Dr. Manjunatha C R

Associate Professor

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Areas of Interest

• Nano Advanced material synthesis.
• Development of graphene oxide coated metal nanoparticles for hydrogenation catalyst.
• Developing new compound of therapeutic interest for antimicrobial property.
• Development of Nano Catalyst for Photo catalytic dye degradation and Water Defluoridation.

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Experience

• Worked was lecturer in chemistry Sambhram academy management studies and Sambhram institute of technology Bangalore-560097 from 2010 to 2014 (3.5YEAR).
• Worked was Assistant Professor in chemistry Global Academy of Technology Banglore from 2014 to 2017-560098 (3.5 year).
• Worked was assistant professor Contract basis in chemistry BMSIT Bangalore from 2017 to 2018. (1 year).
• Worked was an assistant professor in chemistry EWCE Bangalore from 2019 to till date.
• Worked as an Associate professor 2021 December to till date

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FDPs/ Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars Attended

• Attended GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, workshop organized by Dept. of chemistry, TUMKUR UNIVERSITY 2012.
• Attended conference on ADVANCED RESEARCH IN MATERIAL SCIENCE, workshop organized by Dept.of chemistry, N.M.I.T. BANGALURU.
• Attended One day work shop on Tips to research scholars jointly organized by LSIKC Department of chemistry MSRIT Bangalore.
• Attended UGC sponsored two-day national conference on ADVANCED NANO TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS (NCOANA 2015) organized by department of Chemistry Maharanis science college Bangalore January 2015.
• Attended synthetic and structural chemistry, workshop organized by Dept.of chemistry, TUMKUR UNIVERSITY march 2015.
• Attended NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES (NCASH-15) 5th may 2015.

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Publications

• C.R. Manjunatha, B.M. Nagabhushana, M.S. Raghu, S. Pratibha, N. Dhananjaya, Anjana Narayana, Perovskite lanthanum aluminate nanoparticles applications in antimicrobial activity, adsorptive removal of Direct Blue 53 dye and fluoride, Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 101, 2019, Pages 674-685, ISSN 0928-4931, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.04.013.
• 2. Plant Latex Mediated Solution Combustion Synthesis of Mg1-xZnxAl2O4 Nanoparticles: Structural and Antibacterial Analysis. S. Pratibha, N. Dhananjaya , T. R. Lakshmeesha, C.R. Manjunatha. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056, Volume: 06 Issue: 06 | June 2019.
• 3. Raj, T. V., Hoskeri, P. A., Muralidhara, H. B., Manjunatha, C. R., Kumar, K. Y., & Raghu, M. S. (2020). Facile synthesis of perovskite lanthanum aluminate and its green reduced graphene oxide composite for high performance supercapacitors. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 858, 113830.
• Pratibha, S., Dhananjaya, N., Manjunatha, C. R., & Narayana, A. (2020). Fast adsorptive removal of direct blue-53 dye on rare-earth doped Lanthanum aluminate nanoparticles: equilibrium and kinetic studies. Materials Research Express, 6(12), 1250i5.
• Manjunatha, C. R., Nagabhushana, B. M., Adarsha, J. R., Pratibha, S., & Dhananjaya, N. (2019). One pot solution combustion synthesis of nano Dicalcium magnesium aluminate and effective utilization of hazardous fluoride removal: kinetics, equilibrium and reusability studies. Materials Research Express, 6(11), 115025.
• Manjunatha, C. R., Nagabhushana, B. M., Adarsha, J. R., Pratibha, S., & Dhananjaya, N. (2019). One pot solution combustion synthesis of nano Dicalcium magnesium aluminate and effective utilization of hazardous fluoride removal: kinetics, equilibrium and reusability studies. Materials Research Express, 6(11), 115025.
• Manjunatha, C. R., Nagabhushana, B. M., Narayana, A., Pratibha, S., & Raghu, M. S. (2019). Effective and fast adsorptive removal of fluoride on CaAl2O4: Ba nanoparticles: isotherm, kinetics and reusability studies. Materials Research Express, 6(11), 115089.
• Alrobei, H., Prashanth, M. K., Manjunatha, C. R., Kumar, C. P., Chitrabanu, C. P., Shivaramu, P. D., ... & Raghu, M. S. (2021). Adsorption of anionic dye on eco-friendly synthesised reduced graphene oxide anchored with lanthanum aluminate: Isotherms, kinetics and statistical error analysis. Ceramics International, 47(7), 10322-10331.
• Manjunatha, C. R., Nagabhushana, B. M., Naryana, A., Usha, P., Raghu, M. S., & Adrsha, J. R. (2021). Adsorption of fluoride and DB-53 dye onto PLA/rGO nanoparticles: Mathematical modeling and statistical studies. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 44, 102447.
• Adarsha, J. R., Ravishankar, T. N., Ananda, A., Manjunatha, C. R., Shilpa, B. M., & Ramakrishnappa, T. (2022). Hydrothermal Synthesis of novel heterostructured Ag/TiO2/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite: Characterization, Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye and Efficient Antibacterial Studies. Water Environment Research.

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List of FDPs/ Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars Attended

• Attended three-day Faculty Development Programme on “Scientific foundation of Health” during 9th May to 11 th may 2022 jointly organized by JIT, Bangalore and VTU Belagavi.
• Attended three day Faculty Development Programme on “ presentation skills in a Class Room” on 19th Sep 2022 to 21st September 2022 at Sri Sairam College Of Engineering, Bangalore.
• Attended one week Faculty Development Programme on “ Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning ” on 19th Sep 2022 to 21st September 2022 at Sri Sairam College Of Engineering, Bangalore.