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T Niranjana Prabhu

Also known as: T. Niranjana Prabhu, T N Prabhu

M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, University of Mysore, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences

ORCID iD 0000-0001-6857-6434
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Dr. T. Niranjana Prabhu with a total of 23 years of experience, is a researcher, administrator, teacher and science communicator in Kannada par excellence. Dr. Prabhu is a Professor in Chemistry and has been the Head of the Chemistry Department at RUAS from 2014 to March 2024. He was the Academic Registrar for the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences for five years (2014−2019) looking after examination and assessment for BSc and MSc programmes. Since 1st January 2023, he has also assumed the additional responsibility of Associate Dean – Office of Research and Innovation. He is involved in designing curriculum for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes, and in formulating academic regulations along with preparing lecture notes for various courses. He is a member of the Board of Examiners and Board of Studies in Chemistry/Polymer Science for RUAS, RIT, University of Mysore and Mandya University. His teaching proficiency fetched him the Best Teacher award at MVJ College of Engineering and a summer fellowship offer from Indian Academy of Sciences. More recently he was proffered the RAUS Annual Exemplary Award (2019 – 20) in the research category, Annual Exemplary Teacher Award – 2023 and Faculty Achiever of RUAS - 2023. His research interests lie in polymer composites, nanomaterials and wastewater treatment. He has contributed to several publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national and international conferences besides being invited to talks at several institutions. He also supervises PhD scholars, Undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is the Principal Investigator for one sponsored project and Co Principal Investigator for another sponsored project funded by LSRB-DRDO, Union Government of India and Co-Principal Investigator for a GEF-TDF funded project. He has received the Best Paper Presenter and Young Scientist awards from Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana – Karnataka and subsequently appointed as its Vice President. He is a Member of the Centre for Public Understanding of Science. SVAK and CPUS are involved in the propagation of science and technology in Kannada. He is the member of Project Monitoring and Review Committee of two projects of LSRB-DRDO. He was also Member of a committee for drafting “KSTA Policy Paper on Science Communication Policy (Focus on Karnataka).” He has published 5 science books in Kannada to promote greater understanding of science among the general public. Besides academics, he regularly interacts with village communities, schools and college students. His contribution to literature has been recognized by Kannada Sahithya Parishad, Bangalore who conferred on him the Prof D C Anantha Swamy Award for the book ‘Nenapugala Suliyalli’ (a collection of poetry). He completed his MSc (Industrial Chemistry) from Kuvempu University, MTech (Chemical Plant Design) from NITK-Surathkal and PhD (Polymer Science) from University of Mysore. He has memberships in several professional bodies like The Catalysis Society of India, ISTE, SVAK, STRA and IAENG.

Employment

  • M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital Professor in Chemistry and Associate Dean - Office of Research and Innovation
    2023 - Present
  • M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences Head of the Department
    2019 - 2023
  • MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences Head of the Department and Academic Registrar - FMPS
    2014 - 2019
  • East Point Group of Institutions Head of the Department
    2006 - 2014
  • MVJ College of Engineering Lecturer
    2001 - 2006

Education

  • University of Mysore Ph.D.
    2009 - 2014
  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka M.Tech. in Chemical Plant Design
    1999 - 2001
  • Kuvempu University M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry
    1997 - 1999

Projects & Funding

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Publications (26)