Faculty Profile

Dr. K. PAVANI

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Chemistry

Degree	Programme / Specialization	University / Board
PhD	PhD	IIT Delhi
PG	MSc Chemistry	University of Hyderabad
UG	BSc(MPC)	Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Women’s College, Osmania University

Institution / Organization	Designation	From	To
Amity University, Noida	lecturer	2009	2009
Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon	Assistant Professor	2009	2011
NIT Warangal	Ad-hoc Lecturer	2011	2011
RGUKT- Basar	guest faculty on contract basis	2011	2013
RGUKT- Basar	Assistant Professor	2013	till date

1. K. Pavani and A. Ramanan, Influence of 2-aminopyridine on the formation of molybdates under hydrothermal condition, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 3080.
2. K. Pavani, S. Upreti and A. Ramanan, Two new polyoxovanadate clusters templated through cysteamine, J. Chem. Sci. 2006, 118, 159.
3. K. Pavani, A. Ramanan and M. S. Whittingham, Copper co-ordination polymers based on molybdates: Chemistry issues, J. Mol. Struct. 2006, 796, 179.
4. K. Pavani, S. E. Lofland, K. V. Ramanujachary and A. Ramanan, Hydrothermal synthesis of transition metal complex templated octamolybdates, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 568.
5. Vijay K. Katri, Mamta Chahar, K. Pavani, Promod S. Pandey, Bile acid-based cyclic bisbenzimidazolium receptors for anion recognition: Highly improved receptors for fluoride and chloride ions, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 10224.
6. K. Pavani, M. Singh, A. Ramanan, S. E. Lofland and K. V. Ramanujachary, Engineering of copper molybdates: Piperazine dictated pseudopolymorphs, J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 933, 156.
7. K. Pavani, S. Singla, R. Sharma, P. Sharma, Self-assembly of a 3D supramolecular architecture with guanidium ligands and decavanadate units, J. Dron. 2010, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 79.
8. K. Pavani, C. Ram Singla, S. Singla, Nanomaterials: Hazards and safety measures, J. Dron. J. Dron. 2010, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 12.
9. K. Pavani, M. Singh, A. Ramanan, Oxalate bridged copper pyrazole complex templated Anderson-Evans cluster based solids, Aust. J. Chem. 2011, 64, 68.
10. K. Pavani and Ajay Kumar V, ZnO nanostructures: Simple routes of synthesis, Int. J. Engg. Res. Tech. 2015, 4(9), 505-508.
11. Md Vazeed, J Akash, M Anusha, Ajay Kumar V and K. Pavani, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Silicon extracted from Godavari river sand,Kandakurthi, Telangana, India, Int. J. Engg. Res. Tech. 2015, 4(11), 203-205.
12. K. Pavani and Ajay Kumar V, Zero- and one-dimensional polyoxomolybdate based solids: supramolecular synthons as structure directors, Int. J. Mod. Sci. Engg. Tech. 2016, 3(5), 54-59.
13. Pavani Katikaneani, Ajay Kumar Vaddepally, Narender Reddy Tippana, Ramu Banavath and Srivani Kommu, Phase Transformation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from Hematite to Maghemite in Presence of Polyethylene Glycol: Application as Corrosion Resistant Nanoparticle Paints, J. Nanosci. Volume 2016, Article ID 1328463, 6 pages.
14. Ajay Kumar V, K Pavani and K Mahesh, Corrosion analysis of friction stir-welded brass-brass and copper-copper plates, J. Corr. Sci. Engg. Vol 9, paper 3, 14pages
15. U Prem Kumar, Ajay Kumar V, K Pavani, Nanosilica Extraction from Rice Husk: Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Brass in 1M HNO3 Solution, Int. J. Emerging Tech. Adv. Engg. 2017, Vol 7, issue 9, 114-117.
16. K. Pavani and Ajay kumar V, pH as a structure director in the synthesis of copper molybdates, Int. J. Mater. Sci. Engg. 2017, Vol 17 108-115.

1. • Presented poster entitled ‘Synthesis and structure of decavanadates’’ by K. Pavani, A. Ramanan, ISCAS 3rd National Symposium and Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas held at IIT Delhi, Delhi in December 4-6, 2003.
2. • Oral presentation on ‘Organic amine templated copper molybdates’ by K. Pavani and A. Ramanan, ICSTR-6 Sixth International Conference on Solvothermal Reactions held at University of Mysore, Mysore in August 24 -28, 2004.
3. • Presented poster entitled “Organic diamines templated copper molybdates: Synthesis, Structure and properties.” by K. Pavani and A. Ramanan, ISCAS 4th National Symposium and Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas held at Goa University in December 1-3, 2005.
4. • Presented poster entitled “The octamolybdate anion as a building block for functionalised hybrid molybdates” by K. Pavani and A. Ramanan, XI symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry-2005 held at IIT Delhi in December 8-10, 2005.
5. • Presented poster entitled “Copper(II) pyrazole complex templated polyoxometalates: A posteriori approach towards rational design” by K. Pavani, Jency Thomas, Monika Agarwal and A. Ramanan, CRSI sponsored 9th National Symposium in Chemistry held at University of Delhi in February 1-4, 2007.
6. • Presented a poster entitled “Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Phase Transformation from Hematite to Maghemite”, by K. Pavani and Ajay Kumar V, A tributary symposium on 100 years of Lewis bond held at IICT, Hyderabad on August 4-5th, 2016.
7. • Worked as an organizing secretary for a National Symposium on Recent advances in Chemical and Material Sciences held at RGUKT, Basar on August 20-21st, 2016.
8. • Attended “International Conference on magnetic materials and applications” held at Hyderabad on Feb 1-3rd, 2017.

Scholar Name	Title of Research	Institute	Year
Mr Madhusudhan reddy	Nanomaterials	NIT warangal	persuing

1.  Awarded gold medal and scholarship for standing first in B.Sc. Chemistry at Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Women’s College, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
2.  Awarded gold medal and scholarship for standing first in B.Sc. at Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Women’s College, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
3.  Awarded ICI scholarship in M.Sc. IInd year at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

1.  Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (2002) with 94.41 percentile. (All India 142 rank)
2.  Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the C.S.I.R-U.G.C. (2002).
3.  Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2002-2004)
4.  Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2004-2007)

1. member of ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SOCIETY OF INDIA
2. member of Indian society of solid state chemists and allied sciences
3. Member of the Indian Crystallographic Association (ICA)

1. • Attended workshop on the analysis of Powder X-ray held by Bruker Axs held at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi in March 27, 2004.
2. • Attended workshop on “Advances in X-Ray Diffractometry & Scanning Electron Microscopy” Organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, RGUKT Hyderabad in July 2013.
3. • Member of organizing committee for Workshop on Mechanical testing and material characterization held at RGUKT, Basar on 14-15th March, 2016.
4. • Attended NPTEL workshop conducted on 29th july 2018, by IIT Madras at RGUKT, Basar, Telangana.
5. • Attended FDP on “Nanomaterials: Characterization & Applications” organized at NITTTR Chandigarh from 29th October to 2nd November, 2018
6. • attended FDP course on “ Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials” through NPTEL and got a score of 79%
7. • attended FDP course on “ Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials” through NPTEL and got a score of 87%
8. • Attended FDP course on “ Nanotechnology: Science and Applications” through NPTEL and got a score of 75%
9. • Attended FDP course on “ 2D Nanomaterials: Potential and Applications” NITTTR Remote Centre - RGUKT Basar from 17th October to 21st October 2022
10. Attended a webinar on Intellectual Property Rights-IPR (NIPAM) on 31st October, 2022

1. • Member of organizing committee for Workshop on Mechanical testing and material characterization held at RGUKT, Basar on 14-15th March, 2016.
2. • Worked as an organizing secretary in organizing National Symposium on “Recent advances in Chemical and Material Sciences” held at RGUKT, Basar on August 20-21st, 2016.
3. • Worked as Co-Convener in organizing “International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials” held at RGUKT on 18-20th Dec, 2017.
4. • Worked as Convener in organizing “one day seminar on the occasion of National Science Day ” held at RGUKT on 28th February, 2020.
5. Worked as Co-Convener in organizing “one day seminar on the occasion of National Science Day ” held at RGUKT on 28th February, 2019.

1. Materials Processing
2. materials Characterisation
3. Advanced materials and processing
4. Engineering chemistry
5. Thermodyanamics

1. Metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis by coprecipitation process and characterization by X-Ray
2. mixed metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis by coprecipitation process and characterization by powder XRD
3. mixed metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis by sol-gel process and characterization by powder XRD
4. mixed metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis by green synthetic process and characterization by powder XRD
5. metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis by green synthetic process and characterization by powder XRD and SEM

1. Assistant Student welfare officer during 2012-2014
2. Incharge Faculty, Library during 2015-2019
3. Women Cell convener during 2016-2019
4. women cell convener during 2021 till date
5. CAAC Convener during 2017-2020
6. CAAC convener 2021-till date
7. Head, Department of Chemistry during 2019-2022
8. Associate Dean Sciences-Aug, 2022 till date