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

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