Biodata of the Chairman Prof. H S Bhojya Naik is currently working as Chairman of Industrial Chemistry and Nano science and Technology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga. He has obtained M.Sc. Chemistry in 1993 and Ph.D. Industrial Chemistry in 1997 both from from Mysore University. He has vast teaching experience at par excellence for more than a decade. He was in Karnataka as a lecturer, reader and later went on to become professor. His area of specialization includes Inorganic, biochemical and biological nanomaterials, Transition metal Complexes, Organic materials etc. He has 85 national and international papers of good quality. Presently, he is guiding nine Doctorate students of Chemistry. He has reviewed manuscripts submitted to Int. Journals (16), evaluated Ph.D. thesis (22) and project proposals (21). He has delivered invited talks on Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and nanoscience and technology in many national seminars.
Biodata of the Coordinator Dr. J. Manjanna is currently working as Assistant professor & Co-ordinator, Dept. of Nanoscience & Technology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga. He has obtained M.Sc. Chemistry in 1995 and Ph.D. Industrial Chemistry in 2001 from Kuvempu University. He was part of K S Krishna Research Associates at BARC, Mumbai (2002-2004). He was in Japan as a post-doctorate fellow (2004-2010) with JSPS and also under JST fellowship at Hokkaido University., Iwate University., and University of Tokyo. His area of specialization includes magnetic nanomaterials, solid state and electrochemistry, redox-chemistry of metal oxides, clay minerals and structural materials etc. He has 25 international papers of good quality & 1 Japanese patent. He received ‘young Scientist’ award twice from (i) Indian Council of Chemists in 2000 and (ii) Vision Group on Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka in 2012. He has received best paper awards (4 times) at various national conferences. At present he is guiding six Doctorate students of Chemistry & eleven M.Tech students of nanoscience and technology. He has reviewed manuscripts submitted to Int. Journals (5), evaluated Ph.D. thesis (3) and project proposals (1). He has delivered invited talks on nanoscience and technology in many national seminars. Other relevant information: Need to establish strong coordination with INUP IISC and INUP IIT Bombay .Some people interested in moving on with me for my work is appreciated by me. I also wish to have nexus with some industries or organizations who can secure some projects for our students of our university.