Prof. M. Sankar
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Joint Faculty and Head of Department of Centre for Nanotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Contact No. +91-1332-28-4753
Email: m.sankar@cy.iitr.ac.in
https://cy.iitr.ac.in/~CY/sankafcy
Research Interests
Synthesis and Studies of porphyrinoids
Coordination Chemistry
Supramolecular Assemblies
Catalysis
Photophysical & Photovoltaics Studies
Education
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Ph.D. - 2005 from Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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M.Sc - 2001 from Madurai Kamaraj University
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B.Sc - 1999 from University of Madras
Awards and Recognitions
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Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal - 2023
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Outstanding Teacher Award’ in Postgraduate (PG) Category for the year 2021
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) 2020 RSC, Cambridge, UK
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Visiting Professor 2019 Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA and Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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BASE Fellowship 2018 DST and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
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Outstanding Young Faculty Award with Institute Research Fellowship (IRF) 2018 IIT Roorkee
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MRSC 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK
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JSPS Fellowship 2009 Ministry of Education, Japan
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CNRS Fellowship 2008 Ministry of Research, France
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EDIGE Fellowship 2007 Bourgogne Regional Council, France
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CSIR-NET and GATE 2001 Government of India
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Merit Scholarship 1993 Government of Tamil Nadu, India