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Chemistry Department a confederation of constituent colleges has a total of 58 permanent faculty members out of which 16 Professors, 1 Associate Professor and 9 Assistant Professors are seated at University College of Science- main campus (The number also includes two Assistant Professors recruited under UGC-Faculty Recharge Programme and two Assistant Professors of the MSc Forensic Science (Self-finance course)). The remaining 32 (1 professor and 31 Assistant professors) are placed at various constituent colleges viz., Osmania University College of Engineering(1 Professor), University College of Technology(3), Nizam College(11), University College for Women(8), University College of Science- Saifabad, Hyderabad(7 +1 on lean) and Post Graduate College, Secunderabad(1).

Chemistry Faculty(23) at University College of Science (Main Campus, OU)

Dr. U. Umesh Kumar

Senior Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research:

utkoor@gmail.com +91 9440567567
Dr. P. Leelavathi

Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthetic organic chemistry

leelaou@gmail.com +91 9440621313
Dr. Basude Manohar

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: synthesis of un promoted, promoted and supported vanadium phosphorus oxide based catalysts and their characterization

manoharbasude41@gmail.com +91 9885404162
Dr. Anantha Laxmi

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Coordination Chemistry, Drug DNA interactions, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical analysis, Drug polymorphism studies and impurity profiling of drug substances.

ananthaprasad2016@gmail.com +91 9849711487
Dr. J. Ramchander

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Organic Synthesis involving C-C bond formation and thiazole ring formation and Investigation of their Photo physical Properties

ramorgchemou@gmail.com +91 9553982108
Dr P. Vijay Kumar

Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Isolation of Natural products,Synthesis of their semi synthetic analogues and their evaluations for biological activity.

kumar4vijay@yahoo.com +91 9912770303
Dr. G. VIJAYA CHARAN

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthesis of Catalysts, Nano-materials and studying their Characterization and Applications Department of Chemistry,

drvijayacharan77@gmail.com +91 xxxx
Dr. P. Saritha Reddy

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry

abbareddysaritha@hotmail.com +91 9848487363
Dr. D Annapurna Padmavathi

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Application of Computational Quantum Chemistry to Real Time Problems.

dapadma@rediffmail.com +91 9963123387
Dr. B. Sireesha

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Crystallography, DNA Binding and cleavage studies.

drsireeb@yahoo.co.in +91 9391021853
Dr.P.Jalapathi

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthetic Organic Chemistry

pochampallij@yahoo.co.in +91 7386307989
Dr. Bhongiri Yadagiri

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and their biological applications and C-H bond activation in the presence of Pd(0) complexes

byr_giri@yahoo.com +91 7032909546
Dr. Boda Sakram

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Organic synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and their applications C-H bond activation

bschemou@gmail.com +91 9849530367
Dr.A.Hari Padmasri AFTAS

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Catalysis, Nanomaterials and sustainable energy (biomass valorization).

ahpadmasri@gmail.com +91 9441788898
Dr. T. Gangadhar

Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthetic Organic Chemistry

ganguly.chem@gmail.com +91 9000234825
Dr. B. Vijaya Kumar

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: synthesis of nanomaterials, coreshell and nanocomposites for environmental remediation

vijaychemou@gmail.com +91 9966442958
Dr. P. Muralidhar Reddy

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Biological Activity, Catalytic Applications On Drugs.

pmdreddy@gmail.com +91 9848792423
Dr. Someshwar Pola

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Supramolecular Chemistry, Solar Cell device Fabrication studies and Organic field effect-transistors and Photocatalysis of Organic pollutants in the presence of Metal oxide semiconductor and Metal Organic Frameworks.

somesh.pola@gmail.com +91 9959972288
Dr. Laxma Reddy K

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Area of Research: Design, structural elucidation, DNA interaction and antimicrobial activities of mixed ligand polypyridyl Ru(II) and Co(III) complexes

kreddy200542@gmail.com +91 9393560677
Dr. M. Kavitha

Assistant Professor in Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Biophysical characterization of proteins, Protein crystallization and mechanism of arsenic transport

kavithamannem@gmail.com +91 9491062918
Dr. K. Shiva Kumar M.Sc., Ph.D( On Lean)

UGC- Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Development of new synthetic methodologies for synthesis of biologically important heterocyclics via C–H activation, tandem and multicomponent reactions

shivakumarkota@yahoo.co.in +91 9885408636
Dr Raju Jannapureddy PhD, MRSC

UGC- Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: The organosulfur chemistry, organoiodine(III) catalysis and applications of Baylis-Hillman adducts for divergent heterocycles synthesis.

rajuchem77@osmania.ac.in +91 7893727899
Mrs. T. Sowmyya M.Sc., (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor in Forensic Science
Area of Research: Nanotechnology

sowmyya_19@yahoo.co.in +91 xxxx
Mrs. K.Rama M.Sc.

Assistant Professor in Forensic Science
Area of Research: Forensic Science, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

ramakoyyati@gmail.com +91 xxxx

Chemistry Faculty(1) at Engineering College, OU

Dr. P. Sarita Rajender

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Computer Aided Drug Design, Molecular Modeling, Synthetic organic chemistry, Computational and Molecular docking studies.

saritarajender@gmail.com +91 xxxx

Chemistry Faculty(3) at College of Technology, OU

Dr. Krishnam Raju Atcha, Ph. D

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Design, synthesis and development of SAR, hit to lead, lead identification & lead optimization in different therapeutic areas.

krishnamrajua@gmail.com +91 xxxx
Dr. Kiran Kumar A

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Thermodynamic Properties of Multi component Electrolyte Solutions in Biophysical and Environmental systems

drakk2010@gmail.com +91 7396362449

Chemistry Faculty (10) at Nizam College, Osmania University

Dr.Y.Hemasri

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research:Developing new heterocycles by adapting conventional, green technologies such as Microwave, clay catalysts

hemay2@yahoo.com +91 9985235578
Dr. M. Radhika

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, Zeolites

radhikamone@yahoo.com +91 9032841181

Chemistry Faculty(8) at University College for Women, Koti, OU

Dr. M. Vijjulatha

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Molecular modeling and Medicinal chemistry- Methodology for the synthesis of new bioactive azaheterocycles and study their potentiality as antimicrobial and antitumor agents

vijjulathamanga@gmail.com +91 9866845408
Dr. K PREMA LATHA

Assistant Professor of organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthetic Methodologies; Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of Coumarin derivatives as anti-tubercular agents.

premasheshu@gmail.com +91 9550776692
Dr. G. Vijaya Lakshmi

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: chemical kinetics, photochemical studies of phytochemicals by radicals, Ecofriendly green synthesis of metal nanoparticles, characterization and pharmacological activities of synthesized metal nanoparticles.

gvjlakshmi@gmail.com +91 7893547699
Dr. V. Shashikala

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthesis of catalysts, nano-materials and studying their characterization and applications

vskist@gmail.com +91 9032153305
Dr A. SWAROOPA RANI

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

raniaadika@rediffmail.com +91 9573859385
Dr. ALIA BEGUM

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Green synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

aliyads@yahoo.com +91 9849170130
Dr A. SWAROOPA RANI

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

raniaadika@rediffmail.com +91 9573859385

Chemistry Faculty(7) at University College of Science, Saifabad, OU

Dr Jagadeshwar Vannada

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthesis of biologically active natural products and Development of new synthetic methodologies using Organo Catalysis

oujagan@gmail.com +91 9989922099
Dr. P. Sunitha Manjari

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Design and Synthesis of Molecules of biological Significance, Development of Newer Methodologies in Organic Synthesis and Homogeneous catalysis in redox reactions.

psmanjari76@gmail.com +91 9959968432
Dr R Koteshwar Rao

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry

koteshwar4idealchemy@gmail.com +91 7416757178
Dr. Vasavi M

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Area of Research: Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling.

mvasavi2003@gmail.com +91 9866929299
Dr. S. Aravind

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Area of Research: Synthetic Oraganic Chemistry

seemaiict@gmail.com +91 9491547838
Dr. Navaneetha N

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Spectroscopic Investigations of Metal Complexes and Their Applications (Bioinorganic chemistry) and In silico Drug designing techniques, based on targeted approaches.

nitha379@yahoo.com +91 90002525265

Chemistry Faculty(1) at Post Graduate College, Secunderabad OU

Ms. B. Padma

Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Area of Research: Decalin dehydrogenation as H2 storage medium for on-board fuel cell applications

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