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Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is the largest Department of Nizam College. Its B.Sc program was started way back in 1918 and M. Sc in 1967. It is the first Department to have Chemistry PG program outside the University Campus. The Alumni includes stalwarts like Prof. T. Navaneeth Rao and Prof. M.M. Taqui Khan. The Department offers UG (5 combinations), PG (Physical Chemistry with Polymer Chemistry Elective and Inorganic Chemistry with Bioinorganic Chemistry Elective), Certificate Course in "Cheminformatics" under Career Oriented Programmes.
In Osmania University Polymer Chemistry elective is offered only at Nizam College and Bioinorganic Chemistry elective is offered at Nizam College and Women's College (outside the campus). A number of research students and temporary staff are using the departmental facilities for getting their Ph.D.s. The Department has strong faculty working in the fields of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Cheminformatics and Molecular Modeling, Spectroscopy, Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics. Similar to Nizam College, the Department has also many firsts to its credit: It is the first Department to have PG programme in Chemistry outside the O.U. Campus, first in India to introduce Molecular Modeling in M.Sc (Chemistry) curriculum, first in India to introduce Cheminformatics as an add-on course at the B.Sc level. The Department has an air-conditioned computer lab with 15 systems connected to a central server.
All the computers are hooked to University internet hub with a provision to use the chemical abstract service "Scifinder". The Department has procured Computational Chemistry & Molecular Modeling Software from Schrödinger Company, USA that is used in many Pharmaceutical Labs and Research Institutes. This is used in the teaching of add-on course in Cheminformatics for UG students and regular PG students. The Department is housing the lab and has these instruments: Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Water Quality Analyser, Dissolved Oxygen Meter, Fluorimeter, Electrophorisis equipment, TDS meter, Polarograph, BOD/COD Analyser and Ultra centrifuge. Science Club was inaugurated in the Department on 22 October 2006 with a motive to encourage the students and staff in General Science. Prof V. Uma is the coordinator of this club. This is a forum for all Science faculty and students and also Science lovers from other departments.
The Department has 11 Professors and 2 Assistant Professors. In the social front many are members of voluntary social organisations like Dr. A.S.Rao Awards Council and Loksatta. Dr. A.S.Rao Awards Council is organising orientation and training programmes for school and college teachers and conducting project trainings for school children in collaboration with Ratan Tata Trust. Two of the Professors are also on the editorial committee of the quarterly magazine "Vigyana Alika" published by the DRASRAC and distributed freely for school teachers. The Department is offering 3 career-oriented courses in Cheminformatics, Industrial Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic Chemistry; 2 PG Diploma Programmes in Chemical Analysis and Quality Control. |
Professors
1. Dr. P. Ettaiah
M. Sc, Ph.D.
Professor
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Dr. P. Ettaiah joined service on 5th August 1987 and is Professor since August 2005. |
| His area of specialisation is Inorganic Chemistry and research area is Coordination Chemistry. He has 12 publications to his credit. |
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2. Dr.K. Laxmi Venkat Rao
M.Sc, Ph.D.
Professor
I/c Head Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. K. Laxmi Venkata Rao joined on 27th August 1976 and is Professor since 27th July 1998. |
| Her area of Specialisation is Physical Chemistry and her research area is Kinetics. She has 4 publications to her credit. |
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3. Dr T. Parthasarathy
M.Sc.PhD
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. T. Parthasarathy joined service on 8th June 1989 and is Professor since 2006. |
| His areas of specialisation are Physical Chemistry-Chemical Kinetics and Solid State; and his research areas are Polymerization Kinetics and Molecular Modelling-Drug Designing. He has done 1 Minor Research Project. |
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4. Dr. Ch. Prasad Rao,
M.Sc.PhD
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. Ch. Prasad Rao joined service in June 1989 and is Professor since September 2006. |
| His area of specialisation is Organic Chemistry and research areas are Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Organ metallic Chemistry, different areas of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Natural Oxygen Heterocyclic Chemistry and in the analysis of Spectral data for Structure Assignment to Organic Compounds. He has 14 publications to his credit including Photochemistry of Bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene-2,5-diones and the Corresponding 5-Hydroxyimino and 5-Methylene Derivatives in journal of Organic Chemistry 68, 6543 (2003) and Preparation of Secolycorines against Acetylcholinesterase Bio-organic & Medicinal Chemistry 15(2), 1034-43 (2006). |
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5. Dr. Ch. Sarala Devi
M. Sc., PhD
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. Ch. Sarala Devi joined service on6th June1989 and is Professor since August 2005. |
| Her area of specialisation is Inorganic Chemistry and research area is Coordination Chemistry. She has 25 publications to her credit including joint papers A study on Catalytic Oxidative Ring Expansion and Structural Changes in 2-Acetonyl-2-Methyl Benzothiazoline Involving Some Metal Ion, in Journal of Indian Chemical society, Vol.81, march, p236-238, 2004 and Interaction of 2-(2’ hydroxyl) Phenyl Benzothiazoline With Some Metal Ions; Determination of its Dissociation Constants in Aquo-Organic Media, in Bulletin of Chem.Soc.Ethiopia,20(1),1-6,2006. She has done 1 minor research project. |
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6. Dr. S Satyanarayana
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry |
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Dr. S Satyanarayana is a Ph.D in Chemistry (Bioinorganic & Inorganic) with four years of Postdoctoral research experience in the U.S.A. |
He has twenty-four years of teaching and research experience. He has published seventy papers in national and international journals. Twelve students were awarded Ph.D. and two students were awarded M.Phil under his guidance. He has delivered lectures in several Universities.
He has rich administrative experience as Joint Director, Academic Audit Cell, Director P.G Admissions and Principal Nizam College. The area of his research is Synthesis Characterization of Vitamin B12 Models like Alkyl (aquo) Cobaloximes and Alkyl (aquo) Ethylenediamine Cobalt (III) Complexes. He studied the Binding and Kinetics with various N donor lgands to understand the Co-C bond cleavage which is important step in Coenzyme B12 catalysed reactions. Presently, he is working on the Synthesis of Cobalt (III) and Ru (II) Polypyridyl Complexes and their interaction with DNA. These complexes are used to probes of Nuclei Acids and Photocleavege of Plasmid DNA. Some of his publications include: Infrared and 13C and 15N NMR studies of Cyano (ligand)cobaloximes: Evidence for Cobalt- to- Cyanide π -Bonding
Inorg. Chem.31, 1366-1369(1922); Substituent-Effect Analysis in Organocobaloximes: Studies of the Formation Constants and Cyano 13C and 15N NMR Chemical Shifts of Alkyl (Cyano) Cobaloximes J.Am.Chem.soc. 114, 5674-5684, (1992) in collaboration with Kenneth L.Brown; Neither ∆ nor -λ Tris (phenanthroline) Ruthenium (II) Binds to DNA by Classical Intercalation, Biochemistry, 31, 9319-9324.(1992); Tris (Phenanthroline)Ruthenium(II) Enantiomer Interactions with DNA: Mode and Specificity of Binding, Biochemistry, 32, 2573-2584, (1993) in collaboration with James C.Dabrowaik, and Jonathan B. Chaires; ; Studies on Antimicrobial activity of Co (III) complexes, in Canadian Journal of microbiology Dec 2006 vol 52, 1247-1254. ; DNA-Binding Studies of mixed-ligand Ruthenium (II) Ethylenediamine Complexes Chemistry and Biodiversity. In collaboration with P. Nagababu, J. Naveena Lavanya Latha ,Nov 2006, Vol 3 Issue 11, 1219-1229; DNA Binding and Cleavage Properties of Ethylenediamine Cobalt (III) Complexes of Modified 1,10-Phenanthroline in collaboration with P. Nagababu, Polyhedron 26 (2007) 1686-1692. ; DNA Binding and PhotoCleavage studies of Cobalt(III) Ethylenediamine Pyridine Complexes: [ Co(en)2(mepy)2]3+ in collaboration with P. Nagababu, D. Aravind Kumar, Kotha Laxma Reddy, K. Ashwini Kumar, Md. B. Mustafa, Mynam Shilpa- Metal-Based Drugs, Volume 2007, Article ID 75084. |
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7. Dr. A S R Swamy
M. Sc, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. A.S.R Swamy joined service in January 1971 and is Professor since 1994. His areas of specialisation are Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry |
| Research area is Spectroscopic Studies on Conformational Studies in some 1,3 Diketones. He has published 5 papers and is associated with Dr.A.S.Rao Awards council for encouraging Science talent among students. |
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8. Dr. V. Uma
M.Sc,Ph.D.
Professor and
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. V. Uma joined service on 25th July 1983 and is Professor since July 1998. Her area of Specialisation is Physical Chemistry |
| Research areas are Protein Structure Determination, Molecular-Modeling Studies as Applied to Drug Designing. She has 18 publications and has done one minor research project. |
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9. Dr. G. Venkateswarlu
M. Sc, Ph.D.
Professor Dept. of Chemistry |
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He joined service on 28th July 1983 and is Professor since January 2004. His areas of specialisation are Physical Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy; |
| Research area is C T Spectra in Few Organic Compounds. He has 29 publications to his credit and author of text books of Physical Sciences for 8th & 10th classes published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. His significant publications include Effect of Solvent on Stereoselectivit in Organic Process Research and Development July 2007 and Molecular Complexes of Paraquat with Ssodium Purinates in Indian .J. Chemistry 42A (2003)2781 |
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10. Dr. P. Venkateswar Rao
M.Sc.PhD.,LLB
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
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Dr. P. Venkateswar Rao joined service on 17th June, 1989 and is Professor since 27th July 2006. His area of specialisation is Inorganic Chemistry and research area is Synthetic Chemistry. |
| He has 20 publications to his credit including joint papers Template Synthesis of Transition Metal Complexes Derived from Dehyroacetic Acid and DL-Histidine in proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India 2005,Vol.LXXV, sec-A, part-1 and Synthesis and Characterisation of Transition Metal Complexes Derived from some Biologically Active Furoic Acid Hydrazones in Bull.Chem.Soc.Ethiop 2007. He has done 1 minor research project. |
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11. Dr. B.Manohar,
MSc, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry |
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Dr. B. Manohar joined service on 20th August 1997.He got his M.Sc. in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1996. His area of specialisation is Physical Chemistry. |
| His research area is Catalysis. He has 15 publications to his credit including Mo-Zro2 Solid Acid Catalysts for Transesterification of Β- Ketoesters in Synth. Commun. 29 (7) (1999) (1235) and Esterification of Ecofriendly Zr O2 and Mo-ZrO2 Solid Acid Catalysts in Synth. Commun. 28 (1998) (000). He has 2 patents to his credit. |
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12. Dr. Kamatala Chinna Rajanna
MSc, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
Phone: 9550236371.
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Dr. K.Chinna Rajanna is postgraduate and Ph.D from Osmania University, his Ph.D thesis is entitled: “Kinetic and mechanistic Aspects of some Electron Transfer Reactions”(1982). |
His Post doctoral research was on: ‘Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology’, from RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,NY,USA,(June-November,2007). He was a Post Doctrol Fellow-CSIR (1982-1983) from Osmania University Post Graduate School of Applied Chemistry, Mirzapur,India and CSIR-SRF in 1979-1982 ,from Nizam College, Osmania University. He joined Osmania University as an Assistant Professor 1983 and has been promoted as an Associate Professor in 1991and later as Professor in 1994.He has hands on experience with IR,UV, Fluorescence ,NMR Spectrophotometers, Potentiometer, GC, HPLC ,GS-MS, SEM, TEM and Polarimeter. He has programming skills in BASIC, FORTRAN,Cand C++ languages with a special reference to Chemistry oriented problems. His areas of specialization include: Physical Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
Professor K.Chinna Rajanna supervised 20 Ph.D candidates. Sixty of his research papers were published in reputed International Journals; he made 20 paper presentations in American Chemical Society, USA. His area of interest and research interests are: Physical Organic Chemistry, Green Organic Synthesis, Nanomaterials and Nano technology .He was Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (Research & Teaching Excellence) in 2006. He was awarded Navaratna Award for teaching excellence in 1998 and was awarded Dr. J. Ramaniah medal for Teaching Excellence in the year 2000.He is a visiting Scientist at RPI, NY, USA.
Professor K.Chinna Rajanna is a life member of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, Analytical Chemists Society of India, Catalysis Society of India, Indian Association of Chemistry Teachers, Kineticists Society of India and Computer society of India. Some of his key publications include: ‘A Text Book of Physical Sciences’, used by IX class students throughout the state of Andhra Pradesh, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India. |
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Assistant Professors
1. Dr. M Vijjulatha,
M.Sc.PhD
Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)
Dept. of Chemistry
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She joined service in December 1999. Her area of specialisation is Organic Chemistry and research area is Molecular Modeling and Drug Designing. |
| She has 16 publications to her credit including joint papers-Computational Design of Novel Cyclic Urea as HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor in Cent.Eur.J.Chem, published online on 17th July 2007 and Formation of Phosphonates and Pyrophosphates in the Reaction of Chlorophosphate Esters with StrongOrganic Bases in J.Chem.Sci.2004,116,6,pp311-317 |
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2. Mr. T.Gangadhar
M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
Phone: 9573231955
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Mr. T. Gangadhar got his M.Sc in Chemistry from Osmania University in the year 2000. |
| He joined the University on 15 / 5/ 2007.He has 2 years of PG and five years of UG teaching. |
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