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Basavaraja B M

Associate Professor
  • Teaching

About

Dr Basavaraja B M is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Humanities at PES University, Bengaluru. He has interdisciplinary academic training in Chemistry and Psychology and has over a decade of experience in teaching, research, research supervision, and student mentoring. His academic work reflects a strong commitment to research-driven teaching, student development, and scholarly engagement.

Education

  • Ph. D., Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, 2010

  • M. Sc., Department of Industrial Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, 2005

  • B.Sc., Government Science College, Chitradurga, Karnataka, 2003

  • MSc Counselling Psychology, Jain University, Bengaluru, India, 2025

Experience

  • Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Srinivas School of Engineering, Mangalore, Karnataka, September 2009 - March 2010

  • Guest Lecturer, Dept. of Industrial Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, October 2005 - May 2006

  • Assistant Professor, PES University, Ring Road campus, Bangalore, July 2014 - May 2025

  • Assistant professor, PG Dept. of Chemistry, Al-Ameen college of Arts, Science and Commerce College, Bangalore, Karnataka, August 2013 - August 2014

  • Associate Professor, PES University, Ring Road campus, Bangalore, 2025 - Till date

Additional Information

  • Project Scientist from February 2012 - July 2013 at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Supervisor : Prof. Ashutosh Sharma)

  • Senior Project Associate from March 2010 - July 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Supervisor : Prof. S. Sundar Manoharan)

  • Ph.D. Topic : "Studies on benzoxazole derivatives and investigation of medicinal plant against skin diseases" Major area : Organic Chemistry Supervisor : Dr. H. M. Vagdevi, Principal, Sahyadri science college, Shimoga, Karnataka

Achievements

  • Fourth Rank in M. Sc. Industrial Chemistry

Teaching

  • Engineering Chemistry for first year B. Tech. students

  • Organic Chemistry for Post Graduate students

Responsibilities

  • PESU Academy coordinator

  • Faculty adviser

  • Faculty coordinator- CSR Club

  • Research coordinator

  • Anchor teacher

Research Guidance

  • Apurva N (Ph. D. Student)

  • Dileep kumar V. G. (Ph.D. Awardee)

  • Hemalatha K (PhD Student)

  • Chaithra Shree Y. T. (PhD Student)

Research Interest

  • Nano-structured materials

  • Synthetic organic Chemistry

  • Energy storage, Supercapacitors, Biosensors

  • MXene based materials, carbon, metal oxide, polymer composites

  • Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis

Research Projects

  • "Graphene and Graphene/metal oxide nanocomposites for anode materials in Lithium ion battery applications"

  • "ZnO-Graphene quantum dots for QLED's"

Books

  • Naik, H. K.; Basavaraja, B. M. Conducting Polymer-Based Composites as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitor Applications. In Optical, Electronic and Magnetic Materials; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, UK, 2025; pp 223–259.

Conferences

  • "Role of Traditional Medicines and Natural products in Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders", B.M. Basavaraja, H.M. Vagdevi, L.P. Srikrishna, V.P. Vaidya and S.D. Joshi,National conference on "Role of Traditional Medicines and Natural products in Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders" ,SET's Pharmacy College, Dharwad, Karnataka, India from 22-24th June 2008

  • "Synthesis of 2-{[2-(3,5- diphenylsubstituted-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl]thio}-1,3-benzoxaozole derivatives for skin diseases", B.M. Basavaraja, L.P. Srikrishna, H.M. Vagdevi and M.L. Vijay Kumar, National seminar on "Nanotechnology-Past, Present and Future" , Kuvempu University on 4th April 2008

  • "Antimicrobial activity of glycoside extracted from methanol extract of Mussaenda frondosa L. bark",B.M. Basavaraja, H.M.Vagdevi and V.P.Vaidya 2nd National Symposium on Analytical Sciences on "Analytical Innovations for Process and Technology Development",IHBT, Palampur (H.P.), India from 23rd -25th November 2008

  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Metal oxide-Graphene Nanocomposites for QLED Applications",Basavaraja B M, P. K. Nathan, International Conference: Eurodisplay 2017 ,31 st October,2017 - November 2017,Berlin, Germany

  • Nandagudi, A.; Naik, H. K.; Basavaraja, B. M. Heterogeneous Bimetallic Cobalt–Tantalum Selenide as an Electrode Material in High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Int. Conf. Electrochem. Ind., Health Environ. (EIHE-2023), DAE Convention Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, Feb 7–11, 2023.

  • Naik, H. K.; Nandagudi, A.; Basavaraja, B. M. Hybrid Fe2O3–MXene Nanocomposite for Supercapacitor Applications. Int. Conf. Electrochem. Ind., Health Environ. (EIHE-2023), DAE Convention Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, Feb 7–11, 2023.

  • Manasa, G.; Mascarenhas, R. J.; Satpati, A. K.; Basavaraja, B. M.; Kumar, S. ZnO/G Nanocomposite and CTAB Surface-Modified Carbon Paste Electrode Architecture as an Electrochemical Sensor for Detection of Bisphenol F. Int. Conf. Funct. Mater. Technol., UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, Aug 19–22, 2019.

  • "Antimicrobial activity of Wendlandia thyrsoidea leaf extracts" B.M. Basavaraja, Vishnumurthy and H.M. Vagdevi National Conference on "Emerging areas in chemical and biological sciences", Kuvempu University on 3rd and 4th March 2007

  • Nandagudi, A.; Naik, H. K.; Basavaraja, B. M. Phase-Dependent Mesoporous Potassium Tantalate–Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocube Architecture for High-Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors. Int. Conf. Electrochem. Ind., Health Environ. (EIHE-2023), DAE Convention Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, Feb 7–11, 2023.

Journals

  • Pradeep Kumar C, Nivedita R Desai, Aruna Kumar D B, Basavaraja B M, "Traditional Medicinal Plants and Their Antimicrobial Studies Available in Tumkur, Karnataka, India", Inventi Impact: Ethnopharmacology, 2011,Issue 3.

  • R. Nivedita Desai, C. Pradeep Kumar, B.M. Basavaraja, D.B. Aruna Kumar, "In vitro Antimicrobial Studies of Some Traditional Medicinal Plant Extracts Available in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India", Inventi Impact: Ethnopharmacology, 2011, Issue 1, 56-58.

  • Ozma J D'Souza, Ronald J Mascarenhas,Tony Thomas, Basavanakote M Basavaraja, Arvind K Saxena, Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay, Debmalya Roy Platinum decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes/Triton X-100 modified carbon paste electrode for the sensitive amperometric determination of Paracetamol" Journal of Electro analytical Chemistry, 2015, 739, 49-57.

  • Shilpa, B. M. Basavaraja, Subhasish B Majumder and Ashutosh Sharma, "Fabrication of free-standing core-shell structured ZnO-Graphene composite for High Performance Li-ion batteries", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 5344-5351.

  • G. Manasa, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Ashis K. Satpati, Basavanakote M. Basavaraja, Sriram Kumar, "An electrochemical Bisphenol F sensor based on ZnO/G nano composite and CTAB surface modified carbon paste electrode architecture" Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2018, 170, 144-151.

  • Ozma J D'Souza, Ronald J Mascarenhasb, Ashis K Satpati, Basavanakote M Basavaraja, " A novel ZnO/reduced graphene oxide and Prussian blue modified carbon paste electrode for the sensitive determination of Rutin" Science China Chemistry, 2018, 61, 1-10

  • G. Manasa, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Basavanakote M. Basavaraja, "Sensitively-selective determination of Propyl Paraben preservative based on synergistic effects of polyaniline-zinc-oxide nano-composite incorporated into graphite paste electrode" Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerface, 184 (2019)110529.

  • Monsur Islam, Alok K Srivastava, Basavanakote M. Basavaraja, Ashutosh Sharma, 'Nano-on-Micro'Approach Enables Synthesis of ZnO Nano-Cactus for Gas Sensing Applications' Sensors International, 2(2021)100084.

  • B.M. Basavaraja, H.M.Vagdevi, L.P.Srikrishna, S.D.Joshi, V.P.Vaidya "Antimicrobial and Analgesic activities of various extracts of Mussaenda frondosa L. bark" Journal of Global pharma Technology, 2011, 3(2),14-17.

  • Nagarajarao, S. H.; Nandagudi, A.; Viswanatha, R.; Basavaraja, B. M. Recent Developments in Supercapacitor Electrodes: A Mini Review. ChemEngineering 2022, 6 (1), 5.

  • Dileepkumar, V. G.; Balaji, K. R.; Vishwanatha, R.; Basavaraja, B. M.; Ashoka, S. CoSe2 Grafted on 2D g-C3N4 for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Storage. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 446, 137023.

  • Nandagudi, A.; Nagarajarao, S. H.; Santosh, M. S.; Basavaraja, B. M. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Supercapacitors. Mater. Today Sustain. 2022, 19, 100214.

  • Kumar, V. G. D.; Kumari, S.; Balaji, K. R.; Khan, A. A.; Ravikumar, C. R.; Basavaraja, B. M. Singlet Oxygen Driven Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Caffeine Using PVA–CuO Nanocomposites. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 462, 142187.

  • Nandagudi, A.; Nagarajarao, S. H.; Patil, S. B.; Kumar, V. G. D.; Santosh, M. S.; Basavaraja, B. M. Porous Potassium Tantalate–Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocube Architecture for Hybrid Supercapacitors. e-Prime 2023, 4, 100182.

  • Anadebe, R. C. A.; Naik, H. K.; Chukwuike, V. I.; Chidiebere, M. A.; Basavaraja, B. M. Nitrogen–Sulfur Codoped Ti3C2Tx MXene as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Copper in a Chloride Environment. J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128 (25), 10682–10697.

  • Reddy, Y. H.; Ambika, M. R.; Naik, H. K.; Basavaraja, B. M.; Nagaiah, N. An Overview on MXene/Rare Earth and Transition Metal Oxide Hybrid Composites for Supercapacitor Applications. Ionics 2025, 31, 1–25.

  • Soman, G.; Naik, H. K.; Molahalli, V.; Basavaraja, B. M.; Hegde, G. Porous Carbon Nanospheres and MXene Nanocomposites for Enhanced Energy Storage Devices. ChemistrySelect 2025, 10 (24), e00728.

  • Naik, H. K.; Soman, G.; Hegde, G.; Basavaraja, B. M. High Performance Symmetric Supercapacitor Based on Microporous PANI@α-Fe2O3/MXene Hybrid Nanocomposite. Ionics 2025, 31, 1–14.

  • B.M. Basavaraja, L.P. Srikrishna, H.M. Vagdevi, V.P.Vaidya, "Antimicrobial and analgesic activities of Wendlandia thyrsoidea leaf extracts". International Journal of Green pharmacy, 2009, 3, 75-77.

  • Dileepkumar, V. G.; Pahra, S.; López-Salas, N.; Basavaraja, B. M.; Khan, A. A. Enhancing NiS Performance: Na-Doping for Advanced Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Applications. Nanoscale 2025, 17 (5), 2682–2691.

  • Dileepkumar, V. G.; Sirichandana, B.; Sanaulla, P. F.; Hegde, G.; Basavaraja, B. M. Synergistic Effects of NiSe2 on S-Doped g-C3N4 for Efficient Caffeine Degradation and Electrocatalysis. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2025, 166, 114657.

  • L.P. Srikrishna, H.M. Vagdevi, B.M. Basavaraja, V.P.Vaidya, "One pot synthesis of 2-amino-6-[(1,3-benzoxazol-2-ylthio)methyl]-4-substituted-phenylnicotinonitrile and their biological evaluation", Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2009, 18, 311-312.

  • Lingaldahalli P. Srikrishna, Hosadu M. Vagdevi, Basavanakote M. Basavaraja, Vijayavittala P. Vaidya, " Evaluation of antimicrobial and analgesic activities of Aporosa lindleyana (euphorbiaceae) bark extract" International Journal of Green pharmacy, 2008, 2(3), 155-157.

  • B.M. Basavaraja, H.M. Vagdevi, L.P. Srikrishna, B.S. Shubha, V.P. Vaidya. "Synthesis and Antimicrobial activity of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole derivatives of Benzoxazoles". Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2008, 18, 05-08.

  • Kumar, V. G. D.; Balaji, K. R.; Viswanatha, R.; Ambika, G.; Roopa, R.; Basavaraja, B. M. Visible Light Photodegradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol Using NaBiS2. Chemosphere 2022, 287, 132174.

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