DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY
Ph.D. (2001 – 2006) : Chemistry, IIT Madras, Date of Award : 27th July 2007
Guide: Dr. T. Pradeep, Professor, DST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras
M.Sc. (1998 – 2001) :Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science,
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Chemistry
B.Sc. (1993 – 1996) : St. Thomas College, Pala, Kerala
Chemistry (Core), Mathematics, Physics
CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Scientist, Global R& D Team Cookson Plc (06/ 2007 – 05/ 2009)
Institution : Cookson Plc
India Research and Development Centre, Yeswanthpur, Bengaluru
Position : Six Sigma Green Belt Project Leader, New Business Development
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Hour Road, Bengaluru 01-06-2009 to 12-01-2011
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College, Autonomous, Devagiri, Calicut 19-01-2011 (FN) to till date.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
1. Student Attendance Controller 2013-2015
2. PTA Executive Member 2013-2016
3. Member, UG and PG Board of Studies (BOS) in Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College, Autonomous, Devagiri, 2015 onwards
4. NSS Programme Officer from 22.08.2017 to 21.08.2020
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING UNDERGONE
1. Leadership training Programme, Cookson Plc 2007
2. Six Sigma Green Belt training Programme, Cookson Plc 2008
3. Orientation Programme, Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, 2014
4. Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, 2015
5. Orientation Programme, Empanelled Training Institute for NSS, Rajagiri College of Social Science, Kalamassery, Kochi, 2017
RESEARCH PROJECT
1. 43-207/2014(SR) Major Research Project, November 2015 onwards, Rs.8,03,000/- , (3 Years)
2. Title “Green chemistry on continuous flow reactor supported with palladium and metal oxide nanocatalyst”
3. Funding Agency: University Grants Commission (UGC), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002
PUBLICATIONS
American Chemical Society Publications
1. Renjis T. Tom, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Navinder Singh, M. Aslam, C. L. Nagendra, Reji Philip, K. Vijayamohanan, T. Pradeep, Langmuir, 2003,19, 3439-3445.
2. Renjis T. Tom, V. Suryanarayanan, P. Ganapati Reddy, S. Baskaran, T. Pradeep, Langmuir 2004, 20, 1909-1914.
3. Renjis T. Tom, T. Pradeep, Langmuir 2005, 21, 11896-11902.
4. Renjis T. Tom, A. K. Samal, T. S. Sreeprasad, T. Pradeep, Langmuir, 2007, 23, 1320-1325.
Royal Society of Chemistry Publications
5. Sreekumaran Nair, Renjis T. Tom, T. Pradeep, J. Environ. Monitoring, 2003, 5, 363-365.
6. Sreekumaran Nair, Renjis T. Tom, V. Suryanarayanan , T. Pradeep, J. Mat. Chem. 2003 13, 297-300.
7. V.Suryanarayanan, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Renjis T. Tom, T. Pradeep. J. Mater. Chem. 2004, 14, 2661 -2665.
Elsevier Publications
1. Navinder Singh, M. Anija, Jinto Thomas, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Renjis T. Tom, T. Pradeep, Reji Philip, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 380, 223 - 229.
Other Publications
1. Chemical interactions at noble metal nanoparticle surfaces - catalysis, sensors and devices, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Renjis T. Tom, V. R. Rajeev Kumar, C. Subramaniam and T. Pradeep, COSMOS., 3 (2007) 103-124.
2. V.Suryanarayanan, Renjis T. Tom, A. Sreekumaran Nair, T. Pradeep. Proceedings of Indian Acadamey of Sciences, 2004 ,70, 483 - 488
3. C. Subramaniam, Renjis T. Tom, T. Pradeep, J. Nanopart. Res. 2005, 7, 209-217.
4. Sreekumaran Nair, C. Subramaniam, M. J. Rosemary, Renjis T. Tom, V. R. Rajeev Kumar, D. M. David Jeba Singh, Jobin Cyriac, Prashant Jain, K. A. Kalesh, Shreya Bhattacharya, T. Pradeep, Pramana Journal of Physics, 2005, 65, 631-60
5.Navya Chettiam Purayil, Binu Thomas, Renjis T. Tom,Microplastics – A major contaminant in marine macro algal population: Review, Marine Environmental Research,Volume 193,2024,106281.
