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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. S. BalakumarM. Sc., M. Phil., Ph.D., FRSC (UK), FInstP (IOP, UK), SMIEEE (USA)

Professor
National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
17

Awards

306

Publications

40

Seminars / Conference

31

Projects

14

Ph.D Awarded

8

Ph.D Present

Achievements
    Member in International/National Committees/Session Chairs in Conferences

    Member in Various Committees:

    1. IME Technical Council Member (2003-2004), IME Singapore
    2. Patent Committee Member (2003-2004), IME Singapore
    3. Program Committee Member, Twenty First International VMIC Conference, Short Courses & Exhibition to be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2004 at Waikoloa Beach, HAWAII Refer: http://www.imic.org/
    4. Program Committee Member, Tenth International Conference on Chemical-Mechanical Polish (CMP) to be held February 22 - 25, 2005 at Fremont, California, Ref: http://www.imic.org/
    5. Program Committee Member, Twenty Second International VMIC Conference, Short Courses & Exhibition to be held October 3 - 6, 2005 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California, Ref: http://www.imic.org/
    6. Session Chair, 2005 MRS meeting, Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, March 28 - April 1 San Francisco, CA USA
    7. Program Committee Member, 2006 VMIC-VLSI/ULSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, Seminar & Exhibition, September 25 - 28, 2006 at Fremont, California
    8. Program Committee Member, Twenty Second International VMIC Conference, Short Courses & Exhibition to be held October 3 - 6, 2006 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California. Ref: http://www.imic.org/
    9. Program Committee Member, ICPT Committee for 2006 (International Conference on Planarization Technology).San Francisco, CA on Oct 12 and 13 (2006)
    10. Program Committee Member, ICPT Committee for 2007 (International Conference on Planarization Technology).San Francisco, CA on Oct 12,(2007)
    11. Judge, National Robotic Competition (NJRC), 2006
    12. Program Committee Member, Twenty third International VMIC Conference, Short Courses & Exhibition to, 2007 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California. Refer: http://www.imic.org/
    13. 2008 CMP-Mic Executive Program Committee, Feb 2008, California. Refer: http://www.imic.org/
    14. 2008 VMIC Program Committee, Nov. 2008, California. Refer: http://www.imic.org/.
    15. Advisory Board Member, National Seminar on Crystal growth, Alagappa University, Chennai
    16. TANU Nanoscience Centre Technical Committee Member, 2009
    17. BD University Nanoscience Center Expert Committee Member 2009-09-23
    18. Subject Expert for Purchase Committee for Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Anna University, Chennai
    19. Subject Expert for Equipment Selection Committee, Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai
    20. Core Committee Member, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Madras University, Chennai -05.
    21. Session Chair for Nanotechnology, International Conference on Biotechnology, 25th June 2010, SRM University, Kancheepuram
    22. Research Board Member, Research –Cell, Sriram Engineering College, Chennai
    23. Scientific Committee Member, Chennai Science Festival, 2012
    24. Scientific Advisory Board, National Workshop on Preparation, Characterization of Crystalline Materials and  their applications, July 16th-17th,2012, Anna University,
    25. Scientific Advisory Board, National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Jan 2013
    26. Member, Research Committee, NCNSNT, Chennai-25
    27. Member,  Academic Committee, NCNSNT, Chennai-25
    28. Coordinator for Basic Sciences, Chennai Science Festival for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Science City, Chennai.
    29. Member,  National Advisory Committee,  ACITE sponsored National Conference on National Seminar on Recent Aspirants of Nanomaterials and its applications, Bangalore 21st-22nd July 2015
    30. Member,  Scientific Advisory Committee,  National Seminar on Nanotechnology Energizing the Future, 7th to 8th January 2016,  PGSR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, India
    31. Member, National Advisory Committee, National Conference on “Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India, SRM University, Chennai 26-28 November 2015.
    32. Member, Advisory Committee, Workshop on Preparation, Characterization of Crystalline Materials and their Applications, November 26-27, 2015, Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai.
    33. Member, Conference Advisory Committee, 4th National Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials, 4th - 5th March 2016, SRM University, Chennai.
    34. Scientific Committee Member,  Chennai Science Festival,  26th to 29th Feb, 2016
    35. Member, Advisory Committee, 3rd National Conference on Materials for Modern World (NCMMW-2016), 15th & 16th September 2016, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai.
    36. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent trends in Applied Science and Technology, 8th & 9th September, 2017, Centre for Research & Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai.
    37. Member, Advisory Committee, 3rd Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society Conference (AOSS-3), 14th - 16th September 2017, SRM University, Chennai.
    38. Member, National Advisory Committee, 6th National Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials (NCHSM 2018), 16th & 17th February 2018, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai.
    39.  Executive Member, Nano National summit – Current trends and Future Perspectives (NNSCTFP-2019), 9th & 10th January 2019, Holly cross college, Tiruchirappalli.
    40.  Member,  Scientific Advisory Committee,  Chennai Science Festival 2019, 11th January 2019,  Science city, Chennai, India
    41. Member, National Advisory Committee, 7th National Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials (NCHSM 2019), 22nd and 23rd February 2019, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai.
    42.  Session Chair, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), 23rd to 28th June 2019, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
    43. Session Chair, National Workshop on Photoluminescence abd Functional Materials, 20th & 21st June 2019, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras.
    44. Member, National Advisory Committee, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechology, VIT, Vellore, Oct 019
    45. Member, National Advisor Committee, International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Science and Technology, 19-21, September, 2019

     

     Member in Board of Studies: 

    1. Member of Board of Studies, Department of Physics, KASC College (Autonomous), Coimbatore
    2. Member of Board of Studies, Department of  Physics (for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology), Queen Mary’s College, Chennai
    3. Member of Board of studies,  Department of Physics and Nanotechnology,  SRM University, Chennai
    4. Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Gandhigram Rural University,Gandhigram-624 302, INDIA
    5. Member, Board of  Studies for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pondicherry Central University
    6. Member, Board of Studies of Electronics and Communication, PSG college of Technology, Coimbatore.
    7. Member, National Organizing committee, International Conference on BioMaterials, BioEngineering, BioTheranostics, 24th-28th July 2018, VIT University, Vellore.
    8. Member, Advisory board, Bharathiar University.
    9. Member, International Advisory Committee, International conference on Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (AMCEHA 2019), 6th-8th Feb 2019, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Srilanka.
    Ph.D/M.Tech/M S/M.Sc Students supervised/ongoing

    PhD Guided                                  : 19

    PhD On-going                               : 8

    Post doctoral Fellow                     : 4 (Completed)

    Post doctoral fellow                      : 6

    M.S by Research completed         : 5 (at National University of Singapore)

    M.Tech completed                        : 14

    M. Sc completed                                      : 150

    International/National Collaborations
    1. Indian Institute of  Technology
    2. Ramachandra Medical University
    3. Aukland University, USA
    4. University of Las Vegas,USA
    5. NUS,Singapore
    6. IMRE, A-Star, Singapore
    7. Bharathidasan University, Trichy
    8. University of Mayberg, Germany
    9. CUHK, Hong Kong
    10. IBN, A-Star, Singapore
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