Name: Dr. Panchami H R
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification:  M.Sc., Ph.D. KSET, GATE
Year of Joining:  2023
Work Experience:  10 months

RESEARCH

My PhD thesis entitled “Studies on Polyphenylsulfone polymer membranes for protein rejection application”. The topic mainly focused on the protein wastewater treatment using polymeric membranes

PUBLICATIONS
  • Panchami H.R., Isloor, A.M., and Ismail, A.F., “Improved hydrophilic and antifouling performance of ultrafiltration nanocomposite zwitterionic Polyphenylsulfone membrane for protein rejection applications” Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2022, 12, 343-364
  • Panchami H.R., Isloor, A.M., and Ismail, A.F., and Rini Sushanti., Protein recovery using biodegradable polymer, in: Biodegradable Materials and Their Applications, Springer, 2022, Accepted April 2022.
  • Jafar Mazumder, Mohammad A., Panchami H. Raja, Arun M. Isloor, Muhammad Usman, Shakhawat H. Chowdhury, Shaikh A. Ali, Inamuddin, and Amir Al-Ahmed. "Assessment of sulfonated homo and co-polyimides incorporated polysulfone ultrafiltration blend membranes for effective removal of heavy metals and proteins", Scientific Reports, 2020,
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION

General Chemistry

Patents
  • An ultrafiltration membrane comprising hydrophilic polymeric microspheres for protein rejection (India – Patent Application No.: 202141048958, Dated: October 26, 2021 published).
SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENECES
  • Presented poster presentation on a research paper titled, “Preparation and Characterization of PEI/modified Fe2O3 nanocomposite hollow fiber membranes for hazardous dye removal application.” National Conference on Advances in Materials Research (NCAMR-2017) Ramaiah University, Bangalore 18-19 August, 2017.
  • Presented poster presentation on the research paper titled, “Fabrication and characterization of PES/Tannic acid functionalized organoclay nanocomposite membrane for protein rejection application.” 11th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, APM 2020, February 13-15, 2020 at Bengaluru.
  • Presented oral presentation on the research paper titled, “One-step synthesis and characterization of hydrophilic polymer microspheres immobilized with polyphenylsulfone ultrafiltration membranes for protein rejection applications.” Second International Conference on Sustainable technologies for water treatment and desalination, STWTD-2022, January 28-29, 2022 at NIT Calicut.
  • Presented oral presentation on the research paper titled, “Studies on zwitterionic nanocomposite ultrafiltration Polyphenylsulphone membrane for protein rejection applications” Global Conference on Nano Technology (GCNT 2022) which has been scheduled on July 26-27, 2022, Online conference.
  • Participated INUP Familiarization Workshop on “Nanofabrication Technologies” conducted at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • Participated five-day workshop on “Advanced XRD theory, Practical and training” at National Institute of technology Surathkal.
  • Participated TEQIP III sponsored workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR 2018) organized by the Startup Cell, NITK Surathkal.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Best Chemistry out scorer in all the semester during BSc, 2014.
  • Qualified GATE 2017
  • Qualified KSET 2017
  • Received prestigious “Dr. Ambedkar Young Entrepreneurs League (AYEL)” award, by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India for the innovative idea for the wastewater treatment with the funding of Rs. 30 lakhs. I was felicitated by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Hon’ble Union Minister of Social Justice and empowerment, Govt. of India, New Delhi on 14th April 2022 at “Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi”.
  • Director of new start-up company “VISHUDDHI AQUA TECH PVT. LTD”, focusing mainly on developing a membrane material for the waste water treatment.
CONTACT
  • Email: panchami_chem@msrcasc.edu.in
    Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry
    M.S Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce
    Bengaluru - 560054, India