Senior Professor

Dr Chebrolu Pulla Rao

Department of Chemistry

Interests
  1. Bioinorganic Chemistry
  2. Supramolecular Chemistry
  3. Chemosensors

Faculty Details

Education

1975

Andhra University
India
BSc

1977

IIT Madras
India
MSc

1982

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India
PhD

Experience

  • 2019 - 2023 Professor, IIT Tirupati
  • 2011 - 2019 Chair Professor, IIT Bombay
  • 1998 - 2011 Professor, IIT Bombay
  • 1994 - 1998 Associate Professor, IIT Bombay
  • 1988 - 1994 Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
  • 1986 - 1987 Post-Doctoral RA: Massachusettes Institute of Technology (with Prof. Stephen J. Lippard)
  • 1983 - 1985 Post-Doctoral Fellow: Harvard University (with Prof. Richard H. Holm)
  • 1982 - 1983 Research Associate: IISc, Bangalore (with Prof. C. N. Rao)


    • Honorary Special positions occupied at the National Level

  • Member of the UGC Special Assistance Committee for Chemistry, MS Univ. of Baroda, (2008 to 2013; 5 years)
  • Member of the DST's Women Scientist Chemistry Committee (2013 to 2016)
  • Member of the UGC Special Assistance Committee for Chemistry, Univ. of Rajasthan, (2014 to 2019; 5 years)
  • Member of the Sectional Committee of Indian Acad. Sci. (2016 to 18; 3 years)
  • Member of the Deptl committee of the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences,Central University of Hyderabad (2015 & 2016; 2 years).
  • INSA’s Initiative of DBT funded Star College Scheme Mentor exclusively for one college, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada (2017 to 2020)
  • Member of the SERB's Chemical Sciences committee for ECRA & NPDF projects (2018 to 2021)

    • Service Rendered by being an Expert Committee Member

  • BARC; BITS-Pilani; CSIR – CFTRI, CSIR-CSMCRI Bhavnagar, CSIR-NCL Pune; CUSAT-Cochin; IIST-Trivandrum; IIT-Madras; IIT-Mandi; IIT-Roorkee; IIT-Patna; IIT Jodhpur; JNTU-Anantapur; MS Univ – Baroda; NIT Durgapur; NITK-Suratkal; Osmania Univ – Hyderabad; Rajasthan Univ; Thapar Univ – Patiala; VNIT-Nagpur; WOS Program by DST; IASc sectional committee; DBT’s Start College Mentor for Andhra Loyola College – Vijayawada; SRM AP – Amaravati; SERB's ECRA & NPDF chemical sciences committee; IISER Berhampur;

Research Interest

  • Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Chemosensors
  • Cytotoxicity and Anticancer agents
  • Protein – inorganic hybrid materials
  • Protein coated nanoparticles & nanoclusters
  • Materials for drug storage and delivery
  • Enzyme mimics & Enzyme inhibitors

    • Awards & Fellowships

    • DST-JSPS fellow, (1997)
    • Chemical Research Society of India, Bronze Medal (2004)
    • IRCC IIT Bombay Best Paper based on citations (2010)
    • Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.), 2011
    • Institute Chair Professor of IITB (2011 - 14), (2014 – 17) & (2017-20)
    • Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc.), 2012
    • IRCC IIT Bombay Best review paper based on citations (2014)
    • Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (FNA), 2016
    • J.C. Bose National Fellow of DST, 2016 (till 2022)
    • Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademy of Sciences (FAPAS), 2016
    • Excellence in Basic Research: SC Bhattacharyya Award (2016)
    • Theme based research: IRCC - 2015 Award by IIT Bombay (2016)
    • Professor A.S.R. Anjaneyulu 60th birthday Commemoration Lectue (2017)
    • Chemical Research Society of India, Silver Medal (2018)

    Memberships

  • Society of Biological Chemists
  • National Crystallography Association
  • Society of Carbohydrate Chemists & Technologists
  • American Chemical Society

    • List of Publications

    Contact Details

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