Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research - An Autonomous Institution

A.V. Rama Rao Lecture Series

Sr. No. Foundation Lectures Prize Lectures Date
1 Transforming Research into Technologies: Self-reliance in Nuclear Sector Prof. A K Tyagi
Homi Bhabha National Institute BARC, Mumbai
Nanozymes for Biomedical Applications Prof. G Mugesh
Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore
27/04/2022
2 Probing Mechanisms of Targeting and Allostery to attain specificity in Enzymatic reactions Prof Ruchi Anand
IIT Bombay
Swarm Intelligence Guided Global Minima Search on Complex Potential Energy Surfaces Dr R S Swathi
School of Chemistry, IISER, Trivandrum
12/01/2021
3 Role of Modified Surface & Multifunctional Catalysts in Electrochemistry Prof S Sampath
Dept of IPC, IISc, Bangalore
Design of nanostructures for energy and environmental applications Prof A K Ganguli,
Dept of Chemistry, IIT, New Delhi
10/05/2019
4 Ideal Synthesis and Realistic Approaches Prof. Krishna P.Kaliappan
FASc, FRSC Institute of Chair
Department of Chemistry IIT Bombay.
A Leap to Boost-up Energy Storage with Metal-Sulfur Batteries Prof.Aninda Jiban Bhattacharyya
Chair, Solid State and Structural
Chemistry Unit Indian Institute of Science.
15/05/2018
5 Bifunctionality in Organometallic Catalysis Prof Jitendra K Bera
Dept. of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Non-Covalent Interactions in Asymmetric Catalysis: From Rationalizations to Predictions Prof. Raghavan B Sunoj
Dept. of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai
16/05/2017
6 Intramolecular Electronic Coupling at the Mixed Valent States. Fact or Fiction Prof. G.K. Lahiri
Chemistry Department
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai
Natural Products Synthesis Efficient Methods & Innovative Strategies Prof. C.V.Ramana,
Division of Organic Chemistry,
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
04/05/2016
7 What can be Learnt From the Fluoresence Behaviour of Molecular Systems in Room Temperatur Prof. Anunay Samanta
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad
Functional Organic Molecules for Biological Application Dr. D Ramaiah
Director
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam
21/05/2015
8 The Baylis-Hillman reaction: our vision and thirty years of experience Prof. D. Basavaiah
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad
Activation of unreactive chemical bonds in small molecules Prof. Balaji Jagirdar
Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore
07/05/2014
9 Computational Chemistry: From Molecules to Functional Materials Prof. Sourav Pal
Director, CSIR
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Supersonic Experimental Techniques :Defining Hydrogen Bond and Reducing Ignition Delay Prof E Arunan
Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore
29/04/2013
10 Fluorescent Molecular Architectures with Exceptional Properties Dr. Ajayaghosh
CSIR-Outstanding Scientist
Chemical Science & Technology Division,
NIIST,CSIR, Trivandrum.
Luminescent Nano Materials for Photonic Applications Dr. Amitava Patra
Department of Material Science, IACS, Kolkata
16/05/2012
11 Phosphoros-Supported Ligands: Versatile Coordination Platforms for the Assembly of Molecular Materials Prof. V. Chandrashekhar
Department of Chemistry
IIT, Kanpur
Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sensing and Light Energy Conversion Prof. George Thomas
School of Chemistry,
IISER, Trivandrum
13/05/2011
12 Advances in the Strategies of Gene Transfection Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya
Department of Organic Chemistry,
IISc, Bangalore
A Building Block Approach to Porous Solids Prof. R. Murugavel Department of Chemistry,
IIT- Bombay, Mumbai
05/05/2010
13 Enantioselective Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction Prof. Vinod K Singh
Director,
IISER, Bhopal
Structure, Entropy and Mobility in Liquids Dr. Charusita Chakravarty
Dept. of Chemistry, IIT, Delhi
5/05/2009
14 Atomic and molecular clusters: Designer materials for the nanoworld Prof. Satyamurthy
Director, IISER Mohali
Photoresponsive soft materials Prof. Suresh Das,
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, Trivandrum
15/05/2008
15 Editing PNA structures for DNA/ RNA Binding selectivity Prof. K. N. Ganesh
Director,
IISER NCL Innovation Park Pune
A decade of tinkering with bile acids Prof. Uday Maitra,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
22/05/2007
16 Studies on the synthesis of Thiasugars Prof. S. Chandrasekaran
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Understanding the growth process of semiconducting nanoparticles Prof. D.D. Sarma Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 16/02/2006
17 Novel C-C bond-forming reactions and their applications in organic synthesis Dr. G. Vijay Nair
Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum
Iron and copper complexes of varying nuclearity, inorganic and bioinorganic perspectives Prof. R.N. Mukherjee
IIT, Kanpur
23/03/2005
18 Laser photons as specific reagents in organic chemistry Prof. J.P. Mittal,
BARC, Mumbai
Electronic structure calculations of confined atoms and molecules Prof. Kalidas Sen
University of Hyderabad
26/02/2004
19 Being and becoming: Quantum systems in intense external fields Prof. B.M. Deb
Punjab University, Chandigarh
Turning solids into materials: Chemistry plays a key role Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
18/08/2003
20 Some reflections and a few results Prof. A. Chakravorthy
Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Density functional theory in chemistry Dr. Swapan K Ghosh
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
21/08/2002
21 Natural product synthesis: Is it relevant any more? Prof. G. Mehta
Director,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
From synthons to bioactive molecules: Efficient strategies for heterocycle synthesis Prof. H. Ila
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
15/11/2001
22 On putting life into Gels Dr. R.A. Mashelkar
Director-General, CSIR
Journey into the organometallics continent with the torch of phosphorus Prof. S.S. Krishnamurthy
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
11/08/2000
23 Innovative momentum of chemical industry Prof. M.M. Sharma
Formerly UDCT, Mumbai
Designer peptides for supramolecular tubular structures Dr. Darshan Ranganathan
IICT, Hyderabad
21/10/1999