Material Chemistry is rapidly emerging as a critical component of contemporary science. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the field requires input from all diverse branches of Chemistry. The Department of Chemistry is organising a Faculty Development Programme on Recent advancements in Materials Chemistry. Renowned academicians Prof Srinivas Hotha, IISER Pune, and Prof Chilla Malla Reddy, IISER Kolkata, will be the programme’s keynote speakers.
Prof Srinivas Hotha will deliver a talk on Discovery and Development of Gold-Catalyzed Glycosylation for the Synthesis of Oligosaccharides, and Prof Chilla Malla Reddy will handle a session on Adaptive Soft Molecular Crystals: From Bending to Self-healing Assistant Professor Dr Nimai Mishra and DST – Ramanujan Fellowship Faculty Dr Satheesh Ellipilli are the convenors of the event.
Date: September 7, 2022
Time: 2 PM to 5 PM
About the speakers
Prof Srinivas Hotha is the Dean of Planning and Communications at IISER Pune. He is an expert faculty in Chemistry and Glycochemical Biology. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of teaching and research. He completed his PhD at Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Prof Chilla Malla Reddy is from the Department of Chemical Sciences of IISER Kolkata. He did his PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry and Crystal engineering from the University of Hyderabad. He continued his research as a post-doctoral fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He has been awarded the prestigious Swarna Jayanti fellowship by the Department of science and technology, Government of India.