CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt.Of India Thiruvananthapuram.

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    Infosys Prize 2012 awarded to Dr.Ajayaghosh
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    Infosys Prize 2012 awarded to Dr.Ajayaghosh for his outstanding contribution in the field of Physical Sciences...

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  • CSIR@70
    CSIR celebrating 70th year of its Foundation…
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    CSIR celebrating 70th year of its Foundation. Excerpts from PM's and S&T Minister's speech...

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    Lessons from India’s Innovation System – The new rising stars

    Trivandrum's National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), part of the CSIR network, publishes the highest proportion of world-class papers...

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    Winning NIIST bioprocess for white pepper production
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    Scientists of NIIST have invented and patented a simpler, more cost-effective and pollution-free microbial technology that ensures...

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    Design and synthesis of photoactive molecules
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    Organized assembly of molecules through non-covalent interactions is a powerful tool for generating defined molecular architectures.

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Positions Held

 

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  • 1981 – 1984 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany.
  • 1984 – 1985 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
  • 1985 – 1988 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Houston, Texas, USA.
  • 1988 – 1989 : Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India.
  • 1989 – 2007 : Head, Photosciences and Photonics Section (Formerly Photochemistry Research Unit) National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum, India.
  • 2004 onwards: Head, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum, India.
  • 1998 – 1999 : Visiting Scientist, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, USA.
  • 1999 & 2000 : Visiting scientist, Max Planck Institut fuer Biophysikalische Chemie, Gottingen, Germany.
  • 2003 – 2007 : Visiting scientist, at NIAIST, Tsukuba, Japan.