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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

Projects

Projects (Total Projects : 31)

# Project Title Project Duration Funding Agency Amount Sanctioned (In Lakhs)
1

Abrasive Free Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Nanoscale finishing

2003-2004 Institute of Microelectronics and Hosei Uni-Japan. International Collaborations (Japan-Singapore) 100
2

IME- TMT Industry project

2007-2008 TMT 30
3

IME-TMT

2007-2008 Taiwan- Industry project 75
4

Oxide Planarization  for  8 inch MEMS wafers

2006-2007 Taiwan- Industry project 60
5

ELID-CMP Project with NUS (AML, MPE)- Co-In

2006-2008 A-STAR-NUS 20
6

Fabrication of nanomultiferroics by electrospinning methods

2010-2014 CSIR (Joint Project with CLRI) 24
7

Anodixation of alumina template for metal oxide nanowire

2011-2014 NCNSNT 10
8

Green sysnthesis of TiO2 nanotubes and WO3 nanotubes by electrophoretic anodization technique

2012-2015 UGC 12
9

Fabrication of FeN nanofilms using coating techniques

2013-2016 DRDO 15
10

Development of electrophoretic deposition of graphene/ Nanobioglass composite layer on titanium surface for anticorrosion and antifouling resistance

2014-2017 UGC-DAE-CSR 12
11

Development of Metal Oxide Incorporated NANOBIOGLASS Coatings for Dentistry and Orthopaedic Applications

2014-2017 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) 34
12

Biological  Investigation  an Degradation  Behaviour  of Bioglass  based Artificial Cornea Material

2018-2021 DBT 80
13

Development of magnetically actuated polymer composite membrane capable of delivering large deflection

2019-2021 DMRL -CARS 21
14

Development of Socket-Fit Flexible Hemostat Cum Graft for Dental Applications

2020-2022 DBT-BIRAC-PACE 48
15

Distinct phase stabilisation and its structural impact on magentoelectric coupling in pyrochlore Bi2-xMxWO6 (M = Mn, Fe, Co) for induced multiferroicity

2019-2021 DST-RFBR 23
16

Development of Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Materials for Solar Cell Applications

2021-2024 DST-Indo-Uzbek –MIDR Joint Project 10
17

Functional Synthetic Materials For Bio-medical Applications ( Theme-2) – Biomaterials:-

Design and Development of Bulk Nanostructured Biomaterials for Biomedical applications. 

2021-2023 MHRD-RUSA-2.0 282
18

Design and Development of HAP- based composites for orthopedic and dental applications. 

2021-2023 MHRD-RUSA-2.0 13
19

DST-FIST Project  for the NCNSNT

Project Coordinator  

2021-2026 DST-FIST Level-1 80
20

Design and Development of Graphene-Alage based Composites derived from Biomass for Industrial Wastewater Treatment in Tamil Nadu Industries  

2021-2024 Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education [TANSCHE] 46
21

Nano-Bioglass Composite Systems for Bone Tissue Engineering and Hyperthermia Applications

2012-2015 Lady Tata Memorial Trust Fellowship (JRF) 6
22

Synthesis of Fluorescent Magnetic Hybrid Nanosystems and their Diagnostic Applications

2011-2016 DST- INSPIRE Fellowship (JRF) 16
23

Synthesizes and Characterization of Nano-Hydroxyapatite for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Application

2014-2019 UGC-RGNF (JRF & SRF) 22
24

Designing of Electrode Materials from Zinc Antimonate Nanostructures and its Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Application

2014-2019 DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (SRF) 22
25

Bioactive Glass coatings on Titanium based Medical Implants

2018-2020 CSIR-SRF Fellowship 10
26

Development of Multifunctional Bismuth ferrite Nanostructures as photocatalyst for Solar Hydrogen Generation from Water

2018-2020 CSIR-SRF Fellowship 8
27

Development of 45S5 Bioglass systems towards bone tissue engineering applications

2016-2021 DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (SRF) 22
28

Study and Design of Chitosan and Crystalline Bioactive Nanocomposites for Improved Healing Using Graphene Scaffolds

2020-2023 DBT-Research Associate 14
29

Development of Biocompatible and Nanoengineered Chitosan Matrix for Cancer Therapy

2021-2023 ICMR-Research Associate 7
30

Tailored Bioactive Membranes for Diabetic Chronic Wound Healing

2021-2023 ICMR-Senior Research Fellow 5
31

Inquiry on Structural cum Mechanical stability, and biological behaviour of Innovative Biomedical glasses (Sodium free and calcium rich) with potentiality to preserve Alveolar bone resorption after tooth extraction, and to induce hemostatic nature at the time of emergency – A first-aid kit

2023-2026 DST CRG-SERB 54
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