Bio Data of Dr. Nagaraj N. Rao

Dr. Nagaraj N. Rao obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Science with Distinction and a Gold Medal in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (Chemical Technology, Technology of Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals) with First Class from the University Department of Chemical Technology, Bombay. After completing an industry-sponsored Certificate Course in Packaging at the Indian Institute of Packaging, Bombay, he joined M/s Colgate-Palmolive (I) Limited, Bombay as a Trainee Chemist in their R&D and Analytical Laboratory. During his two-year stay with Colgate, he developed a new formula for a skin cream, which turned out to be very successful. He also contributed to process improvement in other Colgate products.
He immatriculated at the University of Bonn in the Federal Republic of Germany for higher studies. Besides completing advanced courses in biochemical engineering, organic chemistry and analytical chemistry at Bonn, he obtained the degree of Dr. rer. nat. from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Tuebingen with magna cum laude, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. H.J. Roth. He was a Teaching Assistant at the pharmacy institutes at Bonn and Tuebingen Universities. He subsequently worked as a post-doctoral scientist at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Research Center Juelich, in Prof. Dr. C. Wandrey's laboratory. He was also a member of the Editorial Board for the German-language version of the European Pharmacopoea from 1984-1986 and a translator for Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Dr. Rao has been involved in Indo-German cooperation in biotechnology since two decades.

Dr. Rao returned established the manufacturing activities at RRR after his return to India. Since 1993, he is a visiting faculty in the Bioprocess Technology Division at the University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Research Center Juelich in Germany. He is also a UDCT Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellow.

Dr. Rao is a member of the German Electroplaters' Society (DGO) and was a member of the Governing Council of the Metal Finishers' Association of India from 1998 to 2006. He was the Chief Editor of Indian Surface Finishing, the quarterly technical publication of the MFAI, from 2004 to 2007. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Electro Chemical Society of India and he is closely associated with the Zero Waste Society of India. He is also an Advisor to reputed pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Rao also writes since some years a monthly "Report from India" in the Journal "Galvanotechnik".
His fields of interest include the synthesis of fine and speciality chemicals using organic chemistry, chemical engineering and biotechnology including electrochemistry, surface finishing, and the development of formulations for various applications
E-mail id: n.rao@rrrlabs.co.in, n.rao@rrrlabs.com
 

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