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Dr.Rakesh Sharma

Also known as: Dr.R.K.Sharma, Dr.Rakesh Sharma, R.K.Sharma

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8243-1549
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Dr.Rakesh K. Sharma, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Polymer Chemistry), is the Professor (Assistant/Level-3) of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA. He has almost 23 years of Teaching and 27 years of Research experience.
His research interests are Polymer and Materials Chemistry: Development of vegetable oil-based polyurethane polymers for coating and food packaging applications, Synthesis of polymer-mediated metal nanoparticles for catalytic and antimicrobial applications, Polymeric micelles as nano-tools for drug delivery applications, Chemistry of polymers for surfactant-based applications. He has published more than 45 papers in International Journals with high impact and presented almost 50 papers at National and International Conferences. He has been a Reviewer for several leading International Journals like JCIS, C&S: B, JMS, JML, JSD, PlosOne, RSC Advances, etc. Presently, he is the Review Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Sharma is the Executive Committee (EC) member of the Asian Polymer Association (APA), INDIA. He is the member of Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology (ISSST), India, Green Chemistry Network (GCNC), ACS Chapter, India, Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT), India, Society of Material Chemistry, BARC, India. He guided 6 Ph D students and 40 dissertations at Master level in the area of Polymeric materials. He is associated with many research funding agencies like UGC (New Delhi), UGC-DAE (Mumbai), GUJCOST (Gandhinagar), MSU Seed Grant.

Employment

  • The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Assistant Professor
    2009 - Present
  • Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Lecturer (Permanent)
    2003 - 2009

Education

  • Veer Narmad South Gujarat University M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
    1998 - 2002

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (42)