(*) Summary. Many industrial applications have been exploited in recent times due to the extra-ordinary set of properties exhibited by materials in nanodimensions. The sectors which have been benefited immensely, with the advent of nanotechnology are biomedicine and healthcare. The dramatic change in properties of the nanomaterials with size, shape and processing technique coupled with their versatility to modification provide innumerable avenues for tailor-made applications in healthcare sector that can revolutionize conventional diagnostics and therapeutics.

We, at Fergusson College, are focused on the development of nanostructured materials for such applications. We essentially work on drug-delivery, sustained-drug release, and therapeutic applications such as cancer-hyperthermia and amylase inhibitors (anti-diabetic materials). Applications pertaining to environmental hazards to human health, such as detecting toxic gas emission from industries and photocatalytic degradation of industrial dyes, which tend to pollute the environment and drinking water, are also catered. This talk will highlight synthesis strategies and material-configurations developed in our laboratory, and the applications would be discussed.

 
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(**) Dr. Sangeeta Narendra Kale has the following qualifications:

Associate Professor in Electronics
Nanoscience Group
Post-graduate and Research Centre
Department of Electronic-Science
Fergusson College, Pune 411 004, India.



University of Maryland College Park, USA        2000-2002
Post-Doctoral Research in Material-Science

Pune University, India    1990-1996    Ph.D. (Physics)
Pune University, India    1987-1989     M.Sc.
(Electronic-Science)
                
3] Distinctions:

1. Elected Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, India.
2. Co-Authored a book entitled “Lilavati’s Daughters” published by Indian Academy of Sciences, which is a short biography of Indian Women Scientists.
3. Visiting Scientist of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
4. Recognized in the 7th Edition of International Who’s Who of Professional And Business Women (Jan. 2000), and also appointed as "Professional Women's Advisory Board Member" American Biographical Institute, New Jersey, U.S.A.
5. Reviewer for many Peer-Reviewed Journals from Elsevier Publications, ACS Publications and IOP journals.

6] Achievements:

a) International Research Publications and Presentations: 60
b) Research Projects Handled/being handled: 07
c) Articles towards Science Popularization: 12
d) Books written for Undergraduate students: 04


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