Prof. N. Sandhyarani

Dr. N.Sandhyarani is presently the Professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, at National Institute of Technology Calicut. Completed her post graduation in Chemistry from School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University. She earned her Ph.D degree in Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. T. Pradeep from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Afterwards, she was a visiting scholar at Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea in the year 2000. Subsequently, she earned her post-doctoral degree from University of Notre Dame, Indiana and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. She began her professional career as a lecturer at BITS Pilani Goa Campus and worked there till 2006. From joining National Institute of Technology Calicut as an Assistant Professor in the year 2007, she now beholds the position of Professor from the year 2018. More than 70 International journals were published by Dr. N. Sandhyarani. 9 students had completed their Ph.D under her supervision and presently 4 are pursuing. With immense determination and conviction, she took up 7 sponsored projects from SERB, DST, DBT, CSIR and KSCSTE. In the year 2020, she received Dr. S. Vasudev Award from KSCSTE for best completed project. As a reward to the excellence in research, Dr. N. Sandhyarani was selected for SERB POWER Fellowship in 2021.​