PUNE: Senior Principal Scientist from Physical and Materials Chemistry Division of CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, BLV Prasad has been selected to receive the prestigious CNR Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences. The award has been instituted by CNR Rao Education Foundation for the promotion of Chemical Research.
Prasad has been selected for his work in material synthesis particularly nanoparticles and nanoscale materials. His group has been focusing on the preparation of solution processing techniques of 2-dimensional materials, molecular self-assemblies, identification of novel nanoparticle synthetic routes, preparation of bio molecule-nanoparticle conjugates and their applications in drug-delivery systems, bio-implants and diagnostics.
Prasad did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. After the post-doctoral research work at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, and Kansas State University, Kansas, United States, he joined CSIR-NCL in 2003.
He has authored about 100 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals besides he has several patents in India and abroad. He has supervised nine students for Ph.D. and another nine students are pursuing Ph.D. under his guidance.
He has won several awards including Young Career Award from the DST Nanomission, Bronze Medal by the Chemical Research Society of India (2013), Raman Research Fellowship (CSIR) in 2012, Materials Research Society of India Medal in 2012, and Scientist of the year award by the NCL Research Foundation in 2009. He has also been elected as a Fellow of Indian Academy of Science (Bangalore) in 2014 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) in 2016.
The award will be presented to Dr Prasad at the forthcoming Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) National Symposium in Chemistry to be held either at VIT University, Vellore, in February 2020 or at IISER, Kolkata in July 2020.
