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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

Dr.N.R.SasirekhaPh.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Crystallography and Biophysics
1

Awards

35

Publications

74

Seminars / Conference

8

Projects

0

Ph.D Awarded

5

Ph.D Present

Seminar / Conference

National Seminar Organized

S.No Description Year Held
1

RUSA 2.0 sponsored Webinar on “Mesoporous Nanomaterials in Cancer Therapeutics”, CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 11 October 2021

2021
2

RUSA 2.0 sponsored Seven days Online Workshop on "Bio-nano interface: Studying Nano-biophysiochemical interaction to toxicity"

2022

National Seminar Participated

S.No Description Year Held
1

N.R. Sasirekha, K. Shanthi, and T. Sivakumar, ‘Photoenhanced reduction of carbon dioxide on various titania semiconductors’, 5th National Symposium in Chemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, February 2003.

2003
2

N.R. Sasirekha, C. Mahendiran, and K. Shanthi, ‘Effect of Cu doped titania on photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide’, 17th National Symposium on Catalysis, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, January 2005.

2005
3

National Symposium on Recent Trends in Nanoscience & Technology, Nanorevelations (September 2010), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2010
4

Seminar on Municipal Solid Waste Management, SWSWM-2010 (October 2010), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2010
5

National Seminar on Role of Renewable Energy in Energy Conservation REEC 2010 (December 2010), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2010
6

Seminar on Societal implications on Nanoscience & Technology (December 2010), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2010
7

National Conference on Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Development (February 2011), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2011
8

One day awareness programme for teachers on Heuristic approach in Teaching, AT-HEAT (March 2011), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.

2011
9

21st National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP 21) “Catalysis for Sustainable Development” (February 2013), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.

2013
10

One day Workshop on “Photocatalysis for sustainability: Fundamentals and Applications (October 2013)”, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Anna University Tiruchirappalli, India.

2013
11

N.R. Sasirekha, Yu-Wen Chen and K. Palanichamy, ‘Catalytic combustion of toluene on Pd/MnOx-CeO2: Effect of preparation method’, 17th National Workshop on Challenges in Catalysis Science and Technology (CCST-2016), CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 23–25 June, 2016.

2016
12

K. Palanichamy and N. R. Sasirekha, ‘Catalytic effect of dry reforming of methane over Pt-Ni modified Mg-SBA-15 catalysts’, Chennai Nanogathering – National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanobiotechnology (CNG-NCNN’17), National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, 7–8 February, 2017.

2017
13

K. Palanichamy, P. Sangeetha and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Catalytic dry reforming of methane over modified mesoporous materials’, 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis, Royal Orchid Convention, Bengaluru, 17–19 January 2018.

2018
14

M. Manikandan, N.R. Sasirekha and P. Sangeetha, ‘Nitrogen-rich porous carbon as a metal-free catalyst for esterification of biomass derived substrates’, 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis, Royal Orchid Convention, Bengaluru, 17–19 January 2018.

2018
15

Two days National Level Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Art of Writing Funding Proposals and Journal Articles” (5-6 October 2018), Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

2018
16

N.R. Sasirekha, K. Shanthi and K. Palanichamy, ‘Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide on Fe doped TiO2–Al2O3 under visible light irradiation’, National Symposium on Green Energy and its Green Chemistry for Sustainable Future, Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai, 22–23 February, 2019

2019
17

T. Karthik, K. Palanichamy, N.R. Sasirekha, S. Balakumar, P. Rajashree, ‘Intranasal drug delivery of quetiapine-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticle for treatment of psychotic disorders’, National Symposium on Green Energy and its Green Chemistry for Sustainable Future, Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai, 22–23 February, 2019

2019
18

Two days “National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (January 2019)”, Anna University, Chennai, India

2019
19

17th National Workshop on Catalysis for Clean Energy and Sustainable Future (31st May and 1st June 2019), IIT-Delhi, India.

2019
20

Resurgence of Indian System of Medicine (Siddha, Yoga, Naturopathy) & Modern Scientific (Nanoscience) Developments in Pandemic Times, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, 25th July 2020.

2020
21

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Syngas production via dry reforming of methane in coke resistant Pt-Ni/AlSBA-15 catalysts’, Recent Advances in Catalysis Science and Engineering (RACSE 2021), organised by Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, 26–28 October, 2021

2021
22

RUSA 2.0 sponsored Webinar on “Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications”, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 14 August 2021

2021
23

RUSA 2.0 sponsored Webinar on “Nano Informatics in Healthcare III”, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 11 September 2021

2021
24

RUSA 2.0 sponsored Webinar on “Emerging concepts and technologies in Nanomaterial based Immunomodulation”, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 12 October 2021

2021
25

E-workshop cum Discussion Forum on “High-end Characterization of Microalgae: Overcoming the technological barriers, 3–4 March, 2021, TERI-Deakin Nano Biotechnology Centre.

2021
26

Ganesh S., P. Rajashree and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Development of nanotherapeutics based on Zn/Meso-HAP for cancer drug delivery’, Biomaterials Online Conclave 2022, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 07–15 March, 2022.

2022
27

S. Arokya Abisha, M. Keerthana, M. Gopinath, P. Rajashree and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles mediated by aqueous extract of Scoparia dulcis, its characterization and therapeutic activity’, Biomaterials Online Conclave 2022, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 07–15 March, 2022.

2022

International Seminar Participated

S.No Description Year Held
1

K. Shanthi, T. Sivakumar, and N. R. Sasirekha, ‘Mesoporous molecular sieve (Al-MCM-41) supported Ni-Mo catalyst for hydrodenitrogenation of o-toluidine and cyclohexylamine’, 15th Indian National Symposium on Catalysis and Second Conference of the Indo-Pacific Catalysis Association, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, January 2001.

2001
2

K. Shanthi, N.R. Sasirekha, R. Maheswari, and T. Sivakumar, ‘Hydrodenitrogenation activity of NiO-MoO3 catalysts supported on various mesoporous aluminosilicates’, 13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, July 2001.

2001
3

16th National Symposium and 1st Indo-German Conference on Catalysis (February 2003), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.

2003
4

26th International Symposium on Nanocatalysis (June 2006), National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.

2006
5

2006 International Conference on Chemical & Molecular Technologies (ICCMT–2006), National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

2006
6

13th Taiwan-Japan Catalyst Symposium (November 2006), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

2006
7

Y.-W. Chen, and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Nanosized Gold Catalyst for CO Removal’, International Symposium on Environmental Implications and Applications of Nano-sized Materials, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, December 2006.

2006
8

Y.-W. Chen, L.-H. Chang, and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-rich stream catalyzed by Au/MgO-TiO2’, Europacat VIII, Turko/?bo, Finland, 26-41 Aug 2007.

2007
9

L.H. Chang, N.R. Sasirekha, Y.L. Yeh, and Y.-W. Chen, ‘Effect of preparation method of Au/TiO2 catalyst applied in selective CO oxidation in hydrogen stream’, The 7th Cross-Strait Catalysis Symposium (CSCS-7), Hawlien, Taiwan, 9 Sep 2007.

2007
10

Y.S. Lai, N.R. Sasirekha, Y.-W. Chen, C.Y. Hsieh, H.J. Chuang, and C.C. Kung, ‘Hydrogen production from catalytic hydrolysis of sodium borohydride solution using NiCoB catalysts’, The 25th Taiwan Symposium on Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 July 2007.

2007
11

L.H. Chang, N.R. Sasirekha, Y.L. Yeh, and Y.-W. Chen, ‘Selective CO oxidation in hydrogen stream over nano-gold catalysts prepared by photo-deposition method’, The 25th Taiwan Symposium on Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 July 2007.

2007
12

B. Rajesh, N.R. Sasirekha, J.-H. Shen, and Y.-W. Chen, ‘Hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene over NiCoB nanoalloy catalysts’, 22nd Conference of the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society, Richmond, VA, USA, March 2008.

2008
13

Y.-W. Chen and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Adsorption of H2, CO, and O2 with surfaces of supported gold catalysts’, The 6th Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 20-23 May 2012.

2012
14

Y.-W. Chen and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Structure and catalytic performance of Au-Pd/TiO2 for hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene’, 6th International Conference Gold 2012, Tokyo, Japan, 5-8 September 2012.

2012
15

Y.-W. Chen, N.R. Sasirekha and K. Shanthi ‘Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide using Pt/TiO2: Effect of support’, The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Taipei, Taiwan, 13-17 October 2013.

2013
16

Y.-W. Chen and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Bimetallic Au-Pd/TiO2 for hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene’, The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Taipei, Taiwan, 13-17 October 2013.

2013
17

Y.-W. Chen, N.R. Sasirekha and P. Sangeetha ‘Modified titania for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide: Effect of support’, The 7th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT7), Kyoto, Japan, 1-6 June 2014.

2014
18

Y.-W. Chen and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Chemoselective hydrogenation of nitrostyrene using Au/CoOx-TiO2’, The 7th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT7), Kyoto, Japan, 1-6 June 2014.

2014
19

N.R. Sasirekha, P. Sangeetha, Y.-W. Chen and K. Palanichamy ‘Nanosized Au/CeO2 catalyst towards low temperature oxidation of CO’, International Conference on Chemistry and Materials (ICCM-2014), Tiruchirappalli, India, 14-15 November 2014.

2014
20

N.R. Sasirekha and Yu Wen Chen, ‘Catalytic combustion of toluene on Pd/MnOx-CeO2: Effect of manganese oxide’, International Conference on Chemistry and Renewable Energy (ICCRE 2016), Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, India, 25-26 February 2016.

2016
21

N.R. Sasirekha, K. Palanichamy, P. Sangeetha and Yu-Wen Chen, ‘Photocatalytic water splitting using modified In6WO12: Effect of additives and pretreatment’, International Conference on Energy Innovations – Today and Tomorrow, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Green R&D Centre, Bengaluru, 14–15 October, 2016.

2016
22

N.R. Sasirekha, P. Sangeetha and Yu-Wen Chen, ‘Synergetic effect in Au–Rh/CeO2 catalysts for preferential oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich stream’, The Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7), Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and Catalysis Society of India, 17–21 January, 2017.

2017
23

K. Palanichamy, N.R. Sasirekha and K. Shanthi, ‘Comparative study on the effect of bimetallic Pt-Ni catalyst on Ce-SBA-15 for dry reforming of methane’, The Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7), Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and Catalysis Society of India, 17–21 January, 2017.

2017
24

N.R. Sasirekha, K. Palanichamy and Y.-W. Chen, ‘Bimetallic catalysts supported on CeO2 for preferential oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich stream’, International Conference on Advances in Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences (ABCPS-2017), Anna University, BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, 13–15 March, 2017.

2017
25

International Seminar on Recent Trends in Environmental Sciences – Issues and Remedies (10 March 2017), Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

2017
26

India International Science Festival 2017 (13–16 October 2017), Chennai, India.

2017
27

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Catalytic dry reforming of methane over Ni/Al-SBA-15 mesoporous materials’, International Seminar on Advanced Materials (ISAN-2018), National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, 27–28 February 2018.

2018
28

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Nickel modified Ti-SBA-15 for catalytic dry reforming of methane’, Joint India-UK International Conference on “Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy, Environment and Healthcare Applications (ANEH-2018)”, K.S.R. College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal & Swansea University, United Kingdom, 31 August and 1 September 2018.

2018
29

International Conference on Advancements and Challenges in Chemical Sciences 2018 (2–3 February 2018), Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, India.

2018
30

2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry (15–17 March, 2018), Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

2018
31

Nanobioteck – 2018, 3rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nanomedicine (24–27 October, 2018), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

2018
32

T. Karthik, K. Palanichamy, N.R. Sasirekha and P. Rajashree, ‘Fabrication of anti-tuberculosis multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticle incorporated with iron oxide to target mycobacteria’, 5th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulanthur, Chennai, 28–30 January 2019.

2019
33

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behaviour of Ni/Ti-UVM-7 mesoporous catalysts for partial oxidation of methane’, India-UK Second International Conference on Energy, Environment and Healthcare Applications (ANEH-2019), Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, 04–06 February, 2019.

2019
34

India-UK Joint Hands-on Training Program for Nanomaterials Characterization and Device Fabrication (19–21 September 2019), KSR, Tiruchengode, India.

2019
35

N. Manjari and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Transesterification of jatropha oil to biodiesel using modified sepiolite’, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Catalysis (ETC 2020), VIT, Vellore, 06–08 January, 2020

2020
36

N. Swetha and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Chemoselective hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde using modified mesoporous materials’, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Catalysis (ETC 2020), VIT, Vellore, 06–08 January, 2020

2020
37

International Virtual Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials Applications (VCAN 2020), Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT, Vellore, 17 – 19 June, 2020.

2020
38

One day International Virtual Conference on Photovoltaics and Materials Science, VIT, Vellore, 23rd June, 2020.

2020
39

One day International Webinar on Photocatalysis, VIT, Chennai, 29th June, 2020.

2020
40

International Online Faculty Development Programme on Frontiers in Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, 16–18 September, 2020.

2020
41

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Hydrogen production by CO2 reforming of CH4 to syngas over Ni–Co/KCC-1 catalysts’, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Environment, Energy and Construction (ICSEEC 2021), Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science, 16–17 December, 2021

2021
42

K. Palanichamy and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Nickel impregnated UVM-7 mesoporous catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane’, Catalysis Science and Technology 10th Anniversary Symposium (On-line), Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom, 16–17 November 2021.

2021
43

1st Online International Conference on Emerging Trends in Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Processes (ETCSCP-2021), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Bangalore Regional Centre and Catalysis Society of India, 26–28 August, 2021

2021
44

Ganesh S., Ashitha K.C., P. Rajashree and N.R. Sasirekha, ‘Synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanomaterial using soft-templated method and its bio-medical application: Effect of surfactant and phosphate precursor’, International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Magnetism (RTMM-22), Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai, 15–16 December, 2022.

2022
45

Ashitha K.C., Ganesh S., Bargavi P., Ramya R., S. Balakumar, N.R. Sasirekha and P. Rajashree, ‘Hydroxyapatite-based vaccine adjuvant systems: Enhancing the efficacy of potential immunotherapeutics’, International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Magnetism (RTMM-22), Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai, 15–16 December, 2022.

2022
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