Senior Professor

Dr Chebrolu Pulla Rao

Department of Chemistry

Interests
  • Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Chemosensors
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
Education
BSc
Andhra University
India
MSc
IIT Madras
India
PhD
Indian Institute of Science
India
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 Interests
  • 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
Publications

No publications found.

Contact Details

cp.rao@srmap.edu.in

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