: Efficient heterogeneous catalysts for Heck and Sonogashira coupling reactions" B.J. Borah and D.K. Dutta, J. Mol. Cat. A Chemical, 2013, 366, 202–209. (IF=2.95, CI=0)

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HAZARIKA, MRIDUL (b 1956), Senior Principal Scientist, The Science Foundation for Tribal and Rural

Resource C-122 (HIG) State Housing Board Colony, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar


The major scientific contributions include biochemical fingerprinting of tea. Role of terpenoids in Darjeeling flavor was established for the first time(J.Sci.Food Agric. 1984,35,1201-1207). Pigment pattern analysis as a tool for assessment of quality and dynamics of thearubigin II was established for the first time. This has helped in regulating processing for black tea quality(J. sci. Food Agric, 1985,36,1133-1139). Molecular mechanism of Darjeeling flavor and role of thrips and green fly in flavour expression was established for the first time in Darjeeling tea (Plant Mol. Biol. DOI 10-1007/s11103-012-9887-0). Cause of variation of black tea quality in different agroclimatic zones was established for the first time (J.Sci. Food Agric. 2009,89,1498-1507). Catechin and catechin fractios as well as AFLP based genetic diversity was established (Biochem Genet, 2010,48, 549-564 and Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2009,6, 1042-1052. Other work include quality assessment, identification of problem in tea using various modern tools and role of lipids in flavour generation (Agronomy Journal 2010, 102(4), 1290-2010.

Proposer: Prof. P. Das, Seconder: Prof. G.R. Rout

Ten Best Publications: 1. J. Sci. Food agric. 1983,34,1390-1396 (IF=1.36, CI= 18) 2. J. Sci. food Agric. 1984,35, 1208-1218 (IF=1.36, CI= 25) 3. J.Sci. Food Agric. 1984, 35, 1201-1207 (IF=1.36, CI= 14) 4. J. Sci. Food Agric. 1985, 36, 1130-1132 (IF=1.36, CI= 12) 5. J. sci. Food Agric. 1985, 36, 1133-1139 (IF=1.36, CI= 19) 6. J. sci. Food Agric. 2009,89, 1498-1507 (IF=1.36, CI= 1) 7. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2009, 6, 1042-1051 (IF=1.586, CI= 4) 8. Biochem Genet 2010, 48, 549-564 (IF=0.825, CI= 2) 9. Plant Mol. Biol. DOI 10.1007/s 11103-012-9887-0 (IF=4.149) 10.Agronomy Journal 2010, 102(4), 1290-1301 (IF=1.650, CI= 3)

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KALIAPPAN, KRISHNA PILLAI (b 1968), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai


―Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan, after obtaining his doctoral degree from IISc, Bangalore and post-doctoral training in USA and Europe with well established leaders in organic chemsitry, joined the chemistry department of IIT Bombay in 2001 as a faculty. On the strength of his consistent and meritorious contributions he quickly climbed through the ranks and is presently a full Professor. His group at IIT Bombay has been working mainly in the area of synthesis of natural products and natural product like molecules and he has made significant contribution in both areas. His work on the total synthesis of complex natural products of contemporary interest like vinigrol, palmerolide A, platensimycin, platencin and angucyclinone antibiotics has drawn considerable visibility both nationally and internationally. In addition, he has ventured beyond the conventional synthesis and designed and synthesized several natural product like scaffolds. These carefully designed entities, embodying important pharmacophore could be good starting points for new drug discovery leads in the area of anticancer and antibiotics. In recognition of his ideas and performance, Professor Kaliappan obtained grants from international and national funding agencies and awarded the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship. He has published high quality research work and has been frequently invited to lecture in many countries and in prestigious fora like the Indo-Kavli Frontier Symposium, ICOS-19 in Melbourne and ICOS 20 in Budapest. Professor Kaliappan is the best in his age group in the area of organic chemistry with specialization in synthesis and is very deserving of election to the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.‖

Proposer : Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Seconder : Prof. S. R. Kotha


1. Subramanian, P.; Indu, S.; Kaliappan, K. P. 2014, "A One-Pot Copper Catalyzed Biomimetic Route to N-Heterocyclic Amides from Methyl Ketones via Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage" , Org. Lett., 16, 6212-6215. (if=6.32, ci=Nil)

2. Betkekar, V. V.; Sayyad, A. A.; Kaliappan, K. P. 2014, "A Domino Enyne/IMDA Approach to the Core Structure of (-) Vinigrol", Org. Lett., 16, 5540-5543. (if=6.32, ci=Nil)

3. Betkekar, V. V.; Panda, S.; Kaliappan, K. P. 2012, ""A Tandem Enyne/Ring Closing Metathesis Approach to 4-Methylene-2-cyclohexenols: An Efficient Entry to Otteliones and Loloanolides" Org. Lett., 14, 198-201. (if=6.32, ci=12)

4. Subrahmanyam, A. V.; Kalanidhi, P.; Kaliappan, K. P.; 2010, "Application of enyne metathesis/Diels-Alder cycloaddition sequence: A new versatile approach to syntheses of C-aryl glycosides and spiro C-aryl glycosides" Chem. Eur. J., 16, 8545-8556. (if=5.7, ci=32)

5. Gowrisankar, P.; Pujari, S. A; Kaliappan, K. P. 2010, "A Formal Synthesis of Palmerolide A" Chem. Eur. J. 16, 5858-5862. (if=5.7, ci=32)

6. Kalanidhi, P.; Kaliappan, K. P.; 2010, "Discovery and syntheses of "superbug challengers"-platensimycin and platencin" Chem. Asian. J. 5, 668-703 (if=3.93, ci=39)

7. Kaliappan, K. P.; Das, P.; Chavan, S. T.; Sabharwal, S. G. 2009, "A versatile access to calystegine analogues as potential glycosidases inhibitors" J. Org. Chem. 74, 6266-6274. (if=4.64, ci=31)

8. Kaliappan, K. P.; Ravikumar, V. 2007, "Angucyclinone antibiotics: Total syntheses of YM-181741, (+)-ochromycinone, (+)-rubiginone B2, (-)-tetrangomycin, and MM-47755" J. Org. Chem. 72, 6116-6126. (if=4.64, ci=39)

9. Kaliappan, K. P.; Ravikumar, V. 2007 "An expedient enantioselective strategy for the oxatetracyclic core of platensimycin" Org. Lett., 9, 2417-2419. (if=6.32, ci=61)

10. Kaliappan, K. P.; Subrahmanyam, A. V. "A new versatile strategy for C-Aryl glycosides" Org. Lett., 9, 1121-1124. (if=6.32, ci=45)

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KAPOOR, SUDHIR (b 1959), Scientific Officer, SO (H) Peer-reviewed, BARC, Mumbai


The research activities of Dr. Sudhir Kapoor focus on reactions of short-lived intermediates at the solid/liquid interfaces of nanoscale materials and in homogeneous systems leading to interesting catalytic and possible medical applications. He has made a vast contribution in preparation of magnetic and noble metal nanoparticles of desired shapes/sizes by using complementary chemical/radiation-chemical/photochemical (UV and ultrafast lasers) techniques (J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7698 (2005); J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7203 (2005); J. Coll. Inter. Sci. 287, 496 (2005); Phys. Chem. Chem Phys. 6, 590 (2004); Chem. Phys. Letts. 355, 383, (2002)), leading to enhanced understanding of their formation mechanism and free radical reactions on their surfaces (Langmuir 24, 528 (2008); J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 24197 (2005)). Dr. Kapoor has further extended his activities to understand the adsorption of some biologically important compounds over silver nanoparticles and their thin films, probed using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ( J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 1805 (2006); J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 9928 (2005)). He has demonstrated enhanced stability of drugs over SiO2 nanosurface (Biophysical Chem. 109, 113 (2004)). Recently, he has shown that by using Cu nanoparticles the reaction time for Click reaction can be reduced drastically (J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 3334 (2008)). Dr. Kapoor has to his credit an impressive list of over 140 research publications in international journals of high repute, resulting in a total number of citation of more than 1600 with h index, 22. I strongly recommend that NASI Fellowship be conferred on Dr. Sudhir Kapoor.

Proposer : Dr. Tulsi Mukherjee, Seconder : Dr. Swapan Kumar Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. Jasmine A. Jacob, Sergej Naumov, Tulsi Mukherjee and Sudhir Kapoor*, 2011, Preparation,

characterization, surface modification and redox reactions of silver nanoparticles in the presence of

tryptophan, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 87, 498 (if=3.417, ci=8) 2. Anjana Sarkar, Tulsi Mukherjee and Sudhir Kapoor*, 2008, PVP-stabilized copper nanoparticles: A

reusable catalyst for ‗click‘ reaction between terminal alkynes and azides in non-aqueous solvents, J.

Phys. Chem. C 112, 3334 (if=4.814, ci=71) 3. Jasmine A. Jacob, Harbir S. Mahal, Nandita Biswas, Tulsi Mukherjee and Sudhir Kapoor*, 2008, Role

of phenol derivatives in the formation of silver nanoparticles, Langmuir 24, 528, (if= 4.187, ci=31) 4. S. Thomas, N. Biswas, S. Venkateswaran, S. Kapoor*, S. Naumov and T. Mukherjee, 2005, Studies on

adsorption of 5-amino tetrazole on silver nanoparticles by SERS and DFT calculations, J. Phys. Chem. A

109, 9928 (if= 2.771, ci= 33) 5. Anjana Sarkar, Sudhir Kapoor* and Tulsi Mukherjee, 2005, Preparation, characterization and surface

modification of silver nanoparticles in formamide, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7698 (if=3.607, ci=47) 6. Anjana Sarkar, Sudhir Kapoor* and Tulsi Mukherjee, 2005, Synthesis of silver nanoprisms in

formamide, J. Coll. Inter. Sci. 287, 496(if=3.390, ci=39) 7. A. Sarkar, S. Kapoor*, G. Yashwant, H.G. Salunke and T. Mukherjee, 2005, Preparation and

characterization of ultra fine Co and Ni particles in polymer matrix, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7203 (if=3.607,

ci=33) 8. Sudhir Kapoor*, Dipak K. Palit and Tulsi Mukherjee, 2002, Preparation, characterization and surface

modification of Cu metal nanoparticles, Chem. Phys. Letts. 355, 383 (if=2.150, ci=62) 9. S. Kapoor* and K.I. Priyadarsini, 2001, Protection of radiation induced protein damage by Curcumin,

Biophys. Chem. 92, 119(if=2.094, ci=50) 10. S. Kapoor*, 1998. Preparation, characterization and surface modification of silver particles, Langmuir

14, 1021 (if=4.187, ci=156)

339

KHANDAL, RAKESH KUMAR (b 1957), Director, Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, 19, University

Road, Delhi - 110007


Dr R. K. Khandal is the Director Shriram Institute for Industrial Research and President WAITRO i.e. World Association of Industrial & Technical Research Organizations a UN organization with 163 members from RTOs all over the world. He started as a lecturer at ISM Dhanbad in 1982. He headed a team of UNIDO/UNDP assisted project of GoI during 1985 – 1989, was a visiting scientist at ICI UK, 1986-87 and CNRA France, 1991-93. He worked as a Profit Centre Head with India‘s largest surfactant manufacturer for 8 years. Dr Khandal is acclaimed for his leadership qualities, visionary approach, innovativeness, creating teams, team leaders and facilitating them to deliver and excel. Industrial research and teaching are his passion based on which he has ensured the growth of SRI. He has 25 PhD students in different fields of industrial research. He has authored books and articles in advanced areas of research and has patents of intellectual value. He has developed technologies to produce high quality products. His expertise in analytical method development, establishing structure activity correlations and process validation has proven invaluable to the food&pharma industries. Sanitary napkins & wound dressings from textile waste for societal growth & poverty alleviation, utilization of plastics waste for roads and highways brought him national and international awards. His other areas of expertise include nanomaterials, green buildings, smart & strategic materials, natural polymers, fluoropolymers, etc. Dr Khandal has immensely contributed towards popularization of radiation processing technology for various applications. He has represented India at various international forums related to S&T

Proposer: Prof. Indra Kumari Varma, Seconder: Prof. Padma Vasudevan

Ten Best Publications: 1. Interactions between different anions and geothite surface as seen by different methods, Colloids and

Surfaces (IF=2.13, CI=15) 2. Adsorption of different polymers on kaolinite and their effect on flumequine adsorption, Applied Clay

Science (IF=2.3, CI=4) 3. Applications on visco-elastic measurements to the investigations of the swelling montmorrilonite

suspensions, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (IF=3.07, CI=40) 4. Metal-containing polymers for optical applications Part II, Journal of Polymer Materials (IF=0.43, CI=1) 5. Radiation processing of nylon by electron beam for improved properties of performance, Journal of

Radiation Physics and Chemistry(IF=1.13, CI=7) 6. Influence of varying fiber lengths on mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of MA-g-PP

compatibilized and chemically modified short pineapple leaf fiber reinforced polypropylene composites,

Journal of Applied Polymer Science (IF=1.20, CI=3) 7. Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological properties of MA-g-PP compatibilized and chemically modified

short banana fiber reinforced polypropylene composites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (IF=1.20,

CI=2) 8. Bamboo fiber reinforced polypropylene composites and their Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological

properties, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (IF=1.20, CI=1) 9. Quantitative determination of boron content in Tamsulosin hydrochloride by inductively coupled

plasma-optical emission spectroscopy, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciencesa

(IF=4.5, CI=0) 10. Novel nanocomposite optical plastic; Dispersion of titanium in polyacrylates, Journal of

Nanotechnology (IF=4.37, CI=0)

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KUMAR, DEVESH (b 1965), Associate Professor, Applied Physics Department, School of Physical

Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow - 226025 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences)

Dr. Devesh Kumar has emerged as a leading scientist in the area of metalloenzyme and his internationally recognized strength is the studies of monooxygenases and dioxygenases enzymes, especially the systems with a central iron-oxo active site. He has characterized of short-lived intermediates in the catalytic cycle of most popular enzyme cytochrome P450 which are experimentally impossible to detect and their reaction patterns is a very challenging aspect. His significant research contributions are summarized below: • Successfully resolved a controversy that was arisen from different sets of experiments by two research groups on the mechanism of C-H hydroxylation by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Recently, Rittle and Green (Science (2010) 330, 933) characterized the compound I of P450 and found that it perform C-H hydroxylation via rebound mechanism as explained by theory since 2002. • Explained the role of environment in catalytic reactions of P450 such electric field, water molecule etc. • Described the oxidation properties of several non-heme enzymes/ systems such as Bleomycin, Cystein Dioxygenase, N4py, Bntpen etc. • Characterized and suggested several potent oxidants of Polyoxometalate. • Suggested correlations between physical properties like ionization potential, bond dissociation energies of drug like molecules with reaction barrier of reactions involved in drug metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Dr. Kumar has the rare distinction of having an average impact factor of more than 6, h-index 29 and total citation about 2751 with 73 publications and he is one of the most prolific authors in his age group.

Proposer : Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, Seconder : Dr. Garikapati Narahari Sastry

Ten Best Publications: 1. D Kumar*, GN Sastry, SP de Visser*, Axial Ligand Effect On The Rate Constant of Aromatic

Hydroxylation By Iron(IV)- Oxo Complexes Mimicking Cytochrome P450 Enzymes; J. Phys. Chem. B: 2012; 116; 718-730 (IF=3.969, CI=-) 2. D Kumar, * GN Sastry, DP Goldberg,* SP. de Visser*; Mechanism of S-Oxygenation by a Cysteine

Dioxygenase Model Complex; J. Phys. Chem. A: 2012; 116; 582-591 (IF=2.946, CI=5) 3. A. K. Vardhaman, CV Sastri*, D Kumar*, SP de Visser*; Nonheme Ferric Hydroperoxo Intermediates

Are Efficient Oxidants of Bromide Oxidation; ChemComm: 2011; 47; 11044-11046 (IF=6.169, CI=5) 4. R Latifi, L Tahsini, D Kumar*, GN Sastry, W Nam* SP de Visser*; Oxidative properties of a nonheme

Ni(II)(O2) complex: Reactivity patterns for C–H activation, aromatic hydroxylation and heteroatom oxidation; ChemComm: 2011; 47; 10674-10676 (IF=6.169, CI=7) 5. D Kumar*, W Thiel, SP de Visser*; Theoretical study on the mechanism of the oxygen activation

process in cysteine dioxygenase enzymes; J. Am. Chem. Soc.: 2011; 133; 3869-3882 (IF=9.907, CI=27) 6. D Kumar*, GN Sastry, SP de Visser*; The axial ligand effect on substrate sulfoxidation by iron (IV)-oxo porphyrin cation radical oxidants: Predictive patterns of barrier heights and rare constants; Chem. Eur. J.: 2011; 17; 6196-6205 (IF=5.925, CI=6) 7. D Kumar*; Drug metabolism by Cytochrome P450: A tale of multistate reactivity; Iron-Containing

Enzymes: Versatile Catalysts of Hydroxylation Reactions in Nature‖, The Royal Society of Chemistry,

U.K., Eds. S. P. Visser, D. Kumar, Ch9; 2011; 281-329 8. D Kumar*, GN Sastry, SP de Visser*; Steric Factors Override Thermodynamic Driving Force in

Regioselectivity of Proline Hydroxylation by Prolyl-4-hydroxylase Enzymes; J. Phys. Chem. A: 2010; 114; 13234-13243 (IF=2.946, CI=5) 9. D Kumar*, B Karamzadeh, GN Sastry, SP de Visser*; What factors influence the rate constatnt of

substrate epoxidation by compound I of Cytochrome P450 and analogous iron(IV)-oxo oxidant ; J. Am. Chem. Soc.: 2010; 132; 7656-7667 (IF=9.907, CI=33) 10. S Shaik, S Cohen, Y Wang, H Chen, D Kumar, W. Thiel; P450 Enzymes: Their Structure, Reactivity

and Selectivity, Modeled by QM/MM Calculations; Chem. Rev.: 2010; 110; 949-1017 (IF=40.197, CI=185)

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KUMAR, MANOJ (b 1962), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) Prof. Manoj Kumar designed, synthesized and evaluated a number of fluorogenic receptors based on different scaffolds like (thia)calix[4]arenes, terphenyls, tripheylene, hexaphenylbenzene, hexa-peri-hexa-benzocoronene (HBC) and pentaquinones selective for soft metal ions like Ag+, Cu2+, Hg2+, Pb2+, Zn2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, anions like F-, Cl-, CN-, H2PO4- and nitroaromatic compounds like trinitrotoluene and picric acid. Based on the fluorescence behavior of these molecules a number of molecular switches and chemical logic gates have been reported which mimic the functions of different molecular electronic and photonic devices used for information, processing, sensing and computation. Prof. Kumar also reported two different types of molecular devices, molecular keypad locks based on sequential chemical inputs (which help to protect the information at molecular level) and molecular information storage devices (memory devices). Prof. Kumar also reported energy transfer cassettes (in which donor and acceptor are joined through an aromatic conjugated spacer) which undergo through bond energy transfer in the presence of Hg2+ ions. The biological applications of some of these fluorogenic receptors were tested for in vitro detection of metal ions like Hg2+, Cu2+ and Fe3+ in living cells. Prof. Kumar also reported aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) luminogen system in which six aromatic rotors are joined by benzene ring. Prof. Kumar also reported facile preparation of palladium and gold nanoparticles using pentacenequinone derivatives which exhibited high catalytic activity in comparison to nanoparticles reported in the literature. For his contribution to chemistry, Prof. Kumar was awarded Bronze medal by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Bangalore, in 2011.

Proposer : Dr. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, Seconder : Prof. Mohinder Pal Mahajan Ten Best Publications: 1. Charge transfer assisted fluorescent probe for selective detection of hydrogen peroxide among

different reactive oxygen species. Manoj Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Parduman Raj Sharma

and Yasrib Qurishi. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 4719. (if=I.F. 6.378., ci=Cited 12 times.) 2. Highly selective fluorescence turn-on chemodosimeter based on rhodamine for nanomolar detection of

copper ions. Manoj Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Parduman Raj Sharma and Tandeep Kaur,

Organic Letters, 2012,14, 406-09. (if= I.F. 6.142., ci=Cited 58 times.) 3. Hetero-oligophenylene based AIEE material as multiple probe for bio-molecules and metal ions constructing logic circuits: Application in bio-electronics and chemionics. Manoj Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Varun Vij, Abhimanew Dhir. Chemistry: A European Journal, 2012, 18, 3765. (if=I.F. 5.831., ci=Cited 11 times) 4. Naphthalimide appended rhodamine derivative: Through bond energy transfer for sensing of Hg2+

ions. Manoj Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Hardev Singh, Parduman Raj Sharma and Tandeep

Kaur, Organic Letters, 2011, 13, 1422 (Highlighted). (if=I.F. 6.142., ci= Cited 75 times.) 5. Optical chemosensor for Ag+, Fe3+ and cysteine: Information processing at molecular level. Manoj

Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Organic Letters 2011, 13, 366. (if= I.F. 6.142., ci= Cited 63

times.) 6. Molecular trafficking based on latch circuit. Manoj Kumar, Abhimanew Dhir, Vandana Bhalla,

Chem.Commun. 2010, 46, 6746. (if= I.F. 6.378., ci=Cited 29 times.) 7. A facile cyclization of terphenyl to triphenylene: A new chemodosimeter for fluoride ions. Vandana

Bhalla, Hardev Singh and Manoj Kumar, Organic Letters, 2010, 12, 628. Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2010,

4, 0416. (if=I.F. 6.142., ci= Cited 41 times.) 8. A reversible fluorescent Hg2+/ K+ switch that works as keypad lock in the presence of F- ion. Manoj

Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Vandana Bhalla, Chem. Commun. 2009, 7384. (if= I.F. 6.378., ci= Cited 66 times.) 9. A molecular keypad lock based on thiacalix[4]arene of 1,3-alternate conformation. Manoj Kumar

Abhimanew Dhir, Vandana Bhalla, Organic Letters 2009, 11, 2567. (if= I.F. 6.142., ci=Cited 61 times.) 10. Ratiometric sensing of Hg2+ based on calix [4] arene of partial cone conformation possessing a

dansyl moiety. Abhimanew Dhir, Vandana Bhalla and Manoj Kumar. Organic Letters, 2008,10, 4891 (if=

I.F. 6.142., ci=.Cited 95 times.)

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MAITI, PRALAY (b 1968), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) Most innovative contribution of the nominee during last five years is in the field of materials chemistry related to drug delivery and biomaterial using biodegradable polymers, self-assembly and radiation resistant polymer through nanotechnology. The nominee‘s research group has developed new class of hybrid materials demonstrating its biocompatibility at the gene level, able to release drug at a controlled and sustained manner and capable to heal the bone at significant faster rate (J. Mater. Chem. 2011 & 2012; J. Mater. Chem. B 2013). One of his papers on biodegradable nanohybrid has been listed as most downloaded paper in the journal Biomacromolecules (2007) and another one has been selected for the cover page of the journal Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett. (2009). The nominee has demonstrated for the first time step-by-step self-assembly of any thermoplastic (polyurethanes) starting from molecular level (nanometer scale) to optical range (micrometer scale) (Macromolecules 2010). Development of radiation resistant polymers (~80 MeV) through nanotechnology is the nominee‘s another major contribution (ACS Appl. Mater. Intef. 2009; Nanoscale 2012). The nominee has developed a process for the formation of piezoelectric beta-PVDF and reported the super toughening phenomenon which has been widely verified for other polymeric systems, following the work of the nominee (Adv. Mater. 2004, 2005). The nominee has published in leading high impact journals and his works are well cited (av. citation per paper of 45; h-index 23). Recently, his work has been recognized with prestigious Prof. M. Santappa Silver jubilee award, APA Young Scientist award and National award for Technology Innovation.

Proposer : Prof. R. A. Mashelker, Seconder : Prof. Sourav Pal

Ten Best Publications: 1. Radiation Resistant Behavior of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) / Layered Silicate Nanocomposites Vimal K.

Tiwari, Pawan K. Kulriya, Devesh K. Avasthi and Pralay Maiti ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 1(2), 311-318, (2009) [IF: 5.0; CI:16] (if=5.00, ci=16) 2. Nanoparticles Induced Controlled Biodegradation and its Mechanism in Poly -caprolactone) N. K.

Singh, B. Das Purkayastha, J. K. Roy, R. M. Banik, M. Yashpal, G. Singh, S. Malik, and Pralay Maiti; ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2(1), 69-81 (2010) [IF: 5.00; CI:24] ( (if=5.00, ci=24) 3. Tuned Biodegradation using Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) Nanobiohybrids: Emerging Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. N. K. Singh, B. P. Das Purkayastha, J. K. Roy, R. M. Banik, P. Gonugunta, M. Misra, and Pralay Maiti; Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 15919-15927 (2011) (highlighted in Nature India) [IF: 5.97; CI:6] (if=5.97, ci=6) 4. Thermoreversible Gelation of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoro ethylene): Structure, Morphology, Thermodynamics and Theoretical Prediction. P. Jaya Prakash Yadav, B. Maiti, B. Ghorai, P.U. Sastry; A. Patra, V.K. Aswal, and Pralay Maiti; Macromolecules 44, 3029-3038 (2011) [IF: 5.52; CI:2] (if=5.52, ci=2) 5. Tunable Properties of Self-assembled Polyurethane Using Two-Dimensional Nanoparticles: Potential

Nano-Biohybrid. A. Mishra, B. P. Das Purkayastha, J. K. Roy, V. K. Aswal, and Pralay Maiti; Macromolecules 43(23), 9928-9936 (2010) [IF: 5.52; CI:13] (if=5.52, ci=13) 6. Polymeric Nanoparticulate System: A Potential Approach for Ocular Drug delivery. R. C. Nagarwal, S. Kant, P.N. Singh, Pralay Maiti and J.K. Pandit; Journal of Controlled Release 136, 2-13 (2009) [IF: 7.63; CI: 128] (if=7.63, ci=128) 7. New Biodegradable Polyhydroxybutyrate/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites Pralay Maiti, Carl A. Batt

and E. P. Giannelis; Biomacromolecules 8, 3393-3400, (2007) [IF: 5.37; CI: 94] (if=5.37, ci=94) 8. Dramatic enhancements in toughness of polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposites via nanoclay-directed

crystal structure and morphology. D. Shah, Pralay Maiti, E. Gunn, D.F. Schmidt, D.D. Jiang, C.A. Batt and E.P. Giannelis; Advanced Materials 16(14), 1173 (2004) [IF: 14.82; CI: 252] (if=14.82, ci=252) 9. New Polylactide/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites : Role of Organoclays. Pralay Maiti, K. Yamada, M. Okamoto, K. Ueda, K. Okamoto; Chemistry of Materials 14, 4654 (2002) [IF: 8.23; CI: 271] (if=8.23,

ci=271) 10. A house of cards structure in polypropylene/clay nanocomposites under elongational flow. M.

Okamoto, P. H. Nam, Pralay Maiti, T. Kotaka, N. Hasegawa and A. Usuki; Nano Letters 1, 295 (2001) [IF: 13.02; CI: 239] (if=13.02, ci=239)

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MANDAL, ASIT BARAN (b 1952), Director, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai


Prof. Mandal is one of the most important contributors to the understanding of micellar systems in India. Modified Huggins-Thomas equation by including a parameter based on both experimental and theoretical investigations led to the equation being termed Huggins-Thomas-Mandal equation. He made significant contributions in new experimental methodologies for characterization of micellar, monolayer and reverse micellar systems involving collagens, peptides, drugs, tanning-materials, macromonomers, Nanomaterials, ionic-liquids, liquid-crystals and polymeric systems. New methods exploited number of physical techniques including electrochemical, fluorescence, resonance methods. One of his contributions includes design rationale for synthesis of mono-disperse polymers. Innovation has been in assembling macromonomers into a micellar system and initiating polymerization within the micellar cage. His contributions on micellar systems with respect to Electrochemistry, Thermodynamics, Relaxation-kinetics, Hydrogen-bonding, Structure-Geometry, Conformations, Molecular dynamics, Solubilization, Location, Solvation-behaviour, Monolayer aspects and Diffusional phenomena are quite extensive and well-cited. He made quantification of parameters in micellar chemistry feasible through applications of rigorous techniques viz. self-diffusion measurements by Cyclic-Voltametry, Chronocoulometry, Square-wave-voltammetry, DLS, SANS and FT-PGSE-NMR techniques to determine hydrodynamic radius of the micelles. He has resolved scientifically some controversial discussions on the feasibility of formation of micelles in non-aqueous solvents using various sophisticated techniques. Demonstrated Loading-unloading processes of acid-responsive Microcapsules with interesting ―zip-unzip‖ phenomenon and click-polymerization. Recently, studied surface functionalization of AgNPs on binding/ conformational change of haemoglobin. He is a productive scientist, who has contributed significantly to capacity building in the area of his specialization including self-assembly processes. His path-breaking contributions to surface and colloid sciences are valuable and noteworthy internationally.

Proposer : Prof. C. L. Khetrapal, Seconder : Dr. J. S. Yadav


1. A.B. Mandal, B. U. Nair and D. Ramaswamy (1988) "Determination of the CMC of various surfactants and partition coefficient of an electrochemical probe using cyclic voltammetry", Langmuir (The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids), 4, 736-740. (if=4.384, ci= 93)

2. A. B. Mandal and B. U. Nair (1991) ―Cyclic Voltammetric technique for the determination of the critical micelle concentration of surfactants, self-diffusion coefficient of micelles and partition coefficient of an electrochemical probe‖, J. Phys. Chem., 95, 9008-9013.(if=4.835, ci=125)

3. B. Geetha, A. B. Mandal and T. Ramasami (1993) ―Synthesis, characterization, and micelle formation in an aqueous solution of methoxypoly (ethylene glycol) macromonomer, homopolymer, and graft copolymer‖, Macromolecules, 26, 4083-4088. (if=5.927, ci=67)

4. A.B. Mandal (1993) ―Self diffusion studies on various Micelles using Ferrocene as electrochemical probe‖, Langmuir (The ACS Journal of Surfaces & Colloids) 9, 1932 1933. (if=4.384, ci=76)

5. -methoxy polyethylene glycol macromonomer micelles by using cyclic voltammetric and Fourier transform pulsed gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance techniques‖, Langmuir (The ACS Journal of SurfacesA. B. Mandal and B. Geetha (1995) ―Self-diffusion studies on & Colloids), 11, 1464-1467. (if=4.384, ci=40)

6. A. B. Mandal, and B. Geetha (1996) ―The shape, size, aggregation, hydration, correlation times, and thermodynamic studies on macromonomer micelles‖, J. Chem. Phys., 105, 9649-9656. (if=3.122, ci=31)

7. B. Geetha and A.B. Mandal (1997) "Determination of the Critical Micelle Concentration of the methoxy Polyethylene glycol based Macromonomer, and Partition Coefficient of a New Electrochemical Probe Using Cyclic Voltammetric Technique", Langmuir, 13, 2410-2414. (if=4.384, ci=31)

8. R. S. G. Krishnan, S. Thennarasu and A. B. Mandal (2004) ―Self-assembling characteristics of a new nonionic Gemini surfactant‖, J. Phys. Chem. B., 108, 8806-8816. (if=3.377, ci=35)

9. G. K. S. Prameela, B. V. N. Phanikumar, V. K. Aswal and A. B. Mandal (2013) ―Influence of Water-insoluble nonionic copolymer E6P39E6 on the Microstructure and Self-aggregation dynamics of Aqueous SDS solution – NMR and SNS investigations‖ Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 17577-17586 (if=4.198, ci=1)

10. K. Seeni Meera, R. Murali Sankar, S. N. Jaisankar and A. B. Mandal (2013) Physicochemical studies on polyurethane/siloxane crosslinked films for hydrophobic surfaces by the sol-gel process J. Phys. Chem. B., 117, 2682-2694 (if=3.377, ci=7)

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MENON, SHOBHANA KARUVEETIL (b 1951), Professor and Head, Chemistry & Forensic Deptt.,

Director, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad - 380009 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) I have known Dr. Shobhana K. Menon during the last 5-6 years from the time we started working together for the Subject Expert Committee of DST, New Delhi under the Women Scientist Scheme. I have visited her department and research laboratories two years back and was quite impressed on the quality of research work going on at her centre. Dr. Menon‘s main contribution is to the field of Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanomaterials focusing mainly on the wide variety of applications of these materials newly synthesised. She has worked on the synthesis of all types of functionalized super and supramolecules, namely crown ether calixarene crypt and catanane46, rotaxane and fullerene and have applied for the separation of cations, anions, as sensors, as fluorescent material as ion selective electrodes, as dyes, as catalysts, as liquid crystals, as inclusion medium for insoluble drugs and as drug conjugate. Dr. Menon has published papers out of which 9 are review articles, publications are on Supramolecules or Nanomaterials. Supra-nano assemblies have been synthesised and were used as sensors of K+ in blood, amino acids sulfide and explosives like, TNT; nanomaterials were used for removal and nanoformulations for sensing anticancer drugs. Dr. Menon‘s research work is highly consistent and have shown a progression in the quality of research work as evident from the publications in high impact factor journals, throughout her academic career. Dr. Menon is the Secretary of Prestigious Gujarat Science Academy where she is trying to promote science education and research in Gujarat.

Proposer: Dr. M. Lakshmikantam, Seconder: Dr. G. V. M. Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. Gaurang Patel, Shobhana K. Menon, Recognition of lysine, arginine and histidine by novel para-sulfonatocalix[4]arene thiol functionalized gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution Chemical Communications, 3563-3565,2009, (IF=5.7, CI=1) 2. Gaurang Patel, Anishkumar and Usha Pal, Shobhana K. Menon, Potassium ion recognition by facile dithiocarbamate assembly of benzo 15-crown-5-gold nanoparticles Chemical Communications, 1849-1851, 2009, (IF=5.7, CI=1) 3. Alok Pandya, Heena Goswami, Anand Lodha,, Shobhana K. Menon, ‗A novel nanoaggregation detection technique for TNT using selective and ultrasensitive nanocurcumin as a probe‘, Analyst, 2012, 137 (8), 1771 – 1774 (IF=3.94) 4. Alok Pandya, Kuldeep Joshi, Nishit Modi, Shobhana K. Menon, Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Sulfide Using Calix[4]arene Modified Gold Nanoparticles as a Probe, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 10.1016/j.snb.2012.01.023, 2012, (IF=3.31) 5. Nishith R. Modi, Bhargav Patel, Manishkumar B. Patel, Shobhana K.Menon, Novel monohydrogenphosphate ion-selective polymeric membrane sensor based on phenyl urea substituted calix[4]arene (IF=3.8) 6. Shobhana K. Menon, Nishit R. Modi, Bhargav Patel, Manishkumar B. Patel, Azo calyx[4]arene based neodymium(III)-selective PVC membrane sensor Talanta, 83,1329-1334,2011 (IF=3.8) 7. Anish Kumar, Mandav V. Rao and Shobhana K. Menon Photoinduced DNA cleavage by fullerene-lysine conjugate, Tetrahedron Letters, 50: 6526-6530,2009 (IF=2.618, CI=1) 8. Sudhir Dave, H. Kaur, Shobhana K. Menon, Selective solid-phase extraction of rare earth elements by the chemically modified Amberlite XAD-4 resin with azacrown ether Reactive & Functional Polymers 70,692-698 (IF=2.516, CI=4) 9. Anishkumar, Shobhana K. Menon Fullerene derivatized s-triazine analogues as antimicrobial agents European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44, 2178-2183,2009, (IF=3.1, CI=9) 10. Shobhana K. Menon, Anishkumar and Gaurang Patel, Fullerene isonazide conjugate- A Tuberculostate with increased lipophilicity: Synthesis and evaluation of antimycobacterial activity Chemical Biology and Drug Design, 73, 553-557.2009 (IF=2.527)

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MOHAPATRA, PRASANTA KUMAR (b 1964), Head, Actinide Chemistry Section, Radiochemistry Division, BARC & Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai


Dr. P.K. Mohapatra has made outstanding contributions in the area of chemistry of actinide elements using a host of ligands such as phosphine oxides, amides and diglycolamides (Chem. Rev., 2012, 112, 1751). He has designed and synthesized several functionalized calixarenes which were found to be highly selective receptors for actinide ions (Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 360). Separation of trivalent lanthanides from trivalent actinides is a challenging task and Dr. Mohapatra has developed several actinide specific solvent systems (Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 3913). He has also worked on cation-cation interaction of NpO2+ and UO22+ ions which is one of the most challenging problems in basic actinide chemistry (Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 14058). He has carried out extensive studies on the complexation of actinides in ionic liquids and demonstrated that ligand structure and topology are important factors leading to unusual selectivities (Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 2533). He has reported for the first time highly selective task specific ionic liquids for actinide separations from radioactive feeds (Chem. Eur. J, 2013, 19, 3230). He has proved that ligand aggregation as the factor responsible for third phase formation encountered in actinide separation processes using small angle neutron scattering and dynamic light scattering (J. Phys. Chem., 2013, 117, 9821). In the applied front, he has developed flow sheets for radioactive waste processing using centrifugal extractors / mixer settlers. He has developed hollow fiber contactor based method for radioactive waste processing and carried out mass transfer modeling for large scale processing (J. Membr. Sci. 2009, 337, 304).

Proposer: Prof. Jai Pal Mittal, Seconder: Prof. A.K. Tyagi


1. Y. Fang, X.Yuan, L. Wu, Z. Peng, W. Feng, N. Liu, D. Xu, S. Li, A. Sengupta, P. K. Mohapatra, and L. Yuan, Ditopic CMPO-pillar[5]arenes as unique receptors for efficient separation of americium(III) and europium(III). Chem Commun. 51 4263-4266 (2015).(if=6.718)

2. P.K. Mohapatra*, A. Sengupta, M. Iqbal, J. Huskens, W. Verboom; Highly efficient diglycolamide based task specific ionic liquids: Synthesis, unusual extraction behavior, irradiation stability and fluorescence studies. Chem. Eur. J., 41, 360-363(2013).(if=5.696, ci=14)

3. P.K. Mohapatra*, A. Sengupta, M. Iqbal, J. Huskens, W. Verboom; Diglycolamide-functionalized calix[4]arenes showing unusual complexation of actinide ions in room temperature ionic liquids: Role of ligand structure, radiolytic stability, emission spectroscopy, and thermodynamic studies. Inorg. Chem., 52, 2533-2541 (2013). (if=4.794, ci=13)

4. P. K. Mohapatra*, P. Kandwal, M. Iqbal, M.S. Murali, J. Huskens, and W. Verboom, A novel CMPO-functionalized ionic compound: A comparative evaluation of actinide extraction and spectroscopic studies in room temperature ionic liquids and a molecular diluent. Dalton Trans. 42(2013)4343-4347. (if=4.097, ci=11)

5. A. Sengupta, P.K. Mohapatra*, M. Iqbal, W. Verboom, J. Huskens, S.V. Godbole; Extraction of Am(III) using novel solvent systems containing a tripodal diglycolamide ligand in room temperature ionic liquids: A 'green' approach for radioactive waste processing. RSC Advances, 2, 7492-7500 (2012). (if=3.708, ci=20)

6. P.K. Mohapatra*, M. Iqbal, D.R. Raut, W. Verboom, J. Huskens and S.V. Godbole; Complexation of novel diglycolamide functionalized calix[4]arenes: Unusual extraction behaviour, transport, and fluorescence studies. Dalton Trans., 41, 360-363(2012).(if=4.097, ci=24)

7. S.A. Ansari, P.N. Pathak, P.K. Mohapatra and V.K. Manchanda; Chemistry of diglycolamides: Promising extractants for actinide partitioning. Chem. Rev., 112, 1751-1772(2012). (if=45.661, ci=95)

8. A. Sengupta, P.K. Mohapatra*, M. Iqbal, J. Huskens, W. Verboom; A highly efficient solvent system containing functionalized diglycolamides and an ionic liquid for americium recovery from radioactive wastes. Dalton Trans., 41, 6970-6979(2012). (if=4.097, ci=27)

9. A. Bhattacharyya, T.K. Ghanty, P.K. Mohapatra*, V.K. Manchanda; Selective americium(III) complexation by dithiophosphinates: A density functional theoretical validation for covalent interactions responsible for unusual separation behavior from trivalent lanthanides. Inorg. Chem., 50, 3913-3921 (2011). (if=4.794, ci=23)

10. J. Paris, C. Gameiro, V. Humblet, P.K. Mohapatra, V. Jacques, and J.F. Desreux: Auto self-assembling of ditopic macrocyclic lanthanide chelates with transition metal ions. Rigid multi metallic high relaxivity contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, Inorg. Chem., 45, 5092-5102 (2006). (if=4.794, ci=40)

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NAIK, SATYA NARAYAN (b 1954), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi


Dr S N Naik is Master in Chemical Technology specialization in Oils, Fats and Waxes. He has done his M.Tech from Nagpur University. Dr Naik has done his Ph.D in Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Natural Product from IIT Delhi in 1989 under Indo-German project. During Ph.D he has worked at University of Siegen, Germany under Volkswagen Research Fellowship in 1986. Dr Naik has also worked as Deputy Manager (R&D) TRIFED, Ministry of Welfare, New Delhi and set up laboratory for testing of Food, Non Timber, and Forest produces Medicinal & Aromatic plant product. He has handled many research projects sponsored by DST, DBT, Ministry of food processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GTZ Germany, General Motors R & D Centre USA. He has produced more than 20 Ph.D Thesis and published 190 research publication in international and national journals and also 5 patents. He has transferred patented Technology on sub-critical extraction of hop flower to M/S Aromatics flora Pvt. Ltd. Baddi(HP) and Tung decorticator to Swaraj herbal Pvt. Ltd. Lucknow. The patent on processing of fresh mahua flower for nutra- sweetner has been demonstrated in the tribal area of Jharkhand, Chatisgarh, Madya-Pradesh, Orissa for employment generation in the tribal areas . He has been offered visiting faculty position to many universities in abroad. His research interest are Extraction of Natural Plant Products (Essential oils, Oleoresins, Food colours, Biopesticides, Nutraceutical and Cosmoceuticals) by using Subcritical and Supercritical fluid .Processing of Non-edible oil seeds for production of Biodiesel, Biolubricants and Oleochemicals.

Proposer : Prof. V.P. Sharma, Seconder : Prof. Manju Sharma


1. Meher, L.C., Vidya Sagar, D., Naik, S.N. Technical aspects of biodiesel production by transesterification - A review (2006) Renewab le and Sustainab le Energy Reviews, 10 (3), pp. 248-268. (if=6.79, ci=2042)

2. Naik, S.N., Goud, V.V., Rout, P.K., Dalai, A.K. Production of first and second generation biofuels: A comprehensive review (2010) Renewab le and Sustainab le Energy Reviews, 14 (2), pp. 578-597. (if=6.79, ci=676)

3. Meher, L.C., Dharmagadda, V.S.S., Naik, S.N. Optimization of alkali-catalyzed transesterification of Pongamia pinnata oil for production of biodiesel (2006) Bioresource Technology, 97 (12), pp. 1392-1397. (if=5.60, ci=358)

4. Sahoo, P.K., Das, L.M., Babu, M.K.G., Naik, S.N. Biodiesel development from high acid value polanga seed oil and performance evaluation in a CI engine (2007) Fuel, 86 (3), pp. 448-454. (if=4.18, ci=299)

5. Naik, M., Meher, L.C., Naik, S.N., Das, L.M. Production of biodiesel from high free fatty acid Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) oil (2008) Biomass and Bioenergy, 32 (4), pp. 354-357. (if=4.16, ci=212)

6. Kaushik, G., Satya, S., Naik, S.N. Food processing a tool to pesticide residue dissipation - A review (2009) Food Research International, 42 (1), pp. 26-40. (if=3.53, ci=155)

7. Dharmagadda, V.S.S., Naik, S.N., Mittal, P.K., Vasudevan, P. Larvicidal activity of Tagetes patula essential oil against three mosquito species (2005) Bioresource Technology, 96 (11), pp. 1235-1240. (if=5.03, ci=123)

8. Meher, L.C., Kulkarni, M.G., Dalai, A.K., Naik, S.N. Transesterification of karanja (Pongamia pinnata) oil by solid basic catalysts (2006) European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 108 (5), pp. 389-397. (if=2.03, ci=119)

9. Garnayak, D.K., Pradhan, R.C., Naik, S.N., Bhatnagar, N. Moisture-dependent physical properties of jatropha seed (Jatropha curcas L.) (2008) Industrial Crops and Products, 27 (1), pp. 123-129. (if=3.55, ci=117)

10. Tiwary, M. Naik, S.N., Tewary, D.K., Mittal, P.K., Yadav, S. Chemical composition and larvicidal activities of the essential oil of Zanthoxylum armatum DC (Rutaceae) against three mosquito vectors (2007) Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 44. pp. 198-204.(if=1.17, ci=116)

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NANDI, ARUN KUMAR (b 1955), Sr. Professor, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


The nominee is the first to elucidate mechanism of thermoreversible gelation using percolation theory; prepared easily processable thermoreversible polyaniline gels; immobilized DNA and RNA on conducting polymers in their intact form for biosensors; synthesized multifunctional poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVF2)-graft copolymers with supertoughness, supergluing properties and porous morphology with high Li+ conductivity; discovered new crystalline-amorphous and crystalline-crystalline polymer blends by establishing accurate method of interaction parameter, developed novel nanocomposites of poly(3-hexyl-thiophene), PVDF and polyaniline with montmorolinite clay, silver nanoparticles, multiwalled carbon nanotube and graphene showing improved mechanical, and optoelectronic properties; prepared mono-dispersed, size-controlled, highly populated silver nanoparticles using poly(o-methoxy aniline)(POMA) having memory & rectification property; discovered Ag-nanojacketting on POMA-RNA hybrid fibril; negative differential resistance of polyaniline sulfonic acid-RNA-Au nanobiocomposites, prepared dendritic Au nanoparticles in presence of DNA, prepared highly efficient, recyclable, high-performance Pd-catalyst; discovered new polymer blends by establishing accurate method of evaluating interaction parameter; discovered few nanostructured polymer blends with important optoelectronic properties; elucidated co-crystallization mechanism of polymers emphasizing the role of regioregularity and side chain on co-crystallization of polythiophenes; elucidated gelation mechanism of bicomponent hydrogel of riboflavin-melamine and tailored morphology from fibre, to rod to tube; discovered few temperature and pH responsive photoluminescent hydrogels; fabricated AND molecular logic gate from riboflavin and methyl cellulose using photoluminescence as output; prepared nano-structured conducting phase within a piezoelectric phase by grafting poly(3-hexyl thiophene) on PVDF for memory devices, developed melamine and mercury sensor using riboflavin stabilized gold and silver nanoparticles, discovered fluorescent graphene oxide -methyl cellulose hybrid acting as sensor of nitro-explosives.

Proposer : Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder : Prof. Bishnu Pada Chatterjee


1. S. Malik and A. K. Nandi, Crystallization mechanism of regioregular poly(3-alkyl thiophene)s, J.Polym. Sci., part B, Polym. Phys. Ed., 2002, 40 , 2073 (if=2.22, ci=158)

2. S. Malik, T. Jana and A. K. Nandi Thermoreversible gelation of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) in xyleneMacromolecules, 34, 2001, 275 (if=5.9, ci=73) 3. B. K. Kuila, S. Malik, S. K. Batabyal and A. K. Nandi In-Situ Synthesis of Soluble Poly (3-Hexyl Thiophene )/ Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Composite : Physical, Mechanical and Conductivity propertiesMacromolecules, 40, (2007) 278 –287 (if=5.9, ci=80)

4. S. Manna; S.K. Batabyal; A.K Nandi,Preparation and characterization of silver-poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: Formation of piezoelectric polymorph of poly(vinylidene fluoride), J. Phys. Chem B 2006, 110, 12318 (if=3.7, ci=80)

5. T.Jana, and A.K. Nandi,Sulphonic acid doped thermoreversible polyaniline gels: Morphological, Structural and thermodynamical investigations Langmuir, 2000,16, 3141 (if=4.4, ci=69) 6. S. Mal, P. Maiti and A. K. Nandi, On the gelation rates of thermoreversible poly(vinylidene fluoride) gels, Macromolecules, 28, (1995). 2371-2376 (if=5.9, ci=52)

7. B.Kuila and A.K. Nandi,Physical, Mechanical, and Conductivity Properties of Poly(3hexylthiophene) Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposites Produced by the Solvent Casting Method Macromolecules, 37 (2004), 8577-8584 (if=5.9, ci=64)

8. Swarup Manna, Abhijit Saha and Arun K. Nandi,A two Component Thermoreversible Hydrogel of Riboflavin and Melamine: Enhancement of Photoluminescence in the Gel form Chem.Comm. (2006), 4285 – 4287 (if=6.7, ci=65)

9. R. K. Layek, S. Samanta and A.K. Nandi, Physical and mechanical properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) -functionalized graphene/poly(vinylidine fluoride) nanocomposites Piezoelectric beta polymorph formation Polymer , 2010, 51, 5846-5856 (if=3.8, ci=65)

10. S. Samanta, D. P. Chatterjee, S. Manna, A. Mandal, A. Garai and A.K. NandiMultifunctional Hydrophilic Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Graft Copolymer with Super-toughness and Super- gluing Properties Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 3112 (if=5.9, ci=38)

348

NATARAJAN, KARUPPANNAN (b 1949), Emeritus Scientist (CSIR), Deptt. of Chemistry, Bharathiar

University, Coimbatore - 641046 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) Dr. K. Natarajan and his research group have synthesized many mononuclear and binuclear uthenium(II)

and ruthenium(III) complexes containing different types of Iigands such as bidentate Schiff base, tridenatate Schiff base, tetradentate Schiff base, -diketones and bis ( -diketones) with monothio, monoseleno, dithio, diseno and methylene bridging units. With the help of the new complexes synthesized, they have studied the effect of different ligands on redox potentials of ruthenium ion. All the new complexes have been screened for their catalytic and antimicrobial activities. In the case of catalytic oxidations, it has been shown that only alcoholic group got oxidized selectively without any change in the double bond present in the substrate. It has also been found that mononuclear and binuclear ruthenium(III) Schiff base complexes serve as catalysts for aryl-aryl coupling reactions. The antibacterial and antifungal activities of our complexes have also been screened. Most of the complexes showed activity against pathogenic microbial. Interestingly, it has been observed that ligands containing sulphur donor exhibit better activity compared to ligands containing O and N donor atom. For past six years, Prof. Natarajan and his team have been actively engaged in the synthesis, characterization DNA binding, Protein interaction, antioxidant and anticancer properties of new copper, cobalt, palladium, nickel and ruthenium complexes containing thiosemicarbazones, semicarbazone, hydrazones and dicarboxylic acids along with some catalytic applications. It is to be noted that a few of the above complexes showed better activity than that of cisplatin, a drug which is currently used clinically for the treatment of cancer.

Proposer: Prof. A. K. Shukla Seconder: Prof. Srinivasan Natarajan Ten Best Publications: 1. N. Dharmaraj, P. Viswanathamurthi and K.Natarajan, Ruthenium(II) complexes containing bidentate Schiff bases and their antifungal activity Trans. Met. Chem. 26 105 (2001) (IF=1.166, CI=190) 2. K. Natarajan, R.K. Poddar and U. Agarwala. Mixed complexes of Ruthenium(III) and Ruthenium(II) with triphenylphosphine or triphenylarsine and other Ligands, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 39 431 (1977) (IF=2.033, CI=81) 3. R. Karvembu, S. Hemalatha R. Prabhakaran and K. Natarajan. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activities of ruthenium complexes containing triphenylphosphine / triphenylarsine and tetradentate Schiff bases. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 6 486 (2003) (IF=1.974, CI=62) 4. R. Prabhakaran, A. Geetha, M. Thilagavathi, R. Karvembu, V. Krishnan, H. Bertagnolli and K. Natarajan Synthesis, characterization, EXAFS investigation and antibacterial activities of new ruthenium(III) complexes containing tetradentate Schiff base. J. Inorg. Biochem. 98 2131 (2004) (IF=3.386, CI=51) 5. R. Karvembu, R. Prabhakaran and K. Natarajan. Shvo‘s diruthenium complex: A robust catalyst. Coord. Chem. Rev. 249 911 (2005)(IF=11.530, CI=49) 6. R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan. Synthesis and spectral studies of binuclear ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing bis ( -diketone) and their applications. Polyhedron 21 219 (2002) (IF=2.033, CI=47) 7. C. Jayabalakrishnan and K. Natarajan. Synthesis, characterisation and biological activities of ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing bifunctional tridentate Schiff bases. Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem. 31 983 (2001) (IF=0.504, CI=44) 8. C. Jayabalakrishnan and K. Natarajan. Ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes with tridentate Schiff bases and their antibacterial activity. Trans. Met. Chem. 27 75 (2002) (IF=1.166, CI=44) 9. R. Karvembu and K. Natarajan. Synthetic, catalytic and biological studies of new binuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing thibis ( -diketones) and triphenlphosphine. Polyhedron 21 1721 (2002) (IF=2.033, CI=42) 10.T Koiwa, Y. Masuda, J. Shono, Y. Kawamoto, Y. Hoshino, T. Hashimoto, K. Natarajan and K Shimizu. Synthesis, Characterization and Detailed Electrochemistry of Binuclear Ruthenium(III) Complexes Bridged by Bis β-Diketones. Crystal and Molecular structure of [(acac)2Ru(tae)Ru(acac)2] (acac = 2, 4-pentanedionate ion, tae = 1,1,2,2 tetraacetyl ethanate dianion). Inorg. Chem. 43 6215 (2004) (IF=4.326, CI=36)

349

PAL, SAMIR KUMAR (b 1970), Professor, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata


Professor pal has made outstanding contribution in the application of ultrafast laser spectroscopy in biology and nanomaterials. For this he has setup the femtosecond upconversion, time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC). He has also developed a microfluidics-based spectroscopic platform (Review of Scientific Instruments 83 (2012) 043113) for the exploration of ultrafast molecular recognition. His major contribution may be classified into four categories: (a) Biophysical Chemistry (b) Fluorescent nanoparticles as probe for DNA protein interactions (c) Biomedical instrumentation (d) Solar energy devices. He has co-authored >175 publications and 5 books, given > 100 invited presentations, and has > 5,700 citations, h-index of 40 and i10 index of 105. He is also a co-inventor for more than 14 patents. Till date 14 PhD students completed their degree and 10 are enrolled under his sole supervision. He is the editors of the journals Editors: EPJ techniques and Instrumentation (Springer, London), Advances in Physical Chemistry (Hindawi, USA). He served as visiting professor in several places including CALTECH, USA, TU Brunswig, Germany, University Aarhus, Denmark, Durham University, UK, University Leiden, Netherlands e.t.c.

Proposer : Prof. Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri, Seconder : Prof. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee


1. Clusters from Clusters: Three Distinct NIR Emitting Gold Clusters from Au25SG18 Precursor Chem. Eur. J. vol. 15 (2009) 10110(if=6, ci=151)

2. Luminescent Quantum Clusters of Gold in Bulk by Albumin-Induced Core Etching of Nanoparticles: Metal Ion Sensing, Metal-Enhanced Luminescence, and Biolabeling Chem. Eur. J 16 (2010) 10103 (if=6, ci=110)

3. Biological water: A critique Chem. Phys. Lett 503 (2011) 1 (if=2, ci=95)

4. Ag7Au6: A 13 atom alloy quantum cluster. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 51 (2012) 2155 (if=12, ci=62)

5. Copper Quantum Clusters in Protein Matrix: Potential Sensor of Pb2+ ion Anal. Chem 83 (2011) 9676 (if=6, ci=56)

6. Functionalized Au22 clusters: Synthesis, characterization and patterning ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces vol. 1 (2009) p. 2199 (if=6, ci=48)

7. Photoselective Excited State Dynamics in ZnO-Au Nanocomposites and their Implications in Photocatalysis and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells PCCP 13 (2011) 12488 (if=4, ci=42)

8. Luminescent, Bimetallic AuAg Alloy Quantum Clusters in Protein Templates Nanoscale 4 (2012) 4255 (if=7, ci=41)

9. Light Harvesting Semiconductor Core-Shell Nanocrystal: Ultrafast Charge Transport Dynamics of CdSe-ZnS Quantum Dots J. Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010) 627 (if=5, ci=34)

10. Role of Resonance Energy Transfer in Light Harvesting of Zinc Oxide based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010) 10390 (if=5, ci=25)

350

PRADEEP, THALAPPIL (b 1963), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai


Pradeep‘s discoveries in the areas of molecular and nanoscale materials and associated phenomena have implications to clean environment, affordable clean water and ultrasensitive devices. Pradeep discovered several atomically precise clusters or nanomolecules of noble metals such as Ag7/8, Ag9, Au23 and Ag152, smallest molecular alloys such as Ag7Au6, created highly uniform nanotriangles and mesoflowers and developed ultrasensitive single particle sensors, which are probably the limits of molecular detection today. He discovered noble metal nanoparticle-based drinking water purification methods and developed the world‘s first drinking water filters utilising nanochemistry. He developed several new technologies in the recent past to tackle various other contaminants in water. Pradeep discovered that binding of metallic nanoparticles on metallic carbon nanotubes made the latter semiconducting and as a consequence, the nanoparticle-nanotube composite became luminescent in the visible region. He showed a ‗transverse electrokinetic effect‘ in metal nanoparticle assemblies which resulted in a potential when a liquid was flown over it. Other aspect of his research is on ice, the solid form of water. He showed that vapour pressures of gases oscillate over melting ice. He found that H2+ gets formed when low energy proton (H+) strikes ice, quite unlike its collision on liquid water, where it makes H3O+. To discover and understand such processes, especially at the top of ice, he built the very first ultra low energy ion scattering spectrometer, a new tool in extremely surface sensitive spectroscopy, working at cryogenic temperatures, as in space.

Proposer : Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Seconder : Prof. Swapan K. Pati


1. Supramolecular functionalization and concomitant enhancement in properties of Au25 clusters, Ammu Mathew, Ganapati Natarajan, Lauri Lehtovaara, Hannu Häkkinen, Ravva Kumar, Venkatesan Subramanian, Abdul Jaleel, T. Pradeep, ACS Nano 8 (2014) 139-152.(if=12.06, ci=14)

2. Biopolymer reinforced synthetic granular nanocomposites for affordable point-of-use water purification, M. Udhaya Sankar, Sahaja Aigal, Amrita Chaudhary, Anshup, Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, A. Anil Kumar, Kamalesh Chaudhari and T. Pradeep, PNAS 110 (2013) 8459. (if=9.73, ci=10)

3. The superstable 25-kDa monolayer protected silver nanoparticle: Measurements & interpretation as an icosahedral Ag152(SCH2CH2Ph)60 cluster, Indranath Chakraborty, Anuradha Govindarajan, Jayanthi Erusappan, Atanu Ghosh, Bokwon Yoon, Robert L. Whetten, Uzi Landman and T. Pradeep, Nano Lett., 12 (2012) 5861-5866 (DOI: 10.1021/nl303220x). (if=13.02, ci=44)

4. Selective visual detection of TNT at the sub-zeptomole level, Ammu Mathew, P. R. Sajanlal, and T. Pradeep, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (2012) 9596-9600 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203810). (if=13.73, ci=34)

5. Ag7Au6: A 13 atom alloy quantum cluster, T. Udayabhaskararao, Yan Sun, Nirmal Goswami, Samir Kumar Pal, K. Balasubramanian and T. Pradeep, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (2012) 2155-2159 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107696). (if=13.73, ci=62)

6. Understanding the evolution of luminescent gold quantum clusters in protein templates, Kamalesh Chaudhari, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier and T. Pradeep, ACS Nano, 5 (2011) 8816-8827 DOI: 10.1021/nn202901a). (if=12.06, ci=74)

7. Ag9 quantum cluster through a solid state route, Thumu Udaya B. Rao, Boodeppa Nataraju and T. Pradeep, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 (2010) 16304-16307 (if=10.67, ci=107)

8. Luminescent Ag7 and Ag8 clusters by interfacial synthesis T. Udaya Bhaskara Rao and T. Pradeep, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49 (2010) 3925 - 3929. (if=13.73, ci=177)

9. Bright, NIR emitting Au23 from Au25: Characterization and applications including bio-labeling, M. A. Habeeb Muhammed, Pramod Kumar Verma, Samir Kumar Pal, R. C. ArunKumar, Soumya Paul, R. V. Omkumar and T. Pradeep, Chem. Eur. J.,15 (2009)10110-10120. (if=5.9, ci=109)

10. Ligand exchange of Au25SG18 leading to functionalized gold clusters: Spectroscopy, kinetics and luminescence, E. S. Shibu, M. A. Habeeb Muhammed, T. Tsukuda and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C., 112 (2008) 12168 - 12176. Doi:10.1021/jp800508d. (if=5.0, ci=153)

351

RAMASESHA, SURYANARAYANA SASTRY (b 1950), Institution Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Ramasesha developed second quantized valence bond (VB) methods and provided the first numerically exact solutions of the low-lying states of Hubbard and Pariser-Parr-Pople models for polyene chains which have served as benchmark for all further theoretical studies. Using the symmetrized density matrix renormalization (DMRG) methods developed by him and VB technique, he explained the mystery behind crossover from fluorescing to nonfluorescing states in organics. Ramasesha developed techniques to compute exact nonlinear optic coefficients within the VB and DMRG approaches to study the dependence of NLO response on size and topology of conjugation. He developed time dependent VB methods to definitively resolve the puzzle that in OLEDs singlet excitons are formed far in excess of the theoretical limit predicted by spin statistics. Ramasesha pioneered the use of DMRG methods to obtain quantum phases of spin chains with frustrated and dimerized exchange interactions. He has modeled a variety of magnetic phenomena such as quantum resonant tunnelling in single molecule magnets (SMMs), magnetic anisotropy in SMMs, magnetization plateaus in spin ladders, magnetic behaviour of ferrimagnetic spin chains, anomalous exchange interactions in high-nuclearity transition metal complexes and photomagnetism, by developing appropriate many-body models and techniques. The work of Ramasesha has been extensively cited in the field. The techniques developed by him are being used by several groups around the globe. He has been invited to speak and chair sessions at many prestigious international conferences. He has trained a large number of young researchers who now adorn faculty positions in premier institutions around the world.

Proposer: Prof. A.K. Shukla , Seconder:Prof. D.D. Sarma


1. M. Wohlgenannt, K. Tandon, S. Mazumdar, S. Ramasesha and Z.V. Vardeny, ―Formation cross-sections of singlet and triplet excitons in pi-conjugated polymers‖ NATURE 409 , 494, DOI: 10.1038/35054025 (2001). (if=36.101, ci=445)

2. Z.G. Soos and S. Ramasesha ―Valence-Bond theory of linear Hubbard and Pariser-Parr-Pople models‖, Phys. Rev., B 29 , 5410 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.29.5410 (1984). (if=3.772, ci=272 )

3. R. Chitra, S. Pati, H.R. Krishnamurthy, D. Sen and S. Ramasesha, ―Density matrix renormalization group tudies of spin -1/2 Heisenberg systems with dimerization and frustration‖, Phys. Rev., B 52, 6581 (1995). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.52.6581 (if=3.772, ci=241)

4. S.K. Pati, S. Ramasesha and D. Sen, ―Low-lying excited states and low-temperature properties of an

alternating spin-1-spin-1/2 chain: A density-matrix renormalization-group study‖, Phys. Rev., B 55, 8894

(1997). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.8894 (if=3)

5. Z.G. Soos and S. Ramasesha, ―Spin densities and correlations in regular polyene radicals‖, Phys. Rev.

Letts., 51, 2374 (1983). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.2374 (if=7.621, ci=105)

6. R.V. Pai, R. Pandit, H.R. Krishnamurthy and S. Ramasesha, ― One-dimensional disordered bosonic Hubbard model: A density-matrix renormalization group study‖, Phys. Rev. Letts, 76, 2937 (1996). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2937 (if=7.621, ci=67) 7. S. Ramasesha, S.K. Pati, H.R. Krishnamurthy, Z. Shuai and J.L. Bredas, ―Symmetrized density-matrix renormalization-group method for excited states of Hubbard models‖, Phys. Rev., B 54, 7598 (1996). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.7598 (if=3.772, ci=55) 8. C. Raghu, I. Rudra, D. Sen and S. Ramasesha, ―Properties of low-lying states in some high-nuclearity Mn, Fe, and V clusters: Exact studies of Heisenberg models‖, Phys. Rev., B 64, 064419 (2001). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.064419 (if=3.772, ci=50) 9. K. Tandon, S. Lal, S.K. Pati, D. Sen and S. Ramasesha, ―Magnetization properties of some quantum spin ladders‖, Phys. Rev., B 59, 396 (1999). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.396 (if=3.772, ci=42) 10. C. Raghu, Y.A. Pati and S. Ramasesha, ―Structural and electronic instabilities in polyacenes: Density-matrix renormalization group study of a long-range interacting model‖, Phys. Rev., B 65, (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.155204 (if=3.772, ci=42)

352

ROY, SUBHAS CHANDRA (b 1954), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata


Radical reactionshas opened the door of a new era in recent years for carbon-carbon bond formation and it reflects its significance as a powerful tool in modern synthetic chemistry with high regio- and stereoselectivity. This novel method of using bis(cyclopentadienyl) titanium(III) chloride [Cp2TiCl] as a radical generator has opened up a new era in so called challenging radical controlled reactions. The reagent can easily be generated in situ from commercially available Cp2TiCl2 and activated zinc dust in THF. We are one of the leading groups in the world working in this area especially in the stereoselective total synthesis of bio-active natural products and contributed a considerable amount of work for more than two decades. We have successfully achieved the stereoselective total synthesis of a number of anti-tumour antibiotics, naturally occurring lignans, bio-active 3,4-dihydroisocoumarin natural products, challenging fused bis--butyrolatones, important aza-sugar molecules and alkaloid skeletons using the radical technology in racemic as well as in optically active forms. We have also applied the same radical chemistry for the synthesis of 5-, 6-, 7-, and 8-membered oxacyclic ring systems and numerous methodologies of synthetic significance. We have also developed a number of environment friendly methodologies of synthetic importance using inexpensive non-toxic rack reagents. Some of these methods produced important compounds in only one or two steps such as regio and stereoselective formation of dihydrofurans by oxidative [3+2] cycloaddition, synthesis of fused acetals by cycloaddition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to cyclic enol ethers etc.

Proposer: Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya, Seconder: Dr. Ganesh P. Pandey


1. Subhas Chandra Roy and Pijus Kumar Mandal, 1996, Regio and Stereoselective Formation of Dihydrofurans by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Mediated Oxidative [3+2] Cycloaddition of 1,3-Diketones to Cinnamic Esters‘, Tetrahedron, 52, 2193. (if=2.817, ci=45)

2. Pijus Kumar Mandal, Gourhari Maiti and Subhas Chandra Roy, 1998, Stereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted Tetrahydrofurans by Radical Cyclization of Epoxides using a Transition-Metal Radical Source. Application to the Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Methylenolactocin and (+/-)-Protolichesterinic Acid, J. Org. Chem., 63, 2829. (if=4.638, ci=74)

3. Subhas Chandra Roy, Kalyan Kumar Rana and Chandrani Guin, 2002, Short and Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Furano Lignans (+/-)-Dihydrosesamin, (+/-)-Lariciresinol dimethyl ether, (+/-)-Acuminatin methyl ether, (+/-)-Sanshodiol methyl ether, (+/-)-Lariciresinol, (+/-)-Acuminatin, (+/-)-Lariciresinol monomethyl ether, and Furofuran Lignans (+/-)-Sesamin, (+/-)-Eudesmin, (+/-)-Piperitol methyl ether, (+/-)-Pinoresinol, (+/-)-Piperitol, (+/-)-Pinoresinol monomethyl ether by Radical Cyclization of Epoxides using a Transition-Metal Radical Source, J. Org. Chem., 67, 3242. (if=4.368, ci=71)

4. Biplab Banerjee and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2005, Concise enantioselective synthesis of furano lignans (-)-dihydrosesamin and (-)-acuminatin and furofuran lignans (-)-sesamin and (-)-methyl piperitol by radical cyclization of epoxides, Synthesis, 2913. (if=2.443, ci=22)

5. Samir Kumar Mandal and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2007, Titanocene(III) Mediated Radical Cyclizations of Epoxides for the Synthesis of Medium-Sized Cyclic Ethers, Tetrahedron, 63, 11341. (if=2.817, ci=13)

6. Samir K. Mandal, Moumita Paira, and Subhas C. Roy, 2008, Titanocene(III) Chloride Mediated Radical-Induced Addition to Baylis-Hillman Adducts: Synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-Trisubstituted Alkenes and alpha-Methylene/Arylidene-delta-Lactones, J. Org. Chem., 73, 3823. (if=4.368, ci=28)

7. Samir Kumar Mandal, and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2008, Titanocene(III) Chloride Mediated Radical-Induced Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins: Synthesis of (±)-Hydrangenol, (±)-Phyllodulcin, (±)-Macrophyllol and (±)-Thunberginol G, Tetrahedron, 64, 11050.(if=2.817, ci=14)

8. Sumit Saha, and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2011, Titanocene(III) chloride mediated radical induced allylation of aldimines: Formal synthesis of C-linked 4'-deoxy aza-disaccharide, J. Org. Chem., 76, 7229. (if=4.368, ci=04)

9. Pushkin Chakraborty, Samaresh Jana, Sumit Saha and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2012, Titanocene(III) chloride mediated formal synthesis of magnofargesin and 7'-epimagnofargesin, Tetrahedron lett., 53, 6584.

10. Shirshendu Mukherjee, Rajdip Roy, and Subhas Chandra Roy, 2014, Titanocene (III) Chloride Mediated Stereoselective Synthesis of Tri-substituted Tetrahydrofurans and Spirolactone via Tandem Radical Reactions, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2980. (if=3.154, ci=0.0)

353

SAHOO, SANJEEB KUMAR (b 1970), Scientist-D, Nalco Square, Chandrasekhapur, Institute of Life

Sciences, Bhubaneswar - 751023 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences)

Over the past few decades, the domain of drug formulations has metamorphosed from conventional tablets to advanced and intricate drug delivery systems. In this regards, the nominee‘s research expertise has resulted in development of different nanocarriers, which act as realistic practical applicants as the next generation drug delivery system showing promising results in a wide spectrum of cancer (be that breast cancer or pancreatic cancer or retinoblastoma or CML) in vitro conditions. The efforts of the applicant have been highly appreciated by the peer scientific community which is evident from his recent publications in some of the highly esteemed journals like Biomaterials, Future Nanomedicine, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Acta Biomaterialia, Nanomedicine (Elsevier), Europian J of Pharmacology. Moreover, some futuristic projects taken up by the applicant (like curcumin bandage) points to a whole new direction of medical applications of nanotechnology. The applicant has not only limited its research activities to drug delivery but has also ventured into areas of diagnostics with their magnetic nanoparticles where these "all-in-one concept" nano-platforms are endowed with simultaneous cancer diagnosis and treatment strategies thereby suggesting the development of a multifunctional theranostic tool (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, PlosOne.2011;(6) e26803, Biomaterials. 2012;33: 2936-2951). The fascinating and unexplored area of polymer bioconjugate chemistry has also been another novel area of research the applicant has undertaken recently where their PEGylated formulations of anticancer drugs and therapeutic peptides have resulted in increasing their in vivo longevity contributing to their enhanced potencyIts relevance in pancreatic cancer therapy has been published in Biomaterials. 2010 ;31(35): 9340-56)

Proposer: Prof. Debi P Sarkar, Seconder: Prof. Prahlad C. Ghosh Ten Best Publications: 1. Sahoo S. K, Panayam J., Prabha S and Labhasetwar V: Residual polyvinyl alcohol associated with poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles affects their physical properties and cellular uptake. J. Control. Release. Vol. 82,105-114, 2002 (IF= 7.16, CI= 301) 2. Sahoo S. K., and Labhasetwar V.: Nanotech approaches in drug delivery and imaging. Drug Discovery Today. 8 (24), 1112-1120, 2003(IF= 6.4, CI= 349) 3. Sahoo S. K., and Labhasetwar V.: Enhanced antiproliferaive activity of Transferrin conjugated paclitaxel nanoparticles is mediated via sustained intracellular drug retention. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2(5), 373-383, 2005. (IF= 5.4, CI= 108) 4. Acharya S., Dilnawaz F. and Sahoo S. K : Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor nanoparticle bioconjugates for breast cancer therapy, Biomaterials, 1-14, 2009 (IF= 7.88, CI= 45) 5. Dilnawaz F., Singh A., Mohanty C. and Sahoo S. K: Dual drug loaded superparamagnetic iron oxide

nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy. Biomaterials, 31, 3694-3706, 2010, (IF= 7.88, CI= 42) 6. Mohanty C. and Sahoo S. K.: The in vitro stability and in vivo pharmacokinetics of curcumin prepared as an aqueous nanoparticulate formulation. Biomaterials, 31(25), 6597-611, 2010 (IF= 7.88, CI= 15) 7. Vandana M. and Sahoo S. K.: ―Long circulation and cytotoxicity of PEGylated gemcitabine and its potential for the treatment of pancreatic cancer‖ Biomaterials, 31, 9340-9356, 2010 (IF= 7.88, CI= 7) 8. Acharya S. and Sahoo S. K.: ―Sustained targeting of BCR-ABL + leukemia cells by synergistic action of dual drug loaded nanoparticles: An implication for leukemia therapy‖ Biomaterials, 32(24): 5643-62, 2011 (IF= 7.88) 9. Parhi P., Mohanty C. and Sahoo S. K.: Oral delivery and enhanced in vivo pharmacokinetics of rapamycin loaded nanoparticles for pancreatic cancer therapy, Actabiomateriala. 7(10): 3656-69, 2011 (IF= 4.82) 10.Dilnawaz F, Singh A, Mewar S, Sharma U, Jagannathan NR, Sahoo SK : ―The transport of non-surfactant based paclitaxel loaded magnetic nanoparticles across the blood brain barrier in a rat model‖. Biomaterials, 33(10): 2936-51, 2012 (IF= 7.88)

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SHINDE, DEVANAND BABURAO (b 1963), Professor of Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Technology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad


He has three patents to his credit on Process for isolation of analgesic substance from annona squamosa and Preparation and applications of new coupling reagents and Process for production of warfarin acid. That these are first patents of the rural based state university is itself his significant contribution. Also he has 209 publications to his credit. He has developed technology for small scale manufacturing of 52 (Fine Chemicals) and industrial processes for 11 (API) for Pharmaceutical Industry. His other significant contribution was to develop new ecofriendly route (Green synthesis) & synthetic methodology for various heterocyclic compounds of medicinally importance such as Quinoxalines Imidazoles, Dihydroquinazolinones, dihydropyrimidinones Coumarins, 1,5-benzodiazepine, Amidoalkyl napthols, Pyrazines, 1,2,3,4- tetrahydroquinolone and Bis (indolyl) methanes and established analytical and bioanalytical LC methods for analysis of various drugs/API. Besides this he has contributed to university in establishment/development/Introduction of Department of Chemical Technology of the University (ISO 9001:2008 Certified University department in the Maharashtra State, 2009), University Sub Campus at Osmanabad, Central Instrumentation Facility at the University., CGPA system for B.Tech under Engg. & Tech Faculty and B.Tech (Chemical) & M.Tech (Chem) (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals) course at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. He has implemented in late nineties changes in courses for the students with rural background for improving communication skills, use of computers, management and economics in Chemical Technology and established a rapport with Pharma industries like Shreya Life Sciences, Wockhardt Ltd, Dr. Reddy's Lab, NCL for benefits of researchers and students of this region.

Proposer : Dr. Suprabhat Ray, Seconder : Prof Ravi Bhushan


1. Rahul R.Nagawade, Vijay V. Khanna, Sachin S. Bhagwat, and Devanand B. Shinde, (2005), Synthesis of New series of 1-Aryl-1, 4-dihydro-4-oxo- 6-methyl pyridazine-3-carboxylic acid as potential Antibacterial agents; Eur. J. Med. Chem.; 40(12), 1325-1330 (if=3.499, ci=41)

2. MJ Chavan, PS Wakte, DB Shinde, (2010), Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of Caryophyllene oxide from Annona squamosa L. bark; Phytomedicine; 17 (2), 149-151 (if=2.972, ci=72)

3. ND Kokare, JN Sangshetti, DB Shinde, (2007), One-Pot Efficient Synthesis of 2-Aryl-1-arylmethyl-1H-benzimidazoles and 2,4,5-Triaryl-1H-imidazoles Using Oxalic Acid Catalyst; Synthesis; 18, 2829-2834 (if=2.500, ci=58)

4. B.L. Kolte, B.B. Raut, A.A. Deo, M.A. Bagool & D. B. Shinde; (2003), Liquid chromatographic method for determination of rosiglitazone in the human plasma; J. Chrom. B; 788(1), 37-44 (if=2.487, ci=68)

5. Sushilkumar S. Bahekar & Devanand B. Shinde; (2004), Samarium(III) Catalyzed One-Pot Construction of Coumarins; Tetrahedron. Lett.; 45, 7999-8001 (if=2.397, ci=83)

6. Sushilkumar S. Bahekar & Devanand B. Shinde, (2004), Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of some [4,6-(4-substituted aryl)-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-pyrimidin-5-yl]-acetic acid derivatives; Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14, 1733-1736 (if=2.338, ci=88)

7. JN Sangshetti, ND Kokare, SA Kotharkar, DB Shinde, (2008), Sodium Bisulfite as an Efficient and Inexpensive Catalyst for the One-pot Synthesis of 2,4,5-Triaryl-1H-imidazoles from Benzil or Benzoin and Aromatic Aldehydes; Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly; 139 (2), 125-127 (if=1.629, ci=55)

8. KR Patil, VP Rane, JN Sangshetti, DB Shinde, (2009), Stability-indicating LC method for analysis of lornoxicam in the dosage form; Chromatographia; 69 (9-10), 1001-1005 (if=1.437, ci=50)

9. RR Nagawade, DB Shinde; (2006), BF3•OEt2 Promoted Solvent-free Synthesis of Benzimidazole Derivatives; Chin Chem lett; 17 (4), 453-456 (if=1.210, ci=62)

10. B.L. Kolte, B.B. Raut, A.A. Deo, M.A. Bagool & D.B.Shinde, (2004), Simultaneous High Performance Liquid Chromatographic determination of Pioglitazone and Metformin in Pharmaceutical Dosage form; J. Chromat. Sci.; 42, 27-31 (if=0.794, ci=77)

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SINGH, RADHEY MOHAN (b 1952), Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi


Dr. Singh research focuses on development of methodologies for the synthesis of one of the most celebrated and biologically significant Qinoline derivatives. In the early phase of his research Dr. Singh has developed rapid and inexpensive access to substituted 2-chloroquinoline-3-carboxaldehydes and its functional group transformations starting from cheap anilines using Vilsmeier-Haack reaction. His protocol has been of vital importance to both synthetic and medicinal chemist worldwide as evident by the citations (Ind. J Chem., 44B, 1868, 2005, Citations 66). Further he has used these precursors for synthesis : of various annulated Quinolines. Dr. Singh has explored these templates in domino reactions featuring cross coupling and annulation reactions for the synthesis of medicinally important Quinoline annulated templates. Apart from metal catalysis he has also been exploring organocatalysis on his precursors featuring synthesis of structurally challenging bridgehead compounds. Recently, he has developed an alternative route for Corey-Fuchs synthesis using Na2S- catalyzed synthesis of alkyne moiety at room temperature, thus avoiding expensive and dangerous Butyl lithium. His other area of interest includes Morita Baylis Hillman (MBH) reaction where he has discovered a simple route for acridine, naphthyridine moieties. He has also developed MBH reaction on least reactive acrylamide with isatin derivatives. Recently, he IS exploring the area of Fluorine chemistry usmg electrophilic/nucleophilic fluorinating reagents. Thus, given the diverse nature of his research besides excellent teaching records I strongly recommend him for the NASI membership.

Proposer : Prof. Vinod K. Singh, Seconder : Prof. Sandeep Verma


1. R. M. Singh, A. Chandra, M. K. Singh and B. Singh, 2007, Synthesis of diastereomeric 2,4-disubstituted pyrano [2,3-b] quinolines from 3-formyl-2- quinolones through O-C bond formation via intramolecular electrophilic cyclization, Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 5987. Impact factor of journal 2.39; Citation index 46 2. R. M. Singh, A. Chandra, B. Singh and S. Upadhyay, 2008, Copper-free Sonogashira coupling of 2-chloroquinolines with phenylacetylene and quick annulation to Benzo[b][I,6]naphthyridine derivatives in aqueous ammonia, Tetrahedron, 64, 11680. Impact factor ofjouma12.81; Citation index 41 3. R. M. Singh, A. Chandra, B. Singh and R. S. Khanna, 2009, Copper-free Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling-annulation: Efficient one-pot synthesis of functionalized pyrano[ 4,3-b ]quinolines from 2-chloro-3- formylquinolines, J. Org. Chem., 74,5664. Impact factor of journal 4.63; Citation index 32 4. R. M. Singh, A. Chandra, S. Upadhyay, B. Singh and N. Sharma, 2011, Basecatalyzed cyc1ization of 2-chloroquinolinyl-3-carbonitriles and guanidine hydrochloride: a rapid synthesis of 2-amino-3H-pyrimido[ 4,5-b ]quinoline-4-ones, Tetrahedron, 67, 9219. Impact factor of journal 2.81; Citation index 7 5. R. M. Singh, R. Kumar, N. Sharma and M. Asthana, 2013, Palladiumcatalyzed one-pot synthesis of benzo[ b][ 1 ,6]naphthyridines via Sonogashira coupling and annulation reactions from 2-chloroquinoline-3-carbonitriles, Tetrahedron, 69, 9443. Impact factor of journal 2.81; Citation index 5 6. R. M. Singh, M. Asthana, N. Sharma, R. Kumar and J. B. Singh, 2014, Izcatalyzed base-free cyclization of 3-homoallylquinoline-2-thiones: Facile synthesis of tetracyclic, furothiopyrano[2,3-b ]quinolines, Tetrahedron Left., 55,4378. Impact factor of journal 2.39; Citation index 4 7. R. M. Singh, M. Asthana and N. Sharma, 2014, Densely functionalized 1,2-dihydrobenzo[b][1,6]naphthyridines: one-pot synthesis via sequential Ugi and Heck reactions, Tetrahedron, 70, 7996. Impact factor of journal 2.81; Citation index 2 8. R. M. Singh, D. Nandini, M. Asthana, K. Mishra and R. P. Singh, 2014, Temperature dependent selective synthesis of linear 2-bromo and 2- alkoxyfuro[2,3-b ]quinolines: reaction of 3-(2,2-dibromovinyl) quinolin-2( 1 H)ones with aicoholic KOH, Tetrahedron Lett., 55, 6257. Impact factor of journal 2.39; Citation index 1 9 R.M. Singh, K. C. Bharadwaj and D. K. Tiwari, 2014, Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of acrylamide with isatin derivatives, Beilstein J Org. Chem., 10, 2975. Impact factor of journal 2.82; Citation index 0 10 R. M. Singh, M. Asthana, R. Kumar and T. Gupta, 2015, Facile synthesis of functionalized 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b ]quinolines via Ugi four-component reaction followed by Cu-catalyzed aryl-amide, C-N bond coupling, Tetrahedron Left., 56,907. Impact factor of journal 2.39; Citation index 0

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TABASSUM, SARTAJ (b 1962), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Chemical Sciences) Prof. Sartaj Tabassum is working as Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has published 84 papers in the journals of international repute. He has presented his research work and delivered invited lectures in national and international conferences /symposia. He is life member of ICC, CRSI, ISCB, DNA Society of India and American Nano Society. He has successfully guided 12 Ph.D and 4 M.Phil students. He has successfully completed many research schemes granted by TWAS, Italy, CSIR, New Delhi, DBT, Govt. of India. As a distinguished Scientist, Prof. Tabassum was awarded Overseas Associateship award in 2005 by DBT, Govt of India. He has signed several MoU and joint research collaboration with University of Camerino UNICAM, Italy, USM Malaysia and USTC Hefei, China. He has visited many countries for academic pursuit particularly, China, USA, Italy as fellow, visiting Professor and for the international conferences. Prof. Tabassum is working in the area of medicinal inorganic chemistry and his main focus is the design and synthesis of heterobimetallic complexes which have potential to act as cancer chemotherapeutics. Design of glycosylated compounds containing tin have been therefore his main pursuit and these new drug entities after calculating thermodynamic parameters were searched for the specific site of binding by docking and validated by in vitro binding studies with biomolecules and doing anticancer activity of the compounds in vivo and in vitro.

Proposer : Prof. U.C. Agarwala, Seconder : Prof. D.S. Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. New modulated metallic macrocycles: Electrochemistry and their interaction with calf thymus DNA, S. Tabassum, S. Parveen and F. Arjmand, Acta Biomaterialia; 1, 677 (2005). (IF=5.07) 2. DNA interaction studies of new nano metal based anticancer agents: Validation by spectroscopic

methods, Sartaj Tabassum, Girish Chandra Sharma, Farukh Arjmand, Amir Azam, Nanotechnology, 21, 195 (2010). (IF=3.97) 3. Identification of a Potent Inhibitor of Human Dual-Specific Phosphatase, VHR, from Computer-Aided and NMR-Based Screening to Cellular Effects, Zhe Shi, Sartaj Tabassum, Wei Jiang, Jiahai Zhang, Suvigya Mathur, Jihui Wu, Yunyu Shi, Chem Bio Chem., 8, 2092 (2007). (IF=3.94) 4. Molecular drug design, synthesis and structure elucidation of a new specific target peptide based metallo drug for cancer chemotherapy as topoisomerase I inhibitor, Sartaj Tabassum, M. Afzal, W. M Al-Asbahy, Farukh Arjmand, Vivek Bagchi, Dalton Trans. (2012) 41(16), 4955-64. (IF=3.83) 5. Design, synthesis, characterization and DNA–binding studies of triphenyltin(IV) complex of N– glycoside (GATPT) a sugar based apoptosis inducer: In vitro and in vivo assessment of induction of apoptosis by GATPT, Sartaj Tabassum, Suvigya Mathur, Farukh Arjmand, Kanchan Mishra, Kakoli Banerjee, Metallomics (2012) 4, (2), 205-17. (IF=3.59) 6. Interaction and photo-induced cleavage studies of a copper based chemotherapeutic drug with human serum albumin: spectroscopic and molecular docking study, Sartaj Tabassum, Waddhaah M. Al-Asbahy, Mohd. Afzal, Farukh Arjmand and Rizwan Hasan Khan, Mol. BioSyst., (2012) 8, 2424-2433. (IF=3.53) 7. Design and synthesis of (S)- and (R)-enantiomers of [4-(2-hydroxy-1-phenylethylimino)pent-2-ol]dimethyltin(iv) and 2,2-dimethyl-4-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazastannolidine: in vitro antitumor activity against human tumor cell lines and in vivo assay of (S)-enantiomers, F. Arjmand, F. Sayeed, S. Parveen, S. Tabassum, A. S. Juvekar, S. M. Zingde, Dalton Trans. (2013) 42, 3390–3401. (IF=3.83) 8. Synthesis and characterization of copper(II) and zinc(II)-based potential chemotherapeutic compounds: Their biological evaluation viz. DNA binding profile, cleavage and antimicrobial activity, S. Tabassum, A. Asim, F. Arjmand, M. Afzal V. Bagchi, Eur J Med Chem, (2012) 58, 308-316. (IF=3.34) 9. Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterization and biomimetic properties of new copper, manganese, zinc complexes: Identification of possible superoxide- dismutase mimics bearing hydroxyl radical generating/scavenging abilities, Giulio Lupidi, Fabio Marchetti, Norberto Masciocchi, Daniel L. Reger, Sartaj Tabassum, Paola Astolfi, Elisabetta Damiani, Claudio Pettinari, J. Inorg. Biochem., 104,820-830 (2010). (IF=3.45) 10. p53 dependent apoptotic mechanism of a new designer bimetallic compounds Triphenyl tin

benimidazole copper chloride (TPTCuCl2): In vivo studies in wistar rats as well as in vitro studies in human cervical cancers cells, N. Hoti, De-e-Zhu, Z. Song, Z. Wu, S. Tabassum and M. Wu, J. Pharmacol Exp. Ther.(Jpet); 311, 22 (2004). (IF=3.82)

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AIDHEN, INDRAPAL SINGH (b 1960), Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Madras, Chennai 600036 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Although, quality and quantity of publications, continues to remain a yardstick to measure an individual‘s performance at the research front, it is the teaching excellence, which goes un-noticed for nominees from academia. In this context, Professor Indrapal Singh Aidhen‘s performance over last 18 years at IIT-Madras reflects high degree of maturity in maintaining a fine balance. In last two years he has additional 14 publications in international journals and filing of one Indian patent. He has to his credit 57 research publications and four patents at this juncture of time. The publications are in international journals of high repute and impact factor, like Organic Letters, Journal of Organic Chemistry, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Synlett, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, and Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. During last two years, he has been passionately involved in promoting the medicinal chemistry research and teaching. His collaboration with Helmholtz Infection Research Institute, Germany towards a search of novel anti-mitotic agent has started yielding good results and new directions (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 1066–1075). Novel analogues of amorfrutin developed in his laboratory (Indian Patent filed) have attracted the attention of Scientists at Max-Planck Institute, Berlin, towards biological studies with PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma), nuclear receptor, which plays a key role in glucose metabolism For past 18 years, he has been consistently rated very high as a teacher. His highest score in evaluation by students (on a scale of 0-1) is 0.980, while the average is around 0.910. I strongly vouch for his NASI-Fellowship

Proposer : Dr J S Yadav, Seconder : Dr G.V.M.Sharma Ten Best Publications: 1. Aidhen I.S.; Ahuja J.R, 1992, A Novel Synthesis of Benzocyclobutenones, Tetrahedron Letters, 33,

5431-5432. (if=2.37, ci=32) 2. Satyamurthi, N.; Singh, J.; Aidhen, I.S.Satyamurthi, N.; Singh, J.; Aidhen, I.S., 2000, Synthesis and

Application of N-Methoxy-N-Methyl-2-Phenylsulfonyl Acetamide as a two Carbon Homologating Agent.

Synthesis, 3, 375-382 (if=2.5, ci=14) 3. Singh, J.; Satyamurthi, N.; Aidhen, I.S., 2000, The Growing Synthetic Utility of Weinreb‘s Amide. J.

Prakt. Chem, 342-347 (if=3.4, ci=93) 4. V. Selvamurugan, Aidhen I.S., 2001, N-Methoxy-N-methyl 3-Bromopropionamide: A New Three

Carbon Homologating Agent for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1, 4-Diketones. Tetrahedron, 57, 6065-

6069. (if=2.90, ci=13) 5. Vijayasaradhi, S.; Aidhen, I.S., 2002, Umpolung Strategy for the Synthesis of 2-Deoxy-C-aryl

glycosides: A serendipitous efficient route for C-Furanoside Analogues., Organic Letters, 4, 1739-1742

(if=6.14, ci=10) 6. Mahalingam, S. M.; Aidhen, I. S., 2006, Propargyl bromide as an excellent Bromoacetone equivalent:

Convenient and New route to -aroylacetones, J. Org. Chem., 71, 349-351 (if=4.56, ci=06) 7. Manjunath, B. N.; Neeraj, P. S.; Aidhen, I. S., 2006, New reagent for convenient access to the -

unsaturated N-methoxy-N-methyl-amide functionality by a synthesis based on the Julia olefination

protocol., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2851-2855. (if=3.4, ci=16) 8. Sivaraman. B.; Annamalai, S.; Aidhen, I. S., 2007, Weinreb Amide based new Synthetic equivalents for

convenient access to Immunosuppressive Agent FTY720 and analogues, Synlett, 2841-2846. (if=2.65,

ci=05) 9. Sivaraman, B.; Aidhen, I. S., 2008, The Growing Synthetic Utility of the Weinreb Amide, Synthesis,,

3707- 3738 (if=2.5, ci=42) 10. Senthilmurugan, A.; Aidhen, I. S., 2010, Synthesis of (+)-Varitriol Analogues via Novel and Versatile

Building Blocks Based on Julia olefination., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 555-564 (if=3.40, ci=16)

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BARUA, NABIN CHANDRA (b 1954), Chief Scientist and Head, Natural Products Chemistry Division,

CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat-785 006 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Dr N.C.Barua has been working on different aspects of natural products chemistry viz. chemical investigation of medicinal plants of North-East India, chemical transformation of natural products for value addition, total synthesis of bioactive natural products, production of valuable natural products through in vitro cell culture technique, chemical investigation of microbial broths, and biotransformation involving genetically modified microbes. As principal investigator he has developed technologies for antimalarial drugs beta-artemether, beta-arteether and alpha-artisunate from artemisinin, 16-Dihydropregnenolone acetate (16-DPA) from diosgenin, sugar substitute Xylitol from Xylose and a herbal pesticide for Tea pest Red Spider Mite. Recently, he has played a key role in developing one herbal ointment for Rheumatoid Arthritis and another one for fungal infection from locally available medicinal plants. Both the products have been granted manufacturing license by Drug Controller, Govt. of Assam and has been launched by Honorable S&T Minister, GOI in Vigyan Bhaban on CSIR‘s 70th foundation day. The products have been commercialized by transferring only the marketing rights to four parties and are gaining wide acceptance across the country. He has published 120 papers so far with total citation of 1431 with ‗H‘ Factor 22. His basic research in natural products chemistry has brought several recognitions to him like Alexander von Humboldt post doctoral fellowship, Chemical research Society Bronze medal. He has developed several new synthetic methods which find places in international reference book (by Jerry March). As a social commitment he has been providing phytochemical analysis services to rural medicinal plant farmers /entrepreneurs.

Proposer : Dr. Pradeep kumar Tripathi, Seconder : Prof. Samir Bhattacharya, Ten Best Publications: 1. N. C. Barua, R. P. Sharma, K. P. Madhusudanan, G. Thyagarajan, W. Herz & R. Murari 1979,

Sesquiterpene lactones: Stereochemistry of tagitinins and related compounds. J. Org. Chem., 44, 1831-

35. (if=4.564, ci=38) 2. N. C. Barua, R. N. Baruah, R. P. Sharma, J. N. Barua, W. Herz, K. Watanabe & J. F. Blount,

1982,Germacranolides of Inula eupatorioides, part II. Absolute configuration of Ineupatorolides J. Org.

Chem., 47, 137-140. (if=4.564, ci=5) 3. J. Boruwa, N. Gogoi & N. C. Barua, 2006, A short Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Phytotoxic

lactone Herbarumin III. Org. Biomol. Chem. 4, 3521-3525. (if=3.568, ci=20) 4. N. Gogoi, J. Boruwa and N. C. Barua 2006, A concise total synthesis of antifungal antibiotic (+)-Preusin

Eur. J. Org. Chem 1722-1725. (if=3.344, ci=20) 5. Boruwa, J., Saikia, P. P. Gogoi, N., Barua, N. C.2006,Catalytic Asymmetric Henry Reaction (A Review

article) Tetrahedron: Asymmetry,17, 3315-3326 (if=2.115, ci=195) 6. D. Chaturvedi, A. Goswami, P. P. Saikia, N. C. Barua and P. G. Rao 2010, Artemisinin and its

derivatives: A Novel Class of Antimalarial and Anticancer Agents (A review) Chem. Soc. Rev. 39, 435-454

(3rd in the list of most highly accessed Chem Soc Rev articles in Feb. 2010). (if=24.892, ci=47) 7. Bishwajit Saikia, Nabin Chandra Barua, Partha Pratim Saikia, Abhishek Goswami, Ajit Kumar Saxena

and Nitasha Suri, 2011, Synthesis of a novel series of 1,2,3-triazole containing artemisinin dimmers with

potent anticancer activities involving Huigen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. Synthesis 19, 3173-3179.

(if=2.5, ci=12) 8. Bishwajit Saikia, Thongam Joymati Devi, Nabin C. Barua; 2013 First Total Synthesis of Debilisone C;

Org. Biomol.Chem., 11, 905–913 (if=3.568, ci=4) 9. B. Saikia, T. J. Devi, N. C. Barua, 2013, Stereoselective Total Synthesis of both (6R,9R,10S,7E)- and

(6S,9R,10S,7E)- Epimers of Oxylipin (9R,10S,7E)-6,9,10-Trihydroxyoctadec-7-enoic acid‖, Tetrahedron

69, 2157-2166. (if=2.803, ci=2) 10. T. J. Devi, B. Saikia, N. C. Barua; Tetrahedron 2013,A stereocontrolled route to D-ribo-

phytosphingosine and sphinganine from an achiral secondary homoallylic alcohol using Sharpless kinetic

resolution Tetrahedron 69 (2013)3817-3827 (if=2.803, ci=3)

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BISWAS, PRASANTA KUMAR (b 1952), Ex-Chief Scientist, Sol-Gel Division, Central Glass & Ceramic

Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkata - 700032 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) The nominee pursued soft chemistry for study of dielectric/semiconductor films and their usage in optics and photonics leading 14 National/International sponsored/Network projects with present motivation towards sustainable energy. He has made significant contributions by developing four cost effective processes, 5+1 Indian patents and publishing number of papers in SCI journals. Three patents have been utilized by five Entrepreneurs. A product patent right on spongy indium tin oxide(ITO), new finding for RADAR/dye absorbing system, and also a process patent right on the Know-how on cost-effective ITO film formation on window glass have been protected. He has expertise on fabrication of grating pattern by capillary force lithography(CFL) under Gel technology domain for their potential use in optical/chemical sensors. Importance of a few products has been focused through daily newspapers (The Economic Times dated 06-08- 1989 and The Telegraph dated 11-09-2006). Entrepreneurs, Asahi India Glass Lt(AIS), Moser Bauer India Limited(MBIL) are interested on the know-how of ITO coated glass. He has expertise in the basic knowledgebase of electrochromic device. He has developed unique laser damage resistant antireflection(AR) coating on laser glass rods for high power laser applications in strategic sector. In the complementary pursuit in basic science, he has identified oxygen deficiency in nanozirconia film matrix, key factor in controlling in- situ redox reaction in the oxide films. He has identified Quantum Dots(QDs) in doped zirconia and also in pure and doped transparent conducting oxides(TCOs). Room temperature ferromagnetism has also been observed by him in doped TCO films. His present ‗h‘ index is 18.5.

Proposer : Prof. Debashis Mukherjee, Seconder : Prof. Gautam Biswas Ten Best Publications: 1. Effects of tin on IR reflectivity, thermal emissivity, Hall mobility and plasma wavelength of sol- gel indium tin oxide films on glass - P. K. Biswas, A. De, N. C. Pramanik P. K. Chakraborty, K.Ortner, V. Hock, S. Korder, Mater. Letts., 57 (2003) 2326 - 2332 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.307, CI=91 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 9.907, 3.772, etc)) 2. The effect of Sn (IV) on transformation of co-precipitated hydrated In(III) and Sn(IV) hydroxides to indium tin oxide (ITO) powder - N. C. Pramanik, S. Das and P. K. Biswas, Mater. Letts. 56 (2002) 671 – 679 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.307, CI=57 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 32.841, 9.907, 10.179, 7.286, 5.099, 4.268, etc)) 3. Optical and electrochromic properties of sol-gel WO3 films on conducting glass - P. K. Biswas, N. C. Pramanik, M. K. Mahapatra, D. Ganguli and J. Livage, Mater. Letts. 57 (2003) 4429 – 4432 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.307, CI=37 ((Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 5.099, 4.805, 3.979, 2.590, etc)) 4. Characterization of oxygen deficiency and trivalent zirconium in sol-gel derived zirconia films - S. Jana, and P.K. Biswas, Mater. Letts, 30 (1997) 53 – 58 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.307, CI=33 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 7.286, 6.962, 3.696, 3.573, etc))

5. Sol-gel electrochromic WO3 coatings on glass - A. Patra, K. Auddy, D. Ganguli, J. Livage and P. K. Biswas, Mater. Letts., 58 (2004) 1059 -1063 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.307, CI=47 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 8.349, 5.099, 4.593, 3.285, etc)) 6. Synthesis and photoluminescence property of nanostructured sol-gel indium tin oxide film on glass - S. Kundu and P. K. Biswas, Chem. Phys. Letts., 414 (2005) 107-110 (Elsevier publication) (IF=2.337, CI=27 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 7.286, 4.805, 4.186, 3.979, etc)) 7. Ferromagnetism in transparent Mn(II)-doped indium tin oxide films prepared by sol-gel coating - S. Kundu, D. Bhattacharya, J. Ghosh, P. Das and P. K. Biswas, Chem. Phys. Letts. 469 (2009) 313 – 317(Elsevier publication) (IF=2.337, CI=8 (Impact factor of journals of a few cited articles, 3.844, 2.168, etc)) 8. Synthesis and characterization of smoke-like porous sol–gel indium tin oxide coatings on glass - N. Das and P.K.Biswas, J Mater Sci, 47 (2012) 289-298 (Springer publication (IF=2.015, CI=1) 9. Novel polyvinyl alcohol based Cr(III)–Sn(IV) doped In(III) nitrate composite foam: synthesis, unit cell formulation and structure, N. Das, S. Chakraborty, P.K.Biswas, RSC Advances, 2 (2012) 9183-9191 (Royal Society of Chemistry publication) (IF=not available, CI=not available) 10. Creation of Self-Organized Complex Meso Patterns in Sol−Gel Thin Films by Confined Capillary Dynamics - R. Deb Roy, D. Sil, S. Jana, N. Bhandaru, S. K. Bhadra, P. K. Biswas, R. Mukherjee, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 51 (2012) 9546−9553 (ACS) publication (IF=2.237, CI= 2 (Impact factor of journals of cited articles, 5.167, 4.525))

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CHATTOPADHYAY, SUNIL KUMAR (b 1952), Chief Scientist, CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and

Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow - 226015.


Dr. Sunil Kumar Chattopadhyay in a focused way consistently has addressed the problem of drug development technology related to anticancer molecules (Taxol) and Docetaxel (=Taxotere) (US patents 5,856,532; 1999 and 6028,206; 2000). His path breaking approach has not only been innovative but highly significant also in terms of leads obtained particularly from the Himalayan yew Taxus wallichiana. The semi-synthesis route developed by him for the preparation of the anticancer molecule Taxotere is straightforward, high yielding and cost effective. The taxoid brevifoliol isolated and upscaled by his group from the needles of Taxus wallichiana was evaluated to be a very promising anticancer compound based on a non baccatin-III moiety (US patents 7,579,491; 2009 and 7,196,115; 2007). The taxol/taxotere analogs that were designed by him from brevifoliol would certainly make a visible impact in cancer research (European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 43:1499-1505 (2008). Dr. Chattopadhyay has isolated and characterized a new class of compounds known as coumarino-lignoids. In in vivo model, it exhibited liver protective activity against phalloidin, carbon tetrachloride and paracetamol induced liver toxicity as comparable to silymarin, the standard drug used to treat liver diseases. The results published on coumarino-lignoids in the reputed journals Tetrahedron, 41: 209-214 (1985); Tetraherdon Letters, 21:4477-4480 (1980) and Heterocycles, 19: 19-22 (1982) have received considerable citations. The natural form of the synthetic anti-aids drug nevirapine has been recently isolated and conclusively proven to be different from the synthetic nevirapine by isotopic ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). (Industrial Crops and Products, 45, 395-400 (2013).

Proposer : Prof. Ganesh P. Pandey, Seconder : Dr. Pradeep Kumar

Ten Best Publications: 1. A.B. Ray, S.K. Chattopadhyay, C. Konno and H. Hikino. (1980). Structure of cleomiscosin A, a

coumarinolignoid of Cleome viscosa seeds. Tet. Lett. 21: 4477- 4480. (if=2.397, ci=41) 2. A.B. Ray, S.K. Chattopadhyay, S. Konno and H. Hikino. (1982). Structure of cleomiscosin B, a

coumarinolignoid of Cleome viscosa seeds. Heterocycles 19: 19- 22. (if=1.077, ci=27) 3. A.B. Ray, S.K. Chattopadhyay, S. Kumar, C. Konno, Y. Kiso and H. Hikino. (1985). Structures of

cleomiscosins, coumarinolignoids of Cleome viscosa seeds. Tetrahedron, 41: 209- 214 (if=2.803, ci=92) 4. S.K. Chattopadhyay and K.V. Rao. (1987) Chemistry of Saururus cernuus. Cyclooctadiene system

derived from austrobailignan 5. Tetrahedron 43: 665- 678 . (if=2.803, ci=13) 5. S.K. Chattopadhyay and K.V. Rao. (1989) Cyclooctadiene systems derived from austrobailignan 5,

revised stereochemical assignments. Tetrahedron 45: 6653- 6656 . (if=2.803, ci=3) 6. K.V. Rao and S.K. Chattopadhyay. (1990) Regioselective cleavage of the methylenedioxy group:

Conversion of ()-austrobailignan 5 to ()-dihydroguaiaretic acid. J. Org. Chem. 55: 1427-1429. (if=4.564,

ci=14) 7. S.K. Chattopadhyay, R.P. Sharma, G. Appendino and P. Gariboldi. (1995) A rearranged taxane from

the Himalayan yew. Phytochemistry 39: 869- 870. (if=3.050, ci=25) 8. S. Bala, G.C. Uniyal, S.K. Chattopadhyay, V. Tripathi, K.V. Sashidhara, M. Kulshrestha, R.P. Sharma,

A.K. Kukreja and S. Kumar. (1999). Analysis of taxol and major taxoids in Himalayan yew Taxus

wallichiana. J. of Chromatography A 858: 239 -244 . (if=4.612, ci=28) 9. S.K.Chattopadhyay, S. Tripathi, M.P.Darokar, U. Faridi, B.Sisodia, S. Negi, J.Koteshkumar and

S.P.S.Khanuja. (2008). Syntheses and Cytotoxic activities of the analogues of the taxoid brevifoliol.

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 43:1499-1505. (if=3.499, ci=2) 10. S.Sharma, S.K.Chattopadhyay, P. Trivedi and D.U.Bawankule. (2010). Synthesis and anti-

inflammatory activity of derivatives of coumarino-lignoid, cleomiscosin A and its methyl ether. European

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 45: 5150-5156. (if=3.499, ci=2)

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CHEPURI, VENKATA RAMANA (b 1968), Scientist E(2), CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune


Ramana is one of the pre-eminent organic chemists of India who can handle the synthesis of architecturally and stereochemically challenging complex molecules with remarkable ease. Ramana‘s particular insight into total syntheses was to develop and deploy the transition-metal catalyzed reactions for addressing the C–C and C–O/N bonds that distinguishes him from the other contemporary synthetic chemists of India. The recent total synthesis of trigonaliimine C and isatisine A by his group are classic examples wherein several [metal]-catalyzed/mediated transformations have been developed and executed in a sequence. This is a rare feat in total synthesis. TheTiCl3-mediated pincol cum ketalization, the acid-catalyzed ―furan-ring transposition‖ and ―double furan-ring transposition‖ ―alkynol cyclization – Kishi reduction‖ for the C-saccharides synthesis, SNAr–(azide-alkyne cycloaddition), SNAr–azide reduction, SNAr–Smalley cyclization and SNAr–Nitrene are some of the important protocols developed to name a few. Recently, he made some fundamental contributions in the area of cross couplings in general and C–H activation in particular. For the first time in the history of cross-couplings with acrylates, he could demonstrate that the branched-selective alkylation with acrylates is possible and revealed important role of base in this domain. He also showed that a single [Ru]-catalyst can affect the complementary directed and direct C–H activation of 2-aryl pyridine derivatives in one-pot – which is the first of its kind. Some preliminary, yet important contributions in other areas such as glyconanoparticles, beta-peptides and crystal engineering made by Ramana reveal his ability to ask fundamental questions in areas other than synthesis.

Proposer : Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Seconder : Dr. Ganesh P. Pandey


1. Kommagalla, Y.; Mullapudi, V. B.; Francis, F.; Ramana, C. V. ―Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed switchable C3-alkylation versus alkenylation with acrylates of 2-pyridylbenzofurans via C-H bond activation‖ Catalysis Sci. & Tech. 2015, 5, 114-117 (if=4.76)

2. Suneel Kumar, C. V.; Ramana, C. V.* " Tuning the Regioselectivity of Gold-Catalyzed Internal Nitroalkyne Redox: A Cycloisomerization and [3+2]-Cycloaddition Cascade for the Construction of Spiro-pseudoindoxyl Skeleton" Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 4766-4769 (if=6.324)

3. Goriya, Y.; Ramana, C. V.* ―2-Aroylindoles from o-bromochalcones viaCu(I)-catalyzed SNAr with an azide andintramolecular nitrene C–H insertion‖ Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7790. (if=6.718)

4. Kommagalla, Y.; Srinivas, K.; Ramana, C. V.* ―Ru-Catalyzed Branched vs Linear Selective C3-Alkylation of 2-Aroylbenzofurans with Acrylates via C-H Activation‖ Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 7884 (if=5.696, ci=2)

5. Kona, C. N.; Ramana, C. V.* ―Gold(I)-catalysed [1,3] O-C rearrangement of allenyl ethers‖ Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2152 (if=6.718)

6. Narute, S. B.; Raut, J. K.; Ramana, C. V.* ―Synthesis of C-disaccharides through a one-pot alkynol cycloisomerization-reductive deoxygenation‘‘ Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 70, 510 (if=5.696, ci=0)

7. Reddy, BNP.; Ramana, C. V.* ―A Modular Total Synthesis of (±)–Trigonoliimine‖ Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9767 (if=6.718, ci=3)

8. Goriya, Y.; Ramana, C. V.* ―Synthesis of pseudo indoxyl derivatives via sequential Cu-catalyzed SNAr and Smalley cyclization‖ Chem. Commun. 2013, 6376. (if=6.718, ci=4)

9. Patel, P.; Ramana, C. V.* "Total Synthesis of (-)-Isatsine A" J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 10509. Featured Article (if=4.638, ci=6)

10. Miao, B.; Skidan,I.; Yang, J.; Lugovskoy, A.; Reibarkh, M.; Long, K.; Brazell, T.; Durugkar, K. A.; Maki, J.; Ramana, C. V.*: Schaffhausen, B.; Wagner, G.; Torchilin, V.; Yuan, J. and Degterev, A."Small molecule inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3) binding to pleckstrin homology domains" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2010, 107 (46), 20126 (if=9.809 , ci=39)

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DAS, PUSPENDU KUMAR (b 1958), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


The Nominee has made significant contribution in the area of laser spectroscopy and dynamics using a variety of techniques involving multiple laser- beams. The Nominee‘s work in the area of nonlinear optics in the development and application of the hyper - Rayleigh scattering technique as a spectroscopic tool for measuring physical properties in solution have been widely recognised. He used this technique for measuring dissociation constants of weak acids, partition co efficient of an analyte distributed in two phases, formation and stoichiometry of non - covalent supramolecular structures, CMC of surfactants, multiple binding constants of a small molecule to a macromolecule, and the equilibrium solution geometry of charge transfer complexes. The nominee has recently shown that the local excitation of surface dipoles leads to large optical nonlinearity in noble metal nanoparticles. He has worked extensively in the area of nonlinear optics and developed many interesting problems. His research in the area of chemical dynamics using two crossed ultraviolet laser beams in a ―pump- and-probe‖ configuration has richly added to the understanding of the ultraviolet dissociation pathways in alkyl iodides and bond selective dissociation of polyatomic molecules. Recently he has done some interesting work in the area of infrared spectroscopy of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the gas phase. He has recorded spectra of some PAHs having very low vapour pressures in a heated long path-length gas cell assigned the spectral lines using state-of-the-art quantum chemical calculations. The Nominee has published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals of which more than 40 are in American Society Journals.

Proposer : Prof. A. K. Shukla, Seconder : Prof. S. Natarajan Ten Best Publications: 1. First - order hyperpolarizabilities of sulfophthalein dyes.P. C. Ray and Puspendu K. Das, J. Phys.

Chem. 99, 14414 - 14417 (1995)(if=3.242, ci=38) 2. Dissociation constants of weak organic acids in protic solvents obtained from their first

hyperpolarizabilities in solution . P. C. Ray and Puspendu K. Das, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 17891 - 895 (1995)

(if=3.242, ci=25) 3. Production of I* ( 2 P 1/2) in the ultraviolet photodissociation of α - branched alkyl iodides. S. Uma and

Puspendu K. Das, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 4470 - 4474 (1996) (if=3.516, ci=29) 4. Dynamics of I* ( 2 P 1/2) production from fluorinated alkyl iodides at 266, 280, and ~305 3 nm. K.

Kavita and Puspendu K. Das J. Chem. Phys. 112, 8426 - 8431 (2000). (if=3.147, ci=31) 5. Photodissociation of C 6 H 5 I, C 6 F 5 I and related iodides in the ultraviolet K. Kavita and Puspendu

K. Das J. Chem. Phys. 117, 2038 - 2044 (2002) (if=2.998, ci=22) 6. Determination of critical micelle concentration by hyper - Rayleigh scattering S. Ghosh, A. Krishnan,

Puspendu K. Das, and S. Ramakrishnan, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 1602 - 1605 (20 03) (if=6.156, ci=26) 7. Binding constant measurement by hyper - Rayleigh scattering : Bilirubin - human serum albumin

binding as a case study A. Sri Ranjini, Puspendu K. Das and P. Balaram, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 5950 -

5953 (2005) (if=4.03 (2005), ci=5) 8. Chemical Application of hyper - Rayleigh scattering in solution Puspendu K. Das J. Phys. Chem. B

(Feature Article) 110, 7621 - 7630 (2006) (if=4.115, ci=16) 9. Depolarized hyper - Rayleigh scattering from copper nanoparticles M. Chandra, S. S. Indi, and

Puspendu K. Das J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 10652 - 10656 (2007) (if=3.396, ci=24) 10. Geometry and quadratic nonlinearity of charge transfer complexes in solution using depolarized hyper

- Rayleigh scattering R. Pandey, S. Ghosh, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Ramamsesha, and Puspendu K. Das J.

Che m. Phys. 134, 044533 (2011) (if=3.149, ci=2)

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GHOSH, SUBRATA (b 1950), Senior Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for

the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700032 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Professor Ghosh has made significant contributions in the emerging areas of organic synthesis on complex bio-active natural products of contemporary interests. One of his notable contributions is the development of novel routes (first effort reported from India) towards the bridged-ring skeleton of the anticancer drug taxol (TL 1990, 1483; TL 1992, 2363; TL 1993, 2987; Chem.Commun. 1997,2039). The role of copper (I) catalysis in promoting the reactivity and controlling the stereoselectivity in photocycloaddition of unactivated 1,6-dienes has been uncovered by the nominee and has been exploited in the facile stereocontrolled synthesis of a few complex cyclopentanoid natural products (Chem.Comm. 1993, 783;TL 1996, 2073; JOe 1995, 2526; Joe 1997, 5211). This discovery has made a global impact and has been used by other chemists for accomplishing total synthesis of molecules which are otherwise difficult to achieve. He has made impressive contribution in the area of asymmetric synthesis employing nature's chiral pool e.g. carbohydrate. Notable achievements in this area include discovery of economical routes to anti-HIV drug (-)-carbovir (TL 2004, 6457); anti-HIV active BeA (JOe 2005, 4199), anti-inflammatory agent (- )-bacillariolide I (Org. Lett. 2006, 3781) and neurotrophic agent (- talaumidin (TL 2008, 3433). His recent contributions include elegant application of olefin metathesis in developing single-step protocols for accessing the highly complex structures present in natural products such as ingenol (Org. Lett 2007, 2537), guanacastepenes (JOC 2009, 1957), umbellactal, schisandra terpenes (JOC 2010, 4192) etc. His contributions in the domain of natural products synthesis are well appreciated and are amply documented in literatures.

Proposer: Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Seconder: Prof. E.D. Jemmis Ten Best Publications: 1. Ghosh S, Patra D and Saha G (1993) A Novel Route to Usefully Functionalised Spiro [n4] systems. Application to a Formal Synthesis of (±) a-Cedrene, J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun, 783 (IF: 5.504, C/ : 18) 2. Patra D and Ghosh S (1995) Regioselectivity and Stereospecificity in a Contrastereoelectronically Controlled Pinacol Rearrangement of Alkoxycyclobutane Derivatives. A Novel Route to Vicinally Substituted Cyciopentanones, J. Org. Chem., 60, 2526 (IF : 4.219, CI : 22) 3. Haque A, Ghatak A, Ghosh Sand Ghoshal N (1997) A Facile Access to Densely Functionalized Substituted Cyciopentanes and Spiro Cyciopentanes. Carbocation Stabilisation Directed Bond Migration in Rearrangement of Cyciobutanes J. Org. Chem., 62, 5211 (IF: 4.219, CI· 21) 4. Holt D J, Barker W D, Jenkins P R, Davies D L, Garatte S, Fawcett J, Russell D R and Ghosh S (1998) Ring Closing Metathesis in Carbohydrate Annulation, Angew Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 37, 3298 (IF: 11.289, CI: 53) 5. Holt, DJ, Barker WD, Jenkins PR, Panda J and Ghosh S (2000) The Stereoselective Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Annulated Carbohydrates Using Ring Closing Metathesis, J. Org. Chem., 65, 482 (IF: 4.219, CI: 58) 6. Sarkar, N, Nayek A and Ghosh S (2004) Copper(I)-catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition. Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of Cyclobutane Derivatives, Org. Lett., 6, 1903 (IF : 5.4, CI : 20) 7. Banerjee, S.; Ghosh, S.; Sinha, S.; Ghosh, S. (2005) Convenient Route to Both enantiomers of a Highly Functionalized trans-Disubstituted Cyclopentenes. Synthesis of the Carbocyclic Core of the Nucleoside BCA, J. Org. Chem., 70, 4199 (IF: 4.219, CI: 22) 8. Ghosh S, Sinha S and Drew M G B (2006) Stereodivergent Approach to the Asymmetric Synthesis of Bacillariolides: A Formal Synthesis of ent-Bacillariolide II, Org. Lett., 8, 3781 (IF : 54, CI : 13) 9. Malik C K and Ghosh S (2007) Domino Metathesis Involving ROM-RCM of Substituted Norbornenes. Rapid Access to Densely Functionalized Tricyclic Bridged and Condensed Ring Systems, Org. Lett., 9, 2537 (IF: 5.4, CI : 16) 10. Malik C K, Yadav R N, Drew M G B and Ghosh S (2009) Synthesis of Fused Cyclic Systems Containing Medium-Sized Rings through Tandem ROM-RCM of Norbornene Derivatives Embedded in a Carbohydrate Template, J. Org. Chem, 74,1957 (IF: 4.219, CI: 6)

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GOSWAMI, DEBABRATA (b 1964), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur


For a number of years, Prof. Goswami has conducted cutting-edge research on a particular kind of a short-pulse laser called a "femtosecond laser," which has an extremely short pulse width of a tenth of a trillionth of a second. He works in the forefront of chemical dynamics, developing theoretical ideas into experimental reality of controlling chemical reactions at the molecular level. In doing so, he has also been a champion of instrumentation techniques that include femtosecond pulse shaping, pulse-pair and pulse-train microscopy. His demonstration of super-resolution obtained through pulse-pair microscopy in 2009 bears an important Fourier connect to the 2014 Nobel prize in Chemistry on super-resolution microscopy. His important contributions are in multidisciplinary research on coherent control, quantum information processing, biomedical imaging and pulsed laser tweezers. He was the first to propose how the phase of a laser pulse can be critical in Quantum Computing which has paved the way to adiabatic quantum computing experiments in analogy to the coherent control approaches. He has demonstrated the utility of multiphoton absorption techniques and has developed novel multi-photon imaging techniques and optical tweezers, which have applications in distinguishing and eliminating abnormal cells from healthy (normal) cells. Prof. Goswami also enjoys the idea of translating high tech research to rural rustic environments is the champion of ―Fabrication for Everyone‖ project. He has presented several popular lectures and taught over television to the High School students through hands-on lecture demonstration. This present recommendation is based on such seminal contributions of Dr. Goswami.

Proposer : Prof. Anil Kumar, Seconder : Prof. Ajoy K. Ghatak


1. S.A. Hosseini and Debabrata Goswami, 2001, "Coherent control of multiphoton transitions with femtosecond pulse shaping", Physical Review A, 64(3), 033410. (if=2.99, ci=36)

2. Debabrata Goswami, 2002, ―Laser phase modulation approaches towards ensemble quantum computing‖, Physical Review Letters, 88(17), 177901. (if=7.18, ci=24)

3. Debabrata Goswami, 2003, "Optical pulse shaping approaches to coherent control", Physics Reports, 374(6), 385-481. (if=20.26, ci=237)

4. A.K. De, D. Roy, and Debabrata Goswami, 2009, ―Stable Optical Trapping of Latex Nanoparticles with Ultrashort Pulsed Illumination‖, Applied Optics, 48(31) G33-G37. (if=1.65, ci=21)

5. A. Nag and Debabrata Goswami, 2010, ―Polarization induced control of single and two-photon fluorescence‖, Journal of Chemical Physics, 132(2), 154508. (if=3.122, ci=13)

6. I. Bhattacharyya, P. Kumar, Debabrata Goswami, 2011, ―Probing Intermolecular Interaction through Thermal-Lens Spectroscopy‖, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115(2), 262–268. (if=3.377, ci=10)

7. A. K. De, D. Roy, Debabrata Goswami, 2011, ―Fluorescence discrimination by tracing quantum interference in fluorescence microscopy‖, Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 83, 015402. (if=2.99, ci=5)

8. D.K. Das, K. Makhal, S.N. Bandyopadhyay, and Debabrata Goswami, 2014, ―Direct Observation of Coherent Oscillations in Solution due to Microheterogeneous Environment‖, Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 6097. (if=5.078, ci=0)

9. D. Roy, D. Mondal, and Debabrata Goswami, 2015, ―Elucidating Microscopic Structure and Dynamics in Optically Tweezed Environments‖, Chemical Physics Letters (COVER ARTICLE), 621, 203-208. (if=2.34, ci=0)

10. Debabrata Goswami, D. Das, and S.N. Bandyopadhyay, 2015, ―Resolution Enhancement through Microscopic Spatiotemporal Control‖, Faraday Discussions, 177, 4417. (if=4.19, ci=0)

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JAIN, NARENDRA KUMAR (b 1949) Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Dr. H.S. Gour

Central University, Sagar - 470003 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) It is my pleasure to nominate Prof. N.K. Jain for the Fellow of National Academy of Science. Prof. Jain

has over 36 years of teaching as well as research experience. He is a well known academician,

administrator, scientist and a dedicated teacher. Based on his contribution presently he is appointed as

Registrar of Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar, M.P. He is also Director of Distance Education

Learning Programme in the same University. Professor Jain's main research interests include area of "Applied Chemistry" specifically dendrimers and

other novel drug delivery carriers like liposomes and nanoparticles. He is working on dendrimers from the

last 15 years. He is the pioneer scientist to work on this molecule in India. He has given some expert

comment to the international scientific community about dendrimers like PEGylation, solubilization as well

as drug delivery and targeting. Recently, a review article of Prof. N.K. Jain has been published in a

prestigious journal "Chemical Reviews" published by American Chemical Society and having a current

impact factor of 35.45 In his 36 years of teaching experience he has governed several academic positions most importantly as

Principal (College of Pharmacy Nasik, College of Pharmacy Delhi); as Head (Department of Pharmacy,

Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar and University of Delhi) and as Dean (Faculty of Technology, Dr. H.S.

Gour University, Sagar). He has worked on Committees of various agencies like UGC, AICTE, CSIR etc.

Therefore I strongly recommend the name of Prof. N.K. Jain as Fellow of National Academy of Science.

Proposer: Prof. N. S. Gajbhiye, Seconder: Prof. Sandeep Verma Ten Best Publications: 1. D. Bhadra, S. Bhadra, S. Jain and N.K. Jain, (2003) PE Gylated dendritic nanoparticiliate carrier of fluorouracil, Int. J. Pharm,. 257(1-2).111-114. (IF: 2.162, CI: 126) 2. A.S. Chauhan, S. Sridevi, K.B. Chaslani, AK. Jain, S.K. Jain N.K. Jain and P.V. Diwan, (2003) Dendrimermediated transdermal delivery: Enhanced bioavailability of Indomethacin, J. Control ReI.. 90. 335-343 (IF : 5.949, CI: 74) 3. D. Bhaelra, A. Yaelav, S. Bhadra and N.K. Jain (2005) Glycodendrimeric nanoparticulate carriers of pri maquine phosphate for liver targeting, Int .J. Pharm. 295(1-2).221-233, (IF: 2.162, CI: 57) 4. As.Chauhan, N.K.Jain, P.V. Diwan and AJ Khopade (2004) Solubility enhancement of indometh-Icin with poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and targeting to inflammatory regions of arthritic rats, J.Drug Target., 12(9-10),575-583, (IF: 2.030, CI: 40) 5. A Asthana, AS.Chauhan, P.V.Diwan and N.K. Jain (2005) "Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendritic nanostructures for controlled site-specific delivery or acidic anti-inflammatory active ingredient" AAPS PharmSciTech, 6(3), 536-542, (IF : 1.92, CI : 34) 6. T Dutta and N.K. Jain (2007) Targeting potential alld anti-HIV activity of lamivudine loaded mannosylated poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer, Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1770,681-686, (IF: 2.958, CI : 33) 7. T. Dutra, H.B. Agashe, M.Garg, P.B. Madhulika Kabra and N. K. Jain (2007) Poly(prop) leneimne) dendrimer based nanocontainers for targeting of Efavirenz to human mOllocytes/macrophages in vitro., J. Drug Targeting. 15(1).89-98. (IF: 2.030, CI: 26) 8. D. Bhadra, S. Bhadra and N.K. Jain (2005) "Pegylated lysine based copolymeric dendritic micelles for solubilization and delivery of artemether, J. Pharm. Pharma. Sci., 8(3). 467 -482, (IF : 2.102, CI: 25) 9. P. Vijayrajkumar, T. Dutta, Abhay Asthana and N.K. Jain (2006) Intracellular macrophage uptake of rifampicin loaded mannasylaled dendrimers, J. Drug Targeting 14(8):546-556, (IF : 2.030, CI: 23) 10. P. Singh, U. Gupta, A. Asthana and N. K. Jain (2008) Folate and folate-PEG- PAMAM dendrimers: synthesis, charaeterization and targeted anticancer drug delivery pl11el1tial in tumor induced mice, Biowlljugote Chemistrv 19 (111). 2239--2252, (IF : 4.350, CI: 18)

366

KOLANDAIVEL, PONMALAI GOUNDER (b 1956), Professor & Head, Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore


Dr Kolandaivel has made significant contributions in conceptual density functional theory, hydrogen,halogen and other weak interactions, bionanotubes, charge transport through peptides and molecular dynamics. Paul Geerlings an authority in this field has quoted in different places (Chem. Rev, 101 (2001) 1451; 103 (2003) 1793), the importance of Kolandaivel‘s work on chemical reactivity parameters, isomer‘s stability by chemical hardness and the relation between force constant and hardness. The comprehensive study on the above subject is considered as one of the landmark contributions of Dr. P. Kolandaivel in conceptual density functional theory. His claim that the intramolecular charge transfer is also one of the reasons; in addition to the charge transfer from the proton acceptor to proton donor molecules for the blue shift hydrogen bond has been accepted world wide by active researchers in this areaThe study of interaction of drug molecules with usual and mismatch base pairs of DNA molecule helps to understand the inhibiting nature of cancer cell growth. The role of secondary structures, change of dihedral angles due to rotation and the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding are the important parameters to control the charge transfer mechanism in the polypeptides have been established. Prof. Schlag inventor of ZKES spectroscopy who with Baranov who had also got this result recently when came across Dr Kolandaivel‘s work wrote that he was surprised to note this finding to compliment their exciting results. The recent works of Kolandaivel on halogen and other weak interactions help to design the new supramolecules.

Proposer : Prof. P.K. Chattaraj, Seconder : Prof. A. Basak


1. P.Kolandaivel, V. Nirmala. 2004, Study of proper and improper hydrogen bond using Bader‘s atoms in molecules (AIM) theory and NBO analysis. J.Mol.Struct, 694 (1-3), 33-38. (if=1.599, ci=51)

2. S.Arulmozhiraja and P.Koladaivel. 1997, Condensed Fukui function-dependent on atomic charges. Mol.Phys.90 (1), 55-62. (if=1.743, ci=38)

3. N.Jayakumar and P.Kolandaivel. 2000, Studies of Isomer stability using the Maximum hardness principle (MHP). Int.J.Quant.Chem. 76 (5), 648-655. (if=1.302, ci=29)

4. S.Vijayakumar and P.Kolandaivel. 2004, Red-Shifted and Improper Blue Shifted Hydrogen Bonds in Dimethyl Ether (DME)n (n=1-4() and Hydrated (DME)n (n=1-4) Clusters – A Theoretical Study. J.Mol.Struct., 734 (1-3), 157-169. (if=1.599, ci=28)

5. G.Praveena and P.Kolandaivel. 2009, Structural properties and anion binding affinity of cyclo[1R,3S)-γ-Acc-Gly]3 hexapeptide. J.Biomol.Struct.Dyn.27 (1), 37-48. (if=4.92, ci=14)

6. P.Deepa, P.Kolandaivel, K.Senthilkumar. 2008, Interaction of anticancer drugs with as usual and mismatch base pairs-Density functional theory studies. Biophys.Chem, 136 (1), 50-58. (if=2.108, ci=11)

7. N.Santhanamoorthy, P.Kolandaivel, and K.Senthilkumar. 2006, Charge Transfer in in Polypeptides: Effect of Secondary Structures on Charge Transfer Intergral and Site-energies. J.Phys.Chem.A.110 (40), 11551-11556 (if=2.732, ci=11)

8. N.Santhanamoorthy, P.Koladaivel and K.Senthikumar. 2007, Theoretical study of intramolecular electron transfer in polypeptides. Chem.Phys.Lett. 440 (4-6), 302-307. (if=2.280, ci=5)

9. P. Deepa, B. Vijayapandiyan, P. Kolandaivel, and Pavel Hobza. 2014, Halogen bonds in crystal TTF derivatives: an ab initio quantum mechanical study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 2038-2047. (if=4.1, ci=3)

10. B. Vijaya Pandiyan, P. Deepa P. Kolandaivel. 2014, On the Nature of Non-Covalent Interactions in isomers of 2,5-Dichloro-1,4- Benzoquinone dimers-Ground-and Excited –State Properties. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 16 (2014) 19928-19940. (if=4.1, ci=-)

367

KUMAR, SANDEEP (b 1959), Professor, Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Sadashiva

Nagar, Bangalore - 560080


Professor Kumar has made pioneering original research contributions to the field of chemistry of soft matter. His early contributions such as, Nature, 382, 339 (1996); JACS, 116, 11151 (1994) have been recognized internationally. His more recent work on discotic liquid crystals (DLCs)–nanomaterials synthesis (Chem. Commun., 978 (2013); 12182 (2011); 1600 (2004); Chem. Soc. Rev. 40, 306 (2011); J. Mater. Chem., 18, 3032 (2008); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 1501 (2007); Soft Matter, 2, 896 (2007)) is truly path breaking as it has opened new vistas for several novel device applications such as solar cells, OLED, TFT, of these molecular electronic materials. This work along with the discovery of room temperature nematic DLCs (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 39, 3140 (2000), molecular engineering of discotic nematic phase (Org. Lett., 4, 157 (2002), discovery of several novel discotic cores (Advanced Materials, 30, 251 (1991); JOC., 58, 3821 (1993), JACS. 118, 13051 (1996)), development of many reagents for the synthesis of DLCs (Chem. Commun., 1615 (1997), Synthesis, 1119 (1998)) and synthesis of innumerable number of novel DLCs make him arguably one of the most outstanding authority in the field of liquid crystals chemistry as evident from the inaugural LG Philips Display Award bestowed on him by ILCS. Prof. Kumar has published nearly 160 research articles in peer reviewed international journals (H-Index 31) and holds several National and International patents to his credit. He has covered the chemistry and physical properties of all the known DLCs in his book ―Chemistry of discotic liquid crystals‖.

Proposer : Dr. G. P. Pandey, Seconder : Prof. Dhananjai Pandey Ten Best Publications: 1. Nature, 382, 339 (1996). (IF=36.28, CI=22) 2. Chem. Soc. Rev. 35, 83 (2006). (IF=28.767, CI=231) 3. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 39/17, 3140 (2000). (IF=13.455, CI=69) 4. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 46, 1501 (2007). (IF=13.455, CI=43) 5. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118, 13051 (1996). (IF=9.907, CI=54) 6. Chem. Mater., 8, 1402 (1996). (IF=7.286, CI=68) 7. J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun., 1615 (1997). (IF=6.169, CI=80) 8. J. Mater. Chem., 9, 2751 (1999). (IF=5.97, CI=59) 9. J. Mater. Chem., 11, 2790 (2001). (IF=5.97, CI=44) 10. Org. Lett., 4, 157 (2002) (IF=5.862, CI=45)

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MAHAJAN, RAKESH KUMAR (b 1955), Professor, Chemistry Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar


The nominee is well-known name in the field of chemical sensors as well as in surfactant chemistry and got special recognitions and recently awarded Professor P. K. Bose Memorial Award -2009 by Indian Chemical Society at the annual convention of chemists-2010 at Raipur and CRSI Bronze Medal by Chemical Research Society of India at the 16th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry held at IIT Bombay 2014. The nominee has made significant contribution in the area of electrochemical sensors (voltammetric and potentiometric sensors) for various metal ions such as silver (I), cesium (I), mercury (II), copper (II), iron (II), iron (III), zinc (II) and uranyl ion using numerous electroactive compounds. Few of the ionophores employed are: bis-calix[4]arene derivatives with four imine units and different spacers between two calix[4]arenes for Ag

+-ISEs, calix[4]crown ether-ester for Cs

+-ISEs and thiosemicarbazone

derivatives for Hg2+-

ISEs. The nominee has also made a significant contribution in the area of micellar chemistry by investigating the interaction of amphiphiles (surfactants, ionic liquids, bile salts etc.) with additives such as drugs, amino acids, tweens, triblock polymers, proteins etc. using techniques such as Cyclic Voltammetry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Steady-state fluorescence, UV-visible, Surface Tension, Conductivity, Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Dynamic Light Scattering and Iso-Thermal Calorimetric measurements. Keeping in view the paramount importance of interactions of drugs with surface active agents, the nominee have studied in detail the interactions of various drugs as promethazine hydrochloride, promazine hydrochloride, trifluoperazine dihydrochloride, dopamine hydrochloride, acetylcholine chloride tricyclic antidepressants nortriptyline hydrochloride and amitriptyline hydrochloride with diverse variety of surfactants.

Proposer : Prof. C.L. Khetrapal, Seconder : Prof. S.K. Dogra


1. R. Sharma, T. S. Kang and R. K. Mahajan, 2015, Complexation of Triblock Reverse Copolymer 10R5 with Surface Active Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Medium: A Physico-chemical Study , RSC Adv., 5, 16349. (if=3.71, ci=0)

2. A. Kamal, N. Kumar, V. Bhalla, M. Kumar, Mahajan, 2014, Rhodamine-dimethyliminocinnamyl Based Electrochemical Sensors for Selective Detection of Iron (II) R.K. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,190, 127 (if=3.84, ci=6)

3. R. Sharma and R. K. Mahajan, 2014, Influence of Various Additives on the Physicochemical Properties of Imadazolium Based Ionic Liquids: A Comprehensive Review RSC Advances, 4, 748 (if=3.71, ci=6)

4. R. Sanan, T. Singh and R. K. Mahajan, 2014, Complexation, Dimerisation and Solubilisation of Methylene Blue in the Presence of Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquids: A Detailed Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 5667 (if=4.19, ci=0)

5. Ajar Kamal, K. Kumar V. Kumar and R. K. Mahajan, 2014, Electrochemical and Chromogenic Sensors Based on Ferrocene Appended Chalcone for Selective Quantification of Copper (II) Electrochimica Acta, 145, 307 (if=4.08, ci=0)

6. R. Kaur, Sugam Kumar, V.K.Aswal, and R. K. Mahajan, 2013, Influence of Head Group on the Aggregation and Interactional Behavior of Twin Tail Cationic Surfactants with Pluronics , Langmuir, 29, 11821 (if=4.38, ci=2)

7. S. Mahajan, R. Sharma and R. K. Mahajan, 2013, Interactions of Phenothiazine Drugs with Surfactants: A Detailed Physicochemical Overview (Review article), Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 199, 1-14 (if=8.64, ci=5)

8. S.Mahajan, R. Sharma and R. K. Mahajan, 2012, An Investigation of Drug Binding Ability of a Surface Active Ionic Liquid: Micellization, Electrochemical, and Spectroscopic Studies, Langmuir, 28, 17238 (if=4.38, ci=16)

9. R. K. Mahajan, S. Mahajan, A. Bhadani and S. Singh, 2012, Physicochemical Studies of Pyridinium Gemini Surfactants with Promethazine Hydrochloride in Aqueous Solution, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 887. (if=4.19, ci=17)

10. Y.R. Kim, S. Bong, Y.J. Kang, Y.Yang, R. K. Mahajan, J. S. Kim, H. Kim, 2010, Electrochemical detection of dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid using graphene modified electrodes, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25, 2366. (if=6.04, ci=214 total citations of all publications=1939)

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MALLAYAN, PALANIANDAVAR (b 1951) Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai


Professor Palaniandavar has made outstanding contributions by conducting pioneering studies on DNA binding and anticancer activity of Cu(II) (IC 2009-12, Dalton 1995-2014, JIB 1995-2014), Fe(II) (Dalton 2011), Co(II), Ni(II) (Dalton 2011) and Ru(II) complexes of diimines (IC 2008, Dalton 2014), evolved the structure-activity relationship and discovered that non-covalent rather than covalent DNA binding is important in determining cytotoxicity (JIB 2014). He made the `fascinating discovery‘ of left-handed Z-conformation in Ru(II)-bound DNA (Chem. Comm. 1996, IC 2007). He has constructed several structural and functional models for dioxygen-activating catechol dioxygenase (IC 2008 - 1998, Dalton 1998- 2014) and methane monooxygenase (Dalton 2009, 2009). Exclusive regiospecific extradiol cleavage of catechol has been achieved for iron(III) complexes in non-aqueous (IC 2007-2010,2014) and aqueous micellar media (Dalton 2010,2011,2014). He has now established experimentally and computationally the existence of ˙Ni=O species in dioxygen activation (Chem. Eur. J. 2014). He has devised the first structural model containing axial Cu(II)-phenolate bond to illustrate the axial ligation in GOase (IC 1998, Dalton 1992,1994,2001). He has established the contribution of copper(II) geometry and coordinated thioether and (benz)imidazole to the facile electron-transfer in blue copper proteins (Dalton 1992, 1994, 1996). He has isolated rare five-coordinate iron(III) (IC 2003, Dalton 2010) and trigonal planar copper(I) (IC 2001) complexes. He has discovered uncommon see-saw stereochemistry (Dalton 2000), unusual facial coordination of 3N ligand (Dalton 1995), unusual coordination of four cytosine (Dalton 1996, ICA 2002) and secondary sphere coordination of cyclodextrins to copper(II) (Dalton 1996).

Proposer : Prof. H. B. Singh, Seconder : Prof. Sambasivarao Kotha Ten Best Publications : 1. Mahadevan S and Palaniandavar M (1998) Spectroscopic and Voltammetric Studies on copper Complexes of 2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthrolines Bound to Calf Thymus DNA, Inorg. Chem., 37, 693-700. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 263) 2. Rajendiran V, Karthik R, Palaniandavar M, Stoeckli-Evans H, Periasamy V S, Akbarsha M A, Srinag B S, Krishnamurthy H (2007) Mixed-ligand copper(II)- phenolate complexes: Effect of coligand on enhanced DNA and protein binding, DNA cleavage, and anticancer activity, Inorg. Chem., 46, 8208. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 233) 3. Mahadevan S and Palaniandavar M (1998) Spectral and electrochemical behaviour of copper(II)- phenanthrolines bound to calf thymus DNA. [Cu(5,6-dmp)2]

2+ (5,6-dmp = 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-

phenanthroline) induces conformational transition from B to Z DNA, Inorg. Chem., 37, 3927-3934. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 104) 4. Viswanathan R, Palaniandavar M, Balasubramanian T, Muthiah P T (1998) Functional models for catechol 1,2-dioxygenase: Synthesis, structure, spectra and catalytic activity of certain tripodal iron(III) complexes, Inorg. Chem. 37, 2943-2951. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 88) 5. Vaidyanathan M, Viswanathan R, Palaniandavar M, Balasubramanian T, Prabaharan P and Muthiah P T (1998) Copper(II) complexes with unusual axial phenolate coordination as structural models for the active site in galactose oxidase: X-ray crystal structures and spectral and redox properties of [Cu(bpnp)X] complexes, Inorg. Chem., 37, 6418-6427. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 78) 6. Velusamy M, Palaniandavar M, Srinivasa Gopalan R and Kulkarni G U (2003) Novel iron(III) complexes of tripodal ligands: Close relevance to intradiol-cleaving catechol dioxygenase, Inorg. Chem., 42, 8283-8293. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 85) 7. Velusamy M, Mayilmurugan R and Palaniandavar M (2004) Iron(III) complexes of sterically hindered tetradentate monophenolate ligands as functional models for catechol 1,2-ioxygenases: The role of ligand stereoelectronic properties, Inorg. Chem., 43, 6284-6292. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 65) 8. Uma R, Viswanathan R, Palaniandavar M and Lakshminarayanan M (1994) Copper(II) complexes of novel tripodal ligand containing phenolato and benzimidaziole/pyridine pendants: Synthesis, structure, spectra and electrochemical behaviour, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1219-1231. (Impact factor 3.8, Cit: 57) 9. Palaniandavar M, Pandiyan T, Lakshminarayanan M and Manohar H (1995) Induction of cell death by ternary copper(II) complexes of L-tyrosine and diimines: Role of co- ligands on DNA inding and cleavage and anticancer activity, Inorg. Chem. 48, 1309. (Impact factor 4.8, Cit: 103) 10. Uma Maheswari P and Palaniandavar M (2004) DNA binding and cleavage properties of certain tetrammineruthenium(II) complexes of modified 1.10-phenanthrolines. Effect of hydrogen bonding on DNA-binding affinity, J. Inorg. Biochem., 98, 219. (Impact factor 3.3, Cit: 309)

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MAZUMDER, SUBHASISH (b 1960), Scientific Officer (H+), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Cement, indispensable in nuclear energy programs for immobilization of non heat-generating low-level radioactive waste, is ubiquitous material. The complex Chemistry including the role of hydrogen bond of hydrated cement is still poorly understood. Dr. Mazumder‘s research, with broader interest on the mechanism of cement hydration, indicated the upper limit on the amount of non-heat generating low-level radioactive waste that can be incarcerated safely in cement matrix. His research results are used in practice in DAE. He has given a partial mechanism illustrating temporal evolution of mesoscopic structure, as revealed by analytical technique, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), of hydrating cement paste. His work on cement hydration is a step forward in understanding the mechanism of cement hydration. For necessary experimental support, Dr. Mazumder has developed two SANS instruments to access wider length scale. Instruments are presently used for characterization of some advanced ceramics, hydrated cement composites, special steels and other materials of technological importance. Further, he has also developed a formalism, required to analyse SANS data from strongly scattering system like cement matrix, on multiple small-angle scattering accounting for polydisperse statistical nature of the medium. He has shown that there are two distinct mechanisms and time-temperature-transformation curves for precipitation, one below and the other above the age-hardening temperature of maraging steel. He is currently building a small-angle x-ray scattering facility in INDUS-II. He has served several International Committees for SAS in IAEA, SAS-2009 (www.sas2009.org) in Oxford, for SAS-2012 (www.sas2012.com) in Sydney and SAS-2015 (www.helmholtz-berlin.de/events/sas/) in Berlin.

Proposer : Prof. Swapan K. Ghosh, Seconder : Prof R. Chidambaram Ten Best Publications: 1. Small-angle neutron scattering as a probe to decide the maximum limit of chemical waste

immobilisation in cement matrix: A. Das, S. Mazumder, D. Sen, V. Yalmali, J.G. Shah, A. Ghosh, A.K.

Sahu and P.K. Wattal; J. Appl. Cryst., 47, 421-429 (2014). (if=3.42, ci=1) 2. Temporal evolution of mesoscopic structure of some non-Euclidean systems using a Monte-Carlo

model: T. Mazumdar, S. Mazumder and D. Sen. Phys. Rev. B, 83, 104302(1-11) (2011) (Cover Page).

(if=3.475, ci=5) 3. Nonlinearity and isotope effect in temporal evolution of mesoscopic structure during hydration of

cement: S. Mazumder, D. Sen, J. Bahadur, J. Klepp, H. Rauch and Jose Teixeira, Phys. Rev. B, 82,

064203(1-10) (2010). (if=3.475, ci=7) 4. Dynamical scaling of structure factor for mesoscopic structures with non-Euclidean fractal morphology:

S. Mazumder, R. Loidl and H. Rauch, Phys. Rev. B., 76, 064205 (2007). (if=3.475, ci=8) 5. Temporal evolution of mesoscopic structure and dynamical scaling of structure factor for some non-

Euclidean systems: S. Mazumder, D. Sen, A.K. Patra, S.A. Khadilkar, R.M. Cursetji, R. Loidl, M. Baron

and H. Rauch, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 224208 (2005).(if=3.475, ci=15) 6. Dynamical scaling of structure factor for some non-Euclidean systems: S. Mazumder, D. Sen, A.K.

Patra, S.A. Khadilkar, R.M. Cursetji, R. Loidl, M. Baron and H. Rauch, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 255704

(2004). (if=7.328, ci=30) 7. Performance and calibration of the newly installed medium resolution double crystal based small-angle

neutron scattering instrument at Trombay : S. Mazumder, D. Sen, T.Saravanan and P.R. Vijayaraghavan;

J. Neutron Research, 9,39-57 (2001).(if=Unknown, ci=63) 8. Precipitation in 18 wt % Ni Maraging steel of grade 350: R. Tewari, S. Mazumder, I.S. Batra, G.K. Dey

and S. Banerjee, Acta Metall., 48, 1187-2000 (2000). (if=3.760, ci=70) 9. Precipitation in 18 wt % Ni Maraging steel of grade 350: R. Tewari, S. Mazumder, I.S. Batra, G.K. Dey

and S. Banerjee, Acta Metall., 48, 1187-2000 (2000). (if=3.475, ci=25) 10. Multiple small-angle scattering from a bidisperse Markov medium: S. Mazumder and A. Sequeira,

Phys. Rev. B, 41, 6272-6277 (1990). (if=3.475, ci=32)

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MISRA, ANUP KUMAR (b 1969), Associate Professor, Bose Institute, Kolkata


Dr. Anup Kumar Misra joined Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow in late 2001 as a Scientist-C after postdoctoral studies in U.K. and U.S.A. respectively. Dr. Misra has established highly vibrant school of carbohydrate chemistry at CDRI to generate skilled man power and medicinally important molecules. In late 2008, Dr. Misra moved to Bose Institute with his research group and continued the research activities with the same pace as in CDRI, Lucknow. He has made significant contributions to the area of synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. He published significant number of papers in the area of drug discovery. He also worked significantly in the biological science, which is reflected in his publications during his post-doctoral tenure. Dr. Misra has developed a number of elegant synthetic methodologies with their successful application in the multi-step organic synthesis, which have been widely cited by several research groups. Eleven students have received Ph.D. degree under his supervision and several Ph.D. students are working in the area of drug discovery in his laboratory. Dr. Misra has published 141 papers in the international journals. Dr. Misra‘s contributions have been duly recognized by CSIR, New Delhi and DST, New Delhi by awarding him CSIR YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2005 in Chemical Sciences, DST RAMANNA FELLOWSHIP (2007-2010), INSA-DFG visiting scientist fellowship to visit University of Konstanz, germany and Academy of Finland-DBT visiting scientist fellowship to visit Abo Academy University, Finland.

Proposer : Prof. Pinakpani Chakrabarti, Seconder : Prof. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty


1. Pallavi Tiwari and Anup Kumar Misra (2006), An Efficient Stereoselective Dihydroxylation of Glycals using a Bimetallic System, RuCl3/CeCl3/NaIO4. Journal of Organic Chemistry 71, 2911-2913. (if=4.638, ci=43)

2. Geetanjali Agnihotri and Anup Kumar Misra (2006), Mild and efficient method for the cleavage of benzyli-dene acetals using HClO4–SiO2 and direct conversion of acetals to acetates. Tetrahedron Letters, 47, 3653-3658. (if=2.391, ci=44)

3. Anup Kumar Misra, Pallavi Tiwari and S. K. Madhusudan (2005), HClO4–SiO2 catalyzed per-O-acetylation of carbohydrates. Carbohydrate Research, 340, 325-329 (if=2.025, ci=62)

4. M. Ujita, Anup K. Misra, J. McAuliffe, O. Hindsgaul, M. Fukuda (2000), Poly-N-acetyllactosamine Extension in N-Glycans and Core 2-and Core 4-branchedO-Glycans Is Differentially Controlled by i-Extension Enzyme and Different Members of the β1, 4-Galactosyltransferase Gene Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, 15868-15875 (if=4.60, ci=43)

5. Anup Kumar Misra, P. Tiwari, G. Agnihotri (2005), Ferrier rearrangement catalyzed by HClO4-SiO2: Synthesis of 2,3-unsaturated glycopyranosides, Synthesis, 260-266 (if=2.443, ci=60)

6. S. Ghosh, Anup Kumar Misra, G. Bhatia, M. Khan, A. Khanna (2009), Syntheses and evaluation of glucosyl aryl thiosemi-carbazide and glucosyl thiosemicarbazone derivatives as antioxidant, anti-dyslipidemic agents. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 19, 386-389 (if=2.331, ci=34)

7. S. K. Madhusudan, G. Agnihotri, D.S. Negi, Anup Kumar Misra (2005), Direct one-pot conversion of acylated carbohydrates into their alkylated derivatives under heterogeneous reaction conditions using solid NaOH and a phase transfer catalyst, Carbohydrate Research, 340, 1373-1377 (if=2.025, ci=46)

8. Chinmoy Mukherjee, Pallavi Tiwari and Anup Kumar Misra (2006), Synthesis of thio- and selenoglycosides by cleavage of dichalconides in the presence of zinc/zinc chloride and reaction with glycosyl bromides. Tetrahedron Letters , 38, 441-445 (if=2.391, ci=36)

9. L.N. Gastinel; C. Bignon; Anup K. Misra; O. Hindsgaul; J. H. Shaper; D. Joziasse (2001), Bovine alpha-1, 3-galactosyl-transferase catalytic domain structure and its relationship with ABO histo-blood group andglycosphingolipid glycosyltransferases. EMBO J., 20, 638-649. (if=10.748, ci=193)

10. J. Nakayama; J.-C. Yeh; Anup K. Misra; S. Ito; T. Katsuyama; M. Fukuda (1999),, Expression cloning of a human alpha-1, 4-N-acetyglucosaminyl-transferase that forms GlcNAc alpha-4-Gal-beta-R, a glycan specifically expressed in the gastric gland mucous cell-type mucin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (PNAS) U.S.A., 6, 8991-8996 (if=9.809, ci=91)

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PANDEY, SIDDHARTH (b 1970), Professor, I.I.T. Delhi, New Delhi


Prof. Pandey has published 145 peer-reviewed papers in international journals of repute with an average impact factor > 3.5 and h-index of 30. He has already won prestigious NASI-SCOPUS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD in 2009 which is primary based on the citations. He has published at least one paper every year for the last 23 years. He is Editorial Board member of the journal ―Scientific Reports‖ (I.F. > 5) published by the prestigious Nature Publishing Group (NPG). Solubilizing media has the utmost importance in chemical sciences. Prof. Pandey's major contribution has been in the broad area of understanding complex fluids – usually the systems having potential for possible replacement to volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The primary philosophy that links all of his research work is that significant improvement in chemical synthesis and analytical methods will derive from deeper understanding of the key molecular-level events and processes that are involved. Significant contributions of his research are in the following area: • Solvation within room-temperature ionic liquids/deep eutectic solvents and applications of such • Modification, characterization, and investigations within surfactant-based systems • Physicochemical properties afforded by polymer-based solutions • Understanding of multicomponent solvent systems • Developing novel chemosensor systems • Exploring the potential of nano-heterogeneous systems • Chemistry within supercritical CO2 based systems His current research on ionic liquid-based systems is near establishing these media as alternate media in several chemical processes, and it has made him a world-leader in this specific area. This fact is amply documented by the citation index of his papers on ionic liquids published after year 2000.

Proposer : Prof. Ashok Kumar Mishra, Seconder : Prof. Sneh K. Dogra


1. Ashish Pandey,Rewa Rai, Mahi Pal,and Siddharth Pandey* (2014) ―How Polar are Deep Eutectic Solvents?.‖ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1559-1568. (if=4.198, ci=5)

2. Shruti Trivedi and Siddharth Pandey* (2013) ―Fluorescence Quenching of Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Nitromethane within Ionic Liquid Added Aqueous Anionic Micellar Solution.‖ Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 117, no. 4, pp. 1818-1826. (if=4.835, ci=0)

3. Rewa Rai, Shubha Pandey, Sheila N. Baker, Sambhav Vora, Kamalakanta Behera, Gary A. Baker, and Siddharth Pandey* (2012) ―Ethanol-Assisted, Few Nanometer Water-In-Ionic Liquid Reverse Micelle Formation by a Zwitterionic Surfactant‖ Chemistry – A European Journal, vol. 18, no. 39, pp. 12213-12217. (if=5.696, ci=12)

4. Vinod Kumar, Gary A. Baker, and Siddharth Pandey* (2011) ―Ionic Liquid-Controlled J- versus H-Aggregation of Cyanine Dyes.‖ Chemical Communications, vol. 47, no. 16, pp. 4730-4732. (if=6.718, ci=17)

5. Rewa Rai, Gary N. Baker, Kamalakanta Behera, Pravakar Mohanty, Narayanan D. Kurur, and Siddharth Pandey* (2010) ―Ionic Liquid – Induced Unprecedented Size Enhancement of Aggregates within Aqueous Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate.‖ Langmuir, vol. 26, no. 23, pp. 17821-17826. (if=4.384, ci=42)

6. Kamalakanta Behera, and Siddharth Pandey* (2008) ―Ionic Liquid Induced Changes in the Properties of Aqueous Zwitterionic Surfactant Solution.‖ Langmuir, vol. 24, no. 13, pp. 6462-6469. (if=4.384, ci=60)

7. Kamalakanta Behera, and Siddharth Pandey* (2007) ―Concentration-Dependent Dual Behavior of Hydrophilic Ionic Liquid in Changing Properties of Aqueous Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate.‖ Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 111, no. 46, pp. 13307-13315. (if=3.377, ci=74)

8. Siddharth Pandey* (2006) ―Analytical Applications of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: A Review of Recent Efforts.‖ Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 556, no. 1, pp. 38-45. (if=4.517, ci=442)

9. Kristin A. Fletcher and Siddharth Pandey* (2004) ―Surfactant Aggregation Within Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide.‖ Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 33-36. (if=4.384, ci=238)

10. Kristin A. Fletcher, Isaiah A. Storey, Ashley E. Hendricks, Shubha Pandey, and Siddharth Pandey* (2001) ―Behavior of Solvatochromic Probes Dansyl Amide, Nile Red, Pyrene, 1-Pyrenecarboxaldehyde, and Reichardt‘s Dye Within Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid BMIM PF6.‖ Green Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 210-215. (if=6.852, ci=186)

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RAJAKUMAR, PERUMAL (b 1955), Professor & Head, University of Madras, Gunidy Campus, Chennai


Cyclophane chemistry was at the beginning stage during 1998 when we started our work in this area. It is our group which started to synthesis cyclophanes with rigid cavity. The advantage of having aromatic building blocks for the synthesis of cyclophane is to give non collapsible cavity, for better host-guest complexation, for effective complexation with metal ion. Our group has synthesised chiral cyclophanes using S-(-) BINOL. We have also synthesized some of the cationic cyclophane which act as a good anion sensor, and also some amide cyclophane which exhibit good antimicrobial property. Supramolecules as memory storage device. Number of Rotaxanes were prepared for memory storage purpose and some of the Rotaxane is m-terphenyl has been synthesised. In fact, various biologically active molecules were also synthesised and we have shown that they have potential microbial activity. Soon after exploiting the application of cyclophane, we turned our attention on the synthesis of dendrimer. Dendrimer are spherical molecules with tree like structure. The three sections of the dendrimers are core unit, branching unit and surface group. Hence variation can be given to any one unit and change in property can be studied. In the current investigation, we have used various surface units and studied their electrochemical and biological activity. Some of the dendrimer with N-Phenyl carbazole, m-terphenyl, benzothiazole, diphenyl amine as surface unit has been successfully synthesised.

Proposer : Prof. P. Ramamurthy, Seconder : Prof. A.K. Mishra


1. Perumal Rajakumar; Jayanthi. M; 2014, "Synthesis and analysis of in vitro anit-arthritic activity of dendrimers with methyl ethyl and isopropyl salicylates as surface group", RSC Advances,4, 63208-63215 (if=3.71, ci=-)

2. Perumal Rajakumar; Venkatesh. N; Singh. V; Mishra. A.K.;2014, ―Isobenzo triazolophanes: A new class of fluorescent cyclopanes as sensors for aromatic nitro explosives picric acid‖. RSC Advances, 4, 53484-53489 (if=3.71, ci=-)

3. Perumal Rajakumar, Thirunarayanan. A; Raja. S; Mohanraj. G; 2014, ―Synthesis and antibacterial studies on S(-) Binol based chiral triazole dendrimers‖, RSC Advances, 4, 41778-41783. (if=3.71, ci=-)

4. Perumal Rajakumar, Sebastian Raja, Chinnadurai Satheeshkumar, Shanmugam Ganesan and Pichai Maruthamuthu, 2011, ―Influence of triazole dendritic additives in electrolytes on dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) performance‖. J. Mater. Chem., 21, 7700. (if=6.01, ci=15)

5. Perumal Rajakumar, Ramasamy Anandhan. 2011, ―Synthesis and In-vitro anti-inflammatory activity of novel glycodendrimers with benzene 1,3,5 carboxamide core triazole as branching unit‖. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46, 4687-4695 (if=3.50, ci=13)

6. Perumal Rajakumar; Sekar, Karuppannan; Shanmugaiah, Vellasamy; Mathivanan, Narayanasamy. 2009, ―Synthesis of novel carbazole based macrocyclic amides as potential antimicrobial agents‖. Eur J Med Chem 44 (7):3040-5 (if=3.50, ci=18)

7. Perumal Rajakumar, Sekar, Karuppannan; Shanmugaiah, Vellasamy; Mathivanan, Narayanasamy. 2008 ―Synthesis of some novel imidazole-based dicationic carbazolophanes as potential antibacterials‖. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 18(15), 4416-4419(if=2.34, ci=18)

8. Perumal Rajakumar, Mohammed Abdul Rasheed, A.; Iman Rabia, A.; Chamundeeswari, D. 2006, ―Synthesis and study of anti-inflammatory activity of some novel cyclophane amides‖. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 16(23), 6019-6023. (if=2.34, ci=15)

9. Perumal Rajakumar; Rasheed, A. Mohammed Abdul. 2005, ―Synthesis, characterization and ion transportation studies of some novel cyclophane amides‖. Tetrahedron, 61(22), 5351-5362. (if=2.80, ci=19)

10. Perumal Rajakumar; Dhanasekaran, Manickam; Selvam, Subramaniyan; Aravindan, Paduthapillai Gopal; Velmurugan, Devadasan, 2005, ―Synthesis and Structural Study of Thiacyclophanes Utilizing Dibromides and Methane Dithiolate‖. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 70(8), 3267-3270. (if=4.56, ci=6)

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RANDHAWA, PALWINDER SINGH (b 1966), Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar


The nominee has made significant contribution in the development of new knowledge through his research activities while taking equal responsibility for the teaching assignments. Design, synthesis and evaluation of new chemical entities for their use as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal agents has extensively been explored in collaboration with National Institute of Cancer (NCI), NIH, Bethesda, USA; School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, GNDU. One of the synthetic compounds is recommended by NCI for clinical studies. Exploring the probable prebiotic conditions for the generation of primordial Biomolecules and the use of those reaction conditions for the synthesis of nucleosides and peptides is another interesting field of work being undertaken by the nominee. A considerable success is gained in this area which is evident from the research publications. The diversification of his research activities comes into limelight by looking at his interest in the development of new probes for the study of biochemical processes and mimicking the enzyme catalysis. By using a fluorescent probe, his research group has successfully monitored all the steps of glucose metabolism and quantified the production of CO2 from a certain amount of glucose in the mitochondrial cells. The first report of mimicking the catalytic activity of retro-aldolase by making D-fructose as the substrate and mimicking of all the steps of thymidylate synthase by using a single biomodel reagent, have come from the research group of the nominee.

Proposer : Prof. Harjit Singh, Seconder : Dr. Ganesh P. Pandey


1. Palwinder Singh, Kamaldeep Paul and Wolfgang Holzer (2006). Synthesis of pyrazole based hybrid molecules: Search for potent multidrug resistance modulators. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 5061 (if=3.43, ci=47)

2. Palwinder Singh, Anu mittal (2008). Current status of COX-2 inhibitors. Mini Rev Med Chem, 8, 73 (if=3.18, ci=38)

3. Palwinder Singh, Matinder Kaur, Pooja Verma (2009). Design, synthesis and anticancer activities of hybrids of indole and barbituric acids- Identification of highly promising leads. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 19, 3054 (if=2.44, ci=38)

4. Palwinder Singh, Jatinder kaur, Prabhjit Kaur, Satwinderjeet Kaur (2009). Search for MDR modulators: Design, syntheses and evaluations of N-substituted acridones for interactions with p-glycoprotein and Mg2+.Bioorg. Med. Chem. 17, 2423 (if=3.20, ci=16)

5. Palwinder Singh and Atul Bhardwaj (2010). Mono-, di-, and triaryl substituted tetrahydropyrans as cyclooxygenase-2 and tumor growth inhibitors. Synthesis and biological evaluation.J. Med. Chem. 53, 3707 (if=5.5, ci=19)

6. Palwinder Singh, Matinder Kaur and W. Holzer (2010). Synthesis and evaluation of indole, pyrazole, chromone and pyrimidine based conjugates for tumor growth inhibitory activities - Development of highly efficacious cytotoxic agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 45, 4968(if=4.07, ci=30)

7. Palwinder Singh, Matinder Kaur (2011). CN- scavenger: A leap towards development of CN- antidote. Chem. Comm., 47, 9122(if=6.71, ci=15)

8. Jatinder Kaur, Palwinder Singh (2011). ATP selective acridone based fluorescent probes for monitoring of metabolic events. Chem. Comm., 47, 4472 (if=6.71, ci=18)

9. Palwinder Singh, Matinder Kaur, Shaveta (2012). Mechanism inspired development of rationally designed dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors as anti-cancer agents. J. Med. Chem. 55, 6381 (if=5.5, ci=10)

10. Palwinder Singh, Arun Kumar, Sukhmeet Kaur and Amrinder Singh (2015). Strategically Designed Biomodel: Engineering C3-C4 cleavage of D-Fructose.Org. Biomol. Chem., DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02666G (if=3.48)

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RANU, BRINDABAN CHANDRA (b 1949), Senior Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian

Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700032 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Professor Ranu has made outstanding contributions in developing novel strategies in organic synthesis. As early as in early nineties when 'Green Chemistry' was in its infancy internationally, Professor Ranu did pioneering research in the field of green synthesis developing solvent-free reactions on the surface of alumina and silica gel. His works using ionic liquid as catalyst, reagent as well as reaction medium has been a major breakthrough in Green Chemistry. He has also made very significant contributions in novel chemo-, regio- and stereo-selective reductions using zinc borohydride (cited in all recent major text books in Organic Chemistry). Another highly contemporary and important area of his research is metal mediated carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation using indium metal and its derivatives (318 CI s for one of his papers), palladium and copper nanoparticles and heterogeneous supported paliadium(lI) and copper(lI) salts. The use of supported metals in catalysis merits special mention In the context of green and sustainable chemistry (easy accessibility, recyclability, and better performance) and industrial applications. His works are recognized internationally through widespread CI s in papers (total CI s: 5179, h-index: 41) as well as many text books (e.g. Fieser and Fieser, Larock, March) along with invitations as keynote and invited speakers in numerous (more than 200) international and national conferences, Universities, and Institutes (abroad and India). As a recognition of his significant contributions in Chemistry Professor Ranu has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 1995 and Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Delhi in 2008.

Proposer: Prof. Amit Basak, Seconder: Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj Ten Best Publications: 1. B.C. Ranu, A. Hajra, U. Jana, Indium(llI) Chloride-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines by a Three-Component Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds, Aldehydes and Urea: An Improved Procedure for the Biginelli Reaction- J.Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 6270-6272. (IF : 4.2, CI: 318) 2. B.C. Ranu Eur. Indium Metal and its Halides in Organic Synthesis - J. Org. Chem., 2000, 2347-

2356. (IF : 3.0, CI : 189)

3. B.C. Ranu, A. Hajra, U. Jana, General Procedure for the Synthesis of a-Aminophosphonates from Aldehydes and Ketones Using Indium(lII) Chloride as a Catalyst -Org. LeU. 1999, 1, 1141-1143. (IF: 5.4, CI: 160) 4. B.C. Ranu, S. Banerjee, Ionic Liquid as Catalyst and Reaction Medium . The Dramatic Influence of a Task-specific Ionic Liquid, [bmIm]OH, in Michael Addition of active methylene compounds to conjugated ketones, carboxylic esters and nitriles, Org, Lett., 7, 3049-3052 [bmlm]OH, in Michael Addition of Active Methylene Compounds to Conjugated Ketones, Carboxylic

Esters and Nitriles - Org. LeU., 2005, 7, 3049-3052. (IF: 5.4, CI: 152) 5. B.C. Ranu, U. Jana, Indium(lIl) Chloride-Promoted Rearrangement of Epoxides : A Selective Synthesis

of Substituted Benzylic Aldehydes and Ketones - J. Org. Chem., 2005, 63, 8212-8216. (IF: 4.2, CI: 120)· 6. B.C. Ranu, S.S. Dey. A. Hajra, Catalysis by an Ionic Liquid: Efficient Conjugate Addition of Thiols to Electron Deficient Alkenes Catalyzed by Molten Tetrabutylammonium Bromide under Solvent-free Conditions - Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 2417-2421. (IF : 3.2, CI: 116) . 7. B.C. Ranu, A. Hajra, U. Jana, Microwave-Assisted Simple Synthesis of Quinolines from Anilines and Alkyl Vinyl Ketones on the Surface of Silica Gel in Presence of Indium(lIl) Chloride - Tetrahedron LeU., 2000,41, 531-533. (IF : 2.6, CI: 109) 8. B.C. Ranu, D.C. Sarkar, A Simple, Efficient and Highly Selective Method for the, Regeneration of Carbonyl Compounds from Oximes and Semicarbazones - J. Org. Chem., 1988,53,878-879. (IF: 4.2, CI: 92) 9. B.C. Ranu, T. Mandai, Indium(l) Iodide-promoted Cleavage of Diaryl Diselenides and Disulfides and Subsequent Condensation with Alkyl or Acyl Halides. One-Pot Efficient Synthesis of Diorganyl Selenides, Selenoesters, and Thioesters - J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 5793-5795. (IF : 4.2, CI: 68) 10. B.C. Ranu, A. Majee, A. Sarkar, One-pot Reductive Amination of Conjugated Aldehydes and Ketones

with Silica Gel and Zinc Borohydride J. Org. Chem., 1998,63,370-373. (IF: 4.2, CI: 64)

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RATHORE, DEVENDRA PAL SINGH (b 1955), Scientific Officer-G, (Chemistry), STRC,WR, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research,Department of Atomic Energy, Jaipur-302033 (Rajasthan), India. (Address for correspondence: 150/8, Shiprapath, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 ( Rajasthan), India)


Dr.D.P.S.Rathore (b. March 27,1955) did his Ph.D. Chemistry (1981) from A.M.U., Aligarh, India. He has made commendable contributions in providing analytical data support to the on-going uranium projects in different parts of the country for various exploration programmes of Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research. He was involved as Incharge in setting up of new chemical laboratories of his Directorate. He has contributed significantly in the development of new methods for the determination of Uranium, Chromium, Manganese, Cerium, Zirconium, Vanadium, Calcium, Magnesium and Nitrite. He has recommended a new indicator for the complexometric determination of calcium and magnesium. He has designed and investigated new chelating polymeric resins as metal ion extractant based on Amberlite XAD-2 functionalized by coupling it through an azo group with phenolic ligands. These publications on model chelating resins are highly cited and are superior in their selectivity than solvent extraction and ion exchange. Dr. Rathore has pioneered in the development of reference measurement procedures for the determination of total mass fraction of uranium in ores, core assay, beneficiation products, certification of reference materials and other diverse applications in nuclear fuel cycle. He is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He has got nominated for fellowship of all the three academies: INSA, IAS and NASI. He is serving as mentor for Inspire National Programme of DST nominated by INSA council. He is actively involved as reviewer for 18 international journals. He is serving as a member of the Editorial Board: AASCIT‘s and Science PG journals.

Proposer: Dr. Dipak K. Palit , Seconder:Dr. Swapan K. Ghosh


1. P.Murugesan,C.R.Khorge, A.A.Patwardhan, Manjeet Kumar, P.K.Tarafder and D.P.S. Rathore* (2014) Application of a differential technique in inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry: Presentation of a relative reference measurement procedure for the determination of total mass fraction of uranium in mineralised rocks and similar matrices, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 29, 1912–1917 (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014). (if= 3.396, ci=1)

2. D.P.S. Rathore*, Manjeet Kumar and P.K.Tarafder (2012), Presentation of Differential Laser-induced fluorimetry as a Reference Measurement Procedure for Determination of total Uranium Content in Ores and Similar Matrices, Accred. Qual. Assur., 17(1), 75-84.(if=1.036, ci=6)

3. D.P.S. Rathore (2008), Advances in Technologies for the Measurement of Uranium in Diverse Matrices (Review article), Talanta, Vol., 77, pp.9-20. (if=3.498, ci=41)

4. D.P.S. Rathore* and Manjeet Kumar (2004) Analytical Applications of a Differential Technique in Laser-Induced Fluorimetry: Accurate and Precise Determination of Uranium in Concentrates and for Designing Microchemielectronic Devices for on-line Determination in Processing Industries, Talanta, 62 343-349. (if=3.498, ci=19)

5. Manjeet Kumar, D.P.S. Rathore and Ajai K. Singh (2001) Quinalizarin Anchored on Amberlite XAD-2: A New Matrix for Solid-Phase Extraction of Metal Ions for Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination, Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 370 377-383. (if=3.659, ci=60)

6. Manjeet Kumar, D.P.S. Rathore and Ajai K. Singh (2001) Pyrogallol Immobilized Amberlite XAD-2: A Newly Designed Collector for Enrichment of Metal Ions Prior to their Determination by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Mikrochimica Acta 137 127-135(if=3.434, ci=99)

7. D.P.S. Rathore*, P.K. Tarafder, M. Kayal and Manjeet Kumar(2001) Application of a Differential Technique in Laser-Induced Fluorimetry: Simple and a Precise Method for the Direct Determination of Uranium in Mineralised Rocks at Percentage Level, Anal.Chim.Acta 434 201- 208. (if=4.387, ci=23)

8. Manjeet Kumar, D.P.S. Rathore and Ajai K. Singh (2000) Metal Ion Enrichment on Amberlite XAD-2 Functionalized with Tiron: Analytical Applications, Analyst 125 1221-1226 . (if=3.969, ci=155)

9. Manjeet Kumar, D.P.S. Rathore and Ajai K. Singh ( 2000 ) Amberlite XAD-2 Functionlized with o-Aminophenol : Synthesis and Applications as Extractant for Copper(II), Cobalt(II),Cadmium(II), Nickel(II), Zinc(II) and Lead(II), Talanta 51 1187-1196. (if=3.498, ci=218)

10. P.K.Tarafder and D.P.S. Rathore* (1988) Spectrophotometric Determination of Nitrite in Water, Analyst 113 1073-1076. (if=3.969, ci=55)

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SHARMA, PAWAN KUMAR (b 1965), Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) The research work by Dr Sharma, briefly described below, is significant and relevant both in national and scientific contexts. • Development of a ruthenium-catalyzed protocol for oxidative cleavage of terminal alkenes to give exclusively primary alcohols in high yields.7 • Using a combination of NaBH4 and a catalytic amount of RuCl3•xH2O, developed a mild, efficient and cost effective method for selective reduction of mono- and disubstituted olefins, whereas trisubstituted olefins and benzyl ethers remain inert.10 • Development of apoptosis inhibitors to nullify the cytotoxic effect of malathion on mitochondria, following p53-independent pathway.2 • Introduced the concept of short ‗designer DNAs‘ with a central artificial bend as a general tool towards development of oligonucleotide structures that are preorganised for recognizing RNA secondary structures such as bulged duplexes and three- way junctions,9 these can reveal a new impact for modulating RNA function for future applications in therapeutics and nanobiotechnology. • Synthesis of the first conformationally restricted α-DNA-analogue to improve nucleic acid recognition in mixmers with α-DNA monomers8 by synthesizing α-D-arabino configured bicyclic nucleoside strongly restricted in an E-type conformation. • First time introduced a sulphonamide unit into the major groove of DNA by preparing simple nucleic acid building blocks capable of preferential RNA targeting through efficient -stacking leading to very stable DNA:RNA duplexes.6 – • Working on a focused programme towards the development of agents capable of monotherapy as dual anti-inflammatory-antimicrobial agents.5 • Successfully developed selective and potent inhibitors (Ki <10 nm) of tumor associated human Carbonic Anhydrase isoforms hCA IX and hCA XII.

Proposer : Professor Ravi Bhushan, Seconder : Dr. Jatinder V. Yakhmi Ten Best Publications: 1. Nisha Chandna, Navneet Chandak, Pawan Kumar, Jitander K. Kapoor, Pawan K. Sharma, 2013, Metal and solvent free green synthesis of N-sulfonylformamidines, Green Chemistry, 15, 2294-2301. (if=6.828, ci=4) 2. Navneet Chandak, Jitender K. Bhardwaj, Rajnesh K. Sharma, Pawan K. Sharma, 2013, Inhibitors of apoptosis in testicular germ cells: Synthesis and biological evaluation of some novel IBTs bearing sulfonamide moiety, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59, 203-208. (if=3.499, ci=9) 3. Sujay P. Sau, Pawan Kumar, Pawan K. Sharma, Patrick J. Hrdlicka, 2012, Fluorescent Intercalator Displacement Replacement (FIDR) Assay: Determination of Relative Thermodynamic and Kinetic Parameters in Triplex Formation - A Case Study using Triplex-forming LNAs, Nucleic Acids Research, 40(21), e162. (if=8.026, ci=1) 4. Michael E. Østergaard, Pawan Kumar, Bharat Baral, Dale C. Guenther, F. Marty Ytreberg, Lee Deobald, Andrzej J. Paszczynski, Pawan K. Sharma, and Patrick J. Hrdlicka, 2011 C5-Functionalized DNA, LNA and -L-LNA: Positional control of polarity-sensitive fluorophores facilitates improved SNP-typing, Chemistry-A European Journal, 17, 3157-3165. (if=5.831, ci=11) 5. Pawan K. Sharma, Satish Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Pawan Kaushik, Dhirender Kaushik, Yogita Dhingra, Kamal R. Aneja, 2010, Synthesis and biological evaluation of some pyrazolylpyrazolines as anti-inflammatory antimicrobial agents, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 45, 2650-2655. (if=3.499, ci=49) 6. Nicolai Krog Andersen, Navneet Chandak, Lucie Brulíková, Pawan Kumar, Michael Dalager Jensen, Frank Jensen, Pawan K. Sharma, Poul Nielsen, Efficient RNA-targeting by the introduction of aromatic stacking in the duplex major groove via 5-(1-phenyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-2´-deoxyuridines, 2010, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 18, 4702-4710. (if=2.903, ci=16) 7. Pawan K. Sharma, Surender Kumar, Pawan Kumar and Poul Nielsen, 2007, Selective reduction of mono- and disubstituted olefins by NaBH4 and catalytic RuCl3, Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 8704-8708. (if=2.397, ci=12) 8. Pawan K. Sharma, Birgitte H. Mikkelsen, Mikkel S. Christensen, Katrine E. Nielsen, Claus Kirchhoff, Søren L. Pedersen, Anders M. Sørensen, Kirsten Østergaard, Michael Petersen and Poul Nielsen, 2006, A cyclic dinucleotide with a four-carbon 5´-C-to-5´-C connection; synthesis by RCM, NMR-examination and incorporation into secondary nucleic acid structures, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 4, 2433-2445. (if=3.568, ci=21) 9. Pawan K Sharma, Michael Petersen and Poul Nielsen, 2005, An α-D-configured bicyclic nucleoside restricted in an E-type conformation; synthesis and parallel RNA recognition. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 70, 4918-4928. (if=4.564, ci=14) 10. Pawan K Sharma and Poul Nielsen, 2004, A New ruthenium based protocol for cleavage of terminal olefins to primary alcohols – improved synthesis of a bicyclic nucleoside, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 69, 5742-5745. (if=4.564, ci=20)

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SHARMA, RAJ PAL (b 1950), Professor. and Department of chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-

160014 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Professor Raj Pal Sharma with an illustrious teaching career has made original research contributions in a number of diversified areas encompassing inorganic, solid- state and crystal engineering interface. The focal theme of the work is: • Second Sphere Interactions: The ability to impart requisite selectivity and sensitivity in complex systems such that they become stable and isolable in condensed phase has been explored. It has been found that, along with charge and size complementarity of the counter ions, it is essential to consider the cooperative lattice stabilizing ability of weak interactions.12,30,35,37,41,48- 50,53,55,58,111 • Crystal Engineering: The structure directing influence of non-covalent interactions and their influence in generating well recognized association patterns and networks has been incisively studied in a number complexes. These studies delineate that the ‗rosette‘ formation, the ‗bi-layered‘ association of ions, patterns such as ‗rings‘ and ‗rectangles‘ can be realized in crystalline state through weak interactions.12,26,54,61,69,66,91,93 • Anion Receptor Chemistry: Since anions capture is important to deplete them from the solution to a level below the toxicity limit, strategies have been designed to precipitate them completely. The research conducted in this direction can become important in pollution control.16,17,42-44, 46,58,66,67 • Unprecedented Anions: The insight gathered from the second sphere interactions and inorganic crystal engineering has been effectively utilized for the first time isolation and characterization of anions such as [Hg2(SCN)7]3-, [HgBr5]3-, [HgBr4Cl]3-, polymeric [Cd3Br10.2H2O]4-, trans[CdBr4Cl2]4-, [CdBr4Benzoate]3-,[Cd2X7]3- etc. Since these anions are very new to the chemical world, much scope exists for their elaborate studies in a variety of complex salts. 12,14,15,22,29,39,84 He is recipient of several national and international assignments, authored two chapters in books and has collaboration with several foreign research groups.

Proposer : Prof. D. S. Gill, Seconder : Prof. S.V. Kessar Ten Best Publications: 1. Influence of nitrogen donor ligands on the coordination modes of copper(II) 2-nitrobenzoate complexes: structures, DFT calculations and magnetic properties, Raj Pal Sharma, Anju Saini, Divyakshi Monga, Paloth Venugopalan, Julia Jezierska, Andrew Ozarowski and Valeria Ferretti, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 437-447 (if=2.996, ci=3) 2. Water mediated supramolecular architecture of Co(III)- phenanthroline complexes: organizational control to 2D-layers and 3D-square cavities through substituted aryl carboxylate anions. Ajnesh Singh, Raj P. Sharma, Thammarat Aree and Paloth Venugopalan, CrystEngComm, 15, (2013) 1153-1163. (if=3.879, ci=0) 3. Second sphere coordination in fluoroanion binding: Synthesis, spectroscopic and X-ray structural study of [Co(phen)2CO3](Pfbz).6H2O, A. Singh, R. P. Sharma, T. Aree, P. Venugopalan. J. Fluorine. Chem. 130(2009) 650 (if=1.939, ci=9) 4. ‗Caging‘ anions through crystal engineering to avoid polymerization: Structural, conformational and theoretical investigations of new halocadmate [Cd2X7]3- anions (X= Cl/Br) R.P. Sharma, A. Singh, P. Venugopalan, C. Angeli, V. Ferretti, G. Yanan, J. Yu Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012 (2012) 1195-1203 (if=3.120, ci=4) 5. First X-ray structure of discrete anion [HgBr5]3−: Synthesis, characterization and single crystal X-ray structure determination of [Co(NH3)6][HgBr5] R. P. Sharma, R. Sharma, A. Kumar, P. Venugopalan, P. Brando, V. Felix, Inorg. Chem. Commun, 12(2009)945. (if=1.881, ci=8) 6. Capture of aromatic carboxylate anion through second sphere coordination: Topological complementarity of [cis-Co(en)2(N3)2]+ and C7H3ClNO4- ions, R. Sharma, R. P.Sharma, P. Venugopalan, M.l Quiros, J. M. Salas, J. Yu, Y. Du. J. Mol. Struct. 885 (2008)7. (if=1.453, ci=10) 7. A New anion, [Hg2(SCN)7]3-: First synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and X-ray structure determination of [Co(NH3)6][Hg2(SCN)7]; R. Bala, R. P. Sharma, R.Sharma, B.M. Kariuki, Inorg.Chem.Commun. 9 (2006) 852 (if=1.881, ci=32.) 8. Rings and rectangles‘ mediated through weak interactions in ionic solids: Synthesis and packing analysis of [Co(NH3)6]Cl2SeCN and [Co(NH3)6]3Cl4(N3)5 in the crystalline state; R. P Sharma, R. Bala, R. Sharma, P. Venugopalan, CrystEngComm, 8(2006)215 (if=3.879, ci=16.) 9. Binding of Inorganic Oxo-anions to Cationic Cobaltammine: Synthesis, characterization, X-ray structures determination and DFT calculations of [Co(NH3)6]Cl2(ClO3), [Co(NH3)6]Br2 (ClO3) and [Co(NH3)6]Cl2(IO3).H2O; R. P. Sharma, R. Bala, R. Sharma, V. Ferretti, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 358(2005)3457. (if=1.833, ci=29.) 10. Second-Sphere Coordination Complex Via Hydrogen Bonding: Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Crystal Structure of Hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride dimethanesulphonate, [Co(NH3)6]Cl(CH3SO3)2; R.P. Sharma, R. Bala, R. Sharma. and P. Venugopalan J. Mol. Struct.694(2004)229 (if=1.453, ci=44)

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SIDDHANTA, ARUP KUMAR (b 1954), Senior Principal Scientist, Natural Product Group, Central Salt

and Marine Chemical Research Institute, Bhavnagar 364002 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Dr Arup Kumar Siddhanta is an excellent organic chemist having worked in the areas of natural products and synthetic organic chemistry significantly contributing to these fields distinguished with importance and currency in application and new knowledge generation. His work on a new indole alkaloid was published in Phytochemistry (1981). Carbon-13 NMR investigation of bioactive 6-styryl-2-pyrones ('kawa-pyrone') was done for the first time and was published in Organic Magnetic Resonance (1980). His works on simple enols viz. E- and Z-prop-1-en-1-ol, 2-methyl-prop-1-en-1-ol and 1-chloro-prop-1-en-1-ol, were published in Tet Lett, J Org Chem and Accounts of Chemical Research (1988). Work on bioactive arachidonic acid metabolites of mammalian tissues and human urine were published in Tet Lett, J Lipid Research, Biochimica Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism (1983-1987). Since 1986 his work on seaweed chemicals acquired a leadership position in this area in the country. Development of extraction processes of commercially important gelling compounds e.g. agarose, carrageenan and alginates, which were modified to synthesize materials with new functions. The works have been covered by international patents and publications in Carbohydrate Research, Carbohydrate Polymers, Int J Biol Macromolecules, J Agric Food Chem (ACS), Green Chemistry (RSC), Chemical Communications, Soft Matter, Polymer Chemistry (RSC), Food Hydrocolloids, Bioresource Technology, J Applied Polymer Science, J Materials Science, Separation Science, Polymer Journal, J Applied Phycology. I wish to propose Dr Arup Kumar Siddhanta‘s name for the fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, India, in recognition to his eminently diverse and rich contributions to organic chemistry.

Proposer : Dr Tushar K Chakraborty, Seconder : Dr. Ahmed Kamal Ten Best Publications: 1. Generation of Simple Enols in Solution. Capon B.; Guo, B.; Kwok, F.C.; Siddhanta, A.K. and Zucco, C.,

Acc. Chem. Res. 21: 135-140, 1988. (IF=21.64, CI=106) 2. Arachidonic Acid Expoxygenase: Detection of Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids in Human Urine. Toto, R.; Siddhanta, A.K.; Manna, S.; Pramanik, B.; Falck, J.R. and Capdevila, J.,. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, 919: 132-139, 1987. (IF=2.371, CI=59) 3. Arichidonate Epoxygenase: Identification of Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids in Rabbit Kidney. Falck, J.R.; Schueler, V.J.; Jacobson, H.R.; Siddhanta, A.K.; Pramanik, B. and Capdevila, J., J. Lipid Res. 28: 840-846, 1987. (IF=4.92, CI=59) 4. Sulphated polysaccharides of Codium dwarkense Boergs. from the west coast of India: Chemical

composition and blood anticoagulant activity. Siddhanta*, A.K., Shanmugam, M., Mody, K.H., Goswami, A.M. and Ramavat, B.K. International J. Biol. Macromol. 26:151-154, 1999. (IF=2.453, CI=31) 5. On the properties of agar gel containing ionic and non-ionic surfactants. Kamalesh Prasad, A. K.

Siddhanta *, A. K. Rakshit, Amit Bhattacharya and Pushpito K. Ghosh*. International Journal of Biological

Macromolecules 35:135-144, 2005. (IF=2.453, CI=18) 6. Preparation, characterization and benchmarking of agarose from Gracilaria dura of Indian waters. Ramavatar Meena, A.K. Siddhanta*, Kamalesh Prasad, B. K. Ramavat, K. Eswaran, S. Thiruppathi, M. Ganesan, Vaibhav A. Mantri and P V Subba Rao. Carbohydrate Polymers 69:179-188, 2007. (IF=3.167, CI=24) 7. Profiling of cellulose content in Indian seaweed species. A K Siddhanta*, Kamalesh Prasad;

Ramavatar Meena; Gayatri Prasad; Gaurav K Mehta; Mahesh U Chhatbar; Mihir D Oza; Sanjay Kumar; Naresh Sanandiya. Bioresource Technology 100: 6669-6673, 2009. (IF=4.253, CI=6) 8. Facile synthesis of fluorescent polysaccharides: Cytosine grafted agarose and κ-carrageenan. Mihir D Oza, Ramavatar Meena and A K Siddhanta*. Carbohydrate Polymers 87:1971-1979, 2012. (IF=3.167, CI=1) 9. Rhodamine-alginate conjugate as self indicating gel bead for efficient detection and scavenging of

Hg2+

and Cr3+

in aqueous media. Sukdeb Saha, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Prasenjit Mahato, L. Praveen, A. K. Siddhanta* and Amitava Das*. Chemical Communications 48 (11): 1659 - 1661, 2012 (IF=6.169, CI=7) 10.Synthesis of sodium alginate based sprayable new soft gel system. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad*, Dharmesh R. Chejara and A. K. Siddhanta*. Soft Matter, 8(6):1837-1844, 2012. (IF=4.5, CI=1)

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SRINIVASAN, SAMPATH (b 1961), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Professor Sampath has established a research program in the discipline of surface and interfacial chemistry with special emphasis on electrochemistry. The uniqueness of his research lies in the design and development of novel materials, to follow their interfacial characteristics and subsequently demonstrate applications in the areas of energy systems and sensors. His work has led to a better understanding of the electrochemical interface involving novel materials such as functionalized exfoliated graphite, graphene oxide, transition metal nitrides, carbides, chalcogenides, organic thin films including self-assembled monolayers / Langmuir-Blodgett films, nano(bi)metallic particles and composites. His work has also led to the development of new electrochemical biosensors based on molecular recognition capable of functioning under physiological conditions. He has been active in the development of novel materials for supercapacitors and fuel cells, particularly in mitigating CO poisoning of the catalytic surface. He has ~130 papers in peer reviewed ISI journals (H-index: 32) and has 3 granted patents (2- US, 1 - Europe) to his credit. He has three patent applications pending. He is recipient of the prestigious Bhatnagar Prize (2006). He is an elected fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc), Indian National Science Academy (FNA) and Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC). He is in the editorial board of several journals including Energy & Environmental Sciences – an RSC journal and J.Chem.Sci. (India). He richly deserves to be elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences.

Proposer : Prof. A K Shukla, Seconder : Prof A K Sood


1. G K Ramesha and S Sampath, 2009, Electrochemical Reduction of Oriented Graphene Oxide Films: An in situ Raman Spectroelectrochemical Study, J.Phys.Chem. C , 113(19), 7985 (if=4.85, ci=186)

2. P. Bera, S. Mitra, S.Sampath and M.S Hegde, 2001, Promoting effect of CeO2 in a Cu/CeO2 catalyst: lowering of redox potentials of Cu species in the CeO2 matrix , Chem.Comm., (10) 927, (if=6.7, ci=57)

3. S. Mitra, A K Shukla and S. Sampath, 2001, . Electrochemical capacitors with plasticized gel-polymer electrolytes, J.Power Sources, 101(2), 213 (if=5,2, ci=55)

4. N A Choudhury, R.K. Raman, S. Sampath and A K Shukla, 2005, An alkaline direct borohydride fuel cell as hydrogen peroxide as oxidant , J.Power Sources., 143,1. (if=5.2, ci=137)

5. . P. Ramesh and S Sampath, Anal.Chem., 2000, A binderless, bulk modified, renewable surface amperometric sensor for NADH and ethanol , 72(14), 3369 (if=5.8, ci=37)

6. S. Sampath, Lev O Anal.Chem., 1996, Inert metal-modified, composite ceramic-carbon, amperometric biosensors: Renewable, controlled reactive layer, 68(13), 2015. (if=5.8, ci=183)

7. . S. Devarajan, P. Bera and S. Sampath J.Coll. Interface Sci., 2005, Bimetallic nanoparticles: A single step synthesis, stabilization, and characterization of Au-Ag, Au-Pd, and Au-Pt in sol-gel derived silicates , 290(1), 117 (if=3.55, ci=79)

8. P. Ramesh, G.S. Suresh, and S Sampath, 2004, J.Electroanal. Chem., Selective determination of dopamine using unmodified, exfoliated graphite electrodes, 561, 173 (if=2.8, ci=61)

9. O T Mohammed Musthafa and S Sampath, 2008, High performance platinized titanium nitride catalyst for methanol oxidation, Chem.Comm., 67. (if=6.7, ci=42)

10. G K Ramesha, Kumara, A V, Muralidhara, HB , Sampath, S, 2011, Graphene and grapheme oxide as effective adsorbents towards anionic and cationic dyes.J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 361(1), 270-277 (if=3.55, ci=153)

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SRIVASTAVA, AKHILESH KUMAR (b 1974) Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, St. Andrew's College,

Gorakhpur - 273001 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) Organometallic Chemistry is one of the most important and emerging branch of Chemistry and its applications will continue to benefit society. Although tremendous progress has been already made, the kinds of organometallic compounds so far studied and utilized have still been limited. Many catalytic and non-catalytic stereoselective processes that are key steps in creative and non-conventional synthesis of complex molecules have gained significant advantage from organometallic chemistry i.e. Monsanto's synthesis of L-dopa, Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymer production, Chiral Noyori's catalysts for hydrogenation and hydrogen transfer, olefin metathesis. Dr. A.K. Srivastava has published several important findings on new routes for synthesis of novel cyclopentadienyl derivatives of Group IV transition metals and their spectroscopic properties. He has also done important work on biochemical aspects of these derivatives. At present, he is mainly involved on synthesis of supra cyciopentadienyl derivatives of Group 4 transition metals and lanthanides. He is also studying the catalytic properties of the synthesized derivatives. At present, Dr. A.K. Srivastava has three major projects sanctioned by CST, U.P. (Young Scientist Project, 2008-2011), UGC (2010-2013) and DRDO, New Delhi (2011-2014). In addition, Dr. Srivastava has been awarded International Research Fund Support by The Royal Society of Chemistry (London) for consecutive two years (2008-09 and 2009-10). He is life member of Indian Science Congress, Indian Chemical Society, Indian Council of Chemists, Indian Society of Analytical Scientists and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London).

Proposer: Prof. K.P. Tiwari, Seconder : Prof G.K. Srivastava Ten Best Publications: 1. S.K. Sengupta, O.P. Pandey, A Bhatt, AK. Srivastava and K.N. Mishra, Synthesis, physicochemical and antimicrobial studies on acetylferrocenyl hydrazone derivatives of dichlorobis(cyciopentadienyl)-titanium(lV) Transition Metal Chem., 24, 703 (1999). 2. A.K. Srivastava, O.P. Pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Synthetic and spectroscopic investigations of bis(cyciopentadienyl)-titanium(lV)/Zirconium(lV)derivatives with isatin hydrozones, Synth. React. Inorg. Met. Org. Chem., 30, 1405 (2000). 3. A.K. Srivastava, O.P. Pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Reactions of bis(cyciopentadienyl)-titanium(IV)/Zirconium(lV) chloride with 1,1'-diacefylferrocenyl-bis(hydrazones). Formation of trimettalic derivatives, Anchal Mala, Transition ·Metal. Chem. 25. 613 (2000). 4. A.K. Srivastava, O.P. Pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Synthesis spectral and antimicrobial studies of bis(cyciopentadienyl)-titanium(lV) derivatives with Schiff bases derived from 2-amino-5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadizoles, Bioinorg. Chem. Appl. 3. 289 (2005). 5. U.N. Tripathi, G. Venubabu, S.S.R. Kolisetty and AK. Srivastava, Synthesis spectral and antimicrobial studies of diorganotin(lV) 3(2'-hydrozyphenyl)-5-(4-substitutedphenyl) pyrazolinates, Applied Organomet. Chem. 20 (2009). 6. C.M. Tripathi, O.P. Pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Synthesis spectroscopic and antimicrobial studies of binuciear metallocene (Ti, Zr and Hf) derivatives with bis(mercaptoazoles) Bioinorg. Chem. Appl. Vol 2007, Articie 10 87918 (2007) 7. S. Sinha, AK. Srivastava, O.P. Pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Synthesis spectroscopic and antimicrobial studies of bis(cyciopentadienyl)hafnium(lV) derivatives with benzyl bis(aroyl hydrazones) Transition Metal Chem. 2008, On the version; 10-1007/S11243-008-9080-2008 8. A.K. Srivastava, Synthesisspectroscopic and antibactarial studies on Bis (cyciopentadienyl) hafnium (lV) derivatives with dithiocarbamates derived from a-Amino Acids, J. Indian Chem. Soc., 86, 281 (2009) 9. S.K. Sengupta, O. P. Pandey, A.K. Srivastava, Alpana Dwivedi, Organophosphorus Derivatives containing Benzene Sulphonyl Hydrazones as Chemotherapeutants against Fungal Pathogens of Sugarcane, Pesticide Res. J., Accepted, 2010. 10. AK. Srivastava, Shilpi Sinha, M.K. Mishra, O.P. pandey and S.K. Sengupta, Synthesis, spectral (UV-Visible, IR, 1H and 13C NMR, FAB-Mass) and antibacterial studies of bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(IV)/ hafnium(lV) and mono(cyciopentadienyl)titanium(lV) complexes of benzil-a-monoxime thiosemicarbazones, Applied Organomet. Chem., Accepted, 2011.

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UMAPATHY, SIVA (b 1959), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Chemical Sciences) S Umapathy has built and nurtured an internationally recognised Raman Spectroscopy group in India over the last 20 years. His work has always involved both laser Raman experiments along with theory to interpret data. His group is known for the work on resonance Raman spectroscopy, wave-packet dynamical simulations, density functional theoretical (DFT) studies and time dependent density functional theoretical (TDDFT) methods. Further, his group has been known as the THIRD group in the world to construct a third order non-linear Raman spectroscopic instrument and demonstrate the utility of recording time resolved resonance Raman spectra in femtosecond time scales of excited states. He has also developed and demonstrated applications of Raman and Infrared microscopy to biology and medicine. He has been well recognised both nationally and internationally. Nationally, he has received the Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship, SS Bhatnagar award, J C Bose Fellowship and elected as Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Internationally, he has been invited as editorial board member of three well known international journals in his core area of research, in addition, to being recognised as leading scientists in the world by elected into the international steering committees of Time Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy and Asian Spectroscopy.

Proposer : Prof. A Samanta, Seconder : Prof J P Mittal Ten Best Publications: 1. Femtosecond time-resolved UV-visible absorption spectroscopy of trans-azobenzene: dependence on

excitation wavelength IK Lednev, TQ Ye, P Matousek, M Towrie, P Foggi, FVR Neuwahl, ...(1998)

Chemical physics letters 290 (1), 68-74 (if=2.145, ci=154) 2. Density functional calculations of structures, vibrational frequencies, and normal modes of trans-and

cis-azobenzene N Biswas, S Umapathy (1997) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 101 (30), 5555-5566 (if=2.771, ci=133) 3. Structures, vibrational frequencies, and normal modes of substituted azo dyes: infrared, Raman, and

density functional calculations N Biswas, S Umapathy (2000) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104

(12), 2734-2745 (if=2.771, ci=117) 4. A determination of the structure of the intramolecular charge transfer state of 4-

dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy WM Kwok, C Ma,

P Matousek, AW Parker, D Phillips, WT Toner, M Towrie, ..(2001). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 105 (6), 984-990 (if=2.771, ci=98) 5. Density-functional studies on the structure and vibrational spectra of transient intermediates of p-

benzoquinone P Mohandas, S Umapathy (1997) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 101 (24), 4449-

4459 (if=2.771, ci=68) 6. Ultrafast Raman loss spectroscopy S Umapathy, A Lakshmanna, B Mallick (2009) Journal of Raman

Spectroscopy 40 (3), 235-237 (if=2.679, ci=22) 7. Mode-dependent dispersion in Raman line shapes: Observation and implications from ultrafast Raman

loss spectroscopy S Umapathy, B Mallick, A Lakshmanna (2010) The Journal of chemical physics 133

(2), 024505 (if=3.16, ci=16) 8. Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy identifies protein propionylation in histone deacetylase

inhibitor treated glioma cells B Singh, S Boopathy, K Somasundaram, S Umapathy (2012) Journal of

biophotonics 5 (3), 230-239 (if=3.099, ci=3 (published in 2012)) 9. Identification of early biomarkers during acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in mice by Fourier

transform infrared microspectroscopy, R Gautam, B Chandrasekar, M Deobagkar, S Rakshit, B N

Vinaykumar, S Umapathy and D Nandi, (2012) PloS ONE, 7, e45521 (2012). (if=3.73, ci=2 (Published in

2012)) 10. Is chemically synthesized graphene ―really‖ a SERS substrate? A comparative study with other

carbonaceous materials. S Sil, N Kuhar, S Chatterjee, and S Umapathy, (2013) Nature Scientific reports,

3:3336 and DOI: 10.1038/srep0336 (2013). (if=2.927, ci=Published in 2013)

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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics,

Computer/Information Science)

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

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

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


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, BHU, Varanasi

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

Dr. Khare has established an active research group in BHU making significant contributions in the field of sampling theory in Statistics, particularly in building estimators and class of estimators. Dr. Khare has proposed various estimators and class of estimators for population mean, ratio and product of two population means using auxiliary characters (Khare and Srivastava (1980,87,91)), Khare (1990,91,92(a,b),93(a,b,c)) (Srivastava,Khare and Srivastava(1988,90),Khare and Srivastava(1998) ). Dr. Khare has also proposed various types of estimators and class of estimators for these parameters in the presence of non-response (Khare and Srivastava (1993, 95, 96, 97, 99, 1999-2000, 2000), Khare and Pandey (2000), Khare(2003(a,b)), Khare and Sinha (2002(a,b,c), 2004(a,b), 2007)). In case of multivariate surveys the estimator for the mean vector in the presence of complete response/complete non-response and partial non-response(Tripathi and Khare(1997)) for the first time. Dr. Khare has 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) Dr. Khare‘s exhaustive study on the―Current status of infant and early childhood feeding practices‖ for country wide study divided in five zones and also for the 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 colostrums and risk of infections.

Proposer : Prof. Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, Seconder : Prof. Ajai Kumar Srivastava


1. Khare, B.B.(1987). Allocation in stratified sampling in presence of non-response. Metron(Italy), 45(1/2),213-221. (if=2013(0.22), ci=32)

2. Khare,B.B.(1991). Determation of sample sizes for a class of two phase sampling estimators for ratio and produc of two population means using auxiliary character. Metron(Italy), 49(1-4),185-197. (if=2013(0.22), ci=13)

3. Khare,B.B. & Srivastava,S.(1993). Estimation of population mean using auxiliary character in presence of non-response. Nat. Acad. Sci. Lett., 16(3), 111-114. (if=2013(0.24), ci=87)

4. Khare,B.B. & Srivastava,S.(1995). Study of conventioanal and alternative two phase sampling ratio, product and regression estimators in presence of non-response. Procd. Nat. Acad. Sci. India, 65(A),II,195-203. (if=2009(0.382), ci=66)

5. Khare,B.B. & Srivastava,S.(1997). Transformed ratio type estimators for the population mean in the presence of non-response. Commun. Statist.-Theory & Methods(USA), 26(7), 1779-1791. (if=2009(0.406), ci=68)

6. Khare,B.B. & Srivastava,S.(2000). Generalized estimator for population mean in presence of non-response. Internal. J. Math. & Statist. Sci. (Brazil), 9(1),75-87. (ci=23)

7. Pereira,P, Mehta,S, Khare,B.B., Katiyar,G.P., Agarwal,D.K., Tripathi,A.M. and Agarawal,K.N.(1983). Phyisacl growth characterstics in adolescent girls of upper socio ecomomic group of varanasi. Ind. J. Med. Res., 77,839-844. (if=2013(1.661), ci=15)

8. 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=2013(1.661), ci=15)

9. Srivastava, S.Rani,Srivastava,S.R. and Khare,B.B.(1989). Chain ratio type estimator of ratio of two population means using auxiliary characters. Commun. Statist. Theory & Methods.(USA), 18(10),3917-3926. (if=2009(0.406), ci=33)

10. Srivastava,S.Rani, Khare,B.B. and Srivastava,S.R.(1990). A generalized chain ratio estimator for mean of finite population. J. Ind. Soc. Agri. Stat. 42(1), 108-117. (ci=42)

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385

MOKKALA, PADMAVATHAMMA (b 1963), Professor & Head, Dept. of Computer Science, S.V.University, Tirupati


It gives me immense pleasure in proposing Prof.M.Padmavathamma whom I know since 1983 as a student and later as a colleague since 1992. She started her career as a lecturer further elevated as Associate Professor and Professor in the same university. She is dedicated researcher, who is rigorously working in Cryptography & Network Security, applying her background from mathematics. She published more than 100 research papers in many National & International standard journals. She has also received many prestigious Research Projects from University Grants Commission, New Delhi & Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, contributing to the advancement of Image Processing in Cloud Computing, Multi-Party Public Key Cryptosystems and Steganography systems. Under her able guidance fourteen scholars have received their doctoral degree and many M.Phil & M.Tech projects are guided. Two foreign scholars came on the way and joined in her guidance to pursue their PhD degree. Under her guidance, her department has transitioned from teaching into research oriented education. She has delivered keynote speeches in many international conferences around the world. Her research papers have been published in many National and International Journals. She has published Four Text Books within her field, for use at university level, published by the Telugu Academy, JAICO Publishers, and ICON Publishers. She has been accomplished with many research awards in many national & International Conferences. In accumulation, during 2014, She conferred with State Best Teacher Award (Inter University Level in Engineering Subject), announced by Department of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Proposer : Prof. P.V. Arunachalam, Seconder : Prof.R. Ramamurthi


1. C.Anitha, M.PADMAVATHAMMA, ―Toward new Ontology of Node lock Licensing Mechanism- Patterns and Applicability‖ International Journal of Computer Engineering & Technology(IJCET)‖, pp.98-106, Volume5, Issue3, ISSN 0976-6367(PRINT), ISSN 0976-6375(ONLINE) March 2014. (if=8.5328)

2. K.Venkataramana, M.PADMAVATHAMMA,‖ Multi-Tenant Data storage Security in Cloud using Data Partition Encryption‖ published in International Journal of Scientific and engineering Research (IJSER),Vol.4,Issue 7, ISSN 2229-5518, July 2013. (if= 1.4)

3. A. B. Rajesh Kumar, M.Padmavathamma ― A Method for secure Health Care System in Multi-Parties‖, published in International Journal of Computer Science and information Technology & Security(IJCSITS), ISSN:2249-9555, Vol.2, No.5,pp:1031-1035, October 2012. (if=0.4)

4. A. B. Rajesh Kumar, M.Padmavathamma ― Secure Protocols in Health Care System‖ , published in International Journal of Computer Science and information Technology & Security(IJCSITS), ISSN:2249-9555, Vol.2, No.5,pp:926-930, October 2012. (if= 0.4)

5. K.Venkataramana, M.Padmavathamma, ―A Threshold Secure Data Sharing Scheme for Federated Clouds‖, published in International Journal of Research in Computer Science (IJRCS), ISSN: 2249-8257, Vol.2, Issue.5, and pp: 21-28, July 2012. (if=0.362)

6. K.Venkataramana, M.Padmavathamma "Agent Based approach for Authentication in Cloud" published IRACST - International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology & Security (IJCSITS), ISSN: 2249-9555Vol. 2, No.3, pp: 598-603 June 2012. (if=0.198)

7. K.Venkataramana, M.Padmavathamma ―Multi-Agent Intrusion Detection and Prevention System for Cloud Environment‖ Published in International Journal of Computer Applications (0975-8887), PP.No.24-29, Vol.49, No.20, July 2012. (if=0.814)

8. E.Madhusudhana Reddy, M.PADMAVATHAMMA, ―Threshold MJ2-RSA Cryptosystem with one public key and one private key‖, International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences (I.J.E.M.S), Vol.1 (1):pp.12-17, ISSN. 2229-600X. 2010. (if=0.229)

9. A.Ravi Prasad, M.PADMAVATHAMMA, ―Development Of New Variant MJ2-RSA Digital Signature Scheme With One Public Key And Two Private Keys‖, International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences (I.J.E.M.S), Vol.1 (1):pp.18-25, ISSN. 2229-600X. 2010 .(if= 0.229)

10. K.Suresh Kumar Reddy, M.PADMAVATHAMMA, ―New Variant Cryptosystems based on Jk-RSA Cryptosystem with one public key and two private keys‖, International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences(IJEMS), Vol.1(1), pp.34-51, ISSN.2229-600X. 2010. (if=0.583)

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MURALIDHARAN, KUNNUMMAL (b 1965), Professor and Head of Statistics, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara


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.

Proposer : Prof. Sreehari Maddipatla, Seconder : Prof. Laxman S Chamyal


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) (if=0.389, ci=9)

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). (if=1.243, ci=20)

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)(if=0.196, ci=15)

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 (if=0.558, ci=12)

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). (if=0.504, ci=38)

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). (if=2.29, ci=36)

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). (if=0.892, ci=22)

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). (if=0.892, ci=28)

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). (if=0.532, ci=28)

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). (if=0.892, ci=17)

387

NAGARAJ, D S (b 1958), PROFESSOR H, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai


Prof. Nagaraj has made significant contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. More specifically, he has worked on moduli of curves, vector bundles on curves, parabolic bundles, principal bundles over projective manifolds, etc. He has also made important contributions to study of abelian varieties, morphisms into the Grassmann varieties. In his joint work with Seshadri, he has obtained important results on moduli of semistable torsion free sheaves on reducible projective curves. In a later paper with Seshadri, he generalizes a result of Gieseker on compactification of certain moduli space in rank 2 degree 1 case over curves with an ordinary double point signularity to arbitrary rank n in the coprime case. Nagaraj (with Balaji, Biswas, Gabber) showed that the Brauer group of the moduli space M of stable bundles of rank r and fixed determinant over a smooth projective curve X of genus at least 3 is isomorphic to Z/nZ and related the generator to the universal bundle on XxM. In joint work with his collaborators (Balaji, Biswas, Parameswaran, Newstead) Nagaraj has made several important contributions to the study of moduli of principal bundles (with parabolic structures). One such is the discovery that a universal bundle over a certain moduli space of G bundles exists if and only if G is of adjoint type. Another such is the analogue of a classical result of Atiyah on `Krull-Schmidt' reduction for vector bundles has been obtained for principal G bundles in positive characteristics and its generalization in the positive characteristics. A version of such a result for equivariant Higgs bundles has also been obtained.

Proposer : Prof. Parameswaran Sankaran, Seconder : Prof. Jaya N. Iyer


1. Nagaraj, D. S. On the moduli of curves with theta-characteristics. Compositio Math. 75 (1990), no. 3, 287--297.

2. Nagaraj, D. S.; Ramanan, S. Polarisations of type (1,2,…,2) on abelian varieties. Duke Math. J. 80 (1995), no. 1, 157--194.

3. Nagaraj, D. S.; Seshadri, C. S. Degenerations of the moduli spaces of vector bundles on curves. I. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Math. Sci. 107 (1997), no. 2, 101--137.

4. Nagaraj, D. S.; Seshadri, C. S. Degenerations of the moduli spaces of vector bundles on curves. II. Generalized Gieseker moduli spaces. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Math. Sci. 109 (1999), no. 2, 165--201.

5. Biswas, Indranil; Nagaraj, D. S. Parabolic ample bundles. II. Connectivity of zero locus of a class of sections. Topology 37 (1998), no. 4, 781--789.

6. Balaji, Vikraman; Biswas, Indranil; Nagaraj, Donihakkalu S. Principal bundles over projective manifolds with parabolic structure over a divisor. Tohoku Math. J. (2) 53 (2001), no. 3, 337--367.

7. Balaji, V.; Biswas, Indranil; Nagaraj, D. S. Krull-Schmidt reduction for principal bundles. J. Reine Angew. Math. 578 (2005), 225--234

8. Gruson, L.; Laytimi, F.; Nagaraj, D. S. On prime Fano threefolds of genus 9. Internat. J. Math. 17 (2006), no. 3, 253--261.

9. Balaji, V.; Biswas, I.; Nagaraj, D. S.; Newstead, P. E. Universal families on moduli spaces of principal bundles on curves. Int. Math. Res. Not. 2006, Art. ID 80641, 16 pp.

10. Biswas, Indranil; Nagaraj, D. S. On vector bundles over surfaces and Hilbert schemes. Arch. Math. (Basel) 101 (2013), no. 6, 513--517.

388

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


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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389

NANDAKUMARAN, AKAMBADATH KEERTHIYIL (b 1961) Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Professor Nandakumaran has made immense high quality contribution to the theory of PDEs involving homogenization, control theory etc. His ability to do high quality research in diverse areas are commendable: both pure theoretical aspects (analysis) of homogenization, optimal control problems and harmonic analysis; at the same time in the last 10 years, he is also working in the applied area of tomographic reconstruction which includes modelling, analysis, numerics and computations. He has a recent work on homogenization of double non-linear system with monotone operators is extremely interesting. He has a beautiful regularity result for Schrodinger equation for Hermite operators which is highly commendable. More commendable fact is his versatility in getting into different areas which amply demonstrated by the image reconstruction using inverse problems of PDEs which is a blend of applications based on mathematical analysis. Among them a recent work on numerical method based on generalized eiqenvalue decomposition for solving diffusion equation is worth mentioning. His significant contributions includes nonlinear parabolic, elliptic equations, Stokes and elasticity systems. He has interesting contributions to other areas; Differential Games, controllability, Schrodinger equations etc. The research includes Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs(HJI) equations associated to differential-games, homogenization of control problems, He is an extremely talented and outstanding teacher and his video course under NPTEL on ODE is very useful to the undergraduate students.

Proposer : Prof. Mohan K. Kadalbajoo, Seconder: Prof. B. V. Rathish Kumar Ten Best Publications : 1. A. K. Nandakumaran and Augusto Visitin, Variational Approach to Homogenization of Doubly-Nonlinear Flow in a Periodic Structure, Nonlinear Analysis, Vol. 120, 14-29, 2015 TMA, (If= 1.612) 2. N. Hyvonen, A.K.Nandakumaran, Hari M Varma and R. M. Vasu, Generalized eigenvalue decomposition of the field autocorrelation in correlation diffusion of photons in turbid media, Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, (2013),36,1447-1458. MR3072349 (If= .78) 3. A. K. Nandakumaran, M. Tadi and S. S. Sritharan, An Inverse Problem for Helmholtz Equation, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Vo119, No.6, (2011), 839- 854. MR2825895 (20 12g:65241), (If= 0.8) 4. Hari M Verma, A. K. Nandakumaran and R. M. Vasu, Study of turbid media with light: recovery of mechanical and optical properties from boundary measurement of intensity autocorrelation of light, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A/Vol. 26, No. 6/June 2009. (MR2536721). (If= 1.67, Research Gate Citation 10) 5. T. Muthukumar and A. K. Nandakumaran, Homogenization of some Low-Cost Control Problems on Perforated Domains}, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 351 (2009)29-42. (MR24729 I 8 (2009m:49030)); (If= 1.12;, Research Gate Citation 04) 6. A. K. Nandakumaran and P. K. Ratnakumar, Schrodinger equation and the oscillatory semigroup for the Hermite operator, Journal of Functional Analysis, 224(2005)371-385. (MR2146045 (2006k:33020)). (If= 1.15; ci=9) 7. A. K. Nandakumaran and M. Rajesh, Homogenization of a nonlinear degenerate parabolic differential equation, Electronic J. of Differential Equations 2001 (200 1), NO. 17, pp 1-19. (MR 1824787 (2002a:350 18)). (If= 0.42, ci= 24) (Though this paper appeared in E. JOE, I consider this is one of the important paper in the literature) 8. Arapostatis, Raju K. George and A. K. Nandakumaran , A Note Controllability of Impulsive Systems, J. Math. Anal. and Appl., 241, (2000), pp 276-283. (MR 1739206 (200 I k:930 12)). (If= 1.12, ci= 40) 9. D. N. Chalishajar, Raju K. George and A. K. Nandakumaran, Exact Controllability of the nonlinear third order dispersion equation, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 332(2007 1028-1044. (MR2324317 (2008h:930 12) (If= 1.12, Research Gate Citation 11). 10. A. K. Nandakumar, Homogenization of Eigenvalue Problems of Elasticity in perforated Domain, Asymptotic Analysis, 9(1994) 337-358, (MR130 1169 (95j:73006)). (If= 0.42) There are many papers in JOSA with impact factor 1.67, J. of Franklin Institute with impact factor 2.26, Computers with Applications with Impact factor 2.00 etc. Hence the list above is not exhaustive considering the importance of the papers.

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RAGHAVAN, KOMARANAPURAM NAVANEETHAM (b 1964), PROFESSOR H, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai


Prof. Raghavan has made important contributions in the area of algebraic groups and representation theory. His work [2] gives a simple proof of the main theorems of standard monomial theory (SMT) developed by Lakshmibai, Musili, and Seshadri during the period 1970-85. Since this work, Littelmann extended SMT in the Kac-Moody setup. The approach of [2] was used subsequently to prove a conjecture of Verma and established relations with the theory of crystal base of Kashiwara and Lusztig.In [3] and [4], SMT is applied to geometric questions regarding Schubert varieties. A conjecture of Lakshmibai-Kreiman is proved in [3] and extended and established in [4]. The results of [3] were applied to equivariant Schubert calculus in [5]. Using the approach to invariant theory via SMT developed earlier by Lakshmibai and Seshadri, the case of the special orthogonal group which required other inputs is treated in [6] with applications to certain moduli spaces of vector bundles. The paper [8] is remarkable in that it weaves three different themes into one: invariant theory for GLn, Hecke algebras and Kazhdan-Lusztig bases, and modular representations of Sn. The paper [9] is about K-types occuring in certain discrete series representations. Early in his research career, Raghavan had made contributions to mixed multiplicities of certain determinantal ideals, Cohen-Macauleyness of certain blowups, and presentations of associated graded rings generalizing the work of Herzog-Trung-Ulrich.

Proposer : Prof. Parameswaran Sankaran, Seconder : Prof. V. S. Sunder


1. K. N. Raghavan and J. K. Verma, Mixed Hilbert coefficients of homogeneous d-sequences and quadratic sequences, J. Algebra, 195, no. 1, 1997, pp. 211-232.

2. K. N. Raghavan and P. Sankaran, A new approach to standard monomial theory for classical groups, Transform. Groups, 3, no. 1, 1998, pp. 57-73.

3. V. Kodiyalam and K. N. Raghavan, Hilbert functions of points on Schubert varieties in Grassmannians, J. Algebra, 270, no. 1, 2003, pp. 28-54.

4. S. R. Ghorpade and K. N. Raghavan, Hilbert functions of points on Schubert varieties in the symplectic Grassmannian, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 358, no. 12, 2006, pp. 5401-5423 (electronic).

5. V. Lakshmibai, K. N. Raghavan, and P. Sankaran, Equivariant Giambelli and determinantal restriction formulas for the Grassmannian, Pure Appl. Math. Q., 2, no. 3, part 1, 2006, pp. 699-717.

6. V. Lakshmibai, K. N. Raghavan, P. Sankaran, and P. Shukla, Standard monomial bases, moduli spaces of vector bundles, and invariant theory, Transform. Groups, 11, no. 4, 2006, pp. 673-704.

7. V. Lakshmibai and K. N. Raghavan, Standard monomial theory, vol. 137 of Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2008. Invariant theoretic approach, Invariant Theory and Algebraic Transformation Groups, 8.

8. K. N. Raghavan, P. Samuel, and K. V. Subrahmanyam, RSK bases and Kazhdan-Lusztig cells, Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble), 62, no. 2, 2012, pp. 525-569, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.5802/aif.2687.

9. P. Paul, K. N. Raghavan, and P. Sankaran, Borel{de Siebenthal discrete series and associated holomorphic discrete series, J. Lie Theory, 24, no. 2, 2014, pp. 475-501.

10. K. N. Raghavan, B. Ravinder, and S. Viswanath, Stability of Chari-Pressley-Loktev bases for local Weyl modules of sl2[t], Algebras and Representation Theory, to appear, URL arXiv:math/1407.0789.

391

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


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.

392

BAKSHI, GURMEET KAUR (b 1970) Professor, Centre for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh


Gurmeet K. Bakshi has made significant contributions in Group Rings and Algebraic Coding Theory. Bass[1976] conjectured that if R is a subring of the the ring of complex numbers which when intersected with rationals is the ring of integers, G an arbitrary group and E in Mn(R[G]) an idempotent matrix over the group ring R[G] of G over R, then the partial augmentation of the trace of E corresponding to any non identity conjugacy class of G is zero. Bakshi[1994], in a joint work, has contributed to the conjecture by proving that a certain class of groups for which Bass conjecture holds is closed under certain closure operations; thus providing new groups that satisfy the conjecture. In [1998], its impact on torsion units in integral matrix group rings was studied. Bakshi, in joint works, has obtained many interesting results on irreducible cyclic codes, Polyadic codes and constacyclic codes. During [2002-08], she has obtained the generating idempotents of irreducible cyclic codes. In [2007] and [2012], the weight distribution of some irreducible cyclic codes was given. During [2007-08], she studied Polyadic codes and gave examples of some good codes arising from the family of cyclic polyadic codes. Classification of certain constacyclic codes and negacyclic codes was given during [2012-13]. A fundamental problem in the theory of group rings is the determination of a complete set of primitive central idempotents and the Wedderburn decomposition of a semisimple group algebra. A complete set of primitive central idempotents of the rational group algebra of extra special p-groups, CMp-1 groups and certain nilpotent groups was given in [2012]. In joint works, she obtained the complete structure of the semisimple group algebra of metacyclic groups [2012-13], metabelian group [2013], and more generally that of normally monomial groups [2014] . She has also provided a necessary and sufficient condition for a group to be normally monomial [2014]. Motivated by the Kummer‘s result on the index of the group generated by cyclotomic units, she has recently obtained an estimate on the index of the subgroup generated by a virtual basis in the group of central units of an integral group ring for a class of strongly monomial groups.

Proposer : Professor Inder Bir Singh Passi, Seconder : Professor Sudesh Kaur Khanduja

Ten Best Publications 1. I.B.S. Passi, Idempotents in Matrix Group Rings, J. Pure and Appl. Alg. 94 (1994) 283-284. (If=.601 CI=2) 2. I.B.S.Passi, Centralizers and Homological Dimension, Comm. Alg. 22(14) (1994) 5703 -5708. (If=.356 CI=8) 3. I.B.S.Passi, Bass Conjecture and the Group trace property, Comm. Alg. 26 (2) (1998) 627-639. (If=.356 CI=4) 4. M. Raka, Minimal cyclic codes of length p n q, Finite Fields & Appl. 10 (2004) 653-673. (If=.679 CI=16) 5. A.Sharma, V.C.Dumir and M.Raka, Cyclotomic numbers and Primitive Idempotents in the ring GF(q)[x]/, Finite Fields & Appl. 10 (2004) 653-673. (If=.679 CI=11) 6. A. Sharma and M.Raka, The weight distribution of irreducible cyclic codes of length 2 m, Finite Fields & Appl. 13 (2007) (4) 1086-1095 (If=.679 CI=4) 7. M. Raka, A class of constacyclic codes over a finite field, Finite Fields Appl. 18 (2) (2012) 362-377. (If=.679 CI=6) 8. I.B.S. Passi, Primitive central idempotents in Rational group algebras, Comm. Alg 40 (4) (2012) 1413-1426 (If=.356 CI=3) 9. R. Kulkarni and I.B.S. Passi, The rational group algebra of a finite group, J. Alg. Appl. 12 (3) (2013) (If=.480 CI=3) 10. S. Maheshwary, The rational group algebra of a normally monomial group, J. Pure Appl. Alg. 218 (2014) 583-1993. (If=.601 CI=0)

393

KORIKANA, RAJA RAMA GANDHI (b 1980), Professor, BITS-Vizag, Visakhapatnam


Prof. K. R.R. Gandhi approached me for the Multidisciplinary guidance of SO MA S S (www.somass.org)

during 2004 while he was studying M.Sc. (Math). He came out with first class in M.Sc.(Math), M.A.(Ed) &

M.Phil (Math). He got his PhD and he is actively guiding research. From 2009, he was discussing with me his difficulties in research in Theory of numbers. I found his intuition to be of high order and helped to develop other components of intellect (well ordered intelligence) like critical faculty, communication and well sorted memory. Our discussion resulted in the publication of two papers of an interdisciplinary nature. The discussions also gave him the competence and opportunities to publish and keep on publishing several other papers and others like invited monographs (enclosed to his C.V.). Prof. Gandhi has a natural zeal to consult various books and carryout teaching in addition to research. I strongly believe that, he is most suitable and eligible to have our esteemed Fellowship.

Proposer : Prof. Gopala Krishna Jonnalagedda, Seconder : Prof. A.K. Shukla Ten Best Publications: 1. K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2011, Divisibility properties of Fibonacci numbers, South Asian Journal of Mathematics, 2011 , Vol. 1 ( 3) : 140 -144 (if=close to 1) 2. K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2012, An instinct to conclude the famous twin prime and Goldbach conjectures, South Asian Journal of Mathematics, 2012 , Vol. 2 ( 1) : 68-72 (if=close to 1) 3. K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2012, Techniques of solving Diophantine equations lead to Dio-Gandhi equations, South Asian Journal of Mathematics, 2012 ,Vol. 2 ( 5) : 466 - 483 (if=close to 1) 4. Prof. J. Gopala Krishna and K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2011, GENERAL, ONE & SEVERAL VARIABLE EXTENTIONS OF CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CO-PRIMALITY CONDITIONS), Int. J. of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, 2011 , Vol. 1 ( 3) : 1201 - 1213 (if=close to 1) 5. Prof. J. Gopala Krishna and K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2011, GENERAL, ONE & SEVERAL VARIABLE EXTENTIONS OF CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM (ADDITIONAL FEATURES WITH CO-PRIMALITY CONDITIONS), Int. J. of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, 2011 , Vol. 1 ( 3) : 1215 - 1223 (if=close to 1) 6. K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2011, DECAY OF CONGRUENCES, International J. of Math. Sci. & Engg. Appls. (IJMSEA), 2011 , Vol. 5 ( 6) : 355-360 (if=close to 1) 7. K. Raja Rama Gandhi, 2011,SQUARES ENDING IN REPEATED DIGITS, International J. of Math. Sci. & Engg. Appls. (IJMSEA), 2011 , Vol. 5 ( 6) : 449-456 (if=close to 1) 8. K. Raja Rama Gandhi and Reuven Tint, 2013,The Pythagorean triples whose hypotenuse and the sums of the legs are squares, Bulletin of Society for Mathematical Services and Standards (B SO MA S S), 2013 , Vol. 2 ( 3) : 60-73 (if=close to 1) 9. K. Raja Rama Gandhi and Reuven Tint, 2013,Proof of Beal's Conjecture, Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences & Applications (B M S A), 2013 , Vol. 2 ( 3) : 61-64 (if=close to 1) 10. Xie Zitian, K. Raja Rama Gandhi and Zheng Zeng, 2013,A New Hilbert-type Integral Inequality with the Homogeneous Kernel of Real Degree Form and the Integral in Whole Plane, Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences & Applications (B M S A), 2013 , Vol. 2 ( 1) : 95-114(if=close to 1)

394

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. Prof. Lahiri found a possible solution to the conjecture after proving the validity of the conjecture for meromorphic functions having no simple a-points for some finite complex number a. Prof. Lahiri with Dr. Kit Wing Yu obtained a partial answer to a question raised by 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. Following Lahiri‘s method, K. S. Charak and J. Rieppo added one more counter example to the general converse of Bloch Principle. Also other authors like J. Xu and W. Cao, X. B. Zhang, J. F. Xu and H. X. Yi, J. Yunbo and G. Zongsheng 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. Total number of citations of Lahiri‘s work is 1205 and his h-index is 18 as available in Google scholar.

Proposer : Prof. Abhoy Pada Baisnab, Seconder : Prof. Kripasindhu Chaudhuri


1. I. Lahiri and I. Kaish, A non-zero value shared by an entire function and its linear differential polynomials, Canad Math. Bull., Vol. 56 (4) (2013), pp. 769 – 784. (if=0.26)

2. I. Lahiri and I. Kaish, An entire function sharing one non-zero value with its linear differential polynomials, J. Math. Anal Appl., Vol. 406(2013), pp. 66 – 74. (if=1.00)

3. I. Lahiri and A. Banerjee, A uniqueness polynomial for equi-polar meromorphic functions, Analysis (Munich), Vol. 33(2013), pp. 13 – 23. (if=0.29)

4. I. Lahiri and A. Banerjee, A uniqueness polynomial generating a unique range set and vise-versa, Comput. Methods and Funct. Theory (CMFT), Vol. 12(2)(2012), pp. 527 – 539.

5. I. Lahiri and R. Mukherjee, Uniqueness of entire functions sharing a value with linear differential polynomials, Bull. Austral. Math. Soc., Vol. 85(2012), pp. 295 – 306. (if=0.54)

6. I. Lahiri, A simple normality criterion leading to a counterexample to the converse of Bloch principle, New Zealand J. Math., Vol. 34(2005), pp. 61 – 65. (ci=10)

7. I. Lahiri and A. Sarkar, On a uniqueness theorem of Tohge, Arch. Math.(Basel), Vol. 84(5)(2005), pp. 461 – 469 (if=0.43, ci=25)

8. I. Lahiri, Characteristic functions of meromorphic functions sharing three values with finite weights, Complex Var. Theo. Appl., Vol. 50(1)(2005), pp. 69 – 78. (if=0.53, ci=12)

9. I. Lahiri, Weighted sharing and uniqueness of meromorphic functions, Nagoya Math. J., Vol. 161(2001), pp. 193 – 206 (if=0.41, ci=168)

10. I. Lahiri, Weighted value sharing and uniqueness of meromorphic functions, Complex Var. Theo. Appl., Vol. 46(3)(2001), pp. 241 – 253 (if=0.53, ci=155)

395

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.

396

AMBAT, VIJAYAKUMAR (b 1958), Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin


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)

397

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 polynomialof 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.)

398

BANERJEA, SUDESHNA (b 1963) Professor, Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032.


The Nominee has experience of working in the area of water wave propagation problems for more than twenty four years. She has already made significant contributions in this area. She is also working in the area of the theory of singular integral equations. She has published 51 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 six research project sponsored by DST, UGC, NBHM. She has supervised four Ph.D students. Three more students are working with her. Two Research Associates (CSIR, DS Kothari) are working with her. She availed IISc TIFR short term visiting Fellowship, NBHM visiting Fellowship for pursuing her research at IISc. Nominee‘s research publications listed in Annexure I such as [1- 6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-32, 34, 39, 41–44, 46-48] involve mostly some aspects of water wave propagation in the presence of obstacles in the form of thin barriers, nearly circular cylinder. Papers [5], [17], [41], [49] involve wave propagation problem in a two-layered fluid, while [43], [44] involve wave propagation problems in presence of VLFS and in ocean with icecover. Papers [7], [11], [16], [21], [30], [33], [35]-[38], [40], [45], [50] are concerned with solution of singular integral equations arising in mathematical physics.

Proposer : Prof. B.N. Mandal, Seconder : Prof. Uma Basu


1. Dhillon, Harpreet, Banerjea Sudeshna and Mandal B.N., Wave scattering by a thin vertical barrier in a two-layer fluid, Int. J. Engng Sci. (2014) , 78, 73-88. (Impact Factor 1.691) 2. Sudeshna Banerjea, Puspendu Rakshit and Paramita Maiti, 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 (2011) 025506 (15pp). (Impact Factor .673) 3. Dutta Barnali and Sudeshna Banerjea, Solution of a hypersingular integral equation in two disjoint intervals, Appl.Math.Lett., (2009) 22, no.8, 1281-1285. (Impact Factor 1.48) citation 6 4. Banerjea Sudeshna and Dutta Barnali, On a weakly singular integral equation and its application, Appl. Math. Letter, (2008) 21,no.7 ,729-734. (Impact Factor 1.48) 5. Banerjea Sudeshna and Kar, C.C.,Evaluation of wave amplitude for a class of water wave problems, ZAMM, 82, (2002) no.4, 269-276. (Impact Factor 1.01) 6. Banerjea Sudeshna and Kar, C.C., A note on some dual integral equations, ZAMM, 80, (2000) 205-210. (Impact Factor 1.01). citation 4 7. Banerjea Sudeshna , Scattering of water waves by vertical wall with gaps, J. Austral. Math. Soc., Ser B, 37, 9(1996) 512-529. (Impact Factor 1.04). citation 7 8. Banerjea Sudeshna and Mandal, B.N., Solution of singular integral equation in double interval arising in the theory of water waves, Appl. Math. Lett., 6, no. 3, (1993) 651-657. (Impact Factor 1.48). citation 13 9. Mandal, B.N. and Banerjea S.,A note on waves due to rolling of a partially immersed nearly vertical plate, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 51,(1991) 930-939. (Impact factor 1.41 ) citation 12 10. Mandal, B.N. and Bandyopadhyay, S., A note on the plane vertical wavemaker in the presence of surface tension, Quart. Appl. Math., 49, (1991) 627-633. (Impact factor .524 )

399

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


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, Rajahmundry, 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 including Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Teacher Award etc.

Proposer : Prof. Puduru Viswanatha Arunachalam,Seconder : Prof. Killampalli Srinivasa Rao


1. G.Ganesan et.al., Four Way Rough-Fuzzy quantifiers, International Electronic Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics [in print](ci=2)

2. G.Ganesan et.al., Approximations on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Predicate Calculus through Rough Computing, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, IOS Press, Vol:27, No:4, 1873–1879, 2014 [MR3271940] (if=0.788, ci=2)

3. G.Ganesan et.al., 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)

4. G.Ganesan et.al.,Intuitionistic Rough Fuzziness and Generalizations, Journal of Convergence in Information Technology, Vol:3, No:3, pp:82-88, 2008 (ci=2)

5. G.Ganesan et.al.,Rough classification in information systems with fuzzy decision attributes, International Journal Mathematical Sciences, vol:6, No:3-4, pp: 443-457, 2007 [MR2474861] (ci=4)

6. G.Ganesan et.al.,Reduct Generation in Information Systems, Journal of Engineering Letters, Vol:14:2, pp:36-41, 2007 (ci=4)

7. G.Ganesan et.al.,Feature Selection using Fuzzy Decision Attributes, International Journal of INFORMATION, Vol 9, No3, pp:381-394, 2006 [MR2231020] (ci=4)

8. G.Ganesan et.al.,Proper Rough Fuzzy Sets, International Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Vol 5, No 1, pp: 9-16, 2006 [MR2294362] (ci=2)

9. G.Ganesan et.al.,Knowledge Acquisition using Fuzzy Rough Bags, International Journal Mathematical Sciences, Vol 5, No : 2, pp:265-277, 2006 [MR2331907] (ci=2)

10. G.Ganesan et.al.,Rough Fuzzy Groups, Indian Journal of Mathematics & Math. Sci., pp:1-8, Vol 1, 2005 [MR2205795] (ci=4)

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GANGAVAMSAM, RAJA SEKHAR PYDI (b 1970), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 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 steady flow of a 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. (v) Some of the studies close to application areas are on viscous flow past a deformed void in a porous media as an application of measuring the velocity of groundwater; convection diffusion reaction inside porous pellets subject to various boundary conditions as an application to bioreactors; Recent work is on Thermocapillary drift on a viscous drop that has been published in Physics of Fluids.

Proposer : Prof. B V Ratish Kumar, Seconder : Prof. Prawal Sinha


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=0.571)

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=0.656)

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=2.04)

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=1.214)

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=1.83)

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=0.54)

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=2.351)

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=1.194)

9. M Kohr, J Prakash, G P Raja Sekhar, W L Wendland (2009), Expansions at small Reynolds numbers for the flow past a porous circular cylinder, Applicable Analysis 88 (7), 1093-1114 (if=0.909)

10. D Choudhuri, G P Raja Sekhar (2013), Thermocapillary drift on a spherical drop in a viscous fluid, Physics of Fluids 25, 043104(if=2.04)

402

KANORIA, MRIDULA (b 1955), Associate Professor, University of Calcutta, Kolkata


Dr Mridula Kanoria has made outstanding contributions in the field of thermo elasticity – a branch which has been pursued by engineers and applied mathematicians. This field has tremendous applications in variety of areas varying from earthquake, laser penetration, chemical bonding, nuclear reactor etc. I am highly impressed with Dr. Kanoria‘s research contributions and she is one of the very active woman scientists in our country who has been continuously contributing to this field over the last two decades. Most of her research publications have appeared in journals with high impact value and are highly rated journals. Her vast area of research includes smart materials, magneto-thermo elasticity, functionally graded materials, visco-elasticity. She is a member of editorial boards of Application in Applied Mathematics: An International Journal, Indian Journal of Theoretical Physics. She has acted as a reviewer of journals like International Journal of Solid and Structures (Elsevier), International Journal of Thermo physics (Springer US), Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier), International Journal of non-linear sciences and numerical simulations, Mathematics and Mechanics of solids (Sage Publication) etc. She has widely travelled to participate and chair conferences/ meets in countries like USA, UK, Africa, Europe, Japan, China etc. She is also known worldwide by eminent scientists and scholars. She is an active member of various educational societies like NASI, ISI, ISTAM, Science Congress etc. She is a recipient of Gold medal for standing first in University of Calcutta. She has also received visiting fellowship from IISc TIFR. Going by these yardsticks I would strongly recommend Dr. Kanoria for the relevant post.

Proposer : Prof. N. K. Gupta, Seconder : Prof. 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=2.099, ci=36) 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=2.099,

ci=31) 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=1.592, ci=19) 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=1.692, ci=9) 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=1.706, ci=19) 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=12) 7. Sadek Hossain Mallik and M. Kanoria, (2009), A unified generalised thermoelasticity formulation:

Application to penny shaped crack analysis. Journal of Thermal Stresses,32, 945-965. (if=1.05, ci=12)

8. 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=1.592, ci=33)

9. Payal Das and M. Kanoria, (2009), Magneto-thermo-elastic response in a functionally graded isotropic unbounded medium under periodically varying heat source, Int. J. of Thermo Phys., 30 2098-2121. (if=.952, ci=6) 10. A.Sur and M. Kanoria,(2012),Fractional order two-temperature thermoelasticity with finite speed, Acta

Mechanica, 223, 2685-2701.(if=1.82, ci=3)

403

KUMAR, NARINDER (b 1967), Professor, Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2013, Mathematical Sciences) Prof. Narinder Kumar has made significant contributions in the area of statistical inference and multiple comparison procedures. His scientific publications are in journals of national and international repute, and have wide range of applications in engineering, reliability, clinical trials, agriculture 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 and ranking procedure under censored data setting, which appeared in the special issue of a 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, based on U-statistics, which includes many existing tests as its members, and thus unifies the previous work. Moreover, he has suggested a technique for optimal choice of design parameters so that the testing procedure has the maximum efficiency. Recently, a reputed publisher - Tata McGraw Hill published his book. Besides these publications, he has successfully supervised four Ph.D. students and two other students are currently pursuing their work. He is actively providing professional service to various national and international journals as Editor/Guest Editor/Associate Editor. Prof. Kumar has research collaborators from institutes such as Ohio State University, USA; I.I.T., Kanpur; University of Guelph, Canada; Humboldt University, Germany; University of Texas, USA; P.G.I., Chandigarh; Tabriz University, Iran; G.N.D.U., Amritsar; Tribhuvan University, Nepal; and N.C.E.R.T., New Delhi.

Proposer : Prof. S. P. Mukherjee, Seconder : Prof. Inder Bir Singh Passi Ten Best Publications: 1. Kumar, N. and Koessler, W. (2010). An adaptive test for the two-sample scale problem based on U-

statistics, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, Volume 39, 1785-1802. MR

2783619. (if=0.520, ci=8) 2. Kumar, N, Misra, Neeraj 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=2.07, ci=9) 3. Kumar, N., Singh, R. 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.

MR 3118212. (if=0.531, ci=2) 4. Kumar, N., Malhotra, S., Pandhi, P. and Sharma, P.K. (2003). Effect of inhaled steroids on bone

mineral density: A Meta-anlaysis, Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 43, 193-197. (if=2.911,

ci=29) 5. 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. MR 1993636.

(if=0.399, ci=10) 6. Kumar, N., Shalabh and Paudel, C.M. (2009). Consistent estimation of regression parameters under

replicated ultrastructural model with non-normal errors, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation,

Volume 79, 251-274. MR 2675226. (if=0.629, ci=6) 7. Kumar, N., Singh, H. and Khamnei, H.J. (1999). A subset selection procedure based on randomly

censored data, Statistics and Decisions - Special issue in honour of Prof. R. E. Bechhofer (Originator of

Selection and Ranking Methodology), Volume 4, 87-106. MR 1713562. (if=0.210, ci=8) 8. Kumar, N. and Misra, Neeraj (2007). Selecting the least dispersive population, Journal of Applied

Statistical Science, Volume 15, 111-126. MR 2412447. (if=1.209, ci=6) 9. Kumar, N. and Koessler, W. (2008). An adaptive test for the two-sample location problem based on U-

statistics, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, Volume 37, 1329-1346. MR

2528278. (if=0.520, ci=10) 10. 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. MR 1436087. (if=0.474, ci=12)

404

RAMANA, DEVARAKONDA SURYA (b 1969), Associate Professor, Harishchandra Research Institute,

Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad - 211019


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)

405

UMA SHANKAR, CHEBIYYAM (b 1955), Professor, Deptt. of OR & SQC, Rayalaseema University,

Kurnool – 518007 (AP) Member of the NASI: No (YON 2013, Mathematical Sciences)

The specialized studies on Mathematical Programming problems in Advanced Operations Research include some contributions to Priority Queueing Systems during author‘s doctoral thesis work which followed many research problems with the research students covering the Optimisation of Assignment problems, developing novel Replacement and Scheduling theoretical concepts which are demonstrated through heuristic procedures, solving a class of hierarchical objective set covering Models for Emergency Service Facility Location. Using Operations Research Techniques that are coupled with the power of computing methodologies, studies were carried out on application problems like Cyber Securities, Image Processing and E-Governance Frame work analysis. Importantly doctoral work is focused on the industrial sector in Optimizing the IC Engine Parameters using Taguchi philosophy. Further research work is concentrated on Reliability Engineering viz., Integrated Reliability Models (IRM) under Redundancy, with particular focus on Multiple Constraints . Different models are being studied, probing the analysis, thus deriving the optimal solutions which work has not been reported so far in the literature to the best of the knowledge of the author and won the appreciation of the leading reliability practitioners like Prof Nazor Singapurwalla and Prof Way Kuo. The author in recent past initiated the study on Ancient Indian and Vedic Mathematics which prompted in organizing two national DST sponsored workshops. He edited the proceedings of the first workshop. It is also proposed to write and publish a NOMOGRAPH as ready reckoner with regard to IRM under Redundancy with Multiple Constraints for different reliability configuration structures.

Proposer : Prof. P.V. 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)

406

BAGEWADI, CHANNABASAPPA SHANTHAPPA (b 1952), Professor, Deptt. of P.G. Studies and

Research in Mathematics, Jnana Sahyadri Kuvempu University, Shimoga-577451. Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences) Dr.C.S.Bagewadi has made significant contributions in a wide variety of areas in differential geometry and its applications in dusty gas flows. In particular 1) Riemannian and semi-Riemannian manifolds with certain curvature conditions 2) Semi-symmetric metric and quarter symmetric metric connections on Riemannian and semi Riemannian manifolds 3) Contact manifold and their submanifolds 4) Finsler spaces and their conformal motion 5) dusty gas of Saffman model in Frenet frame field system 6) MHD/MGD flow on different surfaces-inverse, spherical and parallel by using fundamental magnitudes (metric). In the areas of contact manifolds and their sub manifolds, divergence, curl, symmetric and recurrent type of properties for different curvature tensor like conformal, circular, quasi-conformal, projective, C- Bochner on Sasakian, Kenmotsu, trans-Sasakian (k, µ)- contact metric manifolds and Lorentzian (Semi-Riemannian) manifolds are studied. Also invariant, anti-invariant, semi-variant submanifolds of contact and Kahlerian manifold are studied. The main result obtained by him under various hypotheses is that the manifolds are Einstein‘s & submanifolds are totally geodesic. Further he has published several papers in different areas of fluid mechanics like, 1) flow of dusty gas in different regions 2) boundary layer flow of dusty gas 3) Flow and heat and mass transfer of dusty gas, 4) Flow and heat and mass transfer of Nano fluid. In this area he studied the flow analysis by both analytical and numerical solution methods. Now he is working on Ricci flow of contact manifolds. Prof C.S.Bagewadi has been awarded Sadhana Puraskara award by Kuvempu University as an outstanding academician. He is the co-author of the book with Prof K.S.Amur on Differential Geometry published by NAROSA. The co-authors of Prof C .S. Bagewadi include Prof Izumi, Japan, Prof Ali,j.Chamkha, Iran, Dr Bhagawat Prasad, Batia, Dr A.A.Shaikh, Burdwan. He has delivered N.R Sen memorial lecture at the International Conference, Calcutta Mathematical Society 2010.

Proposer : Prof. N. M. Bujurke, Seconder : Prof. I.S. Shivakumara Ten Best Publication: 1. ―Three-Dimensional Couette Flow of a Dusty Fluid with Heat Transfer,‖ ‗Accepted in Applied Mathematical Modeling‘ Vol. 36 (2012) 683-701. (with B.J.Gireesha, A.J. Chamkha, C.S. Vishalakshi). (IF:1.371; CI:0) 2. ―Boundary layer flow and Heat Transfer of a Dusty Fluid Flow over a Stretching Sheet with Non-uniform heat Source/Sink,‖ ‗International Journal of Multiphase Flow‘ 37(8) (2011). Pp 977-982. (With B.J.Gireesha, G.K.Ramesh, M.Subhas Abel). (IF:1.772; CI:1) 3. ―Hypersurfaces of H-conformally Flat Recurrent Finsler Spaces‖ ‗Journal of Ramanujan Mathematical Society‘, Vol. 10, No.1, 1995. (IF: ; CI:) 4. ―Pulsatile Flow of an Unsteady Dusty Fluid Through Rectangular Channel‖ ‗Comm. Non. Sci. & Num. Sim‘., 14, (2009), Pp. 2103-2110, (with B.J.Gireesha, B.C.Prasannakumara) (IF:2.697; CI:3). 5. ―A Study of Unsteady Dusty Gas Flow in Frenet Frame Field‖ ‗Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics‘, Vol.31, No.11, (2000). (with A.N.Shantharajappa) (IF:0.254; CI:7). 6. ―Solutions of One Dimensional Steady Flow of Dusty Gas in an Anholonomic Co-ordinate System‖, ‗Proceedings, Indian Academy of Sciences‘ (Mathematical Science), Vol. 109, No.4, 1999. (with A.N.Shantharajappa) (IF:0.226; CI:1). 7. ―On Infinitesimal H-Conformal Motions of Finsler Metric‖ ‗Proceedings (Mathematical Science) Indian Academy of Science‘, Vol. 105, No.1, 1995. (with H.G.Nagaraj and H.Izumi) (IF:0.226; CI:1). 8. ―A Study of Two Dimensional Unsteady Dusty Fluid Flow Under Varying Temperature‖ ‗Int. Jou. App. Mech. Engg‘, Vol.9, No.4 (2004). (with B.J.Gireesha) (IF:0.; CI:17). 9. ―A Study of Two Dimensional Steady Dusty Fluid Flow Under Varying Pressure Gradient‖, ‗Tensor.N.S‘, Vol.64 (2003), pp.232-240.. (with B.J.Gireesha) (IF:0 ; CI:17). 10. ―On totally Real Sub-manifolds of Kaehlerian Manifolds Admitting Semi Symmetric Metric F-connection‖ ‗Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics‘, Vol.13(5), (1982) 528-536. (IF:0.254; CI:0).

407

DEKA, RUDRA KANTA (b 1961), Professor, Department of Mathematics, Gauhati University, Guwahati-

781014


Professor Rudra Kanta Deka has made substantial and fundamental contributions in the research work pertained to flow past plates and cylinders, flow past porous media, heat and mass transfer with thermal stratification (vertical advection) including stability of flows (Taylor-Couette flow, Dean flow and Taylor-Dean flow) with radial heating. His analysis on the hydrodynamic instability of flow between permeable circular cylinders driven by a constant azimuthal pressure gradient reveals that a positive throughflow has a stabilizing effect on the flow. This result has important bearing on Keplerian astrophysical disks and this work has been abstracted in ‗Solid State and Superconductivity‘. While studying the stability of the Taylor-Dean flow with radial heating, he found that the radial heating leads to a complete stable flow. He has applied wavelet Galerkin technique to solve partial differential equations and established the reliability and accuracy of the differential transform method in the analyses of instabilities of circular Couette flows between circular cylinders. He has published 101 research papers, guided 15 PhD students.

Proposer : (Late) Prof. A. S. Gupta, Seconder : Prof. B. S. Dandapat Ten Best Publications: 1. Deka, Rudra Kanta and Paul, Ashish (2013): Convectively driven flow past an infinite moving vertical

cylinder with thermal and mass stratification. Pramana-Journal of Physics, 81(4), 641-665. (if=0.562, ci=0) 2. Deka, R. K. and Paul, A. (2013): Stability of narrow-gap Taylor-Dean flow with radial heating: stationary

critical modes. Computer & Fluids, 82, 87-94 (if=1.935, ci=0) 3. Deka, R. K. and Paul, A. (2012): Transient free convection flow past an infinite moving vertical cylinder

in a stably stratified fluid. J. Heat Transfer (Trans ASME), 134(4), 042503-8. (if=1.83, ci=2) 4. Choudhury, A. H. and Deka, R. K. (2010): Wavelet-Galerkin solutions of one dimensional elliptic

problems, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 34, 1939–1951. (if=1.579, ci=5) 5. Deka, R. K., Gupta, A.S. and Das, S. K. (2007): Stability of viscous flow driven by an azimuthal

pressure gradient between two porous concentric cylinders with radial flow and a radial temperature

gradient. Acta Mechanica, 189 (1-4), 73-86. (if=1.292, ci=7) 6. Deka, R.K., Takhar, H.S. (2004): Hydrodynamic stability of viscous flow between curved porous

channels with radial flow, Intl. J. Engng. Sci., 42, 953-966. (Abstracted in Solid State and

Superconductivity) (if=1.21, ci=6) 7. Soundalgekar, V.M.; Takhar, H.S.; Das, U.N.; Deka, R.K.; Sarmah, A. (2004): Effect of variable

viscosity on boundary layer flow along a continuously moving plate with variable surface temperature, Int.

J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 40, 421-424. (if=2.913, ci=10) 8. Deka, R.K., Gupta, A.S., Takhar, H.S. and Soundalgekar, V.M. (1999): Flow past an accelerated

horizontal plate in a rotating fluid, Acta Mechanica, 138, 13-19. (if=1.292, ci=23) 9. Das, U.N., Deka, R.K. and Soundalgekar, V.M. (1999): Transient free convection flow past an infinite vertical plate with periodic temperature variation, J. Heat Transfer(Trans. ASME), 121, 1091-1094. (if=1.83, ci=54) 10. Das, U.N., Deka, R. K. and Soundalgekar, V. M. (1994): Effects of mass transfer on flow past an

impulsively started infinite vertical plate with constant heat flux and chemical reaction, Forchung in

Ingenieurwesen-Engineering Research, 60(10), 284-287. (if=0.268, ci=253)

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GUNASEELAN, ARIVARIGNAN (b 1951), Emeritus Scientist (CSIR), Retired Senior Professor of

Statistics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625021 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences)

The Major scientific contribution of Professor G. Arivarignan (currently Emeritus Scientist, CSIR) falls in the fields of Stochastic Modeling and Applied Statistics. He has been working in this area for more than 30 years. His Ph. D. (from IIT-M) was on Modeling of Stochastic systems and introduced the Markov Renewal Techniques in this area of research which became a defacto methodology used in this field. One paper (Performance Evaluation, 2008) has received a distinction of one of top 25 downloads in Science Direct. For the contributions made in this area, he has received a D. Sc. Degree in Statistics. He has also become a Fellow of Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences. He has used Advanced Bayesian Methods in understanding the distribution of disease (TB) counts in the wards of Madurai Corporation (Tamil Nadu) and brought out the pattern of hot spots of disease incidence risk. The paper containing these results was published in Indian Journal Medical Research (Vol. 123, pp 788-798, 2006) and marked as the top most downloaded paper (according to PubMed) in that area of research for five year period 2006-2011. Professor G. Arivarignan successfully completed six Major Research Projects (funded by UGC-2, NBHM, CSIR and DST-2) and presently handling one Major Research Project (funded by DST). He has guided 16 research students for their Ph.D. degrees in the field of Mathematics and Statistics and conducted 3 international and 12 national Conferences.

Proposer : Prof. M. Venkatachalappa, Seconder : Prof. P. Kandaswamy Ten Best Publications: 1. Kalpakam, S. and Arivarignan, G., Inventory System with Random Supply Quantity, OR SPECTRUM, 12, 139-145, 1990. (IF=2.03, CI=11) 2. Kalpakam, S. and Arivarignan, G., (s, S) Inventory Systems with Lost Sales and Markov Renewal

Demands, Mathematical And Computer Modelling, 12, 1511-1520, 1989 (IF=1.066, CI=4) 3. Kalpakam, S. and Arivarignan, G., A Co-ordinated Multi-Commodity (s,S) Inventory System (with S. Kalpakam). Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 18(11), 69-73, 1993 (IF=1.066, CI=12) 4. Yadavalli, V. S. S., Sivakumar, B., and Arivarignan G., Inventory System with Renewal Demands at Service Facilities, International Journal of Production Economics, 114(1), 252-264, 2008 (IF=1.988, CI=2) 5. Chandrasekaran, K. and Arivarignan G., Disease Mapping Using Mixture Distribution, Indian Journal of Medical Research, 123, 788 - 798, 2006 (IF=1.833, CI=2) 6. Yadavalli, V. S. S., Sivakumar, B., Adetunji, O.,and Arivarignan G., A Multi-Server Perishable Inventory System with Negative Customer, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 61, 254-273, 2011. (IF=1.543, CI=1) 7. Paul Manuel, Sivakumar, B., and Arivarignan, G., A Perishable Inventory System with Service Facilities and Retrial Customers, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 54(3), 484-501, 2008. (IF=1.543, CI=7) 8. Sivakumar, B., and Arivarignan, G., A Stochastic Inventory System with Postponed Demands, Performance Evaluation, 66, 47-58, 2009. (IF=1.1688, CI=1) 9. Sivakumar, B., Jayaraman R. and Arivarignan G., A Discrete Time Inventory System with Postponed Demand, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 37 (7), pp. 4771-4786, 2012 (IF=1.112, CI=0) 10. Shophia Lawrence, A., Sivakumar B. and Arivarignan G., A Perishable Inventory System with Service

Facility and Finite Source, 37 (7), pp. 4771-4786, 2013. (IF=1.579, CI=0)

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GUPTA, VIJAY (b 1962), Professor (Mathematics), School of Applied Sciences, Netaji Subhas Institute of

Technology, New Delhi – 110078 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences)

Professor Vijay Gupta has made excellent contributions to the area of Approximation Theory, especially on Linear Positive Operators through his sustained research works [1]- [231], which have been published in journals of international repute. Recently, he has written a book on`Applications of q-Calculus in Operator Theory for Springer, US which will be released in April 2013. His most significant contributions are: • He first ever introduced several integral type operators so as to approximate Lebesgue integrable functions on the real axis [17], [24], [29], [65], [78], [80], [90]. He established the technique to discuss inverse results for integral type operators [10], [38], [156]. • He estimated first time the rate of convergence for functions of bounded variation and for functions with derivatives of bounded variation of several summation-integral type operators. He also introduced the Bezier variants of many well-known operators and established rate of convergence [47], [58], [66], [68], [69], [76], [78], [95], [101], [103], [111], [122], [128], [145]. • First time he introduced the q-analogue of well-known operators and established approximation properties [94], [113], [10], [148], [163], [170], [180], [185], [191], [195], [207], [210]. • Very recently he worked jointly with Prof Gal and estimated first time the exact quantitative estimates for Durrmeyer-type operators and its q analogue in complex domain [192], [193], [204], [206], [212]. Professor Gupta, by most of his research work carried out exclusively in India, has made significant impact on the area of Approximation Theory nationally and internationally.

Proposer : Prof. Raj Senani, Seconder : Prof. N.K. Govil

Ten Best Publications: 1. Vijay Gupta and R. P. Pant, Rate of convergence of the modified Szasz-Mirakyan operators on functions of bounded variation, J. Mathematical Analysis and Applications 233 (1999), 476-483. (IF=1.345, CI=36) 2. X. M. Zeng and Vijay Gupta, Rate of convergence of Baskakov-Bézier type operators for locally bounded functions, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 44 (10-11) (2002), 1445-1453. (IF=1.472, CI=33) 3. H. M. Srivastava and Vijay Gupta, A certain family of summation integral type operators, Mathematical and Computer Modelling 37 (2003), 1307-1315. (IF=1.166, CI=47) 4. Vijay Gupta, Rate of approximation by new sequence of linear positive operators, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 45(12) (2003), 1895-1904. (IF=1.472, CI=16) 5. Vijay Gupta, Degree of approximation to function of bounded variation by Bezier variant of MKZ operators, J. Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 289 (1) (2004), 292-300. (IF=1.345, CI=10) 6. Vijay Gupta, The Bezier variant of Kantorovitch operators, Computers and Mathematics with

Applications. 47 2/3 (2004), 227-232.(IF=1.472, CI=5) 7. Vijay Gupta and M. A. Noor, Convergence of derivatives for certain mixed Szasz Beta operators, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 321 (1) (2006), 1-9. (IF=1.345, CI=21) 8. Vijay Gupta, Simultaneous approximation for Bezier variant of Szasz-Mirakyan- Durrmeyer operators, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 328 (1) (2007), 101-105. (IF=1.345, CI=6) 9. Vijay Gupta, Some approximation properties on q-Durrmeyer operators, Applied Math Computation 197 (1) (2008), 172-178(IF=1.534, CI=39) 10. Vijay Gupta and Ali Aral, Convergence of the q analogue of Szasz-Beta operators, Applied

Mathematics and Computation 216 (2010), 374-380 (IF=1.534, CI=10)

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KRISHNAN, BALACHANDRAN (b 1955), Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar

University, Coimbatore-641046 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences) In control theory, one of the most important qualitative aspects of a dynamical system is controllability. This has been extensively studied for finite dimensional linear systems. Dr.Balachandran has investigated the controllability problem for different classes of nonlinear systems. He introduced the concept of asymptotic null controllability for dynamical systems. Dr.Balachandran studied the controllability problem for various kinds of abstract functional integrodifferential systems, stochastic systems, fractional dynamical systems and partial differential equations. In control theory alone he has published more than 100 papers in SCI journals. This is the single most achievement of Dr.Balachandran. Indeed it is a commendable work. Apart from control theory, he investigated the existence problem for various classes of differential and integral equations. The results have been established with the help of fixed point principles. In differential equations, he has published over 50 papers in SCI journals. As per Scopus, Dr.Balachandran has nearly 217 papers and 1390 citations and his h-index is 17. His two survey papers on controllability of nonlinear systems have the citation of 120. As per Google Scholar, Dr.Balachandran's publication is more than 330 and the citation is 3424 and h-index is 28. His publication list in MathSciNet is 322. In fact, Dr.Balachandran's contributions to the fields of control theory and differential equations are highly commendable. Dr.Balachandran's most significant contribution is the successful application of fixed point technique to control theory and differential equations. For these contributions, I strongly recommend him for the Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India.

Proposer : Prof.K.M.Tamizhmani, Seconder : Prof.R.Parthasarathy Ten Best Publications: 1. K.Balachandran, Global Relative Controllability of Nonlinear Systems with Time Varying Multiple Delays in Control, International Journal of Control, Vol.46, No.1, 1987, pp 193-200. (if=1.008, ci=Scopus:05, Google Scholar:10) 2. K.Balachandran, J.P.Dauer and P.Balasubramaniam, Controllability of Nonlinear Integrodifferential Systems in Banach Space, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol.84, No.1, 1995, pp 83- 91. (if=1.423, ci=Scopus:43, Google Scholar:59) 3. K.Balachandran and J.P.Dauer, Controllability of Sobolev Type Integrodifferential Systems in Banach Spaces, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications,Vol.217, No.2,1998, pp 335-348. (if=1.05, ci=Scopus:17, Google Scholar:23) 4. K.Balachandran and J.P.Dauer, Controllability of Nonlinear Systems in Banach Spaces; A Survey, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,Vol.115, No.1, 2002, pp 7-28. (if=1.423, ci=Scopus:75, Google Scholar:103) 5. K.Balachandran and E.R.Anandhi, Controllability of Neutral Functional Integrodifferential Infinite Delay Systems in Banach Spaces, Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics, Vol.8, No.4, 2004, pp 689-702. (if=0.633, ci=Scopus:18, Google Scholar:26) 6. K.Balachandran and S.Karthikeyan, Controllability of Nonlinear Ito Type Stochastic Integrodifferential Systems, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol.345, No.4, 2008, pp 382-391. (if=2.418, ci=Scopus:15, Google Scholar:17) 7. K.Sakthivel, K.Balachandran and S.S.Sritharan, Exact Controllability of Nonlinear Diffusion Equations Arising in Reactor Dynamics, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, Vol.9, No.5, 2008, pp 2029-2054. (if=2.201, ci=Scopus:08, Google Scholar:12) 8. K.Balachandran and J.Y.Park, Nonlocal Cauchy Problem for Abstract Fractional Semilinear Evolution Equations, Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol.71, No.10, 2009, pp 4471-4475. (if=1.64, ci=Scopus:44, Google Scholar:72) 9. E.Hernandez, D.O'Regan and K.Balachandran, On Recent Developments in the Theory of Abstract Differential Equations with Fractional Derivatives, Nonlinear Analysis Series A: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol.73,No.7, 2010, pp 3462-3471. (if=1.64, ci=Scopus:69, Google Scholar:101) 10. K.Balachandran, Y.Zhou and J.Kokila, Relative Controllability of Fractional Dynamical Systems with Delays in Control, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Vol.17, No.9, 2012, pp 3508-3520. (if=2.773, ci=Scopus:10, Google Scholar:10)

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MURTHY, PRABHALA VENKATA SATYA NARAYANA (b 1970), Professor, Department of

Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur


His research focus is on the magnetic drug targeting in micro blood vessels with non-Newtonian blood models which involves finding the trajectories of the drug dosed magnetic carrier particle in a micro vessel which is subjected to the external magnetic field. This is one of the active research areas in the bio-fluid mechanics which has applications in treating tumors in various parts of the human body. In human blood vessel, the endothelium cells are covered with a gel-like layer of membrane-bound glycol-proteins and plasma proteins, named as the glycocalyx layer which is a porous layer. The carrier particles, bound with nanoparticles and drug molecules are injected into the vascular system upstream trom malignant tissue, and captured at the tumor site using a local applied magnetic field. The applied magnetic field is produced by a cylindrical magnet positioned outside the body and near the tumor position. To capture the particle at the tumor location, the fluidic force experienced by the carrier particle traversing in the two-phase fluid in the micro vessel has to be countered by the magnetic force due to the external magnetic field. Several factors that influence the magnetic targeting are the size and shape of the carrier particle, the volume traction of embedded magnetic nanoparticles, and the distance of separation of the magnet trom the axis of the micro vessel. A prediction of the capture of therapeutic magnetic nanoparticle in the impermeable microvasculature is made for different radii, distances of separation and volume tractions in both the invasive and noninvasive cases.

Proposer : Prof. V. D. Sharma, Seconder : Prof. Gautam Biswas Ten Best Publications: 1. Ch. RamReddy, P.V.S.N.Murthy, A.J.Chamkha, A.M. Rashid, ―Soret Effect on Mixed Convection Flow

in a Nanofluid under Convective Boundary Condition‖, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 64 (2013). 2. P.V.S.N.Murthy, Ch. RamReddy, A.J.Chamkha, A.M. Rashid,―Magnetic effect on Thermally Stratified

Nanofluid Saturated Non-Darcy Porous Medium under Convective Boundary Condition‖, Int. Commun. in

Heat and Mass Transfer, 47, 41-48, 2013. 3. Sachin Shaw, P V S N Murthy, P Sibanda, Magnetic drug targeting in permeable micro vessel,

Microvascular research, V. 85, 77-85, 2013. 4. P.K. Kameswaran, S. Shaw, P. Sibanda, P. V. S. N. Murthy, Homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions

in a nanofluid flow due to a porous stretching sheet, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,

V.57, 465 - 472, 2013. 5. Sachin shaw and P V S N Murthy, The effect of shape factor on the magnetic targeting in the

permeable micro vessel with two phase Casson fluid model, Trans ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in

Engineering and Medicine, Vol. 3, 2012 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4005675). 6. Sachin Shaw and P. V. S. N. Murthy, Magnetic targeting in the impermeable micro -vessel with two

phase fluid model - Non-Newtonian characteristics of blood, ―Micro vascular Research‖, Vol. 80 (2010)

209-220. 7. Sachin Shaw and P. V. S. N. Murthy, Magnetic targeting in the permeable blood vessel - The effect of

blood rheology, ―Transactions of ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine‖ Vol

1(2), 1-11, 2010, DOI: 10.1115/1.4001477 . 8. P. A. Lakshmi Narayana., P. V. S. N. Murthy., and Rama Subba Reddy Gorla.: ―Journal of Fluid

Mechanics‖, Volume 612, pages 1-19, 2008, (Impact factor – 2.315). 9. S. Shaw, P V S N Murthy and S.C. Pradhan Effect of non-Newtonian characteristics of blood on

magnetic targeting in the impermeable micro-vessel, ―Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials‖, Vol.

322, (2010), 1037 - 1043.

10. PVSN Murthy, Trans ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 122, 476-484, 2000.

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PAGAVATHI GOUNDER, BALASUBRAMANIAM (b 1967), Professor, Department of Mathematics, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram-624302


Dr. P. Balasubramaniam has introduced polytopic and linear fractional uncertainties in the neutral type and fuzzy phenomenon of delayed neural networks to establish stability and stabilization results for the problems that appear in study of automatic control, chemical reactors, distributed networks and so on by constructing the novel Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional in terms of Linear Matrix Inequalities by employing delay decomposition techniques and free-weighting matrices. Various delays including of leakage, time-varying and discrete have been successfully introduced to establish novel stability results. The outcomes of the stability results (100 numbers) have been published in the Science Citation indexed journals with good impact factors. Significant results of challenging problems on the existence, approximate controllability and optimal control theory of evolution equations in Hilbert space have been established by the nominee for the nonlinear, semilinear and quasilinear types of equations using the fixed-point theorems. Optimal control theory offers modern methods regarding the control of systems and thus plays an important role in linear control theory thus the three novel nontraditional approaches known as Neural Networks, Genetic Programming and Ant Colony Programming for analyzing optimal control of nonlinear dynamical systems have been successfully implemented. The advantage of the studying optimal control in neural networks was explored through evaluation of solution at any desired number of points spending negligible computing time and memory. Based on quadratic performance criteria, the established results have been analyzed with optimal feedback with minimum cost control which has been characterized through the solution of a Riccati equation.

Proposer : Prof. P. Kandaswamy, Seconder : Prof. M. Venkatachalappa


1. X. Li, R. Rakkiyappan, P. Balasubramaniam, (2011), Existence and global stability analysis of equilibrium of fuzzy cellular neural networks with time delay in the leakage term under impulsive perturbations, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 348 (2), 135-155. (if=2.260, ci=91)

2. R. Rakkiyappan, P. Balasubramaniam, (2008), Delay-dependent asymptotic stability for stochastic delayed recurrent neural networks with time varying delays, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 198 (2), 526-533. (if=1.6, ci=84)

3. X. Li, X. Fu, P. Balasubramaniam, R. Rakkiyappan (2010), Existence, uniqueness and stability analysis of recurrent neural networks with time delay in the leakage term under impulsive perturbations, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11 (5), 4092-4108.(if=2.338, ci=83)

4. K. Balachandran, J.P. Dauer, P. Balasubramaniam, (1995), Controllability of nonlinear integrodifferential systems in Banach space, Journal of optimization theory and applications, 84 (1), 83-91.. (if=1.406, ci=68)

5. R. Rakkiyappan, P. Balasubramaniam, J.Cao, (2010), Global exponential stability results for neutral-type impulsive neural networks, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11 (1), 122-130. (if=2.338, ci=67)

6. R. Rakkiyappan, P. Balasubramaniam, (2008), New global exponential stability results for neutral type neural networks with distributed time delays, Neurocomputing, 71 (4), 1039-1045. (if=2.005, ci=63)

7. R. Rakkiyappan, P. Balasubramaniam, S. Lakshmanan, (2008) Robust stability results for uncertain stochastic neural networks with discrete interval and distributed time-varying delays, Physics Letters A 372 (32), 5290-5298. (if=1.626, ci=59)

8. M.S. Ali, P. Balasubramaniam, (2009), Stability analysis of uncertain fuzzy Hopfield neural networks with time delays, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 14 (6), 2776-2783. (if=2.569, ci=56)

9. P. Balasubramaniam, V. Vembarasan, R. Rakkiyappan, (2011), Delay-dependent robust exponential state estimation of Markovian jumping fuzzy Hopfield neural networks with mixed random time-varying delays, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 16 (4), 2109-2129. (if=2.569, ci=53)

10. P. Balasubramaniam, G. Nagamani, R. Rakkiyappan, (2011), Passivity analysis for neural networks of neutral type with Markovian jumping parameters and time delay in the leakage term, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 16 (11), 4422-4437. (if=2.569, ci=50)

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RAJAN, A.R. (b 1952), Professor, Deptt. of Mathematics, University of Kerala, Kariavattom-695581 Member of the NASI: No (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences) Prof. Dr. A.R. Rajan is personally known to me since the days of his Ph.D. work. And I have aquaintance

with his work almost throughot, till now, since his areas of interest are near to my own interests. His contribution to the area of semigroup theory is manifold and significant in many respects. As a part of

the continuing interest in the area he wrote a book on Group Representation Theory which, according to me, is one of the best available - starting from scratch and leading to the heights. His research papers have appeared in international journals like Semigroup Forum (Springer) and Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Oxford). He has participated and presented papers on semigroups of operators, semigroups related to languages and automata, semigroups of regular rings etc. in international conferences at variuos places like Vienna, Hungary, UK, Bangkok and so on. Dr. Rajan is a reviewer of Mathematical Reviews and edotor of Asian European Journal of Mathematics and referee for many journals. Dr. Rajan has contributed also on teaching and promotion of Mathematical Sciences and in that direction organised many seminars, conferences and workshops. On the whole, I feel that his contributions to research, teaching and promotion of Mathematical sciences is significant and as such he desreves being designated as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.

Proposer: Dr. T. Thrivikraman, Seconder: Dr. Oommen Vilaverthottathil Oommen Ten Best Publications: 1. Structure of combinatorial regular semigroups (jointly with Dr. KSS Nambooripad) Quart. J. Math. (Oxford) 1978 (IF=.603) 2. Local isomorphisms of cross connections, Semigroup Forum, Springer, 1991, pp 237-252 (IF=.612) 3. Topological regular semigroups and topological inductive groupoids, Semigroup Forum, Springer 1993, pp. 160-167 (IF=.612) 4. Semigroup of operators with a parameter (jointly with L. John) Bull. CAl. Math. Soc. 1994, pp. 335-348. 5. Ordered groupoids and normal categories, Proc. Int. Sym. Semigroups, Kunmimg, China 1996 pp 277- 284. 6. Biordered set languages (jointly with P. Rameshkumar), Indian J. Pure and Appl. Math.1996, pp. 343- 355 (IF=.333) 7. Characterization and counting of sandwich sets in finite transformation semigroups, (jointly with V.K. Sreeja), Bull. Southeast Asian Math. Soc. 2002 8. Translations of normal bands (jointly with Johnsy S. Prasad), Bull. Cal. Math. Soc. 2009 9. Rings of normal cones (jointly with Sunny Luckose), J. Pure and Appl. Math. 2010, pp. 663-681 (IF=.333) 10. Construction of R-strongly unit regular monoid (jointly with V.K. Sreeja), Asian European J. Math. 2011, pp. 653-670.

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SAHADEVAN, RAMAJAYAM (b 1955), Professor, Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai


Dr. Ramajayam Sahadevan has made seminal contributions to the field of Integrable Systems, a challenging area in the theory of nonlinear differential equations. Dr. Sahadevan‘s multifaceted investigations have enriched the subject and made profound impact in the field and opened up avenues for further research. His seminal contributions have received much attention, are well cited and have enhanced the image of integrable systems research in India at international fora. Recently he has made fundamental contributions in fractional differential equations, an emerging area in mathematics, and proposed novel analytic methods to study them effectively. Dr.Sahadevan has also made significant contributions in discrete integrable systems and devised analytic methods to find discrete version of ordinary and partial differential equations preserving the characteristics of the original equation which is one of the striking results in this area. Dr.Sahadevan has discovered a family of 4th order symplectic and integrable mappings which has generated a lot of interest in the field. In a related development he has identified higher dimensional discrete Painleve transcendental equations. Dr.Sahadevan has introduced a novel analytical method to derive conservation laws for nonlinear partial difference equations and remarkably shown that certain methods of integrability are equivalent. Dr. Sahadevan and his collaborators have demonstrated how the Lie Backlund transformation group theory to derive important algebraic structures related with complete integrability of discrete soliton equations. Dr. Sahadevan‘s analysis on the singularity structure of solutions of nonlinear differential equations has helped to discover several new integrable systems of high mathematical and physical relevance.

Proposer : Prof. M.Lakshmanan, Seconder : Prof. G.Rangarajan


1. R.Sahadevan, K.M.Tamizhmani and M.Lakshmanan,1986,Painleve Analysis and Integrability of Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations, J. Phys: Mathematical and General 19A, 1783-1791 (if=1.687, ci=108)

2. , M. Lakshmanan and R. Sahadevan, 1993, Painleve Analysis, Lie Symmetries and Integrability of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators of Polynomial Type, Physics Reports, 224, 1-93 (if=22.910, ci=108)

3. G.R.W. Quispel, H.W. Capel and R. Sahadevan, 1992, Continuous Symmetries of Differential-Difference Equations: the Kac-van Moerbeke Equations and Painleve Reduction, Physics Letters A, 170 379-383 (if=1.626, ci=106)

4. G.R.W. Quispel and R.Sahadevan, 1993, Lie Symmetries and The Integration of Difference Equations, Physics Letters A 184 64-70(if=1.626, ci=55)

5. M.Lakshmanan and R.Sahadevan, 1985, Coupled Anharmonic Oscillators, Painleve Analysis and Integrability, Physical Review A 31, 861-76 (if=2.991, ci=51)

6. , G.W.Bluman, Temuerchaolu, and R.Sahadevan, 2005, Local and Nonlocal Symmetries for Telegraph Equation, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 46, 023505(12 pages) (if=1.176, ci=50)

7. R. Radhakrishnan,R. Sahadevan and M. Lakshmanan, 1995, Integrability and Singularity Structure of Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals 5, 2315-2327 (if=1.503, ci=46)

8. G.B. Byrnes, R.Sahadevan and G.R.W. Quispel, 1995, Factorizable Lie Symmetries and the Linearization of Difference Equations, Nonlinearity, 8, 443-459 (if=1.200, ci=28)

9. R.Sahadevan and T.Bakkyaraj, 2012, Invariant Analysis of Time Fractional Generalized Burgers and Korteweg-de Vries Equations, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 393, 341-347 (if=1.119, ci=26)

10. R.Sahadevan, OG Rasin and PE Hydon, 2007, Integrability of Conditions For Noautonomous Quad-graph Equations,Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 331, 712-726 (if=1.119, ci=17)

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SHANMUGAM, SARAVANAN (b 1974), Associate Professor, UGC DRS Center for Fluid Dynamics, Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore


Dr Saravanan works on partial differential equations and scientific computing applicable to real world problems. He has made significant contributions to theoretical and computational fluid dynamics by finding results of fundamental importance in heat convection theory. He has used different mathematical techniques to predict a variety of convective flows and their stability. He has modelled convective instabilities driven by spatially nonuniform heat sources found in photochemical reactions for the first time in the literature to my knowledge. Based on a higher order spectral collocation method, a unique approach of its kind, he has identified thermal buoyant, shear and interactive modes of convective instabilities. He has extensively dealt with resonances of dynamic instability corresponding to time dependent equilibrium states. In such systems he has established the existence of closed disconnected instability regions. His use of nonlinear stability theory, through energy inequalities and variational principles, in describing centrifugal convection has been well accepted globally. Prof. Straughan and his co-workers have highly commended his work (Int. J. Engng. Sci., 48 (2010) 1610–1621 and Nonlin. Anal.: Real World Appl., 12 (2011) 2839-2843). He has investigated convection occurring in enclosures with particular references to nuclear reactor safety and electronic equipment cooling. He has published results in highly respected journals like Proc. Royal Society A, Physics of Fluids, Physical Review E, etc. He has received Young Scientist Awards from ISTAM (2000), lSCA (2003) and IMS (2007). He was a CSIR NET Junior/Senior Research Fellow (1997-2001), JSPS Fellow (Japan-2004-05) and BOYSCAST Fellow (Germany-2010).

Proposer : Prof. N. Rudraiah, Seconder : Prof. M. Venkatachalappa


1. S Saravanan & P Kandaswamy, Low Prandtl number magnetoconvection in cavities: Effect of variable thermal conductivity, J. Appl. Math. Mech. (ZAMM), 51(8), 570-576 (2000) (if=1.008, ci=9)

2. S Saravanan & P Kandaswamy, Non-Darcian thermal stability of a heat generating fluid in a porous medium, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 46 (25), 4863-4875 (2003) (if=2.522, ci=8)

3. S Saravanan & H Yamaguchi, Onset of centrifugal convection in a magnetic fluid saturated porous medium, Phys. Fluids, 17, 084105 (2005) (if=2.04, ci=17)

4. A K Abdul Hakeem, S. Saravanan and P Kandaswamy, Buoyancy convection in a square cavity with mutually orthogonal heat generating baffles, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 29(4), 1164-1173 (2008) (if=1.777, ci=13)

5. P Kandaswamy, Jinho Lee, A K Abdul Hakeem and S. Saravanan, Effect of baffle-cavity ratios on buoyancy convection in a cavity with mutually orthogonal heated baffles, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 51(7-8), 1830-1837 (2008) (if=2.522, ci=26)

6. S Saravanan & A Purusothaman, Floquet instability of a gravity modulated Rayleigh-Benard problem in an anisotropic porous medium, Int. J. Therm. Sci., 48, 2085-2091 (2009) (if=2.563, ci=20)

7. S Saravanan & T Sivakumar, Onset of filtration convection in a vibrating medium: The Brinkman model, Phys. Fluids, 22, 034104 (2010) (if=2.04, ci=19)

8. S Saravanan & D Brindha, Global stability of centrifugal filtration convection, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 367, 116-128 (2010) (if=1.119, ci=9)

9. S Saravanan & D Brindha, Onset of centrifugal filtration convection: Departure from thermal equilibrium, Proc. Royal Soc. A, 469, 20120655 (2013) (if=2.378, ci=2)

10. S Saravanan & C Sivaraj, Surface radiation effect on convection in a closed enclosure driven by a discrete heater, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, 53, 34-38 (2014) (if=2.124, ci=2)

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SRIVASTAVA, PARMESHWARY DAYAL (b 1953), Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics,

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721302 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2012, Mathematical Sciences) The candidate‘s work is mainly motivated by the development of the theory of sequence and function spaces over the past few decades in one direction and Security weaknesses of protocols for digital signatures, smart-card authentication and access control in other direction. The present day theory of sequence spaces is no more limited to the summability theory alone but has gone much beyond with the applications of functional analysis and structural theory of topological vector spaces. An attempt is made by the candidate to study the theory of sequence spaces with regard to some recent aspects like the scalar & vector - valued sequences, Orlicz & Modulus functions, duality theory, statistical convergence, Spectrum of difference operatos etc. In fact, a generalized vector - valued sequence space F (Ek, Λ) is defined as a sort of unification and generalization of several known scalar and vector valued sequence spaces. This is done by combining a sequence space F, a sequence of Banach spaces Ek, k= 1,2 ---- and a multiplier sequence V= (Vk ). A suitable topology is defined on this space with the help of the topology of F and those of Ek, k=1,2... It is established that F (Ek, Λ) is a complete paranormed space under this topology. Various aspects such as

-and continuous duals, convergence, separability, the aspects like weak and weak* - convergence, sequential completeness, compactness, characterization of matrix transformations etc. are studied. In continuation, an attempt is also made to study the various algebraic and topological aspects for

composite vector valued sequence spaces F (Ek, f), F (Ek, M), F (X, r), F (X, Δf); hN (EK), lM (B(EK,Y) & lM

(E′K) defined using modulus function f, Orlicz functions M and a sequence r= (rk) of strictly positive real numbers. Further, the study of proper basis in a complete linear metric spaces is also made which unifies many known results by earlier workers such as Iyer [1948],Arsove [1957],Krisnamurthy [1960] and others. Several known function and sequence spaces studied by Lalitha [1969], Kothe [1969], Leonard [1976], Iyer [1948], Kamthan [1976], Sen [1969], Maddox [1986], Ruckle [1973], Jakimovski & Russell [1982], Conner [1989], Ozturk & J. Bilgin1994], Kizmaz [1981], Ahmed and Mursaleen [1987] and others are

obtained from author‘s generalized vector valued sequence spaces F (Ek, Λ), F (Ek, f), F (Ek, M), F (x, r)

and F (X, , f) by choosing suitably F, f, M & Ek‘s. [ Ref: J. Math. Anal. Appl. 327(2007) 1029-1040; Indian J. of Pure & Applied Mathematics, 30(8), (1999), pp. 819-826; Applied Mathematics & Computation, Vol. 215 (2010), pp 4110-4118; Soochow Journal of Mathematics, Vol.23, No.2, 1997, pp.165- 172.] Recently, the candidate has shown interest to introduce and study new sequence spaces using the various types of convergence such as statistical convergence, lacunary convergence etc. and also the fine spectrum of the generalized difference operators ΔV, Δ

2 uv over the sequence spaces Co and l1. [ Ref.:

J. Mathematics & Applications No. 29, 2007, pp. 75-90; Int. J. of Pure & Applied Mathematics, vol.11, No.3, 2004, pp.335-353; Communications in Mathematical Analysis, Vol. 6, No.1, 2009, pp 8-21 .] Cryptographic protocols play a major role in many applications where data integrity, confidentiality, authenticity and other security-related issues are crucial. The candidate has studied some existing protocols for digital signatures, smart-card authentication and access control. Security weaknesses are identified in these protocols and improvements are proposed to remove these security weaknesses.

4, No. 3, 2007, pp. 348-354;

[ Ref.: Int. J. of Network Security, Vol. 7, no. 2, 2008 pp.223-234; Vol.

International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, Vol 2, No.1, 2009 ].

Proposer : Prof. Peeyush Chandra Seconder : Prof. Manjul Gupta


1. P.D. Srivastava : On vector valued sequence space hN (EK), lM(B(EK, Y) & lM (E′K) (With Ghosh, D.) -

J. Math. Anal. Appl. 327(2007) 1029-1040. (IF=1.297)

2. P.D.Srivastava : Generalized vector-valued paranormed sequence space using modulus (withSudhanshu kumar) function -Applied Mathematics & Computation, Vol. 215 (2010), pp 4110-4118 (IF=1.124)

3. P.D. Srivastava : On some vector valued sequence space using modulus function, (With Ghosh, D.) - Indian J. of Pure & Applied Mathematics, 30(8), (1999), pp. 819-826. (IF=0.333)

4. P.D.Srivastava : A Hierarchical Access Control-Based Proxy Signature-(with Debasis Giri)-International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, Vol 2, No.1, 2009 (IF=2.040)

5. P.D. Srivastava : On some vector valued sequence space using Orlicz functions, (With Ghosh, D.) - Glasnik Matematicki Series III, 34(54), 1999,no.2, pp. 253-61. (IF=0.387)

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6. P.D. Srivastava : Generalized sequence space F (X, r), (With Ghosh, D.) - Tamkang J. of Mathematics, Vol. 34 (2), 2003, pp. 93-98. (IF=0.086)

7. P.D. Srivastava : A Cryptographic Key Assignment Scheme for Access (with Debasis Giri) Control in Poset Ordered Hierarchies with Enanced Sequrity, International J.of Network Security,vol. 7, no. 2, 2008 pp.223-234

8. P.D.Srivastava : On the fine spectrum of the generalized difference operator v over the

(withSudhanshu kumar) Sequence space c0 - Communications in Mathematical Analysis, Vol. 6, No.1, 2009, pp 8-21 .

9. P.D. Srivastava: Fine Spectrum of Generalized Difference Operator Operator uv on (with

Sudhanshu Kumar) Sequence Space 1 - Applied Mathematics & Computation,218 (2012) 6407-6414. (IF=1.124)

10. P.D. Srivastava : Statistical convergence on composite vector valued sequence space (With A.Basu) -J. Mathematics & applications No. 29, 2007, pp. 75-90

11. P.D. Srivastava : Proper basis in a complete linear metric space, Soochow Journal of Mathematics, Vol.23, No.2, 1997, pp.165- 172.

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BALI, RAJ (b 1952), Professor of Mathematics & CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur


Prof. Raj Bali has been a Senior Faculty Member of the Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and Senior Associate of IUCAA, Pune (India), UGC Emeritus Fellow from February 2012 and joined as CSIR Emeritus Scientist from January 2, 2013 and continuing. His field of specialization are General Relativity, Cosmology and alternative theories of gravitation. He has got published 197 research papers of national and international repute (in foreign journals 104, national journals 93). He has written 3 books : Theory of Relativity, Tensor Analysis and Differential Geometry for P.G. and Research Students and these are very popular among the students. Recently his one chapter "C-Field Cosmological Model for Barotropic Fluid Distribution with Variable Gravitational Constant" published in InTech in the book "Aspects of Today's Cosmology", has achieved impressive readership and has so far been accessed 3000 times. Thirty research students have been awarded Ph.D degree under his supervision. In recognition of his scientific contribution, INSA, New Delhi has awarded a Research Fellowship in 2007-08. For publishing high quality research works, he was honoured by Vice-Chancellor of University of Rajasthan on January 26, 2009. He was invited to deliver lectures in so many conferences such as Kazan State University (Russia), RTM Nagpur University 2012, 2014, Central University of Rajasthan Ajmer in March 2014 and International Conference of Physical Sciences in University of Rajasthan, 2015. Recently he has been awarded D.Sc. Degree on the topic "Study of Anisotropic Cosmologies" in 2014 from University of Rajasthan, deserves for fellow of NASI.

Proposer : Prof. J.L. Bansal, Seconder : Prof. J.V. Narlikar


1. Raj Bali and Anjali (2006) Bianchi type I magnetized string cosmological model in general relativity, Astrophys. & Space-Science, 302, 201 (if=2.401, ci=48)

2. Raj Bali and A. Pradhan (2007) Bianchi Type III string cosmological models with time dependent bulk viscosity, Chinese Phys. Letters - A Journal of IOP, 24, 585 (if=1.078, ci=93)

3. Raj Bali and Naresh K. Chandnani (2008) Bianchi Type I Cosmological Model for Perfect Fluid Distribution in Lyra Geometry, Jour. Math. Phys. (USA), 49, 032502 (if=1.296, ci=39)

4. Raj Bali and Deo Karan Singh (2005) Bianchi type V bulk viscous fluid string dust cosmological model in general relativity, Astrophys. & Space-Science, 300, 387. (if=2.401, ci=62)

5. Raj Bali and Keshav Sharma (2003) Tilted Bianchi Type I stiff fluid magnetized cosmological model in general relativity, Astrophys. & Space-Science, 283(1), 11-22 (if=2.401, ci=19)

6. Raj Bali and Pramila Kumwat Bulk (2008) Builk viscous LRS Bianchi type V tilted stiff fluid cosmological model in general relativity, Phys. Letters B, 665, 332 (if=6.019, ci=19)

7. Raj Bali and J.P. Singh (2008) Bulk viscous Bianchi type I cosmological models with time dependent cosmological term, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 47, 3288 (if=1.188, ci=28)

8. Raj Bali (2011) One chapter "C-Field Cosmological Model for Barotropic Fluid Distribution with Variable Gravitational Constant", has been published InTech in the book "Aspects of Today's Cosmology" (if=1.049, ci=3000 times)

9. Raj Bali (2011) Inflationary scenario in bianchi type I space-time, Int. J. Theor. Phys., 50, 3043 (if=1.188, ci=11)

10. Raj Bali (2012) Chaotic Inflationary Scenario in Bianchi Type I Space-Time, Modern Phys. Lett. A., 27, 1250049 (if=1.388, ci=15)

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CHOUDHRY, AJAI (b 1953), Dean, Foreign Service Institute & Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs,

Baba Gang Nath Marg, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067 Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences)

Dr. Ajai Choudhry has made significant contributions to Diophantine analysis through 70 research papers in prestigious international mathematics journals. He has devised new techniques by which he has solved several hitherto open problems concerning Diophantine systems involving higher powers. He has proved new and remarkable identities leading to important results concerning the easier Waring

problem for 7th

powers, symmetric Diophantine systems, the Tarry-Escott problem, arithmetic progressions, etc. His significant results concerning these problems are unlikely to be improved upon for years. He received the Distinguished Award of the Hardy-Ramanujan Society in 2001 for his theorem that every integer can be expressed as the sum or difference of at most twelve 7th powers of integers. His remarkable results have been cited in seven books including Hardy & Wright‘s classic 'An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers' sixth edition, UK, 2008. A Swiss newspaper had reported on his mathematical discoveries on 23/01/2005. An eminent ex-TIFR Professor, K. Ramachandra, had dedicated his book 'Theory of Numbers‘ (Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007) to Dr. Choudhry along with such distinguished personages as Bhabha and Srinivas Ramanujan. Dr Choudhry was invited by the Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) to deliver the Hansraj Gupta Memorial Award Lecture at the Annual Conference of IMS in December 2011. The text of his lecture will be published by the IMS in The Mathematics Student. Dr. Ajai Choudhry has continued to pursue his research work during the past year. Two of his contributions were accepted for publication in 2012.

Proposer : Prof. Kamla Devi Singh, Seconder : Prof. P.K. Seth Ten Best Publications: 1. Symmetric Diophantine Systems, Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 59 (1991), pp. 291-307 (MR 1133248 (92g:11030)) (IF=0.523, CI=7) 2. On Arithmetic Progressions of Equal Lengths and Equal Products of Terms, Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 82 (1997), pp 95-97. (MR1475769 (98j:11004)) (IF=0.523, CI=6) 3. Symmetric Diophantine Systems Revisited, Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 119 (2005), pp. 329-347. (MR2189066 (2006g:11059)) (IF=0.523, CI=2) 4. Triads of Integers with Equal Sums of Squares, Cubes and Fourth Powers, Bulletin of the London

Mathematical Society, Vol. 35(2003), pp 821-824. ((MR2000030 (2004e:11027)) (IF=0.657, CI=4) 5. On the Quartic Diophantine Equation f(x,y) = f (u,v), Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 75 (1999), pp. 34- 40. (MR1677532 (2000d:11042))(IF=0.570, CI=4) 6. On the Sums of Seventh Powers, Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 81 (2000), pp.266-269. (MR1752254 (2001f:11167) (IF=0.570, CI=3) 7. On Equal Sums of Cubes, Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 28 (1998), pp. 1251-1257. (MR1681666 (2000c:11044))(IF=0.400, CI=6) 8. On Equal Sum of Sixth Powers, Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 30 (2000), pp. 843-848. (MR1797817 (2002e:11036))(IF=0.400, CI=5) 9. Points at Rational Distances on a Parabola, Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, Vol.36 (2006), pp.413-424 (MR2234813 (2007e:11150)) (IF=0.400, CI=3) 10. Quartic Diophantine Chains, Written jointly with J. Wroblewski, Acta Arithmetica Vol. 128, (2007), pp.

339-348. (MR2320717)(IF=0.523, CI=2)

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GADDEMANE DYAVAPPA GOWDA, VEERAPPA GOWDA (b 1955), Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore


Prof. Veerappa Gowda has made a significant and very deep fundamental contributions in the theory of Hamilton-Jacobi(HJ) equations and Conservation laws both in theory and numerics. Main contributions are 1. Obtained an explicit formula for the solution of convex conservation laws with initial boundary value problem and settled an open question of Lax in [2,3]. 2. In [5] Obtained a solution for a viscosity solution for autonomous HJ equations when the monotonicity condition violates. 3. For conservation laws with flux has discontinuity in space variable, finding a physically relevant solution was a big open problem. A new concept of ―Interface/boundary entropy condition‖ is introduced and explicit formula for the solution was constructed and shown that solution forms an $L^1$ contraction semi group [4]. Godunov type numerical scheme was derived for the discontinuous flux case and showed the convergence of the scheme and a simple explicit formula for the flux is given [6]. Referee says "I have coded this scheme on a problem that I am familiar with and can verify that ....results in efficient manner". To understand Existing of under compressive waves, infinitely many (A,B) connection, interface entropy conditions are introduced and shown solution forms a $L^1$ contractive semi group in [7]. In the discontinuous flux case it is shown that BV estimates blows up if and only if connection (A,B) defined is a critical point. This was an unsettled question for a long time and settled in [10] .

Proposer : Prof. N. Rudraiah, Seconder : Prof. I.S. Shivakumara


1. Adimurthi and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (1986), Existance of a weak solution for the Levrentev-Bitsadge problem. Comm. in P.D.E, 11(3), 321-352. (if= 1.40 , ci= 0)

2. K.T. Joseph and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (1990), Explicit formula for the limit of a difference approximation. Duke Math. Jl. 61(2), 369-393. (if= 1.80, ci= 0)

3. K.T. Joseph and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (1991), Explicit formula for the solution of convex conservation laws with boundary condition, Duke Math. Jl. 62 (2) 401-416. (if= 1.80, ci= 12)

4. Adimurthi and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2003), Conservation law with discontinuous flux. Jl.math.Kyoto Univ. 43 (1), 27-70. (if= 0.42, ci= 26)

5. Adimurthi and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2004), Hopf-Lax type formula for non-monotonic autonomus Hamilton-Jacobi equations. Non-linear diff. eqns. and appls. 11, 335-348. (if= 0.97, ci= 1)

6. Adimurthi, Jerome Jaffre and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2004), Godunov type methods for conservation laws with a flux function discontinuous in space. SIAM Jl.Numer. Anal 42 (1),179-208. (if= 1.79, ci= 42)

7. Adimurthi, S.Mishra and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2005), Optimal entropy solutions for conservation laws with discontinuous flux functions. Jl. Hyper. Diff. Eqns.2 (4), 783-837. (if= 0.70, ci= 54)

8. Adimurthi, S.Mishra and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2007), Convergence of Godunov type schemes for conservation law with spatially varying discontinuous flux functions. Math.Comp.76, 1219- 1242. (if= 1.32, ci= 8)

9. Adimurthi, S.Mishra and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2007), Explicit Hopf-Lax type formulas for Hamilton-Jacobi equation and Conservation laws with discontinuous coefficients, Jl .Diff. Eqns. 241, 1-31. (if= 1.48, ci= 7)

10. Adimurthi, R.Dutta, S.S.Ghoshal and G.D.Veerappa Gowda, (2011), Existence and Non- existence of TV Bounds for scalar conservation laws with discontinuous flux. Comm. Pure and Appl. Maths. Vol. LXIV 0084-0115. (if= 2.72, ci= 8)

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GAKKHAR, SUNITA (b 1955) Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee


Prof. Sunita Gakkhar has significantly contributed to the interdisciplinary area of Mathematical Ecology. In particular, Prof. Gakkhar has studied global dynamics for food chains and food webs. Suitable combination or Bifurcation diagrams. Poincare sections. Liapunov exponents etc are used for identifying the presence or complexity in dynamical behavior. Software has been developed for the simulation. Her work in this direction has been a trend setter and many investigators are now using similar tools in ecological and epidemiological systems. Various ecological phenomena may not be instantaneous and subjected to seasonal vanations leading to non-autonomous models. Very few results are available when multiple delays and seasonal variations are considered. Prof. Gakkhar has successfully tackled mathematical intricacies in such models. She has also studied some impulsive systems applicable to impulsive harvesting and pulse vaccination. She has also contributed to mathematical Eco-epiderniology to understand the dynamics of diseases transmission. She had tackled a DST project on transportation and control of Dengue epidemic. For modeling vector borne diseases. an Indo French collaboration is currently in progress. She has made contributions ill Bioinformatics also. A web server is developed to compute Higher Order Residue Interactions in protein structures. Dynamical models have been developed and analyzed to predict the impact of cross talk and reed back in ERK and JNK protein cascades. They are found to be responsible for activation of ERK5 in transient manner in the absence of input signals. The current research interest includes identification and prioritization of potential drug targets of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis H37Rv from Protein-Protein Interaction Network.

Proposer : Prof. Peeyush Chandra, Seconder : Prof. Prawal Sinha Ten Best Publications : 1. Chaos in Seasonally Perturbed Ratio-Dependent Prey-Predator System. Chaos, Solitons & fractals. Vol. 15 pp 107-117 (2003) (Co-author Raid Kamel Naji) 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations (62) 2. Order and Chaos in Predator to Prey Ratio-Dependent Food Chain. Chaos, Solitons & fractals Vol. 18 pp 229-239 (2003) (Co-author Raid Kamel Naji) 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations (58) 3. Pulse Vaccination in SIRS Epidemic Model with Non Monotonic Incidence Rate. Chaos, Solitons & fractals, Vol 35, pp 626-638 (2008) (co-authors: Kuldeep Negi) 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations (44) 4. Seasonally Perturbed Prey Predator System with Predator Dependent Functional Response. Chaos, Solitons & fractals Vol. 18(5), pp 1075-1083 (2003). (Co-author Raid Kamel Naji), Impact factor 3.3 in 2009, citations (38) 5. Dynamics of Modified Leslie Gower Prey – Predator Model with Seasonally Varying Parameters. Chaos, Solitons & fractals Vol. 27 pp1239-1255. (March 2006) Co-author B.P. Singh), 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations(35) 6. Existence of Chaos in Two-Prey, One-Predator System. Chaos, Solitons & fractals Vol. 17(4) pp 639-649 (2003) (Co-author Raid Kamel Naji) 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations (33) 7. Dynamics in a Beddington–Deangelis Prey Predator System with Impulsive Harvesting. Ecological Modeling Vol. 206, pp 421-430 (Aug, 2007) (co-authors: Kuldeep Negi) 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.714 , citations(32) 8. Complex Dynamics in a Prey Predator System with Multiple Delays. Communications to Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations Vol. 17 No 2 pp. 814-929 (2012) (Co-author Anuraj singh), impact factor 2.806 as 2012 report, citations (30) 9. Order and chaos in a Food web consisting of a Preclator and Two Independent preys. conlmunications to Nonlinear Science and Numerical Sirnulations vol. l0 No 2 pp. 105- 120 (2005) (co-author Raicl KanrelNaji)., impact factor 2.806 as 2012 report, citations (27) 10. Chaos in Three Species Ratio Dependent Food chain. chaos, Solitons & fractals. Vol. 14, pp 771-778 (2002). (Co-ar-rtlror Raicl Kamel Naji), 5-year Impact Factor: 1.414, citations (3 0)

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HOODA, DHARA SINGH (b 1942), Dean (Research), Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology,

A.B. Road, Raghogarh, 473226, Guna Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences)

Prof. D.S.Hooda has guided 8 Ph.Ds. He has published 80 papers in reputed National and International journals, and authored 7 books. He has defined and characterized the new generalized measures of information and fuzzy information and studied their applications in statistics, survival analysis, pattern recognition, bounds on probability of error, data compression, communication theory. He has introduced new measures of ‗Useful‘ Information and directed divergence which have found wide applications in Engineering and other disciplines. He has developed some new fuzzy logic algorithms and techniques for data mining and pattern recognition. He has studied bounds of mean code word lengths in source coding and their applications in data compression. Prof. Hooda is Vice- president of the forum of Interdisciplinary Mathematics and of Gwalior Academy of Mathematical Sciences. He is elected member of International Statistics Institute and country coordinator in the advisory committee of International Statistical Literary Project (ISLP). He has attended 59 national and international conferences. He attended ICME- 12 held at Seoul, South Korea . Prof. Hooda has organized three National Conferences and Symposia . Indian Society of Information Theory bestowed on him a prestigious award in 2005 for his outstanding contributions in information theory. He was awarded with the International Plato Award for Educational Achievement in 2010, and Distinguished Service Award by Vijnana Parishad of India in 2011. He has been elected sectional president of mathematical sciences of ISCA for the year 2013-14.

Proposer : Prof. R. S. Pathak, Seconder : Prof. S. N. Upadhyay Ten Best Publications: 1. An Axiomatic Characterization of Non-additive Information Improvement- Information Sciences 21 (1980), 187-194 (IF=2.833) 2. Two Generalized Measures of Usefu Information- Information Sciences 23 (1981), 11-19 (with R. K. Tuteja) (IF=2.833) 3. Sub-additive Measures of Information Improvement -Kybernetika 19 (1983), 414-421 (IF=0.461) 4. On Measurement of Stochastic Dependence in Multivariate Data -Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Math. 32 (2001), 801-816 (with B.K.Hooda) (IF=0.254) 5. Generalized Measures of Useful Directed Divergence and Information Improvement with applications - Defence Science Journal 54 (2004), 125-133 (with Parmil Kumar). (IF=0.304) 6. On Generalized Measures of Useful Entropy -Mathematica Slovaca 54(2004), 315-325 (IF=0316) 7. Useful Fuzzy Measures, Integrated Ambiguity and Directed Divergence- International Journal of General System (2010),1-12 (with R.K.Bajaj) (IF=0.667) 8. Generalized Measures of Discrimination between Past Lifetime Distributions - Pakistan J. Stat. Oper. Res.2 (2011), 233-243(IF=0.156) 9. Measures of Information on Fuzzy Matrix and Fuzzy Binary - Cambinatorics - Information and System Sciences 37 (2012), 1-18 (IF=1.341) 10. Information Theoretic Models for Dependence Analysis and Data Estimation - American Journal of

Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Vol. 12, No, 2, 2013 (IF=0.563)

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MAZUMDER, BIJOY SINGHA (b 1946), Professor (Retired), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences) Mazumder‘s significant contributions are the following: 1) Turbulent flow characteristics and bed form dynamics under flood and tidal flow conditions are studied. The results are evaluated in terms of turbulence statistics and coherent structures in the perturbed flow regions affected by waveform structures oriented against the flow. Secondary points of flow separation at the shear layer over series of dunes are discovered, the well known primary separation points being at the crests; and their influences on bank erosion are evaluated. 2) Theoretical models of sediment suspension, deposition, and size distributions in both are developed using Markovian diffusion process to estimate palaeo-flow conditions and sedimentation in modern streams. 3) A method of moments is developed to solve the unsteady convective-diffusion equation. Novelty of the method is to compute mean concentration distribution and dispersion coefficients in oscillatory flow situations, such as tidal rivers, estuaries with dead zones, and catheterized artery with reversible and irreversible reactions. Method of homogenization is used to solve transport equation in unsteady flows with nonlinear chemical reaction. 4) Transport of sand particles at near-bed turbulence using digital imaging. Theoretical model is developed to estimate thickness of saltation layer of particles. Digital imaging technique is used for better modeling of suspended particles in environments. 5) Turbulence in natural rivers and its effects on the ecology of biologically sensitive areas, which is extremely important to the study of sediment suspension, bank erosion and aquatic habitats. 6) Substantial contributions to the field of MHD flow and heat transfer.

Proposer : Prof. N. Rudraiah, Seconder : Prof. I. S. Shivakumara Ten Best Publications: 1. Mazumder, B. S. and Sarkar, K. (2013) Turbulent flow characteristics and drag over 2D forward facing

dune-shaped structures with two different stoss-side slopes. Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Springer,

DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9312-5. p. 1-29. (if= 1.899, ci= Not Known) 2. Mazumder, B. S. and Paul, S. (2012) Dispersion of settling particles in oscillatory turbulent flow subject

to deposition and re-entrainment, European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, Vol. 31, 80-90. (if=1.718, ci=

3) 3. Paul, S. and Mazumder, B. S. (2011), Effects of nonlinear chemical reactions on transport coefficients

associated with steady and oscillatory flows through a tube, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 54,

75-85. (if= 2.598, ci= 4) 4. Ojha, S. P. and Mazumder, B. S. (2008) Turbulence characteristics of flow region over a series of 2D

dune shaped structures, Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 31, 561-576. (if= 2.412, ci= 22) 5. Mazumder B.S. and Ghoshal K. (2006) Velocity and concentration profiles in uniform sediment-laden

flow, Applied Mathematical Modeling, 30, 164-176. (if= 1.706, ci= 15) 6. Mazumder, B. S. and Dalal, D. C. (2000) Contaminant dispersion from an elevated time-dependent

source, J. Computational and Applied Maths., 126(1-2),185-205. (if= 1.193, ci= 9) 7. Mazumder, B. S., Bhowmik N. G. and Soong T.W. (1993) Turbulence in rivers due to navigation

traffics, J. Hydraulic Engng. ASCE, 119, 581-597. (if= 1.276, ci= 24) 8. Mazumder, B. S. and Das S. K. (1992) Effect of boundary reaction on solute dispersion in pulsatile flow

through a tube, J. Fluid Mech., 239, 523-549. (if= 2.183, ci= 36) 9. Mazumder, B. S. (1991) An exact solution of oscillatory Couette flow in a rotating system, Trans.

ASME, J. Applied Mech., 58, 1104-1107. (if= 1.041, ci= 44) 10. Mukherjee, A. and Mazumder, B. S. (1988) Dispersion of contaminants in oscillatory flows, Acta

Mechanica, 74, 107-122. (if= 1.247, ci= 23)

MISHRA, RAM BABU (b 1947), Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics, Banaras Hindu

University, Varanasi-211005. Memberofthe NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences) I have gone through the publications and separate list of 12 publications of Prof. Mishra. He has

published 6 papers in M.H.D. Shock Waves and their after written about 4 dozen papers in

general flow problems. He has an interest in setting a M.H.D. qeneratinq lab in the Department.

Although the coal has to be finished in 200 years and if M.H.D. generators have been installed in

the country then the life of coal deposits of our country will be lengthened to 650-700 years. I am

of the opinion that Prof. Mishra should be the fellow of National Academy of Science Allahabad.

Proposer: Prof H.L. Agrawal, Seconder : Prof. R.S. Pathak Ten Best Publications: 1. Mishra R.S. and Mishra R.B. (1971) On the Curvature of pseudo - streamlines behind a hydromagnetic shock wave, Tensor (N.S.), 22, 19 - 23. 2. Mishra R.B. and Ansari M.A. (1979): Steady transverse magnetohydrodynamic non-viscous flow. IL Nuovo Climento 48(1) 23 - 30. 3. Mishra R.B. and Ansari M.A. (1979) Plane magnetodhyrodynamics Viscous flow with constantly inclined magnetic and velocity fields, Annels de La Faculty Sciences, Section Mathematique-Physique, 5(1),143 -156 4. Singh S.N. Gangwar S.S. and Mishra R.B. (1981) Steady transverse Mho flow of a dusty fluid with parallel velocity and magnetic field., IL Nuovo Climento 651 (2) 419 - 426. 5. S. Gangwar S.S. and Mishra R.B. (1981) On the geometry of vortex -lines in Magnetofluid flow. Acta Mechanica, 39,139 - 143. 6. Singh S.N., Singh H.P. and Mishra R.B. (1984) Hodograph transformations in steady plane rotating hydromagnetic flows. Astro and Space Sci., 106,231 - 243. 7. Mishra R.B. and Singh H.P. (1986) Hodograph transformations and solutions in rotations plane EMFD flows. Acta mechanica. 59,201 - 211. 8. Singh H.P., Tripathi D.D. and Misrha RB. (1987) Rotational circulation preservmg magentogeostropic flows. Astro. And Space Scie., 315 - 321. 9. Singh H.P., Tripathi D.D. and Mishra R.B. (1987) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems at high Grashof number Comput. Mathe AppLic., 14(7) 511 - 518. 10. Singh H.P., Tripathi D.D. and Mishra R.B. (1987) The structure of point heat source near an

interface. Comput. Math. Applic, 14(8),623 - 627.

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NARESH, RAM (b 1964), Associate Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics, Harcourt Butler Tech.Inst., Kanpur


The nominee has been working in the area of mathematical ecology as well as mathematical epidemiology. In particular, he has developed several new mathematical models to emphasize the importance of precipitation scavenging, with reference to industrial cities, in order to keep environment pollution free. This has led to a new area of research of nonlinear modeling of air pollutants (gaseous and particulates) interaction with rain droplets/cloud drops. The studies conducted are useful to understand the dynamics of nonlinear phenomenon of interactions of pollutants with raindrops which in turn may suggest methods for cloud seeding leading to artificial rain. The analysis may also be useful to understand the mechanism by which toxic gases leaked out in the atmosphere due to accidental discharge, etc. can be removed by introducing suitable liquid or gaseous phase in the environment using mechanical means. His contribution in the field of mathematical epidemiology especially that of spread of carrier dependent infectious diseases, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS is quite significant in view of the degraded environmental conditions. Moreover, in view of variable demographic structure of Indian society and its vulnerability, such models are very much suitable to understand the spread of HIV/AIDS in Indian context. The studies with regard to screening of unaware HIV infectives, infective immigrants, vaccination thresholds, risky sexual behavior, role of tuberculosis on the spread of HIV infection and subsequent control measures are of paramount importance to contain the spread of HIV infection especially in developing countries.

Proposer : Prof. Peeyush Chandra, Seconder : Prof. J.B.Shukla


1. Agraj Tripathi, Ram Naresh & Dileep Sharma (2007) Modelling the effect of screening of unaware infectives on the spread of HIV infection, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 184(2), 1053-1068 (if=1.672, ci=44)

2. Ram Naresh & Agraj Tripathi (2005) Modelling and analysis of HIV-TB co-infection in a variable size population, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 10(3), 275-286 (if=0.538, ci=44)

3. Ram Naresh, Agraj Tripathi & Sandip Omar (2006) Modeling the spread of AIDS epidemic with vertical transmission, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 178, 262-272 (if=1.672, ci=43)

4. Ram Naresh, Agraj Tripathi & Dileep Sharma (2009) Modelling and analysis of the spread of AIDS epidemic with immigration of HIV infectives, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 48(5-6), 880-892 (if=1.755, ci=22)

5. Ram Naresh, Surabhi Pandey & A.K.Misra (2008) Analysis of a vaccination model for carrier dependent infectious diseases with environmental effects, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 13(3), 331-350 (if=0.914, ci=19)

6. Ram Naresh, Shyam Sundar & J.B.shukla (2007) Modelling the removal of gaseous pollutants and particulate matters from the atmosphere of a city, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 8,337-344 (if=2.338, ci=17)

7. J.B.Shukla, A.K.Misra, Shyam Sundar & Ram Naresh (2008) Effect of rain on removal of a gaseous pollutant and two different particulate matters from the atmosphere of a city, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 48(5-6), 832-844 (if=1.755, ci=16)

8. Ram Naresh, Agraj Tripathi and Dileep Sharma (2011) A nonlinear AIDS epidemic model with screening and time delay, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 217(9), 4416-4426 (if=1.672, ci=14)

9. Ram Naresh, Dileep Sharma & Agraj Tripathi (2009) Modelling the effect of tuberculosis on the spread of HIV infection in a population with density dependent birth and death rate, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 50(7-8), 1154-1166 (if=1.755, ci=12)

10. Ram Naresh, Agraj Tripathi, J.M.Tchuenche & Dileep Sharma (2009) Stability Analysis of a time delayed SIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rate, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 58(2), 348-359 (if=2.062, ci=12)

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SHALABH (b 1969), Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - 208016

Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences) Our nomination is based on the theoretical and applied contributions of Dr. Shalabh in the area of Statistics and his achievements in research, fellowships and awards. He is a well trained Statistician who has worked in a variety of areas in Statistics and is well recognized in the academic community. He has three books (all published from Springer) in his credit which are authored and edited with eminent statisticians like Professors C.R. Rao and H. Toutenburg. Some of the most significant contributions of Dr. Shalabh on which our recommendation is based are •Suggested the measures of goodness of fit in measurement error models and restricted measurement error models. •Developed the modelling of measurement error ridden data under multicollinearity. •Developed methodologies for restricted Regression in the measurement error models. •Evolved the framework for the simultaneous prediction of actual and average values in the linear regression model. •Studied non-normality effect on efficiency properties of estimators in various statistical models. •Studied effect of measurement errors in sampling theory. •Suggested solutions for controversies over using direct and reverse regressions for calibration problem. He has received several national and international awards as well as fellowships. His contribution in Statistics has motivated several Indian students and researchers who completed their Ph.D. degrees and produced several research papers. He is probably one among very few Indians who has established himself as an authority in the area of measurement errors.

Proposer : Prof. Debasis Kundu, Seconder : Prof. Prawal Sinha

Ten Best Publications: 1. Toutenburg, H. and Shalabh (1996): "Predictive Performance of the Methods of Restricted and Mixed Regression Estimators", Biometrical Journal, 38, 8, pp. 951-959. (if=1.236, ci=25) 2. Srivastava, A.K. and Shalabh (1997): "Improved Estimation of Slope Parameter in a Linear Ultrastructural Model when Measurement Errors are not Necessarily Normal", Journal of Econometrics, 78, pp. 153-157. (if=2.390, ci=10) 3. Srivastava, A.K. and Shalabh (1997): "Consistent Estimation for the Non-normal Ultrastructural Model", Statistics and Probability Letters, 34, pp. 67-73. (if=.669, ci=17) 4. Shalabh (1998): "Improved Estimation in Measurement Error Models Through Stein-rule Procedure", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 67, 35-48. (if=1.225, ci=26) 5. Shalabh (2003): "Consistent Estimation of Coefficients in Measurement Error Models under Non-normality", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp.227-241. (if=1.225, ci=10) 6. Chaturvedi, A. and Shalabh (2004): "Risk and Pitman Closeness Properties of Feasible Generalized Double k-class estimators in Linear Regression Models with Non-spherical Disturbances under Balanced Loss Function", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 90, 229-256. (if=1.225, ci=7) 7. Shalabh, Gaurav Garg and Neeraj Misra (2009): "Use of Prior Information in the Consistent Estimation of Regression Coefficients in a Measurement Error Model", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 100, pp. 1498-1520. (ci=7) 8. Shalabh, G. Garg and C. Heumann (2012): "Performance of Double k-class Estimators for Coefficients in Linear Regression Models with Non Spherical Disturbances under Asymmetric Losses'', Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 112, pp. 35-47. (if=1.225, ci=awaited) 9. A.K.Md.E. Saleh and Shalabh (2014): "Ridge Regression Estimation Approach to Measurement Error Model", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 123, pp. 68-84 (ci=awaited) 10. C.L. Cheng, Shalabh and G. Garg (2014): "Coefficient of Determination for Multiple Measurement Error Models", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 123, pp. 137-152. (if=1.225, ci=awaited)

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SINGH, ARINDAMA (b 1964) Professor, IIT Madras, Chennai Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences)

Due to the presence of boundary layers, singular perturbation problems are highly sensitive to numerical approximations. Prof. Arindama Singh, for the first time, introduced partial decoupling of slow and fast variables in a singularly perturbed system. The decoupled systems could then be solved using simple methods like Euler's and trapezoidal method. For the first time, he used regularization techniques in solving singularly perturbed PDEs. He demonstrated the convergence of regularized solutions using the Tikhonov, Lavrentiev and Showalter regularization. He considered a computationally intractable problem such as knowledge compilation. He developed essentially two different approaches introducing the notion of transversal clauses. He demonstrated that the techniques work in first order logic also. His book on Mathematical Logic, the first book published in India on the subject, has established itself as a well referred text book on Logic. His book on Theory of Compu-tation has become a text book at many universities of repute in a short span of three years. This book, originally published by Springer in English, has been translated to Chinese due to its demand as a text book in China. He demonstrated that regularization techniques can be applied to Learning Theory and Image Restoration. In his recent work in Numerical Linear Algebra, he gave a polynomial characterization of refined Arnoldi vectors. In every five years, he had taken up a new research topic and succeeded in solving an important issue in the area with his novel ideas. He is also a regular teacher in MTTS camps.

Proposer : Prof. Mohan K Kadalbajoo Seconder : Prof. Manjul Gupta

Ten Best Publications: 1. Partial decoupling of slow and fast variables (with M.K.Kadalbajoo), J. Mathematical Analysis and Applications,155 (1991) 46-54. IF=1.233, CI=3. 2. Computing prime implicants via transversal clauses, Int. J. Computer Mathematics, 70 (1999) 417-427. IF= 0.7, CI = 7. 3. Tikhonov regularization of an elliptic PDE (with S.Sheela), Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 57 (2001) 1-4. IF=1.109, CI=9. 4. Prime implicants of first order formulas (with Manoj K. Raut), Int. J. Computer Science and Applications, 1:1 (2004) 1-11. IF= 0.19, CI=7. 5. Edge detectors based anisotropic diffusion for enhancement of digital images, (with V. B. Surya Prasath), Proc. of IEEE Computer Society, Dec (2008) 33-38. IF=1.109, CI=5. 6. Ringing artifact reduction in blind image deblurring and denoising problems by regularization methods, (with V. B. Surya Prasath), Proc. of IEEE Computer Society, Feb (2009) 333-336. IF=6.810, CI=10. 7. Multispectral image denoising by well-posed anisotropic diffusion scheme with channel coupling, (with V. B. Surya Prasath), International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 (2010) 2091-2099. IF= 1.359, CI=7. 8. Well-posed inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion scheme for digital image denoising, (with V. B. Surya Prasath), Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2010 (2010) 14 pages. IF=0.72, CI= 13. 9. A hybrid convex variational model for image restoration (with Surya Prasath), A. Applied Mathematics and Computation 215:10 (2010) 3655 – 3664. IF=1.672, CI=18. 10. An adaptive diffusion scheme for image restoration and selective smoothing, (with V. B. Surya Prasath), International Journal of Image and Graphics, 12 (2012) 18 pages, IF= 1.707, CI= 7.

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SUNDAR, SUBBIAH (b 1962), Professor, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai


* Please visit http://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/slnt/public_html * Prof.Sundar is currently Associate Editor of the International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics published by Springer. * He is the Member of PAC (Mathematical Sciences), DST, Govt. of India. * He is the Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Indian Academy of Mathematics. * He is the Board Member of IIT Madras Research Park (Industrial Park of IIT Madras). * He is the Chairman, JEE(Advanced)-2015, IIT Madras. * He is the Coordinator for the DAAD Network Program on Numerical Analysis and Computing involving TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; ITB Bandung, Indonesia; University of Witwaterand, South Africa and IIT Madras. This network is supported by DAAD for 5 years. * Coordinator for one of the unique M.Tech. program in India, M.Tech.(Industrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing) and shown the success of the program. Many students across India benefited through this program. * Has on his credit over 50 publications in reputed Journal. * Known as a specialist in PDE Modeling and Numerical Simulation. * Has organized (once in every year) International (Indo-German) Workshops and Conferences. * Alumni Ambassador of the TU Kaiserslautern and the City Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is one of the FOUR along with the President of Google, Europe. * Popular Teacher at IIT Madras. Excellent Speaker taking things nicely and deeply to Students and Researchers. * Has guided 12 Ph.D.s so far and all his students are in Industry across India. * Has guided over 70 M.Tech. one year projects over 100 M.Sc. projects. * One of the well known Computational and Applied Mathematician. * Has strong collaboration with some of the world top research group, for example, Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Mathematics, Germany.

Proposer : Prof.Mohan K. Kadalbajoo, Seconder : Prof. Prawal Sinha


1. Computation of transmission coefficients in the plain and corrugated electro-magnetic wave guides using finite pointset method. Applied Mathematical Modeling. Vol.38, pp.1838-1845, 2014 (with Sudhakar Matle).

2. On existence and stability analysis of a nonlinear conservation law model appearing in production system. Nonlinear Studies. Vol.21, pp.305-312, 2014 (with Tanmay Sarkar).

3. Nonlinear conservation law model for production network considering yield loss. Journal of Non-linear Science and Applications. Vol.7, pp.205-217, 2014 (with Tanmay Sarkar).

4. GPU metrics for a linear solver.Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations.Vol.21, pp.361-374, 2013. (with M.Panchatcharam and Axel Klar).

5. GPU computing for meshfree particle method. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Series B. Vol.4, pp.394-412, 2013. (with M.Panchatcharam, V.Vetrivel, Axel Klar and S.Tiwari).

6. Axi-symmetric 2D simulation and numerical heat transfer characteristics for calibrating furnace in a rectangular enclosure. Applied Mathematical Modeling. Vol.36, pp.878-893, 2012. (with Sudhakar Matle).

7. On parallelization and load balancing aspects of finite pointset method. International Journal of Computer Mathematics. Vol.88, pp.360-374, 2011. (with A.B.Subrahmanyam, J. Kuhnert, S.Tiwari, Amol Joshi and AnshulSaxena).

8. Optimal control of film casting processes. Int. J. Numerical Methods in Fluids. Vol.59, pp.1111-1124, 2009. (with K.Selvanayagam, Thomas Goetz and V.Vetrivel).

9. Asymptotic analysis of extrapolation boundary conditions for Lattice Boltzmann Methods. International Journal of Computers and Mathematics with Applications. Vol.57, pp.1313 - 1323, 2009. (with Maddu Shankar).

10. Optimal die shape for film casting. Applied Mathematics Letters. Vol.22, pp.1598-1603, 2009. (with K.Selvanayagam, Thomas Goetz and V.Vetrivel).

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VADLAMANI, RAVI (b 1965), Associate Professor, Institute for Development and Research in

Banking Technology, Hyderabad Member of the NASI: No (YON 2011, Mathematical Sciences)

• First to develop hybrid optimization algorithms, viz., INESA-Simplex search. • Developed the numerous hybrid techniques in the soft computing paradigm as follows o Multi-layer perceptron, Wavelet Neural network, fuzzy rule bases, Support vector machine, decision trees, differential evolution, novel semi-online RBF network, Quantile Regression etc. These models successfully solved various problems arising in banking such as credit scoring, customer churn modelling, bankruptcy prediction, fraud detection in banking and insurance. His work was noticed by FDIC, USA, when they contacted him for advice in revamping their Bankruptcy prediction models. o 2-stage methods which extract knowledge from SVM and neural networks in the form of 'if-then' rules to solve classification and regression problems. o PSOAANN for performing privacy preserving data mining. o DEA-FMADM is very useful to a regulator bank to monitor the performance of the commercial banks in terms of PRODUCTIVITY. o Time series forecasting models for predicting cash withdrawals in ATMs by adopting clustering and prediction in tandem. This work is significant in that it could save potentially huge operations costs for the banks. o PSO association rule mining algorithm, which is yielded good results on real-life bank datasets for achieving cross-sell, a paramount CRM exercise in banking. • Won a Certificate of appreciation from Elsevier for his Paper on Bankruptcy prediction for achieving high citations. • Has many papers listed as Top Hottest Papers in Elsevier. • Won Best paper award for 2-stage soft computing models for data imputation, which outperformed the best software available in the industry.

Proposer : Prof. B. L. Deekshatulu, Seconder : Prof. B.L.S.Prakasa Rao Ten Best Publications: 1. K. Narendar Reddy, V. Ravi, Differential Evolution trained Kernel Principal Component Wavelet Neural Network and Differential Evolution trained Kernel Binary Quantile Regression and their applications in Banking and Finance, KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS, 2013, (if=4.104, ci=1) 2. P. Ravisankar, V. Ravi and I. Bose. Failure prediction of dotcom companies using neural

network-genetic programming hybrids, INFORMATION SCIENCES, 180, 8,1257-1267, 2010. (if=3.291, ci=20) 3. N. J. Chauhan, V. Ravi & D. K. Chandra, ―Differential Evolution trained Wavelet Neural Network: Application to bankruptcy prediction in banks‖, EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, 36, 4, 7659-7665, 2009, (if=2.908, ci=93) 4. P. Ravisankar, V. Ravi, G. Raghava Rao & I. Bose, Detection of Financial Statement Fraud and Feature Selection Using Data Mining Techniques, DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, vol. 50(2), 491–500, 2011. (if=2.201, ci=43) 5. V. Ravi & C. Pramodh, ―Threshold Accepting trained Principal Component Neural Network and Feature Subset Selection: Application to Bankruptcy Prediction in Banks‖, Applied Soft Computing, 8, 4, 2008, 1539-1548. (if=2.415, ci=61) 6. V. Ravi, H. Kurniawan, Peter Nwee Kok Thai & P. Ravikumar, ―Soft Computing system for Bank Performance Prediction‖, Applied Soft Computing, 8, 1, 2008, 305-315. (if=2.415, ci=98) 7. P. Ravikumar & V. Ravi, ―Bankruptcy Prediction in banks and firms via Statistical and

Intelligent Techniques: A Review‖, Invited Review, European Journal Of Operational Research,

180, 1, 2007, 1- 28. (if=2.093, ci=381) 8. K. Vinay Kumar, V. Ravi, Mahil Carr & N. Raj Kiran, ―Software Cost Estimation using Wavelet

Neural Networks‖, JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE, 81, 11, 1853-1867, 2008 (if=1.135, ci=66) 9. V. Ravi & H.-J. Zimmermann, ―Fuzzy rule based classification with Feature Selector and

Modified Threshold Accepting‖, European Journal Of Operational Research, 123, 1, 2000, 16-28 (if=2.093, ci=50) 10. V. Ravi, B. S. N. Murty & P. J. Reddy, ―Nonequilibrium Simulated Annealing algorithm applied to Optimization of Reliability of Complex Systems‖, IEEE Transactions On Reliability, 46, 2, 1997, 233- 239. (if=1.33, ci=138)

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