Department of Chemistry
Yogi Vemana University
Kadapa – 516003
Contact Number : 08562-225410
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Name of the Department with Address and Contact number :
Year of Establishment :
1979
Details of the faculty members :
| Dr.A.G.Damu | Associate professor |
| Dr.N.C.Gangi Reddy | Assistant professor & Co-Ordinator |
| Dr.K.S.V.Krishna Rao | Assistant professor |
| Dr.P.Vasugovardhana Reddy | Assistant professor |
| Dr.K.Venkateswarlu | Assistant professor |
| Dr.L.Subramanyam Sarma | Assistant professor |
Achievements :
The department has established P.C. Ray Chemical Society, which actively involves students in both academic and welfare activities. Every year majority of students get qualified in exams such as UGC NET/JRF&GATE. The following are the details of the qualified students:
Lavanyalatha UGC-JRF
Venkatanna UGC-JRF
D. Anuradha UGC-JRF
G. Viswaksena Reddy UGC-JRF
M. Lakshmi Prasanna CSIR-JRF
K. Narayana Swamy UGC-NET
D. Praveenkumar UGC-NET
H. Seshagiri Rao UGC-NET
B. Rajendraprasad Reddy UGC-NET/GATE
K. Vasuda DST-INSPIRE
Venkatanna UGC-JRF
D. Anuradha UGC-JRF
G. Viswaksena Reddy UGC-JRF
M. Lakshmi Prasanna CSIR-JRF
K. Narayana Swamy UGC-NET
D. Praveenkumar UGC-NET
H. Seshagiri Rao UGC-NET
B. Rajendraprasad Reddy UGC-NET/GATE
K. Vasuda DST-INSPIRE
Projects Under taken :
Total of five research projects were sanctioned to the department from various scientific funding agencies as given below
Dr. A.G. Damu - Search for novel class of potent and selective plant natural products based inhibitors of Hormone Sensitive Lipase (HSL), an enzyme of potential importance in the treatment of Diabetes -DST (fast track)
Dr. N.C. Gangi Reddy - Synthesis, Characterization and DNA binding and cleavage activities of novel macro cyclic hetero organo transition metal complexes CSIR
Dr. K.S.V. Krishna Rao - Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polymer based nanocarriers for controlled release applications -DST (fast track)
Dr. K.S.V. Krishna Rao - Synthesis and charecterisation of stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network membranes for selective separation of toxic metal ions - DAE-BRNS-BARC
Dr. P. Vasu Govardhana Reddy - New Chiral Organophosphorus catalysts in asymmetric synthesis - DST (fast track)
Number of Research Scholars :
3
Seminars / Conference / Symposia/ Workshops/Guest lecturers conducted :
- The department of chemistry and Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS) combinely organized a 9 day workshop on “Radiochemistry and Application of Radioisotopes” in the university campus.
- The department organized a Guest Lecture on the occasion of IInd Annual Meeting of P.C. Ray Chemical Society, YVU. Prof. A. Sri Krishna, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore delivered a talk on “Ireland-claisen Rearrangement and RCM Based Strategy to Sesquiterpenes Containing Vicinal Quaternary Carbon Atoms”.