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Basavaraja B M

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Dr. Basasvaraja B. M. is working as an Assistant professor at Department of Science and Humanities (Chemistry), PES University, Bengaluru. He has 9 Years of teaching experience and 6 years of research experience. He has completed Master's degree (Fourth Rank) from Department of Industrial Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka. He got his Ph.D. in Organic chemistry from Kuvempu University under the guidance of Dr. H. M. Vagdevi. He was Senior project associate working with Dr. S. Sundar Manoharan at Department of Chemistry and Project scientist working with Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttarpradesh, India. His research interests include synthetic organic chemistry and nanostructured materials for energy storage applications. He has taught inorganic, organic chemistry course to post graduate students and Engineering chemistry to first year B. Tech. students. He has several national and international publications to his credit. He has guided several post graduate students for their project. Presently guiding two Ph.D. students at PES University.

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

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

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

Achivements

  • Fourth Rank in M. Sc. Industrial Chemistry
  • Engineering Chemistry for first year B. Tech. students
  • Organic Chemistry for Post Graduate students
  • PESU Academy coordinator
  • Faculty adviser
  • Faculty coordinator- CSR Club
  • Research coordinator
  • Anchor teacher

Research Interest

  • Nano-structured materials
  • Synthetic organic Chemistry

Research Projects (Current)

  • "Graphene and Graphene/metal oxide nanocomposites for anode materials in Lithium ion battery applications"
  • "ZnO-Graphene quantum dots for QLED's"

Research Guidance

  • Apurva N (Ph. D. Student)
  • Dileep kumar V. G. (Ph.D. Student)

Conferences

  • "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
  • "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

Journals

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • VG Dileepkumar, C Pratapkumar, Ramarao Viswanatha, Basavanakote M Basavaraja, Rapela R Maphanga, Madhu Chennabasappa, Narasimha Srinivasa, Siddaramanna Ashoka, Zhong Chen, Sami Rtimi, Kolleboyina Jayaramulu, Rajendra S Varma, Gyorgy Szekely, Mysore Sridhar Santosh, "Nanostructured NaFeS2 as a cost-effective and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution with reduced overpotentials" Chemical Engineering Journal, 15 December 2021, Volume 426, 131315.